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Washington – Braves pitcher Tommy Hanson signed with agent Scott Boras last week, making him the third of five starters in the Braves rotation who are clients of baseball's mega-agent, along with Derek Lowe and Jair Jurrjens.
Such a move can be viewed by fans as a sign that Hanson will be difficult to sign long-term, and Boras has a reputation for being dogged in seeking top dollar for his clients.
"I think that's everyone's general opinion of him, but after you sit down and talk to him, I don't think that's the case at all," Hanson said. "He's going to be there to tell you what he thinks is the best decision for you to make and it's up to you whether you want to make that decision or not."
Hanson is in only his first full season with the Braves. He wouldn't become arbitration eligible until after the 2012 season and a free agent until after 2015. In short, it won't be an issue for a while. Hanson said he doesn't think it will be, period.
"He's going to give me what he thinks and present me with whatever the Braves say and that decision is up to me and ultimately my family too," Hanson said. "…As far as being a Brave, I love being a Brave. I love Atlanta. I love everything about this organization. I love the city. I love living there. I live there full-time now."
Hanson, who grew up in Southern California, signed with his former agent Dan Horwitz of Beverly Hills Sports Council in 2005 the year he was drafted. Hanson said he felt some uncertainty after a shake-up at the agency last month. Danny Lozano, who represents Albert Pujols among others, left Beverly Hills Sports Council.
Hanson said the change wasn't simply money-driven. He was enticed by all Boras' agency offers with its staff of personal trainers, nutritionists and a sports psychologist.
"The biggest thing for me is helping me be a better pitcher," Hanson said. "I just think all those things are going to help me out in the long run."
July 28th, 2010
6:48 pm
July 28th, 2010
6:55 pm
aff…. Boras again….he will cost us Hanson…i can feel it…
July 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
July 28th, 2010
6:56 pm
trade him while we can..LOL
July 28th, 2010
6:57 pm
Best agent in sports, no doubt. I'd sign with him too.
July 28th, 2010
6:57 pm
July 28th, 2010
6:58 pm
When you start sucking you have to sign with boras to still get that payday.
July 28th, 2010
6:59 pm
Love Tommy to death but the key statement in his interview that is sticking out to me is "He was enticed by all Boras' agency offers with its staff of personal trainers, nutritionists and a sports psychologist.
For the amount of money these players make, Tommy can hire a personal trainer, a nutritionist and need be a sports psychologist. IMO, Boras has a big time monopoly on persuading players to switch agents. No wonder this guy is hated by a lot of GM.
When Tommy is a FA, the Braves won't be able to afford him, Boras will demand a out of this world contract. Tommy may say that it is his and his family's decision, I believe we heard that song and dance story before i.e. Mark Teixera. Ain't buying it at all.
July 28th, 2010
7:03 pm
Just in time for the trade deadline! Hanson is overhyped and will be unsignable in the near future. Get rid of him now and get max value. Save the money to sign JJ-the Braves won't be able to afford Hanson and JJ and Hanson isn't going to be worth anything near what Boras will demand.
Bye Tommy!! Nice knowing you!!
July 28th, 2010
7:05 pm
Hanson says hello to Boras and goodbye to the Braves!
Have fun with the Yankees or BoSox Tommy.
July 28th, 2010
7:09 pm
Reality I hate to say it but I think I agree.Tommy starting to look like a 5,6 inning pitcher and he is done.Like D. Lowe.
July 28th, 2010
7:12 pm
With Hanson's slow motion delivery allowing 21 of 22 runners to steal, every single becomes a double.
The guy regularly implodes to the point where you can't trust him in a postseason start. He looks to be way overhyped for what he is. Once he demands Boras money-it's over. By that time we may not miss him all that much.
When he came up you thought he was a once in a life-timer with the press he garnered but he looks pretty average. A .500 pitcher with an ERA over 4.00-so what??
July 28th, 2010
7:14 pm
get rid of the kid.
July 28th, 2010
7:14 pm
@Kris in NC: Teixeria didn't do a song and dance with the Braves. The Braves knew they couldn't compete for his contract and thus didn't even try. They traded him away very suddenly.
July 28th, 2010
7:28 pm
Find it funny that folks seem to think they know what Hanson's peak will be after he's only pitched in the majors for about a year.
However, this can't be a good sign for the Braves' chances of keeping Tommy around long term. Yeah, in the end, it is the player's choice, but I can only remember 1 Boras client not taking the biggest money, and that was Andruw in 2001 when he and his dad negotiated a contract with the Braves. And, if I remember correctly, Boras wasn't too happy with that deal.
July 28th, 2010
7:32 pm
Why all the "waling & gnashing of teeth"? Hanson is property of the Braves for the next 5 years regardless of who his agent is! A lot of things can change in 5 years time. Look at all the young, up and coming, arms the Braves are amassing. Hanson may not even be a factor in 5 years given the prospects working up through the system.
He is young and as he goes through the league for the second year, teams are adjusting and he will have to do the same. He still has to work on his location and situational pitch selection (IMO). The kid still has tons of upside and delivering his eulogy now makes no sense at all.
Sit back, relax, enjoy the run to the post season the Braves are on and let things play out. I think the Braves scouts and front office guys are must better adapt and proven at judging talent than anyone who post here! Only time will tell and the Braves have years to decide if he is the real deal or over-hyped. If anyone is guiltly of over-hype, it would be the collection of fanatics (myself included) who follow this Blog religiously!
July 28th, 2010
7:34 pm
He is gone. Boras will not let him sign with the Braves.
July 28th, 2010
7:37 pm
I don't want the Braves to trade Tommy Hanson. He pitched a good game last night. But, I remember when Jeff F. was the Sports Illustrated superstar and Mac was his roommate. Don't trade Medlen. He was Hanson's roommate. And, he's darn good. I'm sorry to see that Hanson signed with Boras. He may represent his players well, but he leaves a bad taste in the mouths of us who see baseball players make way too much money.
July 28th, 2010
8:14 pm
How to Treat a Boras Client:
Choose him,
Use him,
Abuse him,
Refuse him
Lose him,
…. replace him with Julio Teheran.
Bye, red. I saw this coming when your salary had to be forced after one stinking year
Now he's talking "Boras Speak" about loving the city. Remember Tex and his "thought I'd finish my career here.." P. 176 in the Boras B.S. Book, Tommy's quoting from an earlier page.
I'll enjoy you while you're here. That is, if you'll chill with the flat fastball. You need to do that, red. It'll help with the $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.
