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I think Chris Paul sells foul calls as much as anyone in the league. Easily. How often have we seen him stop in transition, have a trailing defender run into him, and Paul sprawl out on the floor? How frequently do we see him shoot out backwards when a big hedges too hard on a screen? At the end of the day, though, what Chris Paul does is hardly different from what so many elite NBA players do. We've all seen Paul Pierce pump fake, watch his defender fail to bite, and lean in to his defender anyway while wildly launching an awful shot. Chauncey Billups and Derek Fisher are two prominent perpetrators of that "move" as well. Kevin Durant's "rip" move (where he intentionally tries to get his arms tangled up with a defender before chucking a prayer at the hoop) falls under the same category- creating and selling dubious contact. Tim Duncan goes often for that move as well. And what of Kobe Bryant's propensity to yell like he just got shot on completely untouched forays to the rim? The point is that elite NBA players do what they can to help their teams win. They stretch the boundaries of the rules. Getting morally outraged about it is silly, and it's why I found Royce Young's tirade against Chris Paul and the Hornets a little disappointing. And I bring this up only because I respect Young and his work. I really do. He's one of the best NBA writers on the internets, and there's a reason you can find his work in so many places. He's fully entitled to his opinion that "only a select few players [flop]." Two things irked me aside from that. The first was his his closing comment on his game recap: "On their big night where they met their stupid attendance benchmark because a bunch of local business bought tickets instead of actual fans actually buying tickets." Really? "Their stupid attendance benchmark"? The second was the video he posted this morning, supposedly showing various Chris Paul flops from last night. Included in the reel are CP's trademark "slow in transition" and "draw the foul on the hedge." Also included though is a play where Paul attempts to draw a charge on Russell Westbrook. He's in position, until Westbrook deftly changes direction at the last second to swerve around Paul. CP tries to draw the charge anyways, but he's way out of position due to Westbrook's nifty move. I find it relatively unbelievable that Young has never seen another player do this, as it's an extremely routine occurrence. Players often try to set their feet only to have the ball handler switch direction and make contact with the defender at a different angle than anticipated. The defender falls because that's... how you take a charge. On that particular play, Westbrook beat Paul, the refs saw that Paul had been taken out of position by Westbrook, and that was that. Calling it clear evidence of Paul flopping is pretty rich. And the final clip in the Paul "flopping" video? Kevin Durant clearly elbowing Paul square in the chest, frustrated with CP's defense on him? Flop. Totally. Look, we can get into an endless debate about how "floppy" a flop was. And that's dumb. I'm far more concerned about Young's no-questions-asked casting of a player as a flopper on the evidence of some 50-50 videos, while casually dismissing Durant's rip move and simultaneously calling out Paul's "stupid" fans.
The Board of UTV Media today announced that Richard Huntingford would be taking on the position of Chairman with immediate effect. Helen Kirkpatrick steps down as Interim Chairman remaining as a Non-Executive Director of the Board. Interim Chairman, Helen Kirkpatrick said: “I am delighted that UTV has found such an outstanding candidate to become Chairman after a very thorough recruitment process in recent months. “Richard has enjoyed a highly distinguished career in the media sector and has extensive plc board experience as a Non-Executive Director and Chairman making him an excellent choice to lead the UTV Board. We look forward to the additional perspective he will be able to bring to the UTV Group going forward. “On behalf of the Board I would like to welcome Richard to UTV and wish him every success with the Group.” Richard joins UTV with a successful 25 year track record at plc board level in the media industry, both as an Executive and subsequently Non-Executive Director, preceded by twelve years at KPMG plc. Richard was Chief Executive of Chrysalis plc from 2000 until 2007, responsible for building a broadly-based media group through a combination of organic and acquisition-led growth. He then oversaw the realisation of significant value for shareholders through the disposal of the group’s television and radio interests. Richard was appointed Executive Chairman of Virgin Radio in 2007 until its sale to Times of India in 2008. Since then, Richard has enjoyed a successful portfolio career with Non-Executive Director roles at Boomerang Plus plc (Chairman), Creston plc (NED and RemCo Chair) and Crown Place VCT plc (NED). He is also Chairman of Prince’s Trust Trading Limited, the commercial and events arm of the Prince’s Trust, and a Governor of Radley College. From 2005 to 2006 he served as a Non-Executive Director on the board of Virgin Mobile Holdings (UK) plc, prior to its merger with Ntl. Richard Huntingford said: “I am delighted to have been given such an exciting opportunity at UTV, a company I have always admired for its achievements. I look forward to working with my new colleagues on the Board in helping John McCann and his executive team deliver continuing long-term value for UTV’s shareholders. “I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Helen Kirkpatrick for her outstanding contribution to the company as Interim Chairman.” UTV have operated the ITV Northern Ireland service since 1959.
