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Dear Friend,
Since you're reading this page right now, I can be fairly certain that you have a keen interest in futures options trading. Whether you are a beginner aspiring to get started, or someone who has a fair bit of experience in trading... I'm sure you would have noticed one thing when it comes to finding good, reliable sources of information on trading options.
That Most Of The Information You Find Is A Waste Of Time!
I really don't mean to be blunt, but quite frankly I'm tired of watching others get ripped off. As a matter of fact, I was ripped off myself a couple of times before I managed to wade through all the misinformation there is on this subject.
For example, since I started trading commodity options more than a decade ago, I have (at times out of desperation) purchased option systems and subscribed to newsletters that were WAY overpriced. To make things worse, these "systems" lacked a unique trading style and were simply rehashing common information... over and over again!
At one point in time, I spent $250 a month on a newsletter that taught me how to spot 90% winners based on probability alone. It's not a bad strategy. In fact probability trading in the options market is a great strategy, if done correctly, but the problem is you didn't need his service.
You can look at the Delta of an option to figure out the probability of the trade. Too high a monthly charge and too simple a strategy.
As a result of my ignorance,
I Was Paying Through My Nose... For Something I Could Have Easily Done Myself!
Currently there are option newsletters on the Internet priced at $100 - $200 per month with the same old Delta Neutral, Credit Spread type of trading.
You probably are facing the same problem. Too many people trying to offer you their advice, and trying to get you to pay for their advice... But who should you trust?
Frankly, I'm not in a position to tell you how to spend your money, but may I suggest that you heed the words of someone who has been there, done that...
Do Not Spend Money On Another System Or CourseUntil You Have Finished Reading This Page
... And gotten MY message. It would at the very least save you some time and trouble.
Good, now that you and I have at least reached a common understanding, let's take a look at what I did when I first started trading commodity options more than a decade ago...
Back then, I was quite desperate for information (and for the money to be made) that I subscribed to expensive newsletters... sometimes at a couple of hundred dollars a month, as you read earlier. I also delved and spent considerable amount of time in all sorts of fancy "systems" that were frankly, nothing more than rehashed, commonly available strategies that have been packaged to sound good.
Very often, these "systems" (or models as they call it) are too simplistic and one dimensional for use in the real world.
Despite all the setbacks and proverbial 'punches to my nose' I was dealt with, I still consider it...
The Best Lesson I've Ever Received In Options Trading!
Quite simply because it taught me not to place too much trust in 'one system' or 'one method'.
For many years, I entered the Futures orders for one of the largest grain trading companies in the world.
What you are going to learn will be my complete, trail blazing strategies developed over thousands of hours of endless experimentation, and meticulous study.
These have been my "pet secrets" for many years so if you are interested in trading futures options like an old timer, take the next few minutes and read what I have to say very carefully.
What eventually emerged was an...
Idiot Proof System That Can Instantly Benefit ANY Trader,Regardless Of Trading Style!
It can be used with any option market, including stock options!
You must be curious to know what this system of mine entails so let's get right down to the juicy details...
My main focus is on 2 trades. The First Trade is something known as a scale trading technique that will (for the lack of any good descriptive words) blow you away once you learn the details of it. Top and leading commercial firms (which I'm not allowed to name here) have been using this same technique to trade the Futures market for years... and now you, the small time trader can do the same.
You see, one of the most important skills you can ever hone is...
Learning To Trade While NOT CaringAbout Market Direction!
For a fact, most people are dead worried about market directions. They're worried that if the markets go down, they lose money. Or if the market goes up they lose money!
Believe it or not, my boss didn't care if the market fell after if he bought millions of bushels of soybeans.
He Would Almost Certainly Keep Buying More!
Why? Because he knew that the price could never go lower than ZERO. This is how all the commercials trade, but what you may not know is that the small trader can do the same with options!
The beauty of trading commodity options combined with my signature strategy will allow you to establish a market position without having to worry about market direction ever again. In fact, if done right, you don't have to worry about time decay either.
If you're not convinced that what I'm suggesting really works, think about this for a moment.
Casinos impose betting limits for almost every single game. That's because if you keep playing while raising your bet, you will never lose.
My Second Trade is called a Delta Neutral Calendar Spread. You might have heard of "delta neutral", or even calendar spreads in general... but what I teach is nothing close to anything you have learned before.
Price per day (theta trade) is the traditional credit spread with a revolutionary twist!
This second trade will instantly debunk common misconceptions and teach you some pretty coveted skills like:
How to trade (and profit from) option spreads with a mere couple hundreds of dollars, instead of tens of thousands of dollars others think they need
How you CAN buy 'out of the money' options and still turn them into the best bargains
How you CAN cash in on options with little time value by learning how to calculate the risk to reward ratio
And finally, if you wish to turn futures options trading into a serious hobby or lucrative pastime, make sure you learn...
One Thing That Separates WannabesFrom The Pros!
It is the secret of time decay, or the theta...
Most people KNOW about time decay, but do not track the theta value of their options.
Look, If you trade Delta Neutral right now, or any type of option trading, you must check the Theta.
You may not know this, but experts use this knowledge to their own trading advantage.
I will teach you exactly how to do so in my "Option Secrets" package, with examples straight from my years of experience.
Could this Blockbuster Package be your missing link to trading Futures options the right way?
Since this offer is new and I haven't done much work to it (apart from telling you my story), I got some good news for you.
First, I'm still in my 'testing stages' of launching this website. As a result, you'll not have to pay the thousands of dollars I could charge for my information.
Not even hundreds of dollars.
Not even one hundred bucks.
All I ask from you is a symbolic token of $87. Why am I charging such a too-good-to-be-true admission price?
Here's why:-
ONE: I want you to demonstrate your commitment to using my secrets and strategies for your own good. After all, I spent a decade developing these secrets, and I want you to treasure them for what they're worth.
TWO: It keeps the 'freebie seekers' and 'tire kickers' out of the way. Very often, free stuff on the Internet is hardly the good stuff. Just take a look at porn.
THREE: I want you to really learn about options with this stuff. Take my strategies and paper-trade with them first. Prove to yourself they *really* do work.
In return, here's the million dollar Futures Options education you'll receive in the form of...
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This underground training manual is the first phase of my training program. Learn all about:
Option Ratio Backspreads - Which months, near or far, are better when putting on ratio backspreads and why. (This is THE option trade to use for profiting from market movement such as when swing trading – but with less risk than with straight futures)
How to look at different months' options and know which of those months have the best-priced options to buy or sell.
How to think "outside the box" when looking for scale trading opportunities and reap the rewards of it.
Why the theta technique is crucial, whether you want to put on a spread trade or just buy or sell options.
Other ways to trade price per day (theta) spread, instead of simply using the calendar spread to trade it.
2 Powerful Software Programs ToInstantly Increase Your Productivity
Also included in the packageare 2 software programs for calculating the probability of a market closing above / below a certain price and for calculating the cost per day of an option. Just punch in the numbers and you're on your way. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to make these programs work for you. They're the perfect time-saver that will help you get better at working smart.
Since I got them specially developed for my own needs.. they're not available anywhere else. How much will it cost if you were to pay people just to write these 2 pieces of software for you?
And Another Secret Manual That AnswersMost Of Your Questions About Options Trading...
If you're like me when I started trading, you'll have some of the most pressing questions at the back of your head... but with no one to turn to. This second companion manual you'll receive (on top of the first one) answers most of the burning questions people have, such as:
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While we're at it, I've also thrown in these 4 special reports that will provide you with some valuable, real-world information you can put to use immediately.
REPORT #1: Best Way to spot the Price Per Day Trades (And get an Immediate Advantage) - I show you in detail how to do so with actual quotes and figures.
REPORT #2: Why sometimes it is a good thing when your sold option is exercised - Lean one way to turn a limited risk trade with limited gain into one that has unlimited gain. Don't ever fear your options being exercised!
REPORT #3: Ways to Exit a Trade - Method to exit a trade, while at the same time turn it into an advantage.
REPORT #4: Rejected Trade - Why I chose not to enter a trade, and the KEY advantage it was missing.
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(News Focus) (US election) Obama faces test of ties with S. Korea's new president
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Yonhap) -- With U.S. President Barack Obama winning re-election, no major changes are likely in relations with South Korea, but the bilateral cooperation could be tested by the outcome of next month's presidential vote here, analysts said Wednesday.
Relations between the allies have been arguably at their best state in nearly a decade. Reflecting the closeness, Obama declared the bilateral alliance "the lynchpin" for security in the Pacific region in 2010, describing South Korea as the most significant U.S. partner in the region.
At a 2009 summit, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Obama agreed to transform the alliance's purpose from primarily defending against a North Korean attack to a regional and even global alliance, in which they cooperate on issues such as climate change and terrorism. Lee and Obama have also forged close policy coordination over how to handle North Korea.
Much of the current bilateral intimacy is due to Lee, whose single five-year term ends in February of next year. By law, a South Korean president cannot seek re-election.
As South Korea's leadership is set to change hands in coming months, the current lockstep cooperation between the allies is unlikely to be sustainable, particularly for the North Korea policy, if a liberal candidate wins the Dec. 19 presidential election.
"In terms of future relations between Korea and the U.S., what's more important is who will take the presidential office in Korea, rather than a foreign-policy direction by the Obama second term," said Chun Chae-sung, a professor of international relations at Seoul National University.
"If an opposition candidate takes office and strengthens a policy of engagement with North Korea, it will have different priorities with the U.S. policy on the North and could cause some discord," Chun said.
Polls show that ruling party presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, daughter of former South Korean president Park Chung-hee, still leads in a three-way race with her two rivals -- main opposition candidate Moon Jae-In and independent software tycoon Ahn Cheol-soo. However, Park runs neck-and-neck in hypothetical two-way races with either Moon or Ahn.
This week, even conservative candidate Park said that, if elected, she will try to hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and propose exchanging economic liaison offices between the two divided countries.
Whoever wins in South Korea, Hong Hyun-ik, a researcher at the Sejong Institute think tank, expected the Obama second term to play a more active role in diplomacy with North Korea.
"Whoever wins in the December election, he or she will not be opposed to improving relations between the U.S. and North Korea," Hong said. "And as Obama has no burden for re-election, I think he will be more active on Korean Peninsula policy."
Obama has maintained the North Korean policy of "strategic patience," which essentially waits for the North to return to the negotiating table while keeping pressure on the regime to take steps toward denuclearization and to mend ties with South Korea.
Critics say the Obama administration's approach has allowed North Korea to control the situation and steadily improve its missile and nuclear programs.
Efforts to reopen the six-party talks, which were last held in late 2008, have been frozen since the North's April rocket launch, but analysts expect regional powers to resume diplomacy with North Korea sometime next year, after South Korea and China face leadership changes in the coming weeks, following this week's elections in the U.S.
The six-party talks aimed at diplomatically persuading the North to give up its nuclear ambitions include the two Koreas, the U.S., China, Russia and Japan.
Beyond 2013, the challenge before South Korea and the U.S. is how to maintain close cooperation while setting a new vision with the rise of China and the daunting task of navigating a course toward the resolution of the North's nuclear issue.
In a June speech at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council, South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan proposed a "value-based alliance" with the U.S. in coming years, urging the two nations to develop an alliance "always attentive to the changing global situation, always prepared to address our challenges and always proactive in creating a new order."
"Certainly, committing to a more comprehensive alliance demands more attention, more resources, more difficult decisions," Kim said. "But such is the price of progress, and it is a price we are willing to pay."
"A value-based alliance has its critics, yes. But I have no doubt that an alliance built on shared values will far outlast an alliance based only on the cold calculation of national interest," Kim said.
Allies rethink combined command relocation plan: sources
(Yonhap Interview) EXO's Do Kyung-soo says he's always been into acting
(2nd LD) Samsung BioLogics' listing 'legitimate,' stock trading to resume: KRX
Time magazine shortlists Moon as 2018 Person of the Year
'Burning' wins L.A. Film Critics Association's award for best foreign language film
Allies rethink combined command relocation plan: sources
Normal operations resume on KTX Gangneung line 2 days after derailment accident
(LEAD) KTX Gangneung line resumes operations 2 days after derailment accident
(LEAD) Renault to produce Twizy cars at S. Korean plant from 2019: sources
(LEAD) S. Korea to nurture healthcare sector based on 4th industrial revolution
Inter-Korean summits, 'Me Too' movement among top 10 Korean news of 2018
S. Korea to play ASEAN football champion in March
U.S. envoy on N. Korea Biegun to visit Seoul this week
Ruling, opposition parties agree on electoral reform
Mnet to launch 'Produce X 101' next year