July 28th, 2010
8:19 pm
Yeah, he's really not a bad guy when it comes down to it. What a joke.
Don't let the door hit you (in 2015) on the way out. That's what God made Delgados.
July 28th, 2010
8:26 pm
Kris in NC said: "For the amount of money these players make, Tommy can hire a personal trainer, a nutritionist and need be a sports psychologist. IMO, Boras has a big time monopoly on persuading players to switch agents. No wonder this guy is hated by a lot of GM."
This is simply untrue. Tommy Hanson is not a millionaire, and won't be until he starts collecting his paychecks in 2013. He currently makes the league minimum, and will for the next two season. While A-Rod can certainly afford all of the things Boras offers, Tommy will be taking home about 125K a year after taxes. This may sound like a lot of money to you and me, but there wouldn't be any room for him to pay for a personal trainer, nutritionist, etc. after Tommy makes his mortgage payments, providing for his family and putting away money in case his arm blows out before his free agent years. He has a very bright future, and he is smart enough to see that he needs Boras's resources to protect that future.
July 28th, 2010
8:42 pm
If you had the choice between doing your job for decent pay and doing your job for 1.5 – 2 times that amount plus benefits, which would you choose? If other teams are ultimately going to overpay for Boras clients, then that is only going to hurt them (see Jones, Andruw, $36MM over 2 years w/ Dodgers)
July 28th, 2010
9:05 pm
Its not about the money—–BULL SH**.
July 28th, 2010
9:37 pm
Pitch him to his arm falls off if he does not want to sign on early
July 28th, 2010
10:01 pm
Innocent Bystander, if I'm happy where I'm working for the money I'm making, and I'd have to compromise that and risk landing in another situation where I wouldn't be as happy, I'd keep the same job at the same pay. I can say that because I've turned down other opportunities that paid more.
Not everyone makes enough money to have that luxury, but, if Hanson makes it to his arbitration years and stays healthy, he will.
July 28th, 2010
10:04 pm
trade him now.
July 28th, 2010
10:15 pm
The Braves would have won 3 World Series in the '90's but for Bobby Cox. Leo Mazzone was overrated. Chip Caray is a flatulent butthead. Ron Gant was a juicer. Fran Wren wets the bed. Terry Pendleton has no testicles. Troy Glaus is actually 49 years old. Chipper is a p-ssy.
July 28th, 2010
10:27 pm
Hate to say it, but it sure looks like Hanson has made himself "trade-bait" by aligning w/his new agent…..and it does seem that Borus thumbs his nose at the Braves.
July 28th, 2010
10:28 pm
kang is 13 yrs. old and posting from his mom's basement…
July 28th, 2010
10:30 pm
Yeah, but I'm 21 and posting from your mother's bed
July 28th, 2010
10:31 pm
not just hanson jurrjens too
July 28th, 2010
10:37 pm
"Kang & Kodos" been sayin that for years……I agree with you. Cox is finally givin it up, now if we can just get a good Mngr…..Freddie G i';m thinkin and a competent batting instructor, we'll be in great shape.
July 28th, 2010
10:48 pm
The great part about Boras is that his record in arbitration is worse than mediocre and nobody ever seems to notice.
July 28th, 2010
10:52 pm
Wow. Boras may be a dick, but the idea that Hanson is headed out of town is nonsense. He's still under control for five plus years. Maybe we lose him then, but we have amazing talent to replace him. But Boras keeps his clients healthy. And as Tommy says, he just gives advice. If Tommy is winning 20 a year, he's worth whatever he asks for. Enough with the defeatist nonsense. We have plenty of talent to replace him five years from now. You want to pay $20 million for a 12-9 pitcher? I don't.
July 28th, 2010
10:58 pm
Tommy is one heck of a nice young man. Go for the gold , Tommy
July 28th, 2010
11:38 pm
[...] Also reported by the AJC, Tommy Hanson has hired Scott Boras as his agent. Whether this changes how soon and how easy extension talks will be, I don't know. Frank Wren hasn't had such terrible experiences with Boras like John Schuerholz did. Share this post: [...]
July 29th, 2010
12:18 am
Shaz Bagl
July 29th, 2010
12:19 am
I'm pretty sure I would be semi-excited if Boras had a "career ending" injury.
July 29th, 2010
1:30 am
you guys are unbelievable. completely clueless and uneducated
July 29th, 2010
2:23 am
Wow, Tommy Hanson is overrated? He's 23 years old!!! The guy is one of the best up and coming pitchers in the league. Get back to me in two years when he is a legit number one and see how many people want to keep him. Also it's not like the Braves have never signed a Boras client anyone remember Greg Maddux? Anyone remember Derek Lowe? Pretty sure they are/were Boras clients. Also Frank Wren has a working relationship with Boras and there has never been anything to show that it's a strained relationship. Like Hanson said it's the player's choice where to sign.
Also if any of you thought that Mark Teixiera was going to sign here long term you are incredibly gullible. He was never going to sign here. He turned down 160 million from the Rangers and the Braves were not going to go anywhere near that number. He was always going to either the Red Sox or the Angels. Tex is a gun for hire as is Arod but everyone that is a Boras client is not like that. Mr. Maddux being the prime example. He would have resigned with the Cubs but they never offered him a deal.
July 29th, 2010
3:15 am
From a "history of baseball" perspective it is pretty interesting that MLB went from the hated and despised and unfair "Reserve Clause" (which said that teams retained the rights to players they had signed as long as they wanted to) – which was patently unfair and only reversed in 1975 (after being in effect from the beginnings back in the 1800s) to the current system – where players (aided by festering pustules on the backside of humanity like Scott Boras) obtain salaries that are, on the grand scale of humanity, obscene – without passing through even a momentary intermediate step which, I would gladly argue, would have been good for the fans, good for the teams, and most certainly not bad for the players.
You can argue "capitalism" or "get what you can" or "greed is good" or whatever you like – but to pay Chipper Jones $14,000,000 when the average pay for a year when the average teacher's salary is $52,000 is an obscenity. If you can't do the math in your head: Chipper's salary is equal to 270 teachers.
I'm a big Chipper fan – a BIG one. But professional sports has become a national obscenity – and Scott Boras is instigator #1.