"Great SEC Game Coming Up" Nov. 6, 2012 Opening statement… “It’s another great SEC game coming up with the oldest rivalry in the South. It’s going to be a great night game, and I want to encourage all the fans to come out and really support our guys. It’s a great challenge for us. What Georgia has to play for coming in here, with the possibility of clinching the East, and just the history of the game and how important the history of this game has been over the years and how close these games have been, I think our players are extremely excited about playing in the game. Our coaches are excited about coaching in it. We’re looking forward to a great challenge. It’s a very physical football team on both sides of the ball. They’re very talented and have really been playing well of late. It’s going to be a great challenge for us.” How was practice after the win… “As I’ve said before, there’s only one remedy to what was week after week occurring there for a while, and that is a win. It was great to see our guys in the locker room very excited about getting a win and what that feels like again. It had been a while. Practice Sunday, I thought it was very energetic. We have a lot of guys up and down the hallways this week watching film on their own, excited about playing in a game like this as well. I think it’s carrying over. I know it did yesterday, and my expectation is that it’ll carry over to today’s practice.” Is there motivation to try to stop Georgia from winning the SEC East… “We have been on the other side of that, and there’s a lot of motivation. No question about it. They’re playing for the ability to clinch the division and play in the SEC Championship game. When you play in rivalry games like this that have been going on this long, and there’s so much just involved with the game regardless of where each team is at and where they’re at in their season, it just makes for a great game. Our guys are going to be excited just because it’s Georgia. A lot of our players are from the state of Georgia and certainly close by if they’re not from the state. Georgia recruits a lot of the same guys, and these guys are playing high school football together or against each other. I think the history of the game, proximity and geographically how close we are and with our guys just enjoying the chance to play in a rivalry game like this 6 p.m. ESPN game, I think all those things together, we’re going to be very excited to play Saturday.” Does his team want to be the “spoiler”… “I think that’s kind of what anybody in that situation realizes, whether you say it or it’s in the back of your head, that you have an opportunity to play in a great game and if you play well and if you do end up winning the game, that’s the result, but that’s not what we’re feeding on. We’re feeding on the opportunity to have another great SEC game and have the opportunity to play on national TV against a great football team and have an opportunity to go out there and compete. That’s more of what we’re focused on -- and trying to build on what we did last week as well.” Does it help that Brian VanGorder and Willie Martinez previously coached at Georgia… “I think so. I think that over the last however many years, I think Georgia’s changed some in what their ideas are philosophically on offense, but not that much. Those guys spending that much time there, I’m sure that there’s things that are coming back that as you watch the film and you say ‘I remember that in practice,’ that certainly can’t hurt you. “I think it’s a little bit both ways. The bottom line is, when you watch this many games, 10 games, you know what they’re going to do. They know what you’re going to do. It’s just a matter of executing and being in the right position to make plays. Defensively, they’ve seen the last nine or 10 games. They know what we’re going to do, and they’ve been around those two guys as well. I think it’s probably kind of a push.” What does Georgia do well offensively and defensively… “Defensively, they’re very multiple because they have their 3-4 stance, meaning their philosophy of 3-4 defense, which gives you problems offensively; it’s giving quite a few people some problems right now in terms of who to block. There are going to be so many different looks in there. They have some really good talented players who are very productive in terms of sacks and tackles for loss. They have a huge defensive line. They have some safeties back there that are extremely physical, and their corners, if they decide to play man coverage, are very good at what they do. I just think schematically, all the way around, they have good players. They’re coached well, and that’s why they’re where they’re at. “Then offensively, they’ve been so explosive. They have a very big physical offensive line. The two young running backs are very explosive. I think they’ve really complemented each other well because one guy doesn’t have to carry it 35 times a game. They’re a little bit of a change-up. One’s a little bit bigger than the other, but they’re both extremely