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Harassment forces Afghan girls out of school
By Hamid Shalizi
KABUL (Reuters) - Every day, as they walked to school, Maryam Mansoor and her sister ran a gauntlet of intimidation and harassment by youths armed with knives.
"A lot of my classmates and other female students don't come to school anymore because they fear the boys' harassment and kidnappings," said Maryam, 18, who finally quit school at her worried father's behest.
From acid attacks, murder, torching of schools and sexual assault, violence against female students is dashing the dreams of thousands of Afghan girls and women who are thirsty for an education that may help rejuvenate the fractured economy and society of their war-torn country.
"I like to go to school and later I want to go to university to be a doctor or someone important in the future, but I don't want to make my family upset because of my education. Whatever my father has decided is right," Maryam sighed despairingly.
In villages, and particularly in the deeply conservative south, the Taliban have burned down schools, killed female students and teachers and attacked schoolgirls by throwing acid in their faces.
In relatively safer and less conservative Kabul, girls are facing abuse, sexual harassment and kidnappings.
"The security situation is worsening everyday. In spite of all the problems, I continued to let them go to school but now I feel like things are getting worse," said Maryam's father Mohammad, who owns a fruit shop in Kabul.
"I am not against my girls completing their education, but their safety is more important ... I don't want them to study outside any more," said Mohammad, who brought his family back to Afghanistan from Iran about two years ago. Continued...


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Bill Whittle: Why the Paul Ryan Nomination Is a Very Big Thing
Bill Whittle is one of Conservatism's finest thinkers and speakers. He mixes stories, history, and common-sense wisdom with an infectious enthusiasm that I always find uplifting.
This post contains a 10-minute segment from his Stratosphere Lounge series (Episode 12) in which he holds forth on the far-reaching significance of Paul Ryan's presence on the Republican ticket.
Among his comments:
1. The only thing that can actually destroy America is the debt crisis. It will happen unless we get spending and debt under control.
2. Ryan has a plan to get us to fiscal sanity. Almost no one else does.
3. From a Conservative standpoint, the choice of Ryan by Mitt Romney says something very positive about Romney.
4. Ryan's presence on a winning ticket will unleash pent-up business formation energy like a coiled spring being released.
5. The Left's attacks on Ryan are failing horribly not because of clever Establishment Republican strategy but because of Ryan himself.
6. After the conventions and the debates, the wheels are going to come off the Democrat campaign. Stay tuned.


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Clarke to play in Australian PGA Championship; Chinese university spotlights golf
Darren Clarke, one of the heroes of the 36th Ryder Cup Matches, will play in the Australian PGA Championship in December, organizers of the event confirmed today. Clarke joins Adam Scott, the number four-ranked player, at the event, among other top players …
Golf has been booming in China since the first course opened there in the 1980s, and one university is trying to make sure it stays that way. Xiamen University will require students majoring in management, law, economics and software engineering to take a golf course "to achieve their elite ambitions," the China Daily newspaper reported today …
Jim Furyk recently said he would trade consistency for more PGA Tour titles. Furyk has regularly won at least one title a year since joining the tour in 1994, but has never won more than two in a season.
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From the Archives of Frieze: Ashbery Interview
This week, we're all about archives–see our recent post on a Bob Perelman feature from the archives of Jacket. We've only just begun to peruse the archives of Frieze, and already we've come upon a new-to-us 2004 interview with John Ashbery. Craig Burnett, the interviewer, introduces the exchange by describing his first encounter with Ashbery's work:
Years ago, while skimming one of those fat poetry anthologies you get as an undergraduate, I read, 'In a far recess of summer / Monks are playing soccer'. I was hooked. Odd, graceful and with a hint of something furtive, the language was transfixing.
Our favorite section includes Ashbery's take on American poetry in the 1930s and early 1940s, when, he says, "a lot of experimental poetry was being written. I mean experimental compared to Robert Lowell, who came after." Burnett follows up by asking Ashbery if he ever met Lowell, and this is his response:
Yeah, he was nice enough. I don't think he was aware of my attitude! One poet I liked very much was Delmore Schwartz, who was his friend, or at least a drinking buddy. One of the reasons I wanted to go to Harvard was to study with him, but somehow I never did. I can't remember why. I know that Kenneth studied with him. But Schwartz had a tendency to cancel his semester's classes and go back to Greenwich Village and drink, and that may have been the reason. But there were a lot of other people, whose names no longer mean anything to anybody, who used to appear in the annual New Directions anthologies and the annual anthologies, edited by Oscar Williams, who was not a very good poet but an interesting anothologist. But then during World War II everybody became a 'war poet', and Oscar did at least one anthology of war poets who all sounded alike. Who wants to read about the war anyway, in a poem? It was bad enough that it existed. After the war things weren't the same, and the earnestness of Lowell and Philip Larkin and the later Berryman was the dominant note. And in England you had early Auden, and then after the war you had late Auden in the United States, which was completely different and infinitely less satisfactory as far as I'm concerned. I suppose that was probably due to the fatigue of having gone through a world war. People were no longer enchanted by the 'bright young things'.
You'll find the rest of this delightful interview online at Frieze. And for the record, Ashbery wasn't the only student who sought Delmore Schwartz as a teacher. Check out this piece from the June issue of Poetry by a Mr. Lou Reed.
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The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. ObamaCare) was signed into law on March 23rd, 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court in June of 2012. This new law has been vigorously fought against every step of the way. With Obama winning the election, Republicans have had to give in and abandon plans to overturn it.
Now a new player has joined the fight citing their religious freedoms, which might change everything.
The nation's largest arts and crafts retailer, evangelical-owned Hobby Lobby, has filed a lawsuit against the Government. They claim their religious freedoms have been violated by this law.
The law mandates that most businesses must provide healthcare for their employees. That health care includes providing funds for the morning-after pill, a.k.a. emergency contraception, which is considered an abortion-causing drug by Hobby Lobby CEO & Founder David Green.
If they were forced to pay for it, it would mean that they support abortions and would go against everything Evangelical Christians believe.
Hobby Lobby is now facing hefty government fines.
The bill includes "unprecedented preventative care and protections including insurance companies no longer being able to deny individuals for preexisting conditions or to drop them from coverage when they get sick" (Source: ObamaCareFacts.com).
With ObamaCare, 47 million women will gain access to women's health services, including preventative and wellness services.
Once fully implemented, it will fund abortions with taxpayer money.
Hobby Lobby and several other for-profit companies refuse to comply.
On Dec. 26, Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who hears emergency appeals for the U.S. 10th Circuit, refused to block the new regulations, ruling that Hobby Lobby must comply while it awaits a decision in federal court.
This means that Hobby Lobby could be fined as much as $1.3 million per day by the IRS. (According to the Affordable Care Act, refusal to comply can result in fines of $100 per day per employee.).
This movement against the law is gaining momentum and it looks like we might see it going back to the Supreme Court again.
Can the government FORCE Pro-Life companies to provide funds for "abortions"?
Right now, the answer is YES!
Here's the letter written by Hobby Lobby Founder David Green:
When my family and I started our company 40 years ago, we were working out of a garage on a $600 bank loan, assembling miniature picture frames. Our first retail store wasn't much bigger than most people's living rooms, but we had faith that we would succeed if we lived and worked according to God's word. From there, Hobby Lobby has become one of the nation's largest arts and crafts retailers, with more than 500 locations in 41 states. Our children grew up into fine business leaders, and today we run Hobby Lobby together, as a family.
We're Christians, and we run our business on Christian principles. I've always said that the first two goals of our business are (1) to run our business in harmony with God's laws, and (2) to focus on people more than money. And that's what we've tried to do. We close early so our employees can see their families at night. We keep our stores closed on Sundays, one of the week's biggest shopping days, so that our workers and their families can enjoy a day of rest. We believe that it is by God's grace that Hobby Lobby has endured, and he has blessed us and our employees. We've not only added jobs in a weak economy, we've raised wages for the past four years in a row. Our full-time employees start at 80% above minimum wage.
But now, our government threatens to change all of that. A new government health care mandate says that our family business MUST provide what I believe are abortion-causing drugs as part of our health insurance. Being Christians, we don't pay for drugs that might cause abortions, which means that we don't cover emergency contraception, the morning-after pill or the week-after pill. We believe doing so might end a life after the moment of conception, something that is contrary to our most important beliefs. It goes against the Biblical principles on which we have run this company since day one. If we refuse to comply, we could face $1.3 million PER DAY in government fines.
Our government threatens to fine job creators in a bad economy. Our government threatens to fine a company that's raised wages four years running. Our government threatens to fine a family for running its business according to its beliefs. It's not right. I know people will say we ought to follow the rules; that it's the same for everybody. But that's not true. The government has exempted thousands of companies from this mandate, for reasons of convenience or cost. But it won't exempt them for reasons of religious belief.
So, Hobby Lobby – and my family – are forced to make a choice. With great reluctance, we filed a lawsuit today, represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, asking a federal court to stop this mandate before it hurts our business. We don't like to go running into court, but we no longer have a choice. We believe people are more important than the bottom line and that honoring God is more important than turning a profit.
My family has lived the American dream. We want to continue growing our company and providing great jobs for thousands of employees, but the government is going to make that much more difficult. The government is forcing us to choose between following our faith and following the law. I say that's a choice no American – and no American business – should have to make.
