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Career Notes
A returning National Player of the Year who will be near the top of many lists to repeat that honor during his senior season ... looking to become the second Duke player and only the eighth overall in college basketball history to repeat as National Player of the Year ... the reigning ACC Player of the Year and a preseason first team All-America selection by many outlets ... one of the best pure shooters in the country ... unlimited range and ability to create open shots again makes him a leading National Player of the Year, All-America and All-ACC candidate ... a tri-captain for Duke entering his final season ... enters the year as the NCAA's all-time leader in free throw percentage (.938) ... 15th on the school scoring charts with 1,805 career points ... the leading returning scorer in the ACC entering his final season (the next closest player is Wake Forest's Justin Gray with 1,345 points) ... sixth on Duke's career chart and 23rd in ACC history with a .399 (318-of-796) three-point field goal percentage ... ranks second at Duke and sixth in ACC history with 318 three-point field goals ... his 796 three-point attempts rank third all-time at Duke ... has started 98 of 103 career games, averaging 17.5 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game ... the ACC career (.938) and season (.953 — 2003-04) free throw percentage leader ... has reached double digits in scoring 86 times ... scored 20-or-more points in a game 42 times, including 21 times as a junior in 2004-05 ... has made at least one three-point field goal in 98 games and at least three triples 65 times ... has 20 games with five or more made three-point field goals ... has been named ACC Player of the Week five times in his career.
Junior Season (2004-05)
Enjoyed one of the finest individual seasons in Duke history ... named the 2005 Rupp National Player of the Year ... a unanimous first team All-America selection ... named first team All-America by AP, USBWA, NABC, The Sporting News, ESPN.com, SI.com, Rupp, Basketball Times and Collegeinsider.com, among others ... the ACC Player of the Year (12th Duke player overall) and ACC Tournament MVP ... named to the ACC All-Academic Team as well ... averaged 21.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.1 steals ... led the ACC in scoring (21.8), free throw percentage (.938), minutes played (37.3) and three-point field goals per game (3.7) ... led Duke and ranked ninth in the ACC with a .403 three-point field goal percentage (121-of-300) ... in ACC only games, Redick ranked first in scoring (23.9), three-pointers made (4.38), second in free throw percentage (.925), sixth in three-point percentage (.429), 12th in field goal percentage (.415) ... averaged a team-best 24.9 points versus seven ranked opponents ... his 6.3 free throws per game ranked fourth in the ACC ... played every minute in 11 games, seven ahead of the next-closest player in the league ... his 300 three-point attempts were the second-most in school history, his .938 free throw percentage was second, his 121 three-pointers were third, and his 1,231 minutes played were ninth ... was the only unanimous first team All-ACC selection ... named ACC Player of the Week four times ... led the team in scoring 20 times, rebounding once and assists nine times ... his 31 double-figure scoring games tied for the team lead ... had 21 20-point contests and four 30-point games ... had 13 points, three rebounds and two assists in 39 minutes agianst Michigan State (3/25) ... played all 40 minutes versus Mississippi State (3/20), scoring 16 points, grabbing five rebounds and adding two steals ... had seven points and two rebounds in 38 minutes of action against Delaware State (3/18) ... was named ACC Tournament MVP after averaging 25.3 points and 2.7 assists in three games ... knocked down 7-of-15 shots from the floor and all 10 free throw attempts to score 26 points in the ACC Championship win over Georgia Tech (3/13) ... also had three rebounds and an assist while playing all 40 minutes versus the Yellow Jackets ... went 11-of-16 from the floor, including 7-of-12 from three-point distance, in a 35-point effort against N.C. State (3/12) ... also had two rebounds and a game-high six assists while playing all 40 minutes in the win over the Wolfpack ... had 15 points and a career-high eight rebounds versus Virginia (3/11) ... scored 17 points, grabbed two rebounds and dished out six assists with just one turnover in 39 minutes against North Carolina (3/6) ... knocked down 4-of-9 three-point attempts versus the Tar Heels ... went 8-of-14 from the field, including 6-of-12 from three-point distance, and 7-of-7 from the foul line to score 29 points against Miami (3/3) ... had 13 points, two rebounds, two assists and a steal versus St. John's (2/26) ... scored 21 points, grabbed four rebounds, dished out four assists and added four steals in 40 minutes in a win over Georgia Tech (2/23) ... played the entire 40 minutes, scoring a career-high 38 points on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, including 6-of-10 from the three-point arc and 14-of-15 from the free throw line against Wake Forest (2/20) ... also had four rebounds, one assist and two steals in the win over the Demon Deacons ... led the Blue Devils with 19 points, five assists and three steals versus Virginia Tech (2/17) ... played all 45 minutes against Maryland (2/12), finishing with 21 points, three rebounds and an assist ... went 4-of-10 from three-point distance and finished with a team-high 18 points in a win over North Carolina (2/9) ... also had four rebounds, one assist and two steals while playing all 40 minutes against the Tar Heels ... made six three-pointers and scored a game-high 26 points to go along with five rebounds, three assists and four steals versus Georgia Tech (2/5) ... played all 40 minutes, scoring a game-high 33 points on a career-best 10 made field goals, including five three-point field goals, against Wake Forest (2/2) ... scored 22 of his 33 points in the second half, including 11 points in the final 2:13 ... added three rebounds and a team-high five assists against the Demon Deacons ... went 6-of-11 from behind the three-point arc in a 29-point effort against Virginia Tech (1/30) ... had a team-high 20 points to go along with six rebounds, three assists and two steals versus Maryland (1/26) ... knocked down a career-high eight three-pointers (on just 11 attempts) and scored a season-high 31 points against Florida State (1/22) ... also had two rebounds, three assists and no turnovers in 35 minutes versus the Seminoles ... had 21 points, three rebounds and three assists, while also holding Robert Hite to just six points (over 12 points below his season average) in a win over Miami (1/19) ... scored a game-high 28 points, including 20 in the second half against Virginia (1/16) ... knocked down 8-of-13 shots from the field, including 6-of-10 from three-point distance in the win over the Cavaliers ... scored eight points, grabbed a game-high seven rebounds and dished out two assists versus N.C. State (1/13) ... went 5-of-8 from three-point distance and finished with 22 points, five rebounds, two assists and a blocked shot against Temple (1/8) ... scored a team-high 21 points to go along with two rebounds, two assists and two steals versus Princeton (1/5) ... went a perfect 14-of-14 from the free throw line against the Tigers ... led the Blue Devils to a win over Clemson (1/2) with 24 points, including 20 in the second half, and five rebounds ... knocked down four three-pointers versus the Tigers ... scored a game-high 26 points, including 19 in the second half in a win over Oklahoma (12/18) ... made five three-point field goals in a 21-point effort against Illinois-Chicago (12/14) ... also had four assists, one blocked shot and a steal versus the Flames ... had 14 points, three rebounds and three assists in a win over Toledo (12/12) ... scored a game-high 26 points on 8-of-13 shooting from the field against Valparaiso (12/4) ... added two rebounds, two assists and two steals in the win over the Crusaders ... tied for a team high with 29 points, including 21 in the first half versus Michigan State (11/30) ... went 5-of-9 from three-point distance and added two rebounds and three assists in the win over the Spartans ... registered 16 points and a career-high eight assists against UNC Greensboro (11/27) ... collected 18 points, two rebounds, three assists and a steal in 40 minutes of action versus Davidson (11/22) ... tied for a game high with 20 points against Tennessee-Martin (11/20) ... added three assists and three steals against the Skyhawks.