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MacBook Air
I was expecting to start with the Mac OS X 10.7 Lion news, but forget it, it'll come later in this item. Let's talk about the 'one more thing' first - because I'm absolutely, positively blown away by just how cool that thing is. Finally a laptop that truly feels like a portable device, with a beautiful design and some interesting hardware choices. People - after all these years, the 12" iBook finally has a worthy successor.
The new MacBook Air comes in two variants: 13.3" (1440×900) and 11.6" (1366×768). It's only got flash storage, so no hard drive; the flash is soldered onto the logic board, so no anachronistic flash chips stuffed in a 1.8"-3.5" enclosure, and you can opt for 64GB, 128GB, or 256GB. It sports a Core 2 Duo 1.4Ghz processor (1.86Ghz is an option on the 13.3" model), and they all come with 2GB of memory.
It's instant-on, and has a running time of web browsing wirelessly of 5 hours (11.6") or 7 hours (13.3"), and according to Apple, they're using some fancy, more stringent test so it should be longer using the older tests (or, translated into English from Marketingese: the battery life is disappointing). The standby time has been dragged up to an impressive 30 days.
And they look... Absolutely stunning. There's no way around it. It's been a while since Macintosh machines have been able to impress me, but there's something about the sharpness of this thing that really speaks to me. Prices start at USD 999 for the 11.6"/64GB model, which is a very aggressive price for a machine like this. They can chalk me up for the 11.6" base model. Finally a worthy successor to my 12.1" iBook!
Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
So, what's Lion all about? Well, unsurprisingly, it's about how stuff from iOS is going to find its way back into Mac OS X. As such, we honest-to-god had some engineer from Apple - and I'm not making this stuff up - professing the virtues of... Full screen applications. Whether this finally fixes the issue of that weird maximise-oh-wait-it-isn't-button I don't know, but it's a huge step forward for computing, and yet another example of how Apple is far ahead of the curve. Bravo, my jaw dropped to the floor.
Another new feature is the Mac App Store, which is exactly what the name implies: a revolution in application delivery Linux users have been enjoying since the dawn of time: centralised application delivery, updating, and removal. Great stuff to have, but obviously nothing revolutionary. The Mac App Store will open within 90 days (ahead of Lion's launch).
Steve Jobs mentioned it will not be the only method of application delivery. My mind added: "...yet." The clock is ticking, people.
There's some interface tweaks as well, such as the merging of Spaces and Exposé, which really needs to be seen to be understood properly. There's also going to be application home screens à la the iPad which you can activate through an icon in the dock, including familiar features like application folders and such.
Lion is going to have more, but this was all they were going to show us today. Its release is planned for summer 2011, so we'll know more by then.


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McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Brynnan Hyland piled up three sacks, Linfield forced two turnovers and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, and the third-ranked Wildcats pounded Northwest Conference challenger Willamette 45-10 Saturday at rain-swept Maxwell Field.
Tied 10-10 at intermission, the Wildcats erupted for three touchdowns in a two-minute, 36-second span of the third quarter to blow the game wide open.
With its 24th straight conference victory, Linfield cleared what appeared to be the last major hurdle standing in its path toward a fourth consecutive NWC championship. The Wildcats (7-0, 4-0 NWC) close the regular season with games against Puget Sound and Pacific whose combined record stands at 3-11.
Willamette (6-2, 2-2 NWC) suffered its second consecutive defeat after a 6-0 start. The Bearcats were held to 108 total yards, including 12 rushing.
Receivers Charlie Poppen and Lucas Jepson riddled the WU secondary with five catches apiece. Linfield quarterbacks Mickey Inns and Josh Yoder combined for 260 yards and three touchdowns through the air plus one rushing touchdown.
With seven tackles from monsterback Kyle Wright, and six more from Hyland, the Wildcats harassed the Bearcats into their worst offensive showing of the season. Quarterback Josh Dean, who was completing 68 percent of his passes, struggled through a 13-for-30 performance. He sacked seven times, coughed up two interceptions and the WU offense was limited to a spartan 108 yards. The Bearcats were averaging a NWC-best 544 yards.
The game began as a defensive struggle before Linfield capped an eight-play, 42-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge by Yoder with 6:45 left in the first quarter.
The Bearcats cashed in a golden opportunity early in the second quarter when Cody Pastorino blocked a punt by Josh Repp. The ball was spotted at the Linfield 15-yard line and three plays later, quarterback Josh Dean raced 14 yards untouched into end zone, squaring the game at 7.
Another Linfield miscue gave Willamette great field position and resulted in the Bearcats' only lead of the game. Cullen Carroll jarred the ball loose from Wildcats tailback John Shaffer and Dominic David recovered at the Linfield 11. The drive went nowhere and the Bearcats were forced to settle for Kyle Derby's 28-yard field goal.
The Wildcats answered, marching six plays into Bearcats territory and tying the game on a 35-yard field goal from Josh Kay that cleared the cross bar by mere inches.
Linfield outgained Willamette 132-50 through the first two quarters as the Bearcats managed just one yard rushing on 19 carries.
When play resumed, the Wildcats failed to capitalize on a first-and-goal from the WU 1. Successive penalties for a false start and personal foul pushed the ball back to the 17, and on fourth down, Kay's 34-yard field goal attempt sailed wide left.
Following a short punt, Linfield moved 30 yards in six plays, scoring the go-ahead points when Deidre Wiersma collared a 5-yard pass from Inns. Kay's extra point made it 17-10 in favor of the Wildcats with 8:19 left in the third quarter.
Linfield's special teams made their presence felt moments later. The Bearcats offense again spun its wheels and Taylor Wyman's punt was blocked by Colin Forman, who chased the bouncing ball into the endzone for six more quick points.
It continued to get worse for Willamette. Kyle Wright intercepted Dean at the 38 on Willamette's next drive. Inns went deep on the ensuing play, hitting Charlie Poppen in stride in the end zone for a 31-10 Linfield advantage.
Kay converted what looked like a 23-yard field goal in the opening moments of the fourth quarter, but the Bearcats were whistled for roughing the kicker. After taking the points off the scoreboard, the Wildcats resumed their drive from the WU 3 where Inns found Poppen in the corner of the end zone and the outcome was never in doubt after that.
Hyland, a lanky defensive end, finished with three sacks for 22 yards in losses. Linebacker Dominique Forrest had four solo tackles to go along with an interception.
Inns completed 17 of 31 attempts for 229 yards and three TDs without an interception. Shaffer finished with 51 yards rushing on 23 attempts.
Dean was handcuffed to just 96 yards through the air, and though he rushed for one touchdown, finished with minus-22 yards rushing on 12 carries.
WU defensive end Ben Lyons totaled a game-high 11 tackles. Linebacker Wes Wenzel added seven stops.
'CAT SCRATCH: Saturday's paid attendance was 2,247. . . Linfield has won 22 straight home games. . . Willamette ran 16 plays in the first quarter yet netted just seven yards. . . the game was played in a steady downpour. . . Dean came into the game ranking third in NCAA Division III in passing yards per game (367.0). . . five of the Bearcats' 17 drives ended with negative yardage. . . Linfield defeated Willamette for the fourth straight year and 34th time in the previous 41 meetings. . . Repp averaged 35.2 yards per punt, including a 50-yard effort in the first half and two boots that were downed inside the Bearcats' 20. . . Forman led Linfield with 95 all-purpose yards, including 69 on kickoffs. . . Willamette converted just 4 of 19 third-down plays. . . Linfield controlled the ball for 36 of the game's 60 minutes while outgaining Willamette 371-108.
AHEAD: Linfield heads north to Tacoma, Wash., to face winless Puget Sound at Baker Stadium. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.
Linfield's perfect storm leaves Willamette all wet
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McMINNVILLE, Ore. – Brynnan Hyland piled up three sacks, Linfield forced two turnovers and returned a blocked punt for a touchdown, and the third-ranked Wildcats pounded Northwest Conference challenger Willamette 45-10 Saturday at rain-swept Maxwell Field.


