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Sunday Morning Playlist: Top-20 Rock Producers A salute to the record producer, who frequently goes unnoticed by the public, and who is often the primary creative force behind a record (along with the engineer, but that's a separate article). I tried to find a list on the internet of greatest producers, a top-10 or top-100 and found none; top guitarist lists are a dime a dozen. But think of some of rock's most well-known records; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Pet Sounds, "Be My Baby", Nevermind, Remain In Light, Licensed to Ill, Dark Side of the Moon, et. al. In each case, the production is as much of the story as the performance, in some cases a lot more so. In the nutshell, a producer's job is to get the best performances out of his musicians as possible, to oversee the mixing and ensure integrity of sound, to augment the recording with additional musicians, sound effects, special effects, and vocals. Many good producers were also good musicians, and could serve as an additional bandmember, as Brian Eno did with Talking Heads, or Jim O'Rourke with Sonic Youth. Others, like Phil Spector, Jimmy Miller, Rick Rubin, and Chris Thomas have generally stayed behind the controls instead of in front of them. Sometimes, examining the roster of talent a producer works with can be enlightening about the music. This playlist will attempt to credit the 20 most important/influential/interesting producers in rock history, and recommend a sample tune from their portfolio. Some of the most important/influential producers of the rock era include: 1. Sam Phillips Credits: Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison Song: Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats: Rocket 88 Before we begin, we have to acknowledge Sam Phillips' role in all this, as first rock 'n' roll producer ever. Without Sam Phillips, there would have probably been no rock 'n' roll, at least as we know it. Phillips opened Sun Studio in 1950; "Rocket 88", recorded at Sun and released on Chess in 1951, is generally considered by most musicologists as the very first rock 'n' roll song ever (featuring the pounding jump-blues piano of Ike Turner, then Chuck Berry's chief hometown rival, and ahead of Berry at this point in history). What makes it rock 'n' roll was an idea by Phillips. Guitarist Willie Kizart's amp was smashed when it fell off the roof of a car, breaking the speaker cone. It made Kizart's guitar sound like a saxophone. Phillips decided to use the amp, overamplify it, and use it as a rhythm track; the song had transformed itself from raunchy jump blues to rock 'n' roll. His work with Presley, Perkins, and the others was the very invention of rock too. He was equally at home with blues, r&b, and country; the central ingredients of rock 'n' roll. 2. Rick Rubin Credits: The Beastie Boys, The Black Crowes, Johnny Cash, Rage Against The Machine, Public Enemy Song: The Beastie Boys: Fight For Your Right For sheer provocation, Rubin deserves mention. As a producer, he's one of the most distinctive, managing to bring out the heaviest metal sounds which he's always bridged with a dynamic rap/hip-hop sensibility. As a sideline, he rescues fading veterans with a "cut the crap" approach, usually taking a back-to-basics approach, and highlighting an upfront drum or the rhtyhm inherent in acoustic guitars. For overall influence, he's right up at the top of the list with anyone. "Fight For Your Right" was one of Rubin's first successes; he's listed as co-writer on it and all the tracks on the album. He was at the cutting edge into the 90's, and also revived Johnny Cash and Tom Petty's fortunes. Since then, he's been more hit-and-miss, but he's usually interesting. 3. Brian Eno Credits: Talking Heads, U2, Devo, Ultravox, James Song: Talking Heads: Once In A Lifetime Brian Eno might not be the greatest rock producer, but his credits include some pretty notable albums, and his years as a musician, with Roxy Music, Robert Fripp, and solo, have given him a very distinctive approach to the music. His distinctive marks include keyboard textures that give albums like The Unforgettable Fire and Remain In Light their unifying character; he usually highlights percussion, favoring the polyrhythmic, and he's a firm believer in ambience; electronic or otherwise. His work with Daniel Lanois on U2's The Joshua Tree is probably what is most sonically appealing about that album, as integral as the band (with whom he also played keyboards). He has always kept within distance of the musical cutting edge, as a producer, performer, and intellect. "Once In A Lifetime" is one of the greatest singles ever; the production seemed to come from Mars when it was new. 25 years later, it still sounds fresh and vital. 4. Butch Vig Credits: Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Soul Asylum, Sonic Youth, Garbage Song: Nirvana: Come As You Are Drummer Butch Vig forever changed the face of rock with his production job on Nevermind, which took a relatively obscure, rough-sounding, punky-hillbilly sounding indie group and turned them into a gigantic, riff-heavy, heavy and jagged meteorite of hard rock encapsulated in pure crystal. Purists, like Nirvana themselves, claimed after the fact that Vig wasn't true to Nirvana's sound, but why should he have been? Nevermind is a great sounding record, and Siamese Dream was an equally good affirmation of his essential style. He favors mountains of loud, layered guitar texture and an almost clinical clarity of sound, in which ever nuance is noticeable, regardless of the volume. Vig, after these early production successes, started performing as well, as drummer for Garbage. 5. Daniel Lanois Credits: Brian Eno, U2, Peter Gabriel, Bob Dylan, Martha and the Muffins Song: U2: A Sort of Homecoming Lanois came up via Martha and the Muffins, a Canadian band his sister played bass in. Brian Eno discovered him and invited him to co-produce U2's The Unforgettable Fire in 1985; the two have frequently collaborated since. Lanois is also an accomplished guitarist, pedal steel player, and dobro player; he's released a number of interesting solo albums. As a producer, he's not dissimilar to Eno, except that he makes a point of employing more organic sounding instrumentation on many of his recordings in the service of a vaguely dreamscape-like sound. He most recently worked with Dashboard Confessional. 6. Jerry Wexler Credits: Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett, Sam & Dave, Ray Charles, The Drifters Song: Sam & Dave: Soul Man If greatest producer can be chosen on the concept of best sounding records, Jerry Wexler has to be right up there. Wexler is perhaps best known in younger circles for his years at Stax, where he largely was responsible, along with Isaac Hayes, for the gritty, horn based Stax soul sound of the late 1960's. However, his influence dates all the way back to the mid 1950's at Atlantic Records, when he worked with Ray Charles and the Drifters. As a producer, he liked grit; he encouraged Charles to raunch it up a little, and his recordings at Stax emphasized the soul of the horns and vocals without overloading the productions with Spector or Motown style walls of sound. 7. George Martin Credits: The Beatles, Paul McCartney, America Song: The Beatles: Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite Often called the fifth Beatle, the title isn't too far off the mark. What made the Beatles great was the complexity of their music; given the fact that none of them could read music, this was a real achievement. Martin was the difference; he explained to the lads what could and couldn't be done on records, he carried out some of their more whimsical ideas, and came up with a few of his own. "Being For The Benefit of Mr. Kite" is one of many wild experiments. A Lennon song, its intensely psychedelic swirly sounds in the instruemental break is a tape of a circus calliope, sliced into pieces, tossed into the air, and spliced together however they fell, including backwards and upside-down. He didn't do much after the Beatles (California pop group America provided income, and the work wasn't very challenging); Paul McCartney brought him in to produce a couple of early 80's albums. 8. Phil Spector Credits: The Ronettes, The Shirelles, The Angels, The Beatles, the Ramones Song: The Ronettes: Be My Baby Given his biography and current events, there's not much one can do with Spector but shake their heads with regret. He had a hit as member of the Teddy Bears in 1957 with "To Know Him Is To Love Him" and was a millionaire producer before he turned twenty. His patented Wall of Sound involved using dozens of musicians and singers on a recording, filling every nanosecond with layers of sound, including instruments meant to be "felt, not heard". As a sound, it is truly grandiose, as any of the early 60's pop hits he produced will attest, perhaps the greatest is the Ronettes' "Be My Baby". The sound was out of style by 1966; kids wanted rock. His last great wall of sound production was on Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep Mountain High", a hair-raisingly stunning masterpiece that flopped, sending Spector into self-imposed seclusion. Spector's work was erratic ever since; his contribution to the Beatles' Let It Be (1970), John Lennon's Imagine (1971), and The Ramones' End Of The Century (1979) were his only significant credits since. Spector famously hated stereo, as did Brian Wilson, and mixed things for mono. A lifelong gun enthusiast who had a habit of pulling guns on people (including the Ramones, who didn't like it), he's currently on trial for murder. 