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The sound of beatiful vocals…
One would be hard-pressed to find a group with more determination, conviction or integrity than VENICE. Comprised of cousins Kipp and Michael Lennon and their respective brothers Pat and Mark Lennon, this suburban Los Angeles quartet steadfastly refuses to succumb to fast-buck trendiness, opting instead for a more humanistic musical approach. Since forming in the '80s, the group's surf-scented harmonies and folk-pop sounds have garnered the respect of the music industry's most discerning critics. In a 1997 review, Billboard magazine drew favorable comparisons to Crosby, Stills & Nash and the Eagles, and praised the group's "seamless harmonies." David Crosby called VENICE "the best vocal group in the country and one of the best groups of any kind I have ever heard." As a group, and/or individuals, VENICE has toured and recorded with rock legends like Jackson Browne, Stevie Nicks, Warren Zevon, David Crosby, Brian Wilson and Phil Collins. What's more, the group's headline performances and popular web sites draw thousands of devoted fans of their own worldwide.
Now, this critically acclaimed quartet offers a recording that's as hypnotic and compelling as their live performances. Produced and engineered by Michael Lennon and mixed by Thom Panunzio (U2, Pretenders, Bruce Springsteen), Spin Art features 12 original compositions that run the gamut from effervescent rockers ("The Man You Think I Am," "One Quiet Day," "World Upon My Back"), to pensive ballads ("The Road to Where You Are," "The Family Tree") and r&b-inflected pop ("End of the World"). These engaging originals are offset by an earnest interpretation of Fleetwood Mac's 1977 classic "Landslide." Vibrant and engaging, Spin Art is as colorful as its explosive cover art – which, by the way, was created by the band.
Indeed, from its original artwork and songs, to Michael Lennon's luminous production, Spin Art is a harmonious celebration of self-expression. There's a method to the group's family-oriented, hands-on approach. We've got a lot of family," says Kipp Lennon, laughing. "Michael and Mark have 13 siblings in their family, while Pat and I have 11 brothers and sisters. We all learned to get along at an early age and not "rock the boat" in group situations. A perfect training ground for being in a band that collaborates and travels as much as we do. Our fathers, Bill and Ted Lennon, sang in a swing group in the '40s and '50s and Pat and my oldest sisters are The Lennon Sisters from the Lawrence Welk Show of the '60s, so we grew up around a lot of the same family-work type situations we find ourselves in today. Our band is like an extension of our family." As Kipp's comments would suggest, the members of VENICE are proud traditionalists, which would explain the group's rock-solid influences. With its beguiling mix of pop, rock, folk and r&b, Spin Art is a no-nonsense recording with time-tested appeal. "I think it's a really strong record," says Pat Lennon. "I recently listened to it after about a two-week break, and I just thought, 'wow, this is really good.' Michael did a great job of producing, and I just love the songs.
It just seems like a really solid record."
Spin Art is a departure from VENICE's 1997 Vanguard Records debut album Born and Raised. That album – which Relix magazine described as "… majestic, harmony-filled, acoustic folk-rock" – won plaudits for its intimate, introspective songs.
By comparison, Spin Art comes on like the first album's outgoing cousin. "On Born and Raised, we intentionally pulled back in order to make a record that was more acoustic and more vocals-forward," explains Kipp. "Spin Art is more like our live shows. There's a lot more electricity and live drums sounds on this record without sacrificing the acoustic textures. It's a nice marriage of the two musical sides of the group."
The new album marks the first time the members of VENICE have collaborated with songwriters outside their select circle of musical friends, and the experience proved inspiring. "Working with other writers created a friendly competition within the group," says Michael Lennon. "It challenged us to deliver. Kipp and I might split off and write with other people during the day. Then we'd get together later that night and write our own songs. We were really living the songwriter's life."
The group's individual and collaborative efforts have resulted in an album that possesses the easy-rocking lilt of a modern classic. In a world awash in arty nihilism and trendy cynicism, Spin Art can be unashamedly honest, endearingly optimistic, even chivalrous, at times. Indeed, despite its romantic allusions, "The Man You Think I Am," is a breezy rocker penned after the birth of Kipp's son, Roman. With its plain-spoken lyrics about wanting to meet a loved one's high expectations, "The Man You Think I Am" is pure, uncut heroism, the sort of song you thought they didn't write anymore.
A similar affirmative energy animates all the songs featured on Spin Art. Co-written with Bruce Gaitsch (Madonna, Celine Dion), "Mary On My Mind" finds Michael Lennon wistfully recounting the courtship phase of his marriage. On the soulful "End of the World," Mark laments the inexorable decline of civilization, only to find himself redeemed by love. On "Garden Wall," a long-term relationship slowly falls into painful despair but there is still hope that "somewhere in the garden something grows." Even the group's interpretation of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide" fits like a puzzle-piece within the context of the album. "We've been doing that song for years and years at our shows; we just never recorded it," says Mark. "Stevie Nicks used to come up and perform it with us. People have always asked us to record it, so it seemed like a fun thing to throw it on this album."
Appropriately enough, Spin Art concludes with "The Family Tree," an eloquent toast to family and the ties that bind. "In a sense, you could say that the album is bookended," says Kipp."The Man You Think I Am" starts off the record with a song about my son and having kids, while "The Family Tree" talks about the family, moving on and growing." The growth and maturity Kipp speaks of is apparent throughout Spin Art. The album allows fans to eavesdrop as the members of VENICE continue on their personal journeys. No doubt, listeners will see their own experiences reflected in the album's 13 soul-searching tracks.
Photo: Venice. More information can be seen at the official Venice website: Venice Central
Jacaranda Street
Lennon Records 2019
Tracks: Jacaranda Street, The Lavender Lighter, My Love Waits For Me, Stepping On That Bridge, 27th Avenue, Something Took You Over, Middle Age Lullaby, How Do We Do This Alone, Just Under The Surface, What If We Found We, Lifeline, Object Unidentified & Rowing.
Musicians on the Jacaranda Street album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Mark Harris & Andre Kemp.
Waves Of Christmas
Tracks: Christmas Time Is Here, The Star Carol, I´ll Be Home For Christmas, The Christmas Song, River, A Cradle In Bethlehem, Christmas Dreaming, On Christmas Morning, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, Christmas Island & White Christmas/Silent Night.
Musicians on the Waves Of Christmas album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & Others.
Into The Morning Blue
Tracks: Sunrise (August Of ´69), Doesn´t Get Any Better Than This, Into The Morning Blue, A Wealthy Man, In A Heartbeat, If You Hear This Song, A Dance By The River & Suddenly You Walked In.
Musicians on the Into The Morning Blue album: Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon and others.
Brunch Buffet
Tracks: Had I Known You Better Then, She´s Always A Woman, Thinking Out Loud, Happier Than The Morning Sun, Looking For A Lady, Home At Last, Keep On Tryin´, I Don´t Know Why, Free Man In Paris, After The Love Has Gone, Over The Rainbow & Everybody´s Changing.
Musicians on the Brunch Buffet album: Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon and others.
What Summer Brings
P-Vine Records 2015
Tracks: When I Come Back (The Hummingbird Song), High So High, Shake It Up, What Summer Brings, Chemistry, Mi Casa Es Su Casa, She´s Gonna Be The One, When I´m Gone, Things That Always Make Me Think Of You, A Thing About Love, The Go To Guy, Hold Me, The Way That I See You & It´s Time.
Musicians on the What Summer Brings album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
Live At 2 Meter Sessies 1998
2 Meter Media Group 2015
Tracks: Side 1: Never Coming Back, For A Kiss, When I Get Over You & If I Were You. Side 2: Cool Me Down, Rivers Never Run, Landslide & We´re Still Here.
Musicians on the Live At 2 Meter Sessies 1998 album: Michael Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Pat Lennon and others.
Lucky 7 - Part 1
Tracks: Feel You Feel Me, Hollywoodland, Trying To Find America, One For The Ages, Wave After Wave, I See You There & Hibernate.
Musicians on the Lucky 7 - Part 1 album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Monroe Jones, Mark Harris & Scott Crago.
Venetian Vinyl
Tracks: Side One: Rivers Never Run, When I Get Over You, The Family Tree, The Point, Hold Me & The Road To Where You Are. Side Two: Things That Always Make Me Think Of You, Father Time, Blue Ocean Park Waltz, Katrina, Two Places At One Time & That´s The Way It Is. Side Three: It´s Time, The Romance That Never Was, Ashes In The Snow, Language Of The Heart, Isabelle & What Summer Brings. Side Four: Back To The Well, Oh Bahia, We´re OK, 15 Presents & It´s To Late For Me Now.
Musicians on the Venetian Vinyl album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & Others.
Tracks: Disc 1: What´s Done Is Done, Forever, Chemistry, She´s Gonna Be The One, Hold Me, Shake It Up, A Thing About Love, The Point, When I´m Gone & What Summer Brings. Disc 2: It´s Time, When I Come Back (The Hummingbird Song), Mi Casa Es Su Casa, Things That Always Make Me Think Of You, It´s Gonna Be Right, Isabelle, Don´t Give Up On Me, The Way That I See You, The Go To Guy & High So High.
A Venice Christmas Live
Tracks: The Family Tree, Hark The Harald Angel Sings, Ashes In The Snow, Winter Wonderland, Always, O Come All Ye Faithful, My Adobe Hacienda, Blue Christmas, O Holy Night, If I Were You/Joy To The World, We´re Still Here/Silent Night & Under The Boardwalk Medley.
Musicians on the Electric Live And Amplified album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon and others
Flow Records 2008
Tracks: CD: One Quiet Day, The Road To Where You Are, Always, The Man You Think You Are, Rivers Never Run, Baby´s Calling, Bittersweet Life, Think Again, If I Were You, Back To The Well, The Water, Right Where We Left Off, Weight Has Been Lifted, Starting Here Again & The Family Tree. DVD: Concert "Live At The Royal Carre Theater", Documentary, Family Feature & Photo Gallery.
Musicians on the Home Grown album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon and others
Electric Live And Amplified
Tracks: The Water, Bleeding, Circus in Town, My Woman, Pushed Her Too Far, Evolve, Things You Are, Baby's Calling, High So High, Very Real, My Own House, One Quiet Day, Think Again, All My Life & If I Were You.
Tracks: Always, Crazy In Love, So Bad, Shy Moon, Horse With No Name, The Family Tree, Starting Here Again, Back To The Well, More Of A Miracle, Rewind, One More Song, Evolve, One Less Someone, Things You Are & Pawn Shop.
Musicians on the Good Evening album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon and others.
Garage Demos Part 3
27th Ae Records 2007
Tracks: In These Times, Lay Me Down, Something Else, The Mermaid Song, I Swear, Crazy In Love, When I Think Of You, Born With Hope, All Fall Together, Hot And Cold, The Times You Did Me Wrong, The Other Side, Take Me Far Away (Live), Never Gonna Be The Same & This Party´s Over.
Musicians on the Garage Demos Part 2 album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Mark Harris, Scott Crago, Stephen McGrath, Spencer Campell, Randy Sharp, Monroe Jones, Paul Mirkovich & Michael Ruff.
Universal Music 2006
Tracks: Weight Has Bee Lifted, Rewind, It´s To Late For Me Now, Joey, Radio Game, Not Enough For You, Bittersweet Life, Ashes In The Snow, My Life Is Like A Movie, The Lost Weekend, The Romance That Never Was, Jenny & One More Song.
Musicians on the Amsterdam album: Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Pat Lennon, Mark Harris, Nick Butt, Jamie Wollam and others.
A Band Called Venice
Switch Style Records 2006
Tracks: Think Again, Sweet Aloha, Precious Stone, For A Dancer, Right Where We Left Odd, Most Of Us, The Road To Where You Are, Unbreakable Heart, Guinevere, I'll Keep My Fingers Crossed, Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life, The Family Tree, Starting Here Again (Bonus Live Track), The Man You Think I Am (Bonus Live Track), If I Were You (Bonus Live Track), One Quiet Day (Bonus Live Track).
Musicians on the A Band Called Venice album: Kipp Lennon, Mark Lennon, Michael Lennon, Pat Lennon, Jackson Browne, David Crosby, Mark Harris, Alexis Sklarevski, Matt Laug, Dan Gillen, Nick Butt, Chris Havath, John Vester & Rich Mangicaro.
Tracks: I´ll Keep My Fingers Crossed, Cotton Candy, Alive Again, Everybody´s Opium, Back To The Well, You And Me Doing Nothing, When Your Ship Comes In, Right Were We Left Off, Two Places At One Time, Blue Ocean Park Waltz, Don´t Worry Worry, All Or Nothing At All, Fifteen Presents, Pebble In A Pond (Karma´s Rewarded) & Happiness Is The Best Revenge.
Musicians on the Pacific Standard Time album: Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Matt Laug, Rich Mangocaro, Chris Horvath, Mark Harris, Charles Bisharat, Nick Bult, Dann Gillen & Roy Weigand.
Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life
Sony Music 2002
Tracks: Think Again, Not Down Anymore, Sweet Aloha, Precious Stone, I'm Not Myself, Sun Inside, Blue Paint, Most Of Us, Languages Of The Heart, One Word & Tides.
Musicians on the Welcome To The Rest Of Your Life album: Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Chris Horvath, John Vester, Alexis Sklarevski, Mark Harris, Matt Laug, Jamie Wollam, Scott Cargo, Jawiara Adams, Dion Turnquest, Terry Manning, Pete Valenzuela, Mike Brotzen & Joey Cathcart.
(2) Meter Sessies
ZYX Music 2000
Tracks: The Road To Where You Are, Always, Never Coming Back, For A Dancer, For A Kiss, We´re Still Here, If I Were You, One Quiet Day, Landslide, Cool Me Down, Guinnevere, When I Get Over You, The Family Tree, End Of The World, Rivers Never Run, The Man You Think I Am & Woodstock (Secret Track).
Musicians on the Venice Live album: Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Jackson Browne & David Crosby.
Christmas With Venice
Blue Note Records 1999
Tracks: Away In A Manger, What Child In This?, The First Noel, Hark!, The Herald Angels Sing, Silent Night, Angels We Have Heard On High, O Come, O Come Emmanuel, Joy To The World, O Little Town Of Bethlehem, O Come All Ye Faithful, Holy Night & O Christmas Tree.
Musicians on the Christmas With Venice album: Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon, Kipp Lennon & Pat Lennon.
Spin Art
Vanguard Records 1999
Tracks: The Man You, Think I Am, Always, Garden Wall, Mary On My Mind, The Road To, Where You Are, End of the World, So Bad, More of a Miracle, Landslide, Poor You Poor Me, Poor Love, One Quiet Day, World Upon My Back & The Family Tree.
Musicians on the Spin Art album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
Tracks: That's the Way It Is, When I Get Over You, Never Coming Back, If I Were You, Cool Me Down, Bring On the Next One, Bad Timing Song, Starting Here Again, For A Kiss, Running Home, Rivers Never Run, Baby's Calling, Circus In Town, Time On My Hands, Oh Yeah Oh Well & We're Still Here.
Musicians on the Born and Raised album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
Lucky Records 1995
Tracks: The Water, Bleeding, Circus In Town, Time On My Hands, Get Out, World Upon My Back, In July, Twenty Words Or Less, My Woman, I'll Be Drivin', My Own House, Hard Life & If I Were You.
Musicians on the Garage Demos Part 2 album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
Tracks: Bad Timing Song, Rivers Never Run, Circle of Life, The Girl In 204, The Only Love I Had, Charm You, Shy Moon, Washington & Lincoln, Again, Long Fall, Comes It Now & Very Real.
Atlantic Records 1990
Tracks: All My Life, Sacrifice the Fool, Mr. Lonely, Change In the Season, Kaylee, Pushed Her Too Far, Time, Ocean, People Laugh, Save the Legion, Hideaway Hill & Ball & Chain.
Musicians on the Venice album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
DB Productions 1986
Tracks: Someday Love (Ready For Ya), Me You're Playing With, It's Only January & Tears.
Musicians on the Do It Yourself album: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.
Theme From The Class of '65"
MCA Records 1978
Tracks: "Theme From The Class of '65" (1978) (Theme Song from the short-lived television show) & "Whatever Happened To the Class of 65?") (Theme From The Class of '65 & California Calling (B-Side).
Musicians on the Theme From The Class of "65" single: Kipp Lennon, Pat Lennon, Michael Lennon, Mark Lennon & others.


