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Miami Dolphins-Falcons Rewind: Where's the O-line?
Maybe it's my hatred of quarterback talk but after re-watching Friday night's 28-23 exhibition win over the Atlanta Falcons I'm FAR more concerned about the Miami Dolphins offensive line than quarterback.
"We Are Where We Are" is my mantra for the quarterback position. Chad Henne is the opening game starter and he'll have to completely fall on his face for that to chance, no matter what Matt Moore does in the next three games.
But I'm struggling to understand why this constantly rebuilt offensive line (which was good for one of Tony Sparano's three previous seasons as head coach) STILL isn't fixed.
Why were there soooooo few running lanes created against the Falcons? Why was Daniel Thomas running into a wall of defenders?
The Dolphins blamed last year's running game issues on the tailbacks and slammed the door on Ronnie Brown and Ricky Williams' return. But there were NO HOLES against the Falcons on Friday, making this season starting to seem like a bad rerun.
Maybe the situation improves when Reggie Bush gets on the field, which will likely be Friday's home game against Carolina. But it's clear the Dolphins' first-team line needs plenty of work.
Here's what else we noticed from the Dolphins' first exhibition game….
Found it very telling that Karlos Dansby blitzed on the very first play of the game. He usually has to take the tailbacks or tight ends, covering down-field. But with Kevin Burnett on the field Danbsy can fill that pass rushing role, becoming more aggressive. On Saturday he started working with Bryan Cox and the rest of the regular blitzers….
Moving Vontae Davis to the weakside spot allows him to help in run support better. Davis is a superior tackler to Sean Smith, who is more of a technician. Smith now uses his size, range and speed to blanket the side of the field quarterbacks favor. This is a smart strategy….
First series featured two incomplete passes to Julio Jones (one Davis broke up) and then Randy Starks hit Matt Ryan to force an incomplete pass. Starks got good pressure with a four man rush on two of his 10 plays. That's a good ratio….
Can't help but think the way this Dolphins offensive line is presently constructed will put a lot of pressure on Mike Pouncey because he's the ONLY guy who can pull. Someone needs to call Brian Waters….
Paul Soliai got put on the ground during Michael Turner's first run, which was good for 14-yards, and Kandall Langford, who was responsible for the gap, got washing away by the right tackle. Burnett and Dansby were nowhere to be found….
I was initially VERY critical of Reshad Jones on Julio Jones' cross, but my rewind showed me he got rubbed by another receiver. My bad. I suspect Sparano will continue to rotate Chris Clemons and Reshad Jones every other series vs. Carolina before settling in. I'm cool with it now, but Clemons is better suited for this defense as a center fielder. Jones will need to MAKE PLAYS to steal the job.
Tyrone Culver, Nate Ness and Nolan Carroll were the weak links of the Dolphins second team defense. All three must improve to make the 53. Ness had some moments late in the game, but he's too erratic right now. Jimmy Wilson is a lock for the 53, so those three are likely battling for two spots, and that doesn't even include players the Dolphins might claim….
I can see the running game improving when Jake Long returns to his LT spot, but Marc Colombo's lackluster pass blocking will get someone hurt. He's a step slow on every fifth snap….
That touchdown pass to Brian Hartline was well designed and perfectly timed (by the quarterback and Brian Daboll). It was a max protection play which was either a home run to Hartline or a check down to Kory Sheets (think Bush if he were playing). Henne pulled trigger, which isn't something he normally does. However, Daboll is super aggressive and they're forcing his hand, or replace him….
Lydon Murtha did a really nice job as the starting left tackle, and played both 1st and 2nd team snaps. He's really developing. I wonder if he'll get into the starting right tackle mix when Long gets cleared to work….
I understand the coaches want to evaluate Sheets, who struggled Friday, but Lex Hilliard deserves a REAL opportunity. If he doesn't carry the ball 20 times in the next three games it's a shame….
Benny Sapp was BALLING Friday night. He's presently the starting nickel cornerback and will likely stay there. Sapp is pricey considering he's the highest paid cornerback, but he's a good player. That explains why he hasn't been purged YET….
I was REALLY shocked at how poorly Nolan Carroll performed. He was invisible all of training camp (that's a good thing for a cornerback), but in the game becomes a weak link?….
What Roberto Wallace did Friday night isn't surprising at all. What also shouldn't surprise you is the fact he's just scratching the surface. If he knew how to really use his body like Brandon Marshall he'd be a starter….
Even though other players flashed more defensive end Jared Odrick is the Dolphins player whose performance jump out at me upon further review. Odrick was abusing Atlanta's second teamers, and it's clear he's a difficult end to single block. Time for a call up to the starting unit, or more playing time….
I like the IDEA of Clyde Gates as a returner, but we didn't see him making the first guy miss. That's far more important than speed as a returner….
I was disappointed in Nate Garner's performance at right tackle against the Falcons. His poor blocking led to Moore's one interception, which came on tripped pass to Wallace. I initially thought Garner could help as the starting right guard. Friday night's performance makes me doubt that now.
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Edwin Encarnacion remained out of the Blue Jays' lineup Tuesday due to a sore left wrist.
Three Cubs scouts attended the Yankees' series against Minnesota this past weekend.
Clayton Kershaw was treated for minor back discomfort after pitching Sunday against the Pirates.
Seung Hwan Oh warmed up in the eighth inning Sunday against the Mariners but wasn't needed after the Cardinals scored two runs in the ninth.
Gregory Polanco (leg) is not in the Pirates' lineup Monday against the Dodgers.
The Mariners are "leaning toward" having Taijuan Walker (foot) start Thursday against the Orioles.
Corey Seager is getting the day off Monday against the Pirates.
D.J. LeMahieu left Sunday's game against the Diamondbacks with a bruised left knee.
Gerrit Cole (triceps) threw off a mound on Sunday for the first time since going on the disabled list.
Adrian Gonzalez will sit for the second straight game Monday against the Pirates.
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I used to think that by the time your kids flew the nest, major opportunities for meeting new people you really like winged their way out the window as well. I expected that by the time I hit 50, I'd be singing about old acquaintances all the time, not just humming a nostalgic auld lang syne chorus on New Year's Eve.
Sure colleges had "parent" committees, but rarely were there face-to-face meetings, given that those parents were flung all over the country. And the only "new" people in the professional arena tended to be, well, more my kids' age than my own.
Experts seem to propound this worldview. In the recent New York Times article "Friends of a Certain Age: Why Is It Hard to Make Friends Over 30?" Laura L. Carstensen, director of the Stanford Center on Longevity in California, argued that as people move toward midlife, they interact with fewer people. Hence, they make fewer friends.
