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Preachers of Hate
- Islam and the War on America
- Narrated by: Robertson Dean
- Length: 13 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 11-14-03
- Language: English
- Publisher: Books on Tape
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Regular price: $31.93
Publisher's Summary
In Preachers of Hate, best selling author Kenneth R. Timmerman (who is not Jewish) contends that, besides Islam itself, the core unifying force in the Muslim world is a virulent strain of anti-Semitism that postulates the existence of a Jewish conspiracy to take over the world. It is seen as no less than Muslims' historical destiny to prevent such a takeover, and to do so by any means possible. To misunderstand the ferocity of that belief is to vastly underestimate the resolve of many Muslims to repel America, Israel, and all things Western.
Timmerman explores the roots of this hatred, examining its history, the religious sources upon which it draws, and how it is being transmitted to young people growing up in Arab societies by their leaders, their teachers, and their mosques. He documents how U.S. and European Union money has been used to finance hatred in Palestinian schools. He exposes the double-talk of Arab leaders and their supporters in the West. As it so often was throughout history, this new strain of Jew hatred is really about much more than Jews. They get attacked first, when the enemies of America can't attack Americans. However, what begins with the Jews never ends with the Jews.
As America reasserts her role in the Middle East and attempts to bring peace between Jews and Arabs, Preachers of Hate is an essential book that reframes a very complicated issue as a matter of life and death.
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- Mike
- Thermopolis, WY, USA
- 04-19-06
Don't Say They Didn't Warn You
After reading, and listening to, several books on Islam, this book, like some of the others, takes an unpopular view of Islam and its creation. The scary thing is that a great deal of the arguments ring true. They all agree that a large body of Muslims support the militant view that we often attribute only to terrorists. Islam as the one and only true religion is a central theme and how that is interpreted is discussed in detail. Very informative, requiring scrutiny and analysis.
14 of 16 people found this review helpful
- Stiofan
- London, N/A, United Kingdom
- 07-24-04
We need to know about this...
I read this book BEFORE I seen Michael Moore's Farenheit 9/11, looks as if he did prior to making the film. This book makes an important contribution to western audiences ability to understand islam in the modern world, and the role of the House of Saud in spreading international terror. Some reviewers mistakenly feel that it is a polemic against islam; it is not, but it is an accurate description of a toxic vein that runs through the religion. I am very glad I don't have to live with the same level of threat that the Israelis do. After the cold war, elements within Islam seem to have put themselves on a collison course with other world views. We need to know about this.
19 of 22 people found this review helpful
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- 07-12-08
Timmerman: Preacher of Truth
Once again Ken Timmerman shows us his proficient knowledge of the workings of the Middle East. This book forces one to crave the author's current writings snd opinion.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
- James Mark
- Provo, UT, USA
- 04-23-08
An Important Book
This book is a great resource about the increase in anti-semitism in todays society. Though it becomes a bit repetitive towards the end, it is none the less filled with quotes and references from both sides of the "semitic" fence, and is a must read for anyone that is interested in coming to grips with the origin of this irrational hatred.
7 of 8 people found this review helpful
- Jon
- Lake Forrest Park, WA, USA
- 11-23-03
This is an EXCELLENT.... EYE OPENING read!
The writer is a respected journalist who KNOWS his stuff!
Believe me ,the bad reviews are politically motivated......
narration GREAT....Sound GREAT....it WILL keep your interest, and be an eye opening revelation to what is going on in Europe,Islam, and Our universities.WELL RESEARCHED!
53 of 66 people found this review helpful
- Kari Anne
- Dixon, MO, USA
- 01-24-07
Frightening taste of reality
This is a must read for everyone. Brings home the reality of what is happening in today's world, and the irrational reasoning why.
10 of 12 people found this review helpful
- Peter
- Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
- 08-28-06
This is true Islam - be warned!!
This book is very well written and very revealing. I found the author Kenneth Timmerman extremely profound on his observations and his reasonings. This is a must read book !!
Islam is NOT the loving, peaceful, and kind religion it is shown to be in the news or by heads of states. If these americanism muslins were to try and do this "new" Islam in their native country, they would be tortured and killed PERIOD!!
Look to Canada and the 27 muslins terrorist arrested, who wanted to take over the government and behead our Prime Minster. Look over in Great Briton and the bombings and the foiled aircraft bombings. It is in plain sight, but ......
The koran tells of the desire of world dominiance of Islam, convert to Islam or die!! The truth is always painful, to hid ones head in the sand is cowardism of the highest form. The reporters that were just released were made to "convert" to Islam before they were released. Read their accounts they thought they were going to die!!
Research Islam yourself as Mr. Kenneth Timmerman has done in this book. We do live in very terrible times and it will only get worse and worse.
Do not believe me; look at Iran, look at the leaders statements, compare it to our leaders stating that all we have to do is talk, just like Neville Chambelin did in the Second World War after his talk with Herr Hitler in Germany; Neville Chambelin returned to England and stated to the world holding a piece of paper with Hitler's signature on it, "we will have peace in our time". Hitler invaded Poland September 1, 1939 and began World War II!!!
This is what awaits us if we fall prey to the lies of Islam. Do not believe me go and live in their country, read the koran and what it says about us; we are dogs, infidies, satan, and many other "loving names" read what Islam will do to you if you do not convert ..... you die through beheading.
17 of 21 people found this review helpful
- Zach
- New York, NY, USA
- 01-25-04
breathtaking - literally
What this book has to say is so frightening, that literally, my breath was taken away as I listened. The book is so involving I lost track of time, only to find myself stopping because I was unable to go on.
As this book describes, the rapidly growing worldwide depth of hatred for Jews and the United States is so ingrained, and so profound, and evidence of this hatred is so clearly bolstered by mountains of facts, that one comes away after listening with a different feeling of how incredibly unsafe the world is, not only for Jews, but for anyone who might fall into the 'infidel' classifcation.
27 of 34 people found this review helpful
- Emanuel Zweigel
- Southfield, MI USA
- 12-17-03
The Protocals of Islam
This was a great book! I am recommending it to all my friends. It is time that the real problems of the Middle East were exposed for what they are, a plot by the Saudi backed religous zealots that want to see all Westerns dead or under their control. Time to stop blaming the Jews and Israel for the crimes against mankind sponsered by Saudi blood money.
30 of 38 people found this review helpful
- Eunice
- Harrodsburg, KY, United States
- 02-28-08
An Important Listen
Timmerman does an excellent job of laying out the roots of Anti-Semitism in the Arab world, as well as its spread to other countries. This is a disturbing but important lesson. It's important to go deeper than sound bites doled out by the media when forming opinions, and Timmerman is an excellent resource. A bit dry at times, but excellent never-the-less.