July 29th, 2010
7:17 am
It didn't take Hanson long before he joined the money hungry Scott Boras. It makes me sick when I head these overpaid players say it was a family decision to do what they do and they always love the team they are with but wait until the millions start coming from these rich teams and you can see how much they love the team that spent all that money training them and coaching them to be where they are now. They also say they just want to be on a winning team and go to the world series. That is bull too. They are not interested in nothing but the almighty dollar just like Tex and Furcal was. They both loved Atlanta and loved playing for Cox but see what they done. Hanson will be gone the first year he is a free agent and he will be pitching for the Yankees or the Red Sox most likely and Heyward in their outfield a couple of years later. Maybe the braves can screw some team like the Rangers done the braves in the Tex deal and get a team for Hanson and Heyward when that time comes.
July 29th, 2010
7:19 am
Amen to Boatdoc. I agree 100%.
July 29th, 2010
7:21 am
Hanson you may learn to be a pitcher. You needed at least another year or two at AAA ball. You are only #4 or #5 pitcher. You are just a thrower with some talent. You would have been wise to hire a good pitching coach – Smoltz, etc. You do have talent, use it to reach your potential.
July 29th, 2010
7:45 am
So who should decide how much a baseball player or movie star or teacher or fireman should get paid, Boatdoc? Why not pay all teachers 5 mil a year? Too much? OK. 15 thousand a year. What? Not enough? Says WHO? Why have you decided that you are the final arbitrator of what people should earn or what they "deserve"? You just can't stand the fact that people enter into agreements freely with one another, can you? No, because sometimes these agreements don't fit into your vision of what is "fair" or "just".
July 29th, 2010
8:34 am
You don't think the Braves provide all those services for their players? A "staff of personal trainers, nutritionists and a sports psychologist" are available to any MLB player, usually on the team's dollar.
Too bad he chose to go that route…He will not be a Brave after 2015.
July 29th, 2010
8:35 am
or possibly before then…
July 29th, 2010
8:35 am
Red seems like a nice kid and a quality pitcher now but Boras will keep his mind on the big money someplace else and convince him that the Braves only want to abuse him at a low wage. That's what agents do.
Boras does not let his clients decide where they play or how much they earn. He owns them and they allow it because they see him as their leader to mega bucks. Simple as that.
July 29th, 2010
8:55 am
Signing with Boras reveals a distinct character flaw; greed. Almost all his clients follow him blindly as long as he holds $ in front of them. The Braves need to pitch him for the next 5 years till his arm falls off then let the Yankees or Red Sox give Boras millions for him.
July 29th, 2010
9:05 am
I don't believe Hanson will be worth the money Boras the $$$ Beast deamand. I would get a super hot bat for him if we can.
July 29th, 2010
9:29 am
Braves need a good bat, How about considering Cory Hart (MIL) before the trade deadline… .292 BA, 22 HR's
July 29th, 2010
9:36 am
Kudos, And you are a idiot!
July 29th, 2010
9:37 am
July 29th, 2010
9:40 am
Thank god we have Delgado, Teheran, Vizcaino and Minor in the wings.
July 29th, 2010
9:46 am
If any one of you had the talent to pitch in the MLB you would want the best sports agent your self,so don't get mad at Hanson for doing what anybody with sense would do.Boras is just the best.As a Braves fan I hope they are able to keep him for a long time,but this game is a business nothing personal!
July 29th, 2010
9:49 am
All I can say is if Boras can get me a $20 million/yr contract while the others get me $15 million, I'm signing with Boras every single time. All you guys saying otherwise are lying thru your teeth…….
July 29th, 2010
9:57 am
Boatdoc,people are not going to pay for a 15-30 doller ticket at a 45000 seat ballpark to watch a teacher.sure teachers are under paid,but thats another point.
July 29th, 2010
10:20 am
Enjoy Hansen while you can. He's gone in 2015 assuming no injuries or poor performance. Same with Heywood when his time to get paid arrives.
July 29th, 2010
11:20 am
Does anyone know who will own the Braves in 2015. There was a time when the Braves had one of the top payrolls in baseball. Who knows, maybe someone will come in and spend some money like the big boy's?
July 29th, 2010
11:48 am
I agree with most people, this might be the time to look at trading Hanson. Strangely, no one has ever brought it up and I am not simply now because of the Boras thing, but Hanson has a really difficult delivery. No question he gets a 90's fastball out of it, but he seems to use only his shoulder and arm. Watch his lower body follow through, and then look at Hudson, or more precisely, go back and look at footage of Nolan Ryan or Tom Seaver. They used lower body.
I have always feared Hanson would have a short career due to a shoulder injury.
I am sure there will be some who flame me for saying it, will ask why if I am such an "expert" I am not the pitching coach or work for the Braves, but I do have training in this field, and it is something I have noticed. Now, with Boras, the two might be the kiss of death for his long term career with the Braves.
July 29th, 2010
11:51 am
The reason chipper gets paid the amount of 270 teacher is there are 270 people who can teach to one chipper jones. Also, I don't see anyone buying tickets to watch someone teach but they'll pay out the wazoo to watch a dude hit a ball with a stick. If you don't like it don't go, it's supply and demand.
Boras is a great scape goat for all these people screaming and yelling about what these guys get paid. If you really don't like it. DON'T go to game, DON'T watch on TV, DON'T buy their jerseys. Sports franchises are businesses. They are NOT keepers of some shrine of americana. They might supply americana, but it is NOT their job to keep baseball as a blue collar, low-income sport. That's like saying you should sell your house to someone for $100k just because you feel morally better about those people then the party offering you $300k. You wouldn't do it, so get off your high horse and stop bitching about Boras and players signing with him. Self preservation is everyone's goal whether you like it or not.
July 29th, 2010
12:33 pm
Hansen is not a "pitcher" only a "thrower"..In two years or less he will be out of the Majors..
Boras is a non factor in this case…Whatch the decline in Hansen over the period of time…
July 29th, 2010
12:48 pm
Braves Fans: Why the negative reaction? Yes, I've added Tommy to my stable of obscenely overpaid athletes, but I only want to do what is best for the Braves, the city of Atlanta, MLB, the United States of America and children everywhere.
Trust me.
July 29th, 2010
12:54 pm
July 28th, 2010
7:32 pm
"Why all the "waling & gnashing of teeth"? Hanson is property of the Braves for the next 5 years regardless of who his agent is! A lot of things can change in 5 years time"
Is that true? If the Braves have Hanson under contract for the next 5 years then to talk about trading him now is ludicrous. In 5 years Chipper, Lowe, Hudson and their hefty contracts will be gone and the only players that will be demanding that kind of money will be Heyward, McCann,JJ and Hanson. Liberty probably will not be the owner and new owner probably will be willing to fork out more cash. The new stabe of Minor, Tehran, Viscanio, Delgado etc. will be coming into there on so if Braves can't sighn but one of Hanson/JJ combo in year 6, they still will be in good shape. Lets worry about who the Bravws may trade for a big bat.
