A Night With A Vampire Read By David Tennant Continues On BBC Radio Today

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTn7kYIDCbeTXjhKx4B4D1jmjnzfEP7_yHEKJPqLcqMTz-DdPP5oWcwwYxamdofskeOAeOBq9oEr7fT-W0g6xPijqOUersGKYkWXePQvCREHWPi0RBSTvy3YzY6v0h9m9SL5wA4mBmS2I/s1600/DavidT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTn7kYIDCbeTXjhKx4B4D1jmjnzfEP7_yHEKJPqLcqMTz-DdPP5oWcwwYxamdofskeOAeOBq9oEr7fT-W0g6xPijqOUersGKYkWXePQvCREHWPi0RBSTvy3YzY6v0h9m9SL5wA4mBmS2I/s640/DavidT.jpg" width="456" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This evening BBC Radio 4 Extra continue the repeated series <i>A Night With A Vampire</i>: five short Gothic horror stories read by David Tennant.<br /><br />The fifteen minute stories will be broadcast at 6.30pm BST on consecutive weekday evenings starting from Monday 30th September. There is a repeat of each episode later the same night at half past midnight </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Tonight at 6.30pm</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Family Of The Vourdalak</i> - Alexis Tolstoy</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A compelling story about a patriarch who sets off on a mysterious mission but fears he may come back a Vampire. If he should return to their village after 10 days - he begs his family to deny him access and plunge a stake through his heart.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The series was originally broadcast in November 2010 and was produced by Clive Brill for Pacificus</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/console/bbc_radio_four_extra"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Listen in worldwide via this link</b></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each episode will be available to play again for 7 days after broadcast via BBC iPlayer</span></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div>

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LG G2 Made Entry in Indian Market

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">LG’s latest smartphone G2 made entry in Indian market on Monday with price tag of Rs. 41,500 for 16GB and for 32GB you will pay two thousand more, it means Rs 43,500. You will get 50 GB of cloud space with device for life. Device have featured with all the apps which are popular in market now a days.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The smartphone comes with a 5.2-inch full HD with 1080x1920 resolution and 423 pixel-per-inch. Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor is used to provide power with 2.26GHz clock. Smartphone featured with 2GB of RAM for both 16GB and 32GB version. A battery of 3000 mAh is using inside the device for better and long power backup.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YoOvBCx-AoM/UkptKvaw7oI/AAAAAAAAAZM/m3k8oTZwJSw/s1600/lg-g2-white-big.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" height="226" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YoOvBCx-AoM/UkptKvaw7oI/AAAAAAAAAZM/m3k8oTZwJSw/s1600/lg-g2-white-big.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">ndtv</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">                                               </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The weight of LG G2 is 143 grams and dimension is 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm. For better and clear photography 13 megapixel rear camera with optical image stabilisation is available in device. You will also find a 2.1-megapixel front facing camera. The device is running on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: inherit;">Technical specifications:</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Display: 5.2- inch Full HD</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Processor: 2.26GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 with 2.26 GHz clock</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Space: 16GB and 32GB inbuilt storage with 2GB RAM</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Camera: 13-megapixel rear and 2.1 megapixel front facing camera</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>OS: Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Battery: 3000mAh</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Weight: 143 Grams</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">•<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Dimension: 138.5 x 70.9 x 8.9mm                                       </span></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><a href="https://plus.google.com/100638775997274345522" rel="author"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anil Swami</span></a></div></div>

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LG’s latest smartphone G2 made entry in Indian market on Monday with price tag of Rs. 41,500 for 16GB and for 32GB you will pay two thousand...

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Tenth Doctor Month

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEllEBL-WxULMR30rbJe-OWsIjliOs_mtP9J4dvSJt42OzdMBLF2g5DEXB3iXICuvmBnQ8OezM1F1lhM4fRYzRaYj8AE6YfHvFBrIdJrxn18qx0-F9GtfksUUigisM6AyeULmfgSBAGQ/s1600/002+(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="531" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuEllEBL-WxULMR30rbJe-OWsIjliOs_mtP9J4dvSJt42OzdMBLF2g5DEXB3iXICuvmBnQ8OezM1F1lhM4fRYzRaYj8AE6YfHvFBrIdJrxn18qx0-F9GtfksUUigisM6AyeULmfgSBAGQ/s640/002+(2).jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">October is Tenth Doctor month in the Doctor Who 50th anniversary celebration year and we'll be bringing you lots of articles and activities for you to get involved with.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll be finding out what was your favourite episode of each David Tennant era series building up to the reveal of what you vote as your ultimate David Tennant episode..</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We'll also be taking a look at the Tenth Doctor's companions and what the actors and actresses who appeared in the Tenth Doctor episodes are up to now...</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As well as this we'll be publishing a quote of the day and our daily video on the <a href="http://davidtennantvideos.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Video Vault</a> will all be Doctor Who based.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We're also already more than half way through our countdown of David's episodes in our Doctor Who 50th Anniversary Episode Guide Countdown. <a href="http://tennantnews.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Doctor%20Who%20Episode%20Guide" target="_blank">Read more here.</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Allons-y!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><br />

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Listen To David Tennant On Front Row Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxziJBFRNBHaIDxKkiCxjPNgy2bchqjfgQj-cwW25H8oE91C9cjRBlxy9hWq0NP1UNoNlbPaGURuAD4om_fBWFq5gfDUHJHsFqg8EjjbwWgrXX2GhkwtHLfz9-Labfn5kOW-Uo2cUjbM/s1600/re2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxziJBFRNBHaIDxKkiCxjPNgy2bchqjfgQj-cwW25H8oE91C9cjRBlxy9hWq0NP1UNoNlbPaGURuAD4om_fBWFq5gfDUHJHsFqg8EjjbwWgrXX2GhkwtHLfz9-Labfn5kOW-Uo2cUjbM/s1600/re2.jpg" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant and Greg Doran will be interviewed about Richard II on BBC Radio 4's Front Row tonight at 7.15pm BST.</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/cnz56g/front-row--01102013" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank">Radio Times</a> says:</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br /><section class="about" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mark Lawson talks to actor David Tennant and director Gregory Doran as they prepare a staging of Richard II for the Royal Shakespeare Company, opening in Stratford-upon-Avon.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006qsq5" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.3s; display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.3s;" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can listen online worldwide via the official site here.</span></b></a></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Richard II will open at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, <st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> on 10th October 2013 and will run until 16th November 2013. It will then transfer to the Barbican Theatre in <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> from December 9th 2013 until 25th January 2014. The cast includes David Tennant, Emma Hamilton, Nigel Lindsay, Michael Pennington, Jane Lapotaire and Oliver Ford Davies and it is directed by Gregory Doran. Both the Stratford-upon-Avon and <st1:city w:st="on">London</st1:city> runs are now sold out.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The production will be filmed and streamed live from the stage of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre into cinemas around the <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> on Wednesday 13th November, and subsequently into <st1:country-region w:st="on">UK</st1:country-region> schools and cinemas worldwide in screenings running until February 2014. More details are available via the Live from<st1:place w:st="on">Stratford-upon-Avon</st1:place> link.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fafafa; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><span style="outline: none;"><a href="http://news.david-tennant.com/2009/id194.html" style="display: inline; outline: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out more about Richard II starring David Tennant on our website</span></a></span></div></div></section></div></div>

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David Tennant and Greg Doran will be interviewed about Richard II on BBC Radio 4's Front Row tonight at 7.15pm BST. The  Radio Times  sa...