fast. Obviously, with the quarterback being as efficient as he is and throwing for 21 touchdowns and receivers that -- even though they’ve had a couple of injuries -- the next guy just steps up to the plate. I think everybody understands that they are where they are offensively because they do have explosive guys, and they’re very efficient at what they do.” On Georgia’s defensive players, specifically Jarvis Jones… “I think you start with trying to always find out where he’s at. He’s going to move around some, and they do a really good job with that. He’s definitely a tackle-for-loss hazard, whether it be sacks or in the run game. They don’t have any problems with pressuring him from wherever. You always have to know where he is, and then on top of that, he’s just a very physical player. He’s made plays against pretty much everybody they’ve played. You have to know where he is, and you have to have a way to account for him in both the run game and the pass game because he has great penetration from wherever he’s coming from.” Does Georgia’s pressure challenge players like Brandon Fulse and Jay Prosch to help more in blocking… “Absolutely. There’s no question. Combined with the fact that when you’re in a 3-4 defense that really creates just protection, it’s a tough scheme protection-wise. That’s why a lot of people bounce in and out of it. Even if they’re not a 3-4 defense, they’ll bounce in and out of it just because the protection issues that (Jarvis Jones) gives you. All of that becomes a factor.” Did he think Jarvis Jones had All-America potential when Jones was in high school… “He was coming out right when I had gotten here, so I knew somewhat about him, but I think at the time he was committed to USC, if I’m correct. I thought he was a very good player, and I thought he was a big good-looking physical specimen. I didn’t know enough about him at the time of exactly how good he would be as a football player, but I watched enough film on him to know he certainly had a chance to be. Him transferring and being this productive, I’m sure that the people who were around him for three years aren’t surprised, but I just didn’t know that much about him when I got here.” Will the speed of this defense change compared to what Jonathan Wallace saw last weekend… “It’s night and day. It’s going to be a completely different issue, and that’s what we’re preparing him for. The bottom line is he’ll study it, and he’ll know where they’re coming from. The speed and intensity with which they blitz and pressure and move around will be completely different than last week.” Is it important to get the run game going to help Wallace… “Getting the running game going is an imperative; there’s no question about it. Anytime you’re going out there with a young quarterback, the number one priority is to run the ball enough to protect him where you’re not so much drop-back, or you’re not in that many drop-back situations. First and second down and manageable third downs is really the key, and obviously the key is first and second down and being able to run the ball on some of those downs; even being able to run the ball on third down, too, is really critical when you have a young quarterback. I think that’s always the case.” On Philip Lutzenkirchen (who spoke to reporters earlier about his progress)… “He’s just a solid guy -- a guy that comes out to practice, and he’s always around the team -- a very positive, upbeat guy. He was obviously one of the first guys that we recruited when we got here. I’ve just gotten real close with his family, and I just believe and trust in him and his family and what they stand for off the field, as well as everybody has pretty well documented what he’s done on the field. He’s just a young man that I have a high level of respect for in a lot of ways. “I think he is a very selfless guy, and I think that is what is going to make him be successful whatever he does after this because it’s never really about him, and it’s never really been about him. He could stand up and beat his chest for a lot of things that he’s accomplished that most people would dream about accomplishing in his career here, but he never does that. He’s always going to talk about somebody else, and he’s always going to be one of those guys that steps up to the plate and tries to help somebody else; again, that’s why I talk about what he represents off the field as well as on.” Does Lutzenkirchen’s game-winning TD catch in the 2010 Iron Bowl come to mind when recalling his career… “It’s one of the first ones that comes to mind. He’s had so many great catches out there. He’s had so many one-handed snags. He really came on as a blocker as his career unfolded, because when he came out of high school, he was primarily a glorified wide-out. He had to learn the blocking game, and he had to learn how to do all of those things. It was very important to him to be able to try to improve in that regard, and he did. “He’ll always be remembered for certain catches that he made and some spectacular ones at that and some that the timing was impeccable as you just mentioned in the Iron Bowl two years ago, but his blocking and just everything that he has brought to the table other than the things that you even visibly see him do as a player what he’s like in the locker room, what he’s like in encouraging young guys, what he’s like bringing young guys in that want to play and he wants to help