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Edmonton announced Monday that they will no longer be called the Eskimos. They would like to keep the logo, and promise no prompt decision on a new name. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-cfl-team-name-1.5657661 https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/21/edmonton-football-team-discontinues-use-name-eskimos/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/21/edmonton-executives-comment-on-pending-name-change/ https://www.tsn.ca/edmonton-cfl-franchise-confirms-team-will-change-name-1.1498045 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/21/costs-for-edmonton-name-change-over-1-million/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/21/edmonton-discontinues-use-of-the-word-eskimos-in-teams-name/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/21/new-era-for-the-edmonton-football-team-as-fresh-name-process-begins/ I think they should call themselves the Edmonton Rough Riders. ***** The league is said to be considering playing a regular season of six games, with eight teams making the playoffs. All of this would be done in a hub city. Winnipeg, Regina and Calgary submitted bids to be the hub city. The league Monday tentatively chose Winnipeg. No formal decisions have been announced about anything. I have refrained over these past weeks from posting the many articles which are merely speculation. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/21/winnipeg-tentatively-chosen-hub-city-2020-season/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/winnipeg-cfl-hub-city-1.5657988 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/20/manitoba-premier-brian-pallister-invites-cfl-to-play-2020-season-in-winnipeg-commits-2-5-million-if-selected-as-hub-city https://3downnation.com/2020/07/20/manitobas-chief-medical-health-officer-brent-roussin-details-winnipeg-cfl-bubble-plans/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/21/manitobas-proposal-for-cfl-hub-city-far-from-perfect-amid-covid-19-pandemic/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/20/riders-submit-competitive-bid-for-cfl-hub-city-in-regina/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/21/calgary-rounds-out-cfl-hub-city-bid-proposals/ ***** It is now time to vote for the best o- and d- linemen of the past decade. https://www.cfl.ca/cfl-decade-team-ol-dl/

That's great, Dan!

RIP. I remember seeing her once on an episode of The Saint!

I hope everyone has clicked on the Cookie Gilchrest link in the previous post. He was an interesting character. Here are the final three feuds. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/17/top-10-cfl-feuds-michael-lysko-vs-the-board-of-governors/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/18/top-10-cfl-feuds-troy-westwood-vs-ed-philion/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/19/top-10-cfl-feuds-joe-kapp-vs-angelo-mosca/ ***** TSN on Friday named its all-time Sask roster. What say you, Dana? https://www.tsn.ca/george-reed-ron-lancaster-backfield-highlight-cfl2020-s-all-time-roughriders-roster-1.1495641 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/17/tsn-unveils-all-time-saskatchewan-roughriders-roster/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/20/greatest-roughriders-not-on-tsns-all-time-team/ ***** Speedy Banks tweeted that he will not play this year, and will plan to play next year on the terms of this year's contract. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/19/cfl-most-outstanding-player-brandon-banks-i-wont-put-on-a-helmet-til-2021/ https://www.tsn.ca/hamilton-tiger-cats-receiver-brandon-banks-i-won-t-put-on-a-helmet-til-2021-1.1497322 ***** The Eskimos are considering changing the team name, even though the majority of the team's Eskimo fans have no objection to it. This even made bing.com's headlines! https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/edmonton-cfl-club-reportedly-will-drop-eskimos-name/ar-BB16SRhs?li=BB15ms5q https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/07/18/report-cfls-edmonton-eskimos-to-change-team-name/ https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/edmonton-cfl-team-reportedly-will-change-name-from-eskimos-after-sponsors-threaten-to-bow-out/ https://www.tmz.com/2020/07/17/edmonton-eskimos-cfl-name-change/ https://www.adweek.com/brand-marketing/edmonton-eskimos-consider-name-change-after-backlash-and-sponsor-pushback/ ***** Five stars from the 2011 BC Lions relive the season. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/20/remote-reunion-episode-1-2011-bc-lions/