GE GFWS3500LWW White Frontload Washer 4.9 cu. ft.
The GFWS3500LWW is a 27" washer from GE with a 4.9 cu. ft. capacity. This front load model distinguishes itself as a GE washer that has steam features. Its Steam Refresh feature aids in reducing odors and wrinkles while rejuvenating fabrics, while the other feature, Steam Assist, is responsible for penetrating into fabrics to break down soils and help get rid of tough stains. Since these are steam actions, you are guaranteed of effective but gentle cleaning that will not destroy even the more delicate items you need washed. This model is also equipped with the eWash option that uses cold instead of hot water in certain cycles, which save you energy costs.
The washer is qualified for Energy Starand is rated CEE Tier III, which means it meets the guidelines set by federal law on energy efficiency on appliances. That means you get savings on utility costs and do your bit in saving natural resources.
Its built-in Adaptive Vibration Control or AVC mechanism is a feature that prevents the machine from producing too much noise or vibration. No matter where you install this washer, the mechanism adjusts its spin patterns so you can enjoy silent operations without the usual mechanical rumbling or shaking.
The Adaptive fill feature lets the washer fill the interior basin with the right amount of water corresponding to the load. With this automatic function, you are assured of not wasting any water.
The washer is equipped with a see-thru glass door which allows you to have a view of the washer's interior even when it is in the middle of the cycle. The glass window has a circular dark chrome frame. You can open and close the washer's door through the TrueGrip handle that prevents slipping and easy maneuvering.
The control panel located above the washer door has an LED cycle countdown and LED cycle status lights that inform you of the remaining time in a cycle. Should you feel that the sound made to end the signal is too shrill or loud, you can use the adjustable end-of-cycle signal. There's also a delay start of up to 24 hours that allows you to use the machine even without you physically present. There's also a safety Child Lock feature that prevents accidental washer door openings especially when it is in use.
Overall capacity: 4.9 cu. ft.
The eWash option is a handy feature for those who want to have clean items but not have to spend much on energy.
For finicky users, the HydroHeater with sanitization makes sure that sanitized hot water is being used in washing and rinsing cycles, which also aids in getting rid of bacteria from laundry items as well as brightening white items. The washer is equipped with 5 built-in wash and rinse temperatures.
With 12 wash cycle options including Washable Wools, Speed Wash, Drain and Spin, Active Wear, 2nd Rinse, PreWash and Stain Wash, there is something that corresponds to your preferences and your particular load.
The patented Timed Flow-Thru dispensing system is applicable for all washing implements such as bleach, detergent, pre-treat solution and fabric softener.
The front door is not reversible, which can be a disadvantage when you only have a small space to put the washer in.