9. Brian Wilson Credits: The Beach Boys Song: The Beach Boys: God Only Knows While the passage of time makes it seem unlikely now, Brian Wilson was once at the cutting edge of music, and was in direct competition with the Beatles in defining state-of-the-art production technique in the 1960's, after Phil Spector's sound went out of fashion. Deaf in one ear, Wilson produced things in mono, which gives the Beach Boy's mid-60's records a surprisingly rich sound when compared to some of their contemporaries (including the Beatles in the U.S.), who were mixed for fake "processed" stereo. Wilson was a painstaking overdubber, and would find music in anything, from wind chimes to an old shoe. Pet Sounds will stand as the purest testament to his genius; the tapes to his orchestral, overdubbed, sound-effect laden follow-up, Smile, were famously destroyed in 1967 when Sgt. Pepper beat him to the punch; he descended into a decades-long battle with mental instability in its wake. He re-emerged several times since then, seeming a pitiable shadow of his former self; although in the 90's, he seemed to improve considerably. In 2004, amid a flurry of activity, he finally completed Smile and toured with it; he seemed functional, capable, and content. Smile reached #13 on the charts. 10. Jimmy Miller Credits: The Rolling Stones, Traffic, Spencer Davis Group, The Plasmatics, Motorhead Song: The Rolling Stones: You Can't Always Get What You Want Miller was also a percussionist, and often played drums himself on his recordings; with the Rolling Stones he drums on "Honky Tonk Women" and provides the oomph to the drums on "You Can't Always Get What You Want". As such, his productions always highlighted the drums and percussion, and he'd add more when needed. He encouraged jamming; Traffic (and the Stones, with Mick Taylor) began to stretch out at his suggestion, and insisted on good playing. Unfortunately a heroin addiction got him fired after Goat's Head Soup. He worked little after that; The Plasmatics and Motorhead were among his only significant credits, a long way down from the Stones; his addiction claimed his life in 1994. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" which even name drops him, is his masterpiece. 11. Chris Thomas Credits: Sex Pistols, Procol Harum, Badfinger, The Pretenders, Roxy Music Song: Sex Pistols: Pretty Vacant Chris Thomas got his first taste of production working as an engineer on the Beatles' White Album, in 1968. From that great resume-starter he eventually had as much of a hand in creating new wave and punk as anyone. He produced art-rockers Roxy Music in the 70's as well as power-pop legends Badfinger, and then wound up at the controls for Never Mind The Bollocks, Here's The Sex Pistols. Given the explosive nature of the group, it is remarkable how well he recorded them; the album stands as testimony to the band's greatness, largely via Thomas' efforts to make sure things were recorded right, and knowing what needed to be there and what didn't. Simplicity is the word best associated with Thomas, even during the art-rock years; his work with the Pretenders showed the Sex Pistols was no fluke. 12. Steve Albini Credits: The Pixies, The Breeders, Tad, Nirvana, Helmet Song: The Pixies: Gigantic Big Black guitarist Albini doesn't like to be called a "producer", he prefers the term "engineer" which usually refers to the sound guy who's in charge of making sure the equpment is functioning; the producer's right hand man. He makes this distinction because he dislikes the concept of producers leaving their mark; to Albini, recordings should be technically pure, capturing the band as it is, not as a producer hears it. As such, he's the polar opposite of a Butch Vig, which is why Nirvana went with Albini for In Utero. Albini certainly thinks like an engineer; his technique is to have the band play as he places mikes in all directions, capturing them from all angles. He doesn't like separate audio tracks for each instrument; which is contrary to conventional production technique. All of this contributes to the live ambience of "Gigantic", with its sqealing guitar feedback, crisp rhythm playing, and nuanced vocal from Kim Deal, who rarely took lead with the Pixies. 13. Lee "Scratch" Perry Credits: Bob Marley, The Wailers, The Clash Song: Bob Marley & The Wailers: Punky Reggae Party Lee "Scratch" Perry, the 4 foot 11 inch titan of reggae and dub, belongs on this list for both the influence of his production, which along with the father of dub King Tubby, helped redefine reggae and create dub, and also his reputation as an absolute madman, one he shares with many names on this list. He manned the controls for the Wailers' best recordings, and released a countless amount of albums on which he produces and performs. Naturally, reggae beats, and the bass, are given emphasis, and turntable, stereo separation, echo, and other studio tricks are employed to give the music its dense, hallucinatory qualities. The Clash were big fans, and brought him in to produce, but his tracks ultimately weren't used in their produced form; the Clash remixed them to suit their own sound. "Punky Reggae Party" is a Perry/Marley nod to punk rock; one that helped cement The Clash's brief flirtation with Perry. 14. George Clinton Credits: Funkadelic, Parliament Song: Funkadelic: The Wars of Armageddon Clinton's P-Funk empire had more influence on funk than almost any other artist has ever had in their own genre. Creating albums with vast amounts of cast members, Clinton put emphasis on the theatrical implications of music; bizarre sound effects were used, instruments were filtered and distorted, vocals borrowed from Gospel and doo wop and soul; lyrics worthy of the sleaziest underground comic were used, virtuosos playing was encouraged, and above all, the integrity of the funk was maintained; heavy oppressive beats that could get the unfunkiest listener shaking their ass. "The Wars of Armageddon" is notable for its wild production, which throws in soundbytes of arguments, screaming babies, flight annoucements, and echo techniques that make Eddie Hazel sound like he's playing guitar in a damp sewer, all in the service of a funky slab of misique concrete, he's gotta be up there on any list. 15. Shel Talmy Credits: The Who, The Kinks, David Bowie, Pentangle, Small Faces Song: The Who: I Can't Explain American-born Shel Talmy was one of the best producers of the British Invasion, responsible for the signature sounds of the Who and the Kinks. Talmy was another character; he arrived in London pitching acetates of the Beach Boys, claiming to have produced them; he hadn't. As an American, Talmy's production ideas were a lot bolder and primitive than his British contemporaries like George Martin; he favored raw sounds considered too untamed by most producers; as a result, those early Kinks and Who records still sound electric and vibrant today because of their raw, unairbrushed qualities; in some ways, he was the Steve Albini of his day. "I Can't Explain" is the who at their raw, early best; with raunchy lead and richly-timbered power riffing. The drums and bass are kept more forward in the mix than the British were comfortable with, giving Keith Moon and John Entwistle as much spotlight as Townshend's guitar. 16. Holland Dozier Holland Credits: The Supremes, Martha and the Vandellas, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, Junior Walker & The All-Stars Song: Martha and the Vandells: Nowhere To Run Motown's chief production and songwriting crew, Brian and Eddie Holland and Lamont Dozier were assembled by label owner Berry Gordy in the early 60's after Eddie Holland's career as a performer failed to ignite. As songwriters, they wrote the lion's share of Motown classics in the 1960's by the top names on the roster. Their sound is synonymous with mid-60's Detroit soul sound; their chief competitor was Jerry Wexler over at Memphis-based Stax, and Atlantic records, with whom Stax merged; Stax pulled ahead of Motown in popularity at the end of the 60's. As producers they were very cutting edge, employing a Phil Spector style wall of sound and souping it up, playing with all kinds of studio devices. They generally worked with singers and musicians separately; as with most soul records, a crack in-house band was brought in to play behind the talent. 