The Hall of Fame announced its 2020 inductees today. Henry Burris Freddie Childress Clyde Brock John Hufnagel Larry Uteck Greg Vavra https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/16/canadian-football-hall-fame-unveils-2020-induction-class/ https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-henry-burris-canadian-football-hall-of-fame-inductee-2020-1.5652092 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/16/burris-hufnagel-headline-2020-canadian-football-hall-of-fame-inductees/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/16/star-university-of-calgary-qb-greg-vavra-inducted-into-canadian-football-hall-of-fame/ ***** This week marked the 26th anniversary of Matt Dunnigan's passing for 713 yards. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/15/oleary-dunigans-passing-yards-record-looks-untouchable/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/15/legendary-cfl-quarterback-matt-dunigan-set-pro-football-passing-record-without-knowing-it/ ***** This week's 40-minute game is last year's Week 2 Sask v. Ottawa. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/15/cfl-game-40-double-dominique/ ***** More of the Top 10 feuds. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/15/top-10-cfl-feuds-cookie-gilchrist-vs-the-cfl-establishment/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/16/top-10-cfl-feuds-eric-tillman-vs-don-matthews/ ***** Edmonton posted a C$1.1 million loss for 2019, mostly because it spent C$950 thousand to keep Montreal afloat. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/15/eskimos-post-1-1-million-loss-in-2019-while-sending-950000-to-montreal-alouettes/

JC Abbott of 3 Down Nation is compiling a list of Top 10 personal feuds in league history. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/06/unveiling-a-3downnation-project-top-10-feuds-in-cfl-history/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/07/top-10-cfl-feuds-adam-rita-vs-jeff-reinebold/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/08/top-10-cfl-feuds-dieter-brock-vs-the-city-of-winnipeg/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/09/top-10-cfl-feuds-tyrone-jones-vs-cal-murphy/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/10/top-10-cfl-feuds-dave-chaytors-vs-doug-flutie/ https://3downnation.com/2020/07/11/top-10-cfl-feuds-ed-harrington-vs-sonny-wade/ ***** Wade Miller is willing to play the season in the winter. https://3downnation.com/2020/07/08/winter-cfl-games-in-2020-canadians-can-sit-outside-any-time-of-year-bombers-wade-miller/ ***** TSN has listed its all-time Montreal team. https://www.tsn.ca/anthony-calvillo-mike-pringle-highlight-cfl2020-s-all-time-alouettes-roster-1.1493997 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/10/tsn-unveils-all-time-alouettes-roster/ ***** Voting is now open for the 2010s best running back and linebackers. https://www.cfl.ca/cfl-decade-team-rbs-lbs/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/08/numbers-looking-decade-rbs-lb-milestones/ ***** This week's 40-minute game is November's Grey Cup. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/09/cfl-game-40-re-living-107th-grey-cup/ ***** The league is now seeking C$42.5 million from the federal government to help it pay for this year's games without ticket sales. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-federal-government-aid-1.5645622 https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-submits-financial-aid-request-to-federal-government-1.1494145

The top photo is an odd shape. Is it a distortion of an LP?

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Tubby Hayes - Grits, Beans And Greens: The Lost Fontana Studio Sessions 1969 (2 CDs) - 6.89 GBP https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B07RC247YL/

Mystery solved. Michael, the Samsung you recommended is normally $26, an entirely competitive price. But Amazon is out of Samsung burners, and only one vendor is offering what you suggested, which is why he is demanding $59. So I moved on. Mike, the LG is currently $24, and I almost chose it. Maybe I should have. jcam, your Z5STBT is only $17, the lowest price I could find. I decided to go with the Rodzon, because it was very highly rated, and because today there is a $7 coupon which brings the price down to $20. So I'll let you know if I find out I bought junk because it was on sale! Thanks everyone! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07QTH2MVW/

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For the gamblers, here is an electronics Mystery Box for $19.99. https://www.itechdeals.com/products/itechdeals-surprise-box-of-tech-limited-quantities-available Let us know what you got!

Thanks Michael! Amazon has this for $59, and says that the best selling Rioddas and Rodzan both go for half that. Is there something I'm missing?

Yes, I didn't know he was from Louisiana!

(I hope this isn't a repeat!) Illinois Jacquet I once heard a live performance where the MC introduced him as "Illi-noyz Jacket." Maybe so, but I've always been skeptical. Anybody know for sure?

I am planning to pick up an external CD burner for my computer. Would anyone like to recommend a specific brand and model? Thanks!

