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In short, it's bad.
That other states, including Illinois, are in worse shape is little consolation: Missouri government must take drastic steps to balance a recession-battered budget.
"I had 25 people outside my office just now, and they are getting their monthly general-relief-fund payment cut from $80 to $9," says Mary Still, the governor's spokeswoman.
"That's a very difficult choice to make. There are many, many difficult choices being made right now."
Among those choices that must be made, Holden wants to cut state support for the Missouri Arts Council and dip into the state's Cultural Trust Fund. From $5.9 million this year, Holden's budget proposal reduces the state's appropriation to zero in fiscal year 2004. That means arts organizations are going to have to look elsewhere for funding, and in the current economy they're already dealing with fewer philanthropic dollars.
"The governor would like to have more money and would like to be able to fund the arts council," says Still, but amidst those many difficult choices, the story of those people outside her office contains an obvious lesson. Shelter, food, clothing, health care, education -- these basic services are in peril. And you want to talk about the Missouri Arts Council?
Noree Boyd, executive director of MAC, has been meeting with legislators and community groups since she first saw the big zero next to her organization's name in the governor's budget. She sympathizes with the dilemma facing the General Assembly.
"We have a lot of friendly legislators," Boyd says. "They're all saying, 'Oh, you know I love the arts. You know I support the arts. You know I do everything I can for the arts. But there's a huge budget deficit, a huge nut to crack, and we've got to be good stewards of public dollars.'
"We certainly understand that, and we certainly understand that there are a lot of needs around the state. We believe and know the arts can help sooth some of those needs as well -- in education, in business attraction, etc."
But there's no money.
Boyd and longtime arts lobbyist Kyna Iman are making the pitch to this new Legislature that funding the arts is an investment. "We're going to make the case on how important the arts are to economic development," Iman says. "With this conservative Legislature, they understand that. The arts can turn a dollar faster than any other program," she says.
Wait a minute. With many new faces in this Legislature, and not so many friendly faces as MAC used to see, do you really think they get that? "We're trying to educate them along those lines," says Iman. "We're working very hard to educate them on that."
That education requires more than the usual explanation of the values of cultural tourism, arts education and the fact that life without the arts is dull, dull, dull. How dull can it be? Unless your aunt lives there or the state fair is taking place, there's no reason to go to Sedalia other than to visit the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art. Even the New York Times brought attention to Missouri with regard to something other than a predilection for Confederate flags: The paper of record claimed the state had an uncharacteristic affinity for contemporary art. A dubious assertion, but don't tell the tourists that. Even a Republican Legislature and a sorely pressed Democratic governor understand that the arts are revenue-makers.
With state dollars hard to come by to keep even a roadside rest area clean, an even greater danger than zero funding to MAC is Holden's proposed dipping into the state's Cultural Trust to fund the agency this year. There is such a thing as a Cultural Trust in Missouri, and it's a model for combining public and private funding to stabilize the arts in perpetuity, at least in theory.
When is a trust not a trust? When you take money out of it for something other than what it was intended -- which is what Holden is proposing, and which probably isn't even legal. Says Iman, "We do not have the authority to spend those dollars. They've been invested in an endowment -- that's what you do with an endowment.
"[Holden] was even state treasurer when a majority of those funds were put into the Missouri investment trust. We'll be highly penalized if we take any money out of that fund to use."
Established in 1996 by state statute, the Cultural Trust is made up of revenues derived from the taxation of nonresident performers and athletes. The impetus of the trust's creation came from those Republicans who demanded that arts organizations find more of their own funding sources -- the private/public partnership model that the Reagan era gave us.
So, in Missouri, the arts groups did just as they were told. They raise money to go into a private trust, and the state puts in tax dollars gathered from non-Missourians to match it. By 2008, the trust was to reach $100 million, and all would be stabilized for generations to come.
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In 2005, the concept of bundling together multiple chronic parasitic and related infections into the category of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) was proposed because they could be targeted simultaneously with a package of low cost and donated drugs.
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We're pleased to share that at about 5:15he also discussed "neglected diseases" in general and the goes into detail about his working fighting trachoma in Ethiopia. This is great exposure for NTDs!
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HUGH Taylor's war on trachoma began 35 years ago. As a young doctor, he travelled the red dirt roads of the Tanami Desert in a beat-up Land Rover with the late Fred Hollows dispensing medical help to an estimated 10,000 Aboriginal men, women and children with the catastrophic eye disease.
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After a long night at The Strutt, we were blessed enough to stay at The Muse, a house with ample floor space for our raucous party of 12. Those who live there treated us extremely well, and we are forever grateful for such gracious hosts. Though, this day did not provide the joys of lingering in the Pinckney lake haus as the days prior. Most of us had retreated near 4am to the upper floors of The Muse, to rest our weary souls to the low hum of a Beatles sing along downstairs on Cajon, Piano, and Guitar. The joyous voices of Elizabeth Pixley Finck and Samantha Cooper sneaking their way up through the floorboards.
We had to rise early to make it to Grand Rapids for several Promo stops.
The first being a Halfway House Session
Tucked away slightly off the beaten path lies a quaint little house that is set up like a recording studio bomb shelter. Beautiful natural light, great control room, great sound treatment, with such care taken in mic placement to impress our resident studio engineer, and bass player Keith Kinnear. The specific incident being a slightly old school arrangement of two AKG 414′s I'd rather have Keith describe, however he was impressed. For those who don't know, Keith engineered the sessions that brought about a bonus track for Salt Year called "Holy Storm", as well as the studio version of Big Ghost that will show its face sometime within the next year. Among work with this outfit, he's also responsible for recording Graham Parsons' solo record "Farmhand", and This is Deer Country's album "What Wandering Heart". In this instance though, he was only observing the dedication of those running Halfway House.
Towards the end of the session, we were run in shifts to the amazing Grand Rapids radio station WYCE for a few songs from myself, Hez, and Crain.
Once Halfway finished up, we loaded in epically early at Founders.
Founders not only makes some of Michigan's best beer, it also houses a pleasantly backdropped stage and extremely professional sound man by the name Josiah. With such a long night both behind us and before us, the crew meandered up to the founders office for much needed rest. I sat in my car and read a few chapters of Bill Brysons "A Walk in the Woods", then dozed off for a few hours. In hindsight it must have looked like I had a indulged in too much founders early in the day to those passing by me. Though, if I walked past a guy asleep in a car parked on the curb outside of founders I would have thought the same thing.
For Founders, we had the pleasure of having Graham Parsons (of The Go Rounds, and guitar player for the Bathgate outfit) open the evening. He played Idle, the first track off The New Go Rounds record, that was thankfully captured by Mostly Midwest. Graham is has mixed bag of super talents I'll wait to wax on extensively. For now, you can see for yourself here.
The highlight of this evening was Hezekiah Jones' set for me, with extremely tasteful solos done by his entire crew of Jones' the energy in was unstoppable.