Topic: Mod Report: September 2018 | Video Games AWESOME!
This topic contains 8 replies, has 7 voices, and was last updated by aughts 7 months ago.
Welcome to Mod Report Lite.
Minecraft news first! We're happy to report that, barring complications, the next world for the permanent Minecraft server will be coming late September/early October.
Alongside the new world will come rewritten rules for our Minecraft players, with most of the changes being edits of existing rules for better clarity. The most significant change will be the dropping of the 500 blocks rule in regard to building near others, which we agree was not always easy to enforce for us or to keep track of for players. Instead there will be a 'rule' asking for players to always use their best judgment and always ask permission when building near established builds, and a notice that we will respect the ownership of the space by the original builder, should issues between two builders arise.
Additionally, I want to apologize for stating earlier in the year that both World 3 and the new World 4 will have a period where both servers are up. Due to our current server capability, this will not be possible. On the day World 4 opens, World 3 will close.
The 4th Minecraft Awesome world will be opening September 30th! There's an official thread over on the Minecraft sub-forum if you have questions specific to the new server.
So. The report is now monthly, as we reported last month, and I was excited to embrace change! And so, like a future pro-/an-tagonist doused in chemicals/radiation/magic, change was thrust upon me.
Shortly into the month news came to us mods from the crew about the future; as you all know, Japan is a thing, and change is in the air, and so it will be with the forums. At some point in (hopefully) the near future, (POSSIBLY) within a month or two, we'll be (finally) moving away from WordPress as our forum solution. So I'll relaunch the new version of the report alongside that change, no matter what it might look like. Until then, enjoy Mod Report Lite!
Like I said last month, we'll still post news here throughout the month, if needed.
So… we have… a thing. Basically, we made our own Twitter, using the open source software Mastodon. It's called Turbo Toot! and it's located at https://toot.turbo.chat/ It's currently full of cat photos and community in-jokes. Feel free to continue along those lines, if you sign up, or post whatever you like (though our general rules still apply there, of course).
NEXT DAY EDIT: Sorry, should have mentioned that you currently need an invite to join and must be a member of the TURBO Club, so just message a moderator here on the forum in order to get an invitation!
We have an unofficial community Discord chat, which we always link to at the bottom of the mod report, but I'll also point out here! It's full of corgi photos, community in-jokes, and general gaming stuff. Feel free to stop by (again, our general rules still apply there, and also again, it's an UNOFFICIAL community endeavor that happens to be run by the VGA mods).
And that was Mod Report Lite. Be well!
Woot Woot! Minecraft World 4! the new beginning! cant wait!
breeding villagers in single player doesn't seem to work well for me….
I will keep a hawks eye on the launch date!
Everyone join Discord! I'll bring the puns.
Super excited for World 4!
Option #3! Uh… To do… Stuff!
Totally refusing to let go! Etc. Etc.
Will switching off of WordPress affect the links to older episodes on the site? Or is it JUST the forum part being effected?
Can't say much about the non-forum side of things (because I haven't been told much) but I think we can assume big changes.
Our first mid-month report update is available, pointing out that world 4 now has an opening date: September 30th!


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Abstract From the Sound to the Paper, Research Time, 06/01/2015
Marshall McLuhan's career as an
intellectual celebrity is fascinating. I may
pick up Douglas Coupland's book about
him, as it's highly recommended.
Eric and Marshall McLuhan focus a lot of the first chapter in Laws of Media on the importance of abstraction as a form of thinking that transforms how we conceive of and experience the world after we become habituated to it.
They discuss two kinds of abstraction. The abstraction of alphabetic script is closely attached to the concept of logos as the speech act that makes what is said true that I discussed yesterday. McLuhan understands the alphabet as the first analysis of spoken language that broke from representing its vocal character.
Western scripts had been syllabaries before the innovations of Greek script, according to McLuhan's historical analysis,* each character representing a syllable. So there were many characters (usually based on pictographs and hieroglyphs of objects where the syllable was prominent in its name), each of which had a direct relation to a verbal sound.
* This historical analysis utterly sidesteps the fact that the Greek innovations in separating syllabic written characters into vowels and consonants was long pre-dated by Hebrew writing. And several Hebrew letter forms directly influenced the Greek.** I think that for the rest of this post, I'll remind you in brackets that Hebrew did the same thing after I mention what McLuhan identifies as an innovation in Greek script.
** I bought a book several years ago at a conference, Alpha Beta by John Man, that provides a detailed history of both Mediterranean and Asian scripts.
McLuhan calls attention to an innovation in Greek (and Hebrew) script that also occasioned in innovation in the most intricate conceptual connective tissue of the Mediterranean mind, the breakdown of syllabic letters into vowels and consonants. The consonant especially is a paradigm-shifting innovation because vowels had already been added to several of the region's syllabic scripts. They fit the voice-centric model of syllabic scripts well; vowels are a kind of pure vocalization.***
*** I admit that I have very little technical knowledge of linguistics and I'm being completely amateurish in my description of the qualities of the various sounds of language.
But consonants can't really be pronounced at all. They require abstracting from the sound of a word or syllable to a component that can only be understood in writing. Far from returning to voice-centric writing, McLuhan considers the technical linguistic term of the phoneme a further abstraction than the consonant-vowel alphabets because it isolates individual sounds of languages with a specialized technical alphabet.
As I wrote this post, I thought of writing a book about
Derrida's intellectual influence from Heidegger: an Anti-
Semitic would-be sage whose greatest successor was a
Sephardic Jewish master of abstraction. A story of
philosophical gravity transformed into a nerdy joy. I
probably won't have the time or dedication until I'm
extremely old.
It reminds me of another common bugbear that is often made a whipping boy by philosophers hostile to European thought. But in this case, I actually think there's much productive to learn through reading him. Jacques Derrida's Of Grammatology (and Speech and Phenomena, but I won't speak to that book because I haven't actually read it) discusses how an experience of language that centres on voice and speaking privileges tactility and presence, while a language that requires its script for fundamental understanding prioritizes abstraction.
I always read an undertone of judgment in this transition from a voice to script centricity in Mediterranean languages when I've gone through Of Grammatology, as if moving away from the primacy of voice cost us a wonderful element of immediacy and presence in our relationship with our language, words, and expression. Of course, that contrasts with the major themes of Derrida's early work, his multifaceted critique of presence as it occurs throughout Western metaphysics and life.
But what impresses me about how McLuhan describes these serious phase transitions, they allow no romanticism in their discussions of either the voice or the script focus in our encounters with language. Often, philosophical discussions of such categorical epistemic shifts grieve for the old model as a lost authenticity or innocence that can never be restored.
Martin Heidegger certainly talked that way about human life and thought before the advent of abstraction. I find McLuhan quite commendable in simply describing the shift in cultural character so neutrally, as if he is simply describing different ways of encountering the world, each with its benefits and drawbacks. In fact, I think that's exactly what he's doing. Excellent.
Labels: Jacques Derrida, Language, Marshall McLuhan, Media Theory, Research Time