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This week on Sessler's ...Something, Adam is focused on the next-gen. Sony's invited us to their special event in New York on February 20th, and we have to assume that we're going to meet the new Playstation 4. Learn what Adam thinks, what this means for Microsoft and the industry, and much more in this week's episode.
I have that feeling too that Sony might show something else instead of PS4 on February 20th. I hope I am wrong.
Why might Sony might disappoint with a surprise when everyone has jumped to the conclusion of what that surprise might be? Have become solid certain?
Really sounds like a question that answers itself.
I think he's right in saying that the Wii U is not necessarily what gamers want and that most of us are waiting to see what MS and Sony have to offer.
I would be pissed if I bought a new console... go home... open it and it's cake.


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Stephen Colbert pays visit to show he'll take over from David Letterman, says he's 'thrilled'
NEW YORK – Stephen Colbert says on a visit to the late-night show he'll take over next year he's obviously "thrilled" to be succeeding David Letterman.
The Comedy Central host told Letterman on CBS' "Late Show" on Tuesday he's going to do whatever Letterman has done. Letterman urges against it, saying, "You don't want to do that."
Letterman greeted Colbert warmly and offered an endorsement, saying CBS "could have just as easily hired another boob" like him.
Letterman is retiring next year. The "Late Show" released a 90-second clip of Colbert's appearance, taped for broadcast Tuesday night.


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- 1 Whole rack of lamb (6 bones)
- Olive oil to coat
- Salt and pepper to taste
- ½ tbs. Paprika
- ½ tbs. Thyme, dried
For cherry sauce:
- 20 red cherries, pitted
- 1 tbs. butter
- ½ c. red wine
- 3 Rosemary sprigs, minced
- Pinch of sugar
1. Preheat oven to Broil. In a small bowl, combine salt, pepper, paprika, and thyme.
2. Brush the whole rack of lamb heavily with olive oil and season with the herb mixture.
3. Place rack onto lined baking sheet and place in oven for about 12 minutes; remove and let rest for 5 minutes at least.
4. While the rack bakes, cut pitted cherries in half. Place cherries in sauté pan with 1 tbs. of butter and sauté until they start to wilt.
5. Add the red wine, rosemary, and a pinch of sugar and reduce the sauce until it has a velvety consistency. The cherries should be almost completely cooked.
6. Slice the rack in 2 (3 bones each) and serve with the sauce drizzled on top and some cherries on the side.


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Ramettes win on Senior Night
JOHNSONBURG – After squandering a two-set lead, the playoff-bound Johnsonburg Ramettes (14-9-1) earned a five-set win (25-23, 25-18, 20-25, 20-25, 15-9) Tuesday night over visiting Kane.Taking the home court for the final time in the regular season, Johnsonburg's senior quintet needed five sets for the win after a furious rally from Kane to tie the match at two sets apiece.After a tip at the net by Kane junior Audrey Perry to give the Lady Wolves a 5-2 lead in the third set, the home team came to life.Consecutive kills by departing senior Katie Galsick and teammate Brittany Watts cut the deficit to one point before consecutive Kane errors off Chelsea Benson serves put the Ramettes ahead, 6-5.Two more errant shots put the deficit to three and a Galsick kill gave Johnsonburg a 9-5 advantage and prompted a Kane timeout to interrupt the 7-point run. After a kill from Kane junior Nicole Sicher halted the home team's momentum at 9-6, the teams traded points to 10-7 after back-to-back errors.Needing five points for the win, the Ramettes got a block from Watts and subsequent point at the net from departing senior Kiesha Dornish to take a 12-7 advantage. Watts would tally another kill for a 13-7 lead before Kane took four hits off a Brianna Fabris serve to put Johnsonburg on the cusp. After Kane senior Cassie Whittemore halted the streak at 14-9, Dornish set down a shot that Kane could not return for the 15-9 win to take the match, 3-2."It was a dogfight and it usually is when we play Kane," said Johnsonburg head varsity volleyball coach Bill Shuey. "I thought we had opportunities in the third and the fourth game to prevent it from going all the way to five but we just didn't capitalize on them. "Kane is a worthy opponent and they always are."The deficit in the first game was never more than four points in the first set at Johnsonburg took a 25-23 win. Clinging to a 2-point lead, errors caught up to Kane as a serve went long to give the Ramettes a 19-16 advantage. With the extra breathing room, Watts later put down a kill for a 4-point lead to go to 21-17.Kane would make it difficult, however, as Whittemore put down a kill of her own to cut the lead to 21-19; an errant hit and misplay at the net tied the set at 21-all before the teams traded points to 23-all on a Watts block, a kill from Kane sophomore Morgan Nicholson, a Benson kill, and another point at the net from Nicholson.At 23-23, Kane flopped with an error at the net to face the deficit again before Galsick, who leads the Ramettes in kills this season, put down a big one to take the first set, 25-23.Johnsonburg overcame an early deficit in the second set to get in the driver's seat at 18-11 after kills from Watts and Galsick.After an ace from Sicher cut the lead to 18-13, Galsick and Perry traded kills to 19-14. The teams traded points to 20-17 before the Ramettes scored five of the next six points for the win, culminating with an ace from Dornish.The Ramettes were unable to close the door in the third and fourth games.Johnsonburg trailed the entire fourth game but we right behind near the midway point, facing a 14-13 deficit. After a point at the net from Dornish closed the gap to 20-18 Kane, the Ramettes were hit with two consecutive net violations and were unable to regroup.After an error into the net from Sicher, the Ramettes took four hits and a Galsick mishit dropped the third game, 25-20.The Ramettes had a better opportunity to cut the match short in the fourth game but again could not cash in.Consecutive aces from departing Johnsonburg senior Kiana Myers tied the set at 8-8 as the Ramettes began to build momentum and take the lead.A Benson block and subsequent kill put Johnsonburg up by three and an errant hit off a Dornish serve upped the lead to 16-12. The teams traded points to 18-14 on a Benson block, Whittemore kill, Benson kill, and Nicholson block before Kane senior Angie Geer's serve bounced off the net to give Johnsonburg a 19-14 cushion.What the Ramettes didn't know was that Kane was about to pull off an improbable 9-0 run to nearly ice the set at 23-19.After a Sicher kill, the Ramettes put the next two points into the net to cut the lead to 19-17. Two more miscues knotted the score at 19-all and a Perry ace tipped the scales in Kane's favor at 20-19. Sicher followed with an ace and a Perry kill gave Kane a 3-point cushion. Galsick put her next shot into the net to expand Kane's lead to 23-19.Sicher's serve would find the net to stop the momentum at 23-20 before Perry handled the next two points for a 25-20 Kane win to tie the match at two sets apiece."We have a hard time finishing," Shuey said. "We got stagnant, we weren't moving well enough but in the fifth game, there were definite positive signs as we saw the things that we can do, and that we should be doing. "It was a good learning experience to go all the way to five knowing that we didn't play so well in the third and fourth games, and Kane did play well."Prior to the start of the game, departing seniors Sarah Bevacqua, Kiesha Dornish, Brianna Fabris, Katie Galsick and Kiana Myers were recognized as the team's five seniors."They give everything they have on the court, they're a close-knit group and it's a pleasure to be with them throughout the last four years, to be part of their volleyball careers, and part of their high school career as well," Shuey said. "We will miss them but wish them well and they will always be back to root on future teams."The Ramettes are scheduled for their regular-season finale Thursday at Elk County Catholic. Junior varsity action is scheduled to start at 6 p.m.