Another highlight of this evening was both a pleasant and dire one.That highlight being the fact that we sold out of Salt Years entire first pressing on this night. This is joyous, as it breaks some personal records, but puts us in a bizarre situation where we are uncertain if we will be able to get our second pressing in time for other dates on tour. Some promotional remainders have been shipped to the Up Front and Company for our show there on April 26th (the day Salt Year is available in stores), and beyond that we have word that the factory that pumps them out may be able to ship a rush order to us in time for Calumet. So fortunate, and unfortunate. A blessing with a edge.
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Reality Sucks.It sucks, doesn't it? To feel so out of place in a world with 7 billion people. You have this idea of how life is supposed to be. You're supposed to be surrounded by people who will make you tell them what's really wrong when you say, "I'm fine." You're supposed to have this close family that's impossible to break apart.Those movies you see where the bad guys are ruined, you finally get the guy/girl of your dreams, and everyone goes home happy should be movies ba
"what it is really that you're even sticking around for anymore?"
I swear I've asked that question a lot in the last few years...
Sometimes I wish I could find girls like you and make rounds teleporting to them just to embrace them so I could feel emotional relief as well
Life never works the way we want. That's why people become strong. Life throws them down, but they find a way to get back up, always. We are stronger than we give ourselves credit for.
You speak those words add if your reading my mind. It really is a feeling of hopelessness. I live like this story every day.
It's sad to see such a young beautiful girl such as yourself write something like this from what can only come from experience. I'm sorry that you are going through it and appreciate the kind words.


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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA'MPAA CEO Chris Dodd didn't seem eager to talk about the aftermath of SOPA when he spoke at San Francisco's Commonwealth Club on Tuesday night. The former Connecticut senator would have preferred to wax poetic about innovation, California, and the collaboration between Hollywood and Silicon Valley. "Every studio I deal with has a distribution agreement with Google," said Dodd. "We've divided up this discussion in a way that doesn't really get us moving along as a people."
He couldn't ignore it for long. Gavin Newsom brought it up only briefly, but reporters approached Dodd after the event to get more details on how he viewed the SOPA aftermath, as well as the MPAA's Internet lobbying more generally. SOPA and its sister bill PIPA were both definitivelykilled off earlier this year after an overwhelming campaign of online action by citizens and tech companies.
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Two students from Chattanooga received awards this spring from Tennessee Tech University's College of Arts and Sciences.
TTU sophomore Danielle Davis received the Leo McGee journalism scholarship. A journalism major, she is on the Eagle yearbook staff, a RACE mentor, a Minority Affairs Ambassador, and a member of the TTU public relations club. She was on the dean's list last semester. A 2011 graduate of the Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences, she is the daughter of Winford and Gwendolyn Davis, of Ooltewah.
David Hunter, a junior geology major, received the earth science alumni scholarship. He has been on the dean's list for five semesters and plans to pursue a master's degree in hydrogeology, geomorphology or paleoclimatology after completing his degree at TTU. He is a 2010 graduate of Lookout Valley High School. His parents are Dwight and Gina Hunter.


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My name is Claudia, and I'm an Italian cosplayer! I do not do follow for follow or like for like, but if I REALLY like your work I will subscribe immediately. I do not make all of my costumes, but I always give proper credits! DeviantArt: http://achico-xion.deviantart.com/ Facebook cosplay page https://www.facebook.com/achicoxioncosplay/
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Lists can be a great form of Link Bait. Whether it's top 10, top 20, top 100, or top 342, if the list can provide something valuable or some useful resources it will probably attract links. People love top lists and are drawn to them and will link to the to draw others as well. There's something irresistible about top 10 lists.
You shouldn't just put up any old list though. Type 'top 10′ into Google and you should see over 3 billion results. 'top 100′ yields 1.3 billion results. Even 'top 342′ which was a number I picked at random comes back with almost 35 million results. There's a lot of lists out there and if you want yours to get some notice it's best to make it unique or a little better than the others out there. If you're an authority on a topic your list on that topic should carry more weight. Pick a controversial subject or maybe something timely. Anything to separate it from other lists. Top lists do attract attention in general though, since they are easy to read or at the least, easy to skim so you can decide if you want to read the whole thing.
All this came up, because last night on two of the blogs I consistently read there were some lists. SEOmoz's 50 Top Blogs in the Search Space and SEO Book's 101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006 both offered something I was interested in and both were from trusted sources. The latter even includes building lists as the number one item on it's list and you'll notice both have captured at least one link each from me. I'm sure they got a few more as well.
50 Top Blogs in the Search Space
This is really a great list of blogs. About 20 are in my current reading list and I'll be checking out the rest now that I've been made aware of them. SEOmoz's own blog isn't included, but it should be. It's one of the first I go to for information each day. The list is pretty inclusive and there are a few more given in the comments including a link to another list by RustyBrick, Which Search Blogs Am I Most Likely To Read In More Detail.
Of course I was completely shocked not to find this blog on the list. Ok, maybe not, but hopefully one day I can make it on someone's list of top bloggers. The link back here would be nice especially if the list becomes an authority page as happens with many others. Maybe one day I'll post my own reading list. As long as you promise to link to it.
101 Ways to Build Link Popularity in 2006
Some good info here from someone who knows how to build links. SEO Book shows over 145,000 backlinks in Yahoo to the domain and even the stingy backlink display of Google shows nearly 3,500 links pointing to the domain. If you poke around the site you'll see that Aaron uses many of the suggestions on his list to build links so he has some experience with this.
Do pay some attention to the last part of the list '30 Bad Ways to Build Links.' Sadly, far too many people think the items included on the what not to do part of the list are the way to build links. Please pay attention and know these tactics won't help you at all. Building links is very important, but no one said it was easy. If you want the kind of links that will help your site you need to create something worthy of linking to. SEO Book lists 71 ways to get links that have a better chance of being quality links.
Check out the two lists above and start building your own. Make them unique, smart, authority, controversial, or anything else that will make someone want to read them and then link to them. You already have a head start on getting those links simply by creating a list. Now create a good one and bring home those links and traffic.
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I'm trying to build the latest nforce drivers (0246) on a debian woody box with an MSI K7N-420D.
I'm using GCC '2.95.4'.
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Hmm. Solved my own problem by looking at the old version of the driver source. For some reason NVidia has used -falign instead of -malign. So I just changed one to the other. I think someone better change this on the download.
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SPED301: Introduction to Special Education
ASCD is an endorsing partner of the common core initiative and has provided resources to learn more about the common core state standards.
Location in Cook Library: Reference LC4007E53 2007
Description of the Common Core Standards and links to documents outlining their relation to educational curriculum in Maryland.
A dozen encyclopedias with topics relating to education.
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Search online encyclopedias in the multidisciplinary field of family studies.
Primary and secondary educational systems of 233 countries
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) is dedicated to improving results for infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities ages birth through 21 by providing leadership and financial support to assist states and local districts.
Topics covered include all levels of education and special education.