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Celebrating the 2018 face-off in Russia, adidas reaches into the archives and brings back exact replicas of kits worn by celebrated teams in the '90s.
This Germany Jersey is an authentic replica of the 1990 adidas jersey worn by Germany, right down to the last stitch. Made of a comfy knit blend, the jersey boasts the country's colours and is decorated with the original crest, 3-Stripes on the shoulders and an oversize "10" on the back.
were those stripes that big in 1990?
You had one job Adidas, to simply replicate what you did in 1990. And somehow you managed to fail. LOOK AT THOSE GIANT STRIPES !?!


I teach financial and managerial accounting at the university level. Throughout my career I have enjoyed teaching at Georgia Southern University, the University of South Carolina, Coastal Carolina University, the University of Memphis, Ohio Northern University and currently at McNeese State University. I am a Certified Management Accountant.
Nominated for the Bea Sanders/AICPA Teaching Innovation Award, The Conference on Teaching and Learning in Accounting. (April 2013).
Michael Granieri Award, Ohio Council, Institute of Management Accountants. (July, 2012).
Winner of the Professors Challenge, Capital Market Simulation, CapSim, Chicago, Illinois. (July 2012). $5,000 Award.
Faculty Mentor of 1st Place, Meijer's Challenge, James F. Dicke College of Business Administration, Ohio Northern University. (May 2011). $3,000 Award.
Certificate of Merit, Strategic Finance for outstanding character and excellence for the advancement of management accounting and financial management, Institute of Management Accountants. (June 2008).
Faculty Advisor to SIFE, Students in Free Enterprise, mentored student team to win Regionals and move up to Nationals. (April 2007). $5,000 Award.
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Take precautions against dengue fever when travelling abroad
Dengue fever is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, the Americas, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific. This includes various popular tourist destinations for Hong Kong people including the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Travellers planning to travel in these areas should take precautions against the disease.
Cumulative reported number of dengue cases since 01/01/2019 *
Cumulative reported no.
of cases since 01/01/2019
Source of information and date of report
World Health Organization, 29 August 2019
World Health Organization, 12 September 2019
Health Commission of Guangdong Province, 11 September 2019
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India, 26 May 2019
National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Japan, 10 September 2019
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Ministry of Health, Sri Lanka, 12 September 2019
CDC, ROC (Taiwan), 12 September 2019
Ministry of Public Health, Thailand, 11 September 2019
* Dengue reporting systems vary by country/area.
@Cumulative cases since 30 December 2018.
^ Cumulative cases since 31 December 2018.
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* Use insect repellents containing DEET apart from applying sunscreen while staying in beaches;
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* Carry a portable bed nets and apply permethrin on it as well as to clothes if travelling to rural areas where dengue fever is prevalent.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Virus Disease [Update]
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo continues. The total number of cases has reached 3,129 and the total number of deaths is 2,095. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak as a public health emergency of international concern on 17 July 2019. For more information on Ebola virus disease, please visit the Centre for Health Protection's thematic webpage: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/34199.html
(Source: Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy 16 September 2019)
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Measles [Update]
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(Source: Outbreak News Today 16 September 2019)
New Zealand: Measles [Update]
New Zealand national measles outbreak continues, with 1,275 cases reported so far in 2019. Auckland health officials are officially reported 1,064 confirmed cases. New Zealand Ministry of Health advises travelers to Auckland to receive vaccinations against measles at least two weeks before departure. For more information on measles, please visit the Centre for Health Protection's thematic webpage: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/100419.html
(Source: New Zealand Ministry of Health 16 September 2019)
Romania: Measles [Update]
Romania continues to report measles activity at high level. As of 6 September, 2,614 cases have been reported this year, including 5 deaths. For more information on measles, please visit the Centre for Health Protection's thematic webpage: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/100419.html
Southeast Asia: Dengue Fever & Chikungunya Fever [Update]
Regarding the latest dengue fever (DF) situation in Hong Kong, from September 6 to 12, the CHP confirmed nine imported DF cases. The patients had been to the Philippines (four cases), Cambodia (one case), India (one case), Nepal (one case), Singapore (one case) and Thailand (one case) during the incubation period.
As of September 12, 147 cases had been recorded this year, as compared with 106 cases recorded in the same period last year. All the cases recorded in 2019 were imported, mainly from Thailand (30), Malaysia (24) and Cambodia (20).
Meanwhile, the CHP recorded one chikungunya fever (CF) case during the period from September 6 to 12. The patient had been to Thailand during the incubation period. As of September 12, nine confirmed CF cases had been recorded this year, comprising seven imported from Thailand and two imported from Myanmar.
(Source: Centre for Health Protection of Department of Health 13 September 2019)
United Kingdom: Mumps & Measles [Update]
Public Health England has reported significant rise of mumps cases in England. 2,823 cases have been reported in the first half of this year, in which 2,028 cases came from the second quarter accounting for the highest quarterly figures since 2009.
532 cases of measles have been reported in England in the first half of this year. 183 cases are related to outbreak in London.
For more information on measles, please visit the Centre for Health Protection's thematic webpage: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/100419.html
New Zealand national measles outbreak continues, with 1,172 cases reported so far in 2019. Auckland health officials are officially reported 970 confirmed cases. New Zealand Ministry of Health advises travelers to Auckland to receive vaccinations against measles at least two weeks before departure. For more information on measles, please visit the Centre for Health Protection's thematic webpage: https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/features/100419.html
The Philippines: Dengue fever [Update]
The Philippines Department of Health has declared a National dengue fever alert on 15 July 2019. Until 24 August 2019, 249,332 dengue cases, including 1,021 deaths have been recorded.
Last revision date: 17 September 2019


