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Simply put, Jay Hieron (18-4 MMA, 1-0 SF) has not always had the best of luck in his MMA career.
"The Thouroghbred" has endured the demise of both the IFL and Affliction, and he watched helplessly as a planned 2009 Strikeforce title fight with Nick Diaz turned into a preliminary card bout with Jesse Taylor.
Now Hieron fights Joe Riggs (32-10 MMA, 3-2 SF) on Jan. 30 at "Strikeforce: Miami," while DREAM champ Marius Zaromskis faces Diaz for the vacant Strikeforce belt on the same card.
So with all the turmoil in front of him, how does Hieron feel?
Like a ninja.
"I'm ready to go," Hieron today told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I'm fired up. I feel like a ninja right now, like I could just jump over somebody."
It's a surprisingly positive outlook for a guy that could easily be singing another tune. After essentially being passed over for a title shot through no fault of his own (the bout with Taylor was arranged when Diaz failed to appear for a drug screen ordered by the California State Athletic Commission), Hieron would be well within his rights to question his employer.
Instead, Hieron said he's still comfortable with his decision to join the Strikeforce ranks.
"I wouldn't be comfortable if I didn't make the decision I made because I had the title shot in front of me," Hieron said. "Unfortunately, it didn't happen. I had a big fight in front of me, and it didn't happen. But at the end of the day, I'm going to make that happen. I'm going to make my destiny.
"I'm going to keep training hard, and when you train hard, good things happen. I know I put in the work in the gym, and I put in the time. Being the way I am, opportunities are going to present themselves."
Hieron still hopes for an eventual shot at Diaz, but he knows he can't let himself get distracted from the task at hand. While Riggs has at times struggled with consistency, "Diesel" is currently riding a four-fight winning streak.
"Joe 'Diesel,' he's a good dude," Hieron said. "I trained with him like four or five years ago a little bit. He's a good dude. Outside of the cage, he's a funny guy. But it's all business come the 30th. I'm ready to go."
A win would certainly put Hieron in line for a shot at the winner of the Diaz vs. Zaromskis matchup, especially considering he was already promised one crack at the belt. With that knowledge in hand, Hieron is committed to giving Strikeforce little choice other than to give him what he's earned.
"I've done everything I'm supposed to do," Hieron said. "There's nothing I don't do every day. I put in the time with the stuff that nobody sees – the fans, nobody. I put in that work in the gym. I keep up every day at 8 or 9 in the morning, go bust my ass all day long, rest, and go back and do it again.
"I'm here, and I have the attitude that it's going to happen. That's why I'm still around in the game. I still believe in myself, and I know if I keep putting in the work, something's going to happen. I live by that, and everything happens for a reason. All this little stuff I go through makes me that much stronger."
For complete coverage of "Strikeforce: Miami," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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Garth J. Johnson, 73, of LeMars passed away Tuesday, November 29,2011 at the Good Samaritan Society in LeMars. A Celebration of Life Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday, December 5, 2011 at the Carlsen Funeral Home in LeMars. Interment will be at St. Catherine's Catholic Cemetery in Oyens, Iowa. Visitation will be from 12:00 noon until service time Monday morning at the funeral home.
Arrangements are with the Carlsen Funeral Home of LeMars. Expressions of sympathy can be extended to the family through www.carlsenfuneralhome.com.
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Foreigner guitarist Mick Jones has opened up about some of his interesting experiences as a producer, including some colorful sessions with Van Halen. Talking to the gang at the grat web site Ultimate Classic Rock, Jones said working with the rockers was a wild time! "We went through some crazy times. The engineer locked himself in the studio for a day and threatened to burn the tapes. It was a real standoff, you know? It was touch and go whether the tapes were going to survive."
"It all ended up great and everybody ended up really cool and happy with what had happened, but it was pretty exhausting. It all paid off in the end," he added. "To me, a real producer has to have the balls to have that vision of what the end product is going to be like and help guide the artist or the band towards that. That's what I've tried to do, and I've tried to do that with Foreigner. But I've always tried to bring in a second or third ear to keep my perspective and balance it. I think it's important to have that."


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Hi all!
Looking for a little guidance.
I've recently removed a postfix relay MTA with IP 192.168.30.14. All seems to be working well on our zimbra server with the exception of our deferred mail queue.
Messages that should be bounced because of a bad address are instead queuing up. In the admin GUI, the reason given is "delivery temporarily suspended: connect to 192.168.30.14[192.168.30.14]:25: no route to host.
At first I thought I missed something in DNS, but 192.168.30.14 is no longer listed in any of our mx records.
Why does zimbra seem to be trying to send messages from unknown addresses in our domain to the old relay MTA?


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Upgrading & Rebuilding Front Suspensions - The Straight And Narrow Part 1 - Hardcore TechWritten by on December 1, 2001 Rebuilding And Upgrading A-Body Front Suspensions With Space-Age Parts
As evidenced by the scene shown here, sometimes our cars don't go exactly where we want them to. Unfortunately for this '71 four-door, 318-equipped Dart Custom, which was recently acquired from the original owner by Nina from Norway, the car's lack of certain braking and handling qualities had put it on its side. Fortunately, no other vehicles were involved and the sheetmetal damage was surprisingly minor, but gave pause that it might be a good idea to correct the classic all-drum-brake situation before it led to even greater disasters. At least this incident was enough to speed up the "Yeah, someday I'll take care of that" attitude that's regretfully all too common.
So while the details of how this happened will be postponed until another day, we began the search for a remedy-namely, a disc-brake conversion for the front end. With little time to search boneyards far and wide to find a suitable '73-'76 disc-brake A-Body with the required decades-old yet usable parts still attached, the aftermarket seemed the way to go. And having witnessed the installation of Wilwood brake components on numerous magazine-project cars throughout the years, our first inquiries were naturally aimed in this direction.
Wilwood (located in Camarillo, California) was onboard for the project, whether we wanted to go with their no-fuss, basic bolt-on replacement kit for the Dart's front drums or do something a bit more elaborate. Updating the remainder of the front-suspension components seemed prudent too. This had also been in the "someday" category, especially since all of the original, 30-year-old ball joints were too shot to even align it properly (we learned this when it chewed through the front tires in record time after we started driving it).
This led to a chat with the folks at PST (Performance Suspension Technology) in Montville, New Jersey. Although their polygraphite bushings sounded tempting and came with a 20-year warranty, this Dart is just your basic, daily-driver family car. We were told the trade-off for superior handling capability was the risk of an occasional noisy suspension, and after having a '78 Dodge B-200 van squeak and severely annoy us ever since installing urethane bushings years ago, we opted for their original-performance replacement kit and its rubber bushings.
Next, we had to find a shop to do the work and put up with our cameras. We selected Magnum Force Racing in Campbell, California. Magnum Force proprietor Ron Jenkins is a die-hard Mopar guy. Not only was he willing to have his shop crew work on the Dart, but he also offered to throw in a set of his tubular upper control arms. These control arms, aside from looking cool, will let you replace the stock torsion bars with coilover shocks, but this seemed a tad on the overkill side for this street-only Dart. Ditto of his next offer, which was installing one of the new trick Magnum Force tubular K-members under the car. Losing a lot of weight and providing adequate space for headers, deep oil pans, and the like is obviously a good thing; going to rack-and-pinion steering would have been nice too. But since the Dart sees only the parking lot when it goes to the drags, we declined using this appealing hardware as well; the control arms would be enough.
The only complication was using the tubular upper control arms with their large-shank ball joints. They required the use of spindles from one of the aforementioned '73-'76, factory-disc A-Body cars (and their beefier lower ball joint assemblies), so we would need some salvage yard parts after all. Acquiring a set was surprisingly painless, since it took only three phone calls before connecting with Bonanza Auto Dismantlers in Shingle Springs, California, where a disc-brake '76 Valiant was spending its final days. The gent on the phone said the spindles looked fine, so we had them shipped to us.
Soon afterward the Wilwood catalog arrived, and a sinking feeling ensued when it showed no brake-kit match for the '76 Valiant parts. Another call was placed to Magnum Force, and Ron, with his extensive Mopar-inclined experience, figured a Wilwood 140-2729 kit would probably fit. We immediately shipped the spindles off to him to check and, sure enough, all was well. The order was then placed with Wilwood, who sent not only the requested kit but also a new master cylinder and proportioning valve. The former was essential because of the large fluid capacity of the calipers, and the latter was a dandy tuning aid for the braking system. Wilwood also sent us drilled/slotted rotors, which are basically competition pieces. While they'll work on the street, they'll quickly and prematurely wear pads in the stop-and-go environment. We replaced them with a similar 10.75-inch set of solid-faced Wilwood rotors Ron had in stock.
