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Palestinian soccer drama—'Team' building for social change
Editor's note
Football-based soap operas or, in Latin America, telenovelas, like the game itself, reflect culture and a culture's self-image. Italy's Mediaset used the reality-show format to produce Campioni, concerning a hodgepodge side's attempt to avoid relegation from one of Italy's lower divisions. In Mexico, El juego de la vida (The Game of Life) focuses on a team of comely 17-year-old girls and their love interests. There are countless other examples. The nonprofit Search for Common Ground has helped create versions of football dramas—all titled The Team—as a tool for conflict resolution in Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya and Morocco. The Palestine edition, about which Alon Raab writes below, is in post-production. Similar series are at various stages in Angola, Congo, Indonesia, Liberia, Nepal, Pakistan, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. Radio programs have aired in Ethiopia and are planned for Burundi and Guinea.
The Kenyan show, which aims to help redress violence following 2007 general elections, is available online via LinkTV. In an interesting departure, the side is co-ed.
Production on The Team, what the show's creator calls "a soap opera for social change," began in 2008.
by Alon Raab | Bethlehem, West Bank
In Bethlehem's Manger Square, under a full moon, two lovers recite poetry—Palestinian national bard Mahmoud Darwish's words of affection and longing. Shadows cast on the stones of Christ's birthplace unite. The scene shifts to an acrimonious meeting at a sports club. Debate flares over which game to watch—Real Madrid v. Barcelona or Zamalek v. Al-Ahly? Conversation spills over to politics. One club member, nicknamed "Platini," declares that "we should live the way we believe."
Welcome to The Team, a 30-part dramatic series recently completed in the West Bank and soon to be broadcast on Palestinian television station Ma'an.
Last fall I traveled from Jerusalem to meet the series creators and to watch filming. Leaving Mount Zion, legendary resting place of King David, I take a cab to the border. After passing the Jewish neighborhood of Talpiot and the new and politically contentious settlement of Gilo, I arrive at the checkpoint. In a large concrete and barbed-wire structure, in front of glaring soldiers, rows of Palestinians present their documents and wait to be fingerprinted. On the Palestinian side I enter another cab, whose young driver volunteers to point out places from the gospel narratives—King Herod's imposing palace-fortress Herodium and Shepherds' Field, where an angel appeared to reveal "good tidings of great joy."
Near the station I walk past two powder-blue Mercedes, each flying the flags of Real Madrid and Barcelona. I pass a sign, "Palestinian Conflict Resolution Office," and another, "Committee for the Freeing of Political Prisoners." In a stationery store a young woman sells me locally produced notebooks with a large globe on the cover.
I meet first with the show's creator, writer and director, Nabil Shoumali, who studied film in Prague. He directed and produced episodes for the Palestinian version of Sesame Street, The Stars—Palestine's first televised university quiz show—and documentaries including A State of Fifty Years and Potash, about the destructive effects of dredging minerals from the Dead Sea. He also has taught screenwriting at Bethlehem University.
During a screening of the first episode, Shoumali jokes that The Team is a "soap opera for social change." Other TV series focus on inside workings of soccer clubs, such as Dream Team (UK) and The Champion (Israel), but they emphasize romantic entanglements and power struggles. These aspects appear in The Team, but the political and social realities of Palestinian life under occupation, as well as a strong desire to resolve problems creatively and peacefully, are what distinguish the Palestinian program as an evocative work of art.
The political events affecting Palestinians' daily lives, including economic hardship, land confiscation and resistance weave seamlessly into the plot. We see effects of high unemployment as two players, Tony and Hakim, sneak into Israel for work despite the great risk. Another player, Abu Ayaaed, flees from the Israeli army, while Ahmed is injured by a rubber bullet during a demonstration and later is arrested by Israeli soldiers on his hospital bed.
Gender relations are an important theme. Featured are several strong women including Zeinah, mother of one of the players. After her husband's death she decides not to marry his brother, as dictated by custom, but begins studies at Bethlehem University.
The series also addresses painful issues such as "honor killings." The student Samira is murdered by her brother, and Zeinah writes a strongly worded open letter to Palestinian society condemning this horrific practice and challenging existing mores. Her writing helps bring these injustices to light.