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WHEN Manresa's David Kinch squared off against celebrity chef Bobby Flay on Iron Chef this past Sunday it was almost an unfair fight. Kinch enjoys some celebrity status thanks to his two Michelin stars and avant-garde cooking, but he's a working chef who's in the kitchen of his Los Gatos restaurant five days a week and his skills are razor sharp. Flay, who owns a half-dozen restaurants in New York City, Las Vegas and elsewhere, has some real bona fides as a cook, but these days he's more of a celebrity than a chef. He has competed and won on Iron Chef before, so he had an advantage over first-timer Kinch, but for me the match-up was like pairing a hungry street fighter like Rocky Balboa against a pampered and comfortable Apollo Creed.
And there were the Brussels sprouts. Iron Chef competitors must incorporate a secret ingredient in their dishes that's announced at the beginning of the show. This time it was cabbage, including Brussels sprouts. As a Santa Cruz resident and surfer, Kinch is intimately familiar with the little green vegetables. Santa Cruz County is the nation's capital for sprout production and a trip to many surf spots north of Santa Cruz involves a walk through Brussels sprouts fields.
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Kinch and his competition sous-chefs James Syhabout and John Paul Carmona took the event very seriously and practiced for weeks after service ended at Manresa in timed cooking trials. While the secret ingredient isn't unveiled until the last minute, it isn't exactly a mystery. Iron Chef competitors receive a list of three possible secret ingredients. For Kinch's battle, it was cabbage, squab and branzino (a sea bass). Kinch and crew practiced with all ingredients. At first, he said he hoped it would be squab, but in time he came to appreciate the versatility of cabbage.The best prep of all, Kinch said, was sitting in the audience and watching another show being taped the night before his cook-off, an experience that allowed him to observe how the kitchen functioned in real time. "That was the best possible knowledge to have," he said.So when the day in Kitchen Stadium finally came (which happened to be last June), for me the battle was over before it started. While Kinch called the event "nerve-wracking," he and his crew absolutely slaughtered the flatfooted Flay. OK, I'll say it: they flayed him. Kinch isn't sure he'd go back on Iron Chef, but he called it a great experience and a real boost for his restaurant. He's considering replicating his winning Iron Chef dishes at Manresa.
"I just have to convince myself there are people who like cabbage enough to eat a whole meal of it," he said.
After demonstrating what he can do with the humble vegetable, my guess is there are.
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Fly Like an Eaglesmith: Fred doesn't want to be the left's honky-tonk savior.
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Fred Eaglesmith invites you to leave the hummus at the door
By Paul Davis
Canadian folkie Fred Eaglesmith is one of those rare artists who bridge the worlds of hippie and redneck, a good ol' boy from Ontario who fondly remembers the good-humored liberalism of the late '60s and '70s. But though standards like "I Shot Your Dog" can bring a smile to the hidden redneck deep within every hippie, those who would like to claim him as the left's honky-tonk savior should take note: Eaglesmith's wit doesn't follow partisan lines.
"I was playing in Texas a couple of years ago, and it was pretty redneck—military fatigues everywhere and the hot dogs didn't even have buns," says Eaglesmith. "I had a guy in the band with dreadlocks, and they were giving him a look, and I told them, 'Well, I guess the gay pride parade don't do well here in Texas,' and they laughed, and then I started to give them a hard time.
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"The right wing can take it a lot better than the left wing. I start on the liberals, and they can't take it—they're very serious about everything. Remember Spiro Agnew and Richard Nixon? Those weren't funny guys. But now, if I say how much I hate hummus, the left can't take it. When I was a kid hitchhiking on the road the left had a sense of humor and the right didn't, but now it's our guys who don't have a sense of humor, which is sad."
Gearing up for his show in leftie stronghold Santa Cruz, Eaglesmith doesn't worry that his idiosyncratic humor will offend the faithful. "[Santa Cruz) is a little different than everywhere else—it's a little bit wacked and the people are potheads who don't remember what I said anyway. I can play the same songs three times in one night!"
Make no mistake—as much as Eaglesmith gets a kick out of taking potshots from the sidelines, his personal principles are as unpretentious, direct and undiluted as the folk-rock for which he's made his name.
Although the inveterate road dog is touring behind another fine album, Milly's Cafe, it's his Reflections charity that he counts as his proudest achievement of the year. The charity equips bicycle-riding migrant laborers in Ontario, Canada, with reflective riding gear.
"Reflections is one of the best things I've ever done in my life," he says. "The migrant workers in Ontario are always on bicycles. Last year, three guys were killed in one accident. I was really disgusted with this, and I intended to raise money. Bike shops all over the nation started sending reflectors in boxes, so it's almost a no-money charity—all we need is a guy with a screwdriver. These guys are poor guys from Mexico and Jamaica trying to work for their families and it's tragic. Charity doesn't always have to be money, it can be a screwdriver in your back pocket and a box of reflectors."
Eaglesmith's songwriting is as inclusive and straightforward as his principles, trafficking in road-worn story-songs that find him embodying the characters of his tales. Alternately somber and humorous, he avoids pigeonholing himself at every turn.
"I don't want to be one-faceted," says Eaglesmith. "People say, 'When you're dark you're dark.' Well, some of my peers are so dark you only want to go see them once every five years. I'm a pretty fun guy, and I think it all can go together."
Eaglesmith's refusal to limit himself has earned him one of the most loyal audiences in contemporary folk music, all while keeping the 10-gallon-hat-wearing marketing gurus in Nashville at arm's length. Still, he's more than happy with this arrangement, having little interest in breaking through to a mainstream audience. "I have this really loyal fan base. It's unusual to have what I have. I feel really fortunate--I feel like I should stay at it since they stay at it," he says.
"There's always people on the periphery who don't understand, try and get you to find a younger audience. I look at all those stars and I don't think they're very happy. There's lots of time I can sit down by myself and nobody's thinking about me. I'm not interested in living like them. They're eventually going to die alone—we all die alone. What a weird feeling it must be to have to live your life feeling like there's always somebody there when there isn't."
Fred Eaglesmith plays Friday (Oct. 13) at 7 and 9pm at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz. Tickets are $21 advance/$24 door. (831.462.8282)
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ARLINGTON, Texas – Hector Santiago allowed two hits in five-plus innings filling in for Jake Peavy on Thursday night, Tyler Flowers hit a three-run homer and the White Sox beat Texas, 3-1, handing the Rangers their first series loss of the season.