I write in support of Senate Bill 762 – Relating to immunity from prosecution. This bill seems like something that should be common sense, and so it should absolutely be law. Sexual Assault Victims must not be afraid to come forward. And being arrested or prosecuted is a huge reason to be fearful about coming forward.
While there is a problem with underage drinking, without this bill, we are prioritizing prosecuting underage drinking over prosecuting sexual assault. We need to ensure that citizens know that they are safe when they talk to law enforcement, and not fearful that they have to incriminate themselves just to get help.
When I was sexually abused, fear of getting into trouble was the only reason I didn't speak up. Because of that, others were abused by the same man. Had that fear not been there I could have saved others from the pain of being abused.
Being a sexual assault victim is painful enough, but to have the added pain and guilt of others being hurt added to your conscience is even worse. This bill could help ensure that at least some do not have that second layer of pain, along with preventing others from being harmed in the first place.
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But people like Sir Roger Scrotum should stay inside them.
This kind of thing not too unusual these days but published by the CBC, who have done tons of reporting on the story, possibly even breaking it in the first place?
I've never heard of that band. I guess I should be glad to hear that there are bands I've never heard of that people are tattoo-level devoted to. There are more bands than are dreamt of in your philosophy, Horatio.
I think I now have a new least-favorite band/song/video of all time.
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N. Korea will be huge problem for next US president: ex-top CIA official
WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- North Korea will be a huge problem for the next U.S. president as it is perfecting capabilities to fly nuclear-armed missiles to the continental US, a former top intelligence official has warned.Jami Miscik, a former deputy director for intelligence at CIA, made the remark in an interview with the Fortune magazine, noting that the US is not paying enough attention to the issue of North Korea, ...
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WASHINGTON, (Yonhap) -- North Korea will be a huge problem for the next U.S. president as it is perfecting capabilities to fly nuclear-armed missiles to the continental US, a former top intelligence official has warned.
Jami Miscik, a former deputy director for intelligence at CIA, made the remark in an interview with the Fortune magazine, noting that the US is not paying enough attention to the issue of North Korea, according to the report.
"The president-elect is going to face a problem with North Korea that none of his or her predecessors have faced. It is well on the way to becoming not just a nuclear power, but a power that is able to deliver a nuclear missile," she was quoted as saying.
The remark is the latest in a series of warnings in the US of the seriousness of the North Korea problem in the wake of Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test last month. That blast, together with ceaseless missile tests, sparked geunine fears that Pyongyang is making real progress in developing nuclear missiles.
Over the past week alone, the North twice tested its Musudan intermediate-range ballistic missile believed to be capable of reaching the US territory of Guam. Both tests failed as the missile exploded shortly after take-off.
"Musadan could probably hit Guam, but the next larger rocket would probably be able to hit the US," Miscik was quoted as saying. "The fact these rocket launches are failing shouldn't give anyone comfort, because they're not failing for the same reason -- they fail and they fix that thing, and it might fail for another reason, but they're advancing in terms of their capability."
She said that the true threat to the US will come when North Korea figures out how to successfully launch a missile into space, re-enter the atmosphere, and hit its target, although noting this has yet to happen, according to the magazine.
A North Korea missile "could hit the continental United States at some point," Miscik said.
She said the U.S. should work "very closely and privately with China" to rein in the North.
"I think the Chinese, Americans, South Korea, and Japan need to work together to figure out what to do about North Korea ... You want to shut down their ability to carry out their intentions," she said, according to the magazine.


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Democracy in Brazil Is Not Just About Voting. Bolsonaro, "The Tropical Trump"
By Nino Pagliccia
Global Research, October 28, 2018
Region: Latin America & Caribbean
Theme: History
According to polls, Brazilians are about to make a great mistake by voting for Bolsonaro – the Tropical Trump. There are indications that the gap with PT Haddad is getting narrow, but Brazilians have to move fast until Sunday to save Brazil from a human catastrophe.
This is outside rightwing or leftwing ideology. This is about preventing Brazil from falling into a cruel dictatorship and a police state according to the promise that Bolsonaro himself has made.
The consequences of a Bolsonaro presidency go beyond the borders of Brazil. It will have a major negative impact on the whole Latin American region as a major trade player.
Bolsonaro has made statements that qualify him as "racist", "fascist", "misogynist", "xenophobic", "white supremacist", and "military puppet". A single one of these labels should be enough to disqualify him as an honest politician, much less as a president.
Brazilians might wake up Monday morning in a country that will have turned the clock to 40 years ago with a military dictatorship.
Brazilian voters must resist the temptation of imposing an authoritarian regime under the illusion that it will fight corruption and violence. Only a truly democratic government can be called to be accountable to fight social ills. That is not what Bolsonaro is promising. I urge Brazilians to reflect!
Democracy is not just voting. Democracy is building a peaceful and just society for all.
Nino Pagliccia is an activist and writer based in Vancouver, Canada. He is a Venezuelan-Canadian who writes about international relations with a focus on the Americas. He is editor of the book "Cuba Solidarity in Canada – Five Decades of People-to-People Foreign Relations" http://www.cubasolidarityincanada.ca. He is a frequent contributor to Global Research.
Copyright © Nino Pagliccia, Global Research, 2018
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Coriant Makes White Box Bid
Coriant today announced a network operating system for white boxes, hoping to capitalize on the hardware disaggregation trend to expand the market for its routing technology beyond mobile backhaul.
The Coriant Network Operating System (NOS) appears to be the first commercial response to AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T)'s push for white box routers and a disaggregated network operating system, made earlier this year when it first announced dNOS and later, the open sourcing of AT&T's software efforts -- built on its acquisition of Brocade's Vyatta unit -- into DANOS, a Linux Foundation-based open source effort. (See DANOS Fuels AT&T's White Box Binge , LF Launches DANOS Project for New Disaggregated Network OS and AT&T's Rice: White Box OS a Team Effort.)
That's not to say other major router vendors aren't engaged in the disaggregation of their software from their hardware. Nokia Nokia Networks has the Nuage Service Router Operating System, Juniper Networks Inc. (NYSE: JNPR) has its virtual MX router, and even mighty Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) is vowing to bow to customer pressure and sell its software on a disaggregated basis. (See Cisco Bows to Carrier Demand for Software Outside the Box.)
Coriant is hoping to beat the bigger players to the punch, however, and capture a larger market share than what it currently has in the mobile backhaul market by riding the disaggregation wave, says Rob Shore, senior vice president of global sales enablement. He also expects to see competition from the data center space, where companies like IP Infusion and SnapRoute are active today.
"I think the data center guys will struggle to add in all the features and capabilities to operate effectively in carrier style network," he tells Light Reading in an interview. "This is where Coriant has a huge amount of expertise, we have 400,000 routers deployed in carrier networks today and we have been doing this for about 25 years. The other half -- Cisco, Huawei, Juniper and Nokia -- they have the capability and experience to do that but what we feel like they are not going to have the willingness. Their whole business model is predicated on proprietary, they have big margins based on getting hardware and software sales together. We feel like they are going to be reluctant to embrace this openness because it destroys their business model, so they will kind of tiptoe through it."
Coriant, on the other hand, "doesn't have anything to lose," Shore says. And with 5G on the horizon, the company is ready to expand its market significantly.
"Coriant is a company that has been in the mobile backhaul and IP/MPLS space for 20-plus years and I view this as a logical evolution of their technology skills and the competencies that they have and are adapting to fit next-generation architectures, making capabilities available at the Layer 3 level the way the customer wants to buy it which is disaggregated and decomposed," says Tim Doiron, principal analyst of Intelligent Networking for ACG.
He notes that the push to become cloud-native is making software disaggregation as important as hardware disaggregation was in the first virtualization wave. Network operators don't want to buy a software package, they want to buy software that is decomposed into modular components.
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According to Shore, the Coriant NOS is based on an open and modular software architecture, designed to run on commercial off-the-shelf white boxes but also on white boxes like Coriant's Vibe X90 Programmable Packet Platform, which has been optimized for carrier-grade and even more specifically mobile networking applications. The Coriant announcement says Coriant NOS supports standalone and multi-unit forwarding architectures and a broad set of carrier network and data center interconnect protocols and applications. It also features open APIs for integration into existing environments and programmability. (See Coriant Launches New Carrier White Box Series.)
This announcement is the latest in a series for Coriant, notes analyst Doiron, and the company's success will be in the context of that broader picture, not necessarily in head-to-head battles with existing router powerhouses.
"Coriant previously announced their Multi-Sided Platform Partner Program where they are augmenting their solution capabilities with partners like Adtran and Affirmed and others," he says. "They also announced this Hyperscale Carrier Architecture which they refreshed at MWC and they brought in a number of partners to help build out a larger ecosystem for service providers. I think Coriant is augmenting and acknowledging that, in addition to optical domain and controls and MANO, there is also a need for disaggregated and decomposed routing functions with the network. With this announcement they are making that functionality available and the net result is a net benefit for them and their customers."
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The DIA CDM and RBM Communities have been working on a project that creates a concrete 'Roadmap' for companies on how to implement 'RBM' - or more generally how to implement a data backbone in the organization that would allow the different functions (data management, pharmacovigilance, medical monitoring, operations, regulatory, etc.) to leverage the appropriate data collected/generated by CDM and other functions as indicators to identify critical risks in their specific area.
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How Godzilla vs Kong tried to avoid comparisons to travel to the center of the Earth
In an interview in 2021 RogerEbert.com"Godzilla vs. Kong" director Adam Wingard discussed bringing Hollow Earth to life while being careful not to draw comparisons to "Journey to the Center of the Earth":
"Well, the trickiest thing about it is when you look at it on the site, it's basically, "Oh, it's a Journey to the Center of the Earth movie, right? And it was a big dirty word. Nobody ever mentioned Journey to the Center of the Earth " in offices. Because what it conjures up in your head is dark caves and oversized mushrooms and clichés like that."
Whether it's the 1959 film or the 2008 3D reboot starring Brendan Fraser, adaptations of Jules Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" tend to amplify what already exists. Large mushrooms, dinosaurs, crabs and similar creatures fill the void at the center of the earth in a cave-like landscape. The sci-fi elements are still quite imaginative when it comes to Hollow Earth, but Wingard has rightly deviated from the established norm. Instead, in "Godzilla vs. Kong," the center of the Earth is much more fantastical in nature, clearing the way for a whole new world of possibilities.
Hulu follows suit with adult swimming, firing Justin Roiland
Box office on MLK weekend: a plane, a house party and a man named Otto
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Marvel's Wacky X-Men Story Explained with Bonus Mark Millar Hissyfit
By Rob Bricken on April 16, 2010 · 10:33 am · Comments ()
The newest of Marvel's "We Are the X-Men" promos came out yesterday, this time featuring X-Man and Jubliee. Yes, Jubilee from the '90s cartoon. Oh, and she's a vampire.
?Between the appearance of Vampire Jubilee and Blade, comics fans now think that the X-Men will be fighting vampires (still no clue what Elektra and Spider-Man are doing in those ads, though). Comics writer Mark Millar also thinks this — but since he's also currently writing an Ultimate Marvel vs. Vampires story which he's literally been talking about for years, with the first issue coming out a mere two months after the assumably vampire-filled first issue of this X-Men storyline, Millar has lost his shit. He posted this rant on his own message board yesterday:
I'm just starting Ultimate Avengers 3, issue 5, and it's the arc I'm maybe most proud of. As trailered forever, this is vampires in the Ultimate Universe attacking mutants and Blade brought in to help the Avengers as heroes go down one by one.
Now someone's sent me a link to an X-Men event out two months previous that's exactly the same idea.
What do I do? This is what JRJR and I were going to do 5 years ago before Enemy of the State and I've been talking about it in interviews (and on here) since Ultimate Avengers launched. Blade's even on the cover to issue 1 as I've been excited about this since I had Blade painted on an ice cream truck in 1978.
I don't want to pull the issues as they're part of a complex plot that runs through my entire four arc run, but I'm almost finished now. I'm writing issue five of six and they're really, really good.
How the Hell did this happen? It wouldn't have been as big a deal if I hadn't started the series yet, but it's almost done and just going to look foolish following an X-Men event. Am honestly just so disgusted with this as I've talked about it many times.
That's only a small part of it, actually; head to Robot 6 to read the whole thing. Since then, Millar has taken the post down and talked to Marvel, and now says he doesn't think "it's as bad as it looked earlier," and he expects "this can be fixed fast."
I don't know that I would have been that impressed with the X-Men fighting vampires anyways, but Marvel fucking up and allowing two almost identical major events to run practically simultaneously? Funny! And even if it's not true, Millar still had a major, very public hissyfit denounced his publisher before bothering to talk with them and even checking to make sure what the real deal was. Fun!
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with "nerd news, humor and self-loathing" as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage "FAQ" movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.