Without compromising on story or entertainment, Shoumali and fellow creators emphasize the rule of law and freedom of association, challenges faced by women, peaceful conflict resolution and the importance of pursuing one's dreams. Placing an athletic club at the center of the action evokes the early history of Palestinian sports when such clubs were centers of cultural and political life and identity-building. Archival footage helps show the effects on football of larger historical realities such as the 1948 Nakba—the exodus of some 750,000 Palestinian Arabs following the civil war and the creation of Israel as a modern state.
In The Team, players are active in the community; for example, special events are organized for the disabled. Similar to the recent history of the Palestinian national team, which lost members to Israeli attacks and arrests, members of the fictional club are also imprisoned.
In conversation Shoumali expresses his appreciation for the game's beauty. This love comes through clearly in The Team. We see children playing in the street like their brethren around the world, their shirts bearing the names of soccer heroes. We learn about club dynamics—conflicting egos and coaching philosophies as well as the way that individuals meld into a team with common goals, reflecting the series' aim of fostering such unity in society at large.
"We wanted to transmit values of peace and to do that you need to convince, not impose," Shoumali says. An ex-Marxist, he emphasizes the importance of living together with the Israelis and of communication, with each side recognizing the other's humanity. "War is the corpse of all civilized things … our dreams should be connected."
Cinematographer Mohammad Fawzi echoes this desire for a peaceful and just solution. Asked about his connection to sports he responds that during the second intifada he and other cameramen got all the exercise they needed dodging bullets. Fawzi worked for Dutch TV and for Al Jazeera. His film Siege, about the blockade Israeli forces imposed on Palestinian fighters taking refuge in the Church of the Nativity won awards at the Tunis and Cairo film festivals. He also directed a film about Jewish settlers.
I also meet Raed Otham, Ma'an's general director. His house was destroyed during an Israeli bombing; his uncle, a physician whose portrait hangs on the office wall, was killed by a missile. Yet Otham emphasizes the need to be active in shaping one's individual and collective identity.
"Everyone is playing with us, all the powers and states, but I am player, not a ball," he says. He speaks of his training as an engineer and political activism that resulted in a prison sentence. In 1996, a poem by Syrian Nizar Qabbani, "A Drawing by Blood"—"I tried to pray to many Gods / at the end I discovered I pray for myself"—moved Otham to "think beyond the big slogans such as 'the Holy Land.' " Other experiences, along with literary works such as Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist (see 8 Nov 07), convinced him to leave politics. Otham turned to culture, believing that "culture and justice bring peace." He continues:
Palestinians always show the victims, the evils of the occupation. That exists, but we wanted to concentrate on the personal lives, what happens at home, relations between people. We are presenting a new look at the Palestinians. Many people in the West have images of Palestinians as bad people. With drama we can speak about our dreams, how to build things together, how we will be when we have our own state, the power of the group to shape its future. The team represents the
Palestinian society.
The Team is a co-production of Ma'an, an independent non-profit Palestinian news agency and media network, and Search for Common Ground. In eight years of existence Ma'an has excelled in news reporting and in producing dramas, including the popular Seriously Joking. Committed to Palestinian political and cultural independence, Ma'an has remained open to multiple perspectives. It regularly runs Israeli TV news broadcasts and interviews with leading Israeli journalists and scholars. Despite its professional and peaceful approach, in January Israeli authorities deported Ma'an's English-language editor.
Search for Common Ground helps create radio and television programs that offer alternatives to conflict. Soccer provides a logical subject and common language in many places where ethnic and national enmity prevail. The Palestinian series will soon be followed by an Israeli series based in the city of Ramlah/al-Ramlah where Jews and Arabs live side by side, but not always harmoniously.
Later in the day of my visit, crews film several scenes at a match between Palestinian team Shabab Al-Khalil and Wahdat Amman from Jordan. The match takes place in the crowded Al-Hussein stadium in Hebron, and spectators include Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. The importance of the sport to Palestinian national aspirations and sense of identity is also clear a month later at a game between the national women's teams of Palestine and Jordan, witnessed by 12,000.
As I leave the studio and head back to the border crossing we drive past a half-built structure. "Hotel Paradise," a sign declares.
