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By DAN KARELL
The conversation about the merits of Michael Bradley over Kyle Beckerman will reach a boiling point on Saturday as Bradley's Toronto FC travel to face Beckerman's Real Salt Lake.
The highly-anticipated match will be the first occasion for fans to see the two American midfielders face each other since Bradley left the league after the 2005 season. While TFC were able to dispatch the Seattle Sounders on the road in Week 2, the TFC attack will face a stern test from RSL as Jermain Defoe tries to break down the defense of Chris Schuler and Nat Borchers, with Nick Rimando waiting in the wings.
A win for RSL would only further instill confidence in head coach Jeff Cassar from players and fans alike as the first-year coach tries to fill the enormous shoes left behind by Jason Kreis.
Elsewhere in MLS, the Colorado Rapids host defending MLS Cup champions Sporting Kansas City, high-flying FC Dallas look to continue their winning ways when they host the Portland Timbers, and the Columbus Crew travel to face the Seattle Sounders in the hopes of returning to Central Ohio with a massive three points.
Here's a rundown of the Week 4 slate:
PHILADELPHIA UNION vs. MONTREAL IMPACT (Saturday, 4pm, MLS Live)
The Union look to rebound from a tough road loss to the Columbus Crew when they welcome the struggling Impact to PPL Park.
While the Impact have faltered in the first three games of the season, they return Marco Di Vaio to the starting lineup. Union head coach John Hackworth will likely be without Austin Berry again and will have to put converted forward Aaron Wheeler alongside Amobi Okugo for the second match in the row.
D.C. UNITED vs. CHICAGO FIRE (Saturday, 4pm, NBC Sports Network)
Ben Olsen and D.C. United were busy this offseason but have done little to show fans that this year will be much better than last year.
The Fire gritted out a tight draw at home with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday but they'll be missing Lovell Palmer for the second match in a row. The Fire won all three matchups between these two clubs last season.
COLORADO RAPIDS vs. SPORTING KANSAS CITY (Saturday, 6pm, MLS Live)
Pablo Mastroeni faces his latest test as a first-year manager when his Rapids side hosts Sporting KC.
The Rapids earned a crucial three points last Saturday against the Portland Timbers and have exceeded expectations so far. Sporting KC had their first extended break after a stretch of five games in 15 days and should expect Matt Besler to be back on the field.
Chance Myers recently returned to full training but it's unknown whether he'll unseat Kevin Ellis at right back just yet.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS vs. HOUSTON DYNAMO (Saturday, 7pm, MLS Live)
After two tough draws on the road, Carl Robinson and the Whitecaps return to the friendly confines of BC Place as Robinson continues to tinker with his midfield.
Pedro Morales came off the bench at halftime but his addition wasn't enough to provide the breakthrough against the New England Revolution last Saturday. The Dynamo on the other hand used a bye week last weekend to heal up some minor injuries to midfielders Tony Cascio and Ricardo Clark.
Dom Kinnear will be hoping that forward Will Bruin can take advantage of the experienced but aging Whitecaps defense.
FC DALLAS vs. PORTLAND TIMBERS (Saturday, 8:30pm, MLS Live)
The Timbers look to find last season's consistency when they take a trip to Toyota Stadium to face FC Dallas.
Oscar Pareja has quickly turned FC Dallas into a formidable opponent with a 2-0-1 record in their first three games. The Timbers have remained winless as head coach Caleb Porter continues to mix around his front three.
Both squads will be missing key players for this match due to suspension. FC Dallas will be without holding midfielder Hendry Thomas while the Portland Timbers are without goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.
REAL SALT LAKE vs. TORONTO FC (Saturday, 9:30pm, MLS Live)
The upcoming match between RSL and Toronto FC represents not just a high-profile inter-conference match but also a battle between two philosophies; TFC's high spending and RSL's long-term team and homegrown development.
Central in the match will be the midfield battle between Michael Bradley and Kyle Beckerman, though one should keep an eye on how Chris Schuler and Nat Borchers deal with Jermain Defoe. Jackson will be missing due to suspension, but despite TFC head coach Ryan Nelsen's pleas, Alvaro Saborio is available for selection.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS vs. COLUMBUS CREW (Saturday, 10pm, MLS Live)
The Seattle Sounders return home after a comprehensive 2-0 victory against the Montreal Impact to face a new kind of opponent.
Gregg Berhalter has the Crew playing an attractive style of soccer but the team, with one of the league's strongest spines thanks to the offseason acquisitions of Michael Parkhurst and Giancarlo Gonzalez, proved last Saturday that they could grind out a victory. Osvaldo Alonso will have his hands full dealing with Federico Higuain.
Clint Dempsey misses out for the second of his two-game suspension, but Brad Evans is expected to be back in the lineup.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (Saturday, 10:30pm, MLS Live)
The New England Revolution have been the surprise team of the season, and for all the wrong reasons.
Despite expectations for them to take a step forward this year, so far they've failed to not only win a game but to score, too. Having Jose Goncalves back in the lineup helps but Diego Fagundez and Kelyn Rowe can't afford to keep misfiring. The Earthquakes came close to scoring against Sporting KC and they'll make the Revolution play as physical as possible at Buck Shaw Stadium.
NEW YORK RED BULLS vs. CHIVAS USA (Sunday, 3pm, UniMas)
The New York Red Bulls continue to search for their first win of the season, but they've been handed a glorious opportunity on Sunday.
Chivas USA, though improved, looked short of talent last Saturday as they succumbed to a late surge from FC Dallas in a 3-1 defeat. Erick Torres has talent but Thierry Henry should be able to break through the Chivas USA defense. Then again, the Red Bulls have had trouble scoring this season and lost to Chivas USA last year in Carson City, which sparked the late season run that lead to them ultimately being Supporters Shield winners.
Which match-up are you most looking forward to? What are your predictions for Week 4?
Share your thoughts below.
Out of USMNT stories, previously Yank's abroad and now MLS. What percentage of the stories have Michael Bradley's picture? I would say at least 50%.
RSL vs Toronto should be on TV
Absolutely. I would much prefer to watch RSL vs. Toronto over the D.C. vs. Chicago game.
It is on MLS stream of the week. Although it didn't work for me last weekend
i think its seattle v columbus.
MLS has terrible TV ratings because they just don't get it. They do not put compelling games on TV, they just try to get the largest markets on. The problem is that bad teams in Chicago, D.C., Dallas or other large markets are not going to draw those markets attention. There is a lot of competition for the fans attention in those cities with other professional sports teams. The approach is terrible.
MLS needs to forget about the size of TV markets and just focus on putting great soccer on TV. When there are matchups between attractive styles or teams that have been contenders for a few years in a row, those need to be on TV. I think most MLS fans would agree that the D.C. United v Chicago Fire game is one of the least interesting of the weekend. No offense to those teams, but it just isn't interesting.
May Houston, TFC & The Crew carry on with their fine form, and may the Revs, NY and KC be victorious.
No power rankings this week?
William the Terror
They were posted on Wednesday. TFC #1
Jack Del
DC United v. Chicago Fire — The Battle of the Incompetent Franchises
Should be an interesting vain for the direction of their individual seasons though. In terms of a real bellwether at this point in the season, if any match claims that title it's probably this one.