With many thanks to Gerhard Pergam for send us the pictures of his newly liveried Metro 6R4 in the old John Brown Artix colours. The car Gerhard bought was advertised on this site and owned by Phil and Mick Gallagher up until last year when it was sold on. Gergard took it back to his home and researched the history of the car and decided to put it back to the John Brown colours of 1986.
Gerhard produced his own booklets on the history of his car with pics and news for his own personal reference.


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Home biography Jordan Rodgers
Jordan Rodgers Biography
Facts of Jordan Rodgers
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Quick Timeline of Jordan Rodgers
1988 Born in Chico, California
2002 Graduation from pleasant Valley High School
2016 Engaged with JoJo Fletcher
2011 He starts the season as the second-team quarterback
2016 Net worth of Jordan Rodgers
2013 Thampa Bay Buccaneers singed Rodgers to the team
Detail Timeline of Jordan Rodgers
August 30 , 1988
Born in Chico, California
Jordan Rodgers is an American sports commentator and former college and professional American football quarterback, Born on August 30, 1988, in Chico, California To Darla and Edward Rodgers. He has two brothers, named Luke and Aron Rodgers and belongs to white ethnicity and holds American nationality.
Graduation from pleasant Valley High School
Jordan attended pleasant Valley High School, where he was lettered in football, basketball, and track. He led the football team to an impressive 8-3-1 during his senior year. Since his childhood, he was interested in football.
Engaged with JoJo Fletcher
Jordan Rodgers is the winner of JoJo Fletcher's heart in the Bachelorette season 12. From there, they start dating and later they engaged to real estate developer JoJo Fletcher on August 1, 2016. There is a rumor that they had a previous relationship prior to filming the show and that means they were probably talking before the show started.
He starts the season as the second-team quarterback
In 2011, he began the season as the second-team quarterback and finished the season with seven starts. He completed 108 passes in 216 attempts for 1,524 yards and nine passing touchdowns. He was also the team's second-leading rusher with 420 yards on 117 carries.
Net worth of Jordan Rodgers
Jordan stands 6ft 1in tall and played the quarterback. He has been very successful in his career, and he gets a very healthy salary every year. He has esteemed his net worth by 2016 U.S $ 1.5 million.
Thampa Bay Buccaneers singed Rodgers to the team
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers signed Rodgers to the team's practice squad on October 7, 2013, after releasing quarterback Josh Freeman. He remained on the practice squad for the remainder of the season as Mike Glennon became the starter and Dan Orlovsky the backup.
Jordan Rodgers who is currently at the age 28 belongs to white ethnicity and holds American nationality. Jordan Rodgers is the winner of JoJo Fletcher's heart in the Bachelorette season 12. From there, they start dating and later engaged to JoJo Fletcher on August 1, 2016.
Jordan continued his football career at Butten College in northern California. He played off the bench as a freshman and as a starter his second year. He led the team in total offense and was awarded a scholarship to Vanderbilt University. Jordan played two seasons with the Vanderbilt Commodores and earned SEC Academic Honor Roll Honors from 2010-2012.
Jordan stands 6ft 1in tall and plays the quarterback. He has been very successful in his career, and he gets a very healthy salary every year. He closed 2016 with an estimated net worth of U.S $ 1.5 million.


I'll admit it, I like that little graphic that I whipped together to announce the new commercial map goal too much to not use it again.
To celebrate the whole new level of Patreon funding, I'm sending out a survey to all patrons through Patreon later today with a list of maps to choose from as the second back catalog map to go up for a free commercial license.
Yup. To celebrate the achievement, I've gone through the maps I've posted in the last year and found the one I've received the most requests to release under the free commercial license – and I'm releasing it today. And it's not just one map, it is a big double-whammy.
Once I get around to updating the Commercial Maps page, this will bring us up to 50 maps available under the royalty-free commercial license. And if the patronage is maintained through March at the current level (or increases), then we'll be seeing 4 new maps every month going straight into the commercial maps collection, PLUS one additional map chosen by the patrons from the back catalog of maps. At this rate that means another 60 maps becoming available under that license every year!
Want to get involved? Head on over to the Patreon campaign and see how you can help keep these maps coming!
I recently ran my group thru an adventure set in the Shattered Tower. An epic fight in the lower levels resulted in the lower half to come tumbling down, leaving the top half still floating in midair!


Managing the quality of an interaction with respect to its intent or goal is a crucial part of every step from design through implementation and especially during operation. Evaluating the quality of interactions at different times in the design process (design concept, prototype, implementation, and operation) reveals both strengths and weaknesses to the designers or operators of the organizing system.
During the design and implementation stages, interactions need to be tested against the original goals of the interaction and the constraints that are imposed by the organizing system, its resources and external conditions. It is very common for processes in interactions to be tweaked or tuned to better comply with the original goals and intentions for the interaction. Evaluation during these stages often attempts to provide a calculable way to measure this compliance and supports the fine-tuning process. It should be an integral part of an iterative design process.