Additional reading
On the history of Palestinian sports see Issam Khalidi, "Body and Ideology: Early Athletics in Palestine (1900–1948)," Jerusalem Quarterly 27 (summer 2006): 44–58; and idem, "The Zionist Movement and Sports in Palestine," The Electronic Intifada, 27 Apr 09.


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(Attica, OH) With gas prices near $4 a gallon and the cost of everything going up, Attica Raceway Park is giving area families the opportunity to enjoy a fun, exciting night of racing at an affordable price.On Friday, July 4, families can come to "Ohio's Finest Racing" speedplant and enoy the mud-slinging, fire-breathing action of the winged 410 sprints, the exciting side-by-side racing of the 305 sprints, the wheel-hiking fun of the Service Drive Solutions UMP Attica Late Models, and the edge-of-your-seat, door-banging action of the dirt trucks...all for a reduced admission price. Thanks to sponsorship from Quality Welding of Bellevue, adult general admission is just $10! Kids 10 and under get in free, and mom and dad can afford to feed them with $1 hot dogs and 50 cent popcorn.If the racing action weren't enough, Attica Raceway Park will hand out free souvenir racing programs the fans can use to get drivers' autographs. Prior to the racing - which gets underway at 8 p.m. - the pitgates will swing open for all fans to meet the drivers and crews and get pictures, t-shirts and more.Some lucky youngster will also leave with a new bike and, time permitting, some fan will get a ride in the Baumann Auto Group Pace Truck around the third-mile high banked clay oval and/or help fire off a sprint car with a trip in a push truck!"The weather hasn't given our great fans too many opportunities to enjoy the fun at Attica. So, thanks to help from Chuck Tinnel and his Quality Welding business, we're going to give them at break at the gate. Where else can you go and enjoy four divisions of exciting racing for just $10?" said ARP Operations Director Rex LeJeune.And the action is sure to be thrilling, as the chase for the track championships heat up in all four divisions.In the 410 sprints, Lee Jacobs - fresh off his exciting last lap Midseason Champion Night feature win, has pulled into a tie with four-time and defending champion Byron Reed, with Mike Linder just nine points back.Stuart Brubaker's last lap pass for the win on June 20 propelled him ahead of three-time feature winner Bobby Clark in the 305 sprint ranks.In the ARP late models, Ryan Missler's two feature wins and weekly consistency has him 35 points ahead of 2007 track champion Ken Hahn.Cory Ward's four-for-five effort in the dirt truck features has him ahead in the dirt truck standings by 33 points over Brian Arnold and 46 in front of Steve Endicott who has the only other truck win.Gates will open on July 4 at 5 p.m. with racing scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. For more information log onto www.atticaracewaypark.com


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Pontiac Grand Prix: General Care & Maintenance
I'm finally getting ready to do my first oil change (2005 GXP Dark Cherry) and thinking I want to run a synthetic like Mobile 1. Have any of you been running synthetics in you GXP or other performance cars? Since my GXP is currently my "weekend" driver so I don't log the miles rapidly and with the 6 months of wet stuff in the NW it hasn't been out for to many trips this winter.
Curious as to your experiences; especially anyone who has used synthetic oil on a vehicle for a lot of miles.
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Curious as to your experiences; especially anyone who has used synthetic oil on a vehicle for a lot of miles.
ps: went to the forum on the oils and its abit overwhelmingwiht so many entries.
rmozol Posts: 124oc, I can't figure how to attach a link here. I have a great writeup on synthetic oils, and more specifically, Mobil 1. I'm going to wait until at least a few thousand miles for my changeover. E-mail me at "email@example.com" of you want me to forward it. From what I read, there is nothing bad about synthetic oil, grease, or lubricants.
dribs15 Posts: 6one of my best friend's late dad was the highest AC-Delco guy for GM on the whole Atlantic Coast and when I got my loaded 97 gtp dark teal metallic (that he convinced me to check out w/ the new styling and engine), he told me to change the oil with Mobil one when the trip computer says and I will never have a problem with the eng/trans. So I did and enjoyed 131k w/o any issues before i traded it for a loaded w/ nav 06 gxp liquid silver and i plan on doing the same thing with it. 3900+ miles and loving every second of it. disclaimer: granted that was w/ the 3800 v-6 supercharged and this is a v-8 aluminum, but I'd think that it should be the same if not better. good luck and enjoy!
zoomandyzoom Posts: 19If the badges are the stick-on type, take some dental floss and slide it behind the badge and work it down until the badge comes off (this may leave some glue on the paint). To get the glue off, I've used Goof Off. If you use it sparingly, and rinse and polish the area afterward with wax or polishing compound, it should NOT damage your paint. I used it to take the "Grand Prix" badge off the trunk of my '05.