Friends Keep Popping Up All Over
Well, Dr. Carstensen, here I am, old enough that people offer me their seat on the bus — and I'm meeting people I like all over the place. My social life is jacked up. Really. The other day my friend Yona came over for lunch. I know Yona through Diane, another recent friend I met through my friend Susan, who was once my boss. This morning Diane told me a silly joke that gave me a laugh exactly when I needed one. Yona recently offered needed emotional support when I made a "career" decision that some would have dubbed "unwise" but I felt relieved me of an unwanted burden. As the song says, "That's what friends are for" — they make you laugh, and they have your back.
Then there's my relatively new friend Amy. I sat next to her at a conference a year and a half ago, and she immediately started introducing me to everyone she knew there (a lot more people than I did), included me in her lunch plans, and has become a generous colleague and one of the people I love spending time with. The thing about Amy is that she's not quite young enough to be my daughter, but almost. (If, like Loretta Lynn, I had been married off as a teen, she would be.)
Sure, there's a bit of a generation gap between us: She has school-age kids, and mine are solidly in their 20s. But my "grandma" and "mom" poles seem to be demagnetized when she tells stories about her boys. I am amused or bemused — a friend response. When I worry out loud about my young adult offspring, she doesn't overempathize with them; it's me she relates to and cares about.
This is another surprise: New friends can be quite younger — and older — than I am. When you're 30, a 10-year age difference seems a chasm. It is, after all, one-third of your life. Now that I'm over 50, 40 seems not so far back; 65 not so far ahead. Ann, whom I met running around the reservoir in New York's Central Park, has grandchildren not so much younger than my kids, but she can run at my pace and keep up a conversation, largely recounting the previous night's comedic monologues. (Which means I have developed the capacity to laugh and run at the same time.)
These new friends aren't only of the female persuasion — though I believe that if you're married and a new male friend isn't part of a "friendship couple," it may be harder for the two of you to hang out. Yet I can spend hours on Skype with Maxwell, who lives on the West Coast, without making my husband jealous because (a) Maxwell is all of 40, married to a dynamite woman and clearly not interested in me in "that way," and (b) we talk about things like html code and subjects way too tech-geeky to enthrall the philosophy professor I married.
When Maxwell was in town recently and we met for a drink, my husband begged off, knowing he would be bored, bored, bored and confident that nothing would happen IRL.
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LAS VEGAS, Nev./AUSTIN, Tex.—Through two days of racing, the Arizona State women's swimming team sits in third place right behind UCLA at the UNLV Invitational, while the men's team is in a close fourth place to UC Santa Barbara.
Senior Tory Houston finished second in the women's 100 breast in an NCAA B-cut time of 1:02:17, while senior Alex Coci also notched a second place in the men's 100 fly with an NCAA B-cut time of 47.92. Coci recorded a season-best 47.80 in the event in the preliminaries and entered the finals as the top seed.
Freshman Kat Simonovic also had a successful day for the Sun Devils, scoring 28 points for the women's team individually with top-10 finishes in the 100 fly and 200 free. Simonovic also helped the ASU A relay to a third-place finish with a time of 7:20.67.
On the men's side three Sun Devils finished in the top-10 in the men's 100 back. Freshman Richard Bohus and senior Alex Coci finished three, four for the Sun Devils, while freshman Barkley Perry took seventh. Senior David Adalsteinsson finished 11th to give ASU 49 points, on the whole, in the event.
In Austin at the Texas Diving Invitational, sophomore Morgan Weller finished third in the women's 1-meter springboard finals scoring a total of 306.45, 20 points behind first-place Meghan Houston of Texas. Junior Hailey Casper finished eighth with a score of 283.80.
In a competitive match-up on men's 3-meter springboard finals, senior Olympian Riley McCormick scored a total of 431.95 in the event to finish in second place. A total of 40 points separated the top-six divers in the finals.
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Council merits praise for King road decision
Published: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at 12:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 2:18 p.m.
Bravo to the Lexington City Council for naming a road after civil rights leader the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The council voted unanimously Monday night to rename Raleigh Road and Sixth Street for King. In a nod to residents and businesses that will have to change their addresses, the council decided to phase in the change over a 17-month period.
Many roads, buildings, parks, schools and other entities are named for significant people. This group ranges from local residents whose accomplishments may be long forgotten to famous national leaders that every student learns as a young child. Bestowing someone's name recognizes their achievements and serves as a lasting reminder so future generations don't forget, even if at times it takes some research to learn about the person.
Anytime a road name changes those who live there will be inconvenienced. Businesses especially will face costs in changing stationary and signage. But those costs will be short term, and once the necessary work takes place, then the issue will be settled. So it's important to focus on the big picture rather than immediate inconveniences.
King deserves a road named after him in Lexington. Many other cities, including Thomasville, long ago took this action. King played a vital role in making sure civil rights were extended to all people, no matter their race. He illustrated Americans that the color of a person's skin should have no bearing on how they are treated.
Honoring King is particularly important in a city as diverse as Lexington, too. The city school system, which strongly supported the road renaming, includes almost an even number of African-Americans, Hispanics and whites. Students in Lexington City Schools made their voices heard Monday night, as both a high-schooler and elementary-age student spoke in favor of a road named for King.
The turnout at the city council meeting also showed just how important the renaming was for so many Lexington residents. Almost 500 people attended, a staggering number for a city council meeting. Twenty-two spoke, with only two against. A large turnout doesn't always mean elected officials should vote the way the crowd wants, but in this case approval of the change was the right course of action and also aligned with the majority of those at the meeting.
The vote sends the signal that Lexington's city council hears residents' concerns and wants to take action that shows an inclusive city. The action marks the most significant governmental decision concerning King's legacy since the Davidson County Board of Commissioners voted in 2002 to observe the MLK Holiday. The current city council, like the commissioners 11 years ago, have made a positive decision that will foster better race relations.
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So, what do the rest of you think of this program?
As an older person, I frequently fast forward the show because most of the songs are unfamiliar to me. I, personally, was glad to see Astro go. Although I was NOT happy with the hosts reducing this boy to tears, shown on national television, I thought he was pretty cocky (and not in a good way) kid, plus, I'm not a fan of rap (no surprise there, I suppose).
One thing I do not like about the program is its sadism toward the contestants. It is designed to make things as suspenseful as possible, but often, the news is delivered in the most hurtful way possible. As Drew was sobbing on stage last night, the MC kept asking her, "What are you feeling in this moment, Drew?" Duh.