July 29th, 2010
12:56 pm
A few weeks back I heard Don Sutton on the radio say something I thought was shocking to say as a Braves announcer about Tommy Hanson.
Something like: Tommy's not exactly the smartest pitcher in the world.
I believe this comment was made in the context of plate appearences and running around the bases. Basically, on a very hot and humid day a pitcher just needs to do what most pitcher's do and that's get the sac bunt and head to the dugout to rest up and cool off.
July 29th, 2010
1:19 pm
anybody know how much boras is worth?
July 29th, 2010
2:48 pm
I hope this doesnt mean he is gone after 2015, but thats a long ways away. no need to worry now. we just need to get lowe to take a pay cut. like this:
July 29th, 2010
3:19 pm
Could be a problem if the Braves decide to trade away all of their pitching prospects for a hitter now that the Phillies have forced them to make a move with the addition of Oswalt. The Braves certainly can't sit still now. If we trade away the farm and have no one to take over for D-Lowe and Hanson (if he were to be traded in lieu of paying him Boras-Bucks) then there may not be anyone left to take over. Minor can't fill both slots.
July 29th, 2010
3:27 pm
The attitude of MLB players is if the owners are stupid enough to pay it, I'm stupid enough to take it.
I cant find fault with that. Just wish I could get in on it.
July 29th, 2010
5:04 pm
Jurrjens AND Hanson. Yikes.
July 29th, 2010
6:06 pm
A good comparison would still be Cole Hamels. Many people made the Hanson-Hamels comparison when Hanson first arrived in the majors. Cole does not have super star numbers but he is a good 3rd guy in a solid rotation. He had 2 down years out of 5. I can see Hanson having similar results in his first 5 years. However, he may have shoulder and/or arm problems by his late 20's due to his awkward delivery. For this reason alone, maybe we don't want him after he is eligible for free agency anyways.
October 4th, 2013
2:19 pm
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Garcia was at the Aiken Brew Pub with his wife, Stacey, to watch Super Bowl XLVII.
"I've come here before, and it's a great atmosphere," said Garcia. "There's a lot of good people here, and regardless of what team you're rooting for, everyone teases each other. It's all in good fun."
Garcia has seen the 49ers in person on several occasions, in San Francisco and Denver, and he's also a Seahawks fan, but when the 49ers dispatched Seattle in the playoffs, his allegiance remained with the NFC West.
One of the Super Bowl's best storylines featured the Harbaugh brothers coaching against one another, Jim at the helm of the 49ers and John directing the fortune of the Baltimore Ravens.
"It's history in the making," said Myers Smith, a 49ers fan who enjoyed the game from the Cork & Bull Pub.
Michael Dernetz is from Maryland and was wearing his Joe Flacco jersey, attracting attention at the Cork & Bull Pub as the white No. 5 stood out prominently against the shirt's purple background.
"We're Ravens fans on that side of the family," said Dernetz. "We used to have the Colts back in the '70s. It's exciting to have a team to root for. My wife is definitely not a Ravens fan. One of my kids likes the Patriots, and the other one doesn't care. My mother-in-law is a Denver Broncos fan, but since none of their teams are in, they're all rooting for the Ravens."
Tony Williams was a fan of Pro Football Hall of Famer Jerry Rice, and remains a fan of the 49ers because of Randy Moss. Williams works at the Aiken Brew Pub and wanted to take in the game with his friends and co-workers.
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Tonight's speech: A minefield for bulls
Obama's anti-business agenda will be clear after the State of the Union address.
Everyone's trying to game the president's speech, trying to figure out what he will tell the nation tonight. Some people think he will tack centric and talk about the need for compromise. Others think he will talk, at last, about how he should focus on job growth, put that before other issues.
I think these people are out of their minds. I expect the all-out war against Goldman Sachs (GS) will be taken from daytime to prime time. I just want to know if he will mention any bankers by name or have effigies burning behind him. I am sure he has polling data saying this stuff is working, so why in the world should he say something else? You go with a winner. You press your bet.
I think he believes that tapping into that anger is the best thing he can do, and it makes him even more wildly popular than he thinks he is. He'll poke a little fun, make some grins and then launch a broadside right into the heart of Wall Street. Higher taxes on this industry. Every penny must be paid back. And more. New rules that make them all community banks in the end. No more concentration of power in a few banks. He's not going to let mankind be crucified on a cross of Goldman Sachs.
It will play well.
I expect the health care issue to be uncompromising. I think
he will not admit there are problems here, and he'll say that he's continuing
to press for the unattainable. People think he will hit the reset
button on the issue. Is there anything you have seen yet from the president
that indicates he ever admits defeat? He's terrific like this. It is an
admirable quality. It just doesn't work as president with a Congress without a
supermajority. Again, though, I don't think that matters.
This market has known since September -- when the health care stocks started rallying -- that this legislation wasn't happening, and it never meant a thing to him. The Health-Care-President-in-Chief is right back at 'em tonight. Another shot at all health care stocks.
I am anticipating an all-out war against carbon fuels of all kinds tonight, with an emphasis on wind, solar and caulking. Bold caulking, even! I expect to hear of high windfall-like taxes from the man who is channeling Jimmy Carter, and I expect to hear that the money will go to making coal clean, not toward infrastructure, in part because Obama seems to have a real aversion to infrastructure or he would have pushed that highway bill that's been stalled for ages through Congress already. Puts on Exxon (XOM), please! Puts on the Oil Services HOLDRS (OIH) for the drilling tax and the need to halt hydraulic fracking until the poisoned drinking water is found somewhere in the Marcellus and it can be stopped altogether.
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And then judging by the horrid action in the bank stocks, well above the current new tax schemes and Volcker rule I think Obama will unleash his union agenda, Card Check, to make it easy to unionize the banks. The tellers have always been without union protection while the corner offices rake in billions, even TARP billions. The way to settle the score is to make it easier to unionize, and the Shop-Steward-in-Chief can make that happen.
There. Now you know all of the things he can do. Now you have a realistic checklist. Let's put it this way: If he only does half of this, maybe the bulls get out of here alive.
But once again, there is nothing to indicate that he either wants that to happen or that he thinks it is good for America.