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pk48 Posts: 1HI. I AM WORKING ON MY KID'S GP. IT JUST QUIT. WHEN RESTARTING, IT RUNS FOR A FEW SECONDS AND QUITS. I WOULD THINK THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS SHUTTING DOWN. FUEL FILTER CHANGED, CRANK POSIT SENSOR REPLACED, NO AVAIL. WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND AND ALLDATA.COM DOESN'T HELP WITH IS THAT IF I KEEP REVVING THE ENGINE, IT WILL KEEP RUNNING. I DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO A SCAN TOOL (I THOUGHT I COULD STILL DO IT WITH THE PAPER CLIP BUT CAN'T). I WAS GOING TO CHECK FUEL PRESSURE BUT MY SHRADER VALVE RELEASE ON MY GUAGE IS BROKE (IS ANYTHING GOING TO GO RIGHT?). THE ACCELERATOR PUMP ACTION MAKES ME THINK THAT THE FUEL PUMP IS WORKING, THAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH INJECTOR CONTROLLERS BUT OBVIOUSLY I DON'T KNOW. SIX PACK OF BUD LIGHT TO WHOEVER KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON. MY REPUTATION IS ON THE LINE. THANKS
adam270 Posts: 1My wife has a 1999 Grand Prix with 170,000 miles with a 3.8(no supercharger) The problem is when Im cruising around 55mph and then slowly accelarate it chuggs or maybe missing. I replaced plugs last year. I just replaced wires and coils today. The first few miles it felt great real responsive, then about 20 miles later it started misssing again. Its real noticable at takeoffs too unless I floor it. Any help would be appreciated
chriscafepress Posts: 2Hey guys...got a quick question...
I have an 05 GP. Everything is great except for one thing.
At 1000 RPM I can hear a vibration from what appears to be right in front of the glovebox. Does anybody know what this could be?
It only happens when holding steady at 1000 RPM?
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matt9404 Posts: 1I have a 2004 GP, and I wasn't sure when I should get the timing belt checked out. I've heard different mileages like 80,000 and 100,000 and although my mileage isn't too high yet, I know that if it fails, it can do significant damage to other components in the engine.
Does anyone have any information or recommendations about if and when to check/replace the timing belt?
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oldirty_rabbit Posts: 7it'll come believe me. It is a real B%$#@ but it opens enough to get the filter out. If you want to make it simple for yourself you can loosen the clamp and push back the hose from the plastic so that you can remove the back completely. That would make it easier but No there is no trick just a tight fit. Hope that helps.
oldirty_rabbit Posts: 7I have used Mobile 1 synthetic oil and oil filter in all my vehicles and it is, in my opinion, the best oil you can buy. Synthetic oil is engineered so that it doesn't break down like traditional motor oil. So it gives you greater protection for a longer time. The time between changes is where the biggest advantage lies when using synthetic oil. However, I like to keep the time bout the same anyway. Never can be to safe when dealing with your transportation.


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The perfect symmetry of Rome's classical architecture reaches a climax at the Pantheon. Gaze upwards as daylight pours in through the open dome onto a mesmerising series of stepped tiles, and seek out the tomb of Renaissance painter Raphael.
On a Rome city break photograph the colour and characters of the city's prettiest produce market, Campo de' Fiori, and snack on fresh fruit while you browse. Slabs of pecorino, bottles of balsamic vinegar and grapes carved from marble make memorable souvenirs of holidays in Rome.
Piazza Navona's outdoor cafés look onto splashing fountains, under the shade of colourful umbrellas. Relax into holiday mode after your flights to Rome with spaghetti marinara drizzled with garlicky olive oil, some crusty bread and a carafe of red wine.
As twilight's blue velvet is studded with stars, nestle into a top-floor bar with a flute of sparkling prosecco. Rome's lamp-lit rooftop bars have views of terracotta rooftops and the picture-postcard skyline punctuated by pencil pines and St Peter's dome.
