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Before he became a pro wrestler, Lex Luger was an offensive lineman named Larry Pfohl. I saw him play for the Montreal Alouettes in the 1979 Grey Cup.

Tonight's game will be shown live (in the US) on espn3.com at 9:30 pm eastern. ***** Argos long snapper Jake Reinhart accepted a challenge yesterday, and snapped the ball from the goal line, and hit the crossbar 110 yards away! http://www.thesnap.ca/jake-reinhart-is-back-again-this-time-he-accepts-the-crossbar-challenge/ ***** 6/12 Checking Down roundup http://cfl.ca/article/checking-down-week-2-of-training-camp-pre-season ***** The Ticats' Brian Bulcke has torn his ACL, and will miss the season. http://cfl.ca/article/ticats-defensive-tackle-bulcke-out-for-season-with-acl-injury

Here's something I've come upon. The union has issued its own 2015 preview! Part 1 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-1/ Part 2 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-2/ Part 3 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-3/ Part 4 https://cflpa.com/poll-recap-10-4/ ***** The festivities for this year's Grey Cup in Winnipeg have been announced. https://cflpa.com/103rd-grey-cup-festival/

Happy Birthday 2015 Kevin!

You do realize pro wrestling is fake, right? The "elbow thing"was just a "signature move" that the promoters came up with. And the "Nature Boy" isn't heartbroken, he's dead. Scott (and I'm embarrassed to admit that I know anything about pro wrestling!), not only is the Nature Boy not dead, but he made a splash on TV just a few minutes ago on the broadcast of the Warriors/Cavaliers game! http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/06/ric-flair-bursts-into-nba-tv-game-4-broadcast-woo

The WADA is not satisfied with the league's new PED policy. http://www.tsn.ca/wada-room-for-improvement-in-cfl-s-drug-testing-policy-1.305009 http://3downnation.com/2015/06/10/wada-blasts-the-cfl-on-drug-testing/#comments ***** The Als have placed Tanner Marsh on the six-week injured list - a knee problem, but no ligament damage. http://cfl.ca/article/alouettes-place-quaterback-marsh-on-six-game-injured-list http://montrealgazette.com/sports/football/cfl/montreal-alouettes/the-snap-alouettes-injuries-starting-to-mount ***** Could you survive a CFL training camp? http://3downnation.com/2015/06/06/could-you-survive-a-cfl-training-camp/#comments ***** The next game will be tomorrow (Friday) at 9:30 pm eastern - BC at Calgary. Radio http://www.tsn.ca/radio/vancouver-1040-i-1410 http://www.newstalk770.com/?refresh=60767

Wesbed? Is there someone here named wesbed? Congrats, Jim!

RIP. https://www.bing.com/search?q=Ornette+Coleman&filters=tnTID%3a%22F2086C03-DC55-4748-BF4A-F81D6EE8BCC4%22+tnVersion%3a%22933852%22+segment%3a%22popularnow.carousel%22+tnCol%3a%2211%22+tnOrder%3a%221c540195-f270-4b18-ad19-16222e438513%22&FORM=BSPN01&crslsl=1135&efirst=8

Drew Edwards reports that the Ticats' Mossis Madu has hurt his shoulder, and will miss the season. ***** Forbes has recognized the league's #IsItJuneYet? Twitter campaign the #3 best sports marketing campaign on Twitter so far this year. http://www.forbes.com/sites/markfidelman/2015/06/09/here-are-5-of-the-best-sports-marketing-campaigns-that-went-viral-in-2015/ ***** The league will again be carried by ESPN in the US this year. I believe that all the regular season and playoff games which which are not on ESPN or ESPN2 will be on ESPN3.com http://cfl.ca/article/cfl-games-return-to-espn-in-2015 ***** For those of you who do not keep up with Canadian news, Jacques Parizeau passed away on June 1, and was laid to rest yesterday. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/whos-who-of-quebec-politics-attending-parizeau-funeral-in-montreal/article24876433/ ***** Last night... Winnipeg 34....Toronto 27 http://cfl.ca/article/bombers-open-exhibition-with-win-over-argos-at-varsity http://www.tsn.ca/bombers-beat-argos-for-exhibition-win-1.304426 Both teams showed good offense. Backup QBs Robert Marve and Trevor Harris both looked good.

Happy Birthday Craig!

Happy Birthday Bertrand!