Sophomore Season (2003-04)
A third-team NABC All-America, second-team All-ACC, first-team NABC All-District 5 and USBWA All-District 3 selection ... also third-team All-America by Sportsline.com and honorable mention by the Associated Press ... led the Blue Devils in scoring (15.9), three-point field goals (102) and free throw percentage (.953) ... led the ACC in free throw percentage (.953), was third in three-pointers per game (2.76) and fifth in three-point field goal percentage (.395) and scoring (15.9) ... his .963 free throw percentage (79-of-82) was first, 18.3 points per game and .442 field goal percentage (50-of 113) were third, and .453 field goal percentage (82-of-181) was fourth in ACC games only ... ranked second in the nation with a .953 (143-of-150) free throw percentage and has a career mark of .939 (245-of-261) from the line ... set the ACC record with 54 consecutive free throws made from 3/20/03-1/15/04 ... his 102 treys rank fifth on Duke's single-season chart ... his 1,084 career points became the 14th-best total by a sophomore in ACC history (third-best by a Duke player behind Jason Williams' 1,323 and Johnny Dawkins' 1,165) ... only the fifth sophomore in school history and 22nd sophomore in ACC history to reach 1,000 career points ... reached double figures in 32 of 37 games ... reached 20-point plateau 12 times ... made three or more three-point field goals 22 times ... scored 17 points against Illinois (3/26) in the NCAA Sweet 16 ... scored game-high 21 points against Seton Hall (3/20) ... made 8-of-8 free throws in the second half against North Carolina (3/6) and secured the home win with a steal and two free throws in the final five seconds ... led all players with 24 points against Georgia Tech (3/3) ... scored game-high 20 points and made five three-pointers against Maryland (2/22) ... led all players with season-high 28 points, including eight in the final 31 seconds, against N.C. State (2/15) ... scored game-high 25 points after scoring eight points in the first 1:18 of the game against Virginia (2/11) ... led all players with 24 points against Florida State (1/29) ... notched 26 points and added six rebounds, two assists and game-high three steals against Maryland (1/21) ... named ACC Co-Player of the Week on 1/19 following his game-best 23-point effort versus Wake Forest (1/17) ... had 22 points and tied career high with six three-pointers against Davidson (12/29).
Freshman Season (2002-03)
All-ACC third team and All-ACC Freshman Team honoree ... finished second in the balloting for ACC Rookie of the Year honors ... named a second team Freshman All-America by Basketball Times ... USBWA All-District III honoree ... started 30 of 33 games ... averaged 15.0 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.3 steals per game ... his 15.0 scoring average was the fourth-highest by a Duke freshman behind only Johnny Dawkins (18.1), Gene Banks (17.1) and Mike Gminski (15.3) ... led team in free throw percentage (.919) and three-point field goals made (95) and attempted (238) ... was second on the team in scoring (15.0 ppg), field goals made (149), three-point field goal percentage (.399) and assists (67) ... ranked fifth in the nation with a .919 free throw percentage ... established the ACC and Duke season record with a .919 free throw percentage ... was third in the ACC in three-pointers per game (2.88), sixth in three-point field goal percentage (.399) and tied for ninth in scoring (15.0) ... set school record by making 43 consecutive free throws over an 11-game stretch from Jan. 2-Feb. 5 (that streak has since been broken by Redick during his sophomore season) ... had nine 20-point games, the most among all freshmen in the Coach K era ... part of a freshman class that averaged 33.6 points per game, the sixth-highest figure by a rookie class in ACC history ... season highs were 34 points versus Virginia (1/15), seven rebounds versus Michigan (12/7), six assists in two games, five steals versus Davidson (11/25) and six three-point field goals at Georgia Tech (2/26) ... scored 26 points against Central Michigan in the NCAA Tournament (3/22) ... scored game-high 30 points in the ACC Tournament championship game against N.C. State (3/16) ... scored 23 of his game-high 30 points during the final 10:05 of the ACC title contest ... his free throw with 2:51 left put Duke ahead for good in that game in which the Blue Devils trailed by as many as 15 points in the second half ... led Duke with 19 points on 6-of-7 shooting from behind the arc and six assists against Georgia Tech (2/26) ... scored 17 points against Maryland (2/19) ... tallied 15 points, four assists and two steals against Virginia (2/15) ... scored 17 points against North Carolina (2/5) ... scored game-high 24 points against N.C. State (1/22) ... set Duke freshman record with career-high 34 points against Virginia (1/15) ... named ACC Rookie of the Week on Jan. 6 following his 22-point performance against Clemson ... recorded his third 20-point game in a row with a team-high 22 points against Clemson (1/5) ... also recorded career-high six assists and was 8-of-8 from the free throw line versus the Tigers ... scored 20 points against Fairfield (1/2) ... led all players with 26 points against Dayton (12/29) ... led Duke with 20 points in his first career start against Ohio State (12/3) ... led all players with 20 points against UCLA (11/30).
High School
A McDonald's All-America selection in 2002 (one of four to sign with Duke) ... the 2002 Associated Press Virginia Player of the Year ... three-time Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year ... 2002 Virginia Mr. Basketball winner ... a second team Parade All-America in 2002 ... second team USA Today All-America in 2002 ... was named the McDonald's Most Valuable Player after scoring 26 points on 10-of-15 shooting (5-of-6 from three-point range) ... also won the McDonald's Three-Point competition ... named 2002 first team prep All-America among all classifications by recruiting expert Bob Gibbons (six players on the first team) ... ranked number 37 in the nation among all players by ESPN.com following his senior season ... led his high school team to the AAA state championship in 2002 ... scored a career-high 43 points in leading Cave Spring to a 70-62 win over George Wythe in the AAA title game ... set Virginia AAA state tournament three-game records for most points (111) and three-point field goals (20) ... returned to action after suffering a right foot injury that cost him three weeks of his senior season ... averaged 28.3 points, five rebounds and four assists as a senior ... had 99 three-point field goals in 22 games played as a senior ... shot more than 44 percent from behind the three-point arc during his career ... Virginia's all-time AAA leading scorer with 2,215 career points ... three-time district and regional Player of the Year ... named the Roanoke Times' "All-Timesland" Player of the Year three times ... rated the country's 10th-best prep player by Future Stars, 12th by Prepstars, 13th by College Basketball News and 14th by BlueChipHoops.com entering 2001-02 ... a second team preseason All-America by Street & Smith's in 2001-02 ... averaged 28 points, 6.7 rebounds and four assists while shooting .570 from the field (.440 from three-point range) and .910 from the foul line as a junior ... connected on 61 consecutive free throws at one point in his junior season ... averaged 23.3 points, four assists and three rebounds as a sophomore ... averaged 17.1 points, three rebounds and two assists as a freshman ... coached in high school by Billy Hicks ... played on two AAU teams (Hampton's Boo Williams All-Stars) that won national championships.