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It has now been widely reported that Hostess Brands, a legendary icon of the snack industry and a beloved maker of such childhood favorites as Twinkies, Ding Dongs, Ho Ho's and Snoballs, will soon shut its doors forever. The cause? A nationwide strike that has crippled production at the company's 33 plants around the country.
Though Hostess was able to reach a contractual agreement with the Teamsters Union, the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union remained on strike over wage and benefit concessions the company had sought in contract negotiations. So now the 18,500 employees of Hostess will find themselves jobless headed into the Holidays in a bad labor market with difficult job prospects. Once again Big Labor chooses to cut off its nose to spite its face.
Hostess will enter Chapter 11 bankruptcy due in part to the strike and also in part because of increased labor costs. Increased labor costs, something many small business owners can relate to, are a serious challenge to American companies competing in a global economy. Coupled with stagnant sales, concerns about federal tax increases and forced unionization of smaller and smaller businesses, many employers are reluctant to hire or expand.
As private sector union participation continues to shrink, Big Labor has grown increasingly aggressive in its efforts to change the rules of union organization in the hopes of breathing life into an outdated and withering business model. The fear of many small employers is that forced unionization through manipulation of federal policy and rules will be a key component of President Obama's second term. After all, Big Labor spent a lot of time and resources in the 2012 elections and they will want to see a return on that investment.
Now it is entirely plausible that some other company will snatch up iconic product lines like the Twinkie or Wonder Bread and some people may never know the difference. But for job creators and entrepreneurs this latest move by Big Labor sends another message that businesses and employees are better off working together without the disruptive and recalcitrant tactics of unions.
Of Note: Georgia Tipsheet is reporting 586 Georgians will also lose their jobs at a plant here in the Peach State. Thanks again Big Labor.


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The owner of the building was notified and agreed to have the property cleaned up within two weeks, however it seems no progress has been made.
"It's really sad, the way it looks back there," said Bern Prewitt.
"I think we're on the right path," continued Prewitt as he explained the next step would be to contact the Bolivar County Board of Supervisors.
The area is littered with debris, trash, old scraps of metal, a large cotton trailer full of discarded items, and a great deal of overgrown grass and weeds.
"It's in the interest of the city, as well as the county, that something get done," said Dr. Mack Hubbell, head of the committee.
The second issue of concern with brought up by committee member Pete Peden.
"I'm growing more concerned about the appearance, upkeep, and care of the properties on First, Second, Third and Fourth, primarily north of College Street. It seems to be deteriorating — the upkeep, appearance and trash," said Peden.
This area raises even more of a concern due to the fact that it is directly across from where the Grammy Museum is being built.
"When the neighborhood starts running down … it lends itself to other unscrupulous activities to go on," said Peden.
It was advised by Hubbell to have a diagram of suggested procedures created to present before the Cleveland Board of Aldermen.
"I think this should be (brought to their attention)," said Peden.
The committee adjourned and went to the old D&L building so all members could get a better understanding of the condition of the area.


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Connecticut shooting 'reminds us that evil knows no boundaries'
BY MARY MITCHELL firstname.lastname@example.com December 14, 2012 7:04PM
Firefighters pay their respects at a memorial for shooting victims near Sandy Hook Elementary School, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in Newtown, Conn. A gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown Friday and opened fire, killing 26 people, including 20 children. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
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Across this nation — in towns like Newtown, Conn., where 20 children and six adults were gunned down, and in neighborhoods like Englewood where hundreds of children have been killed — many of us look to the men and women of God to help us survive evil.
Within minutes of the news that so many children had been slaughtered at Sandy Hook Elementary School, some of the nation's most powerful televangelists turned to their twitter accounts to address our grief:
"T.D. Jakes: This is a tragic, senseless loss of life. Lets pray for the families who carry a sorrow . . . none should have to bear!"
"Joyce Meyer: Heartbroken and praying for the families & friends of those affected by this terrible tragedy in Connecticut today. (Psalms 34:18);"
"Joel Osteen: We are praying for all those affected by the devastating tragedy in CT. Our heart goes out to all those that are hurting right now;"
And Deepak Chopra: "In remembrance of all those that have been killed in the senseless Newtown massacre, I'm observing silence on Twitter [and] Facebook until 12/17."