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Singapore Trivia

These are photos I took in Singapore earlier today; each buildings has a similarly scaled circulation spaces that makes their functions seem interchangeable. Can you match each lettered photo with the following functions, listed alphabetically:<br /><br />- Airport<br />- Convention Center<br />- Shopping Mall<br />- Transportation Hub<br /><br /><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vhodDW12NmPvCgotMkYNDuu9VZsnk6HFtRpBvP4vARAPkhESYpZuP28dq35vnV4mNzzH6EPMYh7VfXsxb2Ge9U1W6QRFFWTsszV9kI7EzvCe_IUgJ957PKp9LpP1I4O5EN9XK9SyzK7k/s1600/Singapore-trivia.jpg" /><br /><br />Answers will be posted tomorrow.<br /><br /><b>Update: Here are the answers:</b><br />A - Changi Airport <br />B - Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands<br />C - Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center<br />D - Entrance to SMRT (subway) next to airport

Singapore Trivia

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FINLAND: Watch Episode 3 Of Broadchurch On MTV3 Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKUXCBJpEp3xexfTBqZIxp1lz82jHqiWkBsPNDwcxAQUuiE6rqblk-dog02gjU1gytxe7AxN7fw9zx_AI7q1ivwTLwcfbyzERhvsSd5dSe7X2-wg-urkLHpe5S4lhkF4XqdG7z-pwKX4/s1600/E3+-+Hardy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpKUXCBJpEp3xexfTBqZIxp1lz82jHqiWkBsPNDwcxAQUuiE6rqblk-dog02gjU1gytxe7AxN7fw9zx_AI7q1ivwTLwcfbyzERhvsSd5dSe7X2-wg-urkLHpe5S4lhkF4XqdG7z-pwKX4/s1600/E3+-+Hardy.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episode 3 of <i>Broadchurch</i> starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill airs tonight on MTV3 in Finland</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3/8</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minkä taakseen jättää.... Meedio Steve osui oikeaan veneen suhteen, mutta kyyninen Alec käskee miestä pysymään erossa Latimerin surevasta perheestä, sillä menneisyys puhuu häntä vastaan. Menneisyyden varjot seuraavat lehtikauppias Jackiakin, kun pikkulinnut laulavat vanhan miehen aikanaan tuomitun alaikäiseen sekaantumisesta. Toimittaja Karen houkuttelee Latimerit intiimiin haastatteluun Dannyn kuoleman ansaitseman laajemman mediajulkisuuden varjolla. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3/8</span></b></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What you leave behind .... Psychic Steve was right in terms of the boat, but the cynical Alec tells the man to stay away from the grieving Latimer family, as he has past convictions. Dark shadows from the past follow newsagent Jack, when rumours suggest that the old man was once convicted of interference with a minor. Reporter Karen secures an intimate interview with the Latimers under the pretext that Danny's death deserves greater media exposure. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch episode 3 of Broadchurch tonight on MTV3 at 21.00</span></b></div>

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Episode 3 of Broadchurch  starring David Tennant, Olivia Colman and Arthur Darvill airs tonight on MTV3 in Finland Broadchurch 3/8 Minkä taa...

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'South Park' NSA surveillance spoof gets big ratings

<script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><!-- 2 --><ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:336px;height:280px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-4973891917352186" data-ad-slot="3079724116"></ins><script>(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="http://insidetv.ew.com/">http://insidetv.ew.com</a><br /><img alt="south-park.jpg" src="http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/i/2013/09/26/south-park.jpg" /><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">South Park</em>. It’s the <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">17th </em>season. And yet Wednesday night’s premiere delivered the animated comedy’s biggest rating in years.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Comedy Central hit came back to 4.3 million viewers across three telecasts, with the first airing delivering the most viewers for the show since 2011 and the highest young male demo ratings since 2010.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;">The <a href="http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s17e01-let-go-let-gov" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); color: #24bcc8; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">episode titled</a> “Let Go, Let Gov” mocked the NSA’s mass surveillance scandal (clip below). In the episode, Cartman played the role of an Edward Snowden-style whistleblower who infiltrates the NSA and rants about privacy violations — yet can’t stop revealing his every thought online to anybody who will listen.</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px 0px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">South Park</em> fans had a longer-than-usual wait for new episodes this year, given that creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s decision to produce fewer episodes (10 per year). On Sunday, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">South Park</em> also won its fifth Emmy for outstanding animated program.<span id="more-145916" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></span></div><div class="kicker-link" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #454545; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700 !important; line-height: 20px; padding: 5px 12px 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: black; width: 368px;"><div style="padding: 4px;"><iframe frameborder="0" height="293" src="http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:southparkstudios.com:34152458-dcdd-4fbd-9852-d2bfd4878d48" width="360"></iframe></div></div></div><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-4973891917352186"; /* 1 */ google_ad_slot = "6623240111"; google_ad_width = 336; google_ad_height = 280; //--></script><script src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div>

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RUSSIA: Watch Episodes 3 And Four Of Broadchurch Tonight

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg56DC-CP2HqXJJHBYsGoZi677tjyuDQ1YisR-hYlXrxEpn2RlfLFsZqEesv1lrT6P1zElxVMS1NOSD0P4TNrEMrbdMAixujjzBOJaVXQiGkNVAIfizo0ky-xh6ZGZktwOQx2N1ocD60A/s1600/E3-Alec.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg56DC-CP2HqXJJHBYsGoZi677tjyuDQ1YisR-hYlXrxEpn2RlfLFsZqEesv1lrT6P1zElxVMS1NOSD0P4TNrEMrbdMAixujjzBOJaVXQiGkNVAIfizo0ky-xh6ZGZktwOQx2N1ocD60A/s640/E3-Alec.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Episodes 3 and 4 of the thrilling drama series <i>Broadchurch</i> air on 1TV in Russia tonight. David Tennant and Olivia Colman star as police detectives Alec Hardy and Ellie Miller, who must find the killer of a schoolboy in a small seaside town.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Убийство на пляже</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3-я серия.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">00.10am, 1TV</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Отпечатки на месте убийства приводят Харди и Миллер к неожиданному подозреваемому в смерти Дэнни. Тем временем у Стива Коннелли есть послание для Бет.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4-я серия</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">01.10am, 1TV</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">События, последовавшие после смерти Дэнни, продолжают сотрясать город, "под лупой" рассматриваются жизни друзей и соседей Латимеров. Бет и Марк решают взять дело в свои руки и сообщить о смерти Дэнни в газеты.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Broadchurch</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 3</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">00.10am, 1TV</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prints at the murder scene lead Hardy and Miller to an unexpected suspect in the murder of Danny. Meanwhile, Steve Connelly has a message for Beth.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Part 4</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">01.10am, 1TV</span></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The events following the death of Danny, continue to shake the town, now under a magnifying glass, and the lives of the Latimers are discussed by friends and neighbours. Beth and Mark decide to take matters into their own hands and talk to the press about Danny’s death</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Watch a clip here:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><object><embed width="640" height="360" align="middle" flashvars="stats=http://www.1tv.ru/addclick/" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" wmode="window" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" bgcolor="white" name="videoportal" id="videoportal" src="http://www.1tv.ru/anonsvideo/197107" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/></object></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></div>

Broadchurch David Tennant Olivia Colman Russia TV Drama RUSSIA: Watch Episodes 3 And Four Of Broadchurch Tonight

Episodes 3 and 4 of the thrilling drama series Broadchurch  air on 1TV in Russia tonight. David Tennant and Olivia Colman star as police det...