The government cannot force you to follow laws that go against your fundamental religious belief. They have exempted thousands of companies but will not except Christian organizations including the Catholic church.
Since you will not see this covered in any of the liberal media, pass this on to all your contacts.
David Green, CEO and Founder of Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.
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See, where most current animation relies on pop culture references and kitschy radio tunes, Pixar concentrates on story and character. In 2050, when no one will know what to make of a fish dancing to "Baby Got Back," Woody and Dory and Sully will still have emotions folks recognize and sympathize with. Their situations will resonate, and their reactions will still mirror real people, while Shrek and his pals are relegated to a time capsule with Bratz dolls, Paris Hilton, and wearing dresses over pants.
In honor of Pixar's most recent winnah, I whipped up this Ratatouille dish from the February 1995 issue of Bon Appetit (via Epicurious). Don't be fooled by the title – the chopping alone takes a good long while. However, when it's finished, you've a warm, fragrant, peasant dish any cartoon rat chef would be proud to serve.
(Note that the cheese is optional, and leaving it out cuts the cost almost in half.)
Ratatouille on the Run
6 servings (Bon Appetit says ½ c per serving, but mine came out to about 1 c per serving)
Adapted from Bon Appetit/Epicurious.
2 Tbsp olive oil
4 large garlic cloves, chopped
1 large eggplant (unpeeled), diced
2 green bell peppers, diced
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1 onion, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 large zucchini, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
4 ounces goat cheese or Muenster cheese or a mixture of the two, diced (optional)
1) Heat oil in big Dutch oven over medium heat. Add garlic and cook about 1 minute, until fragrant. Add eggplant, green bell peppers, tomatoes, onion, zucchini and basil. Cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn heat to low or medium-low and cover. Simmer until veggies are cooked through and tender, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. (This took between 30 and 35 minutes for me. I think I had the stove on too low, though - Kris.)
2) Take cover off pot and reduce for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add vinegar and season to taste. (You can make this 2 days ahead of time. Just remember to refrigerate.)
3) Preheat oven to 350°F. Spread ratatouille in 9-inch pie dish or an 8x8 Pyrex glass dish. Top with cheese, if you like. Bake about 20 minutes, until center is heated.
Approximate Calories, Fat, and Price Per Serving
165.3 calories, 9.5 g fat, $1.67
2 Tbsp olive oil: 240 calories, 28 g fat, $0.15
4 large garlic cloves: 20 calories, 0 g fat, $0.20
1 large eggplant: 132 calories, 1 g fat, $1.41
2 green bell peppers: 60 calories, 0 g fat, $0.90
2 large tomatoes: 60 calories, 0 g fat, $1.64
1 onion: 110 calories, 0 g fat, $0.49
1 large zucchini: 50 calories, 0 g fat, $0.66
1/2 cup fresh basil: negligible calories and fat, $0.85
2 tablespoons red wine vinegar: negligible calories and fat, $0.20
4 ounces goat cheese or Muenster cheese: 320 calories; 28 g fat, $3.49
TOTAL: 992 calories, 57 g fat, $9.99
PER SERVING (TOTAL/6): 165.3 calories, 9.5 g fat, $1.67


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My concern would be about the same as if people walked around with their handguns unholstered. Easily dropped or banged about, and not knowing the quality of training or just plain knucklehead factor, I'd be concerned about the number of times that the muzzles covered people throughout the day. How many of these got one in the pipe and safety off? How many are old with sears that could slip at the slightest bump? Not too concerned when slung over the shoulder, just when people put them down to try on a pair of pants or whatever.
By the way, do normal citizens have guns in Israel? (I should hope so, as part of the National defense plan, but I think I've heard 4th hand that only Police and armed forces get weapons)


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Following is a comprehensive list of Instructors who taught for the Villanova Summer Music Program from 2008-2014.
Jimmy Amadie, Author of Harmonic Foundations for Jazz and Popular Music, recording artist, performer with Coleman Hawkins and the Woody Herman Band. Mr. Amadie passed away in December of 2013.
Justin Binek – Assistant Professor of Vocal Music, University of the Arts; Performer/Arranger
Chris Bluemel – Luthier, owner of The Instrument Doc, LLC, Charleston, SC
Peter Boonshaft, DMA – Professor of Music and Director of Bands, Hofstra University.
Called one of the most exciting and exhilarating voices in music education today, Peter Loel Boonshaft has been invited to speak or conduct in every state in the nation and around the world. He holds Bachelor of Music (Summa Cum Laude), Master of Music Education in Conducting, and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees. Dr. Boonshaft was also awarded a Connecticut General Fellowship for study at the Kodály Musical Training Institute, from which he holds a Certificate. He is currently on the faculty of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, where he is Professor of Music and Director of Bands. He is Conductor of the Hofstra University Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band, professor of conducting and music education, and Director of the graduate wind conducting program. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Boonshaft was on the faculty of Moravian College and the University of Hartford. He was Founder and Music Director of the Pennsylvania Youth Honors Concert Band and the Connecticut Valley Youth Wind Ensemble. In addition, he held the post of Music Director and Conductor of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony of Boston.
Dr. Boonshaft is the author of the critically acclaimed best-selling books Teaching Music with Passion, Teaching Music with Purpose, and Teaching Music with Promise, as well as his first book for all educators, Teaching with Passion, Purpose and Promise. He is also co-author of Alfred Music Publishing's new beginning method book series, Sound Innovations for Band and Sound Innovations for Strings, as well as Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Intermediate Concert Band and Sound Innovations: Ensemble Development for Advanced Concert Band. In addition, he is the author of Vaclav Nelhybel: His Life and Works, the only authorized biography of the composer, a contributing author of The Music Director's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for a Successful Program, and author of articles for Instrumentalist Magazine, the National Band Association Journal, Teaching Music, and Band Director's Guide. Dr. Boonshaft also holds the post of Band/Wind Ensemble Editor for the School Music News. Active as a proponent of new literature for concert band, he has commissioned and conducted over forty world premieres by such notable composers as Eric Ewazen, W. Francis McBeth, Johan de Meij, Fisher Tull, H. Owen Reed, Vaclav Nelhybel, David Gillingham, Philip Sparke, Satoshi Yagisawa, Rossano Galante, Sam Hazo, Andrew Boysen, Brian Hogg, Robert W. Smith, David Holsinger, Stephen Melillo, Roland Barrett, and Jared Spears. Among the soloists who have appeared in performance with Dr. Boonshaft are John Marcellus, Maynard Ferguson, Harvey Phillips, Marianne Gedigian, Ed Shaughnessy, Lynn Klock, Don Butterfield, Dave Steinmeyer and the United States Air Force "Airmen of Note," Chester Schmitz, and the Vienna Schubert Trio.
Dr. Boonshaft was honored by the National Association for Music Education and Music For All as the first recipient of the "George M. Parks Award for Leadership in Music Education," and has been awarded membership in Pi Kappa Lambda and Alpha Chi, as well as twice receiving the University of Hartford Regent's Award and that University's Outstanding Music Educator Award. He has received official proclamations from the Governors of five states and a Certificate of Appreciation from former President Ronald Reagan, as well as performing for former President and Mrs. George H. W. Bush, former President Bill Clinton, and for Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His honors also include being selected three times as a National Endowment for the Arts "Artist in Residence," three times awarded Honorary Life Membership in the Tri-M Music Honor Society, and being selected for the Center for Scholarly Research and Academic Excellence at Hofstra University.
Parris Bradley – Production Manager, The Villanova Theatre
Ernest Cantu – Head Band Director, Manzano Middle School, Brownsville, TX; 2012 Conductor of SLBDA District III Symphonic Honor Band and the LMEA District II M.S. Honor Band. Learn more about Ernest at manzanomsband.com.
Lisa Collins – Marshall School, Harrisburg, PA
Fr. David Cregan – Department Chair; Associate Professor, Theatre, Villanova University
Andy Dabczynski – Professor of Music Education, Brigham Young University, Co–Author String Explorer
Matthew Decker – Co-Founder, Theater Horizon; Associate Producer, The Arden Theater
Craig Denison – Artistic Director of Florida's Singing Sons Boychoir. Previously served as the Music Director of the Colorado Children's Chorale and Associate Music Director and Conductor of The American Boychoir.
Anthony DeQuattro – Anthony has traveled to and studied in Ghana, Bali, Taiwan, and Puerto Rico and has studied with performers from India, Cuba, and Brazil. In addition to music, he has studied folkloric dance from Latin America, Ghana, and England. In 2007, Anthony was named Connecticut's outstanding secondary school music educator by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. He is a contributing author to the sixth edition of Cengage Publication's Listening to Music for which he penned chapters on the music of Brazil, India, Japan, and Mexico as well as a chapter on Jazz. Anthony received his education from The Hartt School, Yale University, and the public library. He is a doctoral candidate at Boston University and is currently working on his dissertation which will examine dance as rhythm pedagogy.
Denis DiBlasio – Baritone saxophone and flute Artist Denis DiBlasio directs the jazz program at Rowan University in New Jersey. He is also the Executive Director of The Maynard Ferguson Institute of Jazz at Rowan. With nine recordings of his own along with published texts, arrangements, and compositions, DiBlasio is known through out the world. After five years as Music Director with Maynard Ferguson along with touring on his own, DiBlasio continues to travel around the world performing and teaching. His approach of keeping things simple, informative and positive keeps his schedule extremely busy, booking dates sometimes three years in advance. His inspirational connection with young musicians is what makes a DiBlasio clinic so special. Keeping things attainable and fun make up the foundation of his friendly approach. It's what some people have termed 'Edutainment'.