And so, with all the new parts loaded into the trunk, we headed off in the Dart before sunrise to make our morning appointment at Magnum Force. Fully aware of the irony if the dreaded braking inconsistency and fade caused another sideways incident on the way to attaining braking nirvana, we drove more carefully than ever. Despite that, we encountered two situations on the freeway that required heavy-brake application, accompanied by our now all-too-familiar apprehension of the Dart's ability to stop in time. Luckily, we arrived without further difficulties, and soon after, the Dart's totally inadequate stock front brakes were heaped in a pile by the trash can where they couldn't cause any more trouble.
In this installment of our epic tale, we'll take you through the disassembly of the OE parts and get them ready for the new hardware. Next month we'll finish by discussing how those up-to-date parts fit on our little A-Body. As a result, it will, we hope, be a long time before we see the world through the windshield from such a vertical perspective again!
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The parts sent by Wilwood for this project included not only the four-piston calipers, pads, fluid, master cylinder, proportioning valve, and everything else needed to install the kit. But also a pair of 10.75-inch drilled and slotted rotors.Given the street-only nature of this Dart (along with the explicit warning labels wired to the rotors), we opted to swap these for a set of solid, vented rotors that Magnum Force (reportedly Wilwood's largest Mopar-kit distributor) had in stock.Before the Dart's hubcaps were even popped off, Magnum Force shop-rat Dave Decker couldn't resist checking out the sexy new Wilwood parts, making sure everything was OK. The '76 Valiant disc-brake spindles acquired for this swap are also visible.While pulling off the drum and backing plate, Dave reminded me that the stock, 4-inch, bolt-center front wheels were now history, since neither of the bolt patterns provided on the new hubs would match. Then he pulled out his hammer to help take things apart with the fork.And when one hammer wouldn't do, he tried two! Some of these parts may require more than a little gentle persuasion to break them loose after 30 years of road use.After breaking the spindles loose, the upper control arms were unbolted and pried out of place. These hit the junk pile and were replaced by a set of Magnum Force tubular upper control arms.Next, the clip in the mount on the frame crossmember that keeps the torsion bar from wandering rearward was removed so the bar could slide back while removing the control arm.After the front end of the strut rod and the lower control-arm pivot shaft were unbolted, a mallet was used to pound the control arm rearward. and out.
One side effect of using the original-performance kit and its rubber bushings rather than urethane or PST's polygraphite ones was the extended time and effort required to remove the old rubber bushings and steel bushing sleeves from the lower control arms. Screwdrivers, air chisels, cold chisels, die grinders, cold spray, and various punches and hammers (plus vows to never do it again!) were called into play before the well-abused metal shell of the bushing was finally knocked out of place. Don't score the mounting surface while doing this.A cutoff wheel (and a light touch) was used to remove the inner shell of the bushing from the pivot shaft. Again, be very careful not to score the surface.The new PST bushing was pressed right into place. While most of the job can be accomplished with regular tools and a lot of elbow grease, you'll want to have access to a press to ensure parts such as this get reinstalled on the hardware properly.The pivot shafts were then pounded into place. The persuasion of a ball-peen hammer will be enough. For a full-tilt rebuild, we would have cleaned and restored the lower control arms. In this case, the goal was to finish the job, so we left the patina of automotive use intact.Next, it was time to remove the original lower ball-joint assemblies from the cleaned-up '76 Valiant spindles.The Wilwood caliper-mounting brackets used larger-diameter bolts to attach to the spindle. As outlined in the installation instructions, the existing holes have to be drilled and tapped to accept the provided 31/48-24 fine-thread bolts.The new ball joints were then installed on our spindles. We were ready to reinstall the components on the car.


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Every time I return to London it seems to feel a little more Spanish or is it just that like an invisible magnet I draw all things español towards me? As I coursed through Victoria station yesterday all I seemed to hear were Spanish voices and on the bus an elderly couple – from Galicia, it transpired – gravitated towards me with map outstretched, seeking advice on best tourist sites to visit. When I told them that I lived in Majorca, the woman gave me a hug and announced that her grandmother came from a village not far from my mountain town.
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By Mary Orndorff Troyan
Gannett Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON - South Carolina and a handful of other states have a lot at stake in a voting rights case to be argued before the Supreme Court on Wednesday.
For 48 years, the Justice Department has scrutinized each election procedure in the state, no matter how small, for evidence it might discriminate against minority voters. The case before the Supreme Court asks justices to declare that extra oversight an unfair and obsolete burden.
Wednesday's oral arguments will take an hour. The Supreme Court justices are expected to issue a ruling later this year.
The cases focuses on Section 5 of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which requires all or parts of 16 states with a history of discrimination to get approval from the Justice Department or a federal court before making any change to their voting procedures.
Shelby County, Ala., the plaintiff in the case, will argue that Section 5 should be thrown out. Justice Department officials will argue it's the best defense against a return to the days when racism permeated election procedures in many parts of the country, particularly the South.
Civil rights groups plan to rally outside the Supreme Court building during the arguments. Many of the groups traveled by bus from cities and towns throughout the South.
Alabama state Sen. Hank Sanders of Selma says gains made by minority voters over the last 48 years are at risk.
"It is imperative that the public really know what's happening," said Sanders, an organizer of Freedom Riders for Voting Rights. The group will stop for a rally at the federal courthouse in Greenville on Thursday afternoon, on its way back to Selma.
Recent attempts by some states to require government-issued photo IDs to vote show "there are forces at work who would like to turn the clock back on all the gains that have been made because of the 1965 Voting Rights Act," U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-Columbia, told MSNBC recently.
Shelby County and its supporters counter that it takes time and money for state and local election employees to comply with Section 5. That's one of the reasons South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson is supporting Shelby County's challenge.
Wilson and several other Southern Republicans also say the days of poll taxes and literacy tests are relics of the 1960s and the South can be trusted to run its elections fairly.
"Treating states differently no longer serves the act's purpose of eradicating voter discrimination for all United States citizens," according to court papers filed by South Carolina, Arizona, Georgia and South Dakota. "Section 5 was an important and necessary part of the effort to end voter discrimination in this country, but has now outlived its purpose."
Shelby County's case will be argued by Bert Rein, a Washington lawyer. In the county's final written arguments to the justices last week, Rein called Section 5 an "extraordinary federalism burden" that infringes on states' rights.
U.S. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli will defend Section 5 as a vital tool for preventing discrimination at the ballot box before it starts.
Congress renewed Section 5 in 2006 for 25 years. Two lower federal courts have upheld the section, saying Congress evidently sees it as necessary to deter voting discrimination.
The Justice Department will share part of its half-hour of oral arguments with Debo Adegbile of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, who represents black citizens of Shelby County.
Civil rights and civil liberties organizations have sided with the Obama administration to defend the law, including the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and a handful of Democratic state legislators from South Carolina.
They say recent battles over voter ID laws and redistricting - some of which the Justice Department has blocked as unfair to minority voters under Section 5 - prove the section is still needed.
"We believe at the end of the day, when the court grapples with the record of continued discrimination and the events we have seen since Section 5 was reauthorized, there will no longer be a question about whether people are still willing to discriminate against minority voters," Adegbile said in a recent interview.


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Monday, August 10, 2009
Tom Sawyer
Could anyone tell me what "Tom Sawyer" is about?
33 comments:
- AMV said...
Spiros --
Your music judgement is almost always beyond reproach, but do you really think that Peart is an awful drummer? Yes, he has a ridiculously large drum set and there are much better drummers out there, but awful seems a bit harsh no?
- August 10, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Neil Peart plays solos for himself, not for you.
- August 11, 2009 at 1:02 AM
- Paul Gowder said...
Dunno, but I trust you've heard the Mindless Self Indulgence version? They really thrash the shit out of that track. Listen to it.
- August 11, 2009 at 1:06 AM
Full disclosure: Huge Rush fan.
As far as Neil's "awful" drumming -- I am pretty sure this can be dismissed outright. Whatever could be your reasons for holding that judgment? What, other drummers don't know what they are talking about when they extol his virtuosity? Modern Drummer (a drumming magazine) is just mistaken when they likewise extol his skill? I just don't think that judgment is true at all. You can not like Neil's drumming, but to say he's awful? I call "pshaw!"