No matter what our beliefs, there is no way to make sense of circumstances that would lead to the murders of innocent children in a school.
The dead children in Newtown were victims of the same unspeakable evil that has killed dozens of innocent kids in Chicago — kids who were gunned down as they sat on a front porch, or jumped rope on a sidewalk or slept on a sofa in their own living rooms.
"Who would ever think . . . in a small town?" asked a dazed woman at the scene of the school shooting who was one of the lucky ones because her child was alive.
For the families of the slain, the pain was nearly unbearable.
This man-made calamity struck at the very heart of a community and brought with it so much carnage. President Barack Obama wept during his remarks on the tragedy.
"No place is sacred anymore," noted B. Herbert Martin, pastor of Progressive Community Church on the city's South Side.
Martin, who gained prominence for being the late Mayor Harold Washington's pastor, served the Robert Taylor Homes community for decades. Although the housing project was dismantled, he continues to see violence on the streets around the church.
"Just the other night, a young fellow whom we minister to was running from the gangs. When he made it to the front door, he was shot three times in the back. His body was picked up and taken on to the morgue and that was the end of it," Martin lamented.
"We are praying with the people in Newtown. We are praying for them and for those who have experienced the violence, the bloodshed and the lawless behavior," he said. "We are all in this boat together."
Marc J. Belgrad, the rabbi of the B'Chavana congregation and a teacher at the Chicagoland Jewish High School, said such tragedies are "only surprising when we think that people aren't capable of doing it."
"When we have a very rosy and optimistic view of human nature, it surprises us. But coming from my particular community where we have known a lot of horrific things over the century, it doesn't surprise us that human beings are capable of this," Belgrad said.
"What I say to people is faith isn't a faith that everything is OK and faith isn't a faith that everything will turn out OK. What I would like to call it is faith despite . . . it is a faith and a trust that our lives are meaningful despite these random acts of evil."
When I reached Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina, he, too, was weeping.
"We have to recognize we are in a world where evil is real and where we have neglected our responsibility to be the moral voice about violence. We have become a very violent country and we have to accept responsibility for that," Pfleger said.
Newtown is a town with a population of only 27,560, according to the 2010 Census. It is an affluent town, and more than likely, most people probably thought the evil could not touch them.
But this terrible tragedy reminds us that evil knows no boundaries.
"We stand in solidarity with the folks in Connecticut and stand in solidarity with the folks in Chicago who have lost their kids," Martin said.
"We've got to have solidarity across the country — Christian, Muslim, Jews — all of us have got to take this seriously and bring back some respect for life, for family, for community."


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July 18, 2010
good for using in single cab trucks
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Centralia, WA
July 13, 2010
These are great subwoofers, I installed them together in a custom box, and they sound GREAT, they were easy to mount, and are very high quality, I've been running them fairly hard for 6 months now, and no problems.
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watertown, NY
November 10, 2009
went with the shallows for my tundra, perfect fit. only thing i didn't like was the placement of the wire terminals. i had to flip the speaker upside down in the box because the terminals were hitting the box right side up. other than that it puts out well for being in a small, wedge enclosure. if it were in a regular size box with another 10" it would sound phenomenal. never came close to giving it max power either, it doesn't need it.
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March 10, 2014
This sub rocks for such a thin design! We ordered a second one because we were so pleased with the first. They fit into a slim customized box for '82 Corvette and still left plenty of space in the back. As a mater of fact, the bass was so overpowering we had to set them at about 50% so the music sounded right with the pioneer 6X9's and 4x6's.
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December 13, 2012
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February 5, 2012
Bought a custom box to fit under the rear seat in a Ford Explorer Sport Trac. Not much choice as I had to have a shallow mount speaker. Though the box I bought was only meant to house 1 10" I took a chance and cut a second 10" hole and was able to mount two 10's in the box!! Have it connected to an Alpine 250watt sub amp and it thumps with the best of them!! Have not ported the box and I'm sure it would deliver even more sound but don't seem to need it.
Best shallow subs I've seen or heard anywhere. Highly recommend these speakers.
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July 28, 2013
Very good sound, especially after break-in. Good response in a small box and contributes nicely, even at low volumes.