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A Posthumous Birthday Shout-Out to Brother Vinnie

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EJMvDshpXnvj4DlnGjJkCRDPtXeXbnKV-hj0qUiZ_ZRYfFqfhd2gtCq2RfDXZAwJbPke6tFQoWk1T7xOUaKomgjuRpq2voqySQqQ6cMC6R9PGylfHQO2KTgXGQzwd_pSAuRaNR7QHNng/s1600/Vince.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9EJMvDshpXnvj4DlnGjJkCRDPtXeXbnKV-hj0qUiZ_ZRYfFqfhd2gtCq2RfDXZAwJbPke6tFQoWk1T7xOUaKomgjuRpq2voqySQqQ6cMC6R9PGylfHQO2KTgXGQzwd_pSAuRaNR7QHNng/s400/Vince.jpg" width="282" /></a>Cheeeeeeeeeers Chuckleheads and a Happy October 1st to you all.<br /><br />October 1st is a HUGE day for a few reasons…<br /><br />First of all, October 1st is World Vegetarian Day.<br /><br />Sickly and pasty white vegetarians around the world will be celebrating their healthy and respectful lifestyles by lacklusterly patting each other on the back, sharing a bean sprout or two, and sneezing on one and other.<br /><br />Here’s to you, you meatless and emaciated mo-foes; I’ll be thinking of you as I eat a BLT sandwich with a side of corned beef hash.  Enjoy your purity!!<br /><br />Secondly…<br /><br />Today is Unification Day in Cameroon.  Cameroon is the France of west central Africa (I guess), and they will be partying and unifying it up today.  Hey all you Cameroonians…Tell President Paul Biya that Matt-Man said, <i>“Hiya.”</i><br /><br />Thirdly and/or tertiarily (which is a word now, so shut up) whichever you prefer, today holds a very special place in my heart.<br /><br />Today, October 1, 2013 would have been my brother Vince’s 60th birthday, but…he didn’t live to see it, yet nonetheless, I am going to celebrate it.<br /><br />Vinnie, as most of us called him, was ultimately, surprisingly, and with alacrity, stricken down by cancer back on June 10th of this year.<br /><br />It was very sad, because in addition to it being relatively out of the blue, the world lost a man who was incredibly funny, annoying, kind, and a perpetual surprise.<br /><br />He was a man who was full of all sorts of manifestations of OCD which rendered his gutters without a drop of rain nor a single leaf contained within, and yet…out of the blue, he would call a person with a funny story and/or send a gift to someone.<br /><br />Around the Greater Bagwine, Ohio area, his mullet is legendary.<br /><br />His blondish red hair with the consistency of hot August straw which receded from his forehead and draped down his sleight back, was a testament to a bygone era, and both a challenge and a big fuck you to Billy Ray Cyrus.<br /><br />Vinnie was the epitome of an Irish-German mix.  During the week, in stoic and methodical German manner, he would work 18 hours a day, 52 weeks week of the year if need be.  But on the weekends?<br /><br />The spirits of St. Brendan, Brian Boru, and Oscar Wilde would take over his body and soul, and his inner-Hibernian would do a Celtic dance all over town.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHg9Yi-7UZPZ0WtJvYxKNHdf0PNTJIwOklTDiCLjs6z7MfcYgVTTKRpB7WeMsUiOvKBcRmKoqNHMrqnJqkW5HKmTm705oqPROrUWHCHdnLH7hDpKh92xH9F1gb14qb1HSTTrbFtN5lDW1/s1600/Vince+Mullet.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHg9Yi-7UZPZ0WtJvYxKNHdf0PNTJIwOklTDiCLjs6z7MfcYgVTTKRpB7WeMsUiOvKBcRmKoqNHMrqnJqkW5HKmTm705oqPROrUWHCHdnLH7hDpKh92xH9F1gb14qb1HSTTrbFtN5lDW1/s400/Vince+Mullet.JPG" width="400" /></a>On Friday and Saturday he would talk to every woman in the bar or at the party.  He would almost always do something “too spontaneous”, and then…<br /><br />Sunday morning he would go to mass at St. Raphael’s either by himself or with a widowed 80+ year old friend of the family prior to taking her to breakfast.<br /><br />Although Vinnie never had a family of his own per se, he was a family man to the core.  From his eight brothers and sisters down to the most obscure of cousins.  He loved his family.<br /><br />And…He loved people in general.  It can be said of Vinnie, <i>“He never met a stranger.”</i><br /><br />That was so true in his case, because if you approached him, or he approached you without ever meeting before…he’d talk to you, listen to you, and if it was a Friday or Saturday night, he’d buy you a beer.<br /><br />So…Happy 60th Birthday to my brother Vince.  He may have been a handful at times, but he is now resting in hands that are big enough, and worthy enough to hold him.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br /><br /><i>Matt-Man</i><br /><br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@ymail.com">mattmaniws@ymail.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">@mattman_iws</span></a><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mattmaniws" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">My Facebook Page</span></a></div>

A Posthumous Birthday Shout-Out to Brother Vinnie

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Available for Today Only: Two Amazing Doctor Who Designs From RIPT

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Doctor Who Merchandise RIPT Available for Today Only: Two Amazing Doctor Who Designs From RIPT

Click here to order   O ur friends at RIPT Apparel have two new Doctor Who T-shirts up for sale today. Both designs retail at just $10 each ...

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The beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway

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Blue Ridge Parkway National Park Service North Carolina Virginia The beauty of the Blue Ridge Parkway

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Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX195CawbiS4bfk7ephdYkr_ayohPvLPQu381kJGaOq0X3FkgyMDfPtNrIgvmaUu7_soSJLXLoGrT6KOegdLHV54WnuysrHTv2NbyOY_5ivMraaufp1vxOpy9XlbpQquLvUAQEtuExos/s1600/Kerosene-Type+Jet+Fuel.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQX195CawbiS4bfk7ephdYkr_ayohPvLPQu381kJGaOq0X3FkgyMDfPtNrIgvmaUu7_soSJLXLoGrT6KOegdLHV54WnuysrHTv2NbyOY_5ivMraaufp1vxOpy9XlbpQquLvUAQEtuExos/s320/Kerosene-Type+Jet+Fuel.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Economics is not rocket science. It just looks like it sometimes.<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel">Jet Fuel</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Oil prices increased about fivefold from 2003 to 2008, raising fears that world petroleum production is becoming unable to keep up with demand. The fact that there are few alternatives to petroleum for aviation fuel adds urgency to the search for alternatives. Twenty-five airlines were bankrupted or stopped operations in the first six months of 2008, largely due to fuel costs.</i></div><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://www.eia.gov/petroleum/">EIA: Petroleum</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/POP">St. Louis Fed: Population</a>

Kerosene-Type Jet Fuel

Click to enlarge. Economics is not rocket science. It just looks like it sometimes. Jet Fuel Oil prices increased about fivefold from 2003 t...