17. Trevor Horn Credits: The Buggles, Yes, Seal, Paul McCartney, The Art of Noise Song: Yes: Owner Of A Lonely Heart Trevor Horn's first work of renown was the quirky 1978 novelty "Video Killed The Radio Star" an infectious piece of futuristic pop that employed electronics and peculiar vocal filters in the service of a radio-friendly sound (ironic, given its message) that also sounded like art-pop; its video was the first video ever shown on MTV, in 1982. He joined Yes for Drama in 1980, and moved to the producer's booth for the next two Yes albums, while also performing in and producing proto-electronica club-pop The Art of Noise. Horn, who is classically tained, likes cinematic bombast, but keeps it sleek; his work on "Owner Of A Lonely Heart" resulted in one of the most unlikely #1 hits ever in 1983, yet didn't betray Yes' essential prog-rock sound. 18. John Cale Credits: The Stooges, Patti Smith, Sham 69, Squeeze, The Modern Lovers Song: Patti Smith: Horses Welsh avant-garde and classical musician and viola player John Cale was a founding member of the Velvet Underground, which was the first serious deconstruction and subversion of rock music, which had essentially been party music for teens until 1966. He's kept up a well regarded but controversial and fiercely experimental solo career ever since, sometimes reuniting with Lou Reed. Along with his work as a performer, he also was a key figure behind the controls in the 1970's, and produced many of the seminal proto-punk acts of the day, including The Stooges and Patti Smith; his work with U.K. first-wave punk act Sham 69 gave him a foot in both punk universes. Minimalist is his way of life; clutter should be avoided, and pop structure can go out the window. Patti Smith's Horses, which has the spareness of garage rock and ignores all convention, is perhaps his best work as producer. 19. Dave Edmunds Credits: The Fabulous Thunderbirds, k.d. lang, Stray Cats, Elvis Costello, Johnny Cash Song: Stray Cats: Rock This Town Since his debut as part of Love Sculpture in 1967, Dave Edmunds has been rock's great traditionalist; generally avoiding all trends and fads and sticking with a roots-rock approach that has its roots in rockabilly, and rarely straying from there. While this approach has never made him a superstar, it has always kept him working, and he's resume is lengthier than many others on this list. "Rock This Town" by the Stray Cats, which Edmunds co-wrote and produced, is an honest, by-the-numbers rockabilly with minimal concessions to modern tastes; it was a huge hit. Almost any record with Edmunds' name on it will be a consistently enjoyable listening experience; at his best, with the right musicians, he helps reinforce the very pillars of rock 'n' roll itself. 20. Eddie Kramer Credits: Peter Frampton, Joe Cocker, Whitesnake, KISS, Anthrax Song: Kiss: Rock and Roll All Nite Kramer, like Glyn Johns and Chris Thomas and many others, came to the producer's controls via a career as one of the best recording engineers in the business, engineering "Are You Experienced" by Jimi Hendrix and "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin, both works famous for their rich sonic play, which is largely the work of Kramer. There's no way to get all of his credits into a paragraph; if Kramer hasn't written a book, he ought to. As producer and engineer, he worked at the hot Electric Lady studios in Manhattan, where all of the cream of 70's rock came to record at some point in their careers. His engineering credits are much more remarkable than his production credits, but he produced some of the biggest albums in the 70's, helping to define the arena rock sound. His work on Alive and Love Gun brought Kiss' glammy hard rock out of the murk into sharper relief as arena rock overlords. Given what he had to work with, that alone is an achievement. His engineering skills came in handy on Frampton Comes Alive, too. Listen to Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats: Rocket 88 (1951) Sunday Morning Playlist is a weekly feature


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Thanks Cindy. Late in replying but I was on the road and just caught the notice about the posting when I stopped for coffee. Hope you had a great day too!
HAPPY MONDAY 57andfemale!
Hope that the family are all having a FANTASTIC DAY! How are the babies doing; Miss Pearl, Nickleby and Kasper, now that the snow has melted?
How is my good friend Cindy doing?
Poor Miss Pearl. A HUGE thunder clap last night – I jumped. I didn't even know it was raining. She went from zero to 200 on the anxiety scale. The house was really hot and muggy but I put her thundershirt on, gave her the Rescue Remedy. Poor baby was so scared……..
Earlier in the day I had to dig Kasper out of the sofa springs – he decided to explore into the depths of the sofa after he'd torn down the underlining. He had his butt in the torn underlining like a sling and his head and paws were eagerly exploring those springs. He's something else.
Doing GREAT my friend,
I "woke up" this morning, and was able to do for myself; everything else (worry, complaints etc…) is small in comparison. : )
Time to write a book; Mr. Kasper Explores Couchy Couch : )
Is Nickleby's medical problems better, now that the weather is some what better?
The days we can 'do' stuff are the best………
Cindy, I think Nickelby's okay. All of them have been irregular eating their dog food, but I think that's Daddee's fault – I think he was putting people food in their food and now I'm trying to get them back to normal.
Nickelby seems a little quiet to me, but all his tests are good. he needs his teeth cleaned and he won't let me brush them so we face this periodically. To me, he's my baby but I have to realize he's 8, 9 years old, minimum. But always a baby to me…….
CarolMae has been pushing me to get a decent picture, tweet it and then bring it over here. My Motley Crew!
Be well, my friend. I love our chats.
Good news,
Thanks for sharing. Yes! get the pictures over here, I want to see this bunch after hearing the great stories.
Have a wonderful evening.
Yes! An AWESOME BEAUTIFUL DAY…..
Come on guys……..it's over here : )
Hope you're ENJOYING this BEAUTIFUL DAY!
Oh my goodness. So precious, so wonderful, so dear. Thank you kindly, jaquelineoboomer
Congrats on 1st Cindy 🙂
May 12, 2014
Ambassador Daniel Baer, the U.S. envoy to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) held up a new report issued today by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and High Commissioner for National Minorities as evidence of the dire human rights consequences of Russian and Russian-supported actors in Ukraine.
"We see in this human rights assessment the human toll that Russia's crimes have taken, creating a climate of fear and intimidation."
The Human Rights Assessment of the situation in Ukraine was based on several weeks of fieldwork that began in early March and concluded in early April. Teams of researchers fanned out across the country, including in Crimea after the illegal and illegitimate referendum on March 17.
The report includes a number of damning findings that implicate Russia and pro-Russian groups who have been operating particularly in Eastern Ukraine. For example it notes that in late February, violent, organized groups "started arriving in buses or private vehicles, some of which had either no license plates or Russian license plates."
More at the link in the tweet:
And, there's this ….
Happy Monday TO YOU! Hope you are having a WONDERFULLY SPLENDID DAY.
After over 30 years of exponential growth, the number of prison admissions in this country is going down…so much so that in 2012 it was at a two-decades low.
The author of that piece, Stanford Psychiatry Professor Keith Humphreys, highlighted that as part of an overall trend.
The size of the prison population started to drop for the first time since the early 1970s and has kept dropping since. The rate of annual prison admissions fell to a two-decade low. Politicians on the right and left made common cause against mass incarceration in state after state, cutting sentences, promoting alternatives to incarceration, and closing correctional facilities. For the first time in 40 years, Congress and the President eliminated a mandatory minimum sentence. Marijuana decriminalization and legalization laws swept the land, and the intensity of pot enforcement swooned. Meanwhile, The Affordable Care Act and related reforms made addiction treatment more available than at any time in U.S. history.
Now THAT'S what I'd call "seeing the big picture" on an important issue! Its a veritable collection of baby steps paying off.
You can still use Au as far as I'm concerned, Nena. I knew what you meant——didn't cause me one moment of distress.
Oh Dotster3.
🙂 Well of course. We were all having fun.
That is why I typed GOLD in caps.
Today is the Day of Birth of One Notable Chemist: Dorothy Hodgkin. She would have been 104 yrs.
Google gave her a shout out today.
There you go. Wading pettily into a discussion that had nothing to do with you and was started and ended hours ago. Did I say Nena couldn't use Au? No. I simply asked if Au was alternate universe because Au has different meanings and she explained she was using Au, the symbol for gold. I realized I hadn't heard that outside of a chemistry class and she realized she had forgotten the symbol for bronze. Then Chips and I joked about Man United never getting gold again. That was it. Friendly discussion over. No distress.
But then here you come along, hours later, stirring the pot. Nice try, Dotster.