As far as the politics, this has been an issue that has vexed me since I became a fan. I am no objectivist, and I abhor Rand's views. However, in an interview Alex and Geddy did for a Canadian radio show (I forget exactly when and with what radio show), they put a charitable spin on the whole Randian thing: they just apply it to music. They are not in favor of doing what other people want, or making what other people think is good music. They play for themselves, and do what they want to do.
If they didn't, 2112 would have never been made. At the time they were being pressured to make more "radio friendly" songs. 2112 is, of course, not a radio friendly record.
So, yeah. I understand where Spiros is coming from, but I think the connection to Rand is no reason for not appreciating the music.
Of course, this brings up an interesting general philosophical question: Can the artistic value of a work of art (here, music) ever diminish in value just because one disagrees with the politics of it's maker?
- August 11, 2009 at 2:15 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
I'm with Spiros: I've never been impressed by Peart's drumming. An old high school teacher once told our class he was the best drummer "because he had a degree in music." Well, so do I. Does that make me the best guitarist? Well, I am...but not because of my degree.
Better drummers? I'd bet Dave Lombardo is far better...
- August 11, 2009 at 6:40 AM
A highly skilled shit juggler who can keep like 20 turds in the air is still just some guy slinging shit.
- August 11, 2009 at 7:35 AM
Well, he's no Bill Bruford, if that's what you mean.
- August 11, 2009 at 8:00 AM
Tom Sawyer is, in both the book and song, the personification of a sort or type of person--the sort of person breaking away from the status quo, exploring, and who represents both a normative and actual shifting of the human paradigm in the direction of his (man's) rational evolution. This fits, to a greater or lesser extent, with Freud's idea that man evolves in such a way as to shed his dependence on ideals (religion, social norms) and replace that dependence with a greater implementation of reason (leading to self-reliance, a deeper self-awareness and sense of responsibility for ones own "destiny"). Tom Sawyer has thus been a different people at different transitional points in man's evolution (our history). "Todays" Tom Sawyer is exactly what the song says; a leader to the next step in realizing pure reason or rationality. The "space he invades" is his day's work, to explore the unknown as progress towards truth. The "friction of the day," is the resistance he faces from both people's unwillingness to embrace change as well as the intellectual rigor of tackling what hasn't already been explored (the guy who cuts a path through the forest faces resistance from the brush leaving those who follow behind with little to do but be complacent and stagnate). He (TS) does all of this with a mind filled only by his own conclusions (i.e. "not for rent"), and via the power coming from honest intellectual reciprocity or dialectical process ("he gets high on you," "he gets by on you"). As far as "riding out the day's events," the song is referring to fate controlling what life gives to us, even though it is our responsibility (and can be a point of pride if done well) to live our own life with what fate hands us. In RUSH's "Roll the Bones," Peart refers to the same notion, "we draw our own designs, but fortune has to make that frame."
- August 11, 2009 at 9:57 AM
- Spiros said...
Yes-- "awful" is a bit harsh. But it's a reflex against years of hearing people go on and on about how Peart is great.
BTW: I once witnessed a drum-off between Peart and Omar Hakim (at some Buddy Rich celebration). And Hakim not only sent Peart to the woodshed, he *embarrassed* Peart to the point where Peart had to just stop playing.
I was left with the impression that Peart could do impressive things when it was all neatly worked out in advance after hours of practice, but he simply could not *play* the fucking drums.
Nutshell: Within the safe confines of Rush, he gets the job done well. Outside that context, he's amateur.
- August 11, 2009 at 10:34 AM
- Spiros said...
Lombardo is definitely better than Peart.
But Stewart Copeland probably beats them all.
- August 11, 2009 at 10:36 AM
It's really disappointing to see you back off like this with AMV. "Awful" isn't harsh. It's just accurate. Period. So is "rancid."
- August 11, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Spiros said...
I'm not going to defend Peart as a drummer per se-- I still say he's awful in the sense. I will say that he does well for Rush: he's tight, mechanical, regimented, obedient, predictable and soulless. Much like Randians in general.
- August 11, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Nine favorite rock drummers:
- Charlie Watts
- Bill Ward
- Jody Stephens
- Mo Tucker
- Grant Hart
- Steve Shelley
- Billy Ficca
- John Bonham
- Whoever drummed on Crooked Rain Crooked Rain (Steve West? Nastanovich? Malkmus himself?)
(Never cared that much for Keith Moon...)
- August 11, 2009 at 3:00 PM
- Spiros said...
Little Drummer:
Grant Hart. Genius. Did I mention that Husker Du is the greatest American band ever?
- August 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Neil said...
"Modern drummer" as an authority is like any number of guitar magazines. You can cite it for technical proficiency but the writers of these things are typically simply unaware that getting around an instrument is not equivalent to musicianship. Same goes for all too many players: they go on about X on the grounds that X plays really fast - never mind that X plays shit really fast.
- August 11, 2009 at 5:02 PM
I will say that [Peart] does well for Rush: he's tight, mechanical, regimented, obedient, predictable and soulless.
If this is what one needs, why not use a drum machine? A drum machine doesn't look as cool as a human drummer. But that seems to be the only disadvantage it has compared to drummers such as Peart.
- August 11, 2009 at 9:34 PM
- Spiros said...
But don't forget: a drum machine can't write shitty lyrics. Do you know how *hard* it would be to get a drum machine to be able to write so poorly? Peart is indispensable.
"Echoes with the sound of salesmen... of salesmen... of SALESMEN!"
- August 11, 2009 at 9:36 PM
This isn't about drummers, but it's a good Ayn Rand story nonetheless that a visiting friend of mine reminded me of. Years ago, before the sad demise of Great Expectations in Evanston, Illinois -- a great bookstore devoted almost exclusively to philosophy near the Northwestern campus -- my friend John is browsing and hears the following exchange between a would-be customer and the owner (Truman ...?).
Entry chimes tinkle.
Customer: Do you have any books by Ayn Rand?
Owner: (After a pause, but not looking up from whatever he was reading) Certainly not.
- August 11, 2009 at 9:37 PM
This isn't about drummers, but it's a good Ayn Rand story nonetheless that a visiting friend of mine reminded me of. Years ago, before the sad demise of Great Expectations in Evanston, Illinois -- a great bookstore devoted almost exclusively to philosophy near the Northwestern campus -- my friend John is browsing and hears the following exchange between a would-be customer and the owner (Truman ...?).
Entry chimes tinkle.
Customer: Do you have any books by Ayn Rand?
Owner: (After a pause, but not looking up from whatever he was reading) Certainly not.
- August 11, 2009 at 9:38 PM
- 729 said...
Glaucon--great anecdote!!!
- August 12, 2009 at 1:06 AM
- The Brooks Blog said...
Fair enough, Spiros. But Copeland? I'd enjoy seeing him trying to play "Angel of Death"...
In any event, I believe the case has been made: whatever your favourite, PEart is not the best. QED.
- August 12, 2009 at 5:24 AM
- Spiros said...
Copeland could rock "Angel of Death" on a high-hat alone.
- August 12, 2009 at 9:12 AM
Nothing I have heard Neil Peart do (and I'll admit I only know Rush's hits because, like Spiros, I loathe them) comes anywhere close to the beauty and technical sophistication of this:
And the qualities that make the Gadd bit so fantastic are present in large swaths of Stewart Copeland's drumming: supportive, but highly inventive and subtle stuff. Copeland's feel and groove are also just fantastic (it strikes me as the straight-ahead equivalent of Tony Williams' feel).
Peart, and as far as I'm concerned, Rush are really rather boring -- they just do technically flashy versions of pretty obvious stuff. I would also add that unlike the truly great prog rock bands -- King Crimson, early Yes, Genesis with Gabriel -- Rush's music completely lacks a sense of humor, which is required to make prog rock go down smooth. The great prog drummers (Michael Giles, Bruford and, yes, early Phil Collins (he was a fantastic drummer)) are, in addition to being technically very accomplished, highly *musical* -- the parts they concoct are often beautiful (although I would put Bruford at the bottom of that list). The same is not true of N.P. by a long shot.
Of course, if we're going to compare across genres, the best jazz drummers really put everyone to shame.
- August 12, 2009 at 9:29 AM
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- August 12, 2009 at 9:37 AM
"Grant Hart. Genius. Did I mention that Husker Du is the greatest American band ever?"
My own choice would be Guided by Voices. But if someone said Husker Du, I wouldn't protest too loudly.