Marc Dicciani – Marc is the Director of the School of Music at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and a Professor of Drumset and Music Business. He's a very busy professional drummer and clinician with dozens of international concert tour dates and clinics throughout the year. He's played drums with jazz musicians Randy Brecker, Joey DeFrancesco, Jon Faddis, Robin Eubanks, Pat Martino, Jimmy Bruno, Stanley Clarke, Al Vizzutti, and Christian McBride; singers Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Ben Vereen, Tom Jones, Lou Rawls, Mel Torme, Dionne Warwick, and Natalie Cole; orchestras including the Boston Pops, the National Symphony Orchestra, San Diego Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Nashville Symphony, and the Philadelphia Orchestra; on countless record, TV, and film sessions; and clinics at universities and music conferences around the world. Learn more about Marc at http://www.dicciani.com.
Paul Droste – Founder and Director Emeritus of the Brass Band of Columbus, Emeritus Professor of Music Ohio State, and former Director of the OSU University Marching Band.
Larry Edwards – Coordinator of Choirs, University of Memphis; Musical Director, Memphis Symphony Chorus; Asst. Conductor, Memphis Symphony
Steven Estrella, Ph.D– Shearspire, Inc., Chief Information Officer, former Director of Computer/Media Services Temple University College of Music, TI:ME Certified Instructor
Lois Fiftal – Lois Fiftal has a B.M.E. in Music Education from Grove City College in Pennsylvania, an M.S. in Music from Western Connecticut State University, and a Certification in Orff Schulwerk from the University of Connecticut. Throughout her career she has taught classroom and choral music in the Connecticut public schools, specializing in grades K-8, and is also active in children's theatre, composing songs and musicals, as well as church anthems and pageants for elementary and middle school aged students. She has original materials published by the Silver Burdet/Ginn, Alfred, Shawnee Press and Lorenz publishing companies.
In her capacity as a music education consultant, Ms. Fiftal presents graduate courses, workshops, and convention seminars throughout the U.S. in music education. Specific courses include; K-5 classroom music, 6-8 classroom music, choral techniques, music theatre, Orff Schulwerk, and techniques in composing and creativity.
She also is a guest artist in residence for public school districts, and performs frequently as a guest conductor for elementary and middle school regional and district choral festivals in many states.
Robert Genualdi, Teacher, Conductor, Administrator, Bridgeport, CT
Chuck Hagler – Executive Director, AMERA The American Music Educator's Repair Association, Normal, IL
George Hattendorf – Band Director, Mountain Ridge High School, Glendale, AZ
Phyllis Hentz, Clinician, Composer, Arranger, Schulmerich Carillon
BethAnn Hepburn, M.A.M.E. University of St. Thomas, MN. – BethAnn is an American-Orff Schulwerk Association endorsed teacher educator. She presents music workshops across the US, China and Singapore. She teaches frequent music methods courses at Cleveland State University and the University of Akron. BethAnn is the past PD Chair for the Ohio MEA and the American Orff.Schulwerk Association. She has served on the AOSA National Board of Trustees. and teaches 4-6th grade music in Streetsboro, Ohio. She is the General Music Consultant for Music is Elementary.
Quincy Hilliard – Composer–in–Residence and Professor of Music, University of Louisiana–Lafayette, LA
Joy Ondra Hirokawa – Director, Bel Canto Children's Chorus; Visiting Professor of Music Education at Moravian College, Bethlehem, PA
Eileen Hower – Assistant Professor of Music- Music Education, Bloomsburg University; Conductor, Clinician, Author. Ms. Hower passed away in December of 2012.
Ron Kerber – currently serves as chair of Instrumental Studies at The University of the Arts, is one of Philadelphia's first call musicians, with a career that has crossed genres and style. As a saxophonist he has recorded and performed with artists such as Pieces of a Dream, Patti LaBelle, Melody Gardot, Rod Stewart, Elvis Costello, Michael Bublé, Diana Ross and Tony Bennett. He has arranged for countless recordings and jingles, student ensembles as well as for Peter Nero and the Philly Pops.
Jeff Kern – Associate Professor of Vocal Music, University of the Arts; Director of the 'Voices of the Philly POPS'
Jim Kjelland, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Northwestern University
Kathleen Krull – Artistic Director, Play On, Philly!; formerly New York Public Schools String Teacher.
Vince Leonard – Producer and composer Vincent A. Leonard, Jr. has had works premiered nationally and internationally. He is published by Arrangers' Publishing Company and Educational Programs Publications.
He is co-author of: Recording in the Digital World, Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation, Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Music Notation. In 1996, he and fellow producer and engineer Jack Klotz, Jr. formed Invinceable Entertainment, 3 IPS Studio and have released two CDs, Magic Up Our Sleeve and On The Brink of Tomorrow. Compositional credits include the feature film Running On Empty Dreams, theme and episode music for the Captain Courteous radio series, numerous theater pieces, and industrials. Leonard has provided orchestrations for world premier productions of Redwall for Opera Delaware, Elliot and the Magic Bed, Isabell and the Pretty Ugly Spell,and The Little Princess for Upper Darby Summer Stage.
Also widely known as a copyist and arranger, he has worked on projects with Peter Nero, the Philly Pops Orchestra, Doc Severinsen, the London Symphony Orchestra, Chuck Mangione, Leslie Burrs, and in musicals by Duke Ellington, Alan Menken, Kurt Weil, and Mitch Leigh. Leonard is a member of NARAS and ASCAP, and is active as a clinician and beta tester for music software for Macintosh
Jimmy Leyden – Composer, arranger, performer, founded one of the first high school steel bands in the United States.
Edward S. Lisk, Clinician, Author, The Creative Band Director Series, Past President of the American Bandmasters Association and the National Band Association
Mary Maliszewski – String Specialist, West Orange, NJ Public Schools. Adjunct Faculty Mason Gross/Rutgers University, Caldwell College
Ronald Matthews,
Kevin McChesney, Composer, Arranger, Conductor of the Pikes Peak Ringers, Colorado
Stephen McWilliams – Villanova University, Theatre Department
Michael Miles – Michael J. Miles is regarded as one of America's most inventive clawhammer banjo players. The Chicago Tribune's critic Howard Reich said that, "Everything Miles plays is worth savoring." Pete Seeger described his playing as "the most beautiful I've heard...this is enough to make me want to learn the banjo all over again."
Miles is a composer whose works include bold orchestrations with string quartet, vibes, flugelhorn, trumpet, banjo harmony, percussion, and voices. He has diverse musical influences and experiences-- classical music, blues, jazz, showtunes, folk songs--the most surprising tunes show up in his repertoire including JS Bach, Dave Brubeck, Lowell George, Richard Thompson, Robert Johnson. His recent collaborators included some of the country's finest players... Bela Fleck, Pete Seeger, the diPasquale String Quartet, Jackie Allen, the Newberry Consort, Corky Siegel and the Chamber Blues String Quartet.
For the concert & theatre stage, Miles produces his own distinct signature works--'musical documentaries for the stage.' From Senegal to Seeger: Stories of the American Banjo, Tin Pan Alley Times, and The American Songbag are all currently runnings show. These documentaries combine live music with politics, literature, humor and popular culture and some include visual projected imagery of art and photography. HIs works have been featured at the Smithsonian, the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall, Royal Opera Theatre of Marrakesh, Ravinia Festival, American University in Beirut, The Sage Gateshead in UK, The Johnny Keenan Festival in Ireland, and the Harris Theatre in Chicago.
From 1984-1998, Michael served as the Program Director at the Old Town School of Folk Music bringing the school to international acclaim. Under his guidance the student population grew from 200 students to over 4000. From 2005-2007, Michael was honored as the school's first ever Artist-In-Residence. He remains as active member of the faculty teaching clawhammer banjo and fingerstyle guitar.
Miles is of a select group of Teaching Artists for the Ravinia Festival. He works each year with children in the Chicago public school classrooms, as well as classrooms all across the country. Miles arranged a cross-continent musical collaboration between students in Chicago, Casablanca, Beirut, London & Milan. He is also a guest grad-school professor for professional music educators at Villanova University and the VanderCook College of Music, and West Chester University.
Michael Miles is the Music Director of the Global Voices Initiative which in 2012 facilitated musical and compositional collaborations with students in Chicago, Beirut, Milan, London, & Casablanca. In the fall of 2012, Miles newest composition, "The Sundial Suite," will be performed live on WFMT, Chicago's Fine Arts Radio Station, and streamed across the world.
He grew up in Chicago in an Irish family where music was served like dinner—everybody had some. His blue collar father played the player piano and filled the house with singing. Everybody sang. Everyone read. Everyone argued politics. Miles still resides in Chicago
Counterpoint (1990), American Bach (1997), The Magic Banjo (1999), New Century Suite (2004) col•lage (2011).