Huh?—–geez and geepers creepers or creepy deep—–just trying to be nice to Nena. No trying to "stir the pot" —–that's actually funny.
Happy Monday evening Nena20409!
Thank you for the congrats-I am wearing it proudly : )
Hope you have a BEAUTIFUL night………..
I am delighted that PBO announced some specifics about what we are doing to search for the girls in Nigeria.
My question is this: Don't we have sophisticated imaging devices that can detect movement beneath trees and greenery in forests?
or have I been watching too much tv?
I'm hoping we have all kinds of technology and Special Ops teams on the ground in Nigeria and that we will have some good news soon.
The parents of these children must be so freaked out—horrifying.
I have just finished listening to the POTUS and he actually said that. But I thought it might have been Sunny. Now I know that it was a little girl…….thanks to Mark Knoller.
"..With the clock running out on the seventh and final round of the 2014 NFL Draft on Saturday evening and the St. Louis Rams holding two of the last eight picks, Rams coach Jeff Fisher turned to general manager Les Snead and team president Kevin Demoff and said, "Let's go get Michael Sam" — and the NFL changed forever……
…..Late Friday night in Fisher's office, as the coach met with Demoff and Snead, the subject of drafting Sam came up, and it was quickly dismissed. Yet privately, Fisher was contemplating the possibility that, if Sam remained on the board in the draft's latter stages, he could simultaneously get value and strike a blow for acceptance and respect. On Saturday, as pick No. 249 neared, Fisher decided it was time to welcome Sam to the Rams' family. He called Rams owner Stan Kroenke and told him of the plan, receiving a favorable response……
…At 5:48 p.m. CST, the pick was called in, and the war room grew silent. Fisher rose from his seat and walked over to the pair of large television sets in one corner of the room, and scores of coaches, scouts and other Rams officials joined him. A couple of minutes later, when the pick was flashed on the two screens, the room erupted in applause, and Fisher began receiving hand slaps from nearly everyone in his vicinity. A few minutes later, as he paced excitedly around his office, Fisher revealed to me that he'd been privately considering the Sam move for several days. "I've been thinking about it," Fisher said. "Look, he's a good football player. We're glad to have him. We got better when we took him. And we're gonna do everything we can to get the most out of him. It's exciting."
It's also historic — and until about 15 minutes before history was made, only one man had a clue what was about to happen."
WTF?!?!? Seems like a psychopath in the making…his "cackling" friends better be afraid; be very afraid because somewhere down the line, it's THEIR heads on Justin's chopping block.
I wonder if this kind of sentencing will become more common?
'He recently completed a 190-day prison boot camp at Indian Springs instead of time behind bars.'
Clay Aikens opponent has died
U.S. congressional candidate Keith Crisco, who battled "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken in a May 6 Democratic primary race in North Carolina deemed too close to call, died on Monday, the state elections board said.
Crisco, 71, a businessman and former North Carolina commerce secretary, died after a fall at his home in Asheboro, according to the Asheboro Courier-Tribune. His campaign could not be reached immediately for comment.
I had read that he was found dead.
So sad.
I sincerely wish his family my deepest sympathy.
Chris Hayes is looking for attention on Twitter. Trying to be funny with his fake link-bait tweets…
A really novel invention & way to be proactive…….could be a nice gift to donate as well.
"In developing countries, clean drinking water is not a given. According to the World Health Organization, every year, around 3.4 million people die from water-related illnesses. To put it in perspective: That's roughly equivalent to Los Angeles' entire population. Accessing clean water often means waiting in line for a truck to haul it to you, boiling it (an energy-hungry option) or running it through a ceramic filter (expensive). But the truth is, more often than not people don't clean it at all.
A new project from the Water Is Life organization is looking to simplify the purification process with a high-design solution. The Drinkable Book, as it's called, looks like something you'd keep on your coffee table, but it's actually a full-on water purification system…..
….Each page is its own little filter that can clean up to 100 liters of water (that's around a 30-day supply). This means each book can provide a single person with up to four years of clean water. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon and University of Virginia developed a special kind of paper that's coated in silver nanoparticles, which kill bacteria. "Some socks use silver nanoparticles to prevent fungus from growing on athletes' feet," explains chemist Theresa Dankovich, the project's lead scientist who has been researching this process since 2008……"
POTUS praises India for having held their National elections.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is congratulating India on its national election and says that country has set an example for the rest of the world.
In a statement, Obama praises India for holding the largest democratic election in history. He's calling it "a vibrant demonstration of our shared values of diversity and freedom."
Obama says the U.S. looks forward to India's formation of a new government after election results come in. He says the U.S. will work closely with India's next government.
The guy went Crazy today attacking HRC using effing hawk and the late Tim Russert saying that he was support Cheney? Seriously? The guy that was in support of the Iraq war and praised GW Bush?
Why don't these fools that interview this nut who his Epitome of Political Purity is? Ted Cruz or Rand Paul?
From last night.
@Pierre would get a better return on his investment if he invests at TOD rather than with the grifter GG.
I'm suffering from Bates Motel withdrawal this evening. Serves me right for allowing myself to get addicted in the first place.
I feel the same way about True Detective and even worse, season 2 of True Detective won't have the amazing talents of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Luckily for me, I have Fargo on FX to tide me over. It's really great. 10 episodes and Billy Bob Thornton is doing a masterful job. I happily recommend that to you.
Hmmm…I will have to check out those as well. I love Billy Bob's acting as a rule so I'll probably enjoy Fargo. I was planning on bingewatching Breaking Bad over Memorial or some such weekend, but really, can I afford to have YET another vice at this time?
So many vices…so little time…SIGH…
Wait…wait…wait. Don't make a rash decision. LOL. Breaking Bad binge watching is a great vice to have. Just 5 seasons and you are done.
::chants: do it…do it…do it…do it….
If we can convince Meta to watch it and then looooove it, you can hop on board too. 🙂
Ha! That's what I'm afraid of Nerdy..I've heard such good things about BB from so many reliable sources…I may need a 12-month detox plan after the 5 seasons…but I will go ahead and set up a weekend for just that. I will deal with the consequences whatever they may be. 🙂 🙂
Yay!!!! I was wondering if you were also watching Fargo. That's great to know.
FX always has great original programming. I'm enjoying Fargo(Cohen Bros. I believe)…..and still have not decided if I like the "Americans" but have watched every episode of the first two seasons. Justified w/ Timothy Olyphant is pretty great…didn't like last season thoug( I still have cravings for "Deadwood" on HBO which he was the lead) and "Sons of Anarchy" is one of my favorites. "Rescue Me" (Dennis Leary) was when FX got me watching the channel on a regular basis. If you want to watch a really well written (Mike Judge "Office Space & Alec Berg "Curb your Enthusiam" "Seinfeld") funny show "Silicon Valley" on HBO is hilarious…comes on after "Game of Thrones"….and on AMC this new series "Turn" about a colonist-turned spy against the British… based in 1776 while G. Washington's army was almost defeated is a pretty good series. AMC's "Hell on Wheels" is a good show based on building the continental railroad during slavery w/ Common as a lead character….new season starts in the summer.
I'm really into historical period dramas……. PBS Masterpiece has a show "Mr. Selfridge" about an American business man who moved to London, and opened a department store in the mold of Harrods….it is set prior to WW2 and stars Jeremy Piven, of "Entourage" fame.
Thanks, LP.
Yeah, Justified, Turn, Hell on Wheels, and Sons of Anarchy are good.
As for Silicon Valley, I have tried and am continuing to try but that show irritates me because I'm all, what the hell is this?! The character with the curly hair turns me off with his douchebag pointless behavior and theorizing. I keep waiting for the laughs and after the show is done, I'm all, holy crap, I just wasted 30 minutes of my life. It's puzzling to me because the guys who did Office Space, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and Seinfeld know how to write good comedy yet Silicon Valley has been falling flat episode after episode.
Yeah the curly ginger can be quite annoying….. so much of the writing is "insider" Palo Alto lingo…..it kind of reminds me of Sorkin's "Newsroom" either you hate it or love it…..