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June 4, 2013
Sub is the cleanest shallow mount I have heard in a long time that compliments the space of my truck greatly! Would easily recommend this to anyone looking for a shallow mount style sub
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Greenville, SC
March 31, 2013
I have this 10 inch Pioneer on my golf cart powered by a power acoustik amp, and it sounds great. ive been running it for about a year now, and still hits hard
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August 19, 2012
I am not a versed person in car audio music but I bought myself 2 of these for my Nissan Frontier box & I must say its worth the money.
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This little sub works fine... great price installed into a woofer box and it has great bass sound.
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July 2, 2012
sounds great in a small space. Installed in a custom box inside jeep wrangler rear seat. sounds good with all types of music. It wont break your neighbors windows but it will get you noticed. Highly suggest if space is an issue.
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June 11, 2012
I wanted to replace my big bulky subwoofer box for a much, much smaller one in my pickup. This sub fit into the tiniest box I could find and sounds awesome. You won't hear it five blocks away, but it's more than enough to add some great pounding bass to your vehicle. Price is very good too. This sub is a great value.
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April 8, 2012
I bought a pair of these for my crew cab frontier because there is only 4" of spece behind the rear seat! After some customization i was able to build a box that fit. I first tried them out in my car which i have two 15" MA audio and they surprised the heck out of me when they were almost as loud and clear as the 15's. For the money i dont think there could be any better buy out there.
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December 20, 2011
For anyone in doubt like I was, this sub definitely does not disappoint. I have two hooked up to a Pioneer GM-D8500M Class-D Mono Amp in a slim Qlogic box (Qlogic TCM210) in my Toyota Tundra Crewmax, and this thing rocks! Hits lows like a full size sealed or ported box would! Even the installer was surprised at the sound that came out of these. I couldn't be happier. If you're low on space, and also wanting to save some cash, you will not go wrong with these! I didn't think the lows that these produce were possible in the small amount of airspace these use, but I'm now a believer!
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Auburn, CA
August 10, 2011
Please, for your own sake spend a little extra cash and buy some nicer subs than these. I just had my 3d sub blow out and they were purchased only last december. I have them configured with the correct amplifier and were professionally installed. they all have burnt out with only medium usage on medium volume levels.
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June 21, 2011
Sub still pounds hasn't lost any of it's resistance and still sounds great definitely thinking of puttin a second one in my truck
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Chicago, Il
June 21, 2011
I've had this product for six months and have run it off a Sony Xplod car amp with two channels for my fronts and the sub woofer crossed over. It will run fine..if you dont pound on it heavily. If you play heavy bass music, this is not the product for you. Overall, I'm satisfied, especially with the size and workmanship of the product. It sounds really good in a non-ported box.
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I purchased this product because I wanted good base. I had two of the tens hooked to a Rockford Fosgate power 1000 watt amp whose RMS almost perfectly matched that of the subs. They sounded great, untill the burned up. I had them tuned correctly, and did not think that they were overloaded because of thier power rating. Overall these are good for adding depth to regular music listening, but I would not recommend them to those looking for heavy base
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March 27, 2011
Great 10" sub. I've got 150 watt RMS running to this sub in a shallow box in the back of my pickuup and it sounds great. Would definitely recommend this sub. I'm very pleased with this purchased and price was excellent too.
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September 15th, 2009Hello there Walk Off Walk reader, how are you doing today? I see that you have found us via the website Walk Off Walk and their popular post "Miller Park Drunk Sells Out to Corporate Overlords from Chicago".
I just wanted to say hello and tell you a few things about myself. My name is Chad Trixie and I work in some sort of financial field. I am from the suburb of Schaumburg, but prefer to tell everyone (especially at the Big Ten college I attended) that I am from Chicago. I drive a Range Rover, which I am thinking of trading in for one of those hybrids. My favorite Cub of all time is without a doubt Ryne Sandberg. I, perhaps ironically(?), enjoy drinking Old Style even when I am not at games and I'm definitely not afraid to show up at work hungover. I'm just a regular guy.
Despite what you might think about me I am not a "corporate overlord" in this to make money. I just enjoy writing about baseball and thought this blog would be a good way to do it. In a lot of ways I am like the Cubs ownership in that I am committed to winning. I spent what it took to acquire this blog and I might lose some money, but I come from money so it's not like I need this to support myself, my dad made enough money for me to never work again which allows me to express myself creatively.