Flowers' drive just inside the foul pole in left field was the third straight hit after Texas right-hander Justin Grimm (2-1) retired 10 in a row on the day he was named AL rookie of the month.
Adrian Beltre's homer in the second was the only hit through five innings against Santiago (1-1), who had six strikeouts and two walks in 51/3 innings. The left-hander made his first start of the season and fifth of his career after Peavy was scratched because of back spasms.
Addison Reed pitched around two of the Sox's seven walks, striking out the side in the ninth for his 10th save and second in two nights.
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The game-time temperature of 44 was 37 degrees cooler than the previous night. It was a 40-degree difference April 10, when the temperature at first pitch was 39 degrees for 2-0 loss to Tampa Bay in a day game after it had been 79 the night before.
The Rangers were the last team in the majors without a series loss, but now they've gone two series without winning after splitting four games with Minnesota last weekend. The Sox won two straight after Texas took the opener.
Grimm, who had a 1.59 ERA in three April starts to earn rookie of the month honors, was cruising with two outs in the sixth when Conor Gillaspie and Alexei Ramirez singled before Flowers drove a hanging breaking ball for his fourth homer of the season.
After walking three in the first 21/3 innings, Grimm didn't give up another free pass and tied his career high of nine strikeouts set last month against Seattle. He allowed six hits in 6 2/3 innings.
Santiago, whose first seven appearances this season were in relief, gave up his second hit when Ian Kinsler doubled with one out in the sixth, and he was replaced by Matt Lindstrom after walking Elvis Andrus. Lindstrom threw a wild pitch and walked Lance Berkman to load the bases, but got Beltre to ground into an inning-ending double play.
Beltre had another chance to do some damage in the eighth but struck out on a slow breaking ball from Jesse Crain.
The White Sox trailed 1-0 in the third when they loaded the bases with one out on singles by Alejandro De Aza and Adam Dunn and a walk to Alex Rios. But Grimm struck out Paul Konerko and Gillaspie on six strikes in seven pitches.
NOTES: White Sox manager Robin Ventura said RHP Gavin Floyd was seeking multiple medical opinions after going on the disabled list with a flexor muscle strain in his right arm. Floyd was on the disabled list twice last season with elbow issues. ... Rangers LF David Murphy was out of the starting lineup for the third straight game, but manager Ron Washington said the slumping left-handed hitter wasn't being demoted to a platoon with Jeff Baker. Washington said he was just riding Baker's hot bat. Baker started the day at .360 and homered in both of the first two games against the White Sox. Murphy was hitting .174. ... White Sox CF Dewayne Wise was a late scratch with a stiff neck. He was replaced in the lineup by Casper Wells, who played left. De Aza started in center. ... Rangers prospect Mike Olt will see another eye specialist after one doctor didn't see anything out of the ordinary. Olt has been sidelined for a week, complaining of vision problems. He's hitting .139 at Triple-A Round Rock.


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This post is one in a series where SageCircle pulls out the crystal ball and looks ahead to what happens in the analyst ecosystem in 2010. See below for links to all posts in this series.
Gartner is the dominant player in the analyst market with more than a 40% market share according to information market research firm Outsell, Inc. When it comes to the enterprise technology product and services buyer market (typically IT managers), Gartner extends this dominance to approximately 70% to 75% according to SageCircle estimates. If Gartner continues to execute as it has the last four years it will see its market share grow, even as the total market grows as well.
Gartner has achieved this dominance through both hard work and dumb luck. Hard work as represented by making more than 70 acquisitions since 1994, doubling the sales force since 2004 to nearly 1,000 representatives, and creating mindshare with recurring research deliverables like the Magic Quadrant, Hype Cycle, and Gartner Symposium. The dumb luck comes in the form of competitors that focus on vendors rather than end users, fail to build sales and marketing functions, and/or are complacent to the point of being Gartner's implicit junior partner even though they have the resources to invest in more effective competition.
While there are no signs that Gartner is going to get lazy or stupid next year, 2010 might see its luck run out when it comes to ineffectual or complacent competition. SageCircle sees firms that bring attitude, business attributes, and wiliness to invest to the game unlike others in the past decade. Some examples include:
- Altimeter Group – While still tiny, with only four analyst/consultants, Altimeter Group has tremendous enterprise visibility and mindshare due to its principals' exquisite exploitation of social media, conventional speaking opportunities, press quotes, and client contacts from their Forrester tenures. This market awareness should prove to be a significant lead generator that other more established analyst boutiques can only envy. It has made an important investment by starting to build a sales organization. Its current Achilles' heel is that it is perceived as mostly a Continue reading
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BOSTON – Skating for a career-high average of 23:08 of ice time this season has agreed with Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg, both before and after his trade from Florida to Boston.
In 15 games in black and gold, he has posted 2-7-9 totals to run his career-high offensive output to 4-28-32 in 77 games. When he acquired Seidenberg at the trade deadline, Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli spoke of the defenseman's improvement in all areas of the game even since last spring between Seidenberg's Carolina Hurricanes and the Bruins. The 28-year-old German thinks he knows why he's finally reaching his potential.
"I think it's just getting more mature, more experience," he said after the Bruins morning skate in TD Garden in preparation for an evening tilt against his former teammates from the Sunshine State. "I think playing more games just gives you more confidence and you just get to know the game better, and it keeps getting easier and easier the more you play."
Chiarelli thought that adding Seidenberg's puck-moving and savvy to his club's back end would improve the league's worst offense. While Seidenberg's presence hasn't helped the likes of Michael Ryder, Blake Wheeler and Marco Sturm find any semblance of consistency up front, Seidenberg's offensive contributions have been a boost.
There should be even more Boston scoring chances over the season's final six games because of Seidenberg's willingness to contribute.
"The main thing is getting pucks to the net," he said. "Once you do that, there's always rebounds, bounces, you get points off. Once you get the puck to the net, everything can happen. That's what I'm trying to do."
On a team filled with players that fluctuate in production and effort on a night-to-night basis, Seidenberg has been a stabilizing force since arriving from the Panthers.
"I think he's been a great addition to our hockey team," said head coach Claude Julien. "His competitive nature, whether we look back at last year when he played against us in the playoffs, we've seen him for quite a few years now; I've always liked his game. He competes hard. He's an honest, hard-working defenseman, physical, blocks lots of shots. Again, I like the way when he sees some room he'll skate the puck out, he'll take that space that's given to him. He's got a good shot; he uses it when he was to.
"And more than anything else, when you look at a player, you look at consistency. We know what we're getting from him every night."
