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Did You Know About Phyllis Diller's Donation to the American History Museum?
At the American History Museum, there are quite a few famous donors to choose from. Just to keep things interesting, let's play a game called guess the donor. We'll start with some clues, such as this joke. You know, you're old when your walker has an airbag. Yep. It's Phyllis Diller.
One of America's most successful comics decided before her death to write a letter to the Smithsonian Institute, making them an offer they couldn't refuse. Curator Dwight Bowers received the letter from Diller. In the letter, in all her modesty, Phyllis said that ever since she heard of the inclusion of Archie Bunker's chair in the Smithsonian display, she has wondered if the Institute might have interest in something of hers. Phyllis Diller then enclosed a bio of her career, stating in case you're not familiar with my work. Yes, she was superbly modest. She then went on to say that she has kept the dress that she wore with Bob Hope during his 1966 Vietnam Expedition. She's basically saying, in case you're not familiar with my work, hello, Bob Hope and I were in Vietnam together performing for the troops. Just in case you've been living under a rock.
So how did Phyllis Diller get her start? Back in 1955, Diller was a working mom with five kids.. back when life as a suburban housewife was thought to be mundane.
She had a desire to perform comedy based upon her suburban housewife experiences, and she took to the stage at 37 years old as the world's worst housewife at a nightclub in San Francisco. The rest, as they say, is history.
Decades later, at 84 years old, she chose to donate much of her personal comedy memorabilia to the American History Museum. Perhaps so you can always think of her role in making way for the presence of women in comedy, because she was the first woman to successfully have a career as a stand-up comic which is a very big deal. Phyllis Diller was extremely generous to the Smithsonian, saying take what you like. The curator immediately chose the costume that she wore on Broadway in the hit Hello Darling. The costumes were as flamboyant as the comic herself. Phyllis told him that this is one of my favorites. This is a costume she wore with Bob Hope and is replete with wonderful feathers.
Even more interesting, however, was the joke file she kept in her room as if it were a shrine... and it is indeed a shrine to comedy. Over her career, Diller amassed an enormous collection of jokes. So immense it took her own version of the Dewey Decimal System to keep it organized, with many promising headings such as Avon lady, Dad, service, astrology, astronauts, Miss America and more.
A truly interesting fact about Phyllis Diller is that she holds a record for telling the most jokes. Yes, in the Guinness Book of World Records with 12 laughs a minute. Jokes such as, I was so ugly. Oh, I don't know how to tell you. I wore a choke chain till I was 12. My own Ouija board told me to go to hell. A Peeping Tom threw up on my windowsill. Or 2 Irish guys walk out of a bar. It could happen.
Phyllis Diller says she just wanted to make everybody feel good. She obviously took this to heart and now the Smithsonian has all her lines to prove it.
Phyllis Diller's Last Interview Shows What a Funny, Kind and Appreciative Woman She Was
On behalf of the Northwest Ohio Film Foundation and her Legions of fans from around the town of Lima, Ohio and around the world... It gives me great pleasure and honor to present Phyllis Diller comic icon, comic trailblazer, and comedic genius with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award.
Phyllis: Oh, you're going to give me that. Well, then I like you already.. isn't that beautiful? Isn't that beautiful? What a lovely gift and a stunning award. Thank you. It is just gorgeous. Absolutely, plus the thought behind it warms my heart. And who ever would have ever thought that little Lima Ohio would end up the fast track. I love it. Why has Lima always been a creative place? Full of bright people doing bright things and I'm so honored to be from Lima. I thank you so much Lima for this and I feel very honored. And I'm also very very happy for Lima, that it keeps going onward and upward. You know that we have built a wonderful entertainment thought complex with the help of Jimmy Krause who generously gave money and he was always keeping money coming in. A lot of people don't think that area is worthy but it is a worthy thing. It's the icing on the cake cake. Yummy yummy.
It was so nice of you to come all the way from Lima, which is pretty much east coast clear to the west coast and bring me this very heavy and fancy award. I am going to treasure this for the rest of my life. And wen I say all my life, I think so long ha ha ha, you know you get real old and you think of how little time there is left. This is one of the high points of what time I have. I wish every little child could grow up in a Lima because there were so many cultural aspects that we took for granted. Yes, I wish that every child could live in a town like Lima where people got along with each other. There weren't that many divorces there, divorce was a big deal. And if the fireman went through town fast one day, that was excitement. I prefer that kind of safe slow excitement, but I'm very proud of Lima and you know, you read about children going to school carrying guns and all that crap makes me sick.. it shouldn't be happening, of course that comes down from the parents. We've got to be better parents.