I think Simon's choice of her songs was too similar--always the ethereal, wispy, and slow, and although Drew may not have been capable to singing anything else, Simon was right (and thoughtful) to take the blame for Drew's defeat. It's good that she's only 14 and seems to have a solid family and values behind her to help her recover. I hope the same is true for Astro.
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I've only been peeking in every now and then for a number of reasons.
I used to be a fan of Simon's, but his last couple of seasons on Idol showed him rolling his eyes constantly, and treating Paula like his own personal poodle. This show has him back at his worst. He treats Paula and Nicole with utter contempt and condescension, and LA as a competitor. I watch talent shows for - wait for it - the talent, not the judges.
I thought the talent quotient was not as high as it could have been, and this was the judges' fault, choosing people not for their ability but for their story. I was offended when Simon called Paula and Nicole 'spiteful little cats' for not putting through one of his contestants (the girl had little talent, though she had a great look), and then he turned around and eliminated her first when he had to narrow his group to three. He broke the rules by bringing in Melanie Amaro, who was so clearly more talented than his 'pet' performer and should have been kept in the first place, instead of the other girl. It was all so calculated for 'drama' and bickering among the judges. Yawn.
I'm sooo over it, and looking forward to Idol with Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler in January!
Simon is ego incarnate. I keep hearing that in person he is charming, self-deprecating and a lovely man; wish he'd show more of that part of his personality.
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Despite the fact that I watch it - much to my dismay, I don't like it. NOT AT ALL. I think the judges are too busy being nasty to each other using the poor unsuspecting singers to do it. I found it just cruel last week so I am determined not to watch again.
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Oct 11th - MAQUINARIA FESTIVAL - CHILE
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The Chilean CYCOS are crazy ST maniacs! So the festival went down in a brand new sold out soccer stadium European festival style, packed of crazy fans and surrounded by military forces! Doors opened earlier as the fans went crazy before even getting into the venue and that forced to stop ST soundcheck...but the band delivered power and energy to all the fans since the first song You Can't Bring Me Down! As far as we could see, circle pits with slamming cycos from left to right of the stage till way in the back! Classic songs like War Inside My Head, Institutionalized and brand new songs like Come Alive gave energy to the fans to slam throughout all the show. Till the huge final with Pledge! No fans could be taken onstage to jam with the band as military forces were everywhere so Mike jumped right in front of the barriers to the fans, bandanas threw into the pits and Steve bass crashed and threw into the crowd...this is something we'll remember! And to the crazy maniacs that were stuck in the back do to a security barriers in the middle of the field, we felt your energy. Thanx Chile! Thanx Brasil! And Thanx to Daniel and all the promoters and people who worked with the band, and made it possible for ST and IG to play in front of almost 100,000 between the 2 days!
Band and crew will now fly back into LA getting ready forr the US tour, presenting the new ST record NO MERCY FOOL!-ST ARMY! U won't miss this one, classic ST and No Mercy songs will hit the setlist, check the promo video and post it all over...and for you CYCOS a full brand new line of merch will be available at the shows!
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This Week in Vandal Track and FieldSun Angel Classic (Apr. 5-6) Tempe, Ariz.Sam Adams Classic (Apr. 6) Spokane, Wash.
Looking ForwardIdaho will split forces down the middle in its team opener this weekend with half the squad competing at the Sam Adams Classic (Spokane, Wash.) and the other at the Sun Angel Classic (Tempe, Ariz.).
Historically SpeakingIdaho won 12 events last year at the Sam Adams Classic meet. Sophomore Johanna Hocketstaller (discus throw), junior Cait Rowland (100m Hurdles, 400m Hurdles), sophomore Abby Larson (10000m), sophomore Allee Cooper (100m), junior Holly Stanton (3k Steeplechase), senior Sarah Nutsch (Hammer Throw), and Morgan Dunning (Pole Vault) all won titles for the Vandal women last season. Sophomore Ben Ayesu-Attah (200m, 400m), junior Kyle Rothwell (hammer throw), and junior Dylan Watts (pole vault) were Idaho's men's champions at the meet. This is the first time the Idaho track and field has competed at the Sun Angel Classic, and the first time in nine years the team has traveled to Arizona.
A Quick RecapSenior Barry Britt, junior Kyle Rothwell, and sophomore Matt Sullivan were the three Vandal competitors at the Stanford Invitational last weekend. Britt led the way with his career-best time of 14:03.48 in the 5000m, .2 away from beating the Idaho school record set in 1982. His time moves him into first in the WAC by a margin of 15 seconds and ranks 32rd in the NCAA so far this season. Sullivan hit a career-best mark of 16-10.75 (5.15m) in the pole vault moving him into fourth all-time in Idaho's record books, while teammate Rothwell leaped to the same height (16-10.75, 5.15m). Their marks rank 2nd best in WAC and 43rd in NCAA so far this season.
NCAA Outdoor Qualification NCAA outdoor track and field is in the fourth season of the two-region national qualification system. The top 48 athletes in each event qualify for the NCAA Preliminary Rounds, which are split between the East and West Regions. The Preliminary Round sites host the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships qualifying rounds of the field events and the opening rounds through semifinals of track events (depending on the event distance). In the first year of the system in 2010, Idaho had eight women and five men qualify for the NCAA West Preliminary Round. Last season, six women and seven men qualified. This year's NCAA West Preliminary will be hosted by the University of Texas at Austin.
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Trampled By Turtles will be at The Depot on Tuesday night. The Minnesota bluegrassers have been regular visitors to Salt Lake City and have steadily built their audience as evidenced by this booking. They used to play to half-empty rooms at The Urban Lounge, now they're not. Part of that is the simple reason they write good songs. They're touring behind their 2010 record, "Palomino," which is the latest in a string of well-written releases. This will be a fun show. In fact, I expect it will be so fun I'm predicting Wednesday morning will be no fun at all. Tickets start at $16. Check out the Turtles playing "Victory,":
Bay area rapper The Grouch will be at The Urban Lounge on Tuesday night for a a show wit Eligh and Evidence. Music starts at 9 p.m. Tickets are $18.
And starting Tuesday, the Blue Man Group will be at Kingsbury Hall for the first of a six-day run in what should be a well-received diversion from holiday stresses. Tickets start at $42. Check out BMG's "The Complex."


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- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup sugar
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- In a large bowl, combine flour and sugar. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in egg and extract just until moistened. Set aside 1 cup crumb mixture for topping.
