wolfsburg had fans vote for their uniform next season. guess which was the winner?

heard about this three times lately so id say it qualifies for a groundswell of interest.

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"The channel will run a marathon of all 12 episodes after the premiere of Cinema Verite, HBO’s new fiction film - with James Gandolfini, Diane Lane and Tim Robbins - about the dynamics between the filmmakers and the Louds."

Killing floor at a small scale meat cutter.

ty mitchell story

Marian Goodman's ArtTable "one to watch".

Adobe adds Apple's HTTP Live Streaming to Flash Media Server.

Towes [Adobe] noted in a blog post that Adobe is adding HTTP Live Streaming support to Flash Media Server and Flash Media Live Encoder. "By adding support for HLS within the Flash Media Server, Adobe is reducing the publishing complexity for broadcasters who need to reach browsers supporting HLS through HTML5 (such as Safari) or devices where Adobe Flash is not installed."

In other words, instead of trying in vain to persuade Apple to build Flash into iOS, or losing potential Flash Media Server customers to some other iOS-compatible solution, Adobe seems to be implicitly acknowledging that content publishers need Flash-free video streaming.

There are still a lot of difficulties in the streaming video world but this makes things a lot easier.

who is ready for a soccer update? shouldnt there be an exclamatory question mark elision?

theres a confusing jumble of tournaments remaining in the various leagues in europe. as it stands manchester united and barcelona have comfortable leads in their respective leagues the winners of each determined by aggregate points awarded for wins and ties. concurrently each of these leagues have a knockout tournament aka cups which have no bearing on the yearlong points gathering but which still are valued though not as much as winning the league. and there are also the european-wide club team tournaments, most notably the champions league which is perhaps most prized though some may argue that winning the respective home league is a more grueling affair.

so the champions league has reached the semi-finals with barcelona facing rivals real madrid and manchester united up against schalke from the german bundesliga. schalke are currently in 10th place this season in germany so that theyve made it this far is a surprise to many observers. they even fired their coach about a month ago. manchester will be heavily favored whereas barcelona have a much more formidable opponent in real madrid.

today barcelona face madrid in their final matchup in league play. barca have a considerable points lead going in but madrid could make up the difference should barcelona stumble in going down the stretch. but todays match might be about building confidence going into the champions league and the copa del rey which will also pit barcelona and real madrid in the finals. so these two teams will face each other four times in the next three weeks for three different tournaments.

"Saturday's Clasico at the Santiago Bernabeu in Madrid is the precursor for a total of four meetings between Real Madrid and Barcelona in the space of 18 days. Something which has never before happened in Spanish history."

meanwhile in england, there is an fa cup semi-final match today between manchester united and manchester city just about to kick off. manchester city are the upstarts and would be pleased to win the cup while united might be looking past them towards a league title and victory in the champions league.

"But this is a new Manchester City, and the gap between the two clubs is as close as it has been since the early 1980s. Hard cash and heavy investment of it has seen to that. Despite a slump in form that ended hopes of a challenge for the Premier League title, and may yet endanger their minimum target of Champions League football for 2011-12, the Blues must not travel to Wembley with doom in their hearts. Recent derbies may have swung in United's fashion in the last couple of seasons but each success has been a hard-won result for the aristocrats from Old Trafford."

See "Blood into Wine" Dude from Tool makes wine......
In friggen JEROME ARIZONA.....!
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Prosperity Dumpling. 69 Clinton. 4 for $1.00. Delicious.

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That's Beautiful Frank.

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Harris Ranch beef has a good reputation. I've driven past their restaurant and inn a zillion times, but never stopped. I ate there three times over the past weekend. Steak on the way south. Left over ribs later that day. Burger on the way back.

Steak: Over seasoned. Server stopped by to ask if I needed A1. I didn't say "I'm pretty sure this meat has enough sodium on it."

Pork Ribs: Overcooked and over sauced. Probably tried to cook them too fast at too high of a temperature.

Burger: I meant to stop at the Inn and Out about 20 miles south, but it was besieged by tour buses. That would have been a better choice at 1/3 the price.

Meh. I'll still buy their meat.

I don't agree with it all, and it's not all about food, but this mega comment reply to the standard "what should I do on my visit to NYC" is worth it just for the audacious scope.

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My seed golf ball idea almost realized. "I'm working on the garden honey! Thwack..."

RIP Sidney Lumet

He is so accomplished at echolocation that he’s able to pedal his mountain bike through streets heavy with traffic and on precipitous dirt trails. He climbs trees. He camps out, by himself, deep in the wilderness. He’s lived for weeks at a time in a tiny cabin a two-mile hike from the nearest road. He travels around the globe. He’s a skilled cook, an avid swimmer, a fluid dance partner. Essentially, though in a way that is unfamiliar to nearly any other human being, Kish can see.

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