I think I grew up pretty well. I think you did too because here I am with you, Lynn, and you have given me this beautiful award and I'm very grateful to you. Thank you so much. I want these kids to be good kids.
Lynn (interviewer): When you started, you had your first gig at the Purple Onion way back in 1955. Did you ever think when you went on stage the first time that you would have the career that you've had?
Phyllis: Yes, I did. This doesn't happen by accident. This was my plan. Of course, I felt it right then. Yes, it was know where you're going. I believe you design where you're going then go. When I began, I was making $60 a week. It's not a lot of money back then... no it never was a lot of money. You work your way very slowly.
Lynn: You've done a lot of work with Bob Hope?
Phyllis: Yes, a lot of my best work was with Bob and I once went with him into Vietnam. Yes. That was a big trip. Like, well, that was very exciting because it was a real war and they were dropping bombs around. We would get on big airplanes and the helicopter seated 38 people and and they had guns out the windows going bang bang bang so I was really proud to be a part of it and to be able to spread cheer. That's all we really did with morale boosters.
Lynn: What you do now is a transition from comedy to art and I know that you've done a lot, so was there even a transition or did you just do it naturally?
Phyllis: I've been painting and drawing pictures and playing all my life. It's just that I finally decided to press that button. I love art and art should be a part of everyday life. It should be a part of breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Lynn: And what inspires the artwork that you create?
Phyllis: Moments of the day. A lot of girls were afraid of the stage. But then they saw me alone on stage. She's there and she is standing. She's talking and she said something funny. I'm going to leave you with my favorite joke. I love it beyond belief. A mother's trying to get her son up in the morning. And she's running into a lot of problems. And he says, give me one good reason why I have to get up. She says you're 42, and you're the principal. hahahaha
Phyllis Diller Biography of How She Became a Comedian
She's more than just another pretty face. She's a comedy veteran who has been entertaining audiences for almost half a century. She's the groundbreaking comedian for women. It's Phyllis Diller, who started her career in comedy as a housewife with five kids and in the 1950s, back when there were absolutely no female stand-up comics. Her material came from her own life. As she once put it, half my act was about how much I hated ironing. I was saying things. All the women thought about but didn't say.
Her brand of domestic humor caught on, bringing her fame, fortune, and facelifts.. and paving the way for female comics to follow. Her biggest jokes were always at her own expense but her fight to get to the top of the comedy world was anything but funny. She was told as a housewife to get out of here. Don't do this. No woman had crossed before stand-up comedy went through a revolution and Phyllis Diller was one of the revolutionaries. She was such a breakthrough and she was the first celebrity to go public about cosmetic surgery. As she said, it's one of the greatest things that ever happened to me.
Show Business was a faraway world to the people of Lima, Ohio in 1917. Lima was a prospering town of 50,000 and a major rail center for Western Ohio. Hoping to share in that Prosperity was 55 year old Perry Driver, the brother of a confederate soldier and a recent arrival from Virginia. A widower, Perry married a local woman at age 38 and both worked in his modest insurance business. Despite their advanced age, the couple had a child Phyllis born on July 17th 1917. Her parents were determined to channel their only child into a variety of interests, especially music. Whenever the Drivers would have company, they would trot out Phyllis and she would sit down and play the piano which she did beautifully.
Phyllis also had a playful side for which he paid a serious price in 1926. Nine-year-old Phyllis climbed behind the wheel of the family's Model T and started to drive it. She ended up hitting a very solid post and messed up her face and damaged her nose. That crooked nose left permanent scars on her self-image as well as her face. So as a teenager, instead of using looks, Phyllis discovered another way to be popular. She kept up with her piano playing and also used a sharp sense of humor to make people laugh.
These talents soon found herself the center of attention, especially with the boys. Laughter and hard work would help the teenage Phyllis get through the Great Depression which hit Lima and the Driver family hard. Bank failures brought Perry Drivers onsurance business to a halt. As a result, Phyllis had to take any odd job she could find to help support her family.