Teach Yourself to Play Clawhammer Banjo (1984),
Old Town School of Folk Music Songbook published by Hal Leonard (1990 and 2006), Counterpoint published by Mel Bay (1995 and 2011),
Great American Songbook for Fingerstyle Guitar (2009)
American Fingerstyle Guitar (2010)
American Bach (2012);
Guitar Ensemble: American & Celtic Melodies for Duet, Trio or Quartet Format (2012)
Donald Nally, DMA – Donald is conductor of The Crossing, the internationally recognized professional chamber choir dedicated to new music in Philadelphia; he is also music director of VAE: Cincinnati's Vocal Arts Ensemble and chorus master of the Chicago Bach Project. His international career as an opera chorus master has included significant tenures at Lyric Opera of Chicago, Welsh National Opera, the Spoleto Festivals in Italy and the US, and the Opera Company of Philadelphia. As Music Director of the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, that ensemble won Chorus America's top award, the Margaret Hillis National Award for Excellence in Choral Music. He held visiting professorship in conducting and choral music at Indiana University and the University of Illinois in Spring, 2012. He is Director of Choral Organizations at Northwestern University.
Marcia Neel, Clark County School System, Las Vegas, NV
Jerry Nowak – Jerry Nowak is Professor Emeritus of Bucks County Community College. He has over eleven hundred published pieces for instrumental and vocal ensembles. Jerry is a founding member of Philadelphia and New Jersey Saxophone Quartets and has conducted professional recording sessions in New York, Philadelphia, Washington D. C. and London, England. He is the co-author of Conducting the Music, Not the Musicians and The Art of Expressive Playing published by Carl Fischer. He is music director and principal conductor of the Delaware Valley Wind Symphony. Mr. Nowak passed away in 2016.
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Willie Owens – Composer, TRN Music, Fort Worth, TX
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Tim Peterman – Former Director of Percussion and Assistant Director of the World Music Center, West Virginia University
Ken Peters – Haverford Township Schools, PA; TI:ME Certified Instructor
Michelle Fella Przybylowski, B.S., MMEd., NBCT. Michelle is currently a Music Teacher for Cheltenham School District, in Pennsylvania. Orff Schulwerk Certification, Choral Music Experience Teacher Education, and Kodaly Certification. Michelle serves as the Program Chair for the Philadelphia Area Orff Schulwerk Association, and is on The Orff Echo, Editorial Board for the American Orff Schulwerk Association.
Kenneth Raessler, PhD – Director and Professor Emeritus, School of Music, Texas Christian University (TCU), formerly Director of Music Education, Williamsport Area School District. Dr. Raessler passed away in 2015.
Kevin Rawlings – Professional Make-up Artist, Metropolitan Opera
Erin Reilly – Co-Founder, Theater Horizon; Erin has directed over 15 productions, working with both professional actors and students. As an equity actress she has performed on numerous area stages including the Walnut Street Theatre and Wilma Theater. Theatre Horizon's Education Department is near to her heart, and she draws on her experience teaching for education programs at the Wilma Theater, Lantern Theater, and Mum Puppettheatre, among many others. She serves on Creative MontCo and the Board of Theatre Philadelphia, and was named one of Philadelphia's 76 Creative Connectors by Leadership Philadelphia.
Floyd Richmond – Professor, Valley Forge Christian College, TI:ME Certified Instructor
Stevie Rivers-Rawlings – Freelance Dancer, Choreographer
Adam Romo
Tom Rudolph, Ed. D. – educator, performer, composer/arranger and author. His books include Sibelius: A Comprehensive Guide to Sibelius Music Notation Software; Teaching Music With Technology; Finale, An Easy Guide to Music Notation; Recording in the Digital World; Finding Funds for Music Technology; and YouTube in Music Education. TI:ME Certified Instructor.
Michael Sital
Elizabeth Sokolowski – Head of Music Ed Division, UArts; Assistant Professor of Graduate Music Ed Program, teaching Curriculum Design, Assessment, Music Pedagogy & Methodology, Music Technology
Janus Stefanowicz – Costume Shop Manager, The Villanova Theatre
Dorothy Straub – String Week Director, String & Orchestra specialist, Past president MENC, Bridgeport, CT
Marc Svaline – Department of Fine Arts, Washington School District, PA (retired)
Stanford Thompson – Executive Director of the El Sistema–inspired program Play On, Philly! Graduate of the Abreu Fellows program at NEC and the Curtis Institute. Founding Director of Operations for the Atlanta Trumpet Festival, President and Artistic Director for the Reading Summer Music Institute, Program Director of the Meru (Kenya) Music Project. Learn more about Stanford at http://www.StanfordThompson.com.
Janie Vance – BM, MM, MEd, Ed.D in progress Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. N/K and Lower School Music Teacher The Town School, NYC; National Workshop and Conference Presenter, AOSA approved Movement instructor; Singer and Percussionist; Former Performer with the Crossmen and Cadets of Bergen County Drum and Bugle Corps. Orff Movement Specialist.
Hank Wajda – Music Educator, Performer, TI–ME Instructor, Keystone Technology Integrator Robert K. Shafer Middle School, Bensalem Township School District, Bensalem, PA
Dennis Waring – Dr. Dennis Waring is founder and owner of Waring Music. Dr. Waring is an ethnomusicologist, educator, author, instrument maker, collector, performer, and arts consultant. He teaches World Music, American Music, and Music Education courses on the university level, and is involved in public education in primary, middle, and high schools. Upon receiving a Bachelor's of Music Education from the University of Kansas (`67), he taught in public schools in Missouri, New Jersey, Vermont, and Manitoba, Canada. After earning his doctorate from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut (`87), Waring taught at Wesleyan, Brown University, Trinity University, University of Connecticut, and other regional state universities. His World Music Teacher Institutes often take him from coast to coast. Dr. Waring has taken two four month journeys around the world as shipboard ethnomusicologist with the University of Virginia's Semester At Sea program and was even on MTV's Road Rules!
Scott Watson – Dr. Scott Watson (B.S., Music Education, West Chester University and M.M. and D.M.A., Music Composition, Temple University) has taught instrumental and elective music in the Parkland School District (Allentown, PA) for 26 years, is a regularly commissioned/published composer, and is a frequent music education technology presenter and writer (including Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity, Oxford University Press).
Nick Wild, The Juilliard School, NY. President of the New England Chapter of AOSA (the American Orff-Schulwerk Association); Elementary Music Teacher (Danvers Public Schools, MA); National Workshop & Conference Presenter; Member of AOSA Orff Echo Editorial Board; AOSA–Approved Recorder Instructor. Orff Recorder Specialist.
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Everybody. We should have local mini conventions until we build up to a national convention.
This is a discussion on Who on the forum would you like to meet? within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Because he likes to buck the norm and stir the pot... so to speak. Hopyard Where the heck is that guy anyway?...
Because he likes to buck the norm and stir the pot... so to speak.
Where the heck is that guy anyway?
Everybody. We should have local mini conventions until we build up to a national convention.
Fun question!
The easy answer would be everybody, but my short list starts with:
Ram Rod
Ruger Girl
I know I've missed a few trying to do this quickly while getting ready to make my lovely wife some brunch, so I may amend that list.
The support I got here when things were tough was amazing.
I WILL get around to meeting at least Grady and Ramrod in the future though.
They, among others have become great friends here. Grady isn't TOO far from me either.
I am fortunate that I do know DrAlarms now. Great guy.
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"Don't Tread on Me"
Probably everyone I've had dealings with in the Marketplace forums. All seemed like good guys.
Even though he's a secret FIST salesman, the guy likes a good beer with his steak so retsupt99.
OPFOR, SIXTO and BikerRN. Even though I might not always agree with them, their posts are usually insightful and make sense.
BruceGibson so I could persuade him to start making belts again.
Pure Kustom, Rocky is a real artist with a sense of humor. Unusual combination.
SelfDefense. The guy makes me mad more than anyone I've ever conversed with in a forum. Should be an interesting conversation but I bet we'd get along just fine.
Then you have that list of people that just seem like good folks that would make good company like TN_Mike, Ram Rod, Grady, Bunny and a bunch more.
"In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power." -
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
Don't frisk me, I am the weapon.
Sig Sauer P239 DAK (9mm)
NRA Member & Pistol Instructor
Dang near all of you.
One of the things I love is how even when we disagree we tend to keep it civil.
The other is that seldom a week goes by that I don't learn something. I may seldom post on more technical threads, as my focus is more on the RKBA. However, they are a world of information.
Thank you all!!
As for the moderators
Μολὼν λαβέ
I'm just one root in a grassroots organization. No one should assume that I speak for the VCDL.
I am neither an attorney-at-law nor I do play one on television or on the internet. No one should assumes my opinion is legal advice.
Veni, Vidi, Velcro
I'd met any of you as long as you're buying
That's a joke so you can laugh now
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought me more peace and content in life than simply being a good husband and father.
Another vote for Mr. Janq. Knowledgeable, intelligent, articulate, and kind. He should run for the presidency in 2010... "Janq 2010"
There are many true gems here. I don't always agree with the politics, but the people are wonderful.
Anyone from the Confederacy.
"First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand."
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I would like to meet anyone and everyone but funds are short. so I'll make a preference to those in/near orlando. That and I'm quite horrible at remember names/screen names so even if there were a couple I'd be hard pressed to remember them by name. Always up for learning something new
See...I KNEW I'd have to revise the list. Memory isn't the greatest...
Forgot Automaticslim and wmhawth...
"Don't Tread on Me"
I would like to meet anyone from the forum. I have read and learn so much. Had my opinions challenged and changed a few times too. I enjoy and admire this group greatly.
Other people in my city that like to go shooting.