USA Basketball
Selected to the USA Under-21 World Championship Team during the summer of 2005 ... helped lead the team to a pair of victories over eventual gold medalist Lithuania and a 7-1 record in the 2005 FIBA U21 World Championship ... was the team's fourth-leading scorer with 10.8 points per game ... connected on 17 of his 38 three-point attempts (.447) and 21-of-23 free throws (.913) in the tournament ... had two 22-point efforts, which were single game highs for USA ... tied the tournament record on two occasions with six three-pointers in a game ... also had an 8-for-8 performance from the free throw line vs. Canada, which set another team record ... prior to the 2005 U21 World Championship, Redick helped lead the team to the 2005 Global Games gold medal with a 4-0 record ... made the 12-man roster for the 2003 U.S. Junior World Championship Team ... participated in the 2003 FIBA Men's Junior World Championship (under 19 competition) from July 10-20 in Thessaloniki, Greece ... saw limited action in Greece with a hamstring injury ... USA Junior Team won the Global Games held in Dallas prior to the World Championship ... participated in the USA Basketball Men's Youth Development Festival in Colorado Springs, Colo., in 2001 with Duke teammates Sean Dockery and Shelden Williams ... member of the silver-medal winning East squad in that tournament ... also on the East squad at that Festival in 2000.
His older twin sisters, Alyssa and Catie, both played college basketball four years at Campbell ... brother, David, plays baseball, basketball and football at Cave Spring High School and is a Division I-A football prospect ... enjoys writing poetry ... son of Ken and Jeanie Redick ... father played basketball two seasons at Ohio Wesleyan ... also has a younger sister, Abby ... born June 24, 1984, as Jonathan Clay Redick in Cookeville, Tenn. ... his father's background as a stoneware potter led to his middle name of "Clay" ... majoring in history and minoring in cultural anthropology.


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St. John's Stuns Number One Villanova In Philadelphia
St. John's pulled off its second major upset in five days, this time at top-ranked Villanova. After knocking off previous number-five Duke on Saturday, Shamorie Ponds poured in 26 points to lead the Red Storm to a 79-75 win over 'Nova in Philadelphia. Justin Simon added 16 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists as St. John's improved to 12-and-13 on the season and 1-and-11 in the Big East.
Jalen Brunson netted a game-high 28 points for the Wildcats, who dropped to 22-and-2 and 9-and-2.
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Directions to Main Venues
To Sonoma State University
The main entrance to Sonoma State University is located at 1801 E. Cotati Ave. in Rohnert Park.
If you are taking the 101 Freeway, take the Rohnert Park Expressway exit. Go east on Rohnert Park Expressway. From there take a right on Snyder Lane, then a left on East Cotati Avenue. Go past the light, Sonoma State will be the next available Left.
If you are traveling via Petaluma Hill Rd, take a right (if coming from Santa Rosa) or a left, (if coming from Petaluma), onto East Cotati Ave. The main entrance will be your next right. There is a large wooden sign saying Sonoma State University.
To Evert B. Person Theatre
Enter the university through the main entrance. The box office is located at the top of the stairs in the Evert B. Person Theatre, which is the biggest building you see when you enter the campus. Parking is just east of the Theatre (right) if you turn right on the street in front of the theatre.
To Green Music Center
Green Music Center is located at the north entrance to campus, off Rohnert Park Expressway and just west of Petaluma Hill Road.
The Green Music Center complex includes the Concert Hall (future home of the Santa Rosa Symphony), Music Education Hall, the hospitality center and restaurant, "Prelude," and Schroeder's Recital Hall. Use Parking Lot O for the GMC Concert Hall.
GMC Room 1028 is a temporary concert space until the completion of Schroeder's Recital Hall. GMC 1028 is located in Music Education Hall. Entering campus from Rohnert Park Expressway, proceed past the Concert Hall and turn right into Parking Lot L.
To Ives 119 and Warren Auditorium
Ives Concert Hall 119 and Warren Auditorium are both located in Ives Hall. From the main entrance of the university take a right as you enter. The main lot will be located to your left. Ives hall faces this parking lot. The ticket booth for Warren and Ives 119 is located on the first floor (up the stairs) in the center of the far hallway.
To Ives 76
Ives 76 is located in Ives Hall. From the main entrance take a right as you enter the university. The main lot will be located to your left. Ives hall faces this parking lot. Take the right set of stairs leading down into the basement of Ives. Take and immediate right, the left down the first hall. At the end of the hall on the right, is Ives 76.
To PE 1
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To Holy Family
Holy Family Episcopal Church is located at the corner of East Cotati Ave. and Snyder Lane in Rohnert Park. The church is located directly across the street form the Shell Gas Station.
If you are taking the 101 freeway, take the Rohnert Park Expressway exit. Head east on Rohnert Park Expressway. Take a Right Turn on Snyder Lane. The Church will be on your left past the light for East Cotati Ave.
If you are traveling via Petaluma Hill Rd, take a right (if coming from Santa Rosa) or a left (if coming from Petaluma) onto East Cotati Ave. Go two lights up to Snyder lane, take a left. The church will be on your left.
To Our Lady, St Vincent, or Environmental Tech Center
Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church is located at 8400 Old Redwood Hwy in Windsor. Take 101 to the Central Windsor exit in Windsor. Turn right on old Redwood Hwy, go about one half mile and the church will be on your left on the corner of Alsen Lane and Redwood Hwy.
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|2010-09-24, 17:25
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The Voice of Reason
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: The Netherlands
Age: 42
Technically, the main reason why I started watching was Yui, because she was the 'cover girl' on the promotional poster and that was the only thing I knew about the show at the time. I thought the idea of cute girls playing music intriguing and when I learned that it was being made by Kyoto Animation (which I started liking after having seen Lucky Star, Haruhi and Clannad/Clannad After Story), that raised my expectation even more.
At the time, I was still fairly new to anime, only having become a fan two years prior, so I didn't really know what to expect. I sought out the manga and after having read the source material available at the time, I knew this show would be fun. After watching the first episode, I was sold.
IMO, the beauty of the show lies not so much in the character design (which I like), but more in how the character interact with each other. Each character has a specific trait that people can more or less relate to. The music is the icing on the proverbial cake.
As for me, I'm a 34-year-old guy from The Netherlands, I currently work as a mail delivery man, though I aspire a career in security.
|2010-09-24, 19:08
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Join Date: Feb 2007
There's a lot of Chinese people here xD Yay, I add to the statistic!
Anyways.. I watched K-ON! at first cause I thought it was cute. And it was about music, so why not (I was going through a huge "should I pick up the guitar?" phase so K-ON fit perfectly).
It wasn't my favourite anime, I didn't absolutely love it. It was something nice to enjoy every week... Well, that's how I felt for Season 1. It had an "Aw, that was pretty cool " kind of reaction when Season 1 ended. I didn't eye out for OVAs or look out for new merchandise. I watched K-ON! because it was funny. Then K-ON!! Season 2 came along and I found myself starting to really love this series for more reasons than I thought. The nice pacing, great music, fantastic humour and extremely lovable characters... Every week I found myself excited to see what happens in the next episode.