Anyway, yes, Grant Hart is something else. #1 piece of evidence: In A Free Land, where he does a whole bunch of subtle things that no other drummer playing a song this fast and furious could dream of doing.
- August 12, 2009 at 10:49 PM
Anon 9:29 has obviously never seen a Neil Peart drum solo.
Here's his solo at the Buddy Rich memorial concert: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47yxLg2RyXM
- August 13, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Anon 9.29 here. You're right: I had never heard Peart solo. But I'm not sure what the solo 6:48pm points to is meant to show. Clearly Peart is extremely technically proficient -- no one denies that. But I would much much rather have heard a solo one third the length that kept the tune's form of the tune and time than a four minute bag of (admittedly impressive) tricks. That would go much further to establishing his credentials as something other than a technician than what's there.
As for his swing feel, it is absolutely horrendous. His feel on the count in at the end of the solo is embarrassingly bad. But perhaps the point wasn't that he was a good jazz drummer (b/c the video demonstrates quite the opposite). So what part of what I claimed does this video falsify?
Perhaps Peart is a disciple of this school of drumming:
- August 13, 2009 at 8:30 PM
And then there's this:
- August 13, 2009 at 8:45 PM
- Jon said...
I remember after Rush released one of their horrible live albums it turned out that most of the songs were less than one second difference in length than the studio tracks.
I got really interested in that and found out that a great deal of what they did "live" was midi tracks from the studio. THEY ARE A KARAOKE BAND.
Now weirdly, they recorded their live Karaoke and that even wasn't good enough. They took the Karaoke performance tracks back into the studio and re-recorded huge bits of those too! So the turd had to be polished to a very high Rushtastic sheen.
Seriously, Sid Vicious and all the martyrs of punk rock died (and Henry Rollins and Glenn Danzig become huge hulking bullies) to free us from the soul death of pretentious crap like Rush! Geez, just this year we lost Ron Asheton (though it's just been announced that Iggy has made up with James Williamson after all these years) and Lux Interior.
As Angus Young said in another context, "Look at that guy on stage playing all those fast notes up and down the finger board. I can play fast notes up and down the finger board, but I call that practicing." If you like seeing people practice scales to prerecorded music underneath emotionally dishonest music, then Rush is your band.
[Full Disclosure: When I was a kid I was so uncool that even the square kids who read Rush album lyrics to each other in the back of the bus bullied me.]
A good drummer is someone who (1) picks a good band to play with and (2) doesn't get in the way of that band rocking out. Meg White, Scott Asheton, Maureen Tucker, and Phil Rudd kick Neal Pert's jazzercizmo into the ground.
- August 14, 2009 at 6:59 PM
While I agree that Rudd is a kick-ass drummer, I have to laugh at your Sid Vicious reference. If a junkie who couldn't play bass worth a shit is your idea of a musical martyr, then I'm pretty sure anything else your kooky religion has to say about music may be slightly misguided.
Everyone else,
You good folks do realise that at any self respecting punk bar, actually whinging out loud about how much you hate Rush or how awful a drummer Neil Peart may be will get your face beaten just as quickly and brutally as would wearing a Rush T-shirt or being Neil Peart himself.
- August 16, 2009 at 1:56 AM
- Jon Cogburn said...
Dr. Killjoy,
Actually youtube has some Sex Pistols concerts from the American tour where the bass is plugged in, and it's all perfectly competent.
On the cultural significance of John Simon Ritchie's band, I heartily recommend Greil Marcus' "Lipstick Traces."
I think it's been over a decade since I've been to a "punk rock bar," so I'll take your word for it about contemporary cultural norms (cue Cake- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILRpRv57H0g ) .
I do remember in college (Austin TX's famed "Cannibal Club" which you can see in the early footage from "The Devil and Daniel Johnston") a really unpleasant Skinhead named "Scuff" tried to beat me when I asked him for a light. Luckily he was so drunk that his fist overshot my face and he fell insensible onto the concrete floor. I'm sure if I'd whinged about what a crap band Rush is it would have gone much worse for me.
- August 17, 2009 at 11:49 PM
You may be right. As I recall, for the first bit of the American tour, Vicious was without a smack supplier.
My apologies for Scuff's actions. Later that night we took him out behind the bar and gave him a lesson in manners. He now obliges the light before drunkenly attempting to pound someone.
- August 18, 2009 at 4:16 PM
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Didn't feel like seeking out the old thread, so starting a new one.
Two interesting tweets regarding recruiting:
Coaches slated to attend LM-CRK girls: Stringer, Jolette Law (Illinois) and a Stanford assistant.
Bill Fennelly, Lisa Bluder at Ames High-D.M. East girls game tonight. Likely recruiting/scouting East's Markisha Wright and Shronda Butts.
I was at the Linn-Mar @ Kennedy game, and Kiah Stokes and Jade Rogers were by far the best players on the court. Rogers is going to Iowa, so Rutgers, Illinois, and Stanford were all undoubtedly there for Stokes.
I haven't seen the East duo myself but I've heard good things about them. Hoopgurlz (ESPN) has them as the #18 post and #22 point guard in the 2011 class.
Markisha Wright - College Basketball Recruiting 2011 - ESPN
Sharonda Butts - College Basketball Recruiting 2011 - ESPN
Great to hear that the talent in this state is bringing coaches from all over the country. ISU will get the ones we need.Gotta believe!!
BF and Steyer did some recruiting in Colorado. Think the Colorado Rockies connection might be a good one(Anna). Steyer said she was in Ft. Collins, possibly looking at Kara Spotten. Not listed on hoopgurlz. BF and JS are at recruiting non-stop these days, do they ever sleep? Sounds like Steyer was on the west coast or down south again. Gotta think an Elite Eight appearance last year allows for recruiting from a broader pool of players this year.
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Case in point - From Coach Steyer's Twitter page posted at 3:30 am today
"18.5 hrs, 960 miles, some freezing rain- home sweet home! Game day- Beat KU!!"
Per Bill, evidently in Arkansas
Steyer in AR? Bill was reportedly there earlier in the season doing some recruiting (see here: ) so it must be serious.
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Steyer in AR? Bill was reportedly there earlier in the season doing some recruiting (see here: ) so it must be serious.
And I think that means time to revive the Arkansas guesses.
What do we know? 960 miles / 2 = 480 miles each way, roughly. The player she was recruiting played a game yesterday (1/19). She also played on 11/16 -- when BF was down there. I was guessing Fayetteville/Rogers based on BF's tweets in November. (EDIT: I had said 11/15, but I now realize it was 11/16)
Driving miles from Ames:
Rogers: 443
Fayetteville: 463
It has to be someone in or near that metro area. Quoting myself from that thread:
Originally Posted by mred
North Arkansas CC were the Region 2 NJCAA WBB champs in 08-09. They are in Harrison, AR.
JoBeth Williams was first-team all-american there last season as a freshman. She's a 5'9" Forward (at that height hopefully more of a wing than a post). She has 24 ppg in 6 games this season so far, including 16-30 behind the arc. Is she the target?
Harrison is 468 miles away. However, they did NOT play yesterday, so it isn't her. I'm confident she's the only juco possibility, so that narrows it down to highschoolers.
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I haven't seen the East duo myself but I've heard good things about them. Hoopgurlz (ESPN) has them as the #18 post and #22 point guard in the 2011 class.
Markisha Wright - College Basketball Recruiting 2011 - ESPN
Sharonda Butts - College Basketball Recruiting 2011 - ESPN
As I posted earlier in another thread, I was at the game last night. Markisha Wright is quick inside and is extremely competitive, while Butts, although short, is physical and creates tons of chances for teammates. I hope both are offered. As I also mentioned, I'm sure BF and Bluder were also there to see Shaya Kellogg, who will ultimately be better than her older sister Kionna.
We need Greenfield and Wright, as they are in our backyard.
I'm crazy...
I got a list of all the high school gbb teams in Arkansas. I whittled the list down to the 34 schools within 480 driving miles of Ames. Only one of those schools played on 11/16 but they didn't play on 1/19, so I made the assumption that BF's visit on 11/16 didn't actually coincide with a game. Steyer tweeted that she was going to a game, so I knew the target definitely played on 1/19. I was able to narrow down the list of teams to 25 that played a game 1/19 at one of those 34 schools.
I looked at the list of 08-09 AR all-state players. Of those, only 6 currently play for one of those 25 schools (2 juniors, 4 seniors). I decided to look into the juniors, and lo and behold...