Some defenseman have arrived in Boston in the past and struggled to adapt to Julien's defensive schemes, but Seidenberg said the Bruins' systems are similar to what the Panthers were doing. And fitting in among the Bruins' bunch of characters was a walk in the park as well.
"It was really easy. The guys welcomed me very nicely and it was easy to get used to them on the ice. So it was really easy," he said.


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In August of 2004, President Bush mandated the creation and adoption of an interoperable smart ID card to be used by all executive branch workers and contractors both for physical and logical access. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 now is almost 10 years old, and millions of Personal Identity Verification (PIV) cards have been issued. Few of them are being fully taken advantage of, however.
According to White House figures, six of 23 civilian agencies covered by HSPD-12 had issued PIV cards to 100 percent of their workers as of March 2013. (The Defense Department also had achieved 100 percent, although strictly speaking it does not use the PIV card, but the DOD Common Access Card.) Most of the other agencies had at least 80 percent coverage.
But hanging the cards around the necks of workers is one thing; using them to log onto IT systems is another. According to the latest progress report on Cross Agency Priority Goals, only one in five civilian agency workers was required to use PIV cards for authentication when logging on to government IT systems at the end of fiscal year 2013. That is a significant increase from FY 2010, when just 1.24 percent of workers were using PIVs to log on, but the report notes there is "cause for concern."
Despite the progress, "the outcome that is most likely to be observed" in achieving a passing mark for PIV implementation in 2014 "stands at zero."
Agency performance towards strong authentication with HSPD-12 cards
The chart above shows the percentage of agency employees with HSPD-12 cards and the percentage that are required to use
their cards to authenticate for network access, as of Q3 FY2013.
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Please take it to the next level. Check the percentage of workers per Agency using their cards to access their buildings.
This is a fine example of wishful thinking. Without appropriations of funds, there is really little reason for agencies to perform. I can't remember another, important security capability that was called for and yet not funded for completion. I applaud those agencies that have made significant progress, they worked through significant hurdles to fund this. I feel for the rest as they try to do the same.
Windows passwords really are good enough. After all, Bill Gates invented computing when he wrote Windows.
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"Drawing everywhere is like traveling all the time. When you go out for a small walk, if you stop and give yourself some time to look around and make a drawing, you can have minutes of total concentration and get a lot of pleasure from ordinary shapes and colours. You can also create your own view and interpretation of the world so that it becomes acessible to others. Sketching is also a way to document and share our lives."
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I saw this lady on a side street of Bogota and I thought she would make a nice painting out of my photograph. What do you think?[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=148879\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Michael The lady was a humble street vendor but I guess that did not come thru in the piece. I guess she could be viewed as a soccer grandma? [a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=149113\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
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Andres, I can't quite put my finger on why - but this image doesn't do anything for me. I really liked your previous processing of "Giggles" but this one just leaves me with a ho-hum feeling. I agree with other comments about her being suspended in space - something just doesn't feel quite right. I think the dark line around her is also too strong. Julie[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=149453\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Russell two things: One, 90% of the work was done in Painter out of a photograph with a Wacom Tablet, no dialing automatic effects or canned actions from the Net. Right or wrong what I posted is what I intended. It may not work for you but you are wrong in your speculation of how this piece came about. Second, I wish my artwork could be shown at and Art Fair like Pageant of the Masters or Sawdust, in fact I bought a beautiful mask at an " average crafts fair " from a French artist and after visiting his website I found out that his mask are also own by Harry Belafonte, Harvey Keitel and many others including the curator of a modern art gallery. I guess the assumption that only "untrained" average artists go there is also a little bit off field.[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=149490\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]
Hi Russ, yes the actual printing is usually a challenge, I can only print 13x19 inches, I have had good results with canvas because it allows me to go back and highlight with real paints the print. I got a couple of labs in L.A where they advise me to the different types of watercolor paper. When inkjet printing was done mainly with IRIS printers it was more complicated for me. Now lots of people use the big format Epson printers and is easier to predict the outcome. Several well known artist do inkjet prints or Giglees ( The fancier term ) and then they use "enhancements" or " Highlighting" where they go back and use real oils to give texture to their work. The real successful ones use other artists to do this. I have been told that if the giglee is retouched by the artist himself it costs more money. The late Earl Wind used serigraph and his galleries still do only that process, or so I was told in Carmel. James Coleman used Cibachrome but I think he is finally using giglees.Andres[a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=149840\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are edging down in midday trading on Wall Street as lawmakers seek to thrash out a budget agreement.
The government also reported Friday that consumer spending fell in October.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 26 points to 12,995 shortly before noon Eastern. The Standard and Poor's 500 fell four points to 1,412. The Nasdaq composite was down nine points to 3,003.
Stocks are nearly flat for the week after being whipsawed by headlines from Washington about the budget negotiations.
Online game maker Zynga plunged after saying it was loosening its relationship with Facebook.
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Award Winning Physicist and Author, Robert "Bob" C. Hilborn, Picked to Serve as AAPT Associate Executive Officer
"I am very pleased that Bob will be joining AAPT as the next Associate Executive Officer. I have worked with him on a number of projects in the past and appreciated his knowledge of the physics education community, wisdom, and professionalism. I look forward to having his assistance with many projects and programs at AAPT," said Cunningham.
Dr. Hilborn comes to AAPT from his position at the University of Texas at Dallas (UTD), where he served as Professor of Physics and Head of the Science/Mathematics Education Department in the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. In that role he oversaw the work of the department, managed the budgets of the department and the UTeach Dallas program, and developed the fundraising program through private foundations and grants. He also served as chair of UTD's Gateways for Excellence in Mathematics and Science (GEMS) Council, a university-wide effort focused on enhancing the retention and success of STEM majors, and led the Department's efforts to establish a Ph.D. program in Science/Mathematics Education Research.
Regarding his appointment to this new position Hilborn said, "I'm very happy to be joining the AAPT staff and I look forward to working for the organization that has been such a large part of my professional life."
Hilborn earned his bachelor's in physics from Lehigh University and his master's degree and Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University. He brings to this position extensive experience as a physics faculty member and college administrator at Oberlin College, Amherst College, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and the University of Texas at Dallas. With service in a variety of faculty and administrative positions, complemented by significant experience in leadership positions in undergraduate Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education at the national level, he has a broad perspective and a track record of teaching, research, and administrative accomplishments.
Hilborn served as AAPT President in 1996-97 and worked with the Associate Executive Officer at that time. Following his tenure as AAPT President, he helped organize a workshop, topical conference, and physics department chairs meeting focusing on undergraduate physics at a time when the number of undergraduate physics degrees awarded each year was declining. In 1999, he co-organized the National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics to focus the physics community's attention on undergraduate physics and to assist physics departments that wish to enhance their undergraduate physics programs, resulting in the SPIN-UP report, used by many physics departments as a guide for enhancing their undergraduate physics programs.