CZ 453 American
The folks on here who I'd most like to meet are (in no order), OPFOR C9H13NO3, Avenger, and JD to share a beer with and swap stories.
I'd like to meet Bumper since he is the one responsible for all off this.
And Ret, even though he likes the Gators.
But really anyone aside from the two I've already met.
Fortes Fortuna Juvat
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The Importance of Cities to the World
"That doesn't mean there aren't great scourges of city life - disease, crime, congestion, social tensions. 'For every Fifth Avenue,' Glaeser notes, 'there's a Mumbai slum; for every Sorbonne, there's a D.C. high school guarded by metal detectors.' He's candid about the need for farsighted city leadership to mobilize support for major infrastructure. A prime example: the safe water and sewage systems cities that New York and other cities began in the late 1800s, all but erasing waterborne disease and extending life expectancies - essential services still missing in many slums of the developing world."
Peirce's review shines kindly on Glaeser's work, but notes that the impact of cities on the global population is not given enough attention.


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Is Eating Red Meat Good or Bad for Your Health? (Page 6)
The Bottom Line
Two 3- to 4-ounce portions of red meat per week is considered healthy, says Roussell. To keep calories and saturated fat in check, buy lean cuts, such as flank steak, New York strip and tenderloin, and trim off excess fat.
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Note from Shannon: Please welcome Erin, Cultures for Health Social Media Coordinator and Cultured-Kitchen Keeper.
'Tis the season for sweet treats! I decided to try my hand at making Kombucha candy because, well, why not?! I had seen the recipe in Sandor Katz book 'The Art of Fermentation' on page 174 and wanted to give it a try! I had some big fat kombucha scoby's and some sugar so I thought I would give it a go.
First, I gathered my ingredients: 1 kombucha scoby and some sugar.
Next, I chopped up my scoby into bite sized pieces using a very sharp knife (those scobies can be tough!)
Then I mixed the kombucha pieces with roughly the same amount of sugar as I had kombucha pieces.
Next, I put the kombucha scoby pieces and sugar to boil of the stove and boiled them for about 15 minutes. One even tried to jump out at me!, but I got it under control! 😉
Then, I waited for the mixture to cool for a bit and poured off the extra sugar syrup and put all the kombucha pieces out to dry on a piece of parchment paper.
They taste like a sweet and sour candy! Very yummy! The texture is a little strange. They are like a mix between a cooked apple and a gummy bear. If I didn't know it was a Kombucha scoby, I think the texture might be a bit more appealing.
I think you could also set them to dry in a dehydrator and make them a bit less squishy. That would probably be VERY good. More like a chewy candy, and not so gummy. All-in-all it was a very fun, inexpensive and tasty experiment!
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Nitin Sawnhey clearly has too many women. "Please welcome back Luci [Jules]," he begins, as another female vocalist - Tina Grace - departs the stage. "No, hang on ... she's not on until the next number." He also has too many songs. "This is called ... I'm losing my marbles, actually," he admits, which isn't the song title. Finally, he becomes lucid and introduces "Distant Dream, from my new album".
Still, Sawnhey has earned the right to be confused after producing a whopping 40 film scores and no fewer than eight albums. The latest, showcased here, is London Undersound, his vibrant response to life in the capital post-7/7. Unfortunately, this is a more stripped-down performance than the one the city enjoyed earlier this week. There's no London Undersound orchestra and fewer guests. Nevertheless, the man quietly strumming an acoustic guitar 200 miles north of the site of his inspiration is greeted like a homecoming hero.
The music doesn't always match up to this reception, often suffering from a tasteful dinner-party vibe; at times it could pass for Latino restaurant Muzak. However, October Daze, sung by Grace, is lovely; flutes, cello, drums, pianos and tablas mesh together with great effect. At their best, this band sound like an Asian version of Jah Wobble's genre-busting Invaders of the Heart; elsewhere, Sawnhey and two of his musicians show what extraordinary sounds can be created with just human voices. Dead Man is a thunderous groove, while Prophesy features just guitar, tablas and rage.
The London Undersound absences tell, though; Paul McCartney's non-involvement more understandable than that of young rapper Natty, whose account of the De Menezes shooting, Days of Fire, opens the album so powerfully. Maybe the rapper - who did appear with Sawnhey in the capital - has developed a sudden aversion to travel.


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Due to problems with the DePuy LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, a component used in the Limb Preservation System knee replacement system during reconstructive knee surgery, a recall was issued in early 2013.
It has been reported that patients face an increased risk of the DePuy LPS knee fracturing and loosening, which could result in loss of the leg, dangerous infections or even death.
DEPUY KNEE LAWSUIT STATUS: Potential claims are being reviewed by DePuy knee replacement lawyers for individuals who have experienced problems after receiving the Limb Preservation System (LPS) and the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, including:
- Fracture of the Sleeve at the Taper Joint
- Loosening of the Knee Replacement
- Loss of Function of the Limb
- Amputation
- Infection
- Death
KNEE COMPONENT: DePuy LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve distributed between 2008 and July 20, 2012 by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsisidiary of Johns & Johnson.
OVERVIEW: The Diaphyseal Sleeve was used to make sure the other components of the DePuy LPS knee system fit together properly. The DePuy LPS knee replacement is used to reconstruct severe defects in soft tissue and bone.
On January 4, 2013, DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, sent an urgent recall notice to health care providers, warning them to stop using the sleeve on their patients due to a risk of fracturing.
On February 22, the FDA determined that the action constitutes a Class I medical device recall for the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, which is the most severe type of medical device recall, suggesting that the agency believes continued use of the product poses a substantial risk of severe adverse health problems or death. The agency indicated that the DePuy knee implant could fracture or fail, increasing the risk of limb loss, infection, compromised soft tissue, and even death.
REPORTS OF DEPUY LPS KNEE FRACTURING AND LOOSENING: At the time of the recall, the FDA had received at east 10 reports of incidents involving the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve knee implant. In six cases, the device fractured, and in four cases loosening was reported. However, the number of reported adverse events typically only represent about 1% to 10% of all problems associated with approved medical devices.
The FDA believes that the taper connection between the LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve and the Sleeve Base may not be able to handle the loads placed on it during normal walking.
As a result of the recalled DePuy knee implant, patients may have been exposed to an increased risk of leg amputation, infection, and death. Financial compensation may be an option through a DePuy LPS knee lawsuit as a result of the manufacturer's failure to adequately evaluate the risks associated with the implant or warn about the risk of DePuy LPS knee problems.


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The NASL was the name of the men's outdoor professional league that operated in the United States and Canada from 1968 to 1984 and played its final match 25 years ago last month. Legends such as Pele, Franz Beckenbauer and Johan Cruyff all starred in the league.
"By becoming the NASL, we are paying respect to the players, coaches and leaders who were pioneers for men's professional soccer in North America, many of whom remain involved and committed to the growth of our game in various capacities throughout the U.S. and Canada," said Selby Wellman, principal owner of the Carolina RailHawks and newly appointed president of NASL, LLC. "For that, we honor and thank them with a new era for the NASL. Further, by going with NASL, we're obligated to operate our league at a high standard befitting a name that means so much to the soccer community throughout North America. Our intention is to offer an elite brand of soccer and outstanding experience for our partners and fans, something the old NASL did very well during its day. We will do the same in the new NASL."
The new NASL consists of nine teams: Atlanta Silverbacks, Carolina RailHawks, Crystal Palace Baltimore, Miami FC, Minnesota Thunder, Montreal Impact, St. Louis Soccer United, Tampa Bay Rowdies and Vancouver Whitecaps FC.


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If it comes back with something similar too:
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The University of Colorado at Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology have been awarded a $495,000 grant to look for Earth-like planets around other stars using technology based on 2005 Nobel Prize-winning research conducted at JILA, a joint institute of the two Boulder institutions.
The funding from the National Science Foundation is to develop a precise "laser ruler" to measure tiny changes in infrared light caused by the gravitational wobble of small, cool stars as they are tugged back and forth by their rocky planets. The gravitational dance depends on the size of the star and the size of the planet and produces changes in the star's radial velocity -- the speed it is moving toward or away from Earth during such faint wobbles, said CU-Boulder Research Associate Steve Osterman, principal investigator on the project.
While astronomers have used the radial wobble of stars to detect several hundred planets outside our solar system, almost all have been giant, gaseous planets orbiting extremely close to their parent stars, said Osterman. The new technology involves devices known as mode-locked lasers that deliver ultrashort pulses of infrared laser light less than a billionth of a second long, enabling a much more precise planet detection system, he said.
Linked to an atomic clock, the laser ruler consists of thousands of closely spaced "tick-marks" representing successive infrared light frequencies that resemble the teeth of a comb, said NIST scientist Scott Diddams, a co-investigator on the effort who is collaborating with Osterman. The comb makes it possible to measure minute changes in the light waves created by the motions of small, relatively cool M stars as they interact with planets by providing a precise calibration for spectrographs that analyze light coming from stars and planets.
The technique will allow the team to observe the stars in the near-infrared spectrum where they shine the brightest, according to the researchers.
The key to finding Earth-like planets is measuring the Doppler shift of the stars as they wobble during planet interactions, said Osterman. When a star is moving toward Earth, its wavelengths "bunch up" and shorten, and when the star is moving away from Earth, the wavelengths stretch out. By detecting extraordinarily faint wobbles, the researchers should be able to deduce the size of the planets and the distance of their orbit from the parent star, said Osterman.