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Escaping Oprah's Wrath
Jessica Seinfeld may indeed be the one woman alive who can rival Heather Mills's goldiggery and yes, she is a manipulative bitch and absolutely a greedy twat. But still I am obsessed.
Jessica Seinfeld has also allegedly ripped off someone else's book. Jessica Seinfeld is apparently a plagiarist. But still Oprah has said nothing. She tore James Frey a new asshole and Jessica Seinfeld gets a free pass.
Jessica Seinfeld of course is married to Jerry Seinfeld. And Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie will probably own the box office this season. Did you know that Oprah has a cameo in Bee Movie? And that she and Jerry are friends?
Just asking…
Here are Mr and Mrs Seinfeld at the LA premiere of Bee Movie on Saturday. Love her interpretation of black and yellow. I'm telling you, the woman has great style. I've seen it up close and her taste (as well as her skin) is flawless. Which is why Oprah was so happy when Jessica sent her 21 pairs of designer shoes.
Maybe James Frey should have sent Oprah 21 pairs of designer shoes?


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For a few weeks every year, the Zanskar river freezes on the surface and the people of the remote Zanskar valley are able to make their way to Leh by walking on the river. The word "Chadar" means "sheet or blanket" and that's what it appears like when you walk over the white frozen Zanskar River. This is truly one of the world's greatest journeys. The trek is a demanding one and gives you all the thrills of a great adventure. Temperatures can plummet to as low as -30° and even though you walk through amazing landscape you have to be prepared for a really cold experience kept a little warm by glowing fires which we light up each evening at camp.
The trek begins daily at around 9 am. By then the sun's up and blue skies bring cheer despite the cold temperatures. The trek goes along the Zanskar River in the region of Lingshed and constitutes a walk of around 15 days with 3850m / 12,628ft being the highest altitude reached but we will do a shorter version of the trail wherein we walk for about 6 days on the spectacular Chadar. Many of these spots cannot be accessed during the summer months as they go through spectacular deep canyons and gorges.
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text: I gave birth to my son Lucas on September 1st Such a blessing he is. In the hospital we had major problems with him breastfeeding, he would either not latch at all or he would latch but not suck, he would just sit there like "what am i supposed to do" I had 5 different lactation consultants helping me trying to get him to feed but he just wouldn't. It got so frustrating they almost had to put him on feeding tubes because he didn't eat for a solid 20 hours they kept trying to get him to latch and he wouldn't then i finally told them they better give him some food i didn't care if it was formula at the time. So i decided to pump and pump and pump like crazy, first couple days i hardly made anything so unfortunately he was on formula for 2 days but hey it was better then feeding tubes! I use a hospital grade Ameda Elite pump. In 2 days i was able to produce enough for him to eat. So since he was born i've been pumping every 3 hours for 20 minutes at a time i was also STILL trying to get him to latch on every time and he just did the other day but for only 3 minutes... I still try to get him to latch on to me still but so far no luck. Anyways, like i said i've been pumping every 3 hours for 20 minutes i have been drinking PLENTY of water, taking fenugreek 3x a day, eating oatmeal twice a day and i don't eat a terrible diet. But this past week i have only been producing about 2.5 oz at a time, and my little porker eats 3 every 3 hours so he's starting to eat more then i can produce and it's extremely frustrating, i see all these posts of moms having deep freezers FULL of breastmilk and i dont even have one extra feeding... Does anybody have any suggestions? I do not want to stop giving him breastmilk, and if he would just latch on it would be easier! Help mommas!


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HARTSVILLE, S.C. – Coker College head men's wrestling coach Cy Wainwright has announced the addition of eight wrestlers for the 2013-14 academic year. Shane Carpenter, Joseph Fought, Alex Green, Antoine Hammond, Matthew Jones, Brian Lussier, Cameron Pike and Cody Walker have agreed to wrestle for the Cobras.
Carpenter is from Creekside High School in St. Johns, Fla.
Fought is from Redland High School in Etters, Pa.
Green is transferring from Gloucester County College in New Jersey. He is originally from Pinelands Regional High School in Dunellen, N.J.
Hammond hails from Irmo, S.C., and attends Dutch Fork High School.
Jones attends Brunswick High School in Brunswick, Md.
Lussier is also transferring from Gloucester County College. He is originally from Cherry Hill, N.J.
Pike is from South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, S.C.
Walker hails from Cuthbertson High School in Waxhaw, N.C.
For more information, contact Chris Dougherty, manager of athletics media relations and marketing, at 843-383-8018 or email@example.com.
Coker College readies undergraduates for personal and professional success through a distinctive four-year program that emphasizes a practical application of the liberal arts as well as hands-on and discussion-based learning within and beyond the classroom. Coker is ranked among the "Best Colleges" in the South by U.S. News & World Report as well as The Princeton Review. Located in Hartsville, S.C., Coker is within two hours of the cultural, financial and recreational resources of Charlotte, Columbia, Charleston and Myrtle Beach.


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Originally Published At: http://diehardgamefan.com/2011/08/29/tabletop-review-rifts-vampire-kingdoms-revised/
Here's a fact that every horror genre afficionado knows:
There's nothing fresh about vampires. Naturally, that doesn't stop people from getting it on with the vampire love, sometimes literally if Anne Rice and Stephenie Meyer are any indication. Like most varieties of creative output, some vampire stories are good, and some are not so good, and some frankly, downright suck. Rifts: Vampire Kingdoms - from the perspective of a horror aficionado is passably good, but from the perspective of a gamer and sometime gamemaster, it suffers from the usual amount of problems associated with any Palladium game.
Rifts is a massive game. I've devoted an entire bookshelf to supplements big and small, thick and thin, and have plenty of fond memories of my ever mercurial gaming troupe cutting and blasting and smashing swathes through the multiverse, chasing whatever plot bait I put out for them. One of the first things I realized when going through literally any Rifts book is that while the books will be long on story and setting, they'll also include a ridiculous amount of unnecessary rules. The pattern has been that the story world is lush and layered with a virtual cornucopia of elements steeped in dramatic opportunity, and then the mechanics are such that gameplay is dragged out into the street and beaten like a dog.
Rifts: Vampire Kingdoms isn't any different. The approach is from the perspective of a report by vampire hunter Doc Reid (of Reid's Rangers featured in the original book). It gives a rundown on who the vampires are, where they are from, how they spread and how to kill them. It makes use of tropes anyone familiar with horror, and vampires in particular, will be able to instantly recognize and appreciate. The mood Reid inspires is tense, with a hint of the sick moral craziness associated with any good horror yarn, and then it devolves into three or four pages of convoluted very specific rules about how to wack one of these nameless faceless antagonists in the heart using mallet, crossbow, and any other weapon under the sun. Now if that's your thing and you like it when your games devolve into mathematical exercises in probability featuring dice, clandestine mathematics, and detail oriented rules, then this is for you. But if you're like me and you play these games with the idea of telling a compelling story and scaring the crap out of your players with mood, ambiance and tragic, doomed characters, then toss out the extraneous rules and make them up on the fly when you need them. If you read just the teaser for the game, the copious amounts of rules kind of gives an idea of what the actual book is going to be like, and if Palladium's track record holds true, then this book won't be any different from the others. But hey, at least the vampires don't sparkle.
A delightful excerpt to whet your appetite for this forthcoming work, consisting of a pseudo-scholarly discourse explaining the true nature of vampires in a 'popular science' article.
It covers what a true vampire actually is, how a human (or D-Bee for that matter) becomes one - in a nutshell, it's fast and it's fatal - and debunks many of the myths that have built up around vampires. Various ways of dealing with them are discussed, with commentary on how effective each method is... and how practical: whilst a stake through the heart WILL put paid to one, have you ever thought just how hard it is to drive one into a vampire's chest accurately, while he is very likely objecting to the procedure?
It's a treat to read in its own right, and if the rest of the book lives up to this standard, I'm looking forward to it!
(Where's my garlic? Darn, dearly beloved cooked it all...)