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Consumer Price Index Since 2008

The following chart shows what the consumer price index has done since hitting the bottom in December of 2008. I have added a 2nd order polynomial trend line in red (excluding the temporary deflationary deviation from February 2010 to April 2011).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWBl9CO0WW6mj23cM4hcCvSMPOpU1xHs51_Cmi7pX68qvZwM0gBLheJUnLlpRd4VEkvO2ZRSb50VNM9-oy2hU1glprknzxPKHH6C725_uYkyHznSEos3PSMel1H7npb5XDOYwpu6qAgU/s1600/Consumer+Price+Index+Since+2008.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfWBl9CO0WW6mj23cM4hcCvSMPOpU1xHs51_Cmi7pX68qvZwM0gBLheJUnLlpRd4VEkvO2ZRSb50VNM9-oy2hU1glprknzxPKHH6C725_uYkyHznSEos3PSMel1H7npb5XDOYwpu6qAgU/s320/Consumer+Price+Index+Since+2008.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />It's an awesome display of gravity if ever I've seen one.<br /><br /><b>September 26, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-09-26/where-is-the-panic-over-deflation-.html">Where Is the Panic Over Deflation?</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>But it's striking that the Fed's preferred price measure is declining at a time when the main conversation among policy makers is when and how to tighten monetary policy, rather than to make it more accommodative.</i></div><br /><b>September 30, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article42493.html">Warning - Deflation Will Take the Most by Surprise</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>The last thing on the minds of most people is deflation.</i></div><br />In my very humble opinion, ZIRP is going to be with us for what will seem to be an eternity, just like it was in Japan. It is also my very humble opinion that our stock market won't like much better than Japan's did. Not right away perhaps, but eventually.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcQV8531oGFLDY1DOrDsGUNp-0H3oQaNFa9birxE3bvqtAh6KkjSw2hFD0dTjKqtGinLG4w30qS-Xo5-ZBDkLMC8kL8xKrq81Q4dcu-g8x-GRxs6v5SWEvqQNsNje0JV7KdSza-eso3Q/s1600/Nikkei+225.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYcQV8531oGFLDY1DOrDsGUNp-0H3oQaNFa9birxE3bvqtAh6KkjSw2hFD0dTjKqtGinLG4w30qS-Xo5-ZBDkLMC8kL8xKrq81Q4dcu-g8x-GRxs6v5SWEvqQNsNje0JV7KdSza-eso3Q/s320/Nikkei+225.jpg" /></a><br /><br />This is not investment advice.<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mVA">St. Louis Fed: CPI</a><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=mVC">St. Louis Fed: Nikkei Stock Average vs. Discount Rate for Japan</a>

Consumer Price Index Since 2008

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The story behind "Breakfast at Glenfield' - Tapas Mukherjee on Vimeo

Dr Tapas Mukherjee wanted to help his medical colleagues to learn the latest asthma care guidelines. He decided to sing the guidelines and get this filmed, and post the resulting video on YouTube. Some months and several awards later, Tapas tells his story to colleagues at the TASME Conference in May 2013 at DeMontfort University, Leicester.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://vimeo.com/68366045">http://vimeo.com/68366045</a><br /><br><br /><br>YouTube:<br /><br><br /><br>Winner of the British Thoracic Society Innovation in Education Award 2012. Winner of the NHS Expo/ Network Casebook II Innovation Award 2013.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0PEn79Cuw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qj0PEn79Cuw</a>

The story behind "Breakfast at Glenfield' - Tapas Mukherjee on Vimeo

Dr Tapas Mukherjee wanted to help his medical colleagues to learn the latest asthma care guidelines. He decided to sing the guidelines and g...

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On Camden Street

<span style="font-size: large;">We had breakfast in Flavour on Camden Street on Sunday morning.  Flavour is a good value, cheerful type of place with extremely friendly staff.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Ciaran had the full Irish which he thoroughly enjoyed</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOhzMipMUylbNls_UlKS6Yp2AhT4xlVjJtFbwdnCL2_YysfEFAXNvIW6qkmJj1l7A2q9f_MJx2rC3kM2vNniRAU_6DFcquCzUt97tGD6tcolcwiK2wVloTjAVKdKb55CBlv1L-xG2aZtz/s640/blogger-image-1102062909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOhzMipMUylbNls_UlKS6Yp2AhT4xlVjJtFbwdnCL2_YysfEFAXNvIW6qkmJj1l7A2q9f_MJx2rC3kM2vNniRAU_6DFcquCzUt97tGD6tcolcwiK2wVloTjAVKdKb55CBlv1L-xG2aZtz/s640/blogger-image-1102062909.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I had pancakes & bacon.  Free refills of coffee were offered which is quite rare in Ireland but very much appreciated!</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidDbh0_9zl5cYBpbUyVplTQ1Owq-9LfNhmmpy6YrTS4O4QGnEozqd3br3bB_fzkpsmRmA4Xj0NfxZnsaFdMDnbYaGSgIIzAQqJUuhaJz8kJswabKJrrZqFDXEbwAK-LQ4P7KRTsUI-0hA/s640/blogger-image--958226952.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjidDbh0_9zl5cYBpbUyVplTQ1Owq-9LfNhmmpy6YrTS4O4QGnEozqd3br3bB_fzkpsmRmA4Xj0NfxZnsaFdMDnbYaGSgIIzAQqJUuhaJz8kJswabKJrrZqFDXEbwAK-LQ4P7KRTsUI-0hA/s640/blogger-image--958226952.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Across the street is Flannerys - the building was built in 1839 (as per the plaque on the building)</span></div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDVaByzEYqwByvvlKux2Hn_Pxs91GPrEW90aECrcX9xvelG4v3fSXUQLjEhrSLdBWuZzJ9KdyMmjN4EqyOH6O998Pcur4j96z0jRCaNQetPEciffpmQFj6kmqtHJ0J0ZmhXnwDNKT14iq/s640/blogger-image--1328626169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpDVaByzEYqwByvvlKux2Hn_Pxs91GPrEW90aECrcX9xvelG4v3fSXUQLjEhrSLdBWuZzJ9KdyMmjN4EqyOH6O998Pcur4j96z0jRCaNQetPEciffpmQFj6kmqtHJ0J0ZmhXnwDNKT14iq/s640/blogger-image--1328626169.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRthbxtn4cHKWe_f6XJUb58L8SQ4JWFD4QjMe0iCc7gYLvj6owVUKR602jA80f8TQ2pFbPV2Z9y1z0KzwCKKzNNjuFLkb42uWwwzZD8niMI11TU2mW8x3KYpsGgN5Bx5JAUdK6mEEfCp7/s640/blogger-image--1200809860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqRthbxtn4cHKWe_f6XJUb58L8SQ4JWFD4QjMe0iCc7gYLvj6owVUKR602jA80f8TQ2pFbPV2Z9y1z0KzwCKKzNNjuFLkb42uWwwzZD8niMI11TU2mW8x3KYpsGgN5Bx5JAUdK6mEEfCp7/s640/blogger-image--1200809860.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">A stunning large black poodle was being walked across the road</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoTgUu8dyNkmER91QnZDWShlZ-CjHdqDDiPWq5XI3WcoqKMVqZCG6s9Iu1oyKCgnvmRRTJdrAf5p_kxcaYgtv5tzWYkdl6EYMpuhpZwlsgIeiasXf0rGmYdhhsZteMwuCQwKTYPFq_1Dc/s640/blogger-image--1506690524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLoTgUu8dyNkmER91QnZDWShlZ-CjHdqDDiPWq5XI3WcoqKMVqZCG6s9Iu1oyKCgnvmRRTJdrAf5p_kxcaYgtv5tzWYkdl6EYMpuhpZwlsgIeiasXf0rGmYdhhsZteMwuCQwKTYPFq_1Dc/s640/blogger-image--1506690524.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7A07R18g_lGC0FeZmY4WSKq73AKi-mCld2M1xbExOtwCxJsIpBe-F_0qV8-JAy7AbDKCHkUf6taPKPippUHbpEbPzQm1vTGe0G4Gf1VXZ6TmXhEAba2IYGB_bNBQMr2AOSKPZium5AAD/s640/blogger-image-1946508578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7A07R18g_lGC0FeZmY4WSKq73AKi-mCld2M1xbExOtwCxJsIpBe-F_0qV8-JAy7AbDKCHkUf6taPKPippUHbpEbPzQm1vTGe0G4Gf1VXZ6TmXhEAba2IYGB_bNBQMr2AOSKPZium5AAD/s640/blogger-image-1946508578.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;">There was no one about as it was early in the morning.  The street was calm and quiet.  It was nice to saunter along and take in the sights!</span></div></div></div></div></div>