He is Principal Investigator on AAPT's Physics and Astronomy New Faculty Workshop grant from the NSF. This program is now serving about 50% of the new hires in physics and astronomy across the country. Hilborn also served on the writing team for Active Physics and helped develop the UTeach Dallas program to encourage STEM majors to go into K-12 teaching.
"I am very pleased to have Bob Hilborn join AAPT as Associate Executive Officer. Bob brings to us many years of exemplary service to the physics education community," said David Sokoloff, AAPT President, "and I am confident that he will contribute effectively to advancing AAPT's mission from his first day on the job. Welcome, Bob!"
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E-cigarette tax bill stalls in legislature
March 19, 2014
OLYMPIA--Elmer Saez, 19, got hooked on tobacco when he was 13.
Saez was able to quit smoking cigarettes last July, and he credits the use of electronic cigarettes, or vaping, as the reason why. He recently started work at the Vaporium, an e-cigarette store, in Lakewood.
"Now, my whole reason to get up in the morning is to help people get off cigarettes," Saez said.
"There's a feeling I can't describe, somewhere between accomplishment and pride" when customers tell him they haven't smoked a cigarette for months.
E-devices work by heating an oil, or e-liquid, that emits a vapor and then is inhaled. The oil usually contains nicotine, but nicotine-free oil is also available. Common ingredients used in the oil includes propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, and other flavoring agents, all ingredients approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
E-cigarette proponents advocate vaping as a low-cost, healthier alternative to smoking tobacco. Ten milliliters of oil, the approximate of three and a half packs, only costs $8.
According to the state Department of Health, vaping may not be safer than cigarettes, citing unproven claims of safety, unknown long-term health risks, and the possible inhalation of nicotine and other harmful chemicals during use as concerns.
In the Legislature, proposed House Bill 2795 would have taxed tobacco substitutes, such as e-cigarettes, at 75 percent. A 95 percent tax was originally proposed. The bill would have allowed devices prescribed by a licensed physician to be exempt if the Food and Drug Administration approves e-cigarettes as tobacco-cessation devices. Revenue would have gone towards education.
The bill passed out of the House Finance Committee by a 7-6 vote. All the Republicans members of the committee, along with one Democrat, Rep. Chris Reykdal, D-Tumwater, opposed it. The session ended without further action taken on the measure in either the House or the Senate.
Reykdal said taxing e-cigarettes would unfairly target low-income people who are making a healthier choice. He said the bill is just about generating more tax revenue.
Until the Food and Drug Administration clarifies the health effects of e-cigarettes, "there is no good public policy reason to load up a tax on these products," Reykdal said. "It would have a huge adverse effect on" these businesses.
Rep. Gerry Pollet, D-Seattle, a member of the House Finance Committee, said the tax is important for public health, education funding, and limiting access to minors, which are likely to be attracted to available flavors like bubblegum, and drawn in by cartoon advertisements.
"It's a win on all three fronts," he said.
Pollet said the unregulated e-cigarette industry has avoided conducting the long-term studies necessary to get approval as a tobacco cessation device, but still want to market it that way.
"You can't have it both ways," he said.
According to a study by the Centers for Disease Control, use of e-cigarettes by middle school and high school students has more than doubled between 2011 and 2012, increasing from 4.7 percent to 10 percent.
A fiscal analysis estimated the tax could have generated more than $30 million in revenue by 2018.
Steve Thompson, co-owner of Vaporium with his wife, Kim, said the tax would have put them at a competitive disadvantage, especially against online sales. They would have considered moving their business out of state if the law had passed, according to Thompson.
"It's very rewarding, having a business doing something you're passionate about," he said. "I sleep very well at night."
Thompson said one of their sayings is "our best customers quit us," and he estimates they have about 100 customers per day, the majority of them are former smokers who switched to e-cigarettes.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected to issue regulations on e-cigarettes soon.


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It was a chance encounter, a pair of baseball-loving dads and their 8-year-old sons lined up next to the other for introductions at a summer youth league tournament.
One family from Bellevue, Wash., the other from Boaz, worlds apart but with more in common than you might think.
TUSCALOOSA | It was a chance encounter, a pair of baseball-loving dads and their 8-year-old sons lined up next to the other for introductions at a summer youth league tournament.
One family from Bellevue, Wash., the other from Boaz, worlds apart but with more in common than you might think.
Had Mikey White played on a team from Seattle (the teams were lined up alphabetically) instead of its neighboring suburb, the Alabama baseball team might have been without its most dynamic middle infield in recent memory.
White, the shortstop, met Kyle Overstreet, a second baseman, that day, setting off a domino effect that resounds to this day.
It all began with a quick conversation between the dads, Mike White, a UA football letterman in 1983-84, and Jeff Overstreet.
"There was the big guy standing beside me, and we started talking, and I found out he played for the Bear," Jeff Overstreet said. "We hit it off from there, and when he moved the family backed to Alabama he called me up, and the boys have been working together ever since."
Jeff Overstreet is something of a defensive specialist, serving as a volunteer coach at Snead State Community College and Boaz High School. He also coached his son's youth league teams and worked with Mikey White, who would make the trip over from Birmingham. During those summer and fall league games and endless practices, he helped hone the Overstreet-to-White connection.
It was called O.J. Bootcamp, named for Jeff Overstreet's nickname "O.J."
"At 10 and 11 I used to go up to his house all the time and stay weeks with him and do what we call O.J. Boot Camp," Mikey White said. "His dad would put us through workouts all week, just miserable workouts. It would be like where we can't move at the end of the week."
All that effort paid off when both were recruited by the Crimson Tide, with UA coaches noticing both as freshmen in high school.
There is a rhythm the duo shares, a language all their own. It's in a look or a hand signal.
"I think it's a lot of just knowing each other, being able to get the ball where we want it," Kyle Overstreet said.
Their talent and chemistry were on full display the first game of their college careers, a couple of freshmen in the starting lineup. And it didn't take long.
In the first inning of UA's season opener against Virginia Military Institute, the smooth-fielding Overstreet scooped up a grounder and tossed it to White for the beginning of a double play. It was the first of Alabama's 37 double plays in 30 games this season. Of those 37, Overstreet or White has been involved in every one.
For perspective, Alabama had a total of 46 in 55 games in 2012.
"We get excited when someone gets on base," Overstreet said. "We really do."