Has anybody had trouble logging onto CBS Primetime? I think their site is down. 😦 Wanted to start watching some programs from last night. Darn.
How many states is that have raised their minimum wage to at least 10.10/hr
Washington State
The Mayor of Philadelphia raised the minimum wage for employees of contractor and sub contractors…
what other states?
My only comment is I wish they would all get to $10+ sooner. To have to wait 2, 3, 4 years to get there doesn't seem that helpful to me if you are living in a tight space. Why not just do it, at least in a year? And I'm not just referring to Vermont.
yes…whenever they talk about workers wages…Most times it is a gradual process…but I am glad it is happening
Don't get me wrong, PF58, I am glad too. I am only frustrated that they won't jump right in earlier, knowing as they do that wages have stagnated for ages! But, I am grateful it IS happening.
Answered my own question…..
Since the President called on states and employers to raise the minimum wage…Wonderful things are happening….
Since MSM loves the #Benghazi story so much, have they covered this in-fighting between two CA Republicans over #Benghazi?
What's that, crickets you say?
Ladyhawke linked to an Up With Steve segment this morning where Dave Wiegel said that GOP voters he's talked to say their concern is that President Obama wasn't aware/didn't care what happened or that the military was told to stand down. Neither of which is true, of course.

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Renewing Your CDL in Florida
After the lengthy process of obtaining an initial Florida CDL, renewing is actually quite simple in comparison. You must apply in person at your local driver license office, and bring in your expired or close-to-expiring license. Unfortunately, CDLs may not be renewed online or by phone or mail.
You'll be required to take the vision test again, and should pass with at least a 20/40 in each eye, with or without corrective lenses, to be eligible to renew. A Medical Examination Report (Form 649-F) may also be required again.
You may also need to provide proof of your identity, proof of your residential address, and your Social Security number again. Call ahead to be sure.
Hazardous Materials Endorsement
If you have a CDL with an H or X endorsement, you'll also need to take and pass the hazardous materials knowledge test. This is a requirement each time you renew.
Finally, you'll need to undergo another background check, just like you did when you first applied. Begin before your license's expiration date to allow for test processing time. All licenses with HAZMAT endorsements are valid for 4 years, and you can renew the license up to 1 year before it expires.
Renewal Fees
CDL renewal costs $75, plus $7 for each added endorsement. If you're renewing a HAZMAT endorsement, a fee for the background check to the TSA will also be required.
New Federal Requirements
You must self-certify your type of vehicle operation with the Florida DMV. This means you must self-certify one of the following driving categories:
- Non-Excepted Interstate
- Excepted Interstate
- Non-Excepted Intrastate
- Excepted Intrastate
If you choose Non-Excepted Interstate, you must provide the DMV with a federal medical certificate.
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage base ES 1.2 manual: 54.0 mpg (US) ... 23.0 km/L ... 4.4 L/100 km ... 64.9 mpg (Imp)
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The Wolf Among Us
By Telltale Inc
Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
**NOTE: Compatible with iPhone 4S and up, and iPad 2 and up - also requires iOS 6 and up**
****Episode 1: Faith is now FREE****
***Save 25% on additional episodes in The Wolf Among Us by purchasing the Multi-Pack [Episodes 2-5 bundle] via in-app in the 'Episodes' menu***
From the creators of the Game of the Year award-winning series The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series, comes a gritty, violent and mature thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books (DC Comics/Vertigo).
As Bigby Wolf - THE big bad wolf - you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
An evolution of Telltale's ground-breaking choice and consequence game mechanics will ensure the player learns that even as Bigby Wolf, Sheriff of Fabletown, life in the big bad city is bloody, terrifying and dangerous.
Over a season of content spanning across 5 episodes (All five critically acclaimed episodes are available now):
Episode 1: Faith
Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors
Episode 3: A Crooked Mile
Episode 4: In Sheep's Clothing
Episode 5: Cry Wolf
What's New in Version 1.3
*Miscellaneous Fixes
Customer Reviews
Overall a great and entertaining game, but...
Love the game overall - interesting and fun to play. My only complaints are that each chapter is fairly short (takes you now more than maybe an hour tops to play each chapter) AND each chapter can often take forever to load, even if your phone is plugged in and you have a good wifi connection. It literally took me about 8 hours on a lazy day just to be able to play MAYBE three hours of gameplay Because I had to have the loading screen actually up with the volume down and to keep checking to make sure it had t stopped loading and then restarting the load if it was cut off. For the $15 season pass, I do think the game itself is definitely worth it, but I would've MUCH rather been able to load the whole game at once (even of it took 3 hours or so) and to play chapter after chapter rather than having the annoying and long load process in between.
For those that love a good story
Oh how I wish this was a free game for the rest of the chapters. I would watch lots of ads for them but it's their right to charge for them. They at least made the first one free.
While this isn't a game that is all action, I feel that it balances out between inspections and fight sequences. I love the comic cell style visuals of this game, and any game that has choices and consequences is a win in my book. I just wish you could walk around more and try to figure things out for yourself (like a Nancy Drew game).
People need to stop leaving 1 star reviews because they have to pay for a real game with plot and action. This isn't candy crush.
THE best game EVER
I fangirl so hard with this game. It has an amazing story line and omg the characters. Bigby makes me swoon! He's so handsome! And the plot twists are amazing! The only thing I hate about this is the swearing. I've never played a telltale game before that had like 9 f words in one sentence. It would be a rated R movie because of profanity and swearing. But great game!! I read fan fiction about it all the time! Can't get my head off of it! PLEASE make a season 2 and if you do please not that much swearing. But yea the soundtrack and colors and graphics is amazing in this game. It gives you an empowering feel that you can't escape. It really is a awesome game! And I would play it all over again in a heartbeat!
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- Category: Games
- Updated: Oct 19, 2015
- Version: 1.3
- Size: 702 MB
- Language: English
- Seller: Telltale Games
- ©2014 Telltale, Inc. Telltale, Telltale Games and the Telltale Games logo are trademarks of Telltale, Inc. All Rights Reserved. © Bill Willingham and DC Comics™ Bill Willingham (2014). All Rights Rese
Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.
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PDFs are the closest thing the internet has to a paper document. They're standard, they look the same on every system regardless of what fonts you have installed, and typically aren't something users can edit.
As with paper documents, some PDFs are intended to be confidential. And if you want to protect a PDF, there's support for password-protected encryption built directly into the format. You can create encrypted PDFs with Adobe's Acrobat software, which offers a 30-day trial if all you need to do is add a password to one document.
On a Mac, Preview offers similar support and PDF encryption. And Windows users who would rather not pay can check out PDFMate, a free program for the job. Here's a quick rundown of all three methods.
Related: Edit, sign, append, and save with 9 of our favorite PDF editors
How to password protect a PDF in Windows
Password Protecting a PDF on a Windows machine isn't as easy as you might expect. Although premium programs such as Microsoft Word and Adobe Acrobat can handle the task with ease, Windows doesn't offer an out-of-the-box tool for doing so in the way Mac OS X and the forthcoming MacOS does. Fortunately, you can always opt for the 30-day trial of Adobe Acrobat, or utilize a third-party application such as PDFMate PDF Merger. The latter may not look pretty, but unlike Acrobat, it doesn't cost $15 a month.
Let's break down both methods, starting with the Acrobat free trial.
Password protecting a PDF with Adobe Acrobat
Step 1 — Navigate to the main Adobe Acrobat free trial page and click the blue Get started button. You'll need to sign up for an Adobe Creative Cloud account, then fill in the form with your name, email address, and birthday. You'll also need to create a password for your new Adobe account. This will allow you to download the trial version of Adobe Acrobat.
Step 2 — Launch Adobe Acrobat, click the File menu in the upper-left corner, and select Open. You will need to sign-in with the account you created in step one. Afterward, choose the PDF file you want to password protect from its respective save location and click the Open button.