Anything less and he might think he is letting down the American public. He's a true believer, not a compromiser. To those who favor higher stock prices along with me, it is hard to get 'em when Robin-Hood-in-Chief lives in the White House.
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|Recordings made circa 1983 by Walter Powell of some of the many monologues that he would recite as his party piece, in the army, and later in a Pierrot troupe entertaining the wounded Tommies in the many military hospitals in Llandrindod Wells. (There is one recording straight through, and a number of rehearsal tries - just a selection of the many monologues recorded by Walter Powell circa 1976-1983).
Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed suffering the effects all his life. He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11) -- Residents are voicing concerns about proposed tolls for the long awaited Ohio River Bridges Project.
The tolls could cost between $1 to $10.
Some say it's the cost of progress, others believe it will be a heavy toll.
A taxing debate took place Monday night at a public meeting in Clarksville, Ind., about the burden of expected tolls.
"Just the cost of living here in Louisville and with gas prices. You know this is ridiculous. This is ridiculous," Toledia Turner, a driver, said.
"I hate to say it but Southern Indiana is the one that is going to get hurt the most and that's a very nice community," Michael Jenkins, a driver, said.
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Starting 2016, tolls will be charged on the new Downtown Bridge on I-65 and the revamped Kennedy Bridge, and the new East End Bridge connecting Prospect and Utica.
Some say it's a problem for people in low-income and minority communities.
"I think the decision about tolls or how to toll was an afterthought," Metro Councilwoman District Five, Cheri Bryant Hamilton, said.
Metro Councilwoman District One, Attica Scott, said, "We know that you go there because often times our neighborhoods lack any retail. We have little to no retail so you have to go across the river."
It could cost $1 for "frequent commuters" in cars or motorcycles.
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Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has been struggling to prove to the market that it has the Steve Jobs magic without Steve Jobs around. So far, the market isn't impressed with the company's prospects, or at least with the price that was being paid for those prospects. The rumor of an iWatch doesn't make that better, and perhaps actually makes things worse.
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Over the past decade or so Apple's innovations have been nothing short of revolutionary. Its iPod music players completely reshaped the music industry, giving the company a seat atop the music business with its iTunes store in the process. Of course the music business was pretty much decimated along the way.
The iPhone took the cell phone business by storm, reshaping the landscape of both the handset manufacturers and the cellular service providers. In fact, BlackBerry and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are both clinging to life in the smart phone space, a massive fall from their previous dominant positions. Cell phone service, meanwhile, has shifted its focus from voice to data. The more functionality that Apple crammed into its iPhone's the more data people have been using.
The iPad, meanwhile, brought the notion of a casual computer to the fore. It has completely altered the mindset of dealing with a personal computer at all, since many people only use a computer as a gateway to the Internet. While online, the tasks are usually pretty simple. That's causing notable strife at once massive personal computer companies like Hewlett-Packard, which is trying to follow the lead of International Business Machines out of the hardware business. Too bad HP was late to the game and hasn't executed particularly well.
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One big problem Apple has is answering the question, "What's next?" Everyone would like to know. There have been rumors since late last year that an iWatch was to be the next big release. However, it's hard to see that as being a transformational event.
For starters, a watch is relatively small, which would severely limit the functionality of any device. There simply wouldn't be enough screen space on a realistically sized watch to allow it. Second, voice control, while much improved from the past, isn't up to Star Trek speed and would more than likely disappoint. The company's Siri voice activated control system is cool, but seen as little more than a toy by most users.
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Perhaps that an iWatch is even making the news is tipping the company's hand. With such a small space, perhaps it will simply connect wirelessly to an iPhone or iPad and act as an extension of the more powerful device. This could work in the same way that some applications use an iPhone to control functionality on an iPad (such as the iPhone becoming the paint pallet for an art program). That would leave an iWatch as little more than a neat accessory. It seems unlikely that people would give up their $1,000+ Omega watches for an iWatch for very long.
Thinking longer term, does this cement the notion that Apple is it just a device maker that can only grow by selling more baubles? If this proves true, then an iWatch will be a great new toy for the company to hype and sell. However, it won't transform the world.
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The second problem Apple is facing is that competition is heating up, and getting better at fighting back. For example, while Nokia pretty much gave the cell phone market away when it stumbled in the smart phone space, its recent partnership with Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to create the Lumia phone line has, so far, been received well. While it may not displace Apple, it gives Nokia a toehold that it lacked before—a decent phone. With Nokia's strength in emerging markets, it has a good chance of regaining its footing.
Microsoft, meanwhile, has been able to showcase its mobile operating system. Since that is the heart of the phone, most of the accolades, and negatives, about the Lumia really belong to Microsoft. If it can take the success of the Nokia phone and shop around its operating system, it might yet be able to take the number three spot in the smart phone wars. Not the position it wants, but a good place to be just the same. Of course Microsoft's "me too" tablet hasn't been doing as well as expected, which isn't good news.
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG), meanwhile, has taken a different approach to the entire space. It just wants more devices to run on its Android operating system so it can collect advertising revenues. This device-agnostic stance makes it look more like a pick-and-axe company, providing the tools for others to compete and collecting money along the way. The best part is that Android has been becoming increasingly competitive, notably gaining ground in the applications being offered for its operating system. Moreover, Google has the benefit of being on Apple's devices, too, with its own apps.
Of course one of the reasons for Google's success is Samsung's success at competing with Apple. The Galaxy line of products, which the two companies have bitterly sparred over in court, has proven an ample counterweight to the iPhone and iPad. The fact that Apple went to court to hinder the Galaxy's progress may be as telling as the iWatch idea.
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This also makes succeeding in China even more important. Indeed, Apple's CEO has already said that China will be its biggest market. Based on the population, many of which are entering the middle class, that seems increasingly important if the company has to sell more to make more. And Wall Street is certainly expecting more from Apple. Or at least it was until recently.
For a few months now the shares have been weak at best. Even hedge fund managers are getting in on the act, with David Einhorn publicly taking the company on. That would have been close to unheard of just a year or so ago. Perhaps Einhorn smells blood.
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If you are old enough to remember the calculator watch, which was a very exciting development thirty or so years ago, the notion of wearing a small, functionally limited computer on your wrist probably isn't too exciting. Unless Apple finds a way to really knock the world's socks off, the iWatch is destined to be a disappointment. It may also seal the belief that Apple is out of ideas and is now just a device seller working off of volume.
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Michael Lohan has denied writing any suicidal statements on Twitter on Sunday night. Read more of what Michael Lohan had to say below.