Berna Nets More Scholarship Offers
Fayetteville guard Calli Berna isn't ready to make a decision about where she'll go to college in 2011.
But she now has two more options.
Iowa State and Oral Roberts have each extended scholarship offers to Berna over the past couple of days, becoming the latest Division-I schools to join the race to sign the explosive 5-foot-9 junior.
I win.
I'll post more info on her as I find it, but here's a couple important facts:
1. Central Arkansas and Arkansas have offered her as well as Oral Roberts and ISU
2. Her first name is sometimes spelled "Calli" and sometimes "Callie" in articles, so google both.
More links related to her:
WholeHogSports.com - Razorbacks offer scholarship to Fayetteville's Berna
Fayetteville junior point guard Calli Berna, right, drives past junior ...
Coaches Aid - Coaches Aid Arkansas Spotlights the Best Ballers of 2008-2009
Berna photo gallery
Calli Berna Girls Basketball Pro Photos - Fayetteville High School 09-10 - MaxPreps
Feature artile on Berna and a teammate on page 55 of this: VYPE - magazine
If you search for "Berna" in that magazine, you can find a few other mentions of her as well.
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I'm crazy...
Yes you are - but we are all the richer for your mental illness!
She looks like a Cyclone, go get her Bill!!
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NEW ORLEANS By the time the weekend comes, The Big Easy is going to be The Big Hard To Get Around In, what with overlapping Mardi Gras and Super Bowl festivities French kissing the Quarter. More than a million revelers will rush in to give this city a much needed post-Katrina boost ---- and that doesn't include 20,000 Harbaughs, who will mix intensity into the pot of debauchery.
And you know what? New Orleans ---- there is no other American place even close to what it is---- will handle it. New Orleans gets by.
But let's not forget the players who won't be here, the great number of gamblers who will comprise a significant portion of the estimated $100-million viewers around the globe looking for some action on the game. Any kind of action.
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And lest we forget, gambling is what fuels the NFL's engine, or maybe you think people watch Chiefs-Jaguars because they just enjoy good football.
And there's no action like Super Bowl action. This is one time when some bookies, while still serious, like to have a little fun, too. There are people who will bet on anything, and this is the game where they can, if they so choose, and they do choose.
These are only estimates, but those who know say a billion dollars will be bet in some form or another on this Super Bowl, about $100-million of it in Nevada, and the rest through off-shore or online betting or through bookies. For the Super Bowl, there are prop bets, or exotic bets, although in Nevada these wagers are restricted to the field of play (to be bet on, it must show up in the box score).
But anything goes online. I'm talking to Pat Morrow, chief oddsmaker for off-shore Bovada.lv. He has 500 prop bets out there, a whole lot of them having nothing to do with football. And these guys are experts at this sort of thing, too, although they figure if they get close to breaking even it was all in the spirit of good fun for their players.
On the entertainment side, the over/under on how long it will take Alicia Keys to sit the Super Bowl National Anthem: 2 minutes, 12 seconds.
"We're getting pretty good at this sort of thing," Morrow says. "Last year, we came within one second on the anthem. There's a team of us studying this and we watch YouTube and listen to gossip. We become teenagers for a week. It's a fun kind of undertaking; we go to outside the box stuff."
Will Keys get booed? Will she omit/add one word to the anthem? Will Beyonce be joined on stage by Jay Z during her halftime show? How many times will Jack Harbaugh be shown on TV during the game? Will any Ravens or 49ers be arrested this week? What color Gatorade (or liquid) will be dumped on the winning coach? Who will President Obama pick to win?
Morrow's being serious. There are odds and numbers for all this stuff, and we haven't even come close to getting into the game bets. Will there be a scoreless quarter in the game? Will it go into overtime? Will there be a lead change in the second half?
"We try to be as unique as possible," Morrow said. "On line, we're one fish in a very big pond, but we do cover a good part of the North America market. On-line gaming has exploded. We're constantly trying to think ahead. The majority's off-shore and on line. There's a lot more competition there for more players' gaming needs. Vegas doesn't go against anyone. We compete against the world."


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Plagued by cuts in local government funds by the state and failure of residents to approve a tax levy, the Pease Township trustees claim they do not have the funds to keep the street lights in the......
Incidentally, my comments below were in reference to Al Molnar's column thatcan be found in this morning's Intel as well..
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So let me get this straight... Pease Township is shutting off street lights because they can't afford to pay their bills, yet Frizzi wants to pay money to restore an unused railroad bridge "for the education and enjoyment of future generations". Sounds like Frizzi has his priorities a bit mixed up.
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Let's start the morning roundup with a truly radical idea: How about using Paul Brown Stadium as a homeless shelter during the roughly 340 nights a year when the Bengals aren't using it?
That's just what might happen with the new Marlins ballpark or the Tampa Bay Rays' Tropicana Field in Florida if two state lawmakers have their way. They want to enforce an obscure 1988 Florida law that allows any ballpark or stadium that receives taxpayer money to serve as a homeless shelter on the dates that it is not in use. Sounds like a great idea to us.
It's yet another gloomy, rainy morning in Cincinnati, so let's let our minds take a voyage around the Internet and see what is going on in the world during the last 24 hours.
House Speaker John Boehner is probably cringing at a CBS News poll that found an overwhelming majority of Americans like the proposals mentioned in President Obama's State of the Union address. And by "overwhelming," we mean a whopping 91 percent of respondents. (You read that correctly.)
Some important dates involving Ohio's March 6 primary election are fast approaching.
Early voting — both at the Board of Elections and via mail-in ballot — begins Jan. 31. Applications for mail-in ballots are available on the board's website or by calling the board's offices at 513-632-7039, 513-632 7040 or 513-632-7044.
Sensing he needs to make up for lost ground, Mitt Romney went on the offensive in Monday night's Republican presidential debate in Tampa, Fla., hammering Newt Gingrich as an "influence peddler." Occasionally appearing at a loss for words, the bombastic ex-Speaker of the House accused Romney of engaging in "trivial politics."
Boys, boys: Settle down or I'm pulling the car over.
Hey, did you hear that Newt Gingrich pulled off an upset victory in South Carolina over the weekend? Of course you did; you're CityBeat readers, so you're all well read. But any rational observer must wonder if Republicans truly think Newt can win in a general election, where there are actual moderates and progressives voting.
There's already a fake front page of The Washington Post circulating around the Internet with President Obama smiling broadly at news of Gingrich's victory.
At least three members of Congress are set to attend the 13th annual Northeast Hamilton County Republican Pancake Breakfast next week.
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-Terrace Park), a budget director under President George W. Bush, is the keynote speaker at the event. Also scheduled to attend are U.S. Reps. Steve Chabot (R-Westwood) and Jean Schmidt (R-Miami Township), along with nearly 400 local Republicans from all levels of government.
This week's ruling by the Ohio Civil Rights Commission that a Greater Cincinnati landlady violated a girl's civil rights by posting a "whites only" sign at an apartment complex's swimming pool is a decision that most rational people would say is just.
The Jan. 12 ruling means the commission, if it cannot reach a settlement with landlady Jamie Hein, could issue a complaint against her with the Ohio Attorney General's Office. The AG's Office would then represent the complainant, Michael Gunn, before an administrative law judge, who could impose penalties and punitive damages.
An anti-tax group has made opposing Cincinnati's planned streetcar project its primary cause in recent years, so it might be surprising to now find one of its leaders teaming up with a major streetcar advocate.
But that's exactly what is happening later this month as Chris Finney, of the Coalition Opposed to Additional Spending and Taxes (COAST), co-hosts a political fundraiser with Chris Bortz, an ex-Cincinnati city councilman.
If you're one of those people who enjoys relaxing in a public park, maybe eating a sandwich and enjoying the lush greenspace Cincinnati has grown proud of, that's all well and good. (Bring a blanket and some apples; enjoy yourself.) That is, until you get a little sleepy and want to lie down on the ground or a bench — that's illegal now.
The Cincinnati Park Board yesterday approved a no-lying down rule across all of its 5,000 acres of park land, likely in response to ongoing Occupy Cincinnati lawsuits over the legality of closing the park at night. People who lie down in parks are now subject to $150 fines for the misdemeanor offense.
Even as the local Republican Party searches for a competent person willing to take on Hamilton County Commissioner Todd Portune in next year's election, the GOP chairman insists the party won't be cutting another deal to let Portune run unopposed.