It's a shared enthusiasm.
"When there's one out and we walk a guy, we're kind of pumped," White said.
It's become so common that teammates and fans have come to expect it.
"The pitcher's feel that," UA coach Mitch Gaspard said. "They know, 'If I can just get a ground ball, then we're going to pick it up and turn a double play.'"
Gaspard has an appreciation for that skill set. It's kept Alabama in games and helped win a few. He knew each player was good but had no idea how good they were together.
"Quite honestly, after two weeks of practice we knew that there was something special between those two," he said. "It was evident that in their minds when they stepped on campus that, 'Hey, we're going to be the two middle infielders.'
"They work to make those plays. If you go out to practice today or three weeks ago, these guys are turning 75-100 double plays every single day. It's not always we're making them do that. They're doing that on their own. They're trying to perfect their craft every day. That's why they're good."
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In girls basketball: Craftsbury Chargers hang tough in loss to Richford
by Harris Kinsey
copyright the Chronicle 12-12-2012
CRAFTSBURY COMMON — Coming off a nice win against United Christian Academy, the Craftsbury Academy girls basketball team was hoping to win their first game in their brand new gym. They fought hard through four quarters, but came up short in a 42-36 loss to Richford on Monday night, December 10.
Elle Purrier paced Richford with 10 points and the Richford Falcons rode well balanced scoring to the victory.
Janet Bohannon led all scorers with 23 points but didn't have much help on the scoring, as other players just couldn't get their shots to fall.
The game started slowly, with the teams trading misses until the 3:38 mark of the first quarter. Richford scored first with a layup. Richford 2, Craftsbury 0.
Craftsbury then scored two field goals to take the lead at 4-2.
The score stood that way for a while until Craftsbury scored three more points, and Richford got a free throw. After the first quarter the score stood Craftsbury 7 Richford 3.
The teams traded misses again to start the second quarter, until a three-pointer by Richford cut the lead to seven to six. Scoring really picked up in the second quarter of play. Janet Bohannon led all scorers in the second quarter scoring 11 points to pace Craftsbury. Craftsbury held the lead throughout the second and ended the first half of play with an 8-point lead, Craftsbury 23, Richford 15.
The third quarter also started with a scoring lull with the teams trading misses again until Craftsbury made two field goals to take a 27-16 lead three minutes into the third. Craftsbury 27, Richford 16.
But Richford would then close the gap considerably. With good defense and good shooting, they were able to get to the basket for layups, and got to the foul line. They closed the gap to four by the end of the third. After three quarters the score stood Craftsbury 30, Richford 26.
At the beginning of the fourth, the teams were still fighting hard and Richford hung close. They traded baskets to start the quarter. Then Richford began to really make shots and they ended up taking the lead by a point. Craftsbury answered with a basket of their own to take the lead right back. Craftsbury 36. Richford 35.
Richford took a 3-point lead with 2:07 left in the game 39-36. Craftsbury just couldn't make their shots fall. The game ended with Craftsbury losing by six, Richford 42, Craftsbury 36.
After the game, Craftsbury coach Rick Thomas said, "We are very young. We played well and we played hard. To hang with a veteran team as long as we did is an accomplishment in itself. Everybody contributed. It was a team effort."
Craftsbury is a very young team with only four juniors and no seniors. They have two eighth-graders, four ninth-graders, and two sophomores. Richford on the other hand has a lot more experience with three seniors, four juniors, three sophomores, and one freshman.
Craftsbury played a great game, but came up just short. Their next game is on December 18 when the varsity girls host Stowe at home. The game starts at 5:30 p.m..
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|2012-11-16, 15:15
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: Latvia
I very like K-ON, but I haven't finished watching 2nd season yet.
I think, K-ON has very good meaning. Girls are playing, drinking tea and having fun. They are happy about what they have. In a movie we can see, that they aren't so talented to have an army of fans abroad, only some people and their schoolmates like them, but they are happy anyway.
It's a very big problem for our generation - we just can't be happy about what we have. We need to demand more and more things from ourselves and others. We think something like "Oh, I'll achieve this thing, and then I'll be happy", but sometimes our target is too big to achieve or we achieve it, but it doesn't make us happy. We complain more and more and years are passing by.
K-ON is an inspiration! So that's my opinion.
|2012-11-16, 20:42
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Operation sneaky sneaks
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Location: Hic et ubique
That's pretty much what K-On! boils down to, telling viewers that there is joy to be taken in seemingly trivial things, and that sometimes, it is worthwhile to stop and smell the roses.
|2012-11-26, 08:45
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~ Your Smile ~
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: 346Pro
Age: 32
And now I read this.
Almost cried IRL.
Its hard to be believe, but I hope K-on! goes on to become a generational classic much like Macross and Magical Girl La-La are. Sure, K-on! spawned a whole series of copycats and led to a string of endless mindless moe done horribly wrong. But still, someday, I'm going to show my kids the whole series.
Hopefully they'll see what we've seen, and spread on that message of appreciating the small things in life.
|2012-12-02, 20:32
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Join Date: Dec 2012
Location: Houston, Texas
K-On...did not enjoy that.
Look, I don't have a problem with slice of life as I can enjoy shows like Azumanga Daioh and Lucky Star. There's also no problem for me if a show has the stereotypical "moe" character designs as I can enjoy shows like Clannad, Kanon, and once more, Lucky Star. What K-On tries to do is try to set up a plot in the beggining making you believe that they're going to actually play music(HEY GUYS REMEMBER BUTOKAN?!) and that it's going to be really music oriented when all they really do is lounge around and do nothing(HEY GUYS, FORGET PLAYING MUSIC, LET'S HAVE 4 BEACH EPISODES AND WEAR MAID OUTFITS) and try to make everything comedic. Honestly, this wouldn't trouble me if it weren't for one thing. That being that it's not even funny.
Now I can admit and say I chuckled a few times through the course of the show, but it soon turn to me rolling my eyes as what their comedy consists of is "OH NO, I DROPPED A BUNCH OF PAPERS. HOW CLUMSY OF ME" and the annoying characters didn't help either.
Let's take a look at them. Yui is really annoying with her childish behavior and is really too stupid to the point where it bothered me. It also didn't help that the creator was basicly like "HEY YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE NEED TONS OF PRACTICE TO PLAY? NAH, FUCK THAT, LET'S MAKE HER TONE PERFECT". Ritsu is kind of the same as Yui with just more of a hyper personality and it wasn't as bad with her, though could still get annoying at times. Mugi I didn't care for much and I just viewed her as the chick who woke up to the real world (I'VE NEVER HAD FRIES BEFORE. HALF SALES, WHAT ARE THAT!?) even if she is rich. Mio wouldn't be that much of a problem if it weren't for one little thing. She gets scared from literally ANYTHING and she would always freak out to the point where she would even faint if she saw a cover of a CD (which she did). Azusa tried to make them play music and tried to act serious, but then she ends up always wearing cat ears and conforming. Wow.