In 1935 as the country began to recover, 18 year old Phyllis driver left Lima to try to start a career in music at the Sherwood Music Conservatory in Chicago. She dreamed of becoming a concert pianist, but after two years she realized she was not nearly as talented as her classmates. Reluctantly, she dropped out instead. She returned to Ohio and enrolled in tiny Bluffton college. She began studying for a teaching certificate, but that plan changed when she was introduced to a local boy named Sherwood Diller. Phyllis dropped out of college and eloped with Sherwood in 1939 and within a year, they had their first child.
Slowly, Phyllis came to realize that her new husband couldn't hold a job. He tried very hard to make a living. He suffered from agoraphobia which made it difficult for him to work with others or be a provider. Over the next 12 years, the family grew to five children and the Dillers moved around the country as their troubled father pursued a succession of short-lived careers.
With Sherwood's psychological problems, the family survival now depended on the 33 year old Phyllis, but leaving her children to go to work was painful. In 1950, the family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where Phyllis' natural sense of humor helped her land a job as a copywriter at a local radio station. Her wit and comedic abilities shined through her work and caught the notice of her husband. He encouraged Phyllis to become an entertainer, to go into comedy. Although reluctant at first, Phyllis eventually agreed to give it a try. If it weren't for Sherwood, there would be no Phyllis Diller. He gave her the ambition and the drive to become a comic while working as a copywriter.
Phyllis made her debut at a comedy club in 1955 and soon caught a following, which grew and grew. That's how a small-town girl from Ohio became the pioneer for women's comedy.
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Signs that my resident got an MD from a questionable university
1. When I said that the patient has massive angina, she told me that if I ever repeat that, she'll bring me up on sexual harassment charges.
2. She signs her admission notes with hearts over each "i."
3. She uses House, Scrubs, and Grey's Anatomy for hints on treating patients.
4. She really does believe that patients tell the truth about drug habits and sexual history.
5. She just can't deal with the stress of a PMR residency.
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MG said,
When I look at a patient's chart to read the history & progress notes there's nothing I love more than long notes that fill every corner of a page w/tall & wide flowery cursive & plenty of rounded edges (hearts over 'i's optional). If the writing wouldn't look out of place in a teenage girl's diary I can't help but discount the content. Besides, I can't read that shit to save my life, and neither can anyone else as far as I can tell. My attending reading a note: "32 y.o. female pt…chest…appetite? no, agitated…pernilly(?) 2004…uh, let's just go see the patient."
P.S. Please tell me items 1-5 came from your imagination & not reality.
fizzlemed said,
yes, I am also curious whether you were being facetious…. funny as fiction, funny^2 if reality…
dragonfly said,
1-4, yes. Not sure what a PMR residency is like in the states but here rehab is masses of work, their wards tend to get all the things that don't fit anywhere else and has heaps of variety – always the place to go for interesting chronic cases actually, as opposed to the (and I hate myself for using the phrase) gomers).


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RICHMOND, Ky. --- The Tennessee Tech baseball team went into extra innings for the second straight game Friday afternoon, but it was Eastern Kentucky that ultimately prevailed as the Colonels claimed a 6-5 Ohio Valley Conference win in 11 innings.
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Shaun Ball, who recorded two hits in the game, saved his biggest hit for last as he drove in Demetrius Moorer in the bottom of the 11th with an RBI-single.
TTU starter Tristan Archer and EKU starter Matt Harris each gave up five runs while striking out two through six innings of work before each teams went to its bullpen.
Tech (19-29, 9-13 OVC) called upon Garrett Baugh, who stymied an EKU rally in the seventh and proceeded to throw three shutout innings, before giving up the winning run in the bottom of the 11th. Baugh (2-3) allowed just one earned run on five hits, while striking out two in four innings.
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Jog around the block once a day, add 3 years to your life? That's one way to interpret a study published this week in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The research offers evidence that running can extend your lifespan, even if, like many well-intentioned boomers, you run relatively seldom and relatively slowly—and even if your more athletic friends would scoff at your maple-syrup pace and lack of discipline.
The research comes from a study that followed the exercise habits of more than 55,000 adults over a couple of decades. About a quarter of that group identified themselves as runners, and compared with non-runners that group generally had a lower overall risk of premature death, and a much lower risk of death from heart disease.
But it turns out you don't have to run much to be a "runner." The researchers concluded that people who ran saw those same advantages even if they ran less than 51 minutes a week, or fewer than 6 miles a week, or at speeds of less than 6 miles per hour.