That was my first thought as well.

TSN has named its Calgary all-time lineup. https://www.tsn.ca/doug-flutie-jon-cornish-highlight-cfl2020-s-all-time-calgary-stampeders-roster-1.1491769 https://3downnation.com/2020/07/03/tsn-unveils-all-time-stampeders-roster/ ***** This is your last chance to vote for the Receivers and DBs of the Decade. https://www.cfl.ca/2010s-all-decade-team-wrs-dbs/ ***** This week's 40-minute game is last year's Western Final. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/07/02/cfl-game-40-goalpost/

Chestnutt set the new record today with 75! https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/04/Joey-Chestnut-Miki-Sudo-win-Nathans-Hot-Dog-Eating-Contest/2021593882639/

I bought my Pioneer region-free DVD player years ago from Bombay Electronics in Chicago. I've never had a problem with it. https://www.bombayelectronics.com/collections/dvd-blu-ray-players It was my suspicion that Amazon began to carry them because Spanish language discs are Region 4, while the US and Canada are Region 1. I got mine because Amazon UK (Region 3?) sold a number of '60s movies I wanted.

The seasons of all Organized Baseball minor leagues have been cancelled. https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/article243540922.html

The league is conducting a poll of the fans to name the best players of the past decade. https://3downnation.com/2020/06/23/cfl-unveils-voting-process-for-leagues-first-ever-team-of-the-decade/ https://www.cfl.ca/2010s-all-decade-team-wrs-dbs/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/30/numbers-looking-decade-receivers-dbs/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/23/oleary-decade-voters-size-hefty-task/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/26/landry-selecting-decade-team/ https://the-waggle-6144160a.simplecast.com/episodes/debating-the-decades-best https://www.tsn.ca/former-receiver-adarius-bowman-humbled-to-be-included-on-cfl-all-decade-list-1.1489509 ***** TSN is picking the all-time best players for each team. Winnipeg https://3downnation.com/2020/06/19/tsn-unveils-all-time-blue-bombers-roster/ Hamilton https://www.tsn.ca/angelo-mosca-garney-henley-highlight-cfl2020-s-all-time-ticats-roster-1.1489807 https://3downnation.com/2020/06/26/tsn-unveils-all-time-tiger-cats-roster/ https://3downnation.com/2020/06/27/few-quibbles-with-tsns-all-time-ticats-roster/ ***** James Wilder, Jr., has retired! https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/cfl-james-wilder-retirement-1.5625690 https://www.tsn.ca/talent/montreal-alouettes-james-wilder-jr-reluctantly-retires-due-to-cfl-season-uncertainty-1.1489244 https://3downnation.com/2020/06/24/running-back-james-wilder-jr-retires-from-the-cfl/ https://3downnation.com/2020/06/24/get-wilder-fitness-high-school-coaching-job-draws-james-wilder-jr-off-the-football-field/ https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/24/report-james-wilder-jr-elects-retire-cfl/ ***** Sask led the league last year, averaging over 29,000 tickets sold per game. https://3downnation.com/2020/06/25/riders-led-cfl-in-tickets-sold-with-over-29000-per-game-during-2019-season/ ***** Jonathan Rose is attempting to come back after spinal fusion surgery. https://3downnation.com/2020/06/27/free-agent-cfl-cover-man-jonathan-rose-cleared-following-spinal-fusion-surgery/ ***** This week's 40-minute game is last year's Eastern Final. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/25/cfl-game-40-looking-back-eastern-final/ ***** Bob O'Billovich turned 80 today. https://www.cfl.ca/2020/06/30/happy-birthday-bob-obillovich/

Today is Susan Hayward's birthday (1917). Back in in '98, my nephew went to a Diana Krall concert in Los Angeles. A man sat down beside him, offered his hand, and said, "Hi! I'm Johnny Mandel." So my nephew called me the next day, and said, "Uncle Russ, have you ever heard of someone named Johnny Mandel?" I said, "Tom, I would rather meet Johnny Mandel than Diana Krall!" RIP.