A mystery person began tweeting messages about family drama and suicide threats on Twitter that looked as if they came from Michael Lohan.
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MILWAUKEE, WI (WTAQ) - The company that owns Boston Store, Younkers, and several other department store chains lost money in its most recent quarter.
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Bon-Ton Stores reported a loss of $10.1 million from July through September, down from a $22-million loss in the third quarter of last year.
Earnings slipped by 55-cents a share in the last quarter, down from a drop of 1.21 in the same period of 2011. Revenues jumped almost two-percent, to $683-million in the three months ending October 27th.
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North Wales Police can confirm that a 57
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The parents of the Texas octuplets born in 1998 were on the "Today" show this morning to give advice to the parents of the California octuplets.
They will be offering further advice and information on their Chukwu Family Website. What is YOUR advice to the new parents?
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U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled support for Monsanto Co. in a clash with a farmer who used harvested soybeans to plant a second crop, hinting at a victory for makers of vaccines, software and genetically modified products.
Hearing arguments today in Washington, a majority of the nine justices suggested that Monsanto has broad rights to control the use of seeds that contain its patented technology. The genetically modified seeds are used to grow more than 90 percent of the nation's soybeans.
Without strong patent protection, "Monsanto would have no incentive to create a product like this one," Justice Elena Kagan said.
A victory for Monsanto would potentially let patent holders limit the use of self-replicating products, which also include live vaccines, genetically modified salmon and bacteria strains used in medical research.
Monsanto, the world's biggest seed company, forbids farmers from saving seeds for replanting instead of buying new ones each season. The company is battling Vernon Hugh Bowman, an Indiana farmer.
Biotechnology companies, software makers and research universities say a ruling for Bowman would weaken their patent protections. On the other side, makers of replacement auto parts and the American Antitrust Institute argue against restricting how patented products are used.
Monsanto, based in St. Louis, inserts genes into crops that let them withstand application of the herbicide Roundup. Farmers who buy so-called Roundup Ready seeds agree to restrictions on their use. Monsanto has sued 146 U.S. farmers for saving Roundup Ready soybeans since 1997, winning all 11 cases that went to trial, said Kelli Powers, a Monsanto spokeswoman.
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Tax day has come and gone, which means North Carolina legislators will soon have a better idea how much money they expect to have when assembling a state government budget for the next two years.
The General Assembly's top staff economist is scheduled Tuesday to address House and Senate finance committee members to discuss how state tax collections are progressing.
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Whether we're talking about the children of Israel during biblical times or present-day Christianity, mankind has a tendency to have problems when things always go well.
Last week, our church elected three young men to serve as deacons within our congregation.
In all wars, victory is the ultimate goal.
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance. Against such, there is no law. And they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another" (Galatians 5:13-25).
In a lot of movies, the words "The End" appear after the last scene, signifying that the movie is over.
One of the leading causes of divorce (or any other disagreement or estrangement) is the lack of communication.
Mankind needs to thank God for the fact that Jesus came to Earth, died at Calvary and rose again the third day. Without the blood of Christ, no man could be saved from sin. The debt of sin is too great for man to repay, but Christ paid the debt for all men.
The Apostle Paul was the greatest missionary to walk the earth, but always was having to deal with persecution.
On Sunday evenings in recent weeks, I have been teaching on the topic of spiritual gifts at my church. I believe it is one of the most important topics facing the church today.
God has done many things to provide for man's eternal resting place.
When Jesus came to Earth over 2,000 years ago, people had different expectations of him - if, indeed, he was who he said he was, the Messiah.
A little over eight years ago, my wife and I built our first house together. Over the past couple of years, we have been repainting the interior walls and have replaced carpeting, and now are replacing door jambs and repainting exterior doors.
Last week, we began talking about how obedience to God is a must. We looked at two Old Testament examples of this idea: the Israelites and the brazen serpent (Numbers 21) and the account of Naaman (2 Kings 5).
Teachers in Bryan County schools go back to work Monday, and the students will only be a week behind them.
Human beings always have had conflict with one another. Conflict can sever once-good relationships that can go unresolved throughout one's lifetime.
"A soap manufacturer and a [preacher] were walking together down a street in a large city. The soap manufacturer casually said, 'The Gospel you preach hasn't done much good, has it? Just observe. There is still a lot of wickedness in the world, and a lot of wicked people, too!' The [preacher] made no reply until they passed a dirty little child making mud pies in the gutter. Seizing the opportunity, the [preacher] said, 'I see that soap hasn't done much good in the world, for there is much dirt and many dirty people around.' The soap manufacturer ...
All throughout Jesus' ministry, he constantly condemned the religious leaders of his day for being like their forefathers.
I'm sure you have seen the commercial at some point. She says, "It has to be true. I read it on the Internet." And then she meets her date -the "French supermodel." And you chuckle because you know someone who is that naïve.
Do you understand that Jesus loves you? Yes, you - you are important to God.
Recently, a celebrity made the news because of an illness and death.
I recently spent much of a day on hold with customer service - with two different companies. I pressed 2 and 3 and the pound sign and almost every other button on my phone as I was transferred back and forth.
The sacrifice made by Christ caused him to suffer humiliation and pain.
Second Corinthians 5:20 says, "We are therefore Christ's ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us." The writer here is saying that if the message of Jesus Christ is going to get out, it will be through his followers.
I'm so excited - he's coming home this weekend. By the time you read this, he should be here.
It is in Christ whom man can find victory.
It is in Christ whom man can find victory.
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Whitmer took to the Senate floor Tuesday to rip state Senator Rick Jones of Grand Ledge for a change in the health insurance for senators last week which eliminated all abortion coverage. She expressed outrage that one senator could make such a change, and added if she proposed eliminating coverage for erectile dysfunction drugs like Viagra, she'd be shot down.
Whitmer also lit into Jones for calling a public relations executive a hooker last year when he disagreed with her on an issue.