There was a limit to how lackadaisical you could be: Benefits disappeared for those who ran less than 30 minutes a week. Still, bottom line: You could run the equivalent of 5 to 7 minutes a day, at a pace that would put you at the back of the pack in any halfway respectable neighborhood fun run, and still see what the researchers called a "3-year life expectancy benefit." In fact, super-slow-mo runners had an even lower likelihood of death from heart disease than people who were running faster and farther.
As Deborah Kotz of the Boston Globe points out this week, few people are actually following a 5-minute-a-day jogging regime. (I don't know about you, but it takes me longer than that just to find and lace up my running shoes.) In practice, most of these low-impact folks are most likely going on a 20-minute run two or three times a week.
The study didn't explore other forms of aerobic exercise, like swimming or bicycling. And of course, it's always worth remembering that correlation doesn't equal causation: Just because runners lived longer doesn't mean that running is the reason they lived longer.
Still, the study underscores two worthwhile points: For most people after age 50, any exercise is a hell of a lot better than none; and, for some folks with a history of other health problems, regular but moderate running may be healthier and more sustainable than longer-distance endurance running.
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Luckily, once it's all said and done, we have a few weeks to rest, relax, and spend time with family over the holidays. This doesn't mean there is no work, just less of it. Many of us will be studying for comprehensive exams, writing dissertation proposals, preparing for dissertation defense, etc.
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President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 youngsters preparing to join new families.
President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children, abruptly terminating the prospects for more than 50 youngsters preparing to join new families.
"Your heart aches for those kids. It sounds dramatic, but it's true," said Jeri Sayer of East Stroudsburg, whose family includes two grown children, Christina and Misha Sayer, and a daughter-in-law Beth Nechin, all adopted from Russia.
Although some top Russian officials, including the foreign minister, openly opposed the bill, Putin signed it less than 24 hours after receiving it from Parliament, where it passed both houses overwhelmingly.
The adoption ban is in response to a measure signed into law by President Barack Obama this month that calls for sanctions against Russians assessed to be human rights violators.
It stems from the case of Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer who was arrested after accusing officials of a $230 million tax fraud. He was repeatedly denied medical treatment and died in jail in 2009. Russian rights groups claimed he was severely beaten.
A prison doctor who was the only official charged in the case was acquitted by a Moscow court on Friday. Although there was no demonstrable connection to Putin's signing the law a few hours later, the timing underlines what critics say is Russia's refusal to responsibly pursue the case.
"It's playing politics with kids. These kids have nothing to do with any of this stuff going on," Sayer said.
The law takes effect Jan. 1, the Kremlin said. Children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov said 52 children who were in the pipeline for U.S. adoption would remain in Russia.
Beth Nechin, 25, of Breinigsville, was adopted from a Russian orphanage when she was 12.
"The more we grew up, the more we wanted families. You see people come and go, and you wanted to go," Nechin said.
She knew for about a year that a family was going to adopt her. They sent letters and photos, and she looked forward to the day they would come get her.
"If they would have said to me, 'I'm sorry, you are not going anywhere,' I would have been heartbroken. Those kids just got everything taken away from them," Nechin said.
U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell expressed regret over Putin's signing the law and urged Russia to "allow those children who have already met and bonded with their future parents to finish the necessary legal procedures so that they can join their families."
Vladimir Lukin, head of the Russian Human Rights Commission and a former ambassador to Washington, said he would challenge the law in the Constitutional Court.
By the time the paperwork is started, that child is already in a parent's heart Sayer explained. To know you will never see that child again and that the child will probably end up living in an institution is too sad for words.
Russians historically have been less enthusiastic about adopting children than most Western cultures. Putin, along with signing the adoption ban, on Friday issued an order for the government to develop a program to provide more support for adopted children.
In Russia, when a child is surrendered at birth, they go to a "baby home" which is an orphanage for small children. At age 4, the children are sorted. "Normal" kids are sent to a boarding school type orphanage. Children with disabilities are sent to mental hospitals, mixed in with an adult population and suffer a higher mortality rate, according to Sayer.
Adoption of even healthy children is taboo in Russia, Sayer said, so special needs children have little chance of being adopted in Russia, yet many Americans want to give them a home.