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A GTK2 interface to MPlayer. The power of MPlayer combined with a
friendly interface for your desktop; You can play all your multimedia
(audio, video, CD, DVDs, and VCDs, streams etc.), organize, sort and
create playlists, take screenshots while playing videos, be notified
about media changes. Full DVD and MKV chapter support, when supported by
Mplayer. Subtitle support with the ability to specify preferred audio
and subtitle languages if the media supports it. Support for cover art
retrieval from Amazon.com for audio media files with artist and/or album
information contained in the file.
Gnome MPlayer has a rich API that is exposed via DBus. Using DBus you
can control a single or multiple instances of GNOME MPlayer from a
single command.
Gnome MPlayer is not dependent on any Gnome libraries. However, the look
and feel of the application is based on the Gnome HIG.
Either dconf or gconf is required for the program to save settings. They
are no longer stored in a .conf file. If you plan to use gconf pass
to the script. libmusicbrainz3 is an optional dependency.
Maintained by: Phillip Warner
Keywords: gecko-mediaplayer,front-end,mplayer,GConf,libnotify,gnome,media,quicktime,windows media player,realplayer
ChangeLog: gnome-mplayer
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OpenSooq which, is one of the leading classified platforms, where millions of buyers and sellers meet up online without any intermediaries to buy or sell products and services will take you on the right way to sell your car faster than you would imagine.
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you need to do your research well if you are looking for a silver Nissan Sunny model of 2013. You will find the results you seek once you type this information in the search bar or use the filters while browsing. All the relevant advertisements will pop up to you. You can get in touch with the sellers by making a comment on the advertisement, chatting, calling the seller immediately without any intermediaries.
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drfrank wrote:what can be expected from gradowski, didn't he go to school in ohio? he probably sucks then.
tmc, honestly bro, i feel for ya. maybe you can adopt the saints as your team. i know i can't help but root for them. they've shut down ron mexico thus far. but i've only seen like 2 plays, just got back from the gym. back to the game!!!
Yeah, it's official, even tho they are a division rival, I'm rooting for the Saints this whole season (except when they face the Bucs, obviously). I've been bashing their defense the whole year, but they are 3-0 after destroying Atlanta at the Dome... and we play there our next game (which means we could be 0-4 after it).
About Gradkowski, you're right, he played for Toledo (Ohio) and was our 6th round pick this year... and still beat Rattay in preseason. That shoul give an idea on how bad Rattay has been, more than about Grads talent. Gruden seems to be high on him... but as he has never developed a qb (Gannon, Brad Johnson, Griese... Simms was the only one that wasn't already a vet), I don't know if that's good or bad. I'm rooting for him, tho. If he plays well enough we wouldn't have to go for a qb on the next draft.
btw, Gruden has said that Simms could even be back this season, at some time during December... On one side, I don't think he should, as we should be well out of the playoffs by then, but I want to see him recovered as soon as possible, so those are great news.
btw (part deux), who's going to accept being the next Madden cover?. The jinx is just too much... not even a frigging rb can't get over it. They should pick someone that can't go any lower... LeCharles Bentley or Simms would be good picks. That way the would show there's no jinx. I mean, their seasons can't be much worse, can they? Also, putting an O-Lineman on the cover would be great...


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Stocks, a first-year student, competed in board breaking, flag spar, weapon spar, and point spar. He placed 10th out of 17 entrants in the breaking event, 14th out of 17 in the flag spar event, and was eliminated in the first round of the weapon spar. His best event was the point spar, in which he placed fourth out of 17, Scott Andrus said. Although Stacie Andrus is not a first-year student, the Summer Games marked her first competitive tournament, said Scott Andrus, who is Stacie's father. She earned a silver medal in flag sparring and also competed in weapon sparring, traditional kata, and point sparring events, in both youth and adult divisions.
Pickens, now in his second year as a Panther Arts Shorei Kempo student, competed in five events, earning three medals. After taking the third-place bronze medal in board breaking, Pickens followed up with a second-place silver in flag sparring, but injured his ankle during the match. He nevertheless continued to compete and earned another bronze medal in the padded weapon event. Pickens then went on to take fourth in the traditional kata event, missing the bronze by one point, Scott Andrus said, adding, "He also placed fourth in the point sparring match under the close watch of EMT's to ensure he suffered no further injury to his ankle."


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Number: 111-14
Date: March 31, 2009
House and Senate Pass H.R. 1388, the
"Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act"
On March 9, 2009, H.R. 1388, the "Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act," was introduced by Representative McCarthy and was approved on March 18, 2009, by a vote of 321 – 105. No provisions of interest to SSA were included in H.R. 1388, as initially passed by the House.
A companion bill, S. 277, the "Serve America Act" was introduced on January 16, 2009 by Senator Kennedy and later amended in the nature of a substitute by Senator Mikulski on March 18, 2009.
On March 26, 2009, the Senate amended and passed the House bill using similar language from S. 277 by a vote of 79 – 19. Among other things, the Senate amendment renamed the bill the "Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act." On March 31, 2009, the House approved the Senate bill by a vote of 275 - 149, clearing the measure for the President.
H.R. 1388 contains the following provision of interest to SSA:
Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Agency Coordination
• In consultation with the Department of Education (ED), the Social Security Administration (SSA), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and other Federal agencies, would require the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) to conduct a study to review the feasibility of:
• Expanding and participating in the data matching system currently conducted by the ED with SSA and DHS to verify an individual's statement of citizenship, nationality, or status as a permanent resident; or
• Establishing a comparable system of data matching conducted by CNCS with SSA and DHS.
• Would require such study:
• To identify the costs, benefits, or detriments of such system;
• To identify strategies for ensuring the privacy of information shared between ED, DHS, SSA, and CNCS;
• To identify an alternative verification system for situations in which the expanded or comparable system failed to verify the individual's declaration of compliance; and,
• To include recommendations for implementation of such a system.
• Would require CNCS to submit a report on the results of this study and a plan for implementation of a pilot data matching program, if feasible, to Congress, not later than 9 months after enactment.


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Design/redesign/beautify a handheld remote control based on an existing Solidworks design in Solidwork -- 2
Budget $250-750 USD
An existing design for an enclosure for a handheld remote control used in aircrafts should be redesigned or beautified. The original design is done by an engineer and not by an industrial designer.
The design has standard push-buttons, leds and a roller button (for volume adjustments) and will be produced in plastic. The existing design is made in Solidworks and contains all circuits boards, batteries etc.
The total project contains several modules (two remote controls) and two additional modules - but only the remote control described over should be priced.
A reasonable amount of freedom will be given for the design.
A NDA must be signed before the project is started.n
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Hiper Osiris HTC-1K514 Review
When looking for a new case, there are a few key things to remember. Many people look for a case that is sturdy, but also looks good. Most people want their hardware to be cooled well, and some want to show it off also - but not at the cost of size. Some cases can be cramped if they are small, which can be a real pain when it comes to installing your hardware. On the other hand, some cases are so humongous that they are hard to move, and simply take up too much space. No matter what, you will want a good case to house your parts.
Most people will know HiPER for its power supplies, but the company also manufactures aluminum cases, home theater cases (HTPC), fans, keyboards, and cables. The HiPER Osiris is one of the leading new high-performance products offered by HiPER. The case is water-cooling ready with enough room inside for two 120mm radiators, and two grommets that allow an external radiator to pass tubing into the case. Also, the case is made out of an aluminum alloy (6063-T5) that also helps to dissipate heat, and yet remains tough - capable of withstanding up to 100kg (220lbs). To help dissipate heat there are a total of three 120mm case fans. The company even took the time to include a window with mesh to shield any hardware that will be interred within the case from electromagnetic interference! Hard drives may be stored in the modular hard drive rack, which is cooled by one of the 120mm fans and is tool free, as is much of the case. Will all of the attention to details from the company be all for nothing, or is this case truly Godly? We shall see how well it performs.
Closer Look:
The Osiris case comes in a large decorative Egyptian themed box featuring the green god Osiris on the front. The top of the box has a sturdy handle for making it much easier to carry this mid-tower case. The sides are the same as each other and feature a profiled shot of the case, its weight, model, version, etc - while the back shows off some of the features that are included amongst the case.
The case is protected by two blocks of foam on the base and top of the case, along with two sheets of foam at the sides. The case itself is sealed inside of a bag to also help protect it from damage during shipping and removal.
Included with the case is a purple and black mesh travel bag containing all of the accessories you need, and a bonus. Included is the manual, motherboard standoffs, Velcro wire wraps, motherboard screws, two 3-pin to 4-pin fan headers, and thumb screws for hard drives, bay drives, and the power supply.
The bonus is a limited edition key chain with a picture of Osiris on one side, and the unique serial number of the case on the other – along with the HiPER Logo, website, and Osiris name.
Now that we are finished with that, let's examine the Osiris!