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Carlisle Cullen: Peter Facinelli
Esme Cullen: Elizabeth Reaser
Edward Cullen: Robert Pattinson
Isabella Swan-Cullen: Kristen Stewart
Renesmee Cullen: Mackenzie Foy
Rosalie Cullen-Hale: Nikki Reed
Emmet Cullen: Kellan Lutz
Alice Cullen: Ashley Greene
Jasper Cullen-Hale: Jackson Rathbone
Sam Uley: Chaske Spencer
Jacob Black: Taylor Lautner
Embry Call: Kiowa Gordon
Seth Clearwater: Boo-Boo Stewart
Leah Clearwater: Julia Jones
Quil Ateara: Tyson Houseman
Paul: Alex Meraz
Jared: Bronson Pelletier
Emily Young: Tinsel Korey
Billy Black: Gil Birmingham
Sue Clearwater: Alex Rice
VOLTURI (Including Guards):
Aro: Micheal Sheen
Caius: Jamie Campbell-Bower
Marcus: Christopher Heyerdahl
Jane: Dakota Fanning
Alec: Cameron Bright
Demetri: Charlie Bewley
Felix: Daniel Cudmore
Renata: Olga Fonda (Rumored)
Chelsea: Janelle Froehlich
Sasha: Andrea Powell
Tanya: Myanna Buring
Kate: Casey Labow
Irina: Maggie Grace
Carmen: Mia Maestro
Eleazar: Christian Camargo
Senna: Tracey Heggins
Zafrina: Judi Shekoni
Kachiri: As Yet Uncast
Amun: Omar Metwally
Kebi: Andrea Gabriel
Benjamin: Rami Malek
Tia: Angela Sarafyan
Maggie: Marlane Barnes
Siobhan: Lisa Howard
Liam: Patrick Brennan
Stefan: Guri Weinberg
Vladimir: Noel Fisher
Nahuel: JD Pardo
Huilen: Carolina Virguez (Rumored)
Peter: Erik Odom
Charlotte: Valorie Curry
Garrett: Lee Pace
Mary: Toni Trucks
Randall: Bill Tangradi
Alistair: Joe Anderson
Charlie Swan: Billy Burke
Renee Dwyer: Sarah Clarke
Jessica Stanley: Anna Kendrick
Mike Newton: Micheal Welsh
Angela Weber: Christan Serratos
Eric Yorkie: Justin Chon
Max: Wendell Pierce (Rumored)
Toshiro Weber: Masami Kosaka (Rumored)
Gustavo: Sebastiao Lemos (Rumored)
Kaure: Carolina Virguez (Rumored)
Bill Condon posted the following pic on the official Twilight Facebook page.
Summit confirmed it is legit, and is indeed Kristen's arm
First offical photo from Breaking Dawn Part 1 - Bella and Edward on their honeymoon
Picture from Isle Esme... released by Summit
Honeymoon - playing chess
Jake on motorbike
Carmen and Eleazar
Alice and Bella getting reading for the wedding
Esme with Denali sisters
Honeymoon - Breakfast
Honeymoon - Waterfall
Jake running - with an invitation in hand?
Aro, Caius and a mystery woman/vampire
Sometime before the wedding - In Bella's bedroom (being packed up?)
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BOL!!! ditto!
Okay, here is a mash of spoilers... mostly from Lainey Gossip, but not all info is from this source.
The bird's and the bee's
Edward and Carlisle have a birds and the bees talk that is supposed to be, I guess, the vampire advice equivalent to human boys and "baseball".
Wedding Toasts
The wedding toasts in Part 1 are perhaps the most cliché and uninspired words you will hear next year.
And it seems these will be delivered by Emmett
Sex scenes
There are three of them in total in Part 1 right now. The first is in the water, and they get the business started with a super cringe line, as Bella walks naked into the ocean and looks at the moon and sighs that "it's beautiful", to which Edward replies, while looking at her and obviously not the moon...
They dispose of the dialogue quickly and then it's supposed to be all limbs and writhing and wrapping around each other from the sea to the house and much of it is relayed, rather cleverly actually, in flashback form. After they show the initial hook up from beach to bedroom, we jump to the morning after as Edward is constipated about something and Bella is examining her body. Cut to her memories of the night before, the touching, and his kissing the length of her body, and the clenching, and her head thrown back, and his struggle to, um, think about baseball, and her resulting pleasure, and some furniture gets broken. It actually reads pretty erotic, and if they cut it the way it's written, it should be even hotter to watch.
She keeps begging for it afterwards, and the two following love scenes are more of the same vibe.
As previously mentioned, Mackenzie Foy will be in BD-1.. and here is why:
Bella has the baby and drops dead. The Jacob is all sad and leaves. Then he comes back to kill the Evil Thing. Then he lays eyes on it. You see it through his eyes like tunnel vision – she's 2, she's 4, she's 9, she's a teen, she's a woman, and that's when he falls in love. It actually doesn't read creepy at all. It reads not bad.
Then Edward's all sad because Bella dies. And he hears Jacob's thoughts. And he beats the ** out of Jacob. Jacob doesn't fight back because he's a weak from imprinting.
Since this was put out by Lainey, it has been confirmed:
yes the imprinting piece is true but much more detailed. As for the fight, that's different than that what Lainey described. The entire wolf pack come to fight Edward, Jasper and Alice to get inside to kill "the thing". Edward was able to read their thoughts before they got there to see their intentions. While this is happening, Jacob is inside with Renesmee. The Cullens are about to lose the fight when Carlisle, Esme, and Emmet join the fight too. Then Jacob sees from the window what is going on outside and goes out, staying in human form. He yells at the pack to stop attacking. And he says that if they kill her (Renesmee), they kill him. Sam in wolf form snarls and knocks Jacob over, causing him to phase. Once he's phased, Edward translates Jacob's thoughts to everyone. He says that Jacob has imprinted, and because of that, no one can kill the baby because no one can kill someone who has been imprinted on. Then the wolves retreat. They cannot disobey this law of their world.
The end of Part 1
she (Bella) dies as a human. Then at the end of the movie, you feel her suffering and the burning and smash to her eyes, they open red. Credits. Then at the end of the credits.. Volturi Scene. Michael Sheen's character, (Aro), gets word that Bella is a vampire and he's all like – I want her. Then it's over
After imprinting/Bella wakes up
Tension between Bella and the wolves when she finds out Jacob has attached himself to her baby. She smacks him around. And then his wolf friends try to step in and she smacks them around too
Sex scenes - vampire style
After the baby business they head over to the Cottage for what's described as a "second honeymoon" with notes from the screenwriter that stress that this is to be VAMPIRE SEX and totally different from when they had sex before. Which basically means that they start mashing up against each other without restraint. Especially him. So there are a lot of accelerated motion quick cuts – him on top, then her on top, the camera's speeding around them, they're speeding around each other, like porn on 30x, legs and arms are whizzing by, at one point, a wall is smashed; she does it when she's the aggressor, pinning him like he's the weaker one, it's his wrist that breaks the brick in the wall, until he throws her off, but landing on top of her, wildly.