Contains journal and magazine articles as well as other materials in all areas of education and special education.
Communication & Mass Media Complete provides abstracts and full text of scholarly journal articles and popular articles in areas related to communication; including speech and language pathology and deaf studies.
Designed for professional educators, this database provides a highly specialized collection of nearly 520 high quality education journals, including more than 350 peer-reviewed titles.
A comprehensive database covering information concerning topics in emotional and behavioral characteristics, psychiatry & psychology and disability.
Specialize in psychology and related disciplines such as education.
PsycARTICLES is an online database covering general psychology and specialized basic, applied, clinical, and theoretical research in psychology and related disciplines such as education.
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Searchable video library of educational case studies and scenarios.
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The Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST, is a source for Universal Design for Learning (UDL) information and lesson plans.
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Candace Pitts Cullum: Just remember this is YOUR wedding... do it YOUR way and have fun!!!
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Yellowstone: Where Wild Things Roam Trip is Full
July 9 - 19, 2015
Leaders: Rob Gibbs & Mark England
Yellowstone is truly one of the world's greatest natural areas, America's first National Park and honored by the United Nations as a World Heritage Site. At over two million acres, Yellowstone National Park encompasses a vast and diverse wilderness. Enjoy the Park's geysers and other geothermal features while searching for birds, mammals, and other wildlife. With luck we could see wolves, bears, moose, elk, bison, and other big mammals. We are sure to see many birds, butterflies, wildflowers, and more. The itinerary includes visits to neighboring Grand Teton National Park and to the high Beartooth Plateau, part of the Shoshone National Forest. Cost is $2995, double occupancy from Jackson, WY, for ANS members.
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Scotland's Aigas Field Centre Trip is Full
July 7 - 19, 2015
Leaders: Neal Fitzpatrick, Warwick Lister-Kaye, and Aigas Rangers
Northern Scotland is a land of rugged mountains, broad glacial valleys, open moors, a jagged coastline mixing rocky cliffs with small beaches, countless lakes and ponds, and an intriguing mix of wildlife. Islands off the coast have a distinctive maritime flair but also a great variety of birds and other wildlife. Amidst it all is the lively culture of the Scots. Explore it all with this new Audubon Naturalist Society travel program.
The amazing Aigas Field Centre is the centerpiece of the program. We spend seven nights based at this award-winning environmental education center housed at a glorious old estate. We also spend three nights at Islay before reaching the Aigas Field Centre. This island, part of the Inner Hebrides, is one of Scotland's best regions for raptors and other open country birds, as well as the home to many famous distilleries. As at Aigas, our visit to Islay combines natural history with a look into the history and culture of Scotland. Cost is $4900, double occupancy for ANS members.
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Honduras: Spectacular Pico Bonito Lodge Limited Number of Spaces Now Available!
November 7-14, 2015
Leader: Paul Pisano and local guides
Pico Bonito Lodge, near the Caribbean Sea in northern Honduras, is the new "hot destination" for birding and nature tours in Central America. The lodge features very nice cabins, exceptional meals, and great service. But, more importantly, it features excellent trails through pristine forests adjacent to a large national park. Spend a week at this lodge exploring these trails and venturing out to nearby natural areas, including the mangrove swamps of Cuero y Salada Wildlife Refuge and the Cayos Cochinos Archipelago. Lovely Cotinga, Boat-billed Heron, Keel-billed Motmot, and the endemic Honduran Emerald just begin the list of possible sightings. Members' cost is $2600, double occupancy from San Pedro Sula.
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South Florida: Exploring the Dynamic Everglades Trip Full - Call to be added to wait list
January 16-24, 2016
Leaders: Mark Garland, Tom Gire & Judy Gire
Escape winter and enjoy the biological richness of southern Florida. Our trip visits a variety of natural areas in Everglades National Park, along with the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center and the Wakodahatchee Wetlands near West Palm Beach. We are sure to see a lot of birds and other wildlife, but we also take a holistic approach, looking at the complex interwoven character of the many habitats of the Everglades ecosystem. Learn about the major conservation efforts that have recently been implemented to hopefully restore and protect this national treasure. The trip wraps up in southwestern Florida, where we visit Corkscrew Swamp, Rookery Bay, Tigertail Beach, and Everglades City.
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Costa Rica: Celebrating Tropical Diversity Limited Number of Spaces Still Available!
January 30-February 13, 2016
Leaders: Stephanie Mason and Carlos "Charlie" Gomez
Costa Rica has long been considered one of the world's top ecotourism destinations. On our more than 28 years of trips there, we always visit several different habitats in our search for birds, plants, and all manner of wildlife. Lessons on tropical ecology and conservation engage us every day. Our 2016 trip explores Caribbean lowland rain forest, cool mountain highlands, southern Pacific foothills and coastline, and other tropical wild lands. Thrill to sightings of toucans, trogons, tanagers, monkeys, and more. Cost for ANS members is $3800, double occupancy from San Jose, and includes all but two meals.
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Botswana: Africa's Wilderness Wetland
April 3-13, 2016
Leaders: Mark Garland & Graham Johansson
Botswana is a stable, peaceful nation in southern Africa with great appeal to wildlife enthusiasts. Savannahs are home to zebras, giraffes, elephants, lions, cheetahs, gazelles, and others – the classic guild of African wildlife – but Botswana has something special: the Okavango Delta. Here the African savannah meets the continent's largest freshwater wetland, creating truly one of the world's most spectacular wildlife viewing destinations. Our itinerary visits two different small lodges in the delta for maximum immersion into this spectacular ecosystem, along with a visit to the associated Lanyanti wetlands to the north. We also offer an optional pre-trip extension to the Kalahari desert, and an optional post-trip extension to Victoria Falls, Zambia. Call or email to receive a registration packet when they are available.
Southeastern Arizona: Crossroads of Western Ecosystems
August 19-28, 2016
Leaders: Mark England & Sheri Williamson
Southeastern Arizona is one of our country's most biologically rich regions. At lower elevations the Sonoran Desert and the Chihuahuan Deserts meet, and the highlands mix some species of the Rocky Mountains with others of the Sierra Madre. There are many birds found in this region that aren't regularly seen in any other part of the US, and there are also distinctive plants, reptiles, butterflies, and more. Search for birds and learn about this region's ecological diversity with popular ANS leader Mark England and Sheri Williamson, Director of the Southeastern Arizona Bird Observatory. Planning is underway; contact us and we'll send the final itinerary and other details as soon as the planning is complete.
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In the late 90's, I performed detailed empirical studies of the behavior of the algorithms I use for simplification of Presburger Formulas. I identified several characteristics that lead to quick solution, rather than exponential blowup, for the formulas that arise during analysis of typical (benchmark) programs. These characteristics, as well as the algorithms and experimental system, are described in the paper (gzipped) that appeared in the May '98 issue of ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems.