The Sayers thought their family was complete in 1995 with one son and had no plans to adopt. But a friend was adopting a child from Russia and shared a videotape of several children.
Sayer saw Christina, age 3�, a special needs child with braces on her legs.
A few days later Sayer started adoption paperwork for Christina. In four months, Christina, who suffers from the joint disorder arthrogryposis, joined the family.
"I was too young to understand what was going on. I have no recollection of living in Russia. All I have is the life I have now. It is better that I came here," said Christina Sayer, 20, now a college student minoring in Russian studies.
"I know with the disability, if I would have stayed in Russia, I would probably be bed ridden and not have had all the leg surgeries."
Christina Sayer had hoped to one day adopt a child from Russia. "Now, chances are, I will be unable to," she said.
The Sayers also adopted a local girl from foster care, Kristene, at age 10. She is now 21. When the director of the orphanage that Christina lived in found she had terminal breast cancer, the Sayers were asked to consider adopting her 13-year old son, Misha. They did. He eventually met and married Nechin, and they have a son.
"We would be a pretty small family if not for Russian adoptions," Jeri Sayer said.
UNICEF estimates that there are about 740,000 children not in parental custody in Russia, while about 18,000 Russians are on the waiting list to adopt a child. The U.S. is the biggest destination for adopted Russian children — more than 60,000 of them have been taken in by Americans over the past two decades.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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There is no clubs in England that played every season in top division.
The record of English championships for most scored goals in season belongs to Aston Villa FC. They scored 128 times in 42 games in the season 1930-1931.
In the season 2004-2005 Chelsea FC established a new record of English championships conceding just 15 goals in 38 games. But in the season 1978-1979 Liverpool FC conceded 16 goals in 42 games - this result is unbeatable as the best one in average per game.
There are three clubs in Spain that played every season in top division: FC Barcelona, Athletic Bilbao, Real Madrid CF.
In the Spanish championship of 1930-1931 three teams (Athletic Bilbao, Racing de Santander, Real Sociedad) finished at the first place with the same number of points. Athletic Bilbao was named the champion as a team with the best goals difference.
The record of Spain for best goals difference average per a game belongs to FC Barcelona. In the season 1958-1959 Blaugrana had goals difference +70 in 30 games, it means +2.33 per game.
The anti-record of Italian championships for worst number of points in season belongs to SSC Napoli. They finished the season 1926-1927 with 1 point in 18 games.
The record of Italian championships for most scored goals in season belongs to Torino FC. They scored 125 times in 40 games in the season 1947-1948.
Only two clubs in the history of Italian championships passed through the whole season without defeats: AC Milan in 1991-1992 and Perugia Calcio in 1978-1979, in spite of it Perugia Calcio didn't won the championship.
Almost all records of German championship belong to FC Bayern Munich: in season 1972-1973 they scored 101 in 34 games, in season 2007-2008 they conceded just 21 goals in 34 games.
Only Hamburger SV played every season in the top division of the German championship.
The record of French championships for most scored goals in season belongs to RCF Paris. They scored 118 times in 38 games in the season 1959-1960.
The anti-record of French championships for most conceded goals in average per game in season belongs to CA Paris. They finished the season 1966-1967 with 90 goals conceded in 26 games, it means 3.46 goals per game.
There are three clubs in Netherlands that played every season in top division: AFC Ajax, Feyenoord, PSV Eindhoven.
In season 1966-1967 AFC Ajax scored 3.58 goals in average per game - this is Netherlands all time record.
In Russian championship four seasons finished with dual power at the top: 1992, 1996, 2002 and 2006.
Celtic FC and Rangers FC - the owners of 9 years champions streaks. Also only these teams are the only who has never been eliminated from the top division in Scotland.
In the season 1946-1947 of the Portugal championship Sporting Clube de Portugal scored 123 goals in 26 games - the eternal record of the championship.
During two seasons in a row (1908, 1909) 10 times Argentine champion Alumni Athletic Club scored 4.11 goals in average per game, but won only the first of these seasons.
In the season 1917-1918 of the Hungary championship MTK Budapest FC scored 147 goals in 22 games (6.68 per game) - the eternal record of all world championships.
Chunnam Dragons from South Korea in season 2006 played 10 draws in 13 games and CA San Lorenzo de Almagro from Argentina in season 1991 Apertura played 14 draws in 19 games.