On Camden Street

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Shift.ms

Shift.ms is a UK social network run by its users where young MSers meet, share experiences and support each other.<br /><br><br /><br>Shift.ms aims to:<br /><br><br /><br> • support MSers through the adjustment and emotion following diagnosis.<br /><br> • empower MSers through the interaction and peer support created from our social network.<br /><br> • encourage MSers to create and engage with relevant, informative and entertaining online content.<br /><br> • inspire MSers not to give up on their ambitions, but to rethink how to achieve them.<br /><br><br /><br><a href="http://shift.ms/">http://shift.ms/</a>

Shift.ms

Shift.ms is a UK social network run by its users where young MSers meet, share experiences and support each other. Shift.ms aims to: • supp...

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ALEC front man indicted for corruption in Georgia

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;">Remember when loony Georgia state lawmakers tried to make it a felony not just to picket, but to <i>conspire</i> to picket? Fortunately that attack on basic rights</span><a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2012/03/woo-hoo-sb-469-killed-in-ga.html" style="background-color: white; color: #336699; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;">was defeated by our brothers and sisters at Local 728 in Atlanta</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;">, along with the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/19/tea-party-georgia-anti-picketing-law_n_1364785.html" rel="nofollow">Tea Party</a>, faith leaders, community groups and other labor unions.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;">Well, Sen. Don Balfour was one of the leaders of that attack. He's a front man for ALEC, the corporate dating service for state lawmakers. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 16.890625px;">Or used to be. Now he's been indicted on 18 counts of corruption, according to the <a href="http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/political-insider/2013/sep/27/state-sen-don-balfour-indicted-18-counts/" rel="nofollow">Atlanta Journal-Constitution</a>. Jim Galloway writes:</span><br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16.890625px;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">A Fulton County grand jury has indicted state Sen. Don Balfour, R-Snellville, on 18 counts associated with alleged misuse of his legislative expense account, the Attorney General's office said Friday.</span></span></blockquote>He also accepted money from <a href="http://alecexposed.org/" rel="nofollow">ALEC</a>: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The American Legislative Exchange Council awarded “scholarships” totaling $4,792 to Balfour from 2005 to 2009, records show. Corporate donors — including petroleum, pharmaceutical, utility, tobacco and health-care interests — funded the scholarships, which were meant to cover the costs of airfare and lodging to attend ALEC functions. The donations generally are not disclosed as lobbyist gifts, since ALEC does not have a registered lobbyist in Georgia.</blockquote>It's unclear whether accepting those gifts (or lying about them) was part of the indictment.<br /><br />That bill to criminalize picketing, by the way, was an ALEC bill. <a href="http://www.jwj.org/blog/responding-att-protests-alec-bill-introduced-georgia" rel="nofollow">Jobs With Justice</a> reported last year:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">Georgia State Senator Don Balfour recently proposed legislation (SB 469) aimed at destroying labor unions, debilitating effective dissent and criminalizing planned peaceful direct action....The bill shares characteristics of model legislation from ALEC, an out-of-state, secretive, corporate-funded council that hands state legislators laws designed to benefit CEOs.</blockquote>Let's just say we hope justice is served.

ALEC exposed SB469 ALEC front man indicted for corruption in Georgia

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McKesson workers more stressed than overpaid CEO

<a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/09/McKesson-CEO-jaw-dropping-pay.html" rel="nofollow">John Hammergren might think he's worth the $51.7 million</a> he takes home from McKesson, the health care company he heads. After all, he puts up with a lot of stress.<br /><br />He'd be wrong.<br /><br />Keith Payne in <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-myth-of-executive-str&page=3" rel="nofollow">Scientific American</a> recently described the kind of stress CEOs like Hammergren put up with:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">...one CEO ... had to drag himself out of bed each morning and muster his game face. It would be a long day of telling other people what to do. It got so bad ... he had no choice but to take a year off work to sail across the Atlantic Ocean with his family.</blockquote>Poor thing!<br /><br />But it turns out it isn't the people at the top who experience the most stress. It's actually the people at the bottom -- like the <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/uninn-investors-demand-McKesson-resignation.html" rel="nofollow">McKesson workers who don't take home enough money to afford health care</a>.<br /><br />A recent study of people taking executive courses at Harvard's business school divided the group into leaders and non-leaders. The conclusion?<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">On both surveys of anxiety and biological measures of cortisol, the leaders showed substantially lower levels of stress than the non-leaders. The results were the same in both business and the military. Leadership has its privileges.</blockquote>Another study in the '60s showed British civil servants had more stress-related health problems the lower down on the rung they were.<br /><br />Concludes the author,<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq">The professional class may be stressed in their way. But the powerless are stressed in the way that kills. </blockquote><br />

executive compensation McKesson McKesson workers more stressed than overpaid CEO

John Hammergren might think he's worth the $51.7 million he takes home from McKesson, the health care company he heads. After all, he p...