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by Aerosmith
- Record Label: Columbia
- Release Date: Nov 6, 2012
- Summary: Carrie Underwood and Johnny Depp appear as guests on the rock band's first studio album of new music in 11 years.
- Record Label: Columbia
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Album Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, Pop-Metal
- More Details and Credits »
Top Track
|What Could Have Been Love
|I wake up and wonder how everything went wrong. Am I the one to blame? I gave up and left you for a nowhere-bound train. Now that train has come and...
|See the rest of the song lyrics
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Score distribution:
Positive: 4 out of 22
Mixed: 14 out of 22
Negative: 4 out of 22
Nov 1, 2012The effortlessly supple brand of bar-stool blues dances equally well with the soul-drenched hip-shaker ''Out Go the Lights'' and the punked-up juggernaut ''Street Jesus.'
Nov 6, 2012Aerosmith returning to the sound and fury of its '70s halcyon days is a welcome time warp.
Kerrang!Dec 10, 2012When it good, Music From Another Dimension! captures Aerosmith in all their shiny, glittering glory.... However, at over an hour in length, the party begins to sag after a while. [3 Nov 2012, p.52]
Nov 6, 2012Aerosmith's best album in years, still sounds like a watery echo of what the band once was.
Nov 6, 2012Music From Another Dimension delivers riffs, clichés, solos, yowls and a virtual banquet of the same one-dimensional tropes Aerosmith has been offering for years. Mixed in, however, are a few gems.
Nov 5, 2012It sounds like Aerosmith, with plenty of hard-rocking blues swagger and lighters-aloft balladry, but most of the tunes are rubbish.
Nov 7, 2012This is a bad album. The power ballads have some good elements. You might sing one of these songs at karaoke one day. You should not listen to this album in its entirety.
Score distribution:
Positive: 8 out of 11
Mixed: 2 out of 11
Negative: 1 out of 11
Nov 21, 2012Aerosmith are one of those bands that critics can't cope with. "Where's the originality, the progression, the modernity and the surprise thatAerosmith are one of those bands that critics can't cope with. "Where's the originality, the progression, the modernity and the surprise that my heavily worked pallet needs?" they wonder, before they turn away to press play on a gamin duo who fuse the latest synth with sheet metal beating and an experimental wail. Fair enough, each to their own. But to ignore Aerosmith is to say more about us than them. They have defined (and, if you're paying attention, consistently evolved) a niche that screams fun and shamelessly raunchy playfulness. They should remind today's lost, ironic and prohibitively cool guys and gals that, while time is indeed short, the party's waiting if you can just unchain yourself from disinterested disillusionment … Expand
Nov 7, 2012I will be the first to admit that at first I was disappointed with this album, but after multiple listens and the wonders of the digital age II will be the first to admit that at first I was disappointed with this album, but after multiple listens and the wonders of the digital age I realize that it's brilliant. See when I noticed how many tracks were on this I wondered how it could stand up to other Aerosmith records. An Aerosmith album should be short hard hitting and to the point ie Toys, Get your Wings, Rocks, Pump as opposed to the bloated long plays like get a grip and nine lives. Now I start to see the reasoning behind the mass amounts of tracks the band wants to appease ALL their fans, so you jerks who all bought the armageddon sound track and all their greatest hits albums you get no less then 2 syrupy ballads to weep queitly in your snuggies to, and yes the band plays them well ( 3 if you count the much better Another Last Goodbye) and the hopeless American idol groupies will no doubt like Can't stop loving you with Carrie Underwood well performed, but why? So for those of us that want loud guitars and that Aerosmith groove and soul + the experimental Aero weirdness and psychedelic sounds, we get some of the best stuff they've done since Pump. I made a playlist and it's getting heavy rotation in my car and pad. It's the album minus the fat, and without the aforementioned ballads I am quite satisfied. The band sound like they are all playing together in the same room and the guitars playing is some of their best in a long time Steven Tyler's voice sounds as good as it always has just with more natural rasp. I just wish they would release a high def version of this because I don't think cd or mp3 does this justice. Here is my playlist Luv XXX, OH Yeah, Beautiful, Tell Me, Out Go The Lights, Legendary Child, Street Jesus, Lover A lot, Freedom Fighter, Something, Another Last Goodbye.… Expand
Nov 6, 2012If according to the critics liking this album is wrong, than oh boy do I not want to be to right. With a new delicious dose of spectacularIf according to the critics liking this album is wrong, than oh boy do I not want to be to right. With a new delicious dose of spectacular Aerosmith jams, this should hold us over until some sort of musical deities swoop us away, and take us to a contemporary land where music reins supreme and no one thinks Nicki Minaj is a good singer anymore. Aerosmith's well preserved sound serves to be a fresh injection of genres we almost forgot exists. Now we aren't gasping for breath with too many dance tunes, with the current toppers being as far from the common fare as possible by our slanted views, it certainly is a much appreciated breath. This album isn't perfect, and that's for damn sure. At times I feel Steven tries a bit too hard to appeal to what the common day folk consider to be the listen worthy, but he defiantly doesn't conform. And truely, you can't complain about it being cheesy, because what else could we expect? Steven Tyler: Touch my Body and Pound the Lazy Song Style? He is his own thing, and rather you like his flare or not, he's going to pertrude it other your way, like a grizzled **** So, rather you're a long time fan who heralds his return, or a new age song snob snapping your fingers to another tune, I find it to be a very acceptable set of tunes. Just listen at your own discretion. Seriously, if you normally don't like this sort of thing, you're screwed.… Expand
Nov 9, 2012It's definately over hyped, but still ok. After several listen throughs, it got better. Still, not one of their best works. I think theyIt's definately over hyped, but still ok. After several listen throughs, it got better. Still, not one of their best works. I think they should retired instead of putting out mediocre tuff like this.… Expand
Feb 26, 2013There are generally two camps of Aerosmith fans those who like their first five albums, and those who grew up later than that and was exposedThere are generally two camps of Aerosmith fans those who like their first five albums, and those who grew up later than that and was exposed to them through MTV videos, Armageddon soundtracks, Guitar Hero, and American Idol judging. I was born and raised right in the middle of the bands transition (the lovely 80's). I tend to appreciate both incarnations of this band. I enjoyed MFAD, but I understand why the reviews are so mixed because the album is. I think the issue for the band at this point is that they've spent two decades surviving on a more pop/rock tongue-n-cheek approach to their music. There is, however, a large section of their fans who have been begging for them to return to their classic 70's sound. We've heard from them on their last couple of projects that they were trying to do that very thing...and somehow they get stuck in this predicament (which I attribute to labels and producers) in that they have to appeal to their ENTIRE fan base. So...what we have hear is a can of mixed nuts. For those of you looking for that stripped-down, edgy sound from the 70's, you'll run across the licks in Street Jesus and Out Go The Lights and find some reminiscence of those days. For those needing their next I Don't Want To Miss A Thing track for your upcoming wedding reception, you have Can't Stop Loving You and a few other ballads to choose from. And in between (and there are several tracks to go through on this one), there are some newer sounds that I've never quite heard from the band before. Some were refreshing, some took some getting used to...but so did some of the things from some of the older stuff for me as well. All and all, I enjoyed the variety but being sensible, I know that not everyone will appreciate the diversity of this album. I would like to see the band get out one last work to remember them by before they inevitably retire. Personally, I'm not so worried about whether it sounds like anything they've ever done before or not. I wish the guys could just have the creative freedom to not worry about what they think the industry wants from them, and to just cut loose with something new and innovative. I know they have that in them. And on a side note they are still one of the best live shows out there! If you've not seen them they are incredible.… Expand
Dec 18, 2012MFAD doesn't start on a good note, as both LUV XXX & Oh Yeah are some of the most inane & lyrically uninspired songs I've heard all year.MFAD doesn't start on a good note, as both LUV XXX & Oh Yeah are some of the most inane & lyrically uninspired songs I've heard all year. There's some decent riffs/melodies but they're wasted on lyrics that sounds like a band that has absolutely nothing to write about & as a result rely on a checklist of rock cliches. And of course because these songs open the album this is how I thought most of the album would be. Fortunately I was wrong, as Beautiful is full of interestingly jarring style shifts ranging everywhere from rapping (something Steven hasn't done since 2001's Outta Your Head) over slightly dissonant riffs to big anthemic choruses. This is definitely a highlight of the album, as it shows the potential Aerosmith has to not simply fall back on older styles & play it safe. However, keep in mind that it's definitely a grower, & will take a few listens to really "get". Tell Me, the lyrical debut of bassist Tom Hamilton, is a beautifully contemplative acoustic breakup ballad. I hope he does more songwriting in the future, since it's a pretty good first impression. Even though I'm mostly going in order, I feel I need to group together track 5 Out Go the Lights & track 8 Street Jesus in the next few sentences. These 2 songs are nothing short of phenomenal, with infectious hard-rocking riffs & ambitious lengths that are surprisingly welcome considering they don't change pace too much throughout. The overall mood set is simply addictive all-around. To point out more individual traits, Out Go the Lights is probably the most orchestrated of the 2, including a well-placed female choir for most of the song's duration, as well as a snappy & effective horn section that's used a little more sparsely. Also on this track, the lyrics are a bit more common (mainly in that they refer to sex a lot) but whereas the opening tracks were stale & overly derivative, Out Go the Lights is chock full of masterful swagger & confidence. I don't even like to use that word, but there's no better way to describe it. Street Jesus on the other hand is more interesting lyrically, seemingly describing, as the title somewhat implies, a man who walks the street dressed as Jesus preaching the Gospel. The pace of this song (starting at the first chorus) is a lot more frantic & energetic, while still transitioning into the slightly slower parts with ease by building them up throughout, & is probably the more justified in its long length out of the 2. In my mind this is a modern Aerosmith classic, & easily one of my favorites. Going back a couple tracks for the next 2, Legendary Child was a welcome return as the first single, even if it rips off the cadence of Walk This Way a little (& even directly copies a line). In short, it was everything a fan could've wanted in a comeback single. Unfortunately What Could Have Been Love & Can't Stop Loving You are basically this album's token "power ballads", but whereas previous "commercial" ballads like What It Takes & Crazy had enough personality to not be a complete sellout, these songs are completely sanitized in every conceivable way, blatantly created to chart, which thankfully they haven't. This would definitely explain the Carrie Underwood feature on Can't Stop Loving You. Back in order & back to good songs, Lover Alot (still can't stand that grammatical error) is another straightforward rocker, this time about a guy who's oblivious to a girl's affections for him. This is an interesting song lyrically, as for once it paints Steven as someone other than the main guy in one of these situations. And the melody, while very repetitive, is still quite enjoyable. We All Fall Down is one of a couple examples here of an Aerosmith ballad done right. Surprisingly it's the only song here not written by the band, this one being written by Diane Warren, who also wrote I Don't Wanna Miss A Thing. While the chorus lyrics are somewhat cheesy/sappy, there's still a sense of sincerity throughout. Still, a couple identical rhymes & phoned-in motivational phrases keep it from being absolutely great. Freedom Fighter is 1 of 2 songs here written/sung solely by Joe Perry, & his more gruff & understated voice works well here. I read that this song is a response to Invisible Children's Kony 2012 campaign, & I can definitely see this as a sort of anthem for the organization. While there might be some factual inaccuracies (the LRA doesn't make bombs), his heart is definitely in the right place. Closer is another well-done ballad, & while the lyrics are a little confusing, the instrumental arrangement works wonders. On Something, the 2nd track to be led by Joe Perry, while his vocal delivery isn't quite as strong here (definitely could've used a few more takes), there's still some good lyrics about all those people in life who just love to screw you over. Finally, Another Last Goodbye is by far the most emotional song here, with Tyler screeching his heart out over just a piano. Chilling ballad. Overall score: 75/100.… Expand
Nov 7, 2012Let's face it. Aerosmith only made 1 truly amazing album. It's called Rocks. If you don't know/own it & are looking at reviews for thisLet's face it. Aerosmith only made 1 truly amazing album. It's called Rocks. If you don't know/own it & are looking at reviews for this album, get THAT one. Regarding THIS album... I love how hyped it is (they're back!) & how truly awful it is. Are we the fans accepting this as a gooood album? The basement ceiling gets higher (& w bigger names down there!) Really, I don't know what the f is going on in this band. I think all the guys (other than Steven Tyler) deserve more. Joe Perry is great. Look up Combination on youtube. And Jack Douglas... smarten up! You can do better!… Expand
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The Board of County Commissioners will again hit rewind on a model to promote economic development.
The Board of County Commissioners will again hit rewind on a model to promote economic development.
Following the recommendation of the current board of the Gulf County Economic Development Alliance, Inc. (EDA) and the advisory committee appointed by commissioners as liaison to the EDA, the BOCC approved bringing the EDA back under its umbrella.
A detailed proposal outlining the model will be brought to commissioners in two weeks, but, in broad strokes, county attorney Jeremy Novak said the proposal would be for operations similar to the Tourist Development Council, with a director and advisory council.
The director, Novak said, would be a county employee or under county supervision, though specifics were unclear during Tuesday�s regular bi-monthly meeting.
Commissioners approved the tentative recommendation 4-1 with Commissioner Joanna Bryan dissenting.
The EDA, a private contractor with the BOCC, was created just over a year ago after the BOCC had voted to bring what was then the Economic Development Council, and its executive director Barry Sellers, under the BOCC.
The EDA has an all-volunteer board and after Sellers became ill and was forced to leave his position last summer, the EDA has operated without an executive director, in part relying on informal assistance from the Bay County Economic Development Alliance.
The BOCC suspended its quarterly payments to the EDA in the amount of $20,000 in January.
Bryan said she understood the bumps encountered after Sellers� illness and departure, but argued the BOCC should be seeking to bolster an independent agency for economic development rather than putting the work under the county.
�Businesses will be hesitant to deal with the county,� Bryan said. �I am against the county being in control of the EDA. I am against the director being a county employee.�
She said the county had a stake in creating jobs, justifying funding the agency, but said that funding should be aimed at putting the EDA in a position to be self-sustaining as a private/public partnership.
Bryan also expressed concern about the Sunshine Law and potential impacts on confidentiality requirements that would be part of luring businesses to the county if those acting as point of contact were county employees.
Commissioner Warren Yeager said he would wait and see.
�I understand all the concerns, but we have to find out what kind of model they are bringing to us,� Yeager said. �When a company wants to come to Gulf County it will come to Gulf County.�
Commissioner Tan Smiley voiced frustration at the BOCC starting again in economic development, the third time in his three years on the board � and at least sixth time in 12 years � the BOCC has changed direction, he said.
He noted that the discussions about economic development transpire among those who have jobs and benefits. The people who work to pay the taxes to support government, he added, can�t support the same level of taxes anymore and jobs are scarce.
Starting over again and again, he said, was like beginning construction of a home and then tearing it down and starting again.
�I don�t know what the issue is but our biggest problem is people who can�t get along with each other,� Smiley said. �Something is wrong and the majority of the problem is people who can�t get along and before they will get along they�d rather leave it a mess.
�We (aren�t any) further along than we were three years ago. We need to take personal feelings and put them aside. We need to quit worrying about �I�. We need to get some jobs in here.�
Commissioners voted to suspend a pilot project that introduced a recycling center at Salinas Park due to high costs and the increasing incidents of folks dropping off other garbage at the site.
The project began last spring and was initially well-received, said a representative from Waste Management, but over the summer months became an �eyesore� as other garbage, �contaminants�, were dropped at the site.
The additional costs of more frequent pulls due to the volume of trash dropped at the site also pushed the budget well beyond projections for the first year of the pilot project.
Yeager moved to suspend the program, a motion unanimously passed.
�This pilot program has shown us we need to do something with recycling curbside,� Yeager said. �It�s just not working.�


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"Who says that only Americans know how to play Gershwin?" asks Gramophone magazine this month as it hails a new Gershwin CD from the Leipzig Gewandhaus, the German orchestra that calls itself the world's oldest. "By this time possibly nobody," the British record guide answers its rhetorical self.
But if you ain't got that swing ....
The Leipzigers' new recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" and the Piano Concerto in F features the ancient orchestra's current music director, Riccardo Chailly, and pianist Stefano Bollani. Both are Italian. The playing from ensemble and soloist is lovely. The jazziness comes across, depending on your fondness for foreign accents, as fetchingly feisty or as conveying a faint whiff of condescension.
We also have a recent recording of "Porgy and Bess" from Austria conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the once-controversial leader of the Vienna chapter of the early music period-instrument movement back in the '60s and now lionized all-around conductor. A few months before his 80th birthday, Harnoncourt realized a lifelong wish of performing "Porgy," which he calls an American "Wozzeck," at a 2009 summer festival in Graz. The recording of that concert performance shows that he means it.
So who really owns Gershwin? An American might answer: Leonard Bernstein, André Previn, Oscar Levant, Duke Ellington, Michael Tilson Thomas, Miles Davis, Earl Wild, Fred Astaire, Sarah Vaughan, William Bolcom, James Levine, Marcus Roberts and Audra McDonald.
But the matter of Gershwin entitlement is obviously not a simple dispute. Schoenberg played tennis with Gershwin when they both lived in L.A. and thought him like a son, different as their music, temperaments and tennis were. Other great European composers — Berg, Stravinsky and Ravel, in particular — felt affection for Gershwin and his music (and, perhaps, a touch of jealousy for his bank account). And Gershwin picked up important compositional pointers from them (as they continued to eye his bank account).
Old World musical legends — Heifetz, Richter, Toscanini, Klemperer, the wonderful Hungarian pianist György Cziffra — knew how to play Gershwin. Their way. Klemperer may have sounded to be slumming when he memorialized Gershwin as an American Offenbach, but Richter turned Gershwin into a gripping American Prokofiev, and Cziffra's "Rhapsody in Blue," recorded in Budapest in 1955, is intriguingly Lisztian. These days, British conductor Simon Rattle and French pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet are generally credible straight-ahead Gershwin enthusiasts among the Europeans.
Geography may not be everything, but it does help shape us. Born in Brooklyn, Gershwin found fame in New York and moved to Los Angeles at the end of his short life. And growing up in a show business-soaked environment can make Angelenos identify with Gershwin in the way Viennese do with Mozart and Schubert or Parisians with Debussy and Ravel.
But more than that, those great American musicians listed above are likely to have shaped our broader musical values. I, for instance, loved it when Bernstein went to Vienna in the '70s to conduct Beethoven and teach its Philharmonic the proper way to play Mahler, exaggerating the Jewish elements in the scores as an interpretive wake-up call.
Tilson Thomas' Tchaikovsky — filtered through his L.A. youth working with Heifetz at USC and growing up around Stravinsky — offers a context that Russian-raised conductors lack. It was thanks to Previn programming Vaughn Williams with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, not recordings from the Brits, that I fell in love with these very British symphonies.
If we don't, however, demand "authenticity" from Americans and appreciate that new layers might be revealed from different points of view, obviously we must grant other cultures the same license with Gershwin. Plus Gershwin was anything but stylistically stuffy himself. He wrote songs to be given individual character by individual performers, or "covered" as we would say now.
To further complicate the issue, we have a trove of Gershwin's own recordings, which show a rhythmic unflappability and unostentatious quality of accenting that we call swing. But Bernstein could swing too while exaggerating almost everything he touched, whether blowing up the symphonic side of Gershwin or shimmying obscenely on the piano bench when he played the "Rhapsody."
That leads to the most important question of all about Gershwin interpretation: What is swing? And it is the one with no proper answer. Swing, like sex, loses its essence in explanation. In fact, swing maybe is sex. And like sex, national and ethnic differences do matter, even if all cultures procreate. Harnoncourt and Chailly address swing specifically in the booklets accompanying their Gershwin CDs.
A relative sent Gershwin scores to Harnoncourt's family in Germany during the '30s, when this music was officially considered decadent. The songs fascinated him, as did the illustrations of naked women that accompanied the sheet music. As a cello student, he writes, he was chastised for his freeness.
Yet freeness is exactly what Harnoncourt objects to in the "Porgy" performance tradition. He accuses the Russian-born conductor Alexander Smallens, who premiered "Porgy," not only of cutting all the operatic material out of the first recording of the opera, leaving just hit tunes, but also of neglecting every one of Gershwin's tempos and the dynamics in the score.
As other conductors have done, Harnoncourt restores the operatic material, but with more nuance. He accepts some of Gershwin's own cuts when he feels that makes musical sense. He also restores Gershwin's tempos and dynamics. He strives for rhythmic precision and a crystalline clarity of inner voices, all of which produces an antiseptic Gershwin sound.
Most of the singers (Jonathan Lemalu is Porgy and Isabelle Kabatu is Bess) are fully operatic, verging on overblown, yet the performance remains fascinating in its extreme classicizing. It is almost as though one enters Gershwin's workshop, listening to the whirring of his mind.
In the last scene, Harnoncourt restores a "Symphony of Noise," with bird song, percussion and the sound of the sea, which makes Gershwin for a moment sound outright Cagean — at least until the percussion starts tinkling out themes from the opera. What Gershwin might have accomplished had he lived beyond his 38 years boggles the imagination.
But I wonder how much of this recording is wishful historical thinking on Harnoncourt's part, and it also brings into question the whole idea of authenticity. If an opera less than a century old by a composer whose performance style is well documented can be so unidiomatic and, ultimately, unhistorical, what does that tell us about Harnoncourt's — or any other early music specialist's — performances of much older works? Harnoncourt's Gershwin is Harnoncourt's Gershwin, as is his Bach, which doesn't swing either.
Chailly grew up playing drums in a rock band as a youth in Milan and is intrigued by what he sees as a Stravinskian quality in the concertos. He further complains that Gershwin "is one of those composers who have suffered the most interpretive abuses, like Puccini, like Rachmaninoff." For Chailly, the wrong approach is "going for extremes of interpretation." Like Bernstein?
Still, that doesn't stop his pianist from adapting a Puccini way of phrasing, with extremes of rubato that Bollani maybe mistakes for American swing. It works, inasmuch as Bollani is musical and has a lovely tone and a fine sense of flow. But he is also a silly pianist. In the "Rhapsody," he attempts a tiny bit of improvisation, and the big Puccinian tune takes on an ice-cream truck jingle.
Chailly returns to the original jazz-band version of the "Rhapsody," which has become a common practice, and his Stravinsky approach assures the performance's rhythmic alacrity. But when German musicians let down their hair, it remains perfectly, risibly combed. A gorgeously rich violin solo sounding as if it belonged in "Ein Heldenleben" had me laughing out loud.
Americans, though, don't dare become sanctimonious. This may not be our Gershwin, but it is Gershwin, played with love and care and imagination. We continue to hold a cultural deed on the composer, but that doesn't mean that we can automatically be counted on to take the best care of his music or keep it fresh. Last year's most hyped Gershwin release was the embarrassingly all-American yet musically incompetent "Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin."
On the other hand, the Europeans, like it or not, really do re-imagine Gershwin.