- Press the remaining mixture into a greased 11-in. x 7-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 5 minutes. Spread with jam and sprinkle with reserved crumb mixture. Bake 35-40 minutes longer or until golden brown.
- Sprinkle with semisweet chips. Return to the oven for 30 seconds or until chips are glossy. Cool completely on a wire rack. Cut into bars. Yield: about 3 dozen.
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Helen Mirren would flirt with a tree if she thought she could get a response — or even just for the hell of it. Standing at the edge of a swimming pool in Venice, California, wearing a yellow evening gown in broad daylight, she is doing just that. Her picture is being taken; it's been a long session and she is a little exhausted, woozy, clinging tenderly to an arching shoot of a banana tree. Dallying with one of the broad leaves, she covers bits and pieces of herself with it, coyly touching the plant with an outstretched palm, an extended finger, stroking, toying, a private smile playing across her face. If the banana tree could, it would follow Mirren anywhere.
No one around her is safe from the discerning and attentive Mirren glance — not the techies, the dressers, the photographer, or the makeup artists. Mirren is incorrigible, an inveterate observer of her fellow human beings, a natural anthropologist and a reflexive seductress. "I love what you're wearing," she tells a young man who is assisting the photographer. "Your earring, the Mohawk. Those tough boots, with that conservative shirt! That's good, the contrast…." She's standing on a ledge about two feet off the ground, looking down at us, speaking in her thrilling alto voice.
All the while, as she bats the assistant's ego around playfully, like a kitten with a ball of twine, she has not forgotten the camera. As the flashes go off, she looks at it ardently, then lowers her lids and turns her head down, exposing a long, graceful neck — not the neck you would expect from someone who so recently played the resolutely sexless Elizabeth II in The Queen.
The past year was an immensely satisfying one for Helen Mirren, who turned 62 in July. Not only did she win almost every possible award for The Queen, but she was also lauded for her exacting and exposed portrayal of detective superintendent Jane Tennison in TV's Prime Suspect: The Final Act and for her commanding performance in the HBO miniseries Elizabeth I. She has three films in the works, including the children's fantasy Inkheart and Love Ranch, in which she'll play a Nevada madam; the latter is her first collaboration with her husband, Taylor Hackford, since they met when he directed her in 1985's White Nights. And her autobiography, In the Frame: My Life in Words and Pictures, just published in the United States, was a best seller last fall in England, where Mirren is theatrical royalty and in 2003 was named a Dame of the British Empire.
This is what international success looks like, and Mirren notes that a certain degree of camera worship comes with the territory: "You've got to stand there and have the makeup put on you," she says emphatically, sitting on a sofa with her arms wrapped around her knees as if she were a kid and this were the 1960s. "You've got to try and look good. It's your job." At the same time, she considers herself lucky not to have fallen for all the flattery that accompanies fame, in part because by the time real celebrity caught up to her, she was mature enough to deal with it.
In any case, she insists, "I wouldn't say I'm terrifically famous, quite honestly. I'm not like Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise is here." She gestures high in the air. "And I'm about around where his knees are. What I have is very benign, very sweet. Often it goes straight over my head. There are only two really tough times to be recognized: One is when you're waiting for your luggage in the airport, and the other is when you are standing in line for the ladies'. Then you're a captive and you either give up your place in the line or you pretend that you don't want your luggage after all. And the embarrassment of my scruffy luggage when it does come out…." She laughs.


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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum has opened a Great Music. No Limits. Celebrating 35 Years of Austin City Limits exhibit in the Ahmet M. Ertegun Main Exhibit Hall. On Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m., Austin City Limits producer Terry Lickona will visit the Rock Hall for a special unveiling of the exhibit and for an interview with Dr. Lauren Onkey, vice president of education and public programs at the Rock Hall. Lickona will be joined by Scott Newton, Austin City Limits' house photographer who will show some of his photography
The interview is part of the series From Songwriters to Soundmen: The People Behind the Hits, a groundbreaking Rock Hall program that shines the spotlight on the people whose contributions to the rock and roll art form are often as powerful as those of the artists themselves. Questions will be taken from the audience at the end of the interview.
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Colts activated RB Ahmad Bradshaw (foot surgeries) from active/PUP.
Updating a previous item, Andrew Luck's new six-year, $140 million contract makes him the highest-paid player in NFL history.
Ex-NFL QB Johnny Manziel said he's going "completely sober" starting this Friday, July 1.
Seahawks signed WR Doug Baldwin to a four-year, $46 million extension through 2020.
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Cordarrelle Patterson admits his work ethic lagged at times through the first three years of his career.
Ex-Colts RB Zurlon Tipton was killed in an accidental shooting on Tuesday.
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Marcus Mariota told coach Mike Mularkey he would "hand the ball off 40 times" if that's what it took to win games.
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Their fun wedding took place at The Terraces at Sir Tyler and boy as you can see by the pictures it was a blast. Taylor and her girls repped makeup at the venue then headed over to the ceremony sight- We instantly fell in love with the letter her dad had written her that they had made into a large sign and crackled expresing his long and giving his blessing.
Guests enjoyed a church ceremony at Port City Community Church and then headed over to the reception for a Blue Somewhat Seaside Vintage wedding- Seaside meaning Starfish which was a must for Taylor . We created her florals in mahagony wooden boxes and stayed within her color palette of soft nuetrals. It blended perfectly with the look of the venue and the style.
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Larson bumps Falk to win Round 1 of Daytona's Battle At The Beach
Published: Monday, February 18, 2013 at 7:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at 9:07 a.m.
DAYTONA BEACH -- The first round of the inaugural UNOH Battle At The Beach was more like a last-round knockout punch.
UNOH Battle At The Beach
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Tuesday's schedule
10:30 a.m.: Backstretch gates open
10:45 a.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour practice
11:35 a.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour final practice
12:30 p.m.:NASCAR K&N Pro Series practice
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1:30 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour autograph session
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3:35 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Qualifying Race No. 2 (25 laps)
4 p.m.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series Qualifying Race No. 1 (25 laps)
4:25 p.m.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series Qualifying Race No. 2 (25 laps)
4:50 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Last Chance Race (25 laps)
5:15 p.m.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series Last Chance Race (25 laps)
6:35 p.m.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series / NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour driver introductions
7:15 p.m.: NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour UNOH Battle At The Beach (150 laps, 60 miles)
8:30 p.m.: NASCAR K&N Pro Series UNOH Battle At The Beach (150 laps, 60 miles)
Kyle Larson smacked race leader C.E. Falk III out of his way on the last lap exiting Turn 4 on the temporary .4-mile short track to score a history-making NASCAR victory.