Also, the fans can deny it all they want, but there was fanservice even if it's not the typical panty shots and boob jiggling. The way the camera angles were and to where it focused was quite bothersome and you can tell it was trying to cater hard to those who love the "moe" character designs.
I can say more, but I think i'm done for now. Now there has to be something in K-On that I liked, right?
N---Yeah, there actually is. The second ending to the second season, even if it does lie to the viewer and try to make the show look good.
If you like the show, that's fine, but those were just my own honest opinions on the matter .
|2012-12-03, 04:10
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Age: 30
I actually didn't think K-ON was that funny either, although my wife does (maybe my sense of humor just isn't in tune with the show). And the plot bait-and-switch annoyed me for quite a while. I think what warmed me up to the show is that I did end up liking the characters. Although they're not that deep I found them endearing (although I get if people don't think so). For example, Yui's always-sunny disposition made up for her airheadedness. And I thought the characters interacted really well with each other, it was really believable that they were such close friends.
The fact that we never see them practice actually never bothered me. I think it's because their practice is stated/implied in the show (for example, Yui continually playing the guitar instead of studying for tests), and while I'd like to see more of it, other people probably don't and it wasn't really a focus of the show.
I did think season 2 was much stronger than the first, possibly because with a full 24 episode season they had more time to flesh out the characters.
|2012-12-03, 05:05
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|2012-12-03, 17:00
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
I will readily concede the first 8 episodes had me thinking "wtf?" in regard to the utter lack of practice and music. But by the time the series was over, I have an entire shelf of music, concerts, and such including Death Devil as a bonus. So that complaint is mostly mute now. I love the series and highly recommend it - especially to young female teens looking for anime they can connect to that isn't a rolling cliff of negativity.
My remaining complaint is that we didn't see them even try to go pro (while bands around them were clearly making the step). I'd have almost rather followed the antics of the "scary band" they met at an open mike night one episode.
I think it boils down to something "terrible" in the culture - that you can dream in high school but then real 'salaryman/housewife' life just buckles you down so don't even try. It also seems to emphasize a depressing notion of the *replaceability* of characters, as if the setting is more important than the characters in it. It seems to infect a lot of anime, not just K-On!
|2012-12-03, 17:09
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Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
One can always visualize the ED songs as their entries into professional music. Or at least college videos made while under the College Light Music Club. ("Don't Say Lazy" seems like something their club leader would get them to do...plus first year would still be without Azusa).
Also we only got maybe a little more that half a year of them in college with the story.
|2012-12-03, 17:15
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
And that's how I viewed the EDs (either college mode or pro mode) (unless they exemplify a possible future that never happened - erg, that's depressing).
|2012-12-03, 20:54
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Operation sneaky sneaks
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From this viewpoint, the K-On! depicted in the high school setting might be seen as how a band got together and from humble beginnings, eventually become sufficiently proficient to put together the music we see in the ED/OP sequences, perhaps for a university-level club. I can dream, right?
|2012-12-03, 21:23
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Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
This is true, I know a number of people with "day jobs" who play in local clubs at night. They're professional - they simply don't expect to "go big" or they don't want to make what is fun turn into "not fun".
|2012-12-03, 21:25
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|2012-12-03, 22:35
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2012-12-04, 04:34
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The Comet has Come
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Republic of California
Age: 41
I think think of them as a weird Japanese (and genderbent) version of the Beatles. And imagine them going in that direction. Perhaps with the breakup as well, though for some reason I can't imaging Yui really having creative differences with any of them with her attitude towards everything. Mio and Ritsu migh get in fights, but Ritsu isn't really a song writter. I don't see them makig Mugi mad. Which leave Azusa as the one that might have creative issues with the others. But then, she does have her own band as well now, so that might be the "split" with a four girl HTT going one way and Azusa's band going another (with friendships still in place mostly because of course Sumire and Mugi are nearly family while Ui and Yui ar sisters.)
|2012-12-06, 09:34
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Join Date: Mar 2012
What Do I have to say about K-On?
It's one of those special anime that puts a smile ion my face whenever I watch it (and not a lot of anime can do that. They are usually either "too boring" or "too dramatic"). The light atmosphere, the everyday situations that we can relate to, and the lovable characters, all the ingredients to make a really special slice-of-life anime.
What I don't like is what some people's negative views regarding the show. The unjustified use of "the overrated plot-less moeblob" line is getting really annoying. K-On DOES have a plot. The moment that they decided to form a band, and reach for Budokan, that moment introduced the plot. People either don't see it, or just ignore it's existence.
Sure, it's not one of those "save the world" kind of anime. There's no supreme villain bent on world domination, nor did anyone experienced a dramatic death in the series. But K-On should not be compared to those genres, since it's like trying to compare cake to a sword (two totally different things). K-On has it's own good sides, and I just wished that people will see more of it.
Oh and BTW, 50% of the songs in my playlists are anime songs. And a huge portion of it are K-On songs. So yeah, I like the series, and highly recommend it. And More K-On...
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Now, if both of those themes interest you then you're just fine, but if you were drawn more by the music plot than by the characters, then of course you won't like K-ON when it doesn't focus on the music. So I think it's mostly a case of the show setting up unrealistic expectations. If less people went into it expecting the show to be highly music-oriented, less people would leave feeling betrayed.
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At first I was expecting it to be more music-oriented, showcasing how a band practices together, how they pull off breath-taking performance (and probably how the band breaks up and the members go on separate ways). Though that wasn't exactly the case, I learned to appreciate what the creators want to portray to the fans (or so I've thought at least). I don't mind the lack of screen time on their practices (a 30-min show of them practicing and hitting wrong notes, considering Yui's "skill", is kinda boring). Though the few snippets of their live performances was a bit of a let-down (I wanted more of it). Still, I found the series to be very enjoyable.
On another note, there are moments that really made me laugh. S1EP10 for instance, I bust into laughter because of Mio's epic scream. Yeah, simple, well-timed shenanigans can give anyone a smile (I'm a fan of slapstick comedy, if you're ever wondering)
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Even if the show featured more of them practicing there are ways to make that interesting--after all, the things they actually do in the show don't sound interesting but are (at least, I think they are). But I'm sure those of us who aren't musicians/musically oriented would rather watch them do things other than play music.