I discovered K-ON when my friend spotted a Dont Say Lazy cosplay at an anime convention when there were only like, two episodes out xD
I'm a 16 year old Chinese-Canadian female in the 11th grade. K-ON is one of my favourite anime. It was the final thing that convinced me that I should start playing guitar. Most importantly, it's the anime that's convinced me to enjoy my high school years as much as possible... There's no point in worrying about other people in high school. It should be just about having fun with your 4 closest friends and being stress-free. And why not throw music into the mix
|2010-09-24, 20:30
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Age: 28
I started watching, because I'd heard about the first series and I watched it all in like 2 days, I just fell in love with it instantly. Ever since then, I sort of became obsessed with just how relaxing, cute, funny and just the overall amazingness of the show.
No matter how bad I was feeling, no matter what I was doing or how annoyed I was at something. I could always just sit and watch Keion and forget about all of it, it's just such a lovely, lovely show and It's easily now my favourite anime (used to be Clannad). The music, the scene, the comradery and more importantly the characters really made this show for me. Yui, Azusa, Mio, Tsumugi, Ritsu, Sawako, I'll miss all of your characters when you're gone.
It's kind of sad really that it's a possibility after the end of this series they'll never make any more, but at least I can always watch the DVD's, stare at the lovely merchandise I own, listen to the CD's and most importantly, actually buy and read the manga since I haven't even started it yet and where I'll translate it all myself, it'll take a while.
So yeah Keionbu, you'll live on forever in my heart as my favourite anime.
|2010-09-24, 21:16
|Link #24
Nekokota Festival
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Lost in the Fairy Forest
I started watching it because it was anime I stayed because of the moes and the music as well as a great story. This is the first anime that I got all the music from openings and endings and even the characters songs.
Im 30 some thing person I think im white but I have to get back to you on that
|2010-09-25, 18:33
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quick scopes anyone?
Join Date: Jan 2010
Okay.. well it says it's targeted at men the age of 18-30. I believe that in japan, but i've mostly seen people like in america 14-18. And I've started watching this show because of it's musical genre and total epicness from the manga.
|2010-09-25, 18:55
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Moe Kyun~!
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Philippines
Yay! There's many Filipinos around too =D
I'm a 16 yr old Filipino who goes to college.
To be honest, I only started watching K-ON just like...3 months ago. I had this huge vacation and I had an anime rush technically. At the time, I just finished Lucky Star, which I loved beacuse of its Slice of Life + otaku appeal to me. (Ironically, that's how I considered myself one as well, although not as extreme as Konata *cough*) I originally heard about K-ON from some gaming forums, saying that it's on its season 2 or something. At first, it didn't matter at all, at the time I was watching Lucky Star, Pokemon, and Yugioh 5D's (anime rushed). So, I was there at the computer, and after Lucky Star, I felt a little empty, and I wanted a replacement for it. So, I found 2 animes with the same genre, Working!! and K-ON!! (see the exclamation point ) I watched Working!! first, and it was quite a good anime, and I found myself watching the whole series haha! So, after, Working!! I started watching K-ON! (in sub). I was instantly hooked by the first 15 minutes (a recordbreaker, so to speak), especially because of my curiousity and eventually love for Yui. In K-ON I developed love for anime music. At the time, I didn't knew this was a Kyoto Anime, but when I found out, I was not surprised. I knew I had that magnetism to Kyoto Animation =P. It actually made me love the series more, as I was also a fan of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya which changed into the Melancholy of the fans of Haruhi Suzumiya due to Endless 8, and I figured that this was "The Revenge of Kyoto Animation for MoHS!" So, I continued along that K-ON path, finishing a whole season in 1 week in a 1mbps connection through YouTube, and continued watching K-ON!! and much to my suprise, they had a fast Yui song called Go Go Maniac! which I loved (thereby making me realize my love for fast J-pop and eventually opening doors to Vocaloid songs aka cosmo-BonsouP). So I guess, I watch K-ON because it had every element that I loved with MoHS and LS with music.)
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I watch it the moment the 1st episode was released.
Because I barely know the capability of Kyoani~ I was giving myself a shot. Besides, i never actually watch music theme anime.
Result- i found it hilarious,cute and funny. The drawing and character design were FINE for me.
So...it all began later when i got myself hooked with the anime. I undergo addiction, i can play the episode all over again~watch every of my fav scenes.
LAter on, i realized i watch the show partly because of Ritsu. She can't stop making me laugh.
I'm in my early 20s, but somehow...i wished i was younger to be able to watch this anime.
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But why do you wish you were younger? xD
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I don't really have that feeling since British School really isn't engaging at all. I'm quite happy that I'm the age I am now. I answer to nobody.
Keion in a way, showed me what my life (well, if I was a girl >_>) would be like in a school where student life is actually engaging. That might be why I enjoy Highschool animes so much.
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At first it was another show for me to watch. I can't recall the feelings/memories from the first season but I was instantly hooked on the music. The OPs were energetic unlike me. Then I started to see the friendship of the characters develop and it became more and more fun to watch.
When I watched it I'd totally get into their pace and relax in my chair.
Then when the concerts came I'd get excited as they'd most likely play a new song.
I don't want more of the same from future shows although one or two would be nice amongst the rest. Watching these slice of life shows is perfect for winding down, they're a change of pace from the other shows I watch. With music they added another layer into what I think would have been just another slice of life show.
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Why do I watch K-on? Basically, it's like a disney cartoon. One that kinda makes you understand how they feel for instance. When I get giddy and hungry like Yui, I can relate to it for instance. Another thing is, it's not over the top anime. You'll laugh, cry, and cheer for it like a disney cartoon. It's one of those pleasant anime that I can comfortably watch around even a ten year old.
I'm a stranger who happens to like K-on for what it is. My identity is irrelevant.
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(Wasn't that the purpose of this thread? To like...tell what kinds of ppl watch K-ON?)
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When I saw the first episode, I had a lot of concerns. Seeing the second episode, when Yui was determined to get my favorite guitar...that was it.
Afterwards, I couldn't stop watching it, and it inspires me to keep playing (well, "inspire" and "brainwash" are two different words, seeing as how I usually keep playing JUST K-ON! songs).
EDIT: I'm a 19 year old Canadian-Korean male. I have an unnatural obsession for these cutesy anime shows, but I also love psychological shows like Kaiji.
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There is much that divides Wall Street and Washington. The cleanliness of the streets. Sartorial daring. And the view on whether or not we'll fall off the fiscal cliff by year's end.
Wall Street, which bets on the future for a living, seems sure that Washington will come up with a solution. Markets rose as cliff negotiations between President Obama and congressional leaders commenced. While investors are worried about last minute brinksmanship, the consensus has been that the stock plunge that would surely result is "hardly the holiday gift legislators will want to deliver to their constituents," as one major bank put it.
But Washington exists on a different planet than Wall Street and that planet has different laws of gravity. The first law is that while finance is global, politics is local. Wall Street looks at Europe and sees what three years of delays and half measures in dealing with the Eurozone budget crisis has wrought — another recession. Surely, the thinking goes, leaders in Washington won't let that happen here. But a new set of possibly more conservative House Republicans isn't looking across the Atlantic, but to their home districts, where they'll be facing the next round of primary elections in two years. They may have taken some Wall Street campaign money, but they aren't taking orders from the Street on a debt deal, no matter what the markets do. "Policy makers aren't doing this with a sharp pencil. They are just worrying about slogans," said hedge fund honcho Ray Dalio at a recent Council on Foreign Relations meeting.