Larson took his No. 98 Chevrolet Late Model to Victory Lane with a crumpled front nose after winning the inaugural Whelen All-American Series feature at the Speedway.
He exited the battered racer and stood on the roof his car where he was roundly booed by those in the grandstand.
"I don't get booed very often," Larson said. "It's kind of cool."
"I got into him and didn't get off of him," he continued. "I hate to win it that way. This was a pretty big race. I wanted to be the first to win it."
Falk was not pleased and admitted to "venting" in Turn 1 when the race was over. By the time he reached the media center, he had cooled off significantly.
"I knew he would hit me," said Falk, who led 61 laps. "He got me once, survived that, then got monster-trucked at the end."
"It's fair game to hit someone once. When you hit the guy a second time, it's a pretty crummy deal."
The contact caused Falk's No. 40 Toyota to spin once. It was enough to allow Ben Rhodes to slip past in his No. 46 Chevy for second-place honors.
"I started out with a great car today," Rhodes said. "I couldn't ask for a better team. The heat race went great. The car got tight during the race. I was running a little too hard trying to keep up with those guys."
Anthony Anders was fourth in the No. 36 Chevy followed by Deac McCaskill, No. 08 Chevy. Daytona Beach driver Dalton Zehr, wheeling the No. 30 Chevy, finished eighth, the last car on the lead lap in the 29-car field.
The 150-lap race was slowed by numerous caution flags as the Late Model drivers tried to negotiate the hairpin-like turns, which required heavy braking.
"It was like two drag strips connected by turns," said Larson, who swapped the lead with Falk four times over the last 10 laps.
Larson has enjoyed tremendous success in 2013. He has competed in a variety of racing series and won five features in eight starts. The 20-year-old driver from Elk Grove, Calif., finished second in Saturday's ARCA Lucas Oil 200 at Daytona.
"I was using my brakes up," Larson said of his battle with Falk. "On the last lap, I got a run on him, got underneath him, turned him around. I was glad to win.
"It's been a great 2013. Anything goes. I don't do this kind of racing very often, but it seems like the second-place guy always wins."
The Battle At The Beach continues Tuesday night on the Speedway backstretch with a doubleheader featuring the NASCAR K&N Pro Series and NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour.
The modified race starts at 7:15 p.m. followed by the K&N Pro Series. Both of Tuesday's races are 150 laps.
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Intel based systems are power hungry and with rising energy costs, many people are realizing that they do not need power hungry Intel based systems and they would be happy to move to systems using alternative ISAs. In the past, computer companies such as Dell had to sell Intel-based systems because Windows required it, but the success Dell has had with Linux (and the fact that I am typing this on a Dell laptop running Gentoo Linux) shows that people do not need Windows anymore. Power is becoming an ever growing concern in many places.
Laptops, netbooks, datacenters and embedded systems are all places where power consumption is key. I had a Dell Inspiron 4000 in 2000 and I loved it because it had a dual-battery feature that gave me an 8 hour battery life. When I purchased a Dell Inspiron E1705 in 2006 because of the experience I had with my previous Dell laptop, I noticed the difference in battery life immediately and I have been very disappointed. Improvements in operating systems has improved the situation, where I can manage to get a 3 hour battery life, but still, that is a far cry form the 8 hour battery life where I could go someone, work all day on something and not need to plug my system into a power outlet once. Netbooks, which tend to have lower power requirements and corresponding good battery life have become very popular because of this. While a market for high-end systems that use enormous amounts of energy certainly exists, it is quite small compared to the mainstream, which Dell's offerings have not targeted well since Dell abandoned the energy efficiency of the Inspiron 4000. Another example of this is the sheevaplug, which has become quite popular among hobbyists:
The sheevaplug is an embedded system, but it is being targetted for datacenters, and as virtualization becomes more persuasive, systems like it that have enormous numbers of computational cores will begin to phase out existing Intel-based systems.
My proposal for Dell is simple. In each product segment where power consumption is a concern (netbook, laptop, desktop, datacenter) offer a system that is based on the ARM architecture. Nvidia has a chip called the Tegra 2 which would be excellent for netbooks and laptops:
The laptops could run either some flavor of Linux (likely Ubuntu as Dell already offers it) or Google Chrome OS. Budget desktops could be produced with the Tegra 2 as well. Google is said to be designing a Google Chrome Netbook based on the Tegra 2, which would likely harm Dell's business should Dell not produce a similar product:
For datacenters, Dell could license the ARM architecture, have its engineers design a multicore chip (with an accompanying chipset) suitable for server virtualization and contract TSMC to produce the chips. Dell could then cheaply produce servers for tomorrow's datacenter, running Linux with network cards installed that have hardware acceleration support for virtualization. Anandtech has an article on one such network card that Dell could use, which would enable Dell to produce systems that will replace dozens of others:
I realize that the idea of having a single server that replaces many others would likely be detrimental to other areas of Dell's business, but this is the future and if Dell does not do it, some other company will and Dell will lose far more business in the long run than they would if they produced such a product themselves.
In summary, I believe Dell should offer ARM-based laptops, netbooks, desktops and servers (intended for datacenters). A single good quality product in each segment designed and marketed for low-power and low-cost to test the waters would be sufficient. I imagine that if Dell were to bring ARM-based systems to market, even as a trial to test the market demand, your company would have such success that you would want to replace some of your existing product lines outright with ARM-based systems.
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Dec 13, 2012 Comment LinkI see this is already "partially implemented". Just don't forget the world outside the US, which could very well as interested in this, if not more.
Mar 23, 2010 Comment LinkWorkstations are not included in this selection. Intel has control of the workstation market and will for quite some time. The last significant threat to them was MIPS, which SGI withdrew from the high-end processor market, so there really is no maximum single-thread performance RISC processor that could compete with Intel's processors in this market and power consumption is never a major concern for workstations.
Mar 22, 2010 Comment Link"In each product segment where power consumption is a concern (netbook, laptop, desktop, datacenter..."
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Arc 1800 is the biggest and the liveliest of Les Arc ski areas, it is also the most popular due to its ski-in, ski-out convenience. Arc 1800 boasts friendly arcades housing shops, lively bars and restaurants. Access to the ski area is incredibly easy, you have the choice of altitude skiing in the Arc 2000 bowl or long, tree lined red and blue runs down to the unspoilt hamlet of Peisey Nancroix, or, in the other direction, to Arc 1600.
Arc 1800 is the best location for beginners with a spacious nursery slope and some nice easy blues runs. You can get to the outer villages of Les Arc Peisey Vallandry and Les Arc Peisey Nancroix from here as well.