"We have come up with a good ruler for measuring changes in the wobble of these small stars in the near-infrared wavelength of the spectrum," said Osterman of CU-Boulder's Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy. "Since these M stars are much more common than larger stars, this gives us a lot more targets and should make it easier for us to detect rocky and perhaps even habitable planets."
The new technology was spun off from research by JILA's John Hall and Theodor Hänsch of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Munich, Germany, who shared in the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique.
Osterman said M stars can be as small as one-tenth the mass and significantly older than Earth's sun. "We think our new calibration technology will make it as much as 10 to 20 times easier to detect habitable planets around these M stars," he said.
Astronomers are particularly interested in the habitable zones of planets around other solar systems -- zones marked by relatively moderate temperatures and which have the potential to host liquid water. While at least one rocky planet slightly larger than Earth was recently identified by a French-led team, it orbits so close to the parent star that high temperatures and high radiation preclude the chances for life as we know it, said Osterman.
The Boulder researchers plan to take the new laser instrument to the Apache Point Observatory northeast of Las Cruces, N.M., in spring 2010 and integrate it with a new planet-finding instrument being developed at the University of Florida, said Osterman. "This will begin our search for Earth-like planets around these tiny stars."
CU-Boulder is part of a consortium of seven universities that are conducting research using a 3.5-meter telescope at Apache Point Observatory. CU-Boulder shares in the cost of operations and maintenance and is annually allotted one-eighth of the available telescope observing time.
In addition to looking for Earth-like planets around low-mass stars, the comb technology will allow researchers to peer through the dust clouds of young stellar systems more clearly, said co-investigator John Bally of CASA. The technology may make it possible to learn more about the movements of massive, Jupiter-like planets in young planetary systems as they migrate toward their parent stars, he said.
Other projects that will be made possible by the technology include studies of the atmospheres of young or cool stars as well as precise near-infrared observations of planetary atmospheres in our own solar system, according to the team.


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"These four young men have exemplified throughout the season the qualities of leadership that we look for within our program," Cutcliffe said. "Their effort, selflessness and overall commitment to the values of our program have enabled us to take steps forward this year. We are proud to name Greg, Cameron, Eron and Glenn as program captains."
The four captains chosen by the squad in August include junior Vincent Rey and seniors Re'quan Boyette, Tielor Robinson and Michael Tauiliili.
Akinbiyi, a senior defensive end from Miami, Fla., leads the Blue Devils in both tackles for loss (13.5) and quarterback sacks (5.0) while contributing 50 total stops and two fumble recoveries. A senior tackle from Lutherville, Md., Goldberg headlines an offensive line unit that has helped Duke decrease its number of sacks allowed from 45 in 2007 to just 24 this season.
Riley, a native of Savannah, Ga., who has caught 56 passes for 630 yards and seven touchdowns in 2008, will finish his career ranking among Duke's all-time leaders in pass receptions, receiving yardage and touchdown catches. Williams, a Baltimore, Md., product, has posted 56 tackles, two sacks and one interception as the Duke defense has made significant improvement in scoring defense (-10.1), total defense (-68.5), rushing defense (-31.2) and passing defense (-37.3).
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I still have lots of antler material and decided to try using it as scales for a Panther frame.
I started out with 18 mm multiplex, but thinned it down to 16 mm for a better balance.
Then, I cut of two slices from a thick antler part, sawed them out to fit the frame and glued them on. Then, the usual rasp, file and sanding job. Brown ink and linseed oil for the antique finish.
I am blown away by the look and feel of this slingshot, an instant favorite shooter now! The thick handle with the lower part beeing even thicker gives a fantastic grip.
Hammer grip, thumb+index support grip, flats, tubes, a very versatile frame indeed.


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Definition of dunk
transitive verb
1 : to dip (something, such as a piece of bread) into a beverage while eating
2 : to dip or submerge temporarily in liquid
3 : to throw (a basketball) into the basket from above the rim
intransitive verb
1 : to submerge oneself in water
2 : to make a dunk shot in basketball
Examples of dunk in a Sentence
I like to dunk my doughnut in my coffee.
She dunked him while they were swimming.
He dunked the ladle into the soup.
He could dunk when he was 16.
Origin and Etymology of dunk
Pennsylvania German dunke, from Middle High German dunken, from Old High German dunkōn — more at tinge
First Known Use: 1919See Words from the same year
Definition of dunk
Examples of dunk in a Sentence
The pass led to a dunk.
First Known Use of dunk
circa 1944
DUNK Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of dunk for English Language Learners
: to dip (food) quickly into a liquid (such as coffee or milk) while eating
: to push (someone or something) under water or other liquid for a short amount of time
basketball : to jump high in the air and push (the ball) down through the basket
Definition of dunk for English Language Learners
basketball : a shot that is made by jumping high in the air and pushing the ball down through the basket
DUNK Defined for Kids
Definition of dunk for Students
1 : to dip into liquid I like to dunk my cookies in milk.
2 : to jump and push the ball down through the basket in basketball
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Marvel Studios has commenced principal photography at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on 'Captain America: Civil War,' the third installment of its Super Hero franchise. The production will shoot on location in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves as the base for the film?s production, as well as locations in Germany, Puerto Rico and Iceland.
Set for release in the United States on May 6, 2016, 'Captain America: Civil War' is directed by Anthony and Joe Russo (Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' 'Community') from a screenplay by Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely ('Captain America: The Winter Solider,' Marvel's 'Captain America: The First Avenger'). The film returns Chris Evans ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' Marvel's 'Avengers: Age of Ultron') as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America along with Robert Downey Jr. ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' Marvel's 'Iron Man 3') as Tony Stark/Iron Man, Scarlett Johansson ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier') as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, Sebastian Stan ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' 'Captain America: The First Avenger') as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier') as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Paul Bettany ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Iron Man 3') as The Vision, Jeremy Renner ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' Marvel's 'The Avengers') as Clint Barton/Hawkeye, Don Cheadle ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Iron Man 3') as Jim Rhodes/War Machine and Elizabeth Olsen ('Avengers: Age of Ultron,' 'Godzilla') as Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch.
After his debut in Marvel's 'Ant-Man' on July 17, 2015, Paul Rudd ('Ant-Man,' 'Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues') will make his first appearance alongside the Avengers as Scott Lang/Ant-Man in 'Captain America: Civil War.'
The film also includes outstanding additional cast, including Chadwick Boseman ('42,' 'Get on Up') as T'Challa/Black Panther, Emily VanCamp ('Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' 'Revenge') as Sharon Carter/Agent 13, Daniel Brühl ('Inglourious Basterds,' Bourne Ultimatum?), Frank Grillo (?Captain America: The Winter Soldier,? ?Warrior?) as Brock Rumlow/Crossbones, William Hurt ('A History of Violence,' Marvel's 'The Incredible Hulk') as General Thaddeus 'Thunderbolt' Ross and Martin Freeman ('The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,' 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies').
'Captain America: Civil War' picks up where 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' left off, as Steve Rogers leads the new team of Avengers in their continued efforts to safeguard humanity. After another international incident involving the Avengers results in collateral damage, political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability and a governing body to […]
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'Captain America: Civil War' starts production in Atlanta, Georgia
Marvel Studios has commenced principal photography at Pinewood Studios in Atlanta, Georgia on 'Captain America: Civil War,' the third installment of its Super Hero franchise. The production will shoot on location in Atlanta, Georgia, which serves as the base for the film?s production, as well as locations in Germany, Puerto Rico and Iceland.
New Movie "America" shows Hillary Clinton Meeting With Saul Alinsky
America, the new film from bestselling author Dinesh D'Souza and the Academy Award-winning producer of Schindler's List, Gerald R. Molen which hits theaters July 2nd will feature a teenaged Hillary Clinton being introduced to the radical philosopher Saul Alinsky for the first time. In the film, Hillary Clinton is played by actress Jennifer Pearson and is introduced to the political activist by her Methodist youth minister.
AMERICA, a follow up by the team that created the runaway hit 2016: Obama's America deals with the question: "Where would the world be if America had never existed?"
According to an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, D'Souza said: "In 2016 I focused on the mis-education of Obama. Here we explore the mis-education of Hillary Clinton. Is Hillary more like Bill Clinton or is she more like Obama? That is the question we answer in this film."
Producer Gerald R. Molen continued, "We didn't know of any footage that exists of Hillary Clinton at that age. We had hoped to have her in the film to talk about her life, including that period of it. When she didn't agree to an interview we did the next best thing: re-create what actually happened."
In a clip obtained by the magazine, scholar Stanley Kurtz is interviewed about the encounter. After the taping Kurtz wrote an essay about the experience which can be read here. http://m.nationalreview.com/corner/370188/dsouzas-case-and-my-role-his-film-stanley-kurtz
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Soccer Superstar Cristiano Ronaldo is on time…
TAG Heuer, the world leader in prestigious and high-end chronographs, is proud to announce the signing of football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo to a long-term partnership as a TAG Heuer Brand Ambassador.