There's a conversation about the merits of Michael Bradley over Kyle Beckerman? I'm a Beckerman fan, but that's like having a conversation about how water has better hydration qualities than chalkdust.
All sarcasm aside, certainly will be a fun match to watch. Two great midfielders going head to head. It's just that one is legitimately world class, while the other is just a "pure giver."
It's because mlssoccer's facebook page put up some dumb thing asking who's better or something, Bradley or Beckerman. It was probably the dumbest thing they could post, because everyone knows we are COMPLETELY different team when MB is on/off the field.
Anyone have stats for USMNT with and without Bradley?
we have eyes Vic. come on man, what's your point here?
I think the point is genuine curiousity. I have eyes, too, (which are quite appealing to the ladies if I may add), and it's obvious we're a different team without MB90, but I'd still be curious what the stats are.
ok, doesn't look that way to me in reading Vic's other posts on this but if you feel that's his point, OK. I don't but would like to see stats fwiw
I don't hate Bradley. I posted yesterday my ideal starting lineup which included Bradley. I simply don't overrate him like some others. I think Donovan and Dempsey are more important to us than Bradley. I have no idea if our record is better with or without him. If someone has those stats I would be curious to see them. I think Bradley has been one of our top 5 players the past few years, I just don't think he's our savior.
would like to see Bradley/Beckerman and let's see what happens
Jack Del
I found it to be a fascinating article that exposes a lot of bias where fans mix their personal favoritism of players with objective assessment of the game.
Kyle Beckerman is one of the most accurate passers in MLS history. He is great going forward when he needs to, but he excels as the deep-lying midfielder who breaks up tackles. Most importantly, he–more than the average professional–makes intelligent decisions with the ball and reads the game extraordinarily well. For years, he has gone unnoticed on the national punditry scale because he doesn't play for a flashy market club. But make no mistake about it–he's been the best defensive midfielder in MLS since its inception. He is the quintessential number six.
Michael Bradley roams forward more than Beckerham playing in the box to box number eight role. He is more athletic, if only slightly, and takes his position further up the pitch to heart as he attempts riskier passes more regularly. He can put in on a tackle, but can be often caught out on the defensive level. He is calm on the ball though and sets the tempo well when he's playing. He can command the offense and slow things down.
I have no qualms saying that Kyle Beckerman is a better defensive midfielder than Michael Bradley. I also have no issue saying that Michael Bradley is a better box to box midfielder than Beckerman.
Thats my biggest problem with Michael Bradley. The guy does some great things. However, you are limited in who you can play with him. Jones doesn't play that well with him. You can't pair a natural creative midfielder like Diskerud, Corona or Torres because its not enough defensive cover. Bradley's best pairings are with Beckerman, Edu or Cameron. That approach is too defensive.
Jack Del
This seems to be the case for him and Klinsmann had words on that awhile back if I recall. He couched them in ambiguity, but you could tell it was in reference to Bradley about learning how to work with another central midfielder.
Bradley seems to have a tendency–like Wayne Rooney actually–to track back way too far to collect the ball or to track forward way too far with the play. It leaves the midfield exposed often. We're actually seeing that currently with Toronto FC–who are being dominated in the midfield by every team they play. Lethal on the counter though.
Seattle did not dominate them in the midfield, and don't quote ne stats about passes completed. etc. Seattle's midfield was forced to cough up the game early which dictated tactics the rest of the way. TFC won on the road in Seattle, which is kind of unbelievable, and their midfield was key in managing that victory
Jack Del
Even with Toronto's hot start to the match, Seattle ended the game with 67.7% possession.
I'd like to break out a few stats….
Total Passes:
Seattle: 569
Toronto: 266
Total Pass Completion Percentage:
Seattle: 83%
Toronto: 72%
In the attacking third, total passes:
Seattle: 173
Toronto: 76
In the attacking third, pass completion:
Seattle: 72.7%
Toronto: 59.5%
Toronto came out with the win–and that's obviously the most important thing. But Seattle dominated that game pretty substantially.
Even outshot Toronto 13 to 9. But Defoe is a classy finisher, so he managed to paint over everything else.
like I said, Toronto played a different tactical game once they force Seattle midfield to cough up the game, which they did. the second half stats were a direct result of these tactics.
did you watch the game? many here who did understood exactly what I just relayed to you here. you can go with it or not, up to you.
MB played a great game in that one actually which goes to show how little stats can reveal without proper context
here's a stat from that game
shots on goal: TFC 4-2 Sounders, one in the first half
Cesar was hardly bothered
Quit whining about soccer in the US
Jack Del, we ( the Sounders ) were down 2-0 when those stats started adding up for real.
And Toronto did hang on for a win, so they played it correctly.
Not sure how you can disagree with that ?
I think Toronto is overrated, but we will see this weekend, not by those stats.
Jack Del
I did.
That's why I said Toronto finished better, but Seattle controlled the game.
but they didn't control the game my friend…they were forced to chase it actually
why doesn't he be deployed as attacking mid. Have jones and mix in behind
probably because deuce and ld have that spot, and he's probably more effective starting his runs from a deeper position… just a guess
Beckerman's passing (lateral or to the back) will get you high percentage. his vision looking forward is limited. His best assest is he plays within his limits.
Beckerman has fantastic vision going forward. He did this in MLS Cup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzVR9lL8vcI. Pinpoint accurate, no-look, weak-footed pass into the central forward. There are other examples of this as well. He also consistently has the highest stats for goals and assists for his position in the league (already w/ one of each this year). Your comment indicates you've only watched him play for the Nats. Klinsi asks him to stay at home play conservatively, so he does. That doesn't mean he can't create though.
Quit whining about soccer in the US
Jack Del, Beckerman is not as good as Ozzie Alonso, but you meant away from him of course, not a fair fight.
report that Klinnsman stated that MLS needs to start earlier if we want to compete in CCL…YES! Agree 100%
""Its something to think about," said Klinsmann, speaking to ussoccer.com this week, after three MLS clubs were eliminated from the competition by their Liga MX counterparts.
"I'm sure that MLS [and league commissioner] Don Garber are looking at that, saying 'we've got to do a better job here' and maybe next year schedule MLS a little bit earlier so that these teams that go into the quarterfinals of the Champions League already have three or four games at least in their legs.
"Otherwise," Klinsmann continued, "It's going to be difficult to beat those very good Mexican teams."
Jack Del
He's been taking that role of Technical Director of USSF really seriously lately, in a positive way. He's been so vocal on issues regarding MLS officiating, scheduling and now your link.
MLS must continue to evolve, they have so far, and hopefully there are ways to incorporate some of these items Klinnsman is putting out there, like the scheduling thing
Didn't Klinnsmann state that the MLS season should run 13 months a year?
haha! cheers Vic
I wonder if JK would enjoy attending a January match at RBA or Chicago or any other northern city. In the NYC area it was frequently below 20 degrees this past February and there were several big snowstorms. Who wants to sit in that? MLS already starts about as early as it can.
Since 3 or 4 of the quarterfinalists are usually from MLS anyway, why not just push back the CCL quarters back a couple of weeks? Anyway, I think MLS' losses to Liga MX teams have less to do with timing and more to do with Liga MX teams just being better at this point.