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Irish voters go to the polls on Thursday to decide if they want to ratify the EU fiscal treaty which will oblige each euro-zone member state to keep budget deficits and public debts within tight limits.
Three Sunday paper polls showed Ireland was in favour of supporting by 60% to 40%, but there was a still a sizeable proportion of the electorate – between 16 and 30%, depending on the poll – which still didn't know how it was going to vote.
Taoiseach (Prime Minister) Enda Kenny went on television on Sunday night to appeal for a yes vote.
He said the treaty would play a role in Ireland's recovery, although he also acknowledged it will not solve all the country problems.
But he emphasised, on the eve of Ireland's islanders going to the polls, the treaty was a step to keep Ireland moving in the right direction.
Islanders usually vote early as a precaution against inclement weather affecting transfer of the polling boxes to count centers – but this week Ireland was enjoying one of the warmest periods for years, with temperatures frequently reaching record 25 degrees Celsius.
The weather is expected to attract one of the biggest referendum votes in the main poll on Thursday, with votes being counted and a result confirmed on Friday.
Kenny said the electorate was making a decision that will have enormous implications for the country's future.
"This treaty strengthens the economic and budgetary rules that apply to countries like Ireland that use the euro. It will create stability in the euro zone that is essential for growth and job creation," he said.
"A strong yes vote will create the certainty and stability that our country needs to continue on the road to economic recovery."
Kenny had refused to take part in televised debates on the controversial issue. Instead, he was invited, as an RTE broadcasting duty under electoral regulations to give major parties equal time, to make the address after Gerry Adams's speech at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis(annual convention) was aired the previous evening.
Adams and Sinn Fein want a no vote. He said Irish voters burdened by economic hardship should not be scared into backing the treaty.
Independent Dublin South TD (member of Parliament) Shane Ross, an ardent opponent of almost all Sinn Fein policies, ended weeks of silence by agreeing with them this time and urging a no vote.
Ross, a powerful influence in the financial world, used his Sunday Independent column to claim that he was "passionately pro-European" but he could not vote yes because "we are being compelled to vote in a twilight zone."
When voting opened on the islands on Monday Hugh O'Donnell may have been the only presiding electoral officer who had music played to him.
A saxophone was played by Barry Edgar Pilcher, the only person to cast a vote on Inishfree Island, four kilometers out of Burtonport in Co. Donegal.
Six people have a vote on Inishfree but they now live on the mainland and didn't go to the polls.
The polling booth is always set up in the ramshackle cottage home of Edgar, 69, who is the lone resident on the island for most of the past 20 years.
Edgar, who originally moved from south London in 1993 "to get away from the rat race," writes poetry and plays music and maintains Internet contact with other musicians in Europe.
Edgar has a wife, who is a retired nurse, and a daughter, who is a nurse, in Britain and he speaks to them by Skype and they get together about once a year.
A ferry visits the island once a week to take Edgar to the mainland where he collects his welfare and stocks up for the week ahead.


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"And when they ask us what we're doing, you can say, We're remembering...." (Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451)
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
In this photo, Search for Tomorrow's Jo (Mary Stuart) is marrying husband #4, Tony Vincente (Anthony George). He was her doctor after Jo was blinded in a car accident.
Jo's third husband, Sam, had fallen off a riverboat in Africa and was declared dead. Jo channeled her grief by working alongside Dr. Vincente at a center for troubled youth. The pair fell in love, despite Tony being married to Marcy.
When Tony learned that Marcy had been faking her paralysis, he divorced her and became engaged to Jo. But, wouldn't you know it? Sam returned from Africa, alive, though not well. He was suffering from a jungle malady that was driving him insane. Loyal Jo reunited with her husband, only to have the unstable man take her hostage. Jo ended up standing trial for his murder, before finally wedding Tony in 1972.
That's Peter Simon peering over Jo's right shoulder in the wedding photo. But can you identify the future Dynasty star among the rest of the guests? Let us know in the Comments section below.
And for those wondering if Jo's fourth marriage worked out any better than her first three... sorry. Tony ended up cheating on Jo with Stephanie, who claimed that daughter Wendy was his child. Tony left Jo to be with Stephanie and Wendy. When Wendy's real father showed up, a grief-stricken Tony had a heart attack. He returned to Jo, but a second heart-attack did him in.
Poor Jo was widowed for the fourth time (that's one car accident, two heart attacks and one mad jungle disease, for those keeping score).
4 comments:
- supersage21 said...
The only one I remember being on both shows is John James.
- AMCHistory said...
Is that Katherine Bellwood who played Dynasty's Kirby and SFT's Liza?
- chuck197007 said...
AOL video removed the link to the classic soaps off their main page and I was able to find it through this address,but they removed many episodes for each show.
http://video.aol.com/video-search/query/distributor%3A%22Procter%20&%20Gamble%20Productions%22%20sor t%3AmostRecent/familyfilter/1/type/standard
AOL isn't discontinuing the P&G classic soaps are they? There have been no new episodes in 2 weeks and many of us are getting a bit worried.
Could you please find out what is going on?
- chuck197007 said...
Try this URL....