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Inside Texas Governor Greg Abbotts COVID-19 Diagnosis
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas who has defied President Joe Biden and Dr. Anthony Fauci's regulations on countless occasions amid the worldwide coronavirus pandemic (via USA Today), joined the growing list of politicians who tested positive for COVID-19. Abbott's diagnosis was announced by Office of the Governor Communications Director Mark Miner, who issued a statement on the governor's official website. The office clarified Abbott "is fully vaccinated."
"Governor Greg Abbott today tested positive for the COVID-19 virus. The Governor has been testing daily, and today was the first positive test result," the statement read. "Governor Abbott is in constant communication with his staff, agency heads, and government officials to ensure that state government continues to operate smoothly and efficiently."
The news of Abbott's COVID-19 diagnosis comes one day after he made his latest appearance at an indoor "Republican Club" event on the evening of August 16, according to photos posted on his Twitter account. In order to control the possible transmission, "everyone that the Governor has been in close contact with has been notified," the director said in the statement, adding, "Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott tested negative" but is following protocol. For more details on Abbott's COVID-19 diagnosis, including how he's holding up amid his infection, keep scrolling.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott is in 'good health' amid COVID-19 diagnosis
Texas Governor Greg Abbott tested positive for COVID-19 but is in "good health" and "experiencing no symptoms," communications director Mark Miner said on the governor's official website on August 17. According to a statement, he will "isolate in the Governor's Mansion and continue to test daily." While there, Abbott has been "receiving Regeneron's monoclonal antibody treatment.
Hours after the news made headlines, Abbott took to Twitter to give an update on his prognosis. "As you may have heard, I have Covid. Right now I have no symptoms such as fever or aches and pains," he wrote, attaching a video. Though Abbott credited the vaccine for being "one reason" he's holding up, social media users were quick to call out his hypocrisy. "You take Regeneron 'just in case,' but you forbid mask mandates?" one replied. Pointing out Abbott's controversial Pro-Life and Anti-Abortion laws (via NPR), another tweeted, "Regeneron was developed from fetus tissue. Shame on Greg Abbott."
Abbott's diagnosis is quite ironic as he's condemned mask mandates and other regulations amid the pandemic. At the time he allowed businesses to open at 100% capacity in March 2021, he didn't seem worried about warnings from public health officials. "Too many Texans have been sidelined from employment opportunities. Too many small business owners have struggled to pay their bills. This must end. It is now time to open Texas 100%," Abbott said, per CNN.
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No brakes, no pegs, and cassette driven—this is Matt Miller's Kink/Animal build of a bike.
Frame: Kink Issue III 20.85"
Front Tire: Animal GLH 2.25"
Rear Tire: Animal GLH 2.1"
5. I never work on my bike unless I get a flat or something breaks. I just like to let it be. When I try and fix something I'll end up making it worse.
I usually ride a bike for a year or—sometimes more. I typically switch parts out as they go, but this bike was the first time I ever got to build one from scratch, which was cool.
Left pedals. I do a lot of pedal grinds on my back foot so I have to swap 'em out every couple months. I have a lot of perfectly good right ones laying around.
Probably grips or tires. I like them worn-in, whenever I put on new ones my bike doesn't feel right for the first week or two.
I like my chain a little loose, my tires and grips worn-in. My tire pressure is usually around 50psi or so. Bars parallel with my forks. I just like it to be as simple as possible.
I'm not really concerned with weight, but since I don't run pegs or anything my bike ends up being pretty light. It's probably around 25 lbs. or so.
I've ridden the same dimensions for as long as I can remember. Every time I get a new part I make sure it's the same as the old one. The only thing I've tried new is the bearingless pedals from Kink and Animal. They last a lot longer then standard pedals if you do a lot of grinds.
What's the deal with the tags on your stem?
I got a brand new Animal stem and as soon as I put it on Tom [White] wrote his name on it real big. I tried to black it out with a sharpie, but it just made it worse [laughs]. So I had to get the RK on the other side to balance it out. You see that tag everywhere in Philly.
How are those chain stay grinds working out for you?
When I do pedal grinds sometimes I don't put enough pressure on my pedal and the chainstay just grinds on the ledge more then anything else, I guess. This frame is holding up well, it's just scratched up, but it hasn't dented at all. When I was younger I would flatten them out so much that it would look like a triangle.
Thanks to Jay Roe, Darryl and everyone else at Kink, Jay Dyer, Ralph Sinisi, Animal Bikes and all the Chocolate Truck homies.


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The mission of ICSL is to deliver the "Sport for all Program" in the Hobart area as a vehicle to engage culturally diverse and migrant communities. The "Sport for all Program" will deliver futsal, netball and cricket coaching clinics and tournaments. The clinics have been designed to develop or improve the skill set to then transition along the participation pathway to competing in tournaments. It has been well documented that one of the key barriers to participation in sport is a lack of confidence due to inadequate skill acquisition.