(MORE: Are the Feds Closing in On Billionaire Hedge Fund Manager Steven Cohen?)
This underscores the second gulf between Washington and the Street—their time horizons. Sure, traders often bet on changes that happen within milliseconds. But the most successful ones have a worldview that spans centuries. Dalio, for example, is known for pouring over hundreds of years of financial history and decades of data, searching for patterns that mark the sea changes in economic cycles. At the CFR event, he spoke about how the world could very well be entering a new era in which just getting our investment dollars back will be a big accomplishment. Avoiding that fate will require a delicate mix of job-creating spending, deficit reduction, and smart monetary policy orchestrated over a decade. Politicians working on four-year election cycles have little impetus to make those changes fast enough or thoughtfully enough, as the last few years have shown.
Indeed, a new batch of arguably more conservative Republicans in the House has even less impetus than they did before the elections, which took the number of crossover districts down by half. "People who buy the argument that Republicans have been chastised [by Romney's loss and exit polls blaming them for budgetary standoffs] aren't following what's happening at the House on a granular level," says David Wasserman, the U.S. House analyst for the Cook Political Report. This new set of House members may have taken Wall Street money, but they aren't taking orders from the Street on a debt deal, no matter what markets do.
(MORE: 8 Black Friday Mistakes You Can't Afford to Make)
For more on how the fiscal cliff talks are likely to end, and what the market implications could be, pick up my Curious Capitalist column in the latest issue of TIME magazine.


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Saturday, August 11, 2012
TradeKing's New Realm
Following its merger with Zecco, the firm will use its social-media skills to try to woo customers from bigger rivals.
Online brokers TradeKing and Zecco agreed in mid-May to merge their operations to form a firm with approximately 500,000 accounts, though they said little about the details of the combination. We were able to pry some information out of the two firms' chiefs in an interview last Tuesday.
TradeKing CEO Donato Montanaro and Zecco CEO Michael Raneri told us that the merged firms ("Two Facebook Followers Unite," May 28) will operate under the umbrella of the TradeKing Group. They expect the two will be fully combined by the end of 2012 under the TradeKing brand. Until then, the Zecco name will still be used.
Montanaro will be CEO of the new TradeKing, while Raneri becomes vice chairman of the board and head of corporate development. A week into the regulatory review, Montanaro reports that it's been smooth sailing, and they don't foresee any big bumps along the way. The two firms share a low price point (commissions of $4.95 per transaction, plus 65 cents per contract for options), as well as a commitment to social networking. TradeKing offers rich features for options traders as well. Zecco originally charged zero commissions (hence its name), but over the years gradually moved up to the $4.95 price point.
Why are the two combining? Raneri sees an opportunity in the middle of the online-brokerage market—between the megafirms with millions of accounts and the small boutique firms with tens of thousands of customers. There, a bigger TradeKing can create a challenger to the large firms if it can improve services without raising prices.
"It's hard to be nimble and innovative in a large organization," says Raneri. "We want to appeal to an early-adopter audience that is savvy about social media, and also look at other financial-services business lines and see how we can reinvent ourselves."
Montanaro expects numerous pieces of Zecco technology to survive the merger, including ZapTrade, a browser plug-in that generates an always-present trade ticket.
In the early post-merger stage, Montanaro and Raneri will focus on identifying new revenue streams. Says Raneri: "This could be anything from the technology experience to partnerships and acquisitions. There is a real opportunity in the competitive landscape, given the current state of the economy, to expand." Though TradeKing's expanded headquarters will be located in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Raneri will stay in San Francisco and take advantage of the technology hub there.
TradeKing and Zecco recently made news by obtaining a restraining order to prevent their revamped clearing firm from drastically raising their capital requirements. The legal dust-up followed the demise of Penson, a big clearing operation that got into financial trouble, and the creation of a new entity, Apex Clearing, in its place ("Clearing Firm's Exit Will Cost Brokers," June 25). The two principals and Apex confirmed they had settled their disagreement and TradeKing would continue to clear through Apex.
Montanaro says he's pleased the accord will have no effect on clients or their costs, though he doesn't rule out finding a new clearing partner in the future.
ASIDE FROM ITS MERGER and settlement, TradeKing has found time to flex the muscles of its newly updated application programming interface, or API. SmartStops.net, which publishes an online newsletter and provides tools to help traders and investors understand the risk in their portfolios, has made its BrokerLink feature available to TradeKing clients. The improved API makes that possible. (BrokerLink was previously available only to TD Ameritrade customers.)
This means TradeKing customers can synchronize their account positions with SmartStops features without having to manually input data. SmartStops publishes risk alerts every market day for U.S.-based stocks and exchange-traded funds. If one of your positions triggers an alert, you're notified to check your portfolio and consider taking protective actions, such as entering a stop-loss order. You can also configure SmartStops to enter an executable order on your behalf when a trigger is fired. TradeKing customers are eligible for a 15% discount on SmartStops' services (smartstops.net). The protection features usually start at $9.95 a month, though a 14-day free trial is offered.
See, we told you we got some more details out of TradeKing and Zecco.
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Fishy Foundation Factoids
Recently, we've raised questions concerning the IVC Foundation's finances. Two board meetings back (November), the colleges' two foundations provided their annual reports (see). (For video, go here.) The IVC Foundation reps included the following graphic:
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I don't understand these figures. They seem out of wack to me.
But I rarely understand fiscal issues. (I should acknowledge that an apparently knowledgeable friend has offered to explain some of these data to me, but I've been too busy to contact him. I hope to do so eventually.)
For what it's worth, at the time, none of the trustees had any questions for the Foundation folks. "Really?" I thought. "This makes sense to you?" Well, guess so.
During the subsequent (December) meeting (video here), "audit reports" per foundation were presented (item 6.1), and, confronted with all the facts, Trustee Dave Lang (Irvine) was inspired to raise Baueresque questions about the large proportion of Foundation
In the case of Saddleback [they said], it was something like 54%. In the case of IVC, it was actually more than 93%! What's that all about? Lang wanted more information about those factoids.(UPDATE: I went back to the video [available here] and I got Lang's exact words:
44:40 Lang: "I do have a request … I understand that there will be a separate report on the foundations in January. ... The one thing that strikes me when I review the financial information, particular this statement of activities for both of the foundations, is the level of support that the colleges provide to each of the foundations in the form of donated services and donated professional fees. For Saddleback it was like 53.4% of the unrestricted total support. For Irvine Valley College it was 92.76% of that figure. And I'm hopeful that in the reports that you'll come back with, there may be some information that gives us a way to benchmark that against perhaps some of our other peers and community college foundations that are also out there. So I'm gonna be interested to understand that a little bit better.")
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SKEPTICISM. Many of us in the IVC community remain skeptical about our Foundation. For a while there, the IVC Foundation seemed more like an branch of the OC GOP Central Committee. The director—a Republican activist who was, shall we say, "not a good fit" as Foundation Director—was in fact a crony of then-Trustee Tom Fuentes, former chair of the latter organization.
In recent years, scandals have broken out regarding our foundation's (or at least our scholarship program's) failure to adhere to regulations/standards and the seemingly slipshod manner in which scholarship recipients are identified. Some of us have made inquiries, e.g., regarding the absurd deficiencies of scholarship application forms, only to be assured that better forms are on their way. But then the old forms remain.