The Argos host the Bombers tonight at Varsity Stadium at 7:30 pm eastern. http://cfl.ca/article/preview-argos-host-bombers-at-varsity-stadium Radio http://www.tsn.ca/radio/toronto-1050 http://player.cjob.com/ ***** The league has a new pick-the-winners contest. It looks like the winner gets a trip to the Grey Cup. http://pickem.cfl.ca/ ***** The Eskimos have signed former Bomber Chad Simpson to replace John White. http://cfl.ca/article/eskimos-ink-running-back-chad-simpson ***** I read the other day that BMO Field has a grass field - I think the only park in the league that does. ***** Listening to the Ticats game last night, I learned that there will be only one cutdown date this year. The announcer said that the teams think it is less expensive to keep everyone on the roster for the entire pre-season period than it is to fly people in and out. ***** Reebok's contract with the league will not be renewed at the end of this season. I'll be interested to see what sort of interest there will be in the league. http://3downnation.com/2015/06/08/11994/#comments

One of the comments to the articles of the OP links suggests that Apple will prohibit users of iPhones, etc., from using the services of Apple's competitors.

Thanks Jim! I'll have to wait to re-start, and see if that ends my problems.

I think I asked this before quite some time ago, and I have the problem again. I believe that a large number of programs are automatically starting when I turn on my computer. How can I see a list of every program which starts upon computer boot-up, and hopefully said list will allow me to uncheck the programs I don't want to start every time? Thanks! PS - I forgot to say that I am using Windows 7.

Hamilton 37....Ottawa 10 http://cfl.ca/article/cats-claws-sharp-in-pre-season-win-over-redblacks Not much of a game. The Ticats scored the first 34 points. There were a number of good kick returns, which may be a reflection of the new rules. Zach Collaros didn't play. His backup Jeff Mathews looked real good.

I've read a few articles about Apple's announcement today of its new streaming service, Apple Music. I don't understand the sales pitch. Why does Cook think that I will choose Apple Music over its competitors? Anybody know? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/11661129/Apple-launches-star-studded-streaming-service-Apple-Music.html#disqus_thread http://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-shows-off-new-operating-software-music-1433784272

The pre-season games start at 7:30 pm eastern tonight with the Ticats against the Redblacks. Radio Ottawa http://www.tsn.ca/radio/ottawa-1200 Hamilton (I think) http://tunein.com/radio/CKOC-1150-s31274/ Television http://ticats.ca/watchlive ***** John White ruptured his Achilles tendon yesterday during practice, and will miss the entire year. http://www.tsn.ca/eskimos-lose-leading-rusher-white-for-year-1.302878 http://cfl.ca/article/eskimos-rb-white-out-for-season-with-ruptured-left-achilles ***** Korey Banks and Eric "The Flea" Allen have filed suit against the league regarding repeated brain trauma. http://www.tsn.ca/former-players-file-200m-lawsuit-against-cfl-1.300462

I haven't had a chance to get to this one yet, but I see today that Marc Myers on his website June 3 recommended it. http://www.jazzwax.com/2015/06/

I haven't had a chance to get to this one yet, but I see today that Marc Myers on his website June 3 called it "A favorite of the year." http://www.jazzwax.com/2015/06/

"Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz" To Be Released July 7 By Denson's Ridgeway Records Latest Collaboration Between The Bassist and Altoist Also Features Pianist Dan Zemelman, Drummer Jon Arkin June 8, 2015 Bassist/composer Jeff Denson has enjoyed a richly rewarding musical and personal relationship with alto saxophone legend Lee Konitz since 2007, when Denson joined Konitz's well-traveled New Quartet. The latest chapter in their association involves the recording, at Berkeley's Fantasy Studios in February of this year, of Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz, with pianist Dan Zemelman and drummer Jon Arkin. Scheduled for release by Denson's Ridgeway Records on July 7, the CD explores new music, offers fresh takes on seldom-played compositions of the Lennie Tristano School, and features scat singing by Konitz and Denson. Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz is the first in a planned series of Ridgeway recordings to team Denson's trio plus a notable guest artist. Marking nearly the 60th anniversary of Konitz's first appearance on record with his mentor, Lennie Tristano, the album goes places where no other Tristano (or Konitz) tribute has ever gone via some rarely recorded songs, including Warne Marsh's "Background Music" and Tristano's "Baby" and "East Thirty-Second." It also reveals Konitz's delightful scat singing, something that has never been documented on record to this extent. Jeff first met Lee in 2003, but they didn't team up musically until a few years later, in Germany, when the saxophonist invited Denson's trio Minsarah (with Florian Weber and Ziv Ravitz) to his apartment in Cologne to rehearse. To their surprise, he did not ask them to play their instruments. "Instead he said, let's sing, let's improvise some stuff," Denson recalls. "I guess he had heard us play enough. That was the start of a great adventure. The stuff we do is very different than any music in his canon. Lee is a true improviser. He doesn't play licks. He really responds." L. to r.: Dan Zemelman, Lee Konitz, Jeff Denson, Jon Arkin. The Lee Konitz New Quartet with Denson, Weber, and Ravitz went on to tour internationally and produce three albums: Deep Lee (2008), Live at the Village Vanguard (2009), and Standards Live at the Village Vanguard (2014). Of the 87-year-old Konitz, Denson remarks that "he's old enough to be my grandfather, but he is still improvising on a master level. He's not stuck in any way musically." Jeff Denson, 38, was born and raised in the Washington, DC area. He attended Berklee (where Minsarah was formed), earned his Master's in jazz studies at Florida State University, and relocated to Southern California to pursue his doctorate (at UC San Diego) in contemporary music performance with an emphasis in composition. Based since 2011 in the East Bay, he is a full professor at the California Jazz Conservatory (formerly the Jazzschool Institute) and has forged ties with some of the Bay Area's top players, including bassoonist Paul Hanson, guitarist Mimi Fox, and drummer Alan Hall. A prolific composer and arranger, Denson has written music for an array of jazz settings, from big band to trio, as well as for string ensembles, solo bass, and a chamber opera. He's begun work on a chamber opera, plans to try his hand at film scoring, and is preparing a series of educational books for his Ridgeway Publishing imprint (part of his recently established nonprofit, Ridgeway Arts). In addition to Denson's ongoing Trio +1 projects, the bassist is in the midst of organizing several other recordings. One will feature his Secret World group, which he's expanding to a quintet with Paul Hanson. He's in the process of completing an album with Electreo, with Hanson, drummer Alan Hall, and Denson on electric bass. And he's collaborating with Mimi Fox and violinist Mads Tolling in a trio whose arrangements of the music from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band will be released in time for that seminal album's 50th anniversary in 2017. To say that Jeff Denson is currently in a spectacularly expansive period is an understatement; he is positively thriving on all possible fronts. "I'm in an extremely stimulating and productive time right now and I'm working as hard as I can to express all of my ideas," he says. "I find that with my teaching and all of the various projects I have, I'm able to get a complete picture of what I'm doing -- each one inspires the other." The Jeff Denson Trio + Lee Konitz will be performing extensively in Europe this summer and fall. Next month they appear 7/4 at Comblain La Tour Jazz Festival, Hamoir, Belgium; and 7/17 UniversaiJazz, Valladolid, Spain (Trio with Kari Ikonen, p; Ronen Itzik, d). Fall dates include 10/2 Angra Jazz Festival, Azores, Portugal; 10/23 Domicil, Dortmund; 10/24 Lantaren Venster, Rotterdam; 10/26 Porgy & Bess, Vienna; 10/27 Unterfahrt, Munich; 10/29 Workshop, Helsinki; 10/30 Jazz & The City Festival, Bremen (Trio with Dan Zemelman, p; Alan Hall, d). Additional dates are in the works. Closer to home, Denson will appear with Zemelman and Hall at the Sound Room in Oakland 8/14. Photos: James Knox Photography Web Site: jeffdenson.com Like: Follow:

Thanks, Flurin!

Did Warner get the Los Angeles Capitols like Frank Sinatra, The Four Freshmen, The Kingston Trio and The Beach Boys?

Here's a surprise. They haven't even played their first exhibition game yet, and the Argos today released former Alabama star QB Blake Sims. And remember, Ricky Ray is still recovering, and not yet playing. http://cfl.ca/article/argos-release-qb-blake-sims http://www.tsn.ca/argos-release-ex-alabama-qb-sims-1.302151

Does Warner still have Elektra and Asylum? TTK, I believe so. My confusion concerns EMI material. I was comfortable with that situation until the company was purchased by Universal, which then sold many of the EMI recordings to Warner. If there was a simple, logical identification of which EMI recordings Universal sold to Warner and which it kept, I haven't seen it yet.