More recently, Rob Seater (HC '02) and I developed a formal description of a subdomain of Presburger Arithmetic that can be manipulated in polynomial time, and which includes almost all of the affine formulas involved in analysis of loop-carried dataflow. This work is described in our paper "Polynomial Time Array Dataflow Analysis" at LCPC '01. We went on to develop efficient algorithms for a domain that includes a wider variety of "disequality" constraints: See "Efficient Manipulation of Disequalities During Dependence Analysis" (published at LCPC '02) for details. I started this investigation at DIMACS (where I spent part of my junior leave); Vince Gabor (HC '99) worked with me during the preliminary investigation.
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VIDEO: Niccolò Ceria does Entlinge, 8B+by Björn Pohl - UKC Oct/2012
This news story has been read 2,976 times
A few days ago Italian 19 year old, Niccolň Ceria repeated Entlinge, ~8B+, and L'ombre du vent sds, ~8B, in the Murgtal, Switzerland. Both problems were first done by Fred Nicole.
Niccolň needed two days to do Entlinge and thought it felt harder than any other 8B he has done and that 8B/+ could be about right.
The problem was originally given 8C and has been flashed by Daniel Woods.
Other problems Niccolň has repeated recently include Radja (new method), Permanent midnight and Steppenwolf, all 8B.
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The Boston Red Sox have quickly gone from having one of the worst rotations to one of the best. Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz, and John Lackey have bounced back big time. They have gone from liabilities to all-star caliber pitchers in the course of a year, playing to their contracts expectations. The top three in the Red SoxŌĆÖs rotation is a solid core, anchoring a deep staff overall. The staff is rounded out by Jake Peavy, Felix Doubont, and Ryan Dempster. Yes, the Red SoxŌĆÖs have six quality starters and only five spots to fill. A lot of speculation has been made about the possibility of moving one of these guys, and I wholeheartedly disagree with that notion.
ŌĆ£You can never have enough pitching,ŌĆØ is a famous quote that applies to every MLB team. Depth is always a good thing, and with pitcherŌĆÖs being particularly susceptible to injuries due to the wear on their arms, this quote has a whole lot of truth behind it. The Red Sox have six guys, who are all proven starters in the MLB and somebody is destined to wind up on the D.L one way or the other, so why move the safety blanket?
When you have a surplus you have the unique ability to improve another area of pressing need while not diminishing another. The World Champions have the surplus, they just do not have a particular area of need. Through a lot quitter off-season the Red Sox have filled any needs that need addressing. Signing A.J Pierzynski, Mike Napoli, and Edward Mujica, while also trading for Burke Badenhop. Here is the Red SoxŌĆÖs projected depth chart
Catcher: A.J Pierzynski/David Ross
First Base: Mike Napoli/Mike Carp
Second Base: Dustin Pedroia
Shortstop: Xander Bogaerts
Third Base: Will Middlebrooks
Right Field: Shane Victorino
Center Field: Jackie Bradley Jr.
Left Field: Daniel Nava/Jonny Gomes
Designated Hitter: David Ortiz
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- Clay Buchholz
- John Lackey
- Jake Peavy
- Felix Doubront
Craig Breslow
Andrew Miller
Koji Uehara
Edward Mujica
Burke Badenhop
Junichi Tazawa
Ryan Dempster/Brandon Workman/Drake Britton
After reviewing it there is only one area that I can see that needs improving and that is 3B/SS. Will Middlebrooks has had consistency problems, lacking plate discipline and range. A security blanket/replacement could be in order, but on the trade market there are not a lot of 3B/SS who are a sure fire improvement over Middlebrooks. One exception is Chase Headley. If the Red Sox could start a package around Peavy or Doubront this move makes a lot of sense. However, the Padres seem very unlikely and unenthusiastic about the thought of dealing their franchise third basemen.
Dempster would be the only guy that I would not object to being moved. He makes too much money for a long-reliever, and struggled last year with Boston. Plus he is not getting any younger. The thing is the Red Sox would most likely have to take on a majority of his contract to move him, nobody is reaching out for his services. So, why not keep him if you are not getting anything back in return? It makes sense for me depth wise, and he does have experience in the bullpen which people forget. The Red Sox should stand pat with their rotation and be content with its promise.
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Chances Of Supermarket Strike Climb
Publication Date:April 05, 2007
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The chances for a supermarket strike are growing. The talks broke off between the union and the grocery stores because the grocery stores are threatening with a lock-out, writes Alana Semules. Professor William Gould is quoted in this context:
But don't stock up on canned goods just yet: Walking away from the table is a commonly used tactic in labor negotiations, said William Gould, a labor law professor at Stanford University and former chairman of the National Labor Relations Board.


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If he's running, no one will catch him.
Collinsworth makes me want to jam an icepick in my ear. Can we please be done with him? I like Moose and Goose, but Simms might be the best. Jaws needs to give it up, as well. Aikman is OK, but Buck has worn out his welcome. He thinks he's John Facenda.
This is good news that you don't see very often with stories like this.
It sure isn't a job I would want.
Without sitting through the entire trial, it's difficult to pass judgment. That's the jury's job. The prosecutor is right in saying she respects the verdict.
Sounds like fun. Happy St. Patty's Day!
Very sad. Thoughts are with the family.
Terrific photograph.
Amen to that.
I guessed "water sports." Would have never gotten "khaki shorts."
Looking forward to digging in to the sweetness.
Where are some good places to see them?
Based on the description of the sound system, I'd like to see Blues Brothers just for the music.
Time to hit the beach.
Sweet corn is plentiful in Salem County.
I have family members at the beach today. Lucky them, eh?
Those are some amazing numbers.
Is there anything better than water ice in the summer?
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The Earth didn't come with a warranty. So the recent publication of research predicting that our planet will continue to support life for at least another 1.75 billion years was reassuring.
That is, our planet will keep supporting life "as long as nuclear holocaust, an errant asteroid or some other disaster doesn't intervene."
Uh-oh. There are no guarantees against any of those potential final-act calamities.
Still, the experts at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom have concluded that our planet will maintain a people-survivable course in this solar system and universe until straying into a "hot zone" somewhere between 1.75 billion and 3.25 billion years from now.
That range, from a study published in the journal Astrobiology, stemmed from the researchers' calculation that the Earth, which is now roughly 4.5 billion years old, has a habitable-zone lifetime of up to 7.79 billion years.
OK, so the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia was credibly accused in 2009 of fudging figures to bolster its case for man-made climate change.
Hey, same school, different study.
And assuming mankind lasts another 1.75 billion or so years, maybe by then we'll figure a way to get out of this place while the getting's good.
As lead researcher Andrew Rushby put it: "If we ever needed to move to another planet, Mars is probably our best bet. It's very close and will remain in the habitable zone until the end of the sun's lifetime — 6 billion years from now."
Of course, "very close" is a relative term: The Red Planet ranges from 35 million to 250 million miles from Earth.
But even if our kind can one day get there, as science fiction Ray Bradbury told NPR in 1988:
"It's not going to do any good to land on Mars if we're stupid."