You're right on that last point. I think this really has more to do with JK wanting to expand the season… he's just hitting them where it hurts with this commentary. That said, I think it would *help* if MLS teams were in better form, had more games, and I don't see why those northern teams couldn't just have away games the first week. Also, I don't think we can unilaterally push the CCL back at all. Not just ours.
That photo of Michael Bradley makes me want coffee at Tim Hortons… oh wait.
For anyone interested, there is an article in the Boston Magazine for April titled "The Krafts are the worst owners in the league" (you can read it online).
It makes many points all of us here are already aware of, but it isn't common to see the Krafts' poor MLS ownership called out (in an entire article) in a publication here.
I'm sure both Nick Rimando and I were drunk last night. As we both drank away our sorrows after seeing UCLA crash out of the tournament. Maybe Toronto FC can take advantage of a depressed Rimando.
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"Sage!" the small half-wolf yelled at Drakmor. He eyed her strangely. "Fell like Drakmor!" Dina ran off after Drakmor gave her a brief nod.
'Dammit,' he thought, charging to the side of the ship and jumping. He could survive a fall like this but Sage would most likely die by the impact. Especially since the impact nearly knocked Drakmor out.
Drakmor's descent was interrupted as a dragon plucked him out of the air. For a moment Drakmor just scanned the waters. After all, he didn't have to squint this way. The dragon didn't want to wait, though, and it reached back and bit Drakmor's arm. Drakmor just laughed.
"Wrong arm, buddy," he said, starting to surge his mercury blood into his arm. Drakmor grabbed the fool dragon's jaw and ripped it off, causing the dragon to fall. What a weak creature. It appeared that these dragons really were a weak breed.
Drakmor kicked off the falling body and plunged into the water just before the dead dragon did. Where was that girl? He had searched around while he fell, but all he saw were dead dragons and a small island. Had she swam ashore?
Drakmor kicked off in the direction of the island. Even if Sage wasn't there, he could at least have a vantage point. The island looked much larger than it had in the sky. At least Drakmor thought so as he reached the shore.
Scanning the shore line, Drakmor found a downed Sage and a large sword-wielding man. 'What the hell...,' he thought as he ran toward them. Sage held up her bow, obviously aiming at the man. A second later, he pulled the arrow out and lifted his sword, which revealed the blade to be much larger.
'Sage!' Drakmor flared his blood to run faster and pulled his hidden knife. He would not let others die. Drakmor was the one who would die. Not them. Never them. Never again...

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Shadow Lord's Daughter: Part Thirty-Nine
Because of the dangers from Kendra, Sepulcrum is the deepest that I have ever been in the supernatural side. Enfer is like nothing I have ever seen. Everything here is carved out of different gemstones, diamond, onyx, opal, crystal. Iron, silver, and white gold form stalagmites that grow up from the ground and arc overhead to form gleaming cave walls.
"Who carved this?" I ask, my voice breaking the silence and echoing throughout the metal and priceless columns.
"Nature," Henki replies softly. "None of this was carved. It all grew out of the ground when Enfer was formed. Every metal and stone here is alive, Princess. Further on in, there are trees and plants grown from the stones."
"There are also animals made of metal and stones," Daemon adds. "I have seen herds of deer, flocks of birds, and massive bears and wolves formed entirely out of gemstones and metal."
"And they're alive?" I ask, looking around in vain for these incredible animals.
Daemon laughs softly. "They are as alive as anything can be over here. But they are unlike anything that you have ever seen."
I sit in silent shock and listen as water drips from stalactites to the floor. "Who are the original of the fifteen here?"
"There is only one," Henki answers. "Her name is Artemis. She is nothing like the rest of us."
"Well you all are different, based on what district you come from," I say. "What makes her so different?"
"Because where the rest of the fifteen have powers to destroy, I am the only of the fifteen with the power to create," a new voice says. This voice is strong and powerful, yet feminine and soft.
"Artemis?" I ask, looking around the shadows for the mysterious woman.
"That is what I am called," she says, stepping out from behind a towering iron and silver oak.
I gasp. As beautiful as her home is, she is even more stunning. The closest thing I can compare her to is a stone statue of her Greek goddess namesake, but instead of cold marble, she is made entirely out of living silver, steel, and diamonds.
"My appearance does take some getting used to for those who have never seen me before," she says softly, openly staring at me the same way I'm staring at her. "It has been many, many years since there has been a royal in Enfer. I have not made weapons or art for your house for just as long."
"You supplied my family with weapons?" I ask incredulously.
Her voluptuous silver lips curve into an easy smile and her opal and diamond eyes twinkle in amusement. "Yes, Shadow Princess. Every bow, arrow, and sword that your family and their army uses was crafted here. Even the sword and daggers that Daemon carries. Weapons made from living metal are indestructible."
"Actually, I lost that sword in a bet when I first began serving in Shadow Lord's army," Daemon confesses sheepishly. "I had to get a sword made from human steel."
Artemis gives Daemon a playful frown and sighs. "Am I to think that you only came to see me just to get a new sword? No one ever visits me just to visit."
She turns and walks deeper into the cave and we follow. Her iron boots clink softly against the silver floor. Her hair blows in the wind that she creates as she walks. Instead of being made of one large chunk of white gold, like I originally thought, it's made of millions of individual strands of white gold with strands of pewter underneath the white metal and framing her onyx face. Her battle armor and skirt are made entirely out of silver.
"Silver usually hurts ghosts. Why doesn't it bother you?" I ask, thinking about her outfit.
Artemis laughs, a bright tinkling sound. "I am made from living metal and stones, and no metal can harm me. The only reason that Kendra has yet to attack Enfer is because my entire palace is made of silver, and so are the horns and tusks on all of my wild beasts. She knows that she would not succeed in any attack made on Enfer."
"Is that why your gift is to create things instead of destroying, like the rest of the fifteen?" I ask.
She smiles and ducks beneath a low hanging diamond branch. "If I so chose, I could tear the entire supernatural side apart by the very fabric that holds it together," she replied nonchalantly. "While I am the most powerful being in the supernatural side, the burdens of the crown and throne have no allure for me. I am content to stay here in Enfer and continue making weapons and living art."
"Would you leave if it came to war?" I asked, watching for a reaction.
"Will it come to war, Princess? Is not your journey to Gahenna to end the war that has been in stalemate for centuries?" Artemis asked, her voice suddenly taking on a sharp edge.
"It is, but what if I fail?"
"Then you must not fail. I understand that Kendra has affected your family most, but her reach is long and has extended far beyond your own. There is more at stake here than just saving your family. Kendra must be stopped, else she will tear apart the entire supernatural side with her bare hands. While saving your family is a noble cause, Shadow Princess, will it be enough to get you through Gahenna? Will it be enough to remind you why you are fighting Kendra when all seems lost and there is no hope?"
Artemis pauses and fixes her eerie white gaze on me. "You cannot have any room for doubt on a journey such as this, Princess. You must have full faith in yourself and what you believe, else you will fail, and the supernatural side will fail with you."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
"We are a dying race, Shadow Princess. Kendra's spirit is a vile and corrupt entity. While we may all love some form of chaos, Kendra lacks balance, and that is destroying us."