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The Stench Of Fear

This cracks my ass up, what a bunch of ass covering weinies.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <b> <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/09/30/cnn-pulls-plug-on-hillary-clinton-documentary/?hpid=z6"> CNN pulls plug on Hillary Clinton documentary after director backs out</b></a><br /><br /><br /><blockquote>CNN Films has canceled plans to produce a documentary about former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, putting an end to a project that had sparked considerable political controversy.<br /><br />In a lengthy piece published on the Huffington Post Web site Monday morning, Charles Ferguson, who was slated to direct the project, explained that he felt compelled to shelve it over opposition to the idea from both Clinton allies and opponents, which triggered a widespread lack of cooperation among potential interviewees.<br /><br />"When I approached people for interviews, <i>I discovered that nobody, and I mean nobody, was interested in helping me make this film</i>," writes Ferguson. "Not Democrats, not Republicans — and certainly nobody who works with the Clintons, wants access to the Clintons, or dreams of a position in a Hillary Clinton administration."</blockquote><br />Too many skeletons in all those closets.<br /><br />I'm sure there are several hundred politicians of a certain stripe who would shit their britches if Hillary ever made it back into the Oval Office.<br /><br />Can you say <a href="http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/whitewater-scandal.asp">Whitewater</a>?<br /><br />Not to mention some chick named Monica who certainly caused no end of heartburn, what with all that impeachment business and the millions of resulting embarrassing jokes.<br /><br />It doesn't surprise me one bit that no one would even consider putting their names on a list of contributors for that documentary.<br /><br />I'm sure Hillary is familiar with the old cut and paste feature on a computer.<br /><br />That would make it easy to come up with a political hit list.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCwrCj0iDOLRDX0DWlH0Ng6hYctcm9RCYmhZUP9xrPINXpP45E6IFmGNMgTGcAYRbOxavptRk1uTdUmVal0YSbLKyH7n_vKDHIeW1OtIkJsHLNLKd4p4xB87n76no3qg9r59Zf_3sxIio/s1600/2016+Hitlery.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWCwrCj0iDOLRDX0DWlH0Ng6hYctcm9RCYmhZUP9xrPINXpP45E6IFmGNMgTGcAYRbOxavptRk1uTdUmVal0YSbLKyH7n_vKDHIeW1OtIkJsHLNLKd4p4xB87n76no3qg9r59Zf_3sxIio/s640/2016+Hitlery.jpg" /></a>

The Stench Of Fear

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Barney Fife Has A Reality Show?

<a href="http://www.entlawdigest.com/2013/09/25/2734.htm">This is just too much.</a><br /><br />It remains to be seen just what will result from this rampant illegality but hopefully it will involve large amounts of money and the slamming of many steel barred doors.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjg3VXKAt7nCCXQcWIl70Yk9ASJGhpevbGPNfNZIV8Z5YeOV2EDdsgmzmxbIAet4qGb67mMwyFwOo65ygYrYUXEm8uYAA1uqTcNLDiCZ2xFjsTJly4BIRs8UG0_Zdrt_d3hE2BT_QFCda/s1600/http:__ridelifebmx.com_wp-content_uploads_2012_12_barney-fife-crop-fix.jpg" imageanchor="1" ><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcjg3VXKAt7nCCXQcWIl70Yk9ASJGhpevbGPNfNZIV8Z5YeOV2EDdsgmzmxbIAet4qGb67mMwyFwOo65ygYrYUXEm8uYAA1uqTcNLDiCZ2xFjsTJly4BIRs8UG0_Zdrt_d3hE2BT_QFCda/s640/http:__ridelifebmx.com_wp-content_uploads_2012_12_barney-fife-crop-fix.jpg" /></a><br /><br /> <blockquote>HOUSTON (CN) - Texas lawmen broke into a woman's house without a warrant to arrest her on bogus marijuana charges, and filmed it for a constable's YouTube reality show, the 61-year-old woman claims in court.<br /> Perla Carr sued Montgomery County, Texas, its District Attorney Brett Ligon, its Precinct 4 Constable Kenneth "Rowdy" Hayden, Precinct 4 Chief Barry Welch and three other deputy constables, in Federal Court.<br /> Carr claims that "loud noises of someone breaking into her home" woke her up at around 10:15 p.m. on Sept. 22, 2011.</blockquote><br />snip<br /><br /><blockquote>"After searching Perla's residence and finding alleged marijuana plants deputy Eric McHugh under the direction and knowledge of at least Constable Hayden, Chief Welch and Supervisor Berglund wrote up a materially false and misleading affidavit to support a search warrant."<br /> The affidavit falsely stated the constables saw marijuana through the window the home and smelled before breaking in, and left out that they had searched the residence without a warrant, Carr says.<br /> The phony affidavit worked, Carr says, as a judge signed a search warrant that arrived two hours after the break-in.</blockquote><br />snip<br /><br /> <blockquote>"Sometime after Perla's case was dismissed in her favor, Perla discovered a video on YouTube of the defendants breaking into her home with a crowbar through the front door. ... The video was for a reality television show called 'Texas Takedown' and is currently available to view on the Internet," the complaint states. "All defendants were aware of the filming of the incident involving Perla and 'Texas Takedown.'<br /> "Also, the recently discovered video shows Constable Hayden talking on the phone to DA Ligon prior to the crowbar break-in, who advises Constable Hayden to 'force entry.'"</blockquote><br />What is it they say about taking the law into your own hands?<br /><br />These assclowns, from Barney and the DA clear to the judge that signed off on this cavalcade of felonies need to be locked up and sued into oblivion.<br /><br /><br />H/T <a href="http://www.fark.com/">FARK </a>for the link.<br /><br />

Barney Fife Has A Reality Show?

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UCSF First U.S. Medical School to Offer Credit For Wikipedia Articles | ucsf.edu