And it ain't rocket science. Nope.
A year or so ago, a new foundation director was hired (R. Morley), but, fairly or not, I've heard many complaints about him. At one point, he came before my school (the School of Humanities & Languages), essentially asking us to do lots of the work of properly identifying scholarship recipients for him. Contrary to the available evidence (coming out of his mouth and revealed in his missives), he assured us that he was once "an English professor," like many in the room. Some of us were put off by this approach.
These tasks—following regulations, producing application forms, developing criteria for scholarship recipient selection—should not be difficult. Why do the people hired by our college have so much difficulty doing them? It's not as if they aren't paid well. (And when they prove to be incompetent, why do they keep their jobs for so long? Eh, Glenn?)
A new wrinkle:
Recently, a letter was forwarded to me. It concerned a very large endowment to the Saddleback College Foundation. According to the information in the letter (which I have good reasons to suppose is reliable), "new procedures" have been instituted at the foundation according to which very substantial sums of money are being deducted from endowments as one-time administration fees.
That's not all. There's also an annual fee, and it is not insubstantial.
It all looks pretty, ahem, excessive to me.
More to come.
For a trip down Bad Memory Lane—regarding scholarship and foundation snafus & curious episodes—check out the following:
Scholarship program woes: a complete overhaul - IVC scholarship program out of compliance? General shambles
• Schol*ar*ship (the form, the process, etc.) - Ridiculous application forms, serious confidentiality irregularities, etc. Snafu.
• Mystery Solved! - the fubar explaining why the scholarship process dispensed with letters of rec this year; communication breakdown; etc.
• Take a Letter, Maria - Letters of Rec no longer required in scholarship app process? Surely you kid?!
• Wagner at the scholarship ceremony - Wagner uses the occasion to opine about prayer. Some in attendance are furious!
• Breaking news! - the Patrick Healy debacle (foundation event)
• The Foundation's Adam Probolsky, Superhero - one Foundation dude is a local GOP operative. One of Mike Carona's "deputies"
• Our hero! - IVC Foundation names a manifestly corrupt bastard "hometown hero." Y'know, these days, Mike's in federal prison. Thank you, Tom. May I have another!?
"Mickey" Tello
• He's Tom's kind of guy - creeps
• Al Tello's wife? - the IVC Foundation director's wife and the Tan Nguyen political scandal. It's the OC GOP effect!
• Hey kids! Let's put on a book burning! - IVC's Foundation director has a curious campus event idea: a book burning. Me'n the Reb seek to dissuade him


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Story highlights
- Thanks to social media, missteps and misinformation get repeated more quickly than ever
- Singer Chris Brown posted profane tweets after the Grammys, then deleted them
- A story about a banker leaving a 1% restaurant tip went viral before it was revealed a hoax
- Mistakes online can be fixed quickly, but not before damage is done
You probably heard the story. It is, after all, so last week.
A wealthy banker goes out to lunch with a colleague. The banker disdainfully leaves a 1% tip on a $133 bill with the message, "Get a real job." The colleague, who runs a blog called "Future Ex-Banker," takes a picture of the receipt, which then goes viral -- first on Eater.com, then on Twitter and Facebook, soon everywhere (including CNN).
It was a hoax, however, though it took a few days before the restaurant found proof the original receipt had been Photoshopped. By that time, despite some disclaimers along the way, the bill had become water-cooler gospel and left outrage in its wake.
So it goes on the Internet, where errors, mistakes and knee-jerk reactions can be let loose at the click of a button.
Sure, it's been that way since your grandmother e-mailed you the story about the Nieman-Marcus chocolate-chip cookie recipe.
But in an increasingly connected world where social networking has made us all news sources, that means missteps and misinformation get issued -- and repeated -- more quickly than ever. Gabrielle Giffords is declared dead, Chris Brown lets fly with profane rants, and it all makes the rounds before anyone has time to think.
"There's never been such pressure to speak before one knows," says science writer James Gleick, who traced the increasing speed of society in his book "Faster" and the deluge of data in last year's "The Information." There's always been a desire to gather and disseminate news, he points out, "but never until now has it been global and instantaneous."
We want information, but more than that, we want it quickly -- and thanks to smartphones, which now comprise the majority of cell phones in the United States, we're never far away from the latest bits of media. Moreover, with cellular companies promoting blazing "4G" speeds and trying to expand their networks, it's harder and harder to be out of touch -- and easier and easier to give in to the twitch of the clicker finger.
And accuracy? Speed rules, baby. Even when your phone attempts to helpfully AutoCorrect a hastily written text, the result is as often mocked as appreciated.
So much for patience. We want the world to listen, and we want it now.
"Everyone now has a global platform on which they can shout their opinions and voice their beliefs," says Frank Farley, a psychology professor at Temple University and former president of the American Psychological Association. But people haven't become more cautious about putting words out there, he adds -- even if they're wrong.
"There's an old economic principle, that bad money drives out good," he says. "One thing that worries me is that bad information is driving out good."
Me first!
Of course, the desire to be first, even at the risk of being wrong, is nothing new. But social networks and real-time Internet portability have combined to spawn errors and reactions at an increasingly breakneck pace, particularly on Twitter, which -- with its brevity and scope -- makes it easy to disseminate clickbacks and comebacks in 140 characters or fewer.
Many errors are minor. Actor LeVar Burton, mistaking Twitter's private and public spheres, accidentally released his phone number to the entire Twitterverse, then backtracked with a joke. Celebrity rumors roar through all the time, causing quick kerfuffles as they're checked and then dismissed.
Others, however, are more dramatic. Last month controversial hip-hop singer Chris Brown posted a defiant message after the Grammys -- a tweet that didn't go over well. Soon afterward, Brown (or his handlers) deleted all evidence of his Twitter tantrum, but not before bloggers had grabbed screen shots of the offending missives.
Several news services initially tweeted that Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords had died in the Tucson shootings last year. When Giffords was confirmed to be alive, some deleted their early posts.
Actor Ashton Kutcher, who has close to 10 million Twitter followers, tweeted a protest of Penn State coach Joe Paterno's firing -- before realizing why Paterno was being let go. Kutcher later apologized, deleted his earlier messages and finally put his Twitter account under the control of his publicists.
Wrong or right, speed is exciting, says Gleick.
"The fact is, we love this fast pace. We're exhilarated by it," he says. "We're happy to be able to reach in a pocket and press a button or speak to our device and instantaneously get an answer to a question -- even if we know that the answer is not 100% reliable."
And being first (or, to many Internet commenters, "First!") is even better: the "primacy effect," it's called in psychology. We tend to remember the first items in a series more than later entries.
With speed of the essence, some websites have built a following by trafficking in rumors and uncertainties. In tech, of course, there are any number of sites devoted to all things Apple, which seize on the smallest bits of information, then watch as the unconfirmed reports get picked up by larger tech sites until they go mainstream.
The sociologist Erving Goffman observed that people have "front-stage" and "backstage" presentations of themselves -- the former a polished form intended for public consumption, the latter raw and unedited. "I think there's more and more of the backstage leaking into day-to-day conversation," says Ron Bishop, a pop culture professor at Drexel University.