With the Dec. 7 filing deadline now past, the Hamilton County Republican Party has listed one of its staffers, Finance Director Maggie Nafziger Wuellner, as a placeholder to reserve a spot on the ballot against Portune, a longtime Democratic incumbent.


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NSCAATV.com College Soccer Special: Maryland vs. Duke (men)
NSCAATV.com's College Soccer Special is set to feature a pair of men's Atlantic Coast Conference heavyweights, as the Duke Blue Devils go on the road to take on the No. 13 Maryland Terrapins on Friday, Sept. 6, at 7:30 p.m. ET.
The Terps are looking to bounce back as they find themselves at 0-1-1 after opening the season on the road with a 3-3 tie against Stanford, followed by a 3-2 loss to California.
Duke, on the other hand, is sitting unbeaten so far at 1-0-1 through their first two games, thanks in large part to the play of sophomore midfielder Zach Mathers.
Mathers came up big for the Blue Devils, netting the tying goal against Rutgers with 11 seconds left in regulation to put the score at 1-1, which would hold up as the final. Two days later, he would strike again putting Duke on the board first and leading his squad to a 2-0 victory over Northeastern.
These two teams last met in the regular season in October, with Maryland pulling out a 2-1 win. Overall, Maryland holds the all-time series lead over Duke 46-22-3.
The College Soccer Special will broadcast the game live from College Park, Md., with Dean Linke and Keith Tabatznik calling the game for NSCAATV.com.
To see the full College Soccer Special schedule, and other broadcasts, visit NSCAATV.com/schedule.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is launching the nation's most sweeping effort to curb gun violence in nearly two decades, urging a reluctant Congress to ban military-style assault weapons......
Had framers been mentally challenegd as are todays progressive libbys, they would have limited 2nd ammendment to slingshot and spear. If Ar had been invented earlier, the constitution wouldn't prohibit them. Why didn't it say life liberty and same gender hootenanny ?
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Gallup 1/18/2013 Obama Approval Rating down to 49%, disapproval UP to 44%.
Keep talking, Barry.
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IisCreamed, what "war" is declared against Iran?? Syria? Libya?
Did I miss the Congressional Declaration of War against any of those countries??
So how does Nobama get away killing Innocent women and children, way more than Sandy Hook???
Fast and Furious resulted in over 300 dead Mexican men women and children and ONE US border agent.
Was THAT a military US action? When was war declared against Mexico???
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Nearly twice as many voters say there would be less violent crime if more law-abiding Americans owned guns, than if guns were banned.
In addition, while American voters generally favor strengthening gun laws, 71 percent do not think tougher laws can stop shootings like the one last month in Newtown, Connecticut. Some 22 percent say new laws can prevent the next Sandy Hook.
These are just some of the findings from a Fox News poll released Friday. Majorities of gun owners (81 percent), non-gun owners (58 percent), Democrats (58 percent), independents (72 percent) and Republicans (85 percent) say the people who do these kinds of things "will always find the guns" to commit violent acts.
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Do Do, please take your meds and give some to Troll.
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icecream, was Reverend Jeremiah "GD America" Wright one of the clergy? Reverend Fred "God Hates ****" Phelps? Reverend Al "Tawana Brawley" Sharpton? Pastor Terry "Flaming Koran" Jones? Reverend Jesse "Hymietown" Jackson? Reverend Jimmy "LOOOORRRD I have sinned against thee!" Swaggart? Reverend Jim "Pass The Loot" Bakker?
Some "clergy" are more clergical than others...
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Huffington Post; JAN. 18, 2013
"Many RELIGIOUS PEOPLE have MOBILIZED AGAINST GUNS recently. On Jan. 15, a group of 45 CLERGY and heads of RELIGIOUS organizations headed to CAPITOL HILL to PETITION lawmakers to reinstitute a BAN on ASSAULT WEAPONS, require BACKGROUND CHECKS and make ILLEGAL WEAPON trafficking a FEDERAL CRIME."
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Weren't the drones used during a military attack???
When was Sandy Hook Elem. the target of a military attack???
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How many women and children have been killed by the Obamanation Drone War?
Way more than by "assault weapons" in the USA.
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It's all about "protecting the children". Well, back in 1993 the government, under Bill Clinton and Janet Reno murdered 21 children. Some were shot and some were burned alive by the ATF and FBI. This was done in an attempt to disarm some law abiding citizens. The place was called Waco.
Just how many children will die if this tyrannt attempts to disarm the entire country?
In addition, obama took an oathe to defend and protect the Constitution. If he tries to circumvent the Second Amendment, it will be he that needs to be tried for treason.
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More wisdom from the Founders, impact. You libs need a refresher.
A militia, when properly formed, are in fact the people themselves...and include all men capable of bearing arms. - Richard Henry Lee, 1788
Necessity is the plea for infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. -William Pitt, 1783
As civil rulers, not having their duty to the people duly before them, may attempt to tyrannize, and as the military forces which must be occasionally raised to defend our country, might pervert their power to the injury of their fellow citizens, the people are confirmed by the article in their right to keep and bear their private arms. – Tench Coxe, 1789
And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not warned from time to time, that this people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms... The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. - Thomas Jefferson, 1787
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impact "trollsucker finally said it at 8:05. They want these guns to fight a tyrannical government...ours."
impact, I'm flattered you would credit that wisdom to me, but I'm only paraphrasing wisdom that was better stated many times and in many ways by our Founding Fathers. You respect the wisdom of the Founding Fathers, as enshrined in the Constitution, don't you?
The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword, because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force far superior to any band of regular troops. - Noah Webster, 1787
... the advantage of being armed which Americans posses over the people of almost every other nation ... (where) the governments are afraid to trust the people with arms. - James Madison, The Federalist, No.46
To preserve liberty it is essential that the whole body of the people always posses arms. - Richard Henry Lee, 1788
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"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth." George Washington
Just a bit of trivia, George Washington was the 1st President of the United States and Founding Father. Also, he was the General who led the Colonies to victory over the tyrannical British government.
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trollsucker finally said it at 8:05. They want these guns to fight a tyrannical government...ours. They define "tyrannical" as any government that doesn't agree with them. Sounds like he's warming up for a little treason right now.
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What your not getting is a federal background check would cover about 40% of all gun transactions. This would prevent convicted crimials and those that are mentally ill that are on record from getting guns at the point of sale. But criminals will get guns with the large magazines from, guess who, other criminals. And it would not have stopped Adam Lanza or James Holmes because their weapons were bought from licensed dealers. 80% of all criminals buy their guns from private sellers or steal them.
I don't see much in these proposals that are beneficial. Put armed deputies in ours schools!
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one who tells the truth has no problem remembering it..one who lies often has trouble even knowing the truth..Why does Obama not even know how many children were murdered that day if he is really so concerned? Why does the President with hold the truth from the courts and the American people on Fast and Furious?Why is Eric Holder still employed by the president if the 2000 high capacity high powered weapons sold to the mexican drug cartells by these liars in high places of our Govt have nothing to hide from us? The people that they are supposed to represent. And at the same time they say they want to protect the public from guns? it's the same old fuzzy math. 2+2= 24 because we say it does and because we in Charge of the Govt. know best and we will tell you the people what you shall comply with.
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If Republicans proposed this stuff, the media would insist it was a push to get liberals and illegals off the voter eligibility befor 2016 election .
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"Regulation within boundaries." ok. I want to decide who the rules apply to. Imagine all the confiscated magazine being sent fast and furious to third world countries. Maybe melted down in chiner and sold back to American consumers as fly swatter handles.
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STATE YOUR IDEAS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY! excellent post. well, we need more money badly. we must end the costly bad habit of exempting Indian tribes and reservations from all the fees, taxes, debt obligations suffered by non Indian Americans. That reservation land can better serve all Americans. Prime real estate there. Promises of long ago ? Pshaw, the constitution of long age says what it says also.
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"Regulation within boundaries." Sounds fair enough. I'll set the boundaries, and you can write the regulation. Any problem with that?
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Don't need to join the media as I've been there and done that as a working journalist. This forum is just one example of our ability to speak freely, and it's great that we are sharing ideas and exploring the issue. This isn't just a constitutional issue, but a common sense issue where regulation within boundaries just might stop another mass killing and not preclude responsible people from enjoying their right to bear arms.
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Icecream, you are clearly mentally ill and hence not eligible to buy a gun.
That's my plan, keep guns out of the hands of liberals.
Liberalism IS a mental illness.