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 16px; line-height: 21px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">UC San Francisco soon will be the first U.S. medical school at which medical students can earn academic credit for editing medical content on Wikipedia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Wikipedia is one of the most widely used medical references in the world and the most consulted source for many health topics. But medical entries can lack reliable sources and have gaps in content.</p><div class="ckimagebox" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: right; width: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWODECf-RbeJ_GXSArbxhcDlXwcdayG47Jt8jyrFP0_P4ujWgnaXybB9RiXv9NMcnojJeV6TlVfWXzJDpoAOmQDFYSPDgOK59MRdgLFh-YN5K_Vsp2UyA2eWUAlzmeUGt_-WWdPqeAcBM/s1600/azzam-750963.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929496348316081458" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWODECf-RbeJ_GXSArbxhcDlXwcdayG47Jt8jyrFP0_P4ujWgnaXybB9RiXv9NMcnojJeV6TlVfWXzJDpoAOmQDFYSPDgOK59MRdgLFh-YN5K_Vsp2UyA2eWUAlzmeUGt_-WWdPqeAcBM/s320/azzam-750963.jpg" /></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">Amin Azzam, MD, MA, will be teaching a UCSF course in which students will</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">contribute and edit medical information on Wikipedia.</div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "> "Wikipedia generates more than 53 million page views just for articles about medications each month, and is second to Google as the most frequently used source by junior physicians," said <a href="http://psych.ucsf.edu/faculty.aspx?id=2936" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; outline: none; text-decoration: none; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(218, 94, 23); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Amin Azzam</a>, MD, MA, an associate clinical professor at the UCSF School of Medicine and an instructor for the new class. "We're recognizing the impact Wikipedia can have to educate patients and health care providers across the globe, and want users to receive the most accurate publicly available, sound medical information possible."</p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Building Communication Skills</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">One of the key skills medical students are expected to acquire is the ability to seek, evaluate and interpret the medical literature for themselves, their peers and their patients. In traditional medical school courses, first and second year students are taught this skill in small group classroom sessions, while third and fourth year students are expected to apply this in the hospital wards and outpatient clinics.</p><div class="ckimagebox" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: left; width: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/sites/default/files/fields/field_insert_file/news/600px-Wiki_Project_Med_Logo.png" rel="lightshow" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; outline: none; text-decoration: none; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(218, 94, 23); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3XFEfu6R0KFjgz-xOiumWKzjki62nSGfGqBYGTg4SlwtYrzZ6ZBdAF-aA6OpqDehFvIh61ZfBeJMNuZ_sSMKIXbfLe-X8N_zYBBZ_gjCMIhZMj7YVDzcVFAshYDCKzTwneS1HY8OK4g/s1600/600px-Wiki_Project_Med_Logo-753196.png"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929496356310751666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3XFEfu6R0KFjgz-xOiumWKzjki62nSGfGqBYGTg4SlwtYrzZ6ZBdAF-aA6OpqDehFvIh61ZfBeJMNuZ_sSMKIXbfLe-X8N_zYBBZ_gjCMIhZMj7YVDzcVFAshYDCKzTwneS1HY8OK4g/s320/600px-Wiki_Project_Med_Logo-753196.png" /></a></a></div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"Writing and editing Wikipedia articles requires a similar skill set, and teaches our students how to write for a broader audience and communicate with patients using consumer-friendly language rather than doctor jargon," said Azzam.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Enrolled medical students will edit articles remotely, adding images, reviewing new edits, adding citations to support unreferenced text, and providing a form of peer review. Professors can track the edits and changes made to each Wikipedia page to monitor the evolution of the content.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"We know that nearly all medical students use Wikipedia. However, we want nearly all medical students to contribute to Wikipedia," said James Heilman, MD, president of the not-for-profit<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiProject_Med" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; outline: none; text-decoration: none; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(218, 94, 23); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Wiki Project Med Foundation</a>, an organization dedicated to trying to improve Wikipedia's medical content by forming collaborations with like-minded institutions. "I see this collaboration as a very important first step in this direction, a step which will not only be beneficial for Wikipedia but will be exceedingly useful for the students themselves."  </p><h2 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 20px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-weight: normal; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">High Demand for Quality Medical Articles</h2><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The new class is available to fourth-year medical students and will focus on editing 80 key articles that are the most frequented but have lower quality levels on Wikipedia.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">All articles on Wikipedia are given a grade ranging from Featured Article, which reflects a professional level of encyclopedic information based mostly on the factual completeness of the article, to "C" which is defined as a substantial article that would be useful to a casual reader, but lacks important content. Featured articles are displayed on the main page and frequently are written by experts.</p><div class="ckimagebox" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px 20px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 16px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: right; width: auto; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); "><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G4WM5Jb1-Tc72QoxipYTjaCGRUkCS4JZXHCDxyrBPTaBZsgNmOaWOqFGIY6_PUAzwi-gqz2J3gCVOhK0eDp0bjPYpSiUZalZje0nW4-K-hI5lSg8Lg-vptYaSvRj39vYAFojHawQ91Y/s1600/azzam2_0-755116.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5929496365646852802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G4WM5Jb1-Tc72QoxipYTjaCGRUkCS4JZXHCDxyrBPTaBZsgNmOaWOqFGIY6_PUAzwi-gqz2J3gCVOhK0eDp0bjPYpSiUZalZje0nW4-K-hI5lSg8Lg-vptYaSvRj39vYAFojHawQ91Y/s320/azzam2_0-755116.jpg" /></a></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">Amin Azzam explains how the UCSF elective course fits into Wikipedia's work to improve</div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; vertical-align: baseline; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(128, 128, 128); ">accuracy of its information for the public.</div></div><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Currently, medicine-related articles make up 58 Featured Articles on Wikipedia, and 145 Good Articles, which is less than 1 percent of the total articles in those categories, according to Azzam. "So there is a clear need to bring medicine articles up to par," he said.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">The class, which begins in December, is part of an ongoing collaboration between the UCSF School of Medicine and the Wiki Project Med Foundation. For the launch of this partnership earlier this year, UCSF invited two "Wikipedians" to visit San Francisco to give lectures and run editing sessions on the significance of Wikipedia to medicine. The class has its own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Medicine/UCSF_Elective_2013" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; outline: none; text-decoration: none; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(218, 94, 23); background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">evolving Wikipedia page</a>.</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">"As these students are going to become the next generation of health care providers we need them to be able to communicate in language that the general population understands," said Heilman. "This will hopefully help accomplish both."</p><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; outline: 0px; background-color: transparent; font: inherit; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; color: rgb(64, 64, 64); font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">UCSF is a leading university dedicated to promoting health worldwide through advanced biomedical research, graduate-level education in the life sciences and health professions, and excellence in patient care. It includes top-ranked graduate schools of dentistry, medicine, nursing and pharmacy, a graduate division with nationally renowned programs in basic biomedical, translational and population sciences, as well as a preeminent biomedical research enterprise and two top-ranked hospitals, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.</p></div><a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/09/109201/ucsf-first-us-medical-school-offer-credit-wikipedia-articles">http://www.ucsf.edu/news/2013/09/109201/ucsf-first-us-medical-school-offer-credit-wikipedia-articles</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

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Candice Glover's "Music Speaks" Delayed Until February 18, 2014

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_NoWuoKkxSg95XKwG9zQL7DttDNzSCZ9jXaRKeCoT91f3m-JeIYqBKs97ZFdYZFJemzUxdKRzrWZa47qQFh5CAOlcKbdIOAbcTWfTRGf7MCi5z39m2IL4aCqNPOJnqRB_4-4YoGzQLBK/s1600/release-months.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc_NoWuoKkxSg95XKwG9zQL7DttDNzSCZ9jXaRKeCoT91f3m-JeIYqBKs97ZFdYZFJemzUxdKRzrWZa47qQFh5CAOlcKbdIOAbcTWfTRGf7MCi5z39m2IL4aCqNPOJnqRB_4-4YoGzQLBK/s400/release-months.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Debut album release month</td></tr></tbody></table>As expected the lack of any buzz meant that Candice Glover's Music Speaks" album will not be released next Tuesday as planned, but will be <a href="http://www.mjsbigblog.com/american-idol-winner-candice-glovers-album-postponed-february.htm" target="_blank">delayed and released in February 18. 2014</a>. Of course, this is not from an official announcement but was leaked via a <a href="https://twitter.com/keith_caulfield" target="_blank">tweet from someone</a> over at BillBoard:<br /><br /><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">2013 <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanIdol">@AmericanIdol</a> winner Candice Glover has moved her debut album release from Oct. 8 to Feb. 18, 2014.<br />— Keith Caulfield (@keith_caulfield) <a href="https://twitter.com/keith_caulfield/statuses/384732711744585728">September 30, 2013</a></blockquote><script async="" charset="utf-8" src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script> This makes hers the latest winner's album to be released after a Spring American Idol run and the second latest release among all winners and runners up since Season 2 (Season 1 ran over a summer so it is a weird exception.) The only Idol winner or runner-up to release later the following year of the show was Jessica Sanchez when she released "Me, You & The Music" back in April 20, 2013 (and we all know how well that album sold!) Here is a list now of all the winners and runners up since Season 2 and the actual date of their releases (updated from <a href="http://aistats.blogspot.com/2012/11/american-idol-trivia-who-was-last.html" target="_blank">my own previous blog posting</a>):<br /><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">10/4: Scotty McCreery "Clear As Day"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">10/11: Lauren Alaina "Wildflower"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">10/14: Clay Aiken "Measure of a Man"</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/11: David Archuleta "David Archuleta"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/15: Carrie Underwood "Some Hearts"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/16: Lee DeWyze "Live It Up"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/17: Kris Allen "Kris Allen"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/18: David Cook "David Cook"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/19: Phillip Phillips "The World From the Side of the Moon"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/20: Jordin Sparks "Jordin Sparks"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/23: Fantasia Barrino "Free Yourself"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">11/23: Adam Lambert "For Your Entertainment"</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/4: Blake Lewis "Audio Day Dream"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/4: Crystal Bowersox "Farmer's Daughter"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/7: Diana DeGarmo "Blue Skies"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/9: Ruben Studdard "Soulful"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/12: Taylor Hicks "Taylor Hicks"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">12/13: Bo Bice  "The Real Thing"</span><br /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">1/30: Katharine McPhee "Katharine McPhee"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">2/18: Candice Glover "Music Speaks"</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">4/30: Jessica Sanchez "Me, You & The Music"</span><br /><br />The other missing person, of course, is last season's runner up, Kree Harrison, who has also disappeared from the face of the earth (maybe she is out looking for Candice!) Hopefully given more time they can actually find a good single for each of them and they can both have an album released in 2014 with some real promotion!<br /><br />I created a new graph of the release months for American Idol winners from Season 2 through Season 12. now with Candice's newest release date added. Of course, now that it has been delayed twice, the album may also simply vanish all together once 2014 arrives.<br /><br /><br /><br />