So for now, let's focus on preventing that nuclear holocaust — and let our distant descendents worry about where to go before Earth's expiration date arrives.
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Oklahoma (since we already have Neb), Maryland, Va Tech, and Mizzou
Here's a better question that seems to be escaping everyone. If Matt Sandusky was on the list of witnesses for the prosecution why didn't they calll him to the stand when they were making their case? If they had damaging testimony don't you think they would have played that card too?
Here's a better question that seems to be escaping everyone. If Matt Sandusky was on the list of witnesses for the prosecution why didn't they calll him to the stand when they were making their case? If they had damaging testimony don't you think they would have played that card too?
I have two children, one that that recently graduated from CD and a senior. The policy is pretty clear. Also, at least when both my kids went to prom (the last four proms), the limo driver stated right in front of all parents and students that there would be consequennces if any alchohol was found in the limo. So insteand of the parents of Danny Myer whining about his track career maybe they should be thankful that the alchohol was found so he didn't do something stupid after the prom and end up a position a lot worse than 10 days OSS. He's still alive, that's a huge benefit but parents want to blame everyone else instead of taken responsibility for the situation.
I saw a link to the Reading Eagle and in that paper it quotes Anzalone saying that Florida, OSU and Stanford were his top three before he picked OSU so not quite sure how good Tim's assessment is or was. He still may end up at one of his other top choices and who knows what his real intentions are when answering a reporters question.
I think Myford needs a reality check. The Sandusky scandal and Paterno were not relevant last year when sales were also down (but they made more money). It's called the STEP program, that's why season ticket sales are down. I gave up mine and will scalp from here on out for games I want to see. I had two extra tickets on the 48 for homecoming last year and sold them for $10 each on game day just to get rid of them because of the glut of tickets by scalpers. Did you see how many empty seats there were in that stadium? Hmmmmm, Paterno was still alive and Sandusky news didn't blow up until November. So Mr. Myford, explain the lack of sellouts on a big weekend like that? PSU athletics are pricing themselves out of business with the STEP program.
Flounder is ignorant. Most, if not all, of his articles are useless gibberish when it comes to PSU. I can't understand why he doesn't find something he enjoys doing. Wait maybe he does get his jollies with the constant negative reporting which makes him on the same level as an adolescent!
Next time you get your bill deduct 3 days worth of no service on your payment. I am. Maybe if enough of us do this through PA and NY they'll get the message for the lack of customer support both on line and on the phone. Don't bother trying to get anyone after 6:00 PM, they are closed!
The most important part of this article is in the last paragraphs which Ridge put into law. This is absolutely ridiculous. If teachers want to keep their jobs they need be speaking up about repealing this law....this is killing the taxpayer, the teacher and the budget. Until this is reversed, this will be a bi-annual event of cutting teachers and programs. The private sector employees took a beating and no one propped up their 401k accounts.
"The district's state-mandated contribution to 1,600 employees' retirement plans will increase from 8.65 percent to 12.22 percent next year, an increase of about $2.5 million from $5.9 million to $8.5 million, McConnell said. "
Spring question: Which Beat Writer will get the starting job come fall? As Penn State football readies for its spring practice the Patriot News will have a challenge with writing better articles and increasing circulation with the likes of the Altoona Mirror, the Post Gazette and yes even the Center Daily Times. The PN has some new comers on board that have covered the late winter workouts with some positive and entertaining articles. The PSU fan base has enjoyed the breath of fresh air so the PN will have open tryouts for beat writer cummulating with the Blue White game. The sports editor has said he doesn't have a favorite at this time and that they will all get an equal chance at sparking the fan base. The circualtion department will be keeping a close eye on the numbers. At this time though the editor has hinted that the front runner is the returning, Mr. Negative , Bob Flounders but it is a well know fact that he is highly disliked by the Nittany Nation. Strong articles by Stephanie Loh and Dustin Hockensmith will test the savvy of the incumbant and the patience of the paper's president as the circulation numbers will begin to dwindle. It will be an interesting spring and summer. Time will only tell if the PN will bench Flounders for a more positive and energetic writer.
It's nice reading an article where ther eis no underlying negative sthings or jabs. If this was Flounder he would have taken Dustin's positives and turned into the normal crap that he spis. Hopefully PN will keep him off the beat this fall. Maybe the godfather = Flounders LOL.
I couldn't agree more with Steph and ranger. Who cares. There are clean cut professionals that ride Harleys but that doesn't make them members of Hells Angels. These same people who spout off about players having facial hair and long hair are the same ones that would throw Jeus out of their church if He showed up today. Long hair, facial hair and sandals......how dare He come to church looking like that. How dare PSU players step on a practice field at 5:30 in the morning with facial hair. LOL.
Good enough to be #1! Pretty cocky, just like in high school. I just saw the beat down that Penn State dropped on Pitt. Ouch. Nauman beat down and ridden like a mule. Son, you need to know when to be humble and let your actions speak for you.
The media will continue to misquote Joe Paterno as saying "I should have done more" but it was quoted as "...in hindsight, I wish I would have done more." Hindsight, it allows us to percieve the nature of an event after it has happened NOT when it occurred. Each us makes mistakes, sins and have done things that we regret doing. People lose loved ones every day and they regret not patching up the years of hurt and not talking things out. Parents are on their death beds that beat there child or spouse or abandoned them ask for forgiveness and wished they would have done it much earlier in life. Let those who have not made mistakes or sinned throw the first stone and judge Joe Paterno for what he did or did not do. This board would be pretty quiet.
It looks like business as usual Friday for Penn Live board of writers....blah blah blah, same old same old, blah blah blah
Great man....humble and hard worker.,,,,BUT....I'm happy to see him and his lousy defensive philosophy leave. LJ and Vanderlinden made that defense run with coaching the two most productive units on that defense. The lining up 10 yards off the ball and playing soft zone only works aainst MAC and the weaker Big 10 teams. An average QB challenged his schemes and a good QB absolutely shreaded his defensive scheme. If LJ's 4 down linman couldn't get pressure then the wheels came off. ND (Quinn), Iowa, OSU, Wisc had average QBs and killed us for years. Throw in real QBs like USC and Houston in bowl games and it was down right embarassing and you would see Bradley on the sideline clueless on what to do. Again nice guy, lousy coach.
It's unfortunate to see great ex-players like LaVar and Brandon take the stance that they are taking. This isn't about Bradley or Paterno any longer. It's about moving this university and the football team forward again. It's understandable that you have emotional ties and are hurt that Bradley didn't get the job. As grown men, take your blinders off, Bradley is not head coaching material or he would have been picked up by Temple, UConn or Pitt over the last two years. Penn State football has been irreleant on the national scene since you guys were players. Not only did Joyner (and he bleeds Blue and White like you do) make a good call by not going with Bradley but Paterno should have been let go years ago. If you want to cut ties with PSU then go ahead but keep it to yourselves as we don't really care for quitters. The rest of our alumni base will continue to support OUR university and yes the football team just like we did when you played there. Time to grow men and accept change, we all have to some time through the things that are not pleasent like the loss of a parent, child or sibling.