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Regulated WHAT, oldman? Regulated MILITIA. Not regulated people. Not regulated sales. Not regulated carry. Not regulated numbers of bullets in the magazine or regulated types of stocks or regulated handgrips or regulated accessory mounts. Why can't you READ the Constitution?
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Misinformed Fox and NRA puppets. The 2nd Amendment says regulated. Why don't you respect the constitution?
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Should You Flip Your Classroom?
At its core, "flipped instruction" refers to moving aspects of teaching out of the classroom and into the homework space. With the advent of new technologies, specifically the ability to record digitally annotated and narrated screencasts, instructional videos have become a common medium in the flipped classroom. Although not limited to videos, a flipped classroom most often harnesses different forms of instructional video published online for students.
Despite recent buzz, catalyzed primarily by Salman Khan's TED talk, flipped instruction is by no means a new methodology. In the early 19th century, General Sylvanus Thayer created a system at West Point where engineering students, given a set of materials, were responsible for obtaining core content prior to coming to class. The classroom space was then used for critical thinking and group problem solving.
The Pros
Advocates of the flipped classroom point to its potential as a time-shifting tool. Jac de Haan, author of the blog Technology with Intention articulates this well:
". . . the focus of flipped teaching is different from other examples in that the technology itself is simply a tool for flexible communication that allows educators to differentiate instruction to meet individual student needs and spend more time in the classroom focused on collaboration and higher-order thinking."
And Cons
Critics of the flipped classroom argue that online instruction puts students that lack Internet access at a disadvantage. Moreover, whether delivered in class or via instructional videos, lecture is still a poor mode of information transfer. This argument is outlined very well in Harvard Physics professor Eric Mazur's talk Confessions of a Converted Lecturer.
Flipped Classroom in Perspective
Personally, I feel the current flipped classroom hype is blown way out of proportion. The flipped classroom is a simple concept that needs no title. Good teaching, regardless of discipline, should always limit passive transfer of knowledge in class, and promote learning environments built on the tenants of inquiry, collaboration and critical thinking. We, as educators, must strive to guide students through perplexing situations, and more importantly, work with one another to develop the pedagogical skills to do so. Keeping this in mind, good teaching comes in many forms, and the flipped-classroom mentality can be one of many solutions for educators.
As an instructor of Advanced Placement (AP) Chemistry, I find myself torn in two directions. The science teacher in me is deeply committed to the process of inquiry, and arming my students with the skills needed to construct and test their own ideas. The AP teacher in me fears sending my students off to their examination in May having covered only a portion of all the content required. Given this tension, I have found merging aspects of inquiry learning and video-based instruction helps me address both needs. My blog at CyclesOfLearning.com has a more detailed explanation of how I use this method in my AP Chemistry class. Here's a blog post by Jackie Gerstein that clearly places flipped instruction in the context of an inquiry learning cycle.
If, like me, you are interested in using aspects of the flipped classroom to address an issue in your practice, I encourage you to reflect on the following steps first:
Step 1: Identify your current or desired teaching style.
Step 2: Ask yourself this question: Given my style, do I currently use class time to teach any low level, procedural, algorithmic concepts?
Step 3: If yes, begin by creating opportunities for students to obtain this information outside of the classroom. (More info on creating annotated and narrated instructional videos).
Step 4: Include a system that encourages reflection and synthesis of homework-based instruction (Click here and here for ways to make instructional videos more interactive and reflective).
Hopefully the above steps are a helpful. As we are all aware, teaching can be a very powerful, and often very personal act, where the right way is as diverse as the students we are blessed to work with. Parker Palmer reflects on this notion:
"Good teaching cannot be reduced to one technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher."
On this note, I would like to share a personal story that I feel provides a metaphor for why the flipped classroom is a technique that works well for me. On May 25th of this year I underwent a fairly complicated open-heart surgery to correct an aneurysm of my thoracic aorta that was found randomly at a routine check up. The surgery went well, and five months later, minus a long scar down the center of my chest, I rarely think of the physical struggle that was the summer of 2011.
Throughout the process, I was very impressed with the confidence and knowledge my thoracic surgeon embodied. Then one day, it hit me: My surgeon had a teacher! He learned to how to perform my surgery in school! An instructor taught him how to do something, something very, very important, in a very effective way! As a teacher myself, I have a hunch my surgeon didn't learn how to repair my aorta by passively taking in information through a textbook or lecture. Rather, I'm certain his confidence and skill was cultivated through hours of inquiry, trial and error, with strong mentors by his side the whole way. In short, I'm sure he learned by doing, not observing.
We must strive to be facilitators, mentors and guides for our students, as if what we are preparing them for, much like my surgeon, will one day change lives. Any teaching methodology that amplifies this role is a step in the right direction.
Are you using various elements of flipped instruction in your practice? If so, how are you using it to foster student inquiry?
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Thank you for the extra resources and ideas for how to use the flipped classroom. I especially liked the links on how to make videos more interactive. An important consideration so your video holds the attention of the viewer and is as effective as it can be.
Thank you so much for this post! I am new to the flipped classroom idea and I am trying several aspects in my chemistry class this year. I am excited and nervous at the same time. Have you found that your students are excited to watch the videos or are they reluctant? Would you also have a certain video length that you would recommend?
Good article....It nicely communicates the complexity of education.
The flipped classroom puts learning at home with homework leaving class time for inquiry and collaboration. That is great and wonderful. What about students that will never do homework. In a typical low performing school, the students simply will not do homework. Education is a messy business and nothing will every change that!
I've eagerly been looking into going to a flipped classroom in the 2nd half of the year (my students just went "take home" 1:1 with iPads within the past month), but am struggling with those habitually disengaged students who wouldn't bother to do the assignment and thus still miss out. If students won't even complete any assignment regardless of its weight, relevance, etc, how can I feel assured that they will abide with a flipped concept?
Right now, my thinking is that following a flipped lecture, students answer a basic formative assessment to determine if they completed the assignment. Those who do move on to the higher level enrichment activities to follow up and expand/elaborate, whereas those who did not complete the assignment end up with making up the assignment during class time. However, would that not put us back at square one, with many students spending class time doing (a more technology oriented) seat work/lecture, and differentiated instruction going on for those who already "get it?"
In simple terms, how does the flipped classroom concept deal with those students who are a struggle to motivate/engage/connect with?
@sems_shock, you may want to check out this video from Jon Bergman, one of the early pioneers of flipped classrooms. In it, he talks about overcoming some of the common hurdles to flipping: https://www.edutopia.org/blog/flipped-learning-toolkit-common-hurdles-jo...
I'm wondering if, with the approval of parents and administration, having students who do not do the homework stay after school to complete assignments would lead to improved completion rates. If parents are in partnership with the school I would hope they'd approve of this consequence. I know that "detention" is a touchy topic but if students don't want to be kept after school, maybe they'd be more inclined to do their homework. It may not work for all but you may capture some of the disengaged students. Some disengaged students actually do have parents that would support the idea. The parents who do not support the idea should be making sure that their children are getting their homework done every night. Some improvement in homework completion rates should be seen over time.
Thank-you for a great article on flipping your classroom. It presents many advantages, yet doesn't gloss over the cons. There are also plenty of links and resources to support my efforts. My district has not gone to a 1:1 technology model yet, but has implemented a "bring your own technology" or BYOT policy this year, which is making it easier to flip a classroom. I have been interested in the idea of a flipped classroom for several years, but have only started to implement some strategies this year. I think Mr. Musallam is correct in reminding us that the flipped classroom is only possible with sound pedagogy and teaching methods, it is not a replacement for it. I especially liked Mr. Musallam's reflection steps for teachers, and plan to use it. We ask our students to be reflective in their learning, so why not teachers, too? I have also found Jon Bergman and Aaron Sams' series "Flipped-Learning Toolkit" immensely informative and encouraging. In my early efforts, I too have struggled with students who refuse to do any outside work, as sems_shock noted, and find that I am wasting a lot of time back-peddling to get them caught up, and not as much time with inquiry or critical thinking as I would like. What I am realizing is that just because you offer students the opportunity to use technology outside of class, does not mean that they will "like" it or accept the responsibility and do it. It really takes a shift in thinking, teacher and student, as well as a pedagogical shift, and this takes time. I plan to continue trying different ideas, learning from others, and making changes gradually.
What the indicator flipped classroom?? Please help me for my study
Alin, you might find this definition helpful: http://www.flippedlearning.org/definition.