That's not necessarily a bad thing. For corporations such as Apple, an outburst of rumors certainly creates (or maintains) interest. The availability of smartphones encourages citizen journalism. And the ability to post quickly means that misinformation can also be corrected quickly, often after the Twitterverse flags an error.
The flip side, however, plays off Farley's concern that bad information will drive out good.
"You can do a fast correction, but it hardly ever has the value of the original," he points out.
Social networks are also useful in spreading propaganda and disinformation, observes Filippo Menczer, a professor of informatics at Indiana University. It's the latest twist on unwittingly forwarding viruses via e-mail.
Menczer, who directs IU's Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, has helped develop Truthy, a system to analyze Twitter posts that he was inspired to set up after the 2010 Massachusetts special senate election. An activist group created several fake Twitter accounts and put out misleading claims about one candidate; thousands of followers retweeted the information. Though Twitter quickly disabled the accounts, the information was spread widely enough to rank highly in Google results.
Truthy attempts to find out who's responsible for the initial message, how it has been spread and determine if the message is true. There are some tip-offs, Menczer observes, such as if the initial message comes from a now-inactive account or one with a suspicious name. (In the case of the 1% receipt, the "Future Ex-Banker's" blog was inactive by the time other sites started sniffing around, though it was thought that he was remaining anonymous for less suspicious reasons.)
Americans may associate such disinformation campaigns with domestic politics, but they have also taken root overseas, Menczer adds. As social media has become a key tool in quickly spreading the word about meetings and protests -- such as the world saw during the Arab Spring -- it can also be used against such efforts. During Russia's current election campaign, for example, fake accounts posted inaccurate information, making it very difficult for protesters to coordinate through social media, he says.
Given the rush of information on the Web -- and that ever-itchy clicker finger -- the best strategy may be a little self-control, says Temple's Farley.
Though, he adds, it's not easy, particularly with a generation that has come of age with the latest technologies and thinks nothing of not thinking.
"In this world of hyper-stimulation, how do you develop kids who are reflective, who can think before they act?" he says. "That's going to be extremely important going forward, because there's so much opportunity for stimulation."
Better to take a breath, have the facts straight -- or risk adding to the flood of error. It's a truism that certainly predates the Internet.
"A lie can travel halfway 'round the world while the truth is putting on its shoes," Mark Twain once said.
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We rode a dump truck back up the coast road to Masihulan, to a spot just below where the new highway improbably climbs up and over the precipitous limestone mountains. A roomy park office "information center" stands just inside the park boundary, and we moved in there for the next 10 days to work on a plot in this lowland forest (albeit 300 m ASL) on limestone. While I had been trying to avoid limestone if possible, it was more important to find a site where the plants would experience drought stress in the dry season, and this Masihulan site was suitable and convenient for a team beginning to run out of steam.
The hard limestone weathers to a three-dimensional landscape of boulders and cliffs, and our plot included several caves. Straight lines are fundamentally incompatible with this place, and our initial survey of the 50-by-50 meter plot was a challenge. The canopy was high and unbroken, but felt thinner, or lighter than at the previous site. A giant, strangling fig stood in one corner, and I used it to impress upon Endro and Acun the vital importance of looking carefully at the leaves through binoculars and not just the leaves on the ground. The fig turned out to be two individuals of two different species, inseparably twined into one plant, with several "trunks" (actually roots for these hemi-epiphytic figs). As they looked more carefully, they saw two distinct leaf types, and noted that the bark "slash" on different trunks produced latex of different consistencies. I was using this plot as a training site; while Endro and Acun had been involved in collecting fallen leaves and making specimens at previous plots, they had not been directly responsible for the morphotyping (the discovery of how many distinct species are in a plot). I wanted them to become competent in this fundamental activity, for their own development and to expand their capabilities for times that I may be unable to accompany them in the field. They rose to the challenge, putting in the extra work in the afternoon and evening to sort the fallen leaf images on the computer into morphotype folders and update the database. Within three days, I was comfortable to leave them to to it. It gave me a great sense of accomplishment to have trained them over the past months and years to this level, and I know they feel greatly empowered by their skills and plant knowledge. We've talked often about ways in which they might be able to apply these rare skills in the future, developing careers as forestry and scientific consultants.
It turned out that a much higher proportion of tree species were shared between this drought-prone Masihulan site and the flooded alluvial site at Toluarang than I expected; probably a product of the relatively low species diversity in Seram (and therefore possibly wider ecological niches) and a testament to the amazing plasticity of many plant species. Both the important pioneers Octomeles sumatrana and Duabanga moluccana were present, though the gorgeous, stately Eucalyptus deglupta was missing. The extremely common Canarium of Toluarang was replaced by another Canarium, one of the amazing species with turpentine-like sap so volatile that it will burn immediately when the flame from a lighter is brought close.
One of the pleasures of staying in the information center, apart from staying dry during the afternoon downpours, was enjoying the sight of the rushing stream across the road, in a steep ravine. The water has carved a series of bowls in the limestone, while the dissolved calcium carbonate has created smooth mounds of rock in the stream bed, like outdoor stalagmites. The water was cold and crystal clear, a shock to the system, but much more cleansing than the olive green, crocodile-filled river of our previous site.
PD, our gifted camp cook, kept turning out excellent meals during our stay. PD is himself from Masihulan and so was able to go home to church on Sunday. Masihulan is one of those rare places in Indonesia where eco-tourism, NGO work, and contact with students and scientific researchers seems to have contributed significantly to village income, and helped reinforce the existing pro-conservation outlook of many villagers. PD said the village had recently and unequivocally turned away both an oil palm concessionaire and a logging company: while the short-term financial gains of liquidating their forest resource would be substantial, the long-term availability of clean water, building materials, food, and their sense of identity as forest-loving people was far more important. It was clear from what PD said that the international knowledge of and respect for Masihulan and its people contributed to the community's sense of self-worth. In optimistic moments, I can imagine a future where international respect touches down all over the globe, galvanizing forest peoples to take a long-term perspective in their choices. Of course, the prerequisites for such a future are limited: international knowledge of the back-waters of the world, travel funds, and, most seriously, national land-tenure arrangements that give the right of self-determination to forest peoples. But at least it is good to see it working somewhere. Go Masihulan!


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The mid-season finale of "American Horror Story: Coven" aligned voodoo and witchcraft, closing with a grim sequence that reminded us that for all its campy goodness, this is indeed a horror story.
We start with a flashback to 1991, where young Hank is on his first witch-hunt, with his dad. "Never forget what they are," dad tells Hank as he comes face-to-face with a witch.
Young Hank points his rifle at the witch, who is stumbling through the brush towards him. Hank hesitates as the witch begs for mercy; his reticence to pull the trigger allows the witch to hurl a fireball in his direction, causing his dad to jump into action. Dad puts a bullet in her skull, then reminds his son to never show mercy.
After that rather chilling opening, we cut back to the present, where Fiona pays Marie a visit at her salon. Fiona hasn't exactly come alone, as she brings Delphine's head-in-a-box with her. "I've got six more heads waiting for me up front," Marie says to Fiona as they adjourn to a back room to talk business. "That one, you can keep."