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kcdyer, Friday October 31, 2008 - 8:03pm
...about the conference this year. Here's a selection (likely far from complete) of blog posts about SiWC 2008:
Attendee Pamela Patchet
Trade Show Participant Joei Carlton
Attendee Chandra Rooney
Attendee Nina Munteanu (with bonus pix of presenter Robert J. Sawyer!)
Presenter Sarah Lovett
Attendee (and SiWC love story!) Brenda Grate
Presenter James McCann
Attendee Laurie Pawlik Kienlen
Presenter Meg Tilly
If you find another link to a story about SiWC 2008 you'd like to share, pop it into the comments! I'll add some more of the links I've found in upcoming posts.
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Hi kc, I think I want to volunteer next year! How do I get info for this?
Thanks -- and what a great conference you put on - thanks for that, too!
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Send me an email at firstname.lastname@example.com and I will connect you with our volunteer coordinator, Laurie.
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Thanks, Lois!
Lois's series of blogs on how to prepare for the conference is a must-read. Save the link for next year!
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Janet Reid
Presenter Janet Reid is a part-time blogger at the Hey, There's a Dead Guy in the Living Room blog: http://heydeadguy.typepad.com/heydeadguy/2008/10/back-in-the-real-world....
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Janet Reid...
Yes she is. AND she blogs full time at her own site, too: http://jetreidliterary.blogspot.com/
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Janet Reid's blogs...
Ah, but did she praise the SiWC volunteers and talk about being treated like a rock star at that one? :) I read three of her blogs.
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Hi Beverly -- THREE? I only
Hi Beverly --
THREE? I only know of the two. The woman is a blog-master!
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She also does Query Shark:
She also does Query Shark: http://queryshark.blogspot.com/
There's a link to it from her personal blog.
She hasn't mentioned anything about SiWC there, but then, she hasn't added to the blog since September. She's a busy lady. :) Now, if only she would represent science fiction...


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India's Translational Health Sciences and Technology Institute (THSTI) and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) are to establish a joint HIV Vaccine Design Program in India. The new venture will involve setting up a new laboratory at the THSTI campus in New Delhi, and it will focus on developing synthetic immunogens that could form the basis of an HIV vaccine capable of eliciting immune responses against a broad spectrum of HIV variants. THSTI is an autonomous body within the Indian government's Department of Biotechnology.
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This book reveals the parallel "other" narrative of world history to help us make sense of today's world conflicts. Ansary traces the history of the Muslim world from pre-Mohammedan days through 9/11, introducing people, events, empires, legends, and religious disputes, both in terms of what happened and how it was understood and interpreted.
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"Informative and thoroughly engaging....A must read." (Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner)
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"A history of the world before the West mattered"
History books are frequently dry and factual, even when not written as textbooks, and when they're not, they tend to reveal the author's biases or axes to grind. Tamim Ansary, however, sets out to tell the history of Islam through Islamic eyes, not as an apologetic for Islam that ignores its less edifying historical episodes and its troubled present, nor as a Westerner viewing Islam as, at best, an exotically misunderstood Oriental tradition, and at worst, the religion of terrorists and women-in-burkas.
Tamim Ansary, an Afghan-American, suggests that Islam and the West have for much of history existed in two parallel worlds, only rarely intersecting until the violent last few decades. The Dar-al-Islam, or the entire region that Ansary calls the "Middle World," between the European-dominated West and the Chinese-dominated East, grew, expanded, experienced theological and political revolutions, technological and scientific and literary evolution, and several foreign invasions much more significant than those Crusades that everyone today thinks were the most significant East-West interaction before the modern day.
The vast majority of Muslims, even during the height of the Crusades, simply didn't notice the West, which for most of Islam's early history, was an impoverished backwater land of savage, squabbling kingdoms while the Middle East and North Africa was full of wealth and education and glorious cosmopolitan cities. The Crusaders seized some cities and killed a bunch of people and certainly left some profound historical legacies, but never really materially affected the Islamic world nearly as much as they think they did.
The Mongols, on the other hand... they messed the Islamic world up.
Before listening to this, I vaguely remembered the Ummayads, the Abbasids, the Ottomans, the various Caliphates and Sultanates and Emirates that rose and fell from immediately after Mohammad's death until the 20th century when Muslim nation states began to congeal into more or less their present forms. But Destiny Disrupted tells the entire sweeping epic with a historian's accuracy but a storyteller's verve. You will actually get caught up in the rise and fall of dynasties and the shifting epicenters of Islamic scholarship and Arab-African-and-Persian power, the changes in Islam as it goes from populist movement to institutional social paradigm to bureaucratic theocracy. Islam is a complicated religion, like Christianity, with its sects and schisms and interactions with the power of the state. Yes, to Muslims, religion has never been a separate entity from the state, as it came to be in the West, but still, Islam served the interests of rulers, got coopted by those in power, brought down those in power, caused fragmentation and changes in government according to different factions' understanding of how a proper Islamic state should be run, and so conflicts between clerics and kings did play out in their own way in the Middle East too.
If you want to have more than a superficial understanding of how Sunnis and Shias split off from each other, and why India has been the location of so much Hindu-Muslim conflict, and of course, how the United States went from a modern nation Muslims admired and respected in the early 20th century to the Great Satan it is today (yes, a big part of the reason is Israel, but that's not the whole story, and most of the rest of the reason is oil, but that's still not the whole story), then you will get it here, but as the title indicates, this is a history of the world through Muslim eyes, and so the West really only comes into the picture towards the end. There is a huge amount of history that took place between Europe and China that most Westerners know little or nothing about, and this book will not only tell you about it, but make it interesting.
The author's style is a great asset to this narrative. Ansary is not above tossing in wry commentary now and then, neither sparing Westerners nor Muslims from apt observations about historical hypocrisy and inconvenient truths. Ansary does not take a religious position — he obviously grew up as a Muslim in Afghanistan, but it's not even clear from his website whether he is a practicing Muslim today. So he doesn't try to "sell" Islam (and specifically calls out the historical revisionism of those liberal Muslims who today insist that "jihad" has never "properly" meant violent struggle against infidels — Ansary points out that yes it has, many times in history), but neither will he satisfy those of an anti-Islamic bent who insist that Islam is fundamentally and inherently a religion of violence and oppression and intolerance of unbelievers. Those who say that Muslims are incapable of peaceful, heterogeneous coexistence in societies that value reason and democratic principles ignore the fact that such Muslim societies existed for centuries.