Two-time Ballon d'Or winner, Real Madrid forward and Captain of the Portugal team for the coming World Cup in Brazil, Cristiano Ronaldo joins an illustrious roster of TAG Heuer sports stars and celebrities that includes film actors Cameron Diaz and Leonardo DiCaprio, WTA tennis champion Maria Sharapova, Formula One World Champion Jenson Button, World Rally Champion Sebastien Ogier and the entire crew of 2013 America's Cup winner Oracle Team USA. Past members have included actors Brad Pitt and Uma Thurman, golfing great Tiger Woods, and the most legendary names in the history of Formula One, from Ayrton Senna to Kimi Raikkonen, Fernando Alonso, Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton.
"TAG Heuer is by far the best at what it does," said Cristiano Ronaldo, "and has been for more than 150 years. No other luxury brand has such strong ties to the highest levels of sports. It is incredibly glamorous yet also so unconventional, and we share exactly the same determination: to totally change the game, push the limits and make our own rules. It is a great honor to be a part of such a powerful and pioneering legacy."
"Every TAG Heuer creation celebrates intense life in the contemporary arena, and no individual represents this more powerfully than Cristiano," said TAG Heuer CEO Stephane Linder. "Like TAG Heuer, Cristiano demands perfection and pushes himself harder than anyone in his domain. This is the first time we enter the world of football, and it's a perfect fit to do that with Cristiano, opening a new trend and a new way to engage with our fans. Sports is part of our tradition because we share the same values: self motivation and discipline, pushing one's limit, never giving up. We've been in the sports world since signing on as official chronograph of the 1920 Olympic Games. We started timing ski events in 1928, Formula One and regatta racing in the 1970s. Adding football alongside our longstanding link to motorsports, especially with its number 1 icon and most powerful player, is incredibly exciting."
Born on the island of Madeira in 1985, Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro (named Cristiano Ronaldo or CR7) first played professionally in his native Portugal before joining Manchester United in 2003, where he scored […]
Johnny Depp's 'Transcendence' Bombs
Rentrak Corporation, the leader in precisely measuring movies and TV everywhere, today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of April 20, 2014 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services.
As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products.
Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "The international box office goes to the birds as Fox's animated sequel 'Rio 2' leads the international box office adding $48 million to its nest this weekend as it nears $300 million worldwide. Disney/Marvel's 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' passed the $500 million mark globally heading into the weekend and is now at an impressive $586.6 million. Sony kicks off its international run of 'The Amazing Spider-Man 2' in 14 territories and captures an amazing $47 million ahead of its North American debut set for the first weekend in May."
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 20, 2014, are below.
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Disney – $26.6M
2. Rio 2 – 20th Century Fox – $22.5M
3. Heaven Is For Real – Sony – $21.5M
4. Transcendence – Warner Bros. – $11.2M
5. Haunted House 2, A – Open Road – $9.1M
6. Draft Day – Lionsgate – $5.9M
7. Divergent – Lionsgate – $5.8M
8. Oculus – Relativity Media – $5.2M
9. Noah – Paramount – $5.0M
10. God's Not Dead – Freestyle Releasing – $4.8M
11. Bears – Disney – $4.8M
12. Grand Budapest Hotel, The – Fox Searchlight – $3.4M
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" – Worldwide weekend box office estimates
Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT), today announced the worldwide weekend box office estimates for the weekend of April 13, 2014 as compiled by the company's Box Office Essentials™ and International Box Office Essentials™ theatrical measurement services.
As the trusted standard for all studio box office reporting, Rentrak provides intelligence into overnight theatre-level reporting across the global theatrical market. Coupled with the official reported data, studios are able to analyze admissions and gross results in over 50 territories using Rentrak's suite of products.
Rentrak's Senior Media Analyst Paul Dergarabedian commented, "Fox's animated "Rio 2" flaps its wings to an international chart topping performance of $62.3 million in 62 territories while Disney/Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" makes its two worldwide weekends in a row at over $100 million and nearly half a billion to date as it continues to draw audiences internationally and in North America. Impressively, Paramount's biblical-epic "Noah" is approaching the $250 million global threshold."
The top-12 domestic weekend box office estimates listed in descending order, per data collected as of Sunday, April 13, 2014, are below.
Estimated Box Office Numbers for Weekend of Apr. 13:
1. Captain America: The Winter Soldier – Disney – $41.4M
2. Rio 2 – 20th Century Fox – $39.0M
3. Oculus – Relativity Media – $12.0M
4. Draft Day – Lionsgate – $9.8M
5. Divergent – Lionsgate – $7.5M
6. Noah – Paramount – $7.5M
7. God's Not Dead – Freestyle Releasing – $5.5M
8. Grand Budapest Hotel, The – Fox Searchlight – $4.0M
9. Muppets Most Wanted – Disney – $2.2M
10. Mr. Peabody And Sherman – 20th Century Fox – $1.8M
11. Raid 2, The – Sony Pictures Classics – $1.0M
12. Non-Stop – Universal – $0.7M.
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"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" will come out in 2014
Following in the footsteps of the record-breaking Marvel Studios' release, "Marvel's The Avengers," production on the highly anticipated release, Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" has commenced in Los Angeles, Calif., with production also including locations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Washington D.C. Directing the film is the team of Anthony and Joe Russo ("Welcome to Collinwood") from a screenplay written by Christopher Markus ("Captain America: The First Avenger") & Stephen McFeely ("Captain America: The First Avenger"). Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" returns Chris Evans ("Captain America: The First Avenger," "Marvel's The Avengers") as the iconic Super Hero character Steve Rogers/Captain America, along with Scarlett Johansson ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Iron Man 2") as Black Widow and Samuel L. Jackson ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Iron Man 2") as Nick Fury. In addition, film icon Robert Redford has joined the all-star cast as Agent Alexander Pierce, a senior leader within the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization. "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" is set for release in the U.S. on April 4, 2014.
"Captain America: The Winter Soldier" will pick-up where "Marvel's The Avengers" left off, as Steve Rogers struggles to embrace his role in the modern world and teams up with Natasha Romanoff, aka Black Widow, to battle a powerful yet shadowy enemy in present-day Washington, D.C.
Based on the ever-popular Marvel comic book series, first published in 1941, Marvel's "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" features an outstanding supporting cast that includes Sebastian Stan ("Captain America: The First Avenger," "Black Swan") as Bucky Barnes/Winter Soldier, Anthony Mackie ("The Hurt Locker," "Million Dollar Baby") as Sam Wilson/Falcon, Cobie Smulders ("Marvel's The Avengers," "How I Met Your Mother") as Agent Maria Hill, Frank Grillo ("Zero Dark Thirty") as Brock Rumlow and Georges St-Pierre ("Death Warrior") as Georges Batroc. Rounding out the talented cast are Hayley Atwell ("Captain America: The First Avenger") as Peggy Carter, Toby Jones ("Captain America: The First Avenger," "The Hunger Games") as Arnim Zola, Emily VanCamp ("The Ring 2," "Revenge") as Agent 13 and Maximiliano Hernández ("Marvel's The Avengers," "Thor") as Agent Jasper Sitwell.
Marvel Studios' President Kevin Feige is producing the film. Executive producers on the project include Alan Fine, Louis D'Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee. The creative production team on the film includes director of photography Trent Opaloch ("Elysium," "District 9"), production designer Peter Wenham ("21 Jump Street," "Fast Five"), editors Jeffrey Ford, A.C.E. and Mary Jo Markey, A.C.E. ("Star […]
Academy to celebrate Oscars in New York
The iconic landmark restaurant Daniel will be rolling out the red carpet for New York-based members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, entertainment industry executives, and several hometown luminaries to celebrate the 85th Oscars with an exclusive viewing party, the only East Coast event officially hosted by the Academy. This year's show is of special significance to New Yorkers, as its producers are the Gotham-based motion picture, television and theater producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, who have executive produced such acclaimed feature films as "Chicago" and "Hairspray," as well as the current NBC musical series "Smash."
World-renowned chef Daniel Boulud is preparing a special menu of cocktails and canapés with a nod to this year's nominated films, to be served along with his seasonally inspired, award-winning contemporary French cuisine. Now celebrating its 20th year, Daniel is one of the very few restaurants to have received the New York Times four-star rating as well as three Michelin stars. Chef Boulud, who hails from Lyon, France, is considered one of America's leading culinary authorities and one of the most revered chefs in New York City, which he has called home since 1982.
"Oscar® Sunday is a day to celebrate the best in film with family and friends," notes Patrick Harrison, the Academy's New York program director. "We are thrilled that Daniel Boulud has opened his doors to welcome Academy members and the New York film community on the occasion of the Oscars."
"New York has been my home for over 30 years, and to be able to host the esteemed Academy's official East Coast event is a huge honor," said Boulud. "I hope this fete will mark the beginning of a long-running tradition."
Three 7.5-foot versions of the 13.5-inch, 8.5-pound Oscar statuette, one of world's most recognized symbols, will greet the New York partygoers as they enter the restaurant on Oscar Night. These golden sentinels are identical to the larger-than-life Oscars that will greet the ceremony's attendees on the Hollywood red carpet. Numerous large screens will ensure that guests don't miss a moment of the show's excitement.
Oscars for outstanding film achievements of 2012 will be presented on Oscar Sunday, February 24, at the Dolby Theatre™ at Hollywood & Highland Center®, and will be hosted by Seth MacFarlane. The Oscar presentation will be televised live on the ABC Television Network and in more than 225 […]
Matthew McConaughey starts 2013 with another great performance
A close backwoods cousin to Stand By Me (1986), Jeff Nichols' Mud is an often moving and unpredictable coming of age story that benefits from some striking visuals and all around strong acting from its cast. Much like in Take Shelter (2011), Nichols is very interested in masculinity and what it means to be a man in a tough America, though this time around there's more in the way of youthful adventures and less in the way of potential doomsday. The filmmaker is pulling from all sorts of other works, though "Huckleberry Finn" is likely the one most will recognize, though the early works of David Gordon Green were on my mind as well.