"I never knew," I say slowly. "I didn't…"
Artemis places a hand on my shoulder, and I'm surprised to feel that it's warm. "You have been the Eidolon that was exiled to the human world for centuries, you had no way of knowing. Many things have been hidden from you because your father did not wish to force a decision upon you. He always wanted you to make your own choice of which world you wished to remain in. But now that you have made your decision, there is much for you to learn."
"Well how am I supposed to learn now?" I demand, a little louder than necessary. "I'm on a suicide mission to kill a ghost that can't be killed and has never been defeated in battle. What am I supposed to do? Bore her to death?"
I glare at Daemon as he stifles a laugh with a cough.
Artemis raises an eyebrow and starts walking again. "You are very passionate for one who is half-dead, Princess," she observes mildly. "That can either be a weakness or a strength."
"What do you mean?" I ask.
She reaches up and pulls a diamond branch off a tree, then slams it into the stone ground. Cracks appear all around the base and run in between my party's feet. A sudden wind blows through and almost knocks me off my horse. I put my hand in front of my face to try and deflect some of it. Her white gold hair whirls wildly around her face. She yanks the branch from the ground and the wind stops just as quickly as it began. I slowly lower my hand.
"What…" I begin to question, but stop when I see the thing wrapped around her arm. "Is that a snake?"
Artemis smiles and nods. "This is a snake that you just watched me make from a branch of an ordinary tree."
"Most ordinary trees aren't made of living metal and stones," Wraith whispers sarcastically.
"Catch," she tells me.
Before I can react, there's a five foot diamond snake wrapping itself around my arm, fixing its eerie white eyes on me, long tongue hissing out and tasting the air.
"You are afraid of snakes, are you not?" she asks gently.
I nod, feeling panic beginning to rise in my chest. "What am I supposed to do with this thing?"
"If you were truly human, you would stay still until someone came to save you. Or you would flail about and try to pull it off, in which case you would die," she replies.
"Die?" I squeak.
"I make only weapons and art. This snake has no purpose for art, therefore it is a weapon. One bite would kill you in less time than it takes for you to walk between dimensions," she says, reaching out and stroking the snake's head, her onyx fingers rasping gently over the diamond reptile.
"And what does this have to do with me being emotional?" I ask, my mouth suddenly going dry.
"Kendra is the snake. You are an Eidolon. What will you do to rid your arm of Kendra?" she asks. "Snakes are rather clever creatures, you know. You have to be clever to live forever."
"Are you telling me that I need to outsmart her?" I ask.
"For all her strengths, Kendra has just as many weaknesses. A battle she will expect, an assassin she will not," Artemis answers, pulling the snake off me and setting it on another tree. "There are ways to outsmart her. You just need to find them."
"If there are ways to outsmart her then why hasn't anyone done it before?" I ask, rubbing my arm to restore blood flow.
"Because unlike someone who was raised human, we do not know where to look. As ghosts and the dead, we are used to darkness and despair. It is our way to stick a knife in someone's throat or have a massive battle than to think and outwit them. We are slow to change, and we do not enjoy change. That is why Kendra has had little opposition, save your father," she replies. "Come, you will stay with me for the rest of the day and the night, and you will continue onward tomorrow."
The three of us fall into line behind Artemis and follow as she continues to walk deeper into the trees.
"That woman is incredible," Wraith says softly behind me.
"That woman is also old enough to be your grandmother," I retort, just loudly enough for him to hear.
"Are we jealous, Princess?" he asks, starting to sound more like Daemon.
"Hardly," I reply sharply.


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The Newcastle based group called Dark Justice baited him online before inviting him down where he believed he was meeting a 14-year-old schoolgirl.
The sicko – who has a previous charge for impregnating a 12-year-old girl in 1998 – sent naked photos to the girl from his home in Basingstoke and explained how he couldn't get to Newcastle fast enough so he could meet her.
However he ended up meeting a duo that quickly made sure he appeared in front of a judge. And at Newcastle Crown Court, he admitted attempting to meet a child following sexual grooming online and was jailed for two years and four months.
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The Combination(2011)
(A book in the Night Fall series)
A Novella by Elias Carr
Dante only thinks about football. Miranda's worried about applying to college. Neither one wants to worry about a locker combination too. But they'll have to learn their combos fast--if they want to survive. Dante discovers that an insane architect designed St. Philomena High, and he's made the school into a doomsday machine. If too many kids miss their combinations, no one gets out alive.
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My neighbour clearly saw no need to conceal her grief, but many pet owners are too embarrassed to admit that the death of a pet has knocked them for six. Few would dare ask for a day off work or an extension on that deadline. It's just not socially acceptable for adults to blubber publicly over a cat or dog. Animal-loving friends and family will usually provide a waterproof shoulder, but not everyone will understand how you feel. People who don't own pets can have a knack of saying the wrong thing: "It was only a cat"; "She was old, anyway"; "You can always get another one."
None of this is any help. Which is why, when their pet dies, some owners turn to strangers. The Pet Bereavement Support Service (PBSS) is run jointly by the Blue Cross animal charity and the Society for Companion Animal Studies, and is staffed by trained volunteers. Thousands of people have called PBSS since it launched in 1994. So successful has it become, in fact, that pet insurance companies are increasingly offering similar services as part of their policy packages.
"There is a stigma about being upset when your animal dies," says Jo-Ann Dono, head of PBSS. "Some people are taken aback by the depth of their grief, and friends don't always offer the support a person needs."
Richard Humphris, the north-east regional coordinator for PBSS, says callers are usually "sound, logical, practical people" who just need to borrow an ear. "Some people think that pet bereavement is people being lily-livered and weak-kneed." Humphris prefers to see grief as a natural response to the end of an affectionate friendship. "If you have the right relationship with your pet, you're going to grieve."
An analysis of calls to PBSS suggests that a pet's death may stir painful memories of previous bereavements, both animal and human - especially if the pet belonged to a partner or parent who has also died. Callers report other problems, such as redundancy or relationship breakdown. The death of a stable and constant companion can feel like the final straw. More than half the calls, however, come from people who had to take the decision to end their pet's life - however well-intentioned and humane the action, the burden of that particular responsibility can add guilt to grief.
To acquire a pet is to invite grief into your life. Their lives are brief. Sir Walter Scott found a shred of comfort in the relatively short lifespan of dogs: "If we suffer so much in losing a dog after an acquaintance of 10 or 12 years, what would it be if they were to live double that time?"
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Miocene Bahean stratigraphy in the Longzhong Basin, northern central China and its implications in environmental change
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Fossil mammal-riched Neogene strata are widely distributed in the southeast corner of the huge Longzhong Basin at Tianshui, Gansu Province, northern central China. Hipparion weihoense, a typical member of late Middle Miocene Bahean stage, was recently excavated at Yaodian along a well-exposed outcrop. Owing to the importance of the Bahean stage in the mammalian evolution and its potential for environmental change, we suggested a name of Yaodian Formation for the stratigraphy, which is correlated to the Bahe Formation at Lantian, Shaanxi. High resolution paleomagnetic dating of the section shows that the Yaodian Formation covers the period between 11.67 Ma and 7.43 Ma, with the site bearing Hipparion weihoense being estimated at about 10.54–10.30 Ma, providing first magnetostratigraphic chronology for the Bahean Stage. The Yaodian Formation consists of fluvial channel deposits (11.67–10.40 Ma) at the bottom, floodplain deposits in the middle (10.40–9.23 Ma) and shallow lake sediments at the top (9.23–7.43 Ma). This upward fining sequence suggests that the relief in nearby mountain ranges such as West Qinling to the south and Huajia Ling to the north was greatly reduced after long-term denudation, fluvial transport capacity was low, and finally the drainage system was disintegrated, replaced with broad-shallow lakes in which only fine sediments like mud and marlite were deposited, indicating an old stage of development of a planation surface. A remarkable shift in ecology and climatic environment was found at 7.4–7.7 Ma when paleoclimate changed from early warm humid to late dry as indicated by sedimentary facies changed from early shallow lake sequence to late eolian red clays and a former coniferous-deciduous mixed forest was replaced by grassland, leading to great growth of Hipparion Fauna of Baodean stage in the region. Therefore, it is estimated that the present high relief of Qinling and drainage pattern did not come into being until Late Pliocene in response to intensive neotectonism and climate change.