If you are a history buff and are interested in this little-served area of history, then I think you could hardly do better than Destiny Disrupted. You will be truly educated about fourteen centuries of history spanning a huge chunk of the world. It's a really good read.
If you're looking for answers addressing contemporary issues - how Israel came to be and why it's an unending canker sore to Muslims worldwide, the origins of Wahabbism (Osama Bin Laden's brand of Islamic fundamentalism), the roots of the Taliban, how the West came to become the "Great Satan" and what Iran's problem is (and what Afghanistan's problem is, and what Syria's problem is, and what Iraq's problem is, and what Egypt's problem is....) then you'll find those here, mostly in the last few chapters, but this is not primarily a book dissecting modern Islam/Western issues. It's about the whole history of the world that happened before the West was important.
Excellent book, highly recommended, an unreserved 5 stars.
I would also like to single out Tamim Ansary's narration. Usually, an author narrating his own book is not a positive for me. Even great writers are rarely good narrators. But Ansary knows his material and puts all the right humorous and serious tones into his reading, and it really does sound like the author simply sitting there telling you this long historical tale, engagingly and interestingly.
"Explains the clash between Islam and the West"
This book is a must read for anyone attempting to understand the central news of our era - the ongoing clash between the Christian and Muslim worlds. This is not a history of the religion of Islam. It's a history of the people, events and society of the Islamic culture that presents a vivid road map of how the world has gotten to the place it is in today. This edition is beautifully narrated by the author himself, told to the reader as if you are sitting in the room with him and he's telling you a story. The effect is to pull you in completely as you listen to the founding of Islam with the life of Muhammad, the bloodbath that is the succession story of the generations that followed and splintered into various factions, the clashes with the Christian West and Mongol East, the impact of Western industrialization and colonialism on the Islamic world and the explanation of how we got to Sept. 11, 2001, the wars in Palestine, Afghanistan, Iraq and the standoff with Iran. The book answers the question of why we are at the place we are in the ongoing clash of the Western world and Islam.
I don't think I ever expect to explore a serious historical topic like this one and come away totally passionate about both the author and the narrator (which in this case are one and the same), but this book is the exception to almost every rule ! Ever since 9/11 (and I was in lower Manhattan on that day) I have been struggling to understand why the West and the Middle East are at such a terrible pass, why they seem so angry at us, and why the enmity seems to be so "stuck." I came to this book hoping it might shed some light on this complicated topic, but I admit rather shamefacedly that i was somewhat skeptical because the author's name looks Arab-- well of course he is an Arab, but to see the history of the world through his eyes is an extraordinary experience. I was born and will always be an Anglo Saxon Protestant, descended from a long line of Brits and Danes, and I will always be true to the faith of my fathers. But I am also a well educated person with an inquiring mind, and I found this book immensely satisfying. The author as narrator adds a special dimension to the experience of reading his book because his tone is so reasonable, just as reasonable as his prose is well reasoned, and the combination of the two is powerful in a gentle way that will not alienate even those of us who think that the whole concept of jihad is revolting, heartless and inhumane. This gentlemanly scholar seems relatively unbiased, as his story sets forth many aspects of Islamic history that are no less pretty than some of the excesses of the "Christian" Crusaders. His book will inspire me to read more about the history of Islam and the Arabs; in fact on my nightstand I now have a paperback called "The House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilization"-- I think the ultimate measure of this book is that the author has intrigued me enough that now I want to learn more. His book is a great starting point on the road to understanding the entire mess in the Middle East, and also to the realization that the jihadists do not represent all Muslims, much less all Arabs. Cannot recommend this too highly !
"Immensely informative, engaging presentation"
Speaking as someone who'd like to think of himself as well-educated, I downloaded this book hoping it could fill a few gaps in my knowledge of world history.
Little did I know how little I knew.
Destiny Disrupted is a fantastic book -- it really gives the listener a different perspective on the last two thousand years of human history. No, it's not encyclopedic -- after all, it's subtitled "A History of the World through Islamic Eyes," so it's as light w.r.t. goings-on in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa as most history classes in the U.S. tend to be. Still, it's a helpful counterpoint to the usual perspective you'll hear in the "news" media, where everyone on the planet is assumed to be just the same and hungering for the very same things.
If I had to criticize anything about the book, it'd be that Ansary skips over two less-flattering episodes in Islamic history -- namely, Arab involvement in the African slave trade, and Arab collaboration with the Nazis.
Still, all-in-all this is a well-written book, well-read by the author himself. The listening experience is fantastic, you'll feel like you're sitting side-by-side with the author as he patiently explains this all to you. Best of all -- you won't see the world the same way after you're done.
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"Puts a lot in perspective"
I can't remember the history of the Islamic world rating more than a few pages in my high school AP World History textbook. And those pages were about the things that related directly to the story of Europe and the Americas, kthxbye. Oh, and oil.
This book is an excellent corrective for the distorted, limited picture most Americans have of the Islamic sphere, revealing it as a complex and fascinating parallel universe that had developed largely apart from Europe. This culture rose to great heights while most Europeans still lived in ignorant medieval squalor, became fragmented by Mongol invasion and the politics of empire in successive centuries, and was finally encroached upon by the modern West in the 19th and 20th centuries, an encounter that it's still in turmoil from.
Tamim Ansary, an author and lecturer, turns a millenium plus into an informal, engaging narrative, as a good professor would. There's even some humor ("pointing his cannons at Parliament and blowing it up was just the shah's way of showing that he some objections to the new agreement"). Good historical narrative doesn't judge the past from a modern perspective, but illuminates it as a complex set of relationships that evolved over time. There are many terms here that I'd heard before and had a vague sense of the meaning of -- Sunni, Shia, Sufi, Assassin, caliphate, 12th Imam, vizier, harem, Mamluk, janissary, Safavid, Ottoman, Great Game, Raj -- but Ansary puts them all into their place.
Thus, it became easier for me to understand how Islam is often (without irony) called a "religion of peace", while also having a warrior aspect. During and following the prophet Muhammad's life, the faithful saw themselves as creating a new vision for society, founded on peace, justice, self-discipline, religious tolerance, and egalitarian brotherhood (even sisterhood) for the once fractious people of the Arabian peninsula and the Levant. Muslims saw God's favor as being demonstrated by their success at liberating the oppressed inhabitants of neighboring lands and God's disfavor as being shown through military loss -- which was to have far-reaching implications.