In between the quick edit speed sex, they're supposed to zoom in on faces, all lusty and wanton and she puts her hands through his hair a lot.
Time passes.
Hours. Days.
Maybe weeks.
How it concludes. Limbs entwined on a chair in front of a fire. Specific instructions that they are not to look like human beings who've just had each other. No redness, no exertion, no flushing, no sweat.
The end
There will be a battle. You will "see" a battle. A vicious battle. And …
Some Cullens die. Wolves too. It's total carnage.
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Yahoo News: Beacon of journalistic integrity
Okay, there are a lot of people upset with the results of yesterday's election (to which my main question is: you're really surprised? Really?) And I'm certainly not thrilled, but I also don't think it's the end of the world. America isn't really in tip-top shape at the moment, and yes I would really like some healthcare, but we're far from being the worst place on earth. For all the media bullshit and all the screaming going on from our television sets, I like being an American and am proud to be one. We'll be fine. No matter what anybody's views are, I think we can agree that everyone just wants the best for this country, even if everyone doesn't agree on the methods. Nobody's Hitler. I'll just leave you with some words from a much smarter man than me:
"[We are not here to] suggest that times are not difficult and that we have nothing to fear. They are and we do. But we live now in hard times, not end times…
Yet, with that being said, I feel good. Strangely, calmly good, because the image of Americans that is reflected back to us by our political and media process is false. It is us through a funhouse mirror, and not the good kind that makes you slim and taller — but the kind where you have a giant forehead and an ass like a pumpkin and one eyeball…"


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I submitted this as my final in high school for Japanese, so all the voices are done by me. To all you native speakers - please excuse my awkward intonations. :)
Music from FFV and FFT, sound effects from various Genesis games.
P.S - Sorry, I don't intend to make this into a series. I'd rather not continue something I feel is complete.
Also, for those of you interested, Pensuke's victory cheer is "Yahho, watashi wa kattaze~!"
1) What grade did you get for this?
- I recieved maximum credit for the final and aced the class.
2) How long did this take you?
- The project took about 2-3 weeks, with breaks only for eating, sleeping, and school, so it was actually a good many hours. I actually couldn't finish by the end of the semester, and had to get a deadline extension.
3) How did you do all those voices?
- Sound Forge was used to alter some of the voices. There is no way I could make my voice as low as Ramuh's or as warbly as Cid's. Others like Ryu-sensei's were attained through raw, painful effort.
4) What kind of class makes you do these things for a final?!
- The original assignment was to present an oral autobiography. I requested special permission to make a movie. My teacher isn't anything like the one depicted in this title - she's actually a good-natured woman.
5) Will you make a game of this?
- I might. It's looking pretty bleak, though. If I do produce one, it'd probably be in the fashion of FF Tactics (or FFV) and follow Pensuke to Sabaku University. Go Sabotenders~!
6) Why don't you make a sequel of this?
- I've seen enough titles go bad because the producers made sequels to please the crowd. Games, on the other hand, are a different story.
7) Can you teach me Japanese?
- Nope; I'm a student, not a teacher. If you're desperate enough, you can try looking for free online lessons or something. They're bound to be there.
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 21, 2004
Wow, your a great Flasher!
The animation was incredible, it had great sound, and the graphics were great! You are VERY talented, and this does deserve #1!
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 21, 2004
Very Good
I definately reccomend this to anyone, it is rather funny and although there is no ineractivity aside from clicking on the start button and reading the text, it is veryenjoyable, and highly reccomended.
Rated 5 / 5 stars August 21, 2004
I liked the animation, it was some great anime! This is just great! Deserving of #1!!!!!!
Rated 4 / 5 stars August 21, 2004
I love this flash.
As I say from the voting descriptions, "All my 5 R belong to this." I love this flash...It was really funny,with god artwork,and a good parody.Wherever you got the idea from,I have no clue,though.
Rated 4 / 5 stars August 21, 2004
this was really sweet shit!


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American Educator
Summer 2006
Table of Contents
Seeking Success with Students
New Teachers Can't Be Successful—and Won't Stay in Teaching—Without Help from Their School
A huge wave of teacher retirements is spawning a raft of clever approaches to recruitment. But there's no sense turning somersaults to recruit if we don't fix the conditions that drive half of new teachers out. What drives them out? What keeps them?
Why New Teachers Leave... (PDF)
By Leslie Baldacci
As a new teacher, Leslie Baldacci had six weeks of training, 35 seventh-graders, and obstacle after obstacle put between her and classroom success. She survived her first year, but she understands why so many of her peers did not.
...and Why New Teachers Stay (PDF)
By Susan Moore Johnson and the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers
In teaching, there's no corner office, no big payday. Teachers' primary reward is seeing their students succeed. To retain teachers, one key piece is simple: Give new teachers the support they need to be effective in their first few years. Chances are, they'll stay for years to come. That's the message from the Project on the Next Generation of Teachers.
Teachers Transfer Out of High-Poverty, Low-Support Schools Because of Conditions ... Not Union Transfer Provisions (PDF)
Teacher Unions Can Support New Teachers' Desire for Assistance and Professional Growth—While Aiding Teacher Effectiveness (PDF)
Fred Plans to Stay "Forever" (PDF)
Drop Everything and Read—but How?
For Students Who Are Not Yet Fluent, Silent Reading Is Not the Best Use of Classroom Time
By Jan Hasbrouck
Sustained silent reading has swept the country. It seems like just what students need—but is it? Not if they are still struggling to read fluently. That requires a good model, lots of practice reading out loud, and frequent feedback.
Screening, Diagnosing, and Progress Monitoring: The Details (PDF)
Alone in the World
For Autistic Children, Relating to Others Is Life's Greatest Challenge
By Laura Schreibman
From the 1988 movie Rain Man to a recent cover of Time magazine, autism seems to be a hot topic in the popular media. This is great for raising awareness, but the depiction of the disorder is not always accurate. Laura Schreibman, who has been studying autism for 40 years, sets the record straight.
Educating Autistic Children
By Aubyn Stahmer and Laura Schreibman
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American Educator is a quarterly journal of educational research and ideas published by the American Federation of Teachers. Recent articles have focused on such topics as reducing the achievement gap between poor and affluent students, heading off student discipline problems, teaching an appreciation and understanding of democracy, the benefits of a common coherent curriculum, and other issues affecting children and education here and abroad. Total circulation, as of our most recent issue, is over 900,000.