Step 3 — Click the File menu again when viewing the open document, followed by Properties and Security.
Step 4 — Click the drop-down menu beside Security Method, then select Password Security from the list of resulting list of options.
Step 5: A window should appear prompting you for a password. Check the box beside Require a password to open the document and enter your desired password in the corresponding text field. Considering you're sending this password to others, it's probably best to choose one that you don't use for other services. Recent versions of Adobe will even rate how difficult your password will be to guess, so try to pick a password that gets a strong rating, one that includes a combination of lower-case letters, capitalization, and numbers.
Restricting edits and printing with Adobe Acrobat
Password protecting a PDF document isn't necessarily a catch-all. The Document Security menu of Adobe Acrobat, for instance, will additionally allow you to password protect certain tasks such as editing and printing. Below is a brief rundown on how you can enable said features in Adobe Acrobat.
Step 1 — Open the PDF document as you would normally and access the Security panel as previously outlined.
Step 2 — Select Change Settings to access the Password Security menu. From there, check the box beside Restrict editing and printing… and enter a password in the box to the right of Change Permissions Password.
Here's an overview of the available editing limitations.
- Inserting, deleting, and rotating pages: This allows the person with access to the document to get rid of parts of the document, add pages, and flip the pages around.
- Commenting, filling in form fields, and signing existing signature fields: This allows the person to leave comments on the document, fill in sections that have boxes to add text, and electronically sign the document.
- Any edits except extracting pages: this allows others to make any necessary changes to the document except for cutting it down.
That's it! Now your PDF is password protected. When opened, this password prompt will automatically appear.
Password protecting a PDF with PDFMate
Let's face it, not everyone wants to throw down a healthy portion of their paycheck every time they want to password protect a document. Thankfully, there are alternatives to Adobe's premium suite so long as you don't mind opting for a third-party utility with barebones features and design aesthetics. Once installed, PDFMate Free PDF Merger allows you to combine specific pages and encrypt entire documents without the exuberant price tag. Additionally, it lets you set permission passwords in a similar manner to Adobe Acrobat and Reader — meaning you can set specific passcodes for tasks such as editing, copying, and printing — though, the interface is far less attractive.
Step 1 — Head over to the PDFMate Free PDF Merger website, click the green Free Download button near the top of the page, and follow the on-screen installation instructions. Then, launch the application when the installation process is complete.
Step 2 — Click the Add Files button with the addition sign in the upper-left corner and double click the PDF document you want to password protect.
Step 3 — The PDF you want to password protect will then automatically appear in the list of files. Check the box beside Open Password and enter your password into the corresponding text field. You can also check the box beside Permission Password, which will allow you to enable password protection for editing, copying, and printing by checking the appropriate tasks underneath.
Step 4 — Select Build in the bottom-right corner of the application window when you're finished adding your password. Afterward, a folder will automatically open with your new Password protected PDF. Presto!


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MLS Number 4617711
- Residential Single Family
- Bedrooms 8
- Bathroom 11
- Stories 3
- New Construction Existing
A fabulous Wolfeboro Lakehome w/7 acres & 600+ feet of Winnipesaukee waterfront. It is a masterpiece of architectural design. Rich mouldings & sophisticated style, it is elegant, warm & inviting. You will be impressed w/warmth of wood, arches, curves, stairways & amazing walls of glass that draw you to the beauty of the water views. Great Room w/amazing, soaring stone fireplace includes a gourmet kitchen fit for the finest chef. A spacious & private office w/FP & custom built-ins opens to a private patio. A luxurious master suite include FP & sitting area. The 2nd level is accessed by elevator, handicapped lift or 3 stairways. It includes a fully appointed 2 bedroom Living Suite. There are 4 additional, en-suite bedrooms. The 3rd level has a state of the art theater & fabulous 8 bed bunkroom. The lower level is for pure fun. It is filled w/games & game tables & has a fully applianced wet bar & 2FP's. It also has a wine room & tasting area. Meander along pathways through private woodlands to the waterfront. Enjoy picturesque views from bluestone patios. You are just steps from the large perched beaches, & 3 docks. You have the luxury of a 3 bay boathouse lined in mahogany & w/motarized lifts for winter boat storage. An enormous, detached 36x50 two story barn is perfect for toys. It opens to an FAA approved helipad. The naturalized landscape is filled w/perennial gardens & indigenous flowering shrubs for ever changing color. This home is intimate, comfortable & welcoming.
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- Chestguard of the Dark Stalker
- Binds when equipped
- Leather
- Chest
- 285 Armor
- +31 Stamina
- Durability 100 / 100
- Requires level 69
- Equip: Increases attack power by 84.
Equip: Improves critical strike rating by 32.
The Chestguard of the Dark Stalker is a leather breast armor aimed at rogues. Its high critical strike rating makes it useful for certain builds.
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text: What Is This?Jesus Diaz9/28/10 4:40pmFiled to: AstronomyvenusVenus ExpressHurricane100EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink No, it's not the video capture of an endoscopy. This particular black vortex lies a bit farther than that. Advertisement The Venus Express, the European Space Agency's spacecraft dedicated to the exploration of our sister planet, has made this surprising discovery on its south pole: A massive vortex similar to the one found on Saturn's south pole.Instead of finding a double storm system as expected, the spacecraft only found a single vortex. Scientists are trying to figure out how and why this is happening. The image—taken by the Venus Express' Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer— shows the eye of the hurricane at 60 kilometers over the planet's surface. [ESA via It's Full of Stars]Reply100 repliesLeave a reply


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We see the Titanic, without the Doctor's influence, crashing into London. Umm... Wasn't the Titanic spaceship in the future? I mean, there were humans on it, so I assumed it was in Earth's future. Why would it have crashed in modern day London, leaving Donna's family without a home?
No, it's present-day Earth, which is how Wilf is in the scene where they beam down as tourists, and how Queen Elizabeth II is shown in the gag near the end. Those aren't humans on the Titanic; they're human-looking aliens. Davies mentions in his book The Writer's Tale that they put a lot of thought into how to indicate that they were aliens, rejecting a number of ideas before giving up, and only realized when it was too late that having them talk more about "the humans" would have done the job.
No, the Titanic wasn't in the future. This should be apparent from the Doctor meeting Wilf during that episode, as well as Donna referencing it in the very next episode.
More significantly, in "Voyage of the Damned," I thought they were saying that, if the ship crashed, its engines would explode and cause a chain reaction that would wipe out all life on Earth. But in "Turn Left," when the ship does crash, only London seems to have been affected.
Evidently, Astrid, Midshipman Frame and Bannakaffalatta were able to minimize the destruction somehow, but at the cost of their own lives. Similarly, someone in America (Grace Holloway and Chang Lee?) confronted the Adipose, but they weren't able to stop them from converting millions of people and escaping.
This episode just annoyed me. RTD'S made it look like humans were stupid and couldn't even wipe their own noses. They all needed the holy time lord to save them. "We need the doctor..." *gag* Whereas with Moffat modern London,christmas day, and the world can take care of themselves
No, the episode makes it clear that much of southern England was wiped out and the rest of the country economically and environmentally devastated as a result.
No, actually, there's nothing about southern England being "wiped out," only (well, not only) flooded with radiation. Like The Borgified Corpse says (quibbles about the meaning of "affected" aside), only London is specifically mentioned as being destroyed, which does indeed contradict "Voyage of the Damned." But RTD didn't have a spinoff cast to kill off in mitigating that crisis, so it goes unexplained.
Okay, so maybe he overestimated the damage. He was in a hurry. Still, killing several million people and irradiating most of southern England is no small matter. Actually come to think of it, how do we know what long term effect fallout from the explosion might have on the rest of the planet?
I've decided that without the tenth Doctor's TARDIS there to crash into, the Titanic crashed into the fifth Doctor's TARDIS instead-- we know they were in the same area thanks to "Time Crash." So in the "Turn Left" universe, the fifth Doctor does his best, but it's (as usual) not good enough, and as the Titanic plunges onto the Earth, and he can't do anything to stop it, he jumps into his TARDIS, murmuring "There should have been another way..."