FC Steaua Bucuresti from Romania during 3 seasons in a row didn't lose any game in the championship (1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1988-1989).
The anti-record of all world championships for most conceded goals in season belongs to ESV Ostbahn XI from Austria. They finished the season 1945-1946 with 157 goals conceded in 22 games, it means 7.13 goals in average per game.
Skonto FC from Latvia and Rosenborg BK from Norway won their local championships 13 seasons in a row - the longest streaks in european football.
In the season 1968 of the Sweden championship 4 clubs Osters IF, Malmo FF, IFK Norrkoping and Djurgardens IF Fotboll finished at the top with the same number of points.


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I saw this guy at the press conference of GET IN THE HAZE, a brilliant exhibition that's now in Museums Quartier. He makes very cool stuff just check it his website.
I met him also in the evening and he was dressed with the same stuff but with a trucker hat instead of this beanie hat… but of the same identically color!! Genius!
I met him also in the evening and he was dressed with the same stuff but with a trucker hat instead of this beanie hat… but of the same identically color!! Genius!
Frederik Heyman / 26 / Photographer - Illustrator
"it was my day outfit during the set up. vienna was psychedelic hot that day and I didn't want to climb 5 floors high to my room to dress up. The pants go way back and are some sort coming home in strange places. They always seems to match magically with whatever shit I wear."
1. Where do you come from?
2. Where are you going?
No idea, and hope I'll never know
3. Where you would like to return?
A few key-points in the past to set things right for the future
4. 3 albums of the moment
Patti Smith
5. Last website you visited
Last website you visited Google translator seems to run overtime these days
6. Last book you read
Guiness Book of Record 1991
7. What have you had for breakfast?
8. Tell me something I must know about Vienna
I'm new here. First time. I was fascinated by Naschmarkt right before closing time. The bulldozers ran over all what was left, people included. Incredibly dramatic.
9. Why you are here at the MQ?
For the exhibition I'm part of, Get in The Haze, and my show Rapid Creek
Hat: orange hat from this Austrian brand for drinks, Stroh.
Necklace: a talisman from the old charcoal mines in Belgium
T-shirt: Zeeman
Pants: Berhard Willhelm
Sandals: vintage


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It's no secret: ad-supported streaming music, held up as an alternative to both paid downloads and free-for-all piracy, has hit some twists and snags. A number of well-funded start-ups, like SpiralFrog, dove into the space and few have emerged intact. Only one, Imeem, can really claim to be a success--it has licensing deals with all four major music labels--but it's still been criticized for a tepid user experience.
So it was a bit of a surprise when CBS' big announcement about Last.fm, the music-based social network it purchased last year, was the launch of a free, ad-supported streaming music service.
Previously, most music content on Last.fm had been limited to 30-second clips.
According to Quincy Smith, president of CBS Interactive (the CBS division that owns Last.fm), big media companies may be the key to making ad-supported music a success. "Only media can bring those kinds of sponsorship relationships," he said in an interview with CNET News.com, adding that broadband penetration has reached a point where streaming music is legitimately viable.
With the new on-demand music program from Last.fm, which launched Wednesday in the U.S., U.K., and Germany, CBS has all the majors on board as well as over 150,000 independent labels and artists. Additionally, it has an "artist royalty" program so that unsigned artists who upload their music to Last.fm will receive a cut of the ad revenue when a track is played.
Smith said that Last.fm's music recommendation and "scrobbling" engine may also give it an advantage in the ad-supported music space, because that data can potentially help advertisers choose where to place their ads. "You've got targetability," he said, "and not in a freaky, invasion-of-privacy way." Presumably, that could lead to better advertiser confidence and higher click-through rates. People who listen to a lot of pop, for example, could see ads for Justin Timberlake concert tickets; country fans could be served up Nascar ads, or movie soundtrack fans could see ads for the latest blockbusters.
But targeted advertising, like many of the other developments that CBS Interactive plans with Last.fm, hasn't been rolled out yet. "We wanted to make sure we got that announcement out there to the consumers first," Smith explained. Later, we'll start to see some of the projects that were rumored yesterday, when it became evident that Last.fm was making a big announcement--including, perhaps, a video-related service.
"We certainly own (the domain) Last.tv," Smith said.