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Artist Title Time VA Virginia Schenck Bali Hai 04:39 VA Virginia Schenck Sackful of Dreams 05:10 VA Virginia Schenck Gettysburg Address 03:15 VA Virginia Schenck America the Beautiful 06:58 VA Virginia Schenck Abraham, Martin, & John 05:18 VA Virginia Schenck Strange Fruit 04:16 VA Virginia Schenck Hear My Battle Cry 06:31 VA Virginia Schenck Pledge of Allegiance 00:43 VA Virginia Schenck America the Beautiful Reprise 04:39 VA Virginia Schenck "Battle Cry" Format(s): Jazz INDEPENDENCE DAY Songs of Conscience, Sounds of Freedom VIRGINIA SCHENCK "BATTLE CRY" TRACKS: in 1,2,5,7,9 out 4,6 spoken word 3,8 "..this album neither heals nor takes up arms in defiance. Rather, VA offers up her selections as a foundation for reflection... The tracks of Battle Cry may encourage at least some of us to set about laying that foundation.” - Stephen Smoliar “I consider myself a messenger,” says vocal artist and social justice champion Virginia Schenck, who adopted the moniker “VA,” bestowed upon her by an Atlanta DJ from WCLK 91.9FM a few years ago. “What I sing matters. What I say matters. I see myself as a peacemaker and networker, someone who weaves worlds and people together. In 2016, my vision changed.” VA literally has advocacy and activism in her DNA. Her grandmother, a suffragette in Philadelphia, was pregnant with her mother while campaigning for the right of women to vote in the 1920s. In 2016, the election of a new President signaled the crossing of a threshold, a call to emotional and intellectual arms, which prompted in VA a renewed commitment to combatting a surge of regressive politicking, divisive inequities, and racial friction. “I thought we already had gone through this and done so much positive work,” VA says. “Instead, my eyes were opened to a shadow side of America from which a backlash emerged. Our democracy, liberty and freedom were being challenged. I was flabbergasted and could not keep quiet.” VA’s response to that challenge, Battle Cry, will be heard. To carry out Battle Cry’s mission, VA recruited from her home base a squad of supremely talented veterans of Atlanta’s vibrant jazz scene. Pianist Kevin Bales, Grammy-nominated accompanist (Rene Marie) and faculty member of Georgia State University; bassist Rodney Jordan, Grammy-winning member of the Marcus Roberts Trio and faculty member of Florida State University; and drummer Marlon Patton (Lonnie Holley, Trey Wright Trio) have been VA’s core working band for the past decade. Tenor saxophonist Kebbi Williams, best known as a member of Tedeschi Trucks Band, leads his own jazz ensemble Wolfpack. Guitarist Rick Lollar recently joined Jimmy Herring and the 5 of 7. VA met spoken word artist James Benson at community radio station WRFG (FM 89.3). Battle Cry is a powerful salvo, which packs the explosive authority of an artist who, in 2018, co-led a pilgrimage to the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture with Rev. Kimberly Jackson, an ordained LGBTQ+ Episcopal priest and candidate for the Georgia Senate in 2020, and Dr. Catherine Meeks, executive director of the Absalom Jones Center for Racial Healing. On Battle Cry, VA fires off familiar songs, such as Donny Hathaway’s “Sackful of Dreams,” Dion’s “Abraham, Martin and John” and “Bali Hai” from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific, with precisely targeted interpretation, imaginative improvisation, swing and soul. Her evocative renderings of “America the Beautiful” and “The Pledge of Allegiance” prompt fresh evaluation of time-honored symbols of national pride. A harrowing version of “Strange Fruit,” sung in wailing, dissonant passages, honors and embellishes the protest song immortalized by Billie Holiday with wrenching poignancy, made all the more potent by Jordan’s deeply rooted bass and Williams’ spine-tingling sax accompaniment. Then there is “Hear My Battle Cry.” Propelled by a disarmingly bright, deliciously funky groove, the album’s one original song delivers the singer’s bullseye message: Can we find the path to freedom by the truth in our lives/Find the courage, strength and hope to stand tall/Resurrect ourselves, correct ourselves, and pay our due/Hear my battle cry: I will live in truth or die. “My music is my resistance,” says VA. “Battle Cry is my plea for us to step up to the plate and do what is right for this country, to make America a better place.” Attachments Virginia S.. Virginia S.. Virginia S.. Virginia S..