I believe you have hit the nerve that deters many teachers from employing what could be a very advantageous pedagogical approach. How to motivate our students to want to learn has always been the million dollar question. Teaching secondary school students with the typical apathy towards their learning characteristic of many teenagers, my problem has always been getting compliance with work completion and content engagement. I agree that for many students, some form of accountability by way of completing a question or small task which will indicate that they have done the out-of-class viewing or reading of material, is probably needed, but I'd like to imagine that the classroom activities we engage in will be such that the students will recognise the advantages of having done the preparation as they see their peers progress while they are still in 'catch-up' mode because of not having viewed the videos or read the texts beforehand. While this will not necessarily solve the problem of student motivation, research seems to suggest that students in flipped classrooms are more actively engaged, especially as there is greater opportunity for the teacher to connect individually with all the students instead of operating in lecture-mode during class time. I believe it all comes down to the fact that flipping the classroom requires careful planning (with clear goal-setting) of class time activities on the part of the teacher to incorporate the 'inquiry, collaboration and critical thinking' that Mussallam speaks of. Also, using a flipped apporach is merely a tool, and teachers must plan very intentionally in order to be 'facilitators, mentors and guides' in the classroom.


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[Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration]
Program in Accountancy
Professor Mary S. Stone, Director
Office: 314 Alston Hall
Students should consult the Culverhouse School of Accountancy website at http://www.cba.ua.edu/accounting for a current description of admission and program requirements.
The School of Accountancy was established in July 1978 as an academic unit of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. The School was named in honor of Hugh F. Culverhouse Sr., in February 1989. Mr. Culverhouse was an alumnus of The University of Alabama, a noted lawyer and businessman, and a major supporter of the accountancy program. The Culverhouse School of Accountancy is a charter member of the Federation of Schools of Accountancy. The School holds accounting accreditation at both the undergraduate and graduate levels from the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business.
A primary objective of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy is to maintain high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs that attract top students and prepare them for professional careers in public accounting, industry, government, and nonprofit organizations. To achieve these objectives, the School maintains a highly qualified faculty possessing the academic credentials, professional experience, and significant scholarly accomplishments necessary for them to prepare students for professional careers. Teaching effectiveness and research productivity are emphasized. The computer is integrated throughout the accounting curriculum. Emphasis is placed on the need for accountants to be competent in business and to possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Efforts are made to ensure that students have an understanding of the professional and ethical responsibilities of accountants.
Graduate programs. In addition to the bachelor of science degree, the Culverhouse School of Accountancy offers two professional master's degrees, the master of accountancy (M.Acc.) and the master of tax accounting (M.T.A.), and a doctor of philosophy (Ph.D.) degree with a concentration in accounting.
Admission and retention policies. A prospective Culverhouse School of Accountancy student must submit an application that demonstrates that all criteria for admission have been met. Students are eligible for admission if they (1) meet the criteria for admission to the upper division of the College of Commerce and Business Administration (see p. 125). A student whose grade point average falls below these standards may petition the director of the Culverhouse School of Accountancy for admission to the upper division and Culverhouse Scholl of Accountancy if the student's grade point average for the last 30 hours attempted is 2.5 or higher.
Students who have not been admitted to the School may enroll in upper-division accounting courses offered for nonmajors. A student who has not been admitted may also enroll in 300-level accounting courses offered for accounting majors, provided that he or she has fulfilled the prerequisites for those courses and either meets the criteria for admission to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy or must take those courses as part of the major or minor. Only students who have been admitted to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy may enroll in 400-level accounting courses without special permission of the director.
Accounting majors must complete all 300-level accounting courses with grades of "C-" or better. A student who enrolls in any of these courses twice and fails to make a grade of "C-" or better will not be permitted to take additional accounting courses without special permission. Enrollment is defined as registration for a course resulting in the recording of hours attempted on the student's record. Priority for enrollment in upper-division accounting courses is given to students who are not repeating the courses.
The course requirements of the program in accountancy follow.
|General Education Courses
|Required Courses
|EC 110 and EC 111
|EN 101 and EN 102
|MATH 112 and MATH 121, or MATH 115 and MATH 125
|Restricted Non-Commerce Electives
Natural science. Eight semester hours of science courses designated N, including at least 2 semester hours of laboratory experience.
Humanities and fine arts. Twelve semester hours consisting of at least 3 hours of literature1 and at least 3 hours in the arts. The remaining 6 hours are to be chosen from the humanities, literature, and/or fine arts.
History and social and behavioral sciences. Twelve semester hours with at least 3 hours in history1 and at least 6 hours chosen from among other disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. EC 110 and EC 111 required above satisfy 6 hours of this requirement.
1Each student must complete a 6-semester-hour sequence either in literature or in history.
Foreign language/computer language. Two semesters of one foreign language designated FL, or two semesters of C-designated computer language courses. This requirement is satisfied by AC 389 (C) and AC 489 (C), each a required accounting major program course.
|Non-Commerce Electives
|Total: 62 hours
|Business Administration Functional Field Courses
|Lower Division
|AC 210 Introduction to Accounting
|LGS 200 Legal Environment of Business
|Upper Division
|Applicants for admission to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy must have completed at least 61 semester hours prior to admission to the School. The 61 hours should be chosen from courses listed above and must include degree credit for EC 110 and EC 111; MATH 112 and MATH 121, or MATH 115 and MATH 125; EN 101 and EN 102; CS 102; AC 210; ST 260; and LGS 200 (or their equivalents); and at least 4 hours of natural science, 3 hours of fine arts, literature, or humanities, and 3 hours of history or social and behavioral sciences. In addition, the student must have an overall grade point average of 2.5 or higher for all college-level coursework attempted and must have a grade point average of 2.5 or higher for all University of Alabama coursework attempted, in order to be admitted. Failure to earn degree credit for these specific courses and to earn at least 61 semester hours in all with the required grade point average may result in ineligibility for admission to the Culverhouse School of Accountancy and ineligibility for enrollment in 300- and 400-level accounting courses.
|FI 302 Business Finance
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|MGT 300 Organization Theory and Behavior
|MGT 395 Managerial Communication Strategy
|MKT 300 Marketing
|OM 300 Introduction to Production Management
|Total: 25 hours
|Accounting Major Program Courses
|*AC 289 Computer Applications
|AC 310 Financial Reporting and Analysis of Business Activities I
|AC 311 Financial Reporting and Analysis of Business Activities II
|AC 361 Cost Analysis for Planning and Control
|AC 371 Introduction to Taxation
|AC 389 Accounting Information Systems Development,
|Operations, and Control
|AC 432 Introduction to Corporate Governance, Risk
|Assessment, and Assurance Services
|AC 456 Governmental and Non-Profit Accounting
|AC 471 Taxation of Business Transactions and Organizations
|AC 489 Accounting Information Systems Implementation,
|Security, and Control
|Total: 30 hours
|*CS 285 may be substituted for AC 289.
|Commerce and/or Non-Commerce Electives
|(GBA 145, which is highly recommended for students who enter the College as freshmen, and AC 492 must be counted here)
|Total for B.S. degree: 124 hours
As of 1995, students wishing to sit for the CPA examination in Alabama must have completed 150 semester hours of college courses. To meet this requirement, students in the Culverhouse School of Accountancy must be admitted to either the master of accountancy or master of tax accounting programs. Students should apply for admission to one of these graduate programs during the first semester of the senior year.
The master of accountancy (M.Acc.) degree program is a fifth-year professional program. Its objective is to provide students with greater breadth and depth of understanding of accounting and business than is possible in an undergraduate program. The program prepares students for careers as professional accountants in financial institutions, government, industry, nonprofit organizations, and public practice. Graduates are prepared to research various data bases related to troublesome business problems and to exercise judgment in making accounting decisions by drawing on their integrated and comprehensive body of accounting knowledge. A complete description of the master of accountancy degree program and its admission requirements is available from the Culverhouse School of Accountancy and in the University of Alabama graduate catalog.
The master of tax accounting (M.T.A.) degree program is a multidimensional approach to the education of the modern tax specialist. The program develops (a) an understanding of the taxation system and of the interrelationships between that system and accounting theory; (b) a basic knowledge of the legal system as it relates to taxation; and (c) the basic tools necessary for research and communication in taxation. Graduates are prepared to research various tax, legal, and accounting data bases related to troublesome tax problems and to exercise judgment in making tax-related decisions by drawing on their integrated and comprehensive knowledge of accounting and taxation. A complete description of the master of tax accounting degree program and its admission requirements is available from the Culverhouse School of Accountancy and in the University of Alabama graduate catalog.
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