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New York, Oct. 8 : For the first time, Nepal will be importing fuel from China in the wake of it facing a shortage due to Indian shipments being put on hold. Nepal Oil Corp has decided to ask suppliers to submit proposals for flying in shipments through Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport.
According to Nepal Oil Corp. spokesman Deepak Baral, the shipments will be delivered by air, as roads linking Nepal and China are still in bad shape due to the April 25 earthquake.
Nepal is now set to move away from its exclusive agreement with the Indian Oil Corp, which was the sole supplier of fuel to Nepal.
India, though, has denied imposing any official blockade.
According to ACB News report, Indian truck drivers are reluctant to cross the border to make deliveries due to the ongoing protest at the border by Madhesis and other minority groups. The Madhesis have been demanding amendments in the new Constitution, which does not give them equal rights.
Due to the ongoing protest, only few Indian tankers have been able to carry fuel into Nepal over the past two weeks. Nepal had to halt all fuel sales for private vehicles earlier, and hospitals, police and other government institutions were sharing fuel between themselves. (ANI)


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"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it be lost."
- Charles Caleb Colton
Sometimes in life there are moments in which the world stops spinning. Small, barely perceptible, they happen when there is a surge of great feeling.
The relief Hotch felt as he saw the youngest member of the team, cowering on the ground, so beautifully alive next to the body of Henkel, was just such a moment. Uncaring wether the man who had kidnapped his agent was alive or even armed, instinct took over as he holstered his weapon and crouched gently beside the hurt young man. The wonderfully alive young man. Gently, as if caring for Jack, he placed an arm around the young mans waist, his own relief threatening to choke him as he felt warmth under his fingers. Not caring who saw him he helped the stricken man to his feet, unwilling to let anyone else help him, needing the reassurance that they finally had their genius back with them. Hands grasped at him, seeking the primal comfort that can only come from the contact with another human.
"You alright?" He pretended not to notice the catch in his own voice, the vulnerability.
"I knew you'd understand," the reply, barely more than a whisper was all it took as the men hugged each other, clinging on for dear life. Hotch cared even less that his façade was cracked, he needed that life affirming touch to stop him from drowning in guilt. Relief washed over him as he clung to the shaking man and he could not honestly have said who was holding whom up.
Then, the moment was over and the mask slipped back into place. He reluctantly let Reid go, passing him carefully into JJ's waiting embrace. Moving off, he wiped the tears from his eyes, knowing that nothing would ever quite be the same again.
"It is better to be in chains with friends, than to be in a garden with strangers."
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Looking to his left was the kingdom of Anstia, it's beautiful architecture was visible from miles away. Polished white stone bricks shined in the sun. The towers of its keep rose high above its walls, each with a conical roof made of a scarlet flagstone. The glorious kingdom mirrored itself in the moat that surrounded it, the sight was amazing to Balamor.
"Don't let it fool you. What lies behind those walls is a prison for people like you and I." Awkid said as he watched the young Wisebeard stare westward.
Balamor kept his gaze fixed on the kingdom as he replied,
"Do you know what was there before the Kingdom of Anstia?"
Awkid was taken aback by the question, not once did he ask it himself. But it didn't matter to him, what ever was there before had been ruined by the Anstian Monarchy.
"All I know is what stands there now, and it's hideous."
The Dwarf's statement lingered in his mind. He had an awkward feeling after he said it, as if it was never even said or not said enough. He looked at the kingdom and then back at his arm. It wasn't his fault he was cursed. The cloth wraps were slightly stained with dirt as he began to fix them. He knew it was the only way to hide it from the power hungry monarchs. Even though they did well for their own people it was their hatred for magic that drove them mad. They would do everything in their power to keep magic suppressed in the south; if they could find it.
"Traveling to the Kingdom I see?"
Balamor and Awkid snapped their head up to see a guard atop a horse. He was covered iron plating and ringmail, leather strapping held a white cloth around him. On the cloth was a sigil, the same sigil Balamor saw on the flags of the Anstian Kingdom. The head of a black dragon with a golden sword down its mouth- The death of the Old Kingdom and the birth of the Anstian Kingdom.
The two travelers looked startled as the guard approached from the west. Awkid quickly finished bandaging his arm as Balamor attempted to answer the man's question.
"Actually... We uhh... We are traveling south to --"
Awkid Anvorbeard quickly finished his sentence, his tone was serious as he looked the Anstian guard in the eye.
"To the Kingdom of Elkart. Don't mind my Hobbit friend here, he doesn't know the five kingdoms like you and I."


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1. All Stories Begin With a Bang...Mature
The reigning Cincinnati mafia family, the Hansuns, are forced to investigate the causes of a variety of attacks made on their organization, and struggle to stay afloat as an old rival group suddenly begins to rise.
The local café, known as Grayson's, was located deep in downtown Cincinnati, right alongside the ruckus of everyday life. It was as dismal as a prison, as empty as a nuclear bomb strike zone, and tucked neatly away in between a dollar store and a run-down Laundromat. Only one medium-sized, foggy window displayed the interior of the establishment to those passing by.
Though a few lamps hung from the ceiling, most of them didn't work, thus leaving the building in a very bleak environment. The chairs and booth seats all appeared to have once been a vibrant green with checker patterns, but long-term usage had rendered them monochrome. The walls suffered a similar treatment; what might have been at one point neon yellow was now a mellow shade of orange, peeling off at multiple parts.
To the right of the entrance was a long wooden bar extending all the way to the back of the room, with a door at the end leading into a lackluster kitchen. In its prime, the bar may have been crowded with many different personalities and there were a slew of waiters kept busy handing out drinks and snacks. But in present-day times, all of the building's previous life had been sucked dry, never to return again.
At this time of day, activity was a rarity; the sky was pitch-black, and the time was nearing midnight. The moon was not present in the sky, and the only available lights were those produced by the surrounding skyscrapers and other buildings that dominated the downtown district. The roads were virtually devoid of action.
Residing at a booth table near the back of the café were two male individuals dressed in faded black suits. One of them was tall, skinny, blonde-haired, and had a face that suggested he had not yet passed his teenage years. Opposite him was an equally tall individual with short, jet-black hair, a strong build, and a face with sharp features and a pair of intimating, dark-blue eyes.
The younger man was grinning, periodically sipping on a glass of soda, ignoring whatever his companion had to say. The older gentleman, very annoyed at this, still persisted with his conversation.