Ansary also helped me see how Islam's source ideas played out in attempts to codify them into a framework for daily life. Elaborate bodies of law developed and scholars saw a unity of reason and divine revelation, bringing about advances in science and mathematics, and re-introducing classical Greek logic to the world. Of course, these noble goals did not prevent the usual conflicts between higher thinking and human nature from taking root -- politics, greed, war, dynastic feuding, cultural chauvinism, overly conservative thinking -- and so Islam fragmented into different visions. Mystics, enlightened progressives, and traditionalists all found footholds in different parts the greater empires. Interesting stuff.
The latter chapters, which deal with the Muslim world's encounter with the West, are the most revealing. I'd never fully considered how the Protestant Reformation opened the door for a culture of individualism and mercantilism, but it did, and soon European traders and bankers were making inroads into stratified empires in Asia Minor, Persia, and India, making deals that that decadent rulers couldn't refuse and securing more and more privilege for themselves. Never underestimate the corrosive power of loans! While Muslim intellectuals and secularists came to see the future as lying in the kind of democratic, constitutional governments that the west had (as Turkey is today), a combination of cynical Western imperialism and rising fundamentalism among large, impoverished lower classes that saw their elites as selling out on God's instructions (with no pope-like figure to intermediate), poisoned this dream in many places. Obviously, terrorism can't be justified under any system that claims respect for the innocent, but the resentment and sense of a stolen destiny that boiled over into extremism (enabled by oil money) makes more sense to me now.
For people who enjoy history and know that there are different ways of telling it, depending on who's in the "center" of a narrative and who comes crashing in from outside during Act Three, I can't recommend this one highly enough.
Expansive creative worlds or histories seem to be my thing these days... Too much time in a car with long drives ahead!
"A wonderful perspective to learn."
I read a great deal on the middle east and spent 8 years living in the area as well. Trust me when I say that this book fills a gap that so many other narratives have missed. If you are interested in learning about Islam from a historical perspective this book is a must!!! Trust me BUY IT!
"Thought Provoking"
Although I have not had the opportunity to check all the facts in this book (and never will for that matter), anything I researched checked out.
Because of the subject matter it is "pro" Islam, and "pro" Mohammed.But not overbearing at all.
Definitely gives new meaning to "There but for fortune go you and I."
Enjoyed the style MOST of the time. Occasionally, especially toward the end, the amount of detail was overwhelming. Narration was good.
Would definitely recommend this book to anyone that wants to see the world through anothers eyes. And maybe, most importantly, to those who don't.
"An excellent overview of Isamic history"
This is a remarkably good book for anyone interested in learning about history of Islam. Mr Ansary presents historical facts in a style which is easy to follow. He maintains the neutrality of an independent observer of the story without inserting his own biases into it. I was born and raised as a Muslim. I thought I knew history of Islam but this book has brought a wealth of information which is all new for me. I have learned a great deal about decades of Islamic history from this book.
I am going to listen to it and read this book again. It cuts through a lot of stereotypes and misinformation about Islam and Muslims.
I will highly recommend this book to anyone but specially to Muslims who want to learn about history of their religion.
Listening to Mr Ansary narrate this book was like having a knowlegable and learned friend explain the historical facts in a well informed and calm manner. I congratulate Mr Ansary for compiling such a wonderful source for increasing our understanding of history of Islam.
"A new perspective"
Tamim Ansary does an excellent job of presenting the reader with a view from the Islamic side of history. Not only is his reading of the book done in a pleasant, almost casual manner, his effort to tie important events to the western view of history is critical this story's success. I would recommend this book to any history buff, anyone interested in gaining a better understanding of the muslim world, and especially teachers wise enough to know there are more views of the world than the one most of us were taught in school.
"As good as it's likely to get"
I bought this with a bit of trepidation. I've read quite a bit in this area and almost all books seem to fall into one of two categories--either a shameless apologia of all things Islam, ala Edward Said, or a dry recitation of facts without interesting intepretation or comment, apparently in fear that any sort of serious criticism may lead to a fatwah--ala Karen Armstrong. I was pleasantly surprised to find in this book a knowledgable author who presents as balanced an approach as one is likely to find on this subject, presented in a most appealing style with relevant commentary and even serious criticism at a number of points. My only disappointment was in the author's approach to current issues. His clear bias toward almost a total Islamic view of curent events was a bit off-putting. For example, he makes no mention of the fact that Arab nations shamelessly and intentionally refused to allow Palestinian Arabs to assimilate into their countries after Israel was established for the express purpose of keeping alive the Israeli/Palestinian discord. He makes no reference to America's efforts to aid Muslims in the Balkans, Kuwait or ,yes, even Iraq and Afghanistan. He fails to say anything about the murder of Theo Van Gogh, the death sentence fatwahs placed on Salmon Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali or the shameless surrender of fundamental rights of free speech and free press (and the underlying reasons therefore) surrounding the Danish cartoons of Mohammed. Even after the Munich Olympics (which he never refers to), the Iranian takeover of the U.S. embassy, the Lockerbie bombing and 9/11, he seems to imply that virtually everything the U.S. and the West in general has done for the last 50 or so years is totally indefensible and solely responsible for the current antagonisms between the two sides and that Muslims are just defenseless victims. (I probably overstated that last point.) Nonetheless, if you have an interest in this subject, it is not likely you will find a more informed, better written or more balanced and nuanced work on the subject than is here presented, given the current state of world affairs.
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When Truman Capote heard that Jack Kerouac had typed "On the Road" without rewrites on one continuous roll of paper cranked through his typewriter, Capote supposedly said: "That's not writing—that's typing."
If anything, the biopic "Big Sur," premiering at Sundance suffers from too much polish and too little motion.
Director/screenwirter Michael Polish's lushly filmed "Bg Sur" picks up Kerouac's life a few years after "On the Road" catapulted Karouac to fame. He's become an American icon (and a beatnik caricature) battling black moods, alcohol and writer's block.
Jack (Jean-Marc Barr) heads out for Lawrence's Ferlinghetti's rude cabin at Big Sur to heal. Unfortunately—to take the movie at its word—Jack learns upon arriving in San Francisco that his cat has died. The news sends him on on a bender fueled by cheap port wine, cigarettes and self pity.
For the rest of the movie, Jack stumbles around in front of incredibly beautiful scenery and a cast dressed in full-on "Mad Men" style and driving classic '50s automobiles. Beset by his demons, delirium tremors, Neil Cassidy's annoying mistress and cosmos-shaking hangovers, Jack spews forth a torrent of not-half-bad prose that becomes his 1961 novel "Big Sur."
Spoiler alert: The film ends on a happy note.
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