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Message from Director of Clinical Research
Industry Sponsored Research
Investigator Initiated Research
Collaboration Research
IJN Research Ethics Committee
Term of Reference (TOR)
Standard of Procedure
Safety Reporting to IJNREC
Adverse Events:
As a condition of approval of the research proposal the IJNREC will require investigators to immediately report any serious or unexpected adverse events on participants/volunteers or unforeseen events that might affect the benefits/risks ratio of the proposal.
A serious adverse event (SAE) is defined as any occurrence that:
Results in death
Is life threatening
Requires in-patient hospitalisation or prolongation of existing hospitalisation (in the case of a clinical trial)
Results in persistent or significant disability/incapacity.
Congenital abnormality
An unexpected event is an adverse reaction, the nature and severity of which is not consistent with relevant information available at the time of original approval.
Investigators may take urgent safety measures to eliminate immediate jeopardy to the research participants/volunteers prior to approval by the IJNREC. However, investigators should provide the Committee with a written report of any action taken at the earliest opportunity. The Committee will review the new material and decide whether there are sufficient grounds for changing its initial decision to grant approval to the proposal.
IJNREC shall require, as a condition of approval of each project, that researchers report SAE and other Adverse Event to the IJNREC according to the following procedure:
Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) (submitted on the Single or Periodic SAE form)
All internal SAEs must be notified to the IJNREC within 24 hours after the investigator first learns of their occurrence. A detailed, written report must be submitted within seven (7) working days (using Single SAE form)
External SAEs must be reported in a prompt manner (within 24 hours after the investigator first learns of their occurrence). A detailed, written report must be submitted within fifteen (15) working days if the information impacts the continued ethical acceptability of the trial (using Single SAE form)
All other external SAEs need only be submitted if they are suspected or unexpected (SUSAR) and may be submitted as a periodic listing. A periodic listing of SUSARs must be submitted at least six monthly (using Periodic SAE form)
IJNREC shall review and make decision within fifteen (15) working daysa) Continue, no further reviewb) Suspended, need further review
c) Terminate
Any other event that occurs as part of a research such as deviation from or violation of the protocol which affects participant safety, requires a change in the inform consent and protocol, must be submitted in letter format to the IJNREC.
Notifications of SAEs are submitted by the Investigator to the IJNREC on a SAE form which includes:
i.Advice from the Investigator as to whether, in his/her opinion, the adverse event was related to the protocol
Advice from the Investigator as to whether, in his/her opinion, the adverse event necessitates an amendment to the protocol and/or Informed Consent Form
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Republican JD Vance, Democrat Tim Ryan were tied for the Ohio Senate, according to a new poll
September 12, 2022 by admin987
The race for Ohio's next U.S. senator remains tight as a new poll Monday shows Republican nominee JD Vance and Democratic nominee Rep. Tim Ryan neck and neck just eight weeks before the midterm elections in November.
The poll, conducted by USA Today Network Ohio and Suffolk University between Sept. 5 and Sept. 7, shows Ryan slightly ahead with 46.6% of likely voters to Vance's 45.6%, well within the poll's plus or minus 4, 4 percentage point margin of error.
Only 6% of likely voters are still undecided, while 1.4% say they will vote for someone else.
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US Senate candidate Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) speaks during the annual North America's Building Trades Union Legislative Conference at the Washington Hilton Hotel on April 6, 2022 in Washington, DCJD Vance, a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Ohio, speaks to a reporter at a campaign rally on May 1, 2022 in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio.
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Fox News' Power Rankings has rated the race as "likely Republican," but with a lot of attention expected to be paid to the state nationwide as Republicans hope to wrest control of the Senate from Democrats, who currently hold a 50-50 majority with Vice President Kamala Harris' tie vote.
According to the poll, 53% of likely voters disapprove of the job President Biden is doing, while only 41.8% approve.
Biden's poor approval rating complicates matters for Ryan, who has largely avoided the president on the campaign trail despite voting for his administration's agenda 100% of the time as a member of the House of Representatives, according to FiveThirtyEight.
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Ryan appeared with Biden at the groundbreaking for a new Intel factory in Ohio on Friday.
President Biden speaks during the groundbreaking for the new Intel semiconductor factory on September 9, 2022 in Johnstown, Ohio. Using the CHIPS Act, Intel is beginning to move its chip and semiconductor production to the United States, where this is Phase 1 of the project.
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Brandon Gillespie is an associate editor at Fox News. Follow him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
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You can easily Send SMS to anyone from your mobile but you'll be charged for every single message you send. So, why not to Send Text Message From Gmail for Free? Yes, you can Send Text From Gmail and today in this Article, I'm going to Share How you can Send SMS From Gmail?
If you don't have an active SMS Pack, you'll be charged for sending every single message from your phone. Also, if you have an SMS pack, you have to pay for it to use the service. But, using this method, you can easily text anyone for Free.
The best thing about this method is you can Send SMS to any phone number in any country. It doesn't have any country restriction. You just have to add the correct country code and your message will be sent to that mobile number for Free.
Apart from this, you can also use this method to Forward Gmail Message on your Phone or Friends Phone. So, if you were looking for How to Send Free SMS From Gmail, then this Article is for you.
So, without wasting more time, let's proceed further and check out How to Send SMS From Gmail Account for Free?
1 How to Send SMS From Gmail?
1.1.2 How to Forward an Email to SMS?
1.1.3 How to Send Bulk SMS From Gmail?
If you want to send a message from the Internet to Mobile, there are many services for that; free as well as paid. If you have a Gmail Account, you can easily send unlimited SMS from your Gmail Account for Free.
There are multiple methods for sending text message from Gmail where you can use Chrome Extension, Third-Party Softwares, Third-Party Service, etc. Today I'm going to Share about 2 most popular and easiest method you can use to send email to phone number from Gmail.
The best thing about Google Chrome Browser is it is loaded with tons of awesome extensions that will make your task easier. From Saving Webpage as PDF to Sending Text Message on Phone, Chrome Extensions will help you in every way.
Today, for sending SMS via Email, we are going to use a Chrome Extension. Using this Chrome Extension, you can not only Send SMS to Mobile Number but also Forward Mails to Mobile Number.
There are many Email to SMS Extension for Chrome and you can use any of them but here I'm going to share one of the most popular and best out of them. So, below is the step by step guide on How to Send Text Message From Gmail.
Now, you'll get a pop-up to create a new account. Simply, click on Create Account & Login with Gmail.
Next, you'll get another pop-up. Simply, click on I'm not interested.
All the Setup is done now. You just have to Send the SMS. Click on Compose to Send the New SMS to any Mobile Number.
Now, Type the Message you want to Send as SMS on your Phone.
Next, Click on the new option that is Mobile Icon as shown below.
Finally, Click on Send Button.
Done! Your SMS will be sent to the mobile number you entered.
How to Forward an Email to SMS?
If you have received any important mail that you want to send to your friend or colleague, then you can forward mail to SMS on their phone number. To Forward Email to SMS, follow the below steps.
Select the Email you want to Send on SMS.
Open the Mail & then Click on Mobile Phone Icon as shown below.
A Pop-Up will appear where you have to Enter the Mobile Number & Message. After entering the Number, click on Forward a Text Message button.
Done! The message you've forwarded will receive the recipient and the recipient will see the message as shown below.
Done! In this way, you can forward any Email to any Mobile Number in any Country in the World. Just make sure to Enter the correct Mobile Number and Country Code.
Once you forward the email via SMS, the Recipient can read the message by clicking on the link attached with the SMS.
How to Send Bulk SMS From Gmail?
To Send Bulk SMS from Gmail, first Enter the Contact Number you want to send a message to. You can Add Multiple Numbers at a time and finally, click on Add Phone Numbers. Now, Type your Message & Send the message. The Message will be sent to all the Contacts you added.
Gmail comes with many cool features like you can connect custom email address with your existing Gmail email, Change Gmail Themes, Change Gmail Fonts, Customize your Gmail Dashboard and many more things.
Gmail by default comes with Text Messaging (SMS) in chat feature that you can Enable by going to the Gmail Labs Setting Page.
To Enable SMS Service in your Gmail Account, Go to your Gmail Settings and Under Labs, Enable the Text Messaging (SMS) in Chat feature.
To Send the SMS from Gmail, First Enter the Contact name and then select Send SMS. Now, Enter the phone number to whom you want to send SMS. Type your Message and finally, click on Send Message Button.
This was the Article On How to Send SMS From Gmail. Apart from this, there are many other Calling Apps & Sites that you can use to Send SMS. This is one of the best and easiest method to send SMS on Mobile Worldwide.
You can send a message to any country's phone number, just make sure to enter the correct country code. You just need to Download Gmail to SMS Extension for Chrome & then you'll be able to Send SMS from PC to Mobile.
Hope you liked this Article On Send SMS From Gmail. Do Comment below if you know any alternate method for Sending SMS from Gmail. Stay tuned with us for more latest Tricks & Guides.


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Sigma Frater Joshua DuBois named Mr. Southern University 2010 – 2011 - Progressive Greek
Sigma Frater Joshua DuBois named Mr. Southern University 2010 – 2011
9 years ago	kevin1914 Awards & Recognition, College Life, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. 0
It's been five years since Miss Southern shared her reign and on Tuesday, September 14, a king was finally chosen.
Eight male students competed in various segments in a pageant titled, "A King for Kenya, A Quest to find her Southern Knight."
Contestant seven, Joshua DuBois, a 23 year old senior majoring in Electrical Engineering from Englewood, California was crowned Mr. Southern University 2010 – 2011, by Miss Southern University 2010 – 2011, Kenya Warren.
The winners, with the exception of Mr. Congeniality, were chosen by the panel of judges. The second runner-up was Jeremy Wright, a 20-year old junior majoring in Mechanical Engineering from Maringouin, LA. The first runner-up was James Armstrong, a 22-year old senior majoring in Business Management from Lafayette. Mr. Congeniality, voted for by the contestants was David Worthington, a 22-year old senior majoring in Business Management from Illinois.
After an introductory dance with the Gold 'n Bluez, the eight contestants showed their best swimwear attire.
While most chose to wear swim trunks and baby oil, Contestant three, William Allen, a 23 year old senior majoring in Music from Texas, wore floaties and an inner tube with a shirt that rad, "I AM MR. SU."
Before the talent segment of the pageant, a Southern University student whose stage name is "Miss Christina" wowed the crowd with her vocal performance of "I Have Nothing Without You."
Contestant seven Joshua DuBois showcased his talent, respect and addressed the crowd as one would during Medieval Times. Another memorable talent was performed by Contestant five Demarcus Thomas, a 22 year old senior majoring in Mass Communications from Houston. He acted out a boxing match with fellow classmate, Terrance Rubin.
Immediately after the contestants modeled their formal wear, they participated in the Question and Answer segment.
When asked, "What do you feel is the man's role in a relationship," Contestant four, Jeremy Wright said, "I feel the man's role in a relationship is to hold down their queen, be steadfast, unremovable and unshakeable in love."
DuBois was asked to choose one word to describe Mr. Southern University and why. He chose, "apotheosis." DuBois chose this word because of its definition, of or related to Godliness. "As Mr. Southern, he would need to be of or related to God. God understands that the balance in the world," DuBois said.
After crowning the new Mr. Southern 2010 – 2011, Miss Southern has happy that she was able to bring back the pageant and title. "A lot of guys are interested in being a leader on campus but are not so in a political arena. So this is a way for them to work and be active in the community," Warren said.
Mr. Southern 2010 – 2011, Joshua DuBois was not expecting to win the title. "It's really nice. I didn't necessarily expect it," DuBois said. "I had to upstep a lot of talented individuals to win the title," DuBois continued. DuBois plans to incorporate community service initiatives with his fraternity, the Rho Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, Fraternity, Inc. "I want to make a lot of collaborations with SGA, the community and not just on the campus but in Baton Rouge as well."
The pageant was hosted by Heather Williams, Miss Southern University 1996 – 1997 and Ted James, Esq., 2003 Southern University graduate and Member of the Top 40 under 40.
The panel consisted of five qualified judges. Sabrina Whitney, Miss Southern (Baton Rouge) 2009 – 2010; LaShena Hughes, Miss Southern University (New Orleans) 2010 – 2011; Tiffany Lloyd, Miss Black USA 2008 – 2009; Avery Wilson, Mr. Southern University 2002 and Mikea James, representative from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
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