"As I said, it's due by the end of this week. Against my protests, you're going to be the one overseeing the whole thing" the older man said. He sighed as his counterpart continued to look away. "It's not something you just walk in to. It actually requires effort".
The younger man finally turned to face him. "Y'know something, Damien?" He gestured to the beverage in his hand. "I think they musta switched things up. This drink tastes funny".
"I realize this is a new concept to you, being in charge of something. This isn't something you can take lightly as you usually do with everything else. Now, I have the details all figured out for you already, and-"
"I seriously think Paulie is pullin' tricks on us. This just ain't feelin' right to me".
"… And the most important thing to remember is that-"
The teenager gave up his antics and focused on the man attempting to talk to him. "Damien, I swear, you say one more Goddamn word, and I will spill this drink on you".
"Go ahead. It's your life after all" Damien replied, giving off a fake smile. He looked over the booth towards the window, peering out of it as though searching for something. He then returned to look at his partner. "Now I know this is all fun and games for you. But your father won't take kindly to his son fucking things up".
The teenager responded, laughing. "My dad won't do shit. You're the one in charge of me". He pointed at Damien. "That's your life".
"That's right, I'm in charge of you. I've been nice. But I will drop all that and I'll start beating sense into you if I have to".
"Alright. Alright" the juvenile said, raising his hands as though he were under arrest, "Lemme take you seriously. Gimme what you wanna to tell me, right now. I'll try to follow you straight as an arrow".
Damien scowled, unsatisfied by the answer he earned. "As I was saying, then. It will be arriving at the usual factory at noon, no sooner, no later, you have to be there on time. These guys are shitkickers, and they won't take lightly to someone who goes against them. Which means cut all of the 'rebellious child' attitude for a few minutes, if that's so hard".
"That's a pretty mean judgment there" the teenager responded in a mockingly hurt tone.
Damien frowned and shook his head, his eyes shifting to the decrepit wooden table separating the two. He then turned towards the bar. "Paulie, gimme another". He glared at his partner once more. "It's gonna be a long night".
Out of the storage room emerged a man who appeared to be as old as the café he owned. His hair was nearly nonexistent, and what was left was white and practically invisible. A large gray beard dominated most of his face, which was sullen by life's many disappointments. He silently, seemingly mechanically poured a drink and delivered it to the table without a word spoken.
"Lemme ask you, Paulie" the younger man spoke up, "if you were dealing with a bunch of assholes, what would you do?"
He simply shook his head and walked away, not wanting to get involved in the dialogue at all. He returned to his position inside the storage room, but then emerged once the phone on the bar counter began to ring.
Damien buried his face in his hands, then resumed glaring at the man opposite him. "Harry, if you could listen to me once, my world would light up like the sun. Acting arrogant like this is just going to get you killed. Hear me?"
"Nope" Harry retorted with a grin. "I know you think I'm just stupid… but that ain't me. I'm just tryin' to enjoy life, y'know? Somethin' that you serious people ain't got no knowledge of".
"This is a serious life. And Melvin will not take 'no' for an answer. You know that".
Harry slammed his hands on the table. "Man, what the hell do you know? Ain't you ever stopped to have fun for once? You just asked me to come on down for drinks, if I had heard this was a damn business call, I woulda stayed at the apartment pool".
"Making out with your girlfriend too I assume. Who no one is even sure exists…"
"Well you're the one in charge of my life, shouldn't you know who I'm acquaintin' myself with?"
"Hmm. Mafia son having a regular girl. I sincerely doubt that" Damien replied, almost laughing.
"That's cause I drop all of that shit. I actually am a nice man, believe it or not". He looked up at the roof of the building, and for a time it seemed as though sadness with evident in his eyes. "All I ever asked for was a good, fun life. Dad wants me in his footsteps… I don't want that shit. I never did. I never will".
"Like it or not, he chose you" Damien said, pointing at him. "So please give up on the sentimental bullshit. This is a business talk, whether you love that fact or not".
Once again, the conversation grounded to a halt, Harry nonchalantly draining his beverage while Damien looked on, sickened by the unbearable responsibility he had on his hands. This moment of silence allowed Damien to hear Paulie's phone conversation. He began to listen very intently, picking up every word that was spoken.
"Yeah… they're here. You wanna come get 'em, then they're here. Alright? Yeah, right here. I ain't givin' 'em to ya. Come 'n get 'em yourself". With that, the chat ended. At this point, Damien's hairs were standing completely upright.
Harrison suddenly stood up and walked from the table, stretching as he did so. He turned to look back at Damien.
"I'm gonna get a smoke in. You want some?" he offered, producing a pack of cigarettes from his suit pocket.
Damien shook his head, his eyes wide open. "No, you're staying right in this room. You're not going anywhere". He strode towards the counter where Paulie was stationed. "Who the hell was that on the phone?"
"Jus' a buyer. Wanted to know if I ha' got the new shipment of beer in. He be payin' me a mighty price for it" Paulie said, laughing with glee, but he soon stopped when he realized Damien's seriousness.
While he was preoccupied with Paulie, Harry shrugged and continued towards the café's exit, oblivious to the warning he had just received. He produced a cigarette from the pack and took a lighter out of his other pocket, fiddling with it, trying to produce a flame.
As he did so, the previously empty street in front of the building began to slowly light up. The brightness became greater and greater. Soon, a black van, windows completely blacked out, had parked in front of the building.
The doors swung open, revealing four entities cloaked in black clothes and armed with sub-machine guns. They loaded their guns in a routine fashion and pointed them towards the window of the establishment.
Damien spun around and saw the scene that was emerging before him.
"Harry get down!" he shouted, struggling to take out the pistol in his pocket.
Without warning, the trespassers opened fire, guns pointed directly at the hot-headed teenager still struggling to light his cig. He didn't even have the time to look up and see what had happened. He could only collapse as the bullets ripped through his skin, killing him instantly.
Damien dove under the booth table he was at, and Paulie took refuge behind the bar. However, as soon as Harry had fallen, the shooting stopped, and Damien could hear the men scrambling to re-enter their vehicle.
He managed to draw his pistol and fired a barrage of futile shots at the van. Within seconds, the car had departed, leaving a mess of glass and the dead body of Harry behind.
Damien slowly approached the deceased figure of his companion and kneeled beside him, a feeling of dread beginning to rise inside of him. He didn't have to check for a pulse; the abundance of bullet wounds and the copious amounts of blood spilling from his corpse made the diagnosis obvious.
Gradually, he got back on his feet, and gazed out the window. Out of the seemingly dead night, terror had emerged, and claimed the unprepared. The streets were barren again, but the café left behind the story of what had happened.
Damien took a cellphone out from his other pocket and began dialing a number, almost as if he was in slow motion.
"Mr. Hansun" Damien said, choosing his words carefully, "I regret to inform you… your son is dead".


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I use to do all work which was assigned to me. And usually finish on time. But when it comes to increments manager never support.
I use to be honest about my work but. My manager always listen my Co worker. If she do mistake than also manager support her.
Level of Autonomy
They always put me work in different area all the time instead of making me to do my work.
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Older lady who was working with me always give me hard time. She always check what time I check in and out. Ifor I get more hours than also she tell management and reduce my hour. I complain to management but nothing happened.