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New England couldn't afford to pass on a player of Feilhaber's caliber when he staggeringly slid down the allocation order last April, but his skills weren't a great fit for the direct approach employed upon his arrival and during the second half of this season.
Revolution coaches Steve Nicol and Jay Heaps struggled to devise ways to use him effectively as the primary option and tired quickly of his antics. Feilhaber failed to produce any semblance of consistent form despite his ample natural skill and raised questions about whether he would buckle down during difficult periods.
It was, by and large, a frustrating spell for everyone involved.
"It had a lot of ups and downs," Feilhaber said during a conference call on Tuesday. "It wasn't easy not winning as many games as we would have liked, as I would have liked. Losing is always a tough thing. I'm an extremely competitive person. Losing doesn't necessarily bring out the best in anybody, but I struggled with it. I didn't have a great season this year – points-wise, I probably had a better season the year before even though our team wasn't as good. But you take from it what you can, try to learn from it and try to prove [yourself] as a player and a person."
That chance to learn from his mistakes needed to come somewhere else. New England declined Feilhaber's contractual option for 2013 in November – he made $446,000 in guaranteed compensation in 2012, per MLS Players Union documents, and would have carried a higher figure on the salary budget next season – and shopped Feilhaber around the league in search of a taker.
"We have had some conversations on and off with Kansas City over the past few months, as well as a couple of other teams that had expressed some interest," Revolution general manager Michael Burns said in a phone interview on Tuesday. "Kansas City expressed the most interest in acquiring him in a trade. We just felt, moving forward, that this was the best move for Benny and the best move for us. That's really what it came down to."
Sporting Kansas City manager Peter Vermes leaned on his experience with Feilhaber as an assistant with the U.S. U-20 side in 2005 and his glaring need for creative reinforcements to justify a dramatic move to reinforce his squad. He sent an undisclosed chunk of the allocation money earned by qualifying for the CONCACAF Champions League and a couple of draft picks (a 2014 first-rounder and a 2015 second-rounder) to New England and struck a new deal with Feilhaber to secure his services for next season.
The exchange represented good value for the Revolution in this set of circumstances. Feilhaber wasn't returning to Foxborough anyways with Kalifa Cissé and Andy Dorman on board for next season, and the money and the picks provided a better-than-expected haul in return for his rights. It isn't a one-sided deal, certainly. While the assets may help a Revolution side still in need of additional reinforcements, the player benefits a Sporting side keenly focused on the present.
Feilhaber can slot into several spots in Vermes' 4-3-3 setup (ideally on the left wing or as the highest placed of the three central midfielders) and will buy into a tactical setup constructed upon moving the ball briskly in possession. He isn't a direct replacement for Wigan-bound Roger Espinoza (the Honduran offers more bite and more effective defensive coverage, though Feilhaber picks a pass more accurately and scurries around a bit to occupy space) or the departed Júlio César, but he increases the diversity of the available midfield options and tilts the balance toward a more positive approach in that department.
"From the point of view of the way we play and who we are as a team, I think Benny fits in very, very well with that," Vermes said during a conference call. "Not only do I think he'll fit in well, I think he'll help to enhance some of the things that we need on the field. From that perspective as well, it's going to be very positive to our team and our organization."
Most importantly, Feilhaber won't feel the need to carry the team on his shoulders. He may carry the price tag of a star, but he doesn't fit into that role as neatly as his skill set might suggest. As Feilhaber showed during his time with the U.S. national team under Bob Bradley, he operates best as a complementary player: one of those figures who combines well with other talented teammates and exploits the spaces they create to make his impact on matches. He didn't thrive as the focal point in New England, but he comes into a team with an established core that should give him the platform and the support required to rebound from a disappointing 2012 campaign.
Feilhaber enters this new arrangement on more solid footing than he did when he joined the Revs last year. He knows the coach. He joins a team expected to win frequently. He thinks the style of play suits him. He understands the more manageable demands at his feet. Now it is up to him to ensure his second partnership – one agreed upon by both parties, not thrown together by chance – will prove far more profitable than the first.


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McPherson High's volleyball team goes 5-1 at Newton.
NEWTON — In a battle of state-ranked volleyball teams, Class 6A's No. 5-ranked Wichita Northwest defeated McPherson High, ranked No. 2 in Class 4A, 25-20, 25-19 in the finals of the Newton Invitational Saturday.
MHS had gone 4-0 to win its pool, then outlasted host Newton in three sets (22-25, 25-11, 25-23) in the semifinals.
"I was pleased and proud to see how impressively our team bounced back from our loss on Tuesday," MHS coach Christy Doile said. "Our offense, which is generated by our passers and setters, were finishing plays. Our serving was strong, accurate and helped us win points. In a perfect world we would of carried our impressive day to the finals."
Doile said a number of players stepped up.
"Our team was led by Katelyn Loecker and Paige Regnier, they both had their best performances of the year," Doile said. "Tashley Snyder continues to lead us defensively and be a rally- ending offensive threat from our right-side. Moira Pyle deserves credit for scheming and locating our offense."
Loecker's play was impressive.
"During the Newton match, Katelyn was probably the loudest player in the gym, she was inspiring and directing her teammates," Doile said "I haven't seen her lead with that much passion this season. Her teammates followed her lead and equally matched her determination."
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Evelyn E., (O'Donnell) Monahan
Evelyn E., (O'Donnell) Monahan, 86, died July 9, 2012. She was the wife of the late Raymond M. Monahan.
Born in Providence, a daughter of the late Edward and Evelyn (Seamans) O'Donnell, she has been a resident of Warwick since 1956.
She is survived by 4 children, Raymond M. Monahan, Jr. and his wife, Gail, Diane J. Metcalfe, Kathy Tabis and Patricia L. Pelton and her husband, Dan. Also survived by seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren; sister-in-law of Ida O'Donnell and Frances O'Donnell; and sister of the late Edward O'Donnell and Milton O'Donnell.
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It's been too long since I read the noble tongues, and even longer since I sat across from a group of people and we all translated out loud. I miss that. I miss having these shared experiences of texts with other people, I miss the engaging conversations and insights you get when living so close to the texts as you must when engaged in translation.
So, I'd like to know if anyone would be interested in forming a reading group--we'd meet once, maybe twice a week on Skype for about an hour and go over some portion of a text. I'm not talking about a "learn latin" group, I'm talking about a "hey, let's read LIvy" group. Or whatever author we choose.
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It would be best to get started on this, for me, in late June. I just wanted to put a feeler out there to see if anyone would be interested in something like this.