I like that. Perhaps "There should have been another way..." could become the fifth Doctor's "What? What? What?"
That also didn't make sense to me. I'd gotten the impression from "Partners in Crime" that, had the Doctor & Donna not exposed the Adipose's operation, they would have been happy to operate in secret, merely harvesting a little fat at a time from people who could afford to lose it and wouldn't notice anything untoward.


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This lofty goal has set Quad on a difficult path leading into the 21st century. Fortunately, the company's commitment to computer-to-plate (CTP) technology promises to make the trip less arduous. Call the journey "2001: A Plate Odyssey."
Computer-to-plate meshes well with Quad's three-year plan. By removing steps from the prepress process, CTP saves time and money for customers. CTP is particularly useful for magazine publishers, granting them the luxury necessary to create extremely time-sensitive editorial content.
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As sharp of ear as they are of eye, the distant clicks of cameras finally made the fox beam on on us, wondering no doubt as to who the fools were that were interrupting its sleepy reverie. We certainly did not want to bother this glorious animal, but a stunning photo-op with a wild Red Fox is as rare as hen's teeth, and we couldn't help ourselves.
Finally the animal stood, shook off the dust, and turned to give us a baleful glare. It still sports the full luxuriance of its thick winter pelage - just have a look at that magnificent tail!
The fox slowly sauntered into the adjacent woods, turning to take another look at the paparazzi. My hunch is that it has a den very nearby, and when the weather is sunny regularly loafs on the grassy bank. Even though the temperature was decidedly cool, we had not a half-hour before commented on how nice the sun's warm rays felt. Apparently this fox felt the same, prompting his bask.
Sure enough, when we departed the lodge an hour or so later and motored back by this spot, our foxy friend was back, sprawled out on the lawn as before. Should you find yourself entering the lodge at Mohican, and it is a bright day, check the lawn behind the entrance sign and perhaps you'll also see this handsome beast.
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Happy 24th Birthday!
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Happy birthday to your very beautiful Emma!
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Gosh... it feels like I've been watching your kids grow up! Happy birthday, Emma!
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Happy Birthday to Emma! I am so glad that I didn't have to contend with colic. You gotta be glad those days are over ;)
- Wednesday, March 27, 2013 1:37:00 PM
- crybrug said...
At least you had the "fun" all in one child. I had the colicky baby first and the second was a no sleeper.
It is a great wonderment watching children grow. Hope your daughter has a great birthday! - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 6:03:00 PM
- Dina J said...
She takes after her mother right?!?
You are truly blessed. - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 7:38:00 PM
Hi FC,
Happy, happy birthday to Emma. You guys sure did right!!
Patio - Wednesday, March 27, 2013 8:40:00 PM
Wishing lovely Emma with the beautiful smile a wonderful birthday.
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- Floridacracker said...
Thanks everybody!
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- miz s said...
Aw. I love that glimpse of the early days. I don't know your Emma in person, but I know she's got a smile to die for. Happy belated birthday wishes to her, and to you and Mrs FC. You got some fine kids.
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What's on the Agenda
A supper-club atmosphere and well-focused menu bode well for this downtown restaurant's ulterior motives
By Christina Waters
AGENDA CHEF Steven Long has settled into a fine winter's menu at his lovely kitchen housed in a downtown landmark. The turn-of-the-century establishment offers diners some vintage urban ambience, from broad walls of art-filled brick lined with a gleaming banquette to polished hardwood floors and soft white linens. It looks smart while living up to its other agenda as a thriving dance club and entertainment venue.
On a chilly evening last week, our own agenda centered on a downtown dinner and all the trimmings. The need for something wet and red was answered by two excellent zinfandels from Agenda's trusty wine list. A luscious Sobon Estate "Rocky Top" 1998 ($7.25) confirmed my long-standing love affair with this vineyard's amazing output. My dinner guest Amber's zinfandel, Kempton Clark 1999 ($7.75 and made in, of all places, Cucamonga), while not as elegant as the Sierra foothills elixir, was no slouch.
"That's my favorite," our waitress revealed, approving of an appetizer selection of won ton-wrapped white prawns and diver scallops in pomegranate sauce ($12). We were soon to hear those words, "my favorite," applied to every dish we ordered, and in the case of the won ton creation, inappropriately.
In fact this appetizer was torpedoed by ice-cold prawns wrapped in tepid, greasy won tons. But let me back up and praise what's worth praising here. Arriving on a white square plate, the skewered prawns were organized as a pretty, vertical trio, with fat, pepper-encrusted scallops grouped in the center. The scallops (served hot) were terrific, as were the fruity sauce and some delightfully crunchy infant coconuts the size of olives. But the kitchen must make an effort to offer hot won tons or lose them altogether.
My salad of walnut-strewn greens accompanied by pear slices and crumbled ripe Stilton was delicious and bountiful ($7). We turned to our wine and some fine fresh Italian bread. These ceilings must be 30 feet high, I mused as we waited and waited for our main dishes.
When they did arrive, the entrees proved worth the wait. On its huge white plate, Amber's buttery, plump filet mignon perched like a gleaming citadel, overlooking ethereal potato puffs and some crisp, delicious green beans ($27).
My order of roasted chicken ballotine ($17) was a beautifully executed version of a continental classic. Perfect slices of moist chicken breast, expertly filled with a sage and chestnut mousse, fanned out across a field of satisfying mashed potatoes. A gorgeously constructed sauce of reduced chicken juices and thyme rounded out this skillful entree.
I had to admit that the filet mignon, pink and tender, was a gorgeous piece of beef, even though I didn't go mad for the apple wood smoked bacon that was wrapped around its midsection. Napped with a memorable truffle Madeira sauce, the dish embodied the thinking-woman's steak.
Feeling quite snug at our corner table, we began thinking about dessert. Along with decaf espressos, we pondered various chocolate possibilities, sorbets and some of the other usual pastry suspects. Dialed firmly to "sorbet," Amber insisted on a frozen creation involving raspberries and cabernet ($6.50). The walnut-pear crostatta ($7) caught my eye, and my companion's as well. Her fork is notoriously promiscuous.
When desserts eventually made an appearance, the deep purple sorbet arrived in a tall martini glass, abundant with an intense raspberry flavor, deepened by the wine. The berry tang, alas, was smothered by sweetness. The crostatta was right on the money. The flavors of autumn shone through a tender buttery crust, and the pretty round tart was accompanied by drizzles of caramel sauce and a scoop of sensational vanilla gelato. Actually a scoop of the tightly textured, subtly tangy gelato might have been the perfect partner for the sweet sorbet.
Agenda's dining room cries out for a larger following among serious diners. There's a talented chef in the kitchen and a menu built around a clear, elegant agenda.
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Included in each such load would be a good Universal Time clock. Times taken for signals to reach other places having UT time clocks let them compute the asteroid's distance. (It takes 2.56s for light to pass across Luna's orbit, 499s (8.31min) for light from Sol to pass by Earth.) The distance computed for the asteroid's beamed signal to reach the other place would be sent back, to then get better confirmed by a new UT time being returned at light speed, sent some specified amount of time after the UT time recently sent from the asteroid.
The asteroid's Solar system position could be further computed by using the viewing angles found by its communications cube to be best centered on Sol, planets, and also a few distinct bright stars. Repeatedly finding its own position would then let it keep computing and refining its orbit details. Also this would let it report any orbit change (from any knock or very slight deflection by a close slowly passing asteroid). All this would let it send good freshly updated orbit details and location information etc. back to any remote sender requesting this.
Achieving this for lots of asteroids could cost centuries. There were so many asteroids to find the orbits of, including billions under 100m size, smaller than a sports field park, which could be badly devastating if ever one fell toward any Earth town.
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PORTO SEGURO, Brazil — Diego Maradona was reportedly so struck by stage fright that he called for his mother's help as Argentina players sat in silence in their changing room before the 1986 World Cup final against West Germany.