The work however, the work is still that clearly is his own. Not being a huge fan of his earlier work, Mud is top-notch with excellent writing and direction, not to mention the performances by Tye Sheridan and Matthew McConaughey. Reese Witherspoon is no slouch herself, while newcomer Jacob Lofland impresses. Though not perfect, and running about 15 minutes too long, it's got a lot of things going in its favor. With the right push, I could see this making the long haul from the festival circuit to the awards season.
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Howard Stern returning for 2nd season of 'America's Got Talent'
HollywoodNews.com: Howard Stern was a controversial casting decision for 'America's Got Talent,' but it sounds like it all paid off as he will be returning for another season.
NBC recently announced that Stern would be returning as a judge for another season, states UsMagazine.com. Sharon Osbourne is allegedly not returning for another season so a new judge will have to be found.
Auditions for the new season will reportedly be taking place in just a few weeks.
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'America's Got Talent' searching for Sharon Osbourne replacement
HollywoodNews.com: Sharon Osbourne revealed last season that she would be leaving her spot as a judge on 'America's Got Talent.'
Now, the show is reportedly searching for her replacement and has focused in on three different women, states TMZ. The show executives are reportedly considering Shannen Doherty, Carly Simon and LeAnn Rimes.
And considering Howie Mandel and Howard Stern do not yet have contracts for next season, there may be more new judges on the panel.
NBC has spoken out and commented that this list does not exist.
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Kings Invest in Art for New Arena
The Sacramento Kings have made a big investment, that will turn their new arena into an art gallery.
The team is partnering with the Sacramento Metro Arts Commission to use $5.5 million of their arena construction budget to create public art at the center and in the surrounding plaza.
Officials say a nine member team of "all-starts" including the director of the Crocker, the Art Commission's Chair, a collector and historian will reccomend acquisitions and commissions.
This is the largest public art investment in the city's history.
More was spent at the airport during Terminal B construction, but that's in the unincorporated county.


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I'm not a Cena fan by any stretch of the imagination, but I refuse to be a Cena hater either. The man is the most popular wrestler of this generation, putting him right on par with Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart, The Rock, and Randy Savage in terms of how much fans love him and throw money at him. I'm not saying he's as good as those guys, but he's as popular as they are; they didn't bring in amazing ratings, and Cena affects ratings more than anyone else today. The only two wrestlers that are above this class, in my opinion, are Hogan and Austin. They made wrestling into a massively popular brand, no matter how temporary. Other than them, Cena is as popular as anyone.
When Cena injured his arm a couple months back, the first Raw without him was the lowest rated Raw in 15 years. He is the man, no matter what our personal opinions may be. Kids love the guy, and kids are how you invest in the future. I'll bet everyone on this forum got into wrestling before they were 14 yrs old. This is how you build towards the future, and unfortunately wrestling is in rebuilding mode.
To me, the Cena heel turn idea is ludicrous. Nothing about his character lends to him being a heel. He'd have to be a completely different character, which could permanently ruin him. Austin's heel turn was a massive failure, and I think it ruined the remainder of his career. In fairness, by my logic Hogan's heel turn would've been a failure, and it turned out to be the best business decision in the history of the business. However, you just can't bet on something like the nWo happening in WWE.
This is all driven by Cena haters who don't buy into his character. Well the fact is a ton of other people do, and he's the reason WWE is as successful as it is today. All you people who claim "the time has come, he's just boring now" were saying he was boring five years ago. Some in this message board claim his popularity will run out and in a couple of years no one will care about him. Never in pro wrestling has the top face simply lost popularity late in his career. Storylines may have been stale, but never has the guy just lost popularity. This idea that all the Cena fans out there are just gonna wake up and discover that Cena is actually fake and boring is ridiculous, because he's not fake and boring. He's the nicest guy in the world, and he realistically acts like that, and all us cynics who love heels like Ziggler and Punk just can't stand it so we call him fake. He's the most popular wrestler on the planet, and there's no reason to expect that to change.
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Who the fuck wants to see him face the same guys again? Cesaro? Sandow? Del Rio? Wow, you must be into boring feuds. lol lets not pretend like Cena is a super draw now, I don't see him breaking attendance records (don't bring up wrestlemania, that was The Rock's drawing power), ppv buys, and boosting the ratings. Wow he sales toys and shirts to kids, those damn things always sell, just insert Shaemus (cant stand him either) and you'd get the same results, kids are stupid and gullible.
Cena is the tallest of midgets right now, that doesn't in any way make him a "top draw", he's just their only draw right now.
John Cena is the top draw of this generation. I swear anti-Cena fans treat Cena and Cena fans like non-wrestling fans treat wrestling and wrestling fans ("It's fake!!!"). Lol I say this largely because when I saw a 20 yr old in a Cena t-shirt, a part of me looked down on him as immature, which is exactly what every non-wrestling fan think of us. They're just a bunch of cynics who don't get it. I don't like Cena any more than the next guy, BUT THE FACT IS HE'S THE MOST POPULAR WRESTLER OF THIS GENERATION. WWE isn' forcing him down our throats, fans want him, which is why he moves the ratings more than anyone else today (and a lot more than Punk).
I'm a big Sheamus fan, but you can't just say Sheamus can be Cena if you insert Sheamus into the position. They're not the same character, and believe it or not Cena is uniquely talented at playing the PG hero that he is today. (Another analogy to people who hate wrestling: a friend of mine who hates wrestling one said its easy to make a wrestler a big star by just having him win all his matches). And he's not FAKE. His character is extremely realistic, cynical fans just can't stand the nice guy so they call him "fake." He's only fake in that people act really nice, or politicians/celebrities act perfect for the sake of public image. In that case, Cena's playing the role model and the celebrity that he's supposed to play, and that kids are in fact eating up. Cena is doing exactly what he's supposed to be doing. If you see Cena on talk shows, they treat him like a pro athlete rather than a freak show or a joke like they do other pro wrestlers, he's just a really likable guy, unless you're a hater and a cynic. I get the Cena hate, I wanna boo him too, but I hold back because he really is just so good at doing exactly the right thing. He's not trying to be the anti-hero we want him to be, he's being the actual hero that kids want him to be (and women), and the ratings and merchandise sales reflect that.
Oh, and someone here pointed out that older fans are the ones with the money to spend on merch. Well, Cena's merch sells better than any other wrestler by far. Vince McMahon hasn't been stubbornly pushing Cena for 8 yrs, hoping in vain for the dude to get popular. Cena is as popular as it gets in the 21st century.
Lol I swear all you haters are turning me into a Cena fan.
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Not sure how an 06 is worth 10k more than the 04. My 06 can't be worth more than 17k (98k miles)...doubt you can buy the 04 with the same milage for 7k. I would look for a good deal on the 06 myself. Never had a rear diff problem for what its worth.
get an 06. Be prepared to travel. Got my 06 half way across the country. Got the plane ticket for $200 and drove it back for $200 in gas. Was an awesome trip and well worth the travel. Got it for less than what I could find locally in my big city, it's a rare enough car if you see the deal you need you want elsewhere travel out with cash or a bank check and scoop it up.
Always go for the '04...
:coffee:There are four different part numbers for the differential of a V1.
1st --- 10361308 in '04
2nd--- 10368780 in '04 & '05
3rd--- 15793756 installed in '06 & '07.
4th--- 25873498 was released in 2008 for a slight improvement over 15793756
None of these rears are suitable for repetitive Drag Racing due to the Design, ie., aluminum case, support structure.
:yup: G-force axles are advisable or equivalent.
:yup: Find out what the diff part # is on the '04 :suspense: '06
Read the bottom of this auction. No cash, no checks. paypal + 3%.
Some of these people are so paranoid, it's beyond crazy. Kinda makes you want to deal with a used car lot.
Thanks for posting those rear end part #'s. I see all the previous #'s are discontinued. Where is # stamped on the case?
I can meet his price, been looking at 996TTs all too often lately, see your inbox
Bought my 06 drove 17 hours round trip to get it. Best investment ever car wise.
Ok I just bought my car 2004 cts-v I was told it "had the newer rear end installed" so I searched on here found this thread with part numbers and checked mine based off these numbers. Had a fellow technician who works at the dealership with me check the number too. We came up with 15793758 when I search that number here I come up with nothing..... If I google it I come up with an 05 SRX rear end..... Is it normal to do that swap? Is it any stronger/weaker then the cts stuff?
I don't know why the last number is an 8 instead of a 6, but I'm pretty sure you have a 3rd gen diff there. As far as I can tell, all of the individual components of the 15793758 diff and the 15793756 diff are the same. Which means it was replaced at some point. Could be wrong though.
It has the older style pinion seal/support..... Do only the 498's have the new pinion seal/support?
I was under the impression that one of the changes made from the 3rd gen to the 4th was the pinion seal. I thought there was a recall back in like '07 recalling them because of a leak. If that's true, then it makes sense that yours would have the old style. I don't have access to a dealership computer or anything, and I'm sort of new to these diffs, but that's the story I know.
Experts on the issue: if I'm spouting lies, let me know.