But even an established media powerhouse like CBS hasn't been able to completely nail down the model. Last.fm's streaming service has already gained a bit of criticism because tracks can only be streamed three times--after that, the user is given the option to buy the track from a Last.fm retail affiliate partner like iTunes or Amazon MP3. When asked about this, Smith said that the three-song limit wasn't CBS' choice.
"It was a joint decision from all parties involved," he elaborated. "You've got to do the baby-step thing with these guys."
See all the Stranger Things season 3 photos so far: From Eleven in a scrunchie to shirtless Billy the lifeguard, take a look at all the images from the next season of the Netflix hit.
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Patrick H. Wynne
Patrick Howard Wynne (December 15, 1956)[source?] is one of the leading figures in the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, and was co-editor of Vinyar Tengwar (along with Carl F. Hostetter, Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith and Bill Welden). He has published numerous articles relating to the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien, and he is a quite prolific illustrator.[1] He also frequents the Lambengolmor mailing list.
- 1985: Beyond Bree October 1985
- "Tolkien-san, Yoku Irasshaimashitaf ... Some Observations on Similarities Between Japanese and the Elvish Languages of J.R.R. Tolkien"
- 1990: Vinyar Tengwar 14
- "The Elves at Koivienéni: A New Quenya Sentence" (J.R.R. Tolkien; edited with Christopher Gilson)
- 1991: Mythlore 65
- "The Elves at Koivienéni: A New Quenya Sentence" (J.R.R. Tolkien; edited with Christopher Gilson)
- 1995: Proceedings of the J.R.R. Tolkien Centenary Conference
- "The Growth of Grammar in the Elven Tongues" (with Christopher Gilson)
- 2000: SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Vol.17
- "Tolkien and Esperanto" (with Arden R. Smith)
- 2000: Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on The History of Middle-earth
- "Three Elvish Verse Modes: Ann-thennath, Minlamad thent / estent, and Linnod" (with Carl F. Hostetter)
- 2005: Vinyar Tengwar 48 (December 2005)
- "The Problem of Lhûn"
Other contributions
- 1988: Mythlore 56 [cover illustration]
- 1991: Mythlore 65 [cover illustration]
- 1992: Tolkien Centenary Conference 1992 [cover illustration]
- 1997: Hands of the Healer [linguistic contribution]
See also
External links
- ↑ SEVEN: An Anglo-American Literary Review, Vol.17, "Concerning the Contributors"


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Redskins coach Mike Shanahan isn't quite ready to say that Robert Griffin III will start at quarterback in the season opener, but there's no such hesitation in Tampa when it comes to cornerback Darrelle Revis' return from his own torn ACL.
On Friday, coach Greg Schiano confirmed that Revis will be starting against the Jets in the first week of the regular season unless he were to experience a setback with his knee or some other injury that left him unable to take the field. You can't rule either of those things out for Revis, but, then, you can't rule out an injury to any player between now and September 8 so that pretty much leaves the corner in the same boat as everyone else in the league.
Revis didn't play in any of the Buccaneers' four preseason games, so the contest against the Jets will be the first one that Revis has played for any team other than the Jets as a professional. We still don't know which quarterback will be starting for the Jets, but it's a good bet that the Jets' game plan won't be built around throwing at Revis regardless of who is doing the throwing.
Assuming Revis is on the field a week from Sunday, it will qualify as about as perfect a recovery from the torn ACL as he could have hoped for when he went down early last season. And if his play hasn't been impacted too severely, it will be a pretty close to perfect acquisition by the Buccaneers as well.


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Alcohol Use - Public Health and Safety Concerns
Alcohol Use and Responsibility
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend if you drink alcoholic beverages to do so in moderation which is defined as no more than one drink per day for women and no more than two drinks per day for men.
There are some individuals who should not drink any alcohol including those who are:
- pregnant or trying to become pregnant;
- taking prescription or over-the-counter medications that may cause harmful reactions when mixed with alcohol;
- under the age of 21;
- recovering from alcoholism or are unable to control the amount they drink;
- suffering from a medical condition that may be worsened by alcohol;
- driving, planning to drive, or participating in other activities requiring skill, coordination, or alertness.