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Creation cannot explain away its creator, it merely tells part of the story of him. The danger comes when we only need God for what we don't know, and, conversely, we don't need him in what we do know.
We need safe places in which to raise the complex issues of submitting wholeheartedly to the authority of God's Word in the Scriptures while wrestling with the important findings and perspectives in the natural sciences.
By getting rid of the miracle stories in the Bible, Bultmann and his followers hoped to make the Christian story more palatable to modern man. Although I recognize the emotional weight of this sentiment, I am not convinced that it is an intellectually coherent approach, mainly for reasons of self-consistency.
I began to imagine God taking delight in watching the universe slowly unfold and grow, much like my wife and I delight in the slow transformation of seeds into a bountiful harvest.
If I studied science, allowed my intellect to thrive, and continued the pursuit of understanding how things work, I was convinced that I would be condemning my soul and forsaking my faith.
All creation is the doings of God's hands, no matter how he did it. When I look at a painting, I can connect somehow with the painter, and the same goes with the universe and God.
I became such an expert in young-earth creationist theology and science that it turned into a wrecking ball for my faith.
Science is an honest and noble pursuit, evidence of human intellect and curiosity, and to turn away from these is to deny a very important part of who God created us to be in the first place.
My childhood in the evangelical church gave me the toolkit that led me to eventually accept the evidence for evolution, and marvel at the God who created it all.
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Recent high-school graduate Jacob shares about his journey from young-earth creationism to evolutionary creationism, and how his faith was challenged and strengthened along the way.
Read about the death of Wolfhart Pannenberg, still debating creation and evolution, and a really big dinosaur discovery.
We need to hear stories from others who have wrestled with evolution and Christian faith. What arguments made them change their views on science? How did they hold fast to their relationship with God? The essays in this series will eventually comprise a book, provisionally titled, "Evolving: Evangelicals Reflect on Evolution."
We now take for granted an understanding of the Christian story that was largely worked out by Paul and later theologians. Even though the Gospels were composed after Paul's letters, they were concerned to tell the story itself in all its strangeness as it had been preserved by the first generation of Christians. And what we find in the stories themselves is the shock and wonder and surprise that the resurrection caused.
There was nothing about my experiences on Oct. 20 or the God I'd met that day that intimated to me that he harbored a particular abhorrence for evolution or any scientific theory. I wonder how often we do stuff like that: add things to our list of divine "non-negotiables" that really reflect nothing of the God we experienced when he first welcomed us into his family as a free gift of grace.
…because accepting evolutionary theory for the first time does require us to reconsider and reframe other aspects of our cultural and spiritual beliefs, we must be more caring about the way we interact with those who remain in disagreement with us.
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Harris said the issue came to light after the owner of Sky Box nightclub wrote a letter accusing Johnson of requesting money to turn a blind eye to underage youth entering the club.
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The mayor said he was unsure why the owner would rat out Johnson, considering he's also partaking in the alleged illegal activity.
"Something is not right — apparently there's some tension between the two," said Harris. "He said in the letter he's tired of paying and that it's been going on for a while.
"We have an ordinance in Shelby that you must be 21 to get into a club," added Harris. "If these allegations are true, we'll handle them appropriately. I don't understand why the chief never did anything to enforce that ordinance."
The board requested the ongoing investigation be led by an outside party to eliminate any local bias.
Harris said he talked to the chief briefly and hopes to discuss the allegations in greater detail later this week.
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No I had it right. The PP said that the broadcasters had the spectrum. I said that the PP was wrong. I'm correct.Sorry, but you have that wrong.
Some news for you: "We the People of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America." Just in case you thought there was someone else behind this magical thing called "government".The public airwaves belong to we, the American people, the "public" as it were.
I think I understand your confusion: You seem to think that you and I own the airwaves, ourselves, individually, in some way, instead of the reality, that we own them collectively (hence my earlier mention about the "government"). As such, "we" absolutely can and do use our own airwaves and even derive revenue from them.Yes, you and I own the airwaves...isn't that great? Only problem is, except for a few of very narrow exceptions we (the people) can't use our own airwaves, and we (the people) can't derive any revenue from them.


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