Candice Glover's "Music Speaks" Delayed Until February 18, 2014

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David Tennant Presented With Wand Company Sonic Screwdriver Replica

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPwa_NM4M-MDgV4PK7U3tVMcxMaojGlPtpplWPIBpav1EPG7bCDJ5fFKxEZHzBTfol0IJ-R3pbCIAH8b6bxS9DrKOIIh5L4mFSvj0CCI23fstWBN1ROVql4_vojT8VsxjOKV3GJrQpM8/s1600/Wand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPwa_NM4M-MDgV4PK7U3tVMcxMaojGlPtpplWPIBpav1EPG7bCDJ5fFKxEZHzBTfol0IJ-R3pbCIAH8b6bxS9DrKOIIh5L4mFSvj0CCI23fstWBN1ROVql4_vojT8VsxjOKV3GJrQpM8/s640/Wand.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David Tennant was presented with a replica of the sonic screwdriver that he used on screen as the Doctor by product manufacturers The Wand Company.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">David had lent his own sonic screwdriver, presented to him as he left <i>Doctor Who</i>, to The Wand Company so that they could scan it in order to make the incredibly accurate copies. They were able to present one of the first available replica props to him yesterday at the British Film Institute where he was attending the Tenth Doctor screening in the Doctor Who At 50 season.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Wand Company say: </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"We met up with David Tennant this weekend at the British Film Institute's tenth "Doctor Who at 50" screening. It was a great opportunity to say thank you to him for lending us the last known Sonic Screwdriver for us to copy. Also, it gave us the chance to present him with the very first one of our production version of his iconic prop to add to his collection of Doctor Who memorabilia. David was on top form and was thrilled to get his hands on a real working Sonic Screwdriver at last."</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find out all about the manufacture and specifications of the Tenth Doctor replica sonic screwdriver, and also how to get your hands on your own copy <span style="color: blue;"><a href="http://www.thewandcompany.com/sonic/?sonic=10th">on the Wand Company website</a> </span>or <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thewandcompany">visit their Facebook page</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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USA: The Doctors Revisited - The Tenth Doctor Premieres On BBC America On October 27th

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQTbtMyn-tC_Ylkoj7RPUxvtSYTiWHsZumhAY2jrVhMZIgZDKyb-vqjUFeChTZlSVtgi9_Uf_bacDgwHr8KLmnMgt38eVKzoDqvdZJQGRtbt7yCgYmTfNRaK0xqYuWZR4InrxP8NwnCk/s1600/10_02_8MB1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjQTbtMyn-tC_Ylkoj7RPUxvtSYTiWHsZumhAY2jrVhMZIgZDKyb-vqjUFeChTZlSVtgi9_Uf_bacDgwHr8KLmnMgt38eVKzoDqvdZJQGRtbt7yCgYmTfNRaK0xqYuWZR4InrxP8NwnCk/s640/10_02_8MB1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tenth Doctor's era of <i>Doctor Who </i>will be explored in the next in the season of BBC America specials, <i>The Doctors Revisited</i>. The show dedicated to David Tennant's time in the role will premiere on BBC America on Sunday 27th October.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwa36a7Vk6IdwDjHlve6_N3gBnJpfWJchs4Ld7ePx-3uH1Msn2OtlwXqNA_GKsxvpxayi1zcg_LuSVDNRkYmeNHdNVOhNGFju80YMliaatIjpzggWWsIME7bAGP1aFfEFUkYkHP7qF_s/s1600/10_01_8MB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwa36a7Vk6IdwDjHlve6_N3gBnJpfWJchs4Ld7ePx-3uH1Msn2OtlwXqNA_GKsxvpxayi1zcg_LuSVDNRkYmeNHdNVOhNGFju80YMliaatIjpzggWWsIME7bAGP1aFfEFUkYkHP7qF_s/s640/10_01_8MB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBC America say:</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BBC <st1:place w:st="on">AMERICA</st1:place>celebrates the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, in a new special of <b>Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited</b>. Tennant played the part from 2005 to 2010. The special begins with David Tennant, Freema Agyeman (companion Martha Jones), lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, among others, discussing how and why the Tenth Doctor has become one of the most popular Doctors of all time. The special is followed by the Tenth Doctor two-part story <b>The Stolen Earth</b> and <b>Journey’s End</b>, in which Earth’s greatest heroes assemble, to fight the New Dalek Empire. But a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows…</span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Doctor Who: The Doctors Revisited – The Tenth Doctor premieres Sunday, October 27, 8:00pm ET/PT.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICkHxwyutClo2CgAuv1IiNYOwXsoceQiXIEsBsALt66krTecevtXaRLyL_V1wgqP7MDLHfLB1pjVPjO13ZJS03N3RG3hqu12-wJk30OPSvnNkXLwaW1gnUYUtU298xK8A9NWgSTpFm6w/s1600/10_03_13MB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgICkHxwyutClo2CgAuv1IiNYOwXsoceQiXIEsBsALt66krTecevtXaRLyL_V1wgqP7MDLHfLB1pjVPjO13ZJS03N3RG3hqu12-wJk30OPSvnNkXLwaW1gnUYUtU298xK8A9NWgSTpFm6w/s640/10_03_13MB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDBG9H7Ba4SyhulIY9hYz2d8M7nw8bNNdRU65TZ_JoAWhnxgy40JTjSAJGGMBrF1-oFi9H9NVkWF3nvRIZYDJPXBMed2Hy3TeMjCptBfyjx78ewpZ0zClwu43EjLl7TCoNV6nyXoe0mg/s1600/10_04_8MB.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwDBG9H7Ba4SyhulIY9hYz2d8M7nw8bNNdRU65TZ_JoAWhnxgy40JTjSAJGGMBrF1-oFi9H9NVkWF3nvRIZYDJPXBMed2Hy3TeMjCptBfyjx78ewpZ0zClwu43EjLl7TCoNV6nyXoe0mg/s640/10_04_8MB.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The programme will air in the UK on Sunday 10th November at 2pm on Watch and will also screen on UKTV in Australia and New Zealand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With thanks to the BBC America Press Office</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div>

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