I can' t believe everyone is piling on this poor team...LOL. This team under the old man has sucked for 10+ years and I am glad he is finally gone (although I wish it was under different circumstances). I've been grading this coaching staff, especially on the offensive side, and Bradley at Ds for who knows how long. There is now light at the end of the tunnel. So in my final grade of the old regime F across the board except for LJ and Vandy, they had the only consistent units on the field year in and year out and got what they could recruiting to fit the old mans mold for a player. Lastly, a BIG F to goofballs like Mike Sedor who write their, while peering through thick JoePa glasses, crap all year thinking that PSU football is and has been relevant for the last dozen years. Open up your eyes kid or go find another job.
Wait a minute....didn't this same lousy paper and editorial staff publish a piece not to long ago criticizing PSU for accepting a bowl bid? I may be mistaken but..........
The Patriot News is a rag as is their editorial staff. It's an "OPINION" by someone who thinks they no everything. Duh, how ignorant of me, journalists do know everything about every subject. As Cliff points out, the comparison that this editor tries to draw it totally off base and shabby at best. Note to the editor, stay with the newspaper because you would not last in the world where there are real jobs that require real thinking versus fabricated thinking (opinions).


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"Greater Boston Track Club turns clock back 40 years" by John Connolly (August 16, 2013)
BOSTON, Mass. – Quinnipiac University Director of Athletics and Recreation Jack McDonald was featured in the Boston Herald on Friday, August 16, 2013. The article, written by columnist John Connolly, highlights the Greater Boston Track Club - a friendly and competitive team with approximately 200 members. McDonald was a founding member some 40 years ago.
"I wish we weren't reflecting on 40 years. That's a true sign of age,'' said Quinnipiac College athletic director Jack McDonald, a former 4-minute miler and one of the founding members of the GBTC. "It was as great a running fraternity as there ever will be."
GBTC provides a team-oriented, structured training environment for athletes of many abilities who train for everything from jumps and throws to sprints, road races, cross country, and marathons. Members train for several specific competitions throughout the year, and financial support is provided to compete at some major events. GBTC sponsors athletes based on a tiered system of performance standards.
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I'm the biggest NFL rube as anyone else who loves to spend 10 hours in front of a television on a Sunday, but I'm starting to wonder if playing 'football' games in August are a very good idea.
All teams play four preseason games, with the exception of Arizona and New Orleans this year who play five because they played in the Hall of Fame Game in Canton, OH. Including the preseason that brings the season total to 20 games. That doesn't count any of the twelve teams that make the playoffs; those teams could play up to four more games.
We've seen countless injuries already this preseason and we're only through two of the four weeks. Several players including Shaun Rogers of the Giants and Desmond Bishop of the Packers were hurt during games and are likely out for the season. Vikings rookie receiver Greg Childs tore patella tendons in both knees during a scrimmage and his career might be over with. There are countless other injuries that may prevent some players from starting regular season openers for their teams or might make them miss a significant portion of the season.
Another factor that goes into the preseason is fan attendance. Just by flipping through the channels and seeing stadiums half full (or half empty, it's your call) makes me wonder if the fans actually care about the preseason. I was excited to watch the Packers first preseason game, but after the first team offense was off the field, I was done. I'm sure it's even less exciting when fans go to the game, pay full price for a ticket that doesn't even guarantee you'll see your favorite player play, pay for parking, pay for food and other things at the game.
Let's use the four preseason games as an example. In game number one, the regular season starters might see action on two drives and then they're out. In game number two, they'll see up to a quarter of action. In game three, they could see up to a half of action and in game number four, chances are the starters won't play and guys fighting for jobs will be. In reality, most veteran starters are combining barely to play in one game in four total games.
I was invited to go to the Vikings/Bills game last Friday night by a friend. I'm not a Viking fan, but if it were a regular season game, I'd have gone in a heart beat. As a Packers fan, nothing is more fun than cheering against the Minnesota Vikings. I thought about it for a minute… I would have to pay to go, pay $9.00 for a beer and $5.00 for a hot dog and probably leave at halftime. I had better things to do with my Friday night, like laundry or watch my dog eat his poop.
Roger Goodell, what can you do to make the preseason safer for the players and more attractive to the fans? I'll tell you what you can do; first you need to eliminate two preseason games. It's just the way it is. You have to, Rog. I can only take watching Graham Harrell quarterback the Packers for so long, if at all. Each team will play one home game and one road game. It's up to the coaches to determine how long you'll have your starters play. If it were me, in the first preseason game I would keep my starters in for the first half and in game number two I would keep them in for one quarter. Sure, this isn't going to eliminate every injury, but it will cut down on them.
The next thing that needs to be done is replace those two eliminated preseason games with a semi-neutral site scrimmages. Having these games at college stadiums would be ideal. These scrimmages would feature two half's with a 60 minute running clock in each half. The rules for the scrimmage would essentially be a combination of the pro bowl rules and flag football, to reduce injuries. Injuries are a part of the game, regardless if its practice, a scrimmage or a game. Finally, these scrimmages are free to the public. No one wants to pay $75 to go to a preseason game and get 75% less action then a regular season game. That's half the problem with the preseason from the fan's aspect is the price, the other problem is the quality of game. If they don't pay to go watch these guys play more fans would have a fun time.
To sum it up, my 2012 NFL Preseason would look a little bit like this:
Late July: Training Camp Opens.
August 5th: Hall of Fame Game, Saints vs. Cardinals from Canton, Ohio.
August 9th-12th: Preseason Scrimmage #1.
August 16th-19th: Preseason Game #1.
August 20th: Roster cutdown to 75 players.
August 23rd-26th: Preseason Scrimmage #2.
August 30th-September 2nd: Preseason Game #2.
September 3rd: Roster cutdown to 53 players.
The NFL is a billion dollar company. If they think that losing two preseason games will put them in the red, then they are absolutely wrong. The league is being scrutinized for player safety. By doing something like this not only would they take a step in the right direction for the NFL Alumni, coaches and current players, but they would have a huge outpouring of fan support, including myself. If it means two less games that we watch Graham Harrell, then lets get this done.
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Following President Obama's reelection, leaders and other figures around the globe reacted to the news, from Obama's former school in Indonesia to the Dalai Lama, the Associated Press reports.
Though generally positive and encouraging, world leaders also reacted with caution, naming many of the issues that still need to be addressed, including Syria, Iran, the global economy and the environment. Here are some of the highlights:
British Prime Minister David Cameron
"One of the first things I want to talk to Barack about is how we must do more to try and solve this crisis (in Syria). Above all, congratulations to Barack. I've enjoyed working with him, I think he's a very successful U.S. president and I look forward to working with him in the future."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
"I will continue to work with President Obama to preserve the strategic interests of Israel's citizens."