Alcohol Use in Minneapolis
In Minneapolis, 37% of 9 th graders report alcohol use in the past year and 24% report alcohol use in the past 30 days. 21% of Minneapolis 9 th graders report riding in a car with friends who used alcohol or other drugs. (2007 Minnesota Student Survey)
Among Minneapolis adults, 17% report binge drinking (five or more drinks) more than once in the past 30 days. (2006 SHAPE Survey, Hennepin County)
Health and Safety Concerns
Alcohol is the third leading cause of death in the United States after tobacco, diet and physical inactivity. Alcohol use also contributes to the following health and safety issues:
- unintentional injuries from traffic accidents, falls, drownings, burns and firearms;
- violence toward partners and children;
- risky sexual behaviors, including unprotected sex, sex with multiple partners, and increased risk of sexual assault. These behaviors can lead to sexually transmitted infections and unintended pregnancy;
- miscarriage, still birth, and physical and mental birth defects;
- alcohol poisoning;
- cardiovascular and neurological problems;
- psychiatric disorders, including depression, anxiety and suicide;
- social issues, including unemployment, lost productivity, and family problems;
- cancer, liver disease and gastrointestinal problems.
(Information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
In 2001 the Minnesota Department of Health estimated the economic costs of alcohol use in the state at $4.5 billion. This is 19 times greater than the tax revenue collected from alcohol sales and equates to approximately $900 per person in the state.
More information
Blood Alcohol Calculator, DrunkDrivingDefense.com
Blood Alcohol Calculator, Police Notebook
Alcohol and Public Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Alcohol and Other Drugs, Minnesota Department of Health
Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association
Minnesota Liquor Omnibus Bill, 340A.404 – This state statute identifies specific locations where on-sale liquor or wine licenses can be issued regardless of local restrictions.
Last updated Feb 26, 2019


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One of my favorite things we made at the restaurant (mostly for wholesale customers) was Cinnamon Scones. Towards the end I was finding that the cinnamon chips were harder and harder to source. There must be some kind of a resurgence, maybe due to the cinnamon scones at Starbucks, because I found a bag at the market and decided to make my buns filled with apples and cinnamon chips.
Apple Cinnamon Chip Buns
Julie's basic dough plus 1 egg
1 cup melted butter
2 cups of apples in roughly 1/2 inch cubes
1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups cinnamon chips
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
3 tablespoons milk
I followed the directions to the 't' just more or less changing out the coconut for apples and the almond paste for cinnamon chips and adding about 1 1/2 teaspoons of cinnamon. They were absolutely delicious, I must say. I ate two even before the glaze was set. The dough is not to sweet which is good because this filling certainly is. So, hats off to Julie and thanks for this yummy recipe! I'm definitely going to make these again.


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AMBARAWA: Experience Rural Java's Traditional Life
The hinterland of Semarang, prescription capital of the province of Central Java is lush green: a beautiful scenic landscape of rising volcanoes, green valleys and fertile rice fields. Cruise lines call on Semarang to allow passengers to visit the nearby 9th century Borobudur Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
One and a half hour's driving from Semarang on a smooth road towards Salatiga, one enjoys the true Javanese rural life all the way to the town of Ambarawa , some 17 km north from Salatiga. This is the halfway mark to Borobudur.
Here in Ambarawa you can find Indonesia's Railway Museum, home to 21 old steam locomotives, the oldest of which is the 1891 Hartmann Chemnitz, in use until the 1970's when the railways here were closed. Nearby is also a natural grotto to the Virgin Mary and the Stations of the Cross, surrounded by flower gardens and fish ponds.
Slightly further west in the Dieng plateau are the ancient temples known as Gedong Songo, or "the nine buildings", constructed between 730 AD -780 AD during the Sanjaya Dynasty.
Also not far from Ambarawa are the Losari Coffee plantation and the hill town of Bandungan, favorite recreation area for people from Semarang and Yogyakarta.
But Ambarawa also has a grimmer side to its history when during World War II, the Japanese interned European families in camps here.
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You can get choked while on your back as well as on all fours 360 different ways. This is why Uechi should focus on not going down at all.
The same is also true of arm locks.
And while you are fumbling around doing these locks and chokes someone slips you a knife in the side.
This is another reason Uechi should focus on not going down.
We have an excellent defensive stance in Sanchin, I use it all the time in tournaments to prevent being thrown.
I do business with a woman who was jumped by 9 teenagers last year with bats chains and knives. She managed to stay on her feet. In spite of being stabbed 3 times.
This was her key to survival she told me.
Certainly Uechi students can stay up 99% of the time.