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"So what exactly is this place?"
"This is the Kingdom. It is the afterlife."
"So it IS Heaven?"
"No. It is where a choice few go when they have died, and then acquire a certain power that relates to they're death." This is going no where, I'm getting even more questions.
"Why? And how do you choose who?"
"All questions you have will be answered soon, if you can find them."
I sighed, I spent all this time asking questions and I know no more than what I already knew. Why on Earth was I brought here? This is just weird. I just decided to roll with it for now, I'll get answers later. For now, I have another priority.
I'm lonely I wanna meet people! I left the Cathedral and zipped up the road as fast as I could looking for the nearest person. It took a fairly long time but I actually managed to find a huge group of people going into a hotel.
"Hey! Now this is more like it!" And I took off running in that direction.


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I can hear the questions she wants to ask swirling around her mind – the silver necklace she wears is an old link between us, magic silver allowing me to see all she sees.
'How's Tristan?' I ask eventually, wondering how his training was going since I disappeared. She smiles and says nothing, though I see a flash of him in her mind, doing what we wanted him to. That's enough of an answer for me. Another random thought surfaces and she laughs.
'Remember what happened in Russia?' Alice asks. I grimace and my glamour cracks apart a little more.
'Unfortunately. You know Lucifer ain't too happy about it all.' I say with a groan. Alice laughs and Beth interrupts.
'Get back in, we're moving now.' She says. I sigh heavily and we get up. We sit in the first row and sit in silence a while. I block out Alice's thoughts and think back to when we hit Russia. I smile to myself, despite the disaster it turned out to be.


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He has directed instrumental music at Sunrise Community Church in Fair Oaks, CA, and directed the worship ministry at Escalon Covenant Church in Escalon, CA.
Aaron has been teaching private lessons since 2007, and has been teaching marching percussion at high schools since 2008. His students students have earned college music schola
Aaron has a broad range of musical experiences including performances in rock bands, R&B bands, drum corps, orchestras, chamber ensembles, jazz bands and combos, and many many more. He loves sharing this diverse musical background with his students.
As a timpanist and percussionist, Aaron has been an extra member of the Stockton Chorale Society Orchestra. As a drummer, Aaron has worked professionally in the pit at Magic Circle Theater company in Roseville, CA. As a bass guitarist, Aaron performed professionally with Sacramento area jazz guitarist Greg Perkins. As a guitarist, Aaron has led worship and played on worship teams.
Aaron also taught middle school English and Computer Applications in Stockton, CA, and has worked as a private tutor and substitute teacher of all subjects, K-12.
*** Lesson Details ***
More lesson times may be available. Please call if other arrangements are needed.**
-- The most important thing to know about lessons with Aaron is that you will receive a customized experience tailored to fit your musical desires and goals. He will work to understand your desires in music, and will use existing materials and generate new materials to challenge you and help them you reach your goals.
Some common goals Aaron has worked with are:
- Preparing for an Audition
- Starting a band with friends
- Learning music for a school band/percussion ensemble
- Personal enrichment/ better understanding of music
- Exploring career possibilities
- Improving technical ability
**** Aaron's guiding principles are: 1. Music is vitally useful and Important in society! Music brings joy to the multitude, and enhances expression for its artists.
2. Anyone can be a musician! Every student has unlimited potential, and it is Aaron's desire to unlock that potential, allowing my students to succeed in music.
3. Music should be fun! Too many instructors stick to the gritty business of method books. While this has its place, Aaron knows that it is only a small part of music. Music is meant to be fun, and Aaron makes the learning process fun and exciting at every stage by incorporating the interests of his students.
4. Hard work should always be rewarded! Aaron is always positive with his students and celebrates their accomplishments continually.
5. Music is what you make it! Whatever your desires and goals in music, Aaron will help you to achieve them. All musical aspirations are valid and valuable. Whether you want to be a rock star, a concert timpanist or just to make music with friends and family, he will equip you with the tools you need to get there.
6. Proper technique and musical knowledge empower musicians! Whatever your goals, starting with good technique and understanding the music you play will keep you from injury and promote your success.
7. Listening is vital to understanding music! Aaron's students listen to and analyze recordings of music they like to gain insight and understanding to how the music works. Aaron encourages his students to play along with recordings to work on the organic elements of music which cannot be gained from dry academic study. Guitarists will start with either an acoustic guitar or electric guitar & practice amp. They will also need a metronome, tuner, and notebook. They will learn to read music, tablature, and chord symbols, and they will learn to play melodies, riffs, and chords in the style(s) they prefer.
-- Bass Guitarists will start with a bass guitar and an amp. They will also need a metronome, tuner, and notebook. They will learn to read music and tablature and play bass grooves and solos in the style(s) they prefer. Drummers and percussionist will generally start with a pair of sticks and a practice pad, learning the basic techniques of drumming for the first 6-12 weeks, and will move on to drum set or percussion instruments as they demonstrate proper technique. They will also need a metronome and notebook. They will learn to read and play music in the style(s) they prefer.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Drums/Percussion: Drum Sets, Practice Pad, Vibraphone, Percussion Instruments, Music Stands.
Guitar: Practice Amp, Music Stands.
Bass: Bass Guitar Amp, Music Stands.
Recording: Microphones, Mic Stands, Clips and Cables, M-Audio Multitrack Interface, GarageBand 11, Studio Accessories.
*** Specialties ***
Jazz, Rock, Popular, Funk, Classical, Chamber Music, Gospel & Worship Music; Extended Cross Grip, Burton Grip, Stevens Grip, French Grip, German Grip; Drum Set, Timpani, Vibraphone, Marimba, Marching Snare Drum, Marching Tenor Drums, Cymbals, Triangle, Tambourine, Shakers, Congas, Cajon, Djembe.
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Lesson plans will include: Beginning music theory, songbook and study, and beginning songs for piano
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Electric keyboard and dun dun drums, djembe drums, guitar and amps, with microphone, 320 square foot space, open space for dance floor :)
*** Travel Equipment ***
djembe drums, el
I expect the student to provide their notebooks, writing utensils and positive behavior
*** Specialties ***
Jazz improvisation-jazz voicing on piano (music theory)
Dance-Afro-Caribbean dance and folklore
Dunham technique-Afro-Haitian-Afro-Cuban and Modern
African drumming and percussion: Jembe and shekere with song and folklore.
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I find a student's strengths and weaknesses using various ways to encourage each student. I am very patient, kind, flexible, and enthusiastic
I have 30 years experience teaching kids and adults private piano and 6 yrs voice coaching (early period to contemporary). I speak fluent Korean and English.
*** Lesson Details ***
My objectives: to help students powerfully communicate through the essence of music and aid the development of children and adults by finding their strengths and weaknesses and to develop their skills and show their musical talents. I emphasize basic skills, good sight-reading, and Solfege skills (Do-Re-Me...etc), vocal technique, vocal performance, and Alexandria technique. Students participate in their own recital and show their musical talents.
Lessons are held at either your home, or mine using composers from various time periods that speaks to the individual student.
Also,I do prefer to work a weekly student.
A beginner lesson may be 10-15 min. for warm-ups and scales, 10-15 min. theory and 10 min. playtime. In three to six months the student will be able to read sheet music and should be able to perform simple songs.