French President Francois Hollande
"Your re-election is a clear choice in favor of an America that is open, unified, completely engaged in the international scene and conscious of the challenges facing our planet: peace, the economy and the environment."
The Dalai Lama
"When you were elected in 2008, you inspired the world with a call to take responsibility for the problems we face as global citizens. Since then, you have made earnest efforts to live up to that great hope and trust placed in you by the American public. I believe you have been re-elected now in recognition of that effort."
NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen
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Drum Set Personality Types?
Does personality type correlate to the kinds of drum set and cymbals one purchases?
Even more, it seems like some people buy certain pairings of producers(such as Pearl and Paiste), or innately believe or feel that certain kinds of sounds match up.
I was looking through the Your Gear section and read through some "Show Off your ____!" threads, and found that no matter what I saw I found it hard to imagine myself behind any of those kits. I had no real desire to play them, and I didn't consider any of them, no matter the quality, better than something I would like to buy. Obviously, this is getting into some objective things, but the main idea is that I'm sure others feel this way.
So is it just subconscious brand loyalty, or is it psychological?
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Every kit that I own is a direct representation of a piece of my personality.
I view the, "Show Your Kits" threads and I get many ideas from the images that reside within them.
My trip over the past few years has been to take beginner and practice kits and combine them with high end cymbals. I put good heads on the drums and I tune them to perfection.
I have created three kits that I simply can't resist playing by doing this.
I am having the time of my drumming life from expanding on the Ideas that I get from this site.
I love this place!
Drums and cymbals are all about personality.
No other instrument allows a player to set up in endless ways.
No other instrument allows a player to play so many different sounds!
You don't even have to tune drums to specific notes! Unless you want to.
Freedom, Total Freedom!
I kind of like old drums:)
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I'd like to play every kit I see. But I wouldn't want to play most of them regularly.
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I think I kinda know what your saying but I at least partially agree with all of the previous posts also.
I too would like to play alot of these other drum setups in this forum, and I do get ideas from other peoples kits.
I dont however get jelous or envious for some reason. I guess because I get an idea of what I like and thats all I really want. I also only want to own pieces that are brand new and virtually untouched by other hands/sticks, but thats just me.
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i don't think i really have a drummer identity yet. i look at others kits (besides just the physical beauty being a gear hound) to get ideas of new things to try since i'm not really satisfied with my own set up. but looking at other instruments i do have a lot of experience in i can totally see it. heavy metal bands playing the guitars with lots of sharp edges and certain brands even though any guitar brand would do, certain amps. classic rock guitarists usually use gibson or fender 70's styles, blues using gibson semi hollows. i think it's kind of a mentality that if your doing one particular thing you need to have a certain type of instrument to accomplish it even though in reality it's not really going to matter much what brand or the design. it's all in HOW you use it not so much in what it actually is. could jazz be played on a larger kit? i don't see why not, providing your accomplished enough to know what to do with each piece. could metal be played on a 4 piece? why not? if you can make it work and sound good, no problems. yet look at the kits, at least from what i can tell most of the jazz players on here use smaller 4 pieces and metal players use larger 6/7/8 piece sometimes double bass kits...
i would say less subconsious brand loyality but a subconsious ideal of what is expected of a certain style.
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My first kit years ago was a Gretsch. A buddy had a set of Rodgers that were to die for. The drums at school were Ludwig. My next set a few years ago were Taye. The price was right and liked the features. Still do. But when the Gretsch set I now have came along I knew from experience that they were good drums so I bought them. If money were no object I would buy a set Of Gretsch USA over anything I have seen. Brand loyalty for sure but for the right reasons, not because anyone famous plays them which I think is the worst reason. I am a huge Ringo fan but have no desire to own Ludwig.
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Here's what my kit says about my personality type: "Too cheap to buy new drums and cymbals."
A very accurate analysis!
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My drum sound requirements have remained the same from the start. I've always bucked the trend. In the early 80's, I used a piccolo snare drum when others were using snares the size of a small country. It was tuned very high too, again, when others were tuning tuning slacker than Monica Lewinski. I still use the same piccolo size, & remarkably, my 8, 10, 12, 14, 20 setup has remained unchanged apart from an additional 24" kick for some gigs back in the day. I suppose you could say I never did follow fashion, I cut my own path.
The same cannot be said of my taste in cymbals though. Although I still use my earl 80's Sabian HH hats, my taste is getting much darker over the years. I used to go for bright, cutting sounds. I now look for depth & complexity. I'm not sure that says anything about me, other than I'm getting a lot older.
I've always stuck with the natural beauty of wood finishes as my default cosmetic & sonic choice. Although I have flirted with wraps (chrome only), I still come back to that earthly comfort of a natural finish.
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I started out playing gigs with oddball kits - added rotos with a synth trigger, a throwaway cymbal that sounded like a China when turned upsidedown and clamped down tight, a shallow snare. Then I went conventional for about a decade. The Rhythm Traveller kick & toms I now use says I'm even cheaper than Jay is ... and I'm over lugging.
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You may be on to something there however as far as brand names go it always seems who has been, well, branding. The kits I see most often on tv or modern videos are DW,Sonor or Pearl so I'm thinking that sets in a young drummers mind and decides his or hers choice. I have had 5 kits in my lifetime and would like to have any of them back, there were few similarities between them but they were all good. Personality might play a part in configuration and sizes but the rest I think is based on what seems popular at the time. My various kits all came as pre-owned and and sort of came to me out of the blue except the Sonor, I purchased them in a store.
First kit: Bolero's, the folks bought them for $75.
Second Kit: Ludwig Hollywoods, Pink Champagne
Third Kit: Fibes, real fibre glass covered with metal
Fourth Kit: Gresch, 18" Bass Drum, Silver Coating
Fitfh Kit: Sonor
Various snares are involved. Great kits and all quite different from each other.
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2For what purpose? lol It's obvious you are not interested. ;) I have stated my opinion and whether you agree or not is not relevant in my life in any way. I'm not here to change your thinking just to state my opinion on posts and learn as well if I see something that interests me.Train hard, fight easy.
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I am not interested in proving myself. I have stated my opinion and why I say it. :) Whether you agree or not or believe me or not has no impact on my life. ;)
1. your actually expected to provide proof for statements.
2. If you say I have x experince or x credentials you can and will be called out to prove it or be banned.
3. We actually do meet up and smash each other in the face.
4. We actually do use logic and rhetoric here.
So kind sir stop being a douche bag and start posting things with some depth or shut the **** up.
Either prove your claims, or shut the **** up with your armchair research and listen and learn from some people that actually know what they're talking about.GET A RED BELT OR DIE TRYIN'.
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Potter is well schooled after chemistry lesson in Slovakia
Posted: October 15, 2012|
LIAM POTTER did not think he would be this lucky again this quickly.
The 7ft centre helped Prievidza win the play-offs in Slovakia's elite Extraliga last season, only his second out of Sacred Heart University, New England, the USA.