Fiona asks Marie to align her tribe with the coven, to which Delphine's head asks, "Are you insane?" Fiona asks Marie to put aside their differences because they have bigger problems, telling her of the witch hunter hot on her trail. Little does she know, of course, that Hank the hunter is working for Marie. "You come down here 'cause you're weak, can't protect your own. You expect me to do it for you," Marie says.
Fiona tells Marie that once the witches are dead, the hunter will turn his sights on Marie, but Marie isn't swayed by her argument. She orders Queenie to take Delphine's head outside to burn it.
Back at the school, Cordelia stumbles around the kitchen, trying to make herself some food, knocking over an egg carton in the process. Myrtle looks on, then approaches Cordelia, telling her that she needs to realize that Myrtle isn't the one who caused her to lose her sight. Cordelia assures her that she knows that.
Hank is on a business trip to Atlanta to visit his dad, who is the head of a company that kills witches. Of course. Hank's dad isn't pleased that he's aligned himself with Marie. Hank assures his father that his ultimate goal is take down both the voodoos and the witches. Huh.
Fiona was right. I liked this story better when we were under the impression that Hank was Marie's hired gun, not a corporate witch assassin.
Hank is the cliched disappointing son who just wants to win his father's love. Hank's dad details how he had to send someone to clean up after his sloppy hotel room murder earlier this season. He tells Hank not to get his hands dirty any more and get back in Cordelia's good graces, in order to gather intelligence.
Hank tells him that ship has probably sailed now that Cordelia is blind. We learn that Delphi, Hank's father's company, authorized the attack on Cordelia that left her blind. When Hank bristles at that, his father reminds him to never form any kind of real emotional bond with the enemy, because one day, she will have to be killed.
Myrlte has invited her former council-mates over for a meal, and they are delighted to see her. They want to hear all about Misty Day and her magical mud. Myrtle tells them that the mud isn't magical, but that Misty has real gifts. "She's a sophisticated witch with extraordinary gifts, hiding out as a hippie swamp rat," she says of Misty.
But Myrtle hasn't called Quentin and Pemby over to talk business, but rather to use them. She uses a melon baller to take an eye from each of them, then puts the eyes in Cordelia's head, restoring her sight. Later, we see how she does away with Quentin and Pemby with a saw and some barrels of acid.
FIona and Myrtle spend some time verbally sniping at each other, until Cordelia plays peacemaker. "The real danger is outside these doors, not inside them," she reminds her two moms. As Cordelia hugs Myrtle, she realizes that she has lost her ability to see visions.
"Sick people really gross me out," says Madison, as she and Zoe walk through a hospital. They're on their way to see Nan, who is there to visit Luke. Luke's mother won't allow Nan to see him, though. Madison, by the way, is wearing a hilarious ushanka.
The witches barge in to Luke's hospital room anyway, much to Joan's dismay. She wants them to leave, but Nan uses her power to read Luke's mind. He wants his mom to sing "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" to him, he clairvoyantly tells Nan. Joan obliges, accepting Nan. To paraphrase "Rocky IV," if she can change, we all can change.
A dash of comedic relief comes when we see that Queenie hasn't burned Delphine's head yet. Instead, she has it locked in her bedroom, where she's forcing it to watch "Roots," "The Color Purple" and "B.A.P.S.," starring Halle Berry.
Hank is in his hotel room, enjoying some Chinese food, when he falls victim to an attack from Marie's voodoo. A man bursts into the room and facilitates a phone call from Marie, who orders Hank to finish off the witches tonight, or else.
Cordelia is schooling Misty in the greenhouse, helping her to develop her abilities. "You're such an awesome leader, Miss Cordelia," Misty says. "Fiona is the leader of this coven," Cordelia counters.
A drunk Hank stumbles in. "Can you see my heart? Can you see it's bleeding?" he asks his estranged wife. Cordelia tells him to go get his stuff and leave. As he's doing that, he encounters Fiona's snarling dog. He's surprised to learn that Fiona has a pet. "You hate animals, and all other living things," he says to his mother-in-law. Zing!
The dog goes to Zoe's door and whimpers. Fiona opens the door and sees Kyle inside. She rather nonchalantly tells Kyle to leave and turns to exit the room, but turns back when Kyle snaps the dog's neck off-camera.
Joan is thanking Nan for her work at the hospital, but Luke tells Nan that he has learned that Joan killed Luke's father. Luke's dad had a bee allergy, so Joan locked him in his car with a swarm of bees. Bees? Joan had discovered that he was having an affair with a member of her book club, and she killed him for it. Joan orders Nan out of the room.
Zoe, Madison and Nan return from their travels to find Fiona and Kyle playing cards at the kitchen table. Fiona used her powers to restore Kyle's ability to speak. "What we need is a guard dog," she says. She plans to use Kyle for his muscle.
Queenie returns to deal with Delphine's head. Delphine insists that she hadn't watched a minute of the cinematic education that Queenie had attempted to give her. Queenie insists that Delphine needs to learn something, and puts on a video of civil rights marches, set to "Oh, Freedom," before heading back to work downstairs.
As "Oh, Freedom" plays, we see Hank kick in the front door to Marie's salon. A bloodbath ensues, as Hank goes from room to room, emptying his weapons. Queenie is among the victims, but she uses her power to kill Hank, before she passes away herself.
Delphine cries while watching the footage. Hank's dad cries when he sees photographic evidence that his son is dead.
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Dallas forced overtime thanks to another Steelers turnover late in regulation -- Antonio Brown lost a fumble on a punt return, resulting in a 3-yard touchdown run from DeMarco Murray.
Tony Romo completed 30-of-42 passes for 341 yards and two touchdowns for Dallas, which won for the fifth time in six games.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) South Carolina coach Frank Martin says two-sport standout Bruce Ellington is back with the basketball team until the Gamecocks start bowl practice next month.
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The Wild Project has announced its current and upcoming winter productions, including the Poetic License Festival, Ageless, Timeless, Eternal, the Avant Music Festival 2013 and more. Details below.
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The fourth annual Avant Music Festival celebrates the 10th anniversary of Avant Media with a performance of John Cage's Apartment House 1776, the continuing evolution of Randy Gibson's Apparitions Of The Four Pillars and evenings of vocal works from downtown new music impresario Nick Hallett and punk-classical master Kitty Brazelton.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. – The Coker women's basketball team collected their fourth win of the season on Saturday (Dec. 1) afternoon, as they defeated Lees-McRae College 77-58 in a Conference Carolinas competition. With the win the Cobras improve to 4-1 overall, and 2-1 in conference play.
Three of Coker's five starters earned double-digit scoring figures. Sophomore guard Angie Lawrence had a season high 18-points for the Cobras. She also collected six rebounds, and dished out a team high five assist. Hailey Yohn tallied 13-points, and Lau finished with a game high 29-points.
As a team, Coker shot 47-percent (26-of-55) from the floor and 40-percent (11-of-27) from beyond the arc. They also knocked down 14-of-17 free throws (82-percent).
An offensive burst from the Bobcats, kept the score within reach for Lees-McRae as the game clock continued to dwindle. The deficit however, was too much for the Bobcats as the Cobras held all but one Lees-McRae scorers to single-digits. Priscilla Fenty led the defensive stand with 10 rebounds.
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