An intermediate lesson is longer, 45-50 min., with more focus on music from a specific chosen time-period. A specialty is preparation for voice and piano auditions for entering college.
I enjoy teaching children from age 5 up to adults. I also can teach beginner guitar.
*** Studio Equipment ***
Piano, electronic keyboard, guitar.
*** Travel Equipment ***
*** Specialties ***
I teach the basic skills very strongly, and also encourage students and, challenge them, as well.
I also have new techniques for teaching voice and piano.
I do prefer to teach a weekly lesson.
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About Loren
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The lessons are of the highest quality available as the student learns to read music, is guided in music theory with ear training, technique, and performance, however performance remains optional. There are options.
We often begin with songs that the student alre
Theory, (chords, intervals, scales, cadences, etc.) Reading music, (tabs, traditional music notation, charts), Technique, (right and left hand patterns), it's all covered. It's fun and legitimate education.
*** Specialties ***
Lessons in piano or guitar cover all popular music styles including country, rock, and classical.
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There's an old Saturday Night Live sketch that cast Jon Lovitz as a barking, obnoxious Pablo Picasso, lazing on a restaurant patio hastily scrawling off crude doodles for passerby. He tips his waiter with a Picasso scribbled on a napkin. The joke is funny, if obvious: the value of these crude squiggles monumentally increases by dint of their Picasso-ness. "I'm Picasso!" Lovitz barks. "There's only one!"
So it is with Slavoj Žižek, the Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic whose very name has become its own marker of…well, if not quality, than a quality. The quality of the Žižekian: muddling up Hegel and Lacan and jokes about toilets; framing issues of global capital through old Hitchcock movies; fiercely oppositional (he's been hailed as the "master of the counterintuitive observation") to the point of blistering contrarianism and straight-up meaninglessness.
Given his tenuous ties to the institutionalized academic community, it's a bit ironic that Žižek hold fast to one of academia's core edicts: publish or perish. Žižek is almost implausibly prolific, churning out articles, essays, books, lectures, TV appearances, movies (like the epic 2012 essay film The Pervert's Guide to Ideology) and other brand-building bric-a-brac with industrial consistency.
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Žižek subjects this idea of "the Event" to a characteristically Žižekian battery of anti-rigour, ricocheting from Christianity to J.J. Abrams's Super 8 to Stainslaw Lem's Solaris to the structure of haikus, Cartesian subjectivity and Rosini's light operas. Only one page separates a discussion of the Holocaust from an analysis of the found-footage teen party movie Project X. And a passage pertaining to viral video phenomenon Gangnam Style, which proclaims South Korean pop singer Psy as the "new Messiah," follows just a few paragraphs after that.
The aim, which emerges through the noise like the contours of spaceship fuzzily materializing inside one of those Magic Eye puzzles, is to understand the nature of these Events in order to better grasp at how the next major Event – nothing short of the capsizing of the whole entrenched network of global capitalism and its play over the individual psyche – may transpire. Thirsty work for a volume clocking in at fewer than 200 pages.
This notion of the capital-e Event, roughly outlined as "the effect that seems to exceed its causes," seem self-evident. Think of the recent protests in Ferguson, Missouri, following a white policeman (allegedly) shooting and killing 18 year-old black man Mike Brown. Is not the ensuing fallout of protest a sort of capital-e Event, its resultant affects embodying broader tensions: America's deep-rooted racial anxiety, its more modern militarization of local police forces, etc.? Do not these protests – felt on the ground and reverberating across cyberspace to anyone following the #Ferguson hashtag – stand as expressions of what Žižek terms "the universal freedom of humanity"?
Žižek also sweats the "global process of dis-eventalization [sic] which threatens the very fundamentals of our emancipatory achievements." His key reference point here is "normalization of torture" in the critically lauded Osama bin Laden manhunt thriller Zero Dark Thirty, whose director Žižek accuses of "ethical obscenity." (Seeing Žižek, who in this book alone relies on a rape joke to make a point and repeatedly employs the pejorative term "tranny," accusing anyone of sloppy ethics feels a bit rich.)
But this idea of dis-eventalization also calls to mind, even more recently, Vladimir Putin's apparent attempt to restore the geopolitical "glory" of Soviet Russia by establishing a new ring of Moscow-controlled satellite states. Isn't Putin effectively trying to undo the Event of Soviet collapse? Or at least "reboot" (to use glossy Hollywood ad-speak) the USSR as a kind of hollow man, lacking any unifying ideology beyond nostalgia for the bygone days of Soviet communism?
Event, presumably filed in advance of these Events, offers little insight into the realties of contemporary geopolitics (except for some late-game stuff on how debt, like capitalism itself, "strives for its own expanded reproduction"). Instead of scrupulously picking apart the sorts of incidents name-checked in his introduction, Žižek gets lost down his rhetorical rabbit holes. Reading Event, even more so than a lot of its author's recent work, gives the feeling of frantically reloading the Random Article page on Wikipedia.
As has become a trademark of his work, Žižek offers little in the way of solutions, let alone something like a thoroughgoing program for realizing (and making good on) the sort of "new universality" that an authentic political Event promises. Instead, Event serves up more cutesy, boringly Žižekian dialectical U-turns. "Division," he writes in the book's concluding chapter, "is the only path to true unity." Master of the counterintuitive observation, indeed.
Sure, there may be a certain stubborn dignity in Žižek's commitment to the "authentic political Event," and his heard-headed contempt for any compromised political reforms (the title of his 2009 volume, In Defense of Lost Causes functions as a kind of fatalistic thesis statement). But when Žižek acknowledges, in Event's final sentence, that his demanding argumentative CrossFit® workout may have left his reader "too exhausted to envisage the prospect of a political Event," it feels totally goading and cynical.
It's not the social-democratic consensus, or the dis-eventalizing forces of global capitalism, or even the perilous cycles of debt that flatten the possibilities for political revolution. It's prankster-provocateurs like Žižek, who seem to nastily savour his work's fatiguing effect on its would-be revolutionary reader. "One has to know to wait," he writes, "to not lose one's nerve." Against the forces of a global capitalist apparatus that is constantly changing, that has mutated and evolved across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries into its own revolutionary force, maybe Žižek's advocating for a kind of radical quietism through which, as he writes in his phonebook-thick 2012 tome Everything and Nothing, "those who refuse to change anything are effectively the agents of true change."
Beyond this feeling like self-validating nonsense for the armchair radicals who have made Slavoj Žižek a cause célèbre–"the Elvis of cultural theory," he's been called; another totally meaningless phrase–it's hard to ignore how such sluggish prescriptivism benefits Žižek himself. Like a comedian working through a long-winded shaggy dog story, Žižek defers answers from volume to volume, essay to essay, YouTube lecture to big-ticket documentary film.
What proliferates instead of the seeds of revolution is Žižek's curious celebrity, his value as a cash-cow for academic and sorta-academic publishers like Verso and MIT press increasing with each hastily-scrawled, bewilderingly rambling text. Like Lovitz's Picasso in that SNL sketch, the meaning of the work becomes reducible to its author's obnoxiously forceful assertion of its own value.
"He's Žižek!" Event seems to scream, as if it should mean anything on its own. "There's only one!"
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