"I had a great group of team-mates," said Potter of Prievidza. "I always thought I'd never have that again. You normally get a few guys within the group who mess up chemistry and want to do their own thing."
Potter, 26, is currently on a rolling one-month contract with Marjon Plymouth Raiders, providing cover for club captain Anthony Rowe, who continues to work his way back after nearly six months out with a knee injury.
Potter has been Raiders' seventh-man, a role he filled so successfully in Prievidza and come off the bench, helping coach Gavin Love's team go 2-0 in the early BBL Championship standings.
"We have a great group this year and coach has done a great job bringing that together," said Potter, who first joined Raiders on trial on September 12 before agreeing a short-term deal. "It comes from him. I think you have an inkling if a player's a good guy off the court."
Potter added: "We all get on well off the court. Obviously we don't spend that much time together, because we see each other so much anyway, but I'm already good friends with a lot of the guys.
"On the court you see that translates and we have fun. If it keeps up, we're going to be tough to beat."
Myself and Potter have something in common. We grew up only a few miles apart, 10 years apart, in the suburbs surrounding Grimsby, in the north-east corner of Lincolnshire.
It's miserable and raining heavily when we meet in Plymouth. But Potter is relaxed and happy despite the early grey hour.
We chat about The X-Factor. We both want Elle Henderson – also from near Grimsby – to win this season. Raiders' sales manager Kerenza Edney also backs Elle enthusiastically before talk and laughter turns to who we don't like this year on The X-Factor at the club offices in Weston Park Road.
Raiders boss Gavin Love is busying himself in the background. He re-enters the room.
'You're not still talking about The X-Factor, are you?' Love groans.
We are.
'How are you settling in, in Plymouth?' I ask Potter, sat across from me.
"So far, so good," he says. "I'm in a nice apartment opposite a gym. It's perfect. I'm getting to know the guys better. I think everyone is. We're all starting to gel and the fans have seen that in the two games this season."
Raiders have blown away their opening two BBL opponents in 2012/13, London Lions and Manchester Giants by 22 and 31 points respectively at the Pavilions.
Lions threatened to be tricky before Raiders guards Jeremy Bell and Michael Ojo combined for 63 dazzling points and Lions were blinded in a 108-86 defeat.
Giants promised to be tougher, but fell away badly as Raiders led imposingly by as many as 36 points in a 105-74 win.
Potter, who hit foul trouble, limiting his minutes against Lions, played longer against Giants and finished with nine rebounds, three blocks and five points in 22 productive minutes.
He anchored Raiders' defence, against another 7-footer, Giants' Morakinyo Williams when he was on court and was a nuisance at the offensive end, pulling down offensive rebounds and finishing 2/2 from the field.
"Liam's done great while he's been here," said Love. "He's rebounding the ball and he's playing defence.
"He's here to be a presence for us in the paint, to block shots and rebound. He's done all that. If someone takes the ball to the rim against us, they have to think twice.
"He's got a little way to go offensively, but he does things well at that end of the floor and he understands what we're trying to defensively.
"He's different from a lot of centres in the league and we saw him against Manchester guard their big guys with ease, really."
Potter said: "We expected Manchester to be tougher, but at the end of the day we played really well.
"What most impressed me was our defence in the Manchester game. We scored a lot of points, but we really set the tempo on defence and guys were able to fast-break on offence.
"We're still ironing out kinks on offence. There are some plays we're not executing as well as we should, but we've worked on that in practice and given a couple of more games hopefully we'll be fine."
Raiders are inactive now until this Friday (October 19) when Cheshire Jets visit in their third contest of the new BBL season.
Power-forward Rowe hopes to at least play some part against Jets and, while still being some way from full fitness, begin to return Raiders to full strength.
In a sense, Potter's role will remain unaffected. He will continue to back-up Raiders' starting centre Matt Schneck, who is a bruiser and a terrific addition from Jets this season, but at 6ft 8in naturally has to work extra hard to guard a Giant like Williams.
Will Potter stay a second month at Raiders; will he stay all season?
More pertinently, can Raiders afford to have an eighth professional on their roster for the entire campaign?
"I hope Liam can stay for the season," said Love, who initially trimmed his squad this summer from nine professionals to seven to be prudent financially. "We're currently doing everything we can as a club to make that happen.
"We're working out whether we have the budget. If we have, we'll certainly do it. We like having Liam around – he works his tail off and he's a great guy to have on the team."
Potter, who split his rookie year out of New England between Khimik in the Ukraine and BBL rivals Leicester Riders, said: "I'm enjoying being around the club and around coach. I'm learning. Right now, all I'm focused on is being here and doing my job. I'm not thinking about the future.
"I just want to help us win games and get better. I've told my agent I'm happy here. We'll see what happens."
Raiders' new-look line-up, with only three faces – Bell, Ojo and Rowe – returning from last season, too are learning as they go in 2012/13.
Bell and Ojo, who haven't missed a beat from a terrific last campaign, assumed control in Raiders' opener against Lions before everyone got involved against Giants, who were simply swamped by the amount of weapons Love had to throw at them.
"Once you get that connection with your team-mates, things go a lot smoother and the game comes a lot easier to you," said Potter. "You don't have to think so much.
"People might say they were two easy wins, but in the London game Jeremy had an amazing game, so that helps. And I think in the Manchester game everybody contributed.
"I think we're going to be a tough team to keep up with this year. We have athletes right through the rotation, so if we play defence like we know we can and really push the tempo on offence, it's going to be a tough match-up for any team."
Potter added: "The atmosphere at the games at the Pavilions has been really good. Everyone says it's one of the best places to play in the league and I've played for Leicester before, so I've been around and I would agree.
"The fans really get behind the team and don't put players down if they make mistakes. Maybe elsewhere you have high expectations from fans who don't really know the sport.
"Here the fans really get into it and know basketball. I've really enjoyed it. We're going to be tough to beat here."
BBL Championship: Surrey 79 (McLemore 25, Holmes 13, Holmes 10) Sheffield 63 (Babalola 15, Gachette 10, Daye 9)
Leicester 89 (Couisnard 28, Fraley 23, Sullivan 10) London 83 (Jackman 18, Sturt 16, Pedroso/James 11)
Worcester 98 (Owumi 19, Irving 13, Fernandez/Belgrave 12) Mersey 48 (Etilopy 12, Gallagher 8, Hulsen 7)
Newcastle 99 (Chapman 30, Smith 22, Huffman 18) Durham 75 (Guinane 19, Page 17, P Elderkin/Bucci 10)
BBL Cup First Round: Glasgow 88 (Harrison 27, Achara 18, Murray 16), Manchester 85 (Aliu 20, Watts 16, Williams 12)
Mersey 51 (Eboige 10, Hulsen 8, Bigley/Forsythe 6) Surrey 103 (Holmes 19, Cricelli 16, Joseph 16)
Sheffield 90 (Daye 19, Tuck 16, Bridge 13) Cheshire 59 (Marks 19, Moore 13, Haskins 12)