But it was Maradona who provided the moment of brilliance that decided the game and gave Argentina its second title before 114,800 fans at the Azteca stadium in Mexico City. Four years later, Maradona was in tears as the Germans lifted the title in Rome's Olympic stadium.
Argentina and Germany have a long and emotional World Cup rivalry involving some of the best players to grace the game. When they face each other again on Sunday in Rio De Janeiro's Maracana Stadium, it will be the third World Cup final between the teams — something no other two nations have accomplished.
The 1986 and 1990 finals are still two of the most talked about games in football history.
In 1986, Maradona was at the summit of his career and scored all four of Argentina's goals in the quarterfinals and semifinals — including the "hand of God" against England. Franz Beckenbauer was in charge of Germany in his first major tournament as coach.
Germany's camp was in disarray, and goalkeeper Uli Stein was sent home for insulting Beckenbauer. Journalists shared a hotel with the players and their nightly escapades became tabloid lore.
But the Germans plodded on and beat France 2-0 in the semifinals, even though the Michel Platini-led French team had been widely expected to face Argentina in the final.
And so, in the noon-time heat of the awe-inspiring Azteca, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge and Maradona led their sides out. The Germany captain was playing injured throughout the tournament and had not scored.
Jose Luis Brown's header and Jorge Valdano's goal on a counterattack gave Argentina a 2-0 lead and Maradona's team appeared to be cruising. Then the Germans struck back.
Rummenigge and substitute Rudi Voeller scored from Andreas Brehme's free kicks and suddenly it was 2-2 with eight minutes to play.
Maradona had been marked by Lothar Matthaeus, who did a good job throughout the match. But with the Germans trying to use the momentum and grab the winner, the ball took a weird bounce in midfield and Maradona sent Jorge Burruchaga racing with a deft left-foot flick. Burruchaga beat the offside trap and Argentina had the title.
Years later, Valdano told Germany's Spiegel magazine that Maradona was so nervous before the final that he called for his mother, Tota.
"'Tota, come and help me, I am afraid, you must help me,'" Valdano described the scene as Maradona broke the pre-match silence in the dressing room.
Four years after that game, Beckenbauer became the first man to win the World Cup as both player and coach.
Germany dominated the final, outshooting Argentina 23-1 but the South Americans held on despite having two men sent off, Pedro Monzon and Gustavo Dezotti, a first for a World Cup final.
The match was decided by a disputed penalty in the 85th minute that was converted by Brehme with a low shot inside the post. Matthaeus had been the designated penalty taker, but he did not trust his shoes and left it for Brehme.
Matthaeus began the match with a pair of shoes he got as a gift from Maradona. But the right shoe came apart during the first half and Matthaeus had to get a new pair during the break. He did not feel comfortable enough to take the penalty.
A furious Maradona broke into tears as he blamed the referee for the loss. Beckenbauer walked alone on the grass of the Olympic stadium in a reflective mood as his players celebrated. In 2010, Maradona was in charge of the Argentina team when it lost 4-0 to Germany in the quarterfinals, ending his second career as national team coach.
After the 1990 match, Beckenbauer predicted that a reunited Germany would be virtually unbeatable.
However, Germany is still waiting for its fourth title, having lost the 2002 final to Brazil. Argentina hasn't been back on this stage until now — and again faces a familiar opponent.
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FILE - In this June 29, 1986, file photo, Diego Maradona, holds up the trophy, after Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in their World Cup soccer final match, at the Atzeca Stadium, in Mexico City. On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Germany and Argentina will face each other again in the final of the 2014 soccer World Cup.(AP Photo/Carlo Fumagalli, File)
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FILE - The June 29, 1986 file photo shows Argentina's Diego Maradona dribbling past West German players during the World Cup Soccer Final match between Argentina and West Germany at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City, Mexico. On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Germany and Argentina will face each other again in the final of the 2014 soccer World Cup. (AP Photo/file)
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FILE - The July 8, 1990 file photo shows Agentina's Diego Maradona, his arms crossed, fighting his tears back at the end of the Soccer World Cup final game in Rome, Italy, when Germany defeated Argentina 1-0. On Sunday, July 13, 2014, Germany and Argentina will face each other again in the final of the 2014 soccer World Cup.(AP-Photo/Kalle Tornstrom, file)


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A Caledonia man convicted of murder is asking a judge to throw out the guilty verdict.
Brian Holliman appeared before Circuit Court Judge Lee Howard on Friday and asked the court for either an acquittal notwithstanding the verdict or a new trial. In August, Holliman was found guilty of first-degree murder in the 2008 shooting death of his wife, Laura Lee Godfrey Holliman, in their Caledonia home.
Represented by attorney Steve Farese Sr., Holliman asked for an acquittal based on five points, all involving alleged court errors.
Howard did not make a ruling on the motion Friday.
One of the points focused on two statements entered into evidence by the prosecution during the trial. The prosecution said Brian Holliman gave both statements to law enforcement in the days after his wife's death. Farese objected but Howard allowed the statements to be entered.
Farese alleges that the court also erred when it allowed witnesses Lee Ann Tucker and Angela Jones to testify to conversations they had with Laura Lee Godfrey Holliman before her death. The conversations are hearsay and should not have been allowed, Farese claims.
The August conviction was the second time Holliman has been found guilty of killing his wife. Holliman was originally found guilty of the crime in 2009 but Farese appealed to the Mississippi State Supreme Court on the grounds that District Attorney Forrest Allgood violated the Golden Rule Act when he asked jurors on four separate occasions how they would feel with a gun pointed in their face. The high court overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial.
In August, it took the jury seven hours to find Holliman guilty of first-degree murder.
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Posted in thread: Wood Putty/Filler on 12-05-2009 at 01:30 PM
Thanks! I appreciate it.Posted in thread: Wood Putty/Filler on 12-05-2009 at 07:21 AM
Hi,We have an older place and the trim on the first floor is in its original state, a stained
wood. Unfortunately the rest of the house has been painted over so the trim on the first floor
doesn't flo...Posted in thread: Single Pole Switch on 08-25-2009 at 02:31 PM
Hi Everyone,Well I came home and took your tips that both wires are hot and was able to wire
the light fixture properly. It works! Thanks for all your help,Stuart.Posted in thread: Single Pole Switch on 08-22-2009 at 07:24 AM
sorry speedy petey - i overreacted I guess. All clear from my end if you are ok?I guess the way
you describe it it could be a loop - so I can treat the white as a hot then and cap it against
the black...Posted in thread: Single Pole Switch on 08-22-2009 at 07:01 AM
Not sure what I did to offend you, petey. Everyone else here doing electrical themselves
doesn't seem to get that same insulting treatment. I thought this forum was for helping people
with home repair...Posted in thread: Single Pole Switch on 08-21-2009 at 10:22 PM
Hi,My electrician wired a portion of a single pole switch for me and I was going to finish it
off.He put in a single wire from the switch through the wall, but did not put two wires like I
have seen i...Posted in thread: Cheap vinyle tile adhesive removal? on 07-28-2008 at 08:50 AM
Thanks guys,I picked up two products. A contact cement solvent and lacquer thinner. The cement
solvent worked well but it did take a bit of the colour off of the linoleum.The lacquer thinner
worked a ...Posted in thread: Dishwasher Help. on 07-28-2008 at 08:47 AM
Thanks InspectorD;That's what I did on the weekend. New one coming this week.Stuart.Posted in thread: Dishwasher Help. on 07-25-2008 at 08:51 AM
Hi All,So recently i noticed our dishwasher was leaking. Last night I sat through a cycle to
see where, thinking (and hoping) it was just the seals and I could replace it. Turns out its
not.My digital...Posted in thread: Cheap vinyle tile adhesive removal? on 07-23-2008 at 07:44 AM
Thanks Glenn,I certainly agree with you about not wanting to be blown up. I will try the paint
thinner. I took a stab at a citric acid based cleaner last night on a few of them and while I
did get som...