them. He wants to help them learn the offense or just learn what college football is all about. He’s just always been one of those guys, and I think that’s why most of our guys on our team have a very high level of regard very similar to me on Philip. It’s because he’s a different guy.” On the conversation Chizik had with Lutzenkirchen about having surgery… “Well, he was very distraught. My number one goal always is for doing what is in the best interest of our student-athletes, particularly when it comes to injury; I try to treat everything like I would if it were my own son. (Lutz) was at a place where, when it all went down, nobody was really sure exactly what direction this was headed. I just told him, ‘I know there is a lot on your plate because you’re thinking about wanting to finish this season out and making sure that you do all that you can to help Auburn win’ because that’s who he is. Then on the other side of that, you’ve got him thinking about a career beyond this. I just said, ‘at the end of the day, when you really sit down and think about this and you really soul search and pray on it and do whatever you have to do, you’ve got to end up doing health-wise what is the best for you, not 10 weeks from now, but 30 years from now.’ One of the things that happens with an injury like that is you don’t want to walk around with a limp for the rest of your life, just so that you could finish what you started -- I think those are hard decisions to be made sometimes. When all of the evidence came back, it wasn’t hard. He had to get it done, but in the interim, we had to have that conversation.” Injury updates for Auburn players… “C.J. (Uzomah), it doesn’t look like he is going to be able to end up playing this weekend. Chris Davis is still on the bubble. Jeff Whitaker I think has got a chance. He practiced Sunday night; obviously, we’ve got to take some baby steps with him. A couple of those other guys like Chris will be a little bit later in the week as we move forward, but it’s very unlikely that C.J. will play.” Is Dee Ford to the point where he can start… “We played him between 30 and 40 plays the other day, which was good to see. I feel like he held up well. We’re getting to the point where we’re looking at getting him back to that, but, again, I think it just depends on how this week unfolds, certainly tonight at practice.” On the significance of C.J. Uzomah being out… “Well, I just think when you’ve lost your two top tight ends, it certainly doesn’t help. I think he had gained a good amount of confidence with the last couple of games that he had played, and so he was becoming somebody that we were starting to really feel good about him catching the ball. Again, he was kind of like Philip. He was a different position coming out of high school, so he really needed to learn the world of blocking and blocking the edge, but he was coming on as a tight end just being able to do all of it a little bit better. So, again, I feel bad for him. It was kind of a freak deal on Wednesday night, but he will continue to try to get back before the season ends; it’s going to be touch and go as whether that will happen or not.” Has Corey Lemonier’s production changed since the beginning of the season… “I think early in the season, boy, you could really see him -- his very quick first step -- and I think that people knew all the preseason talk, and then the first few games, the pressures he was getting on the quarterback. Early in the year, he was getting some good pressure and there were actually three or four sacks that he had missed. I think protection-wise, every offense is going to take what is considered to be your best guy and they are going to have schemes for them. So, I think it is a combination of all of that.” On Jonathan Wallace stepping in as Auburn’s starting quarterback as a true freshman… “Well, I said it earlier in the week. I was very proud of some of the things that he was able to do, but if you look at how the game unfolded, early in the game he was slow in terms of just kind of getting a rhythm and just kind of getting into it. Typically, what you look for in a young guy is that you are able to do that and recover. So, I felt like he did that. I felt like as the game went on he kind of calmed down a little bit. He hit some throws that he should have hit, and, overall, ended up managing the offense well and throwing some nice balls out there. So, hopefully, he can pick up where he left off, but, again, this is a different defense this week with a different caliber of guy, but he won’t go out there and be fearful in any way, shape or form. I know that. He’ll go out there starting today and really try to improve on everything that he knew were the things that were responsible for a slow start. So, I have no question that he is going to go out there and compete very hard.” On Clint Moseley’s status… “I think he is coming along. Tonight we will see at practice how he is moving around, but I think he has gained in the last two or three days a little bit more movement, but we’ll know more tonight. He moved around a little bit Sunday, but even then we’ve had a little bit of time off since then, and I think that he will be in a little better place tonight, but we won’t really know until after practice.” What threat does Georgia quarterback Aaron Murray pose… “Well, Aaron Murray made plays and so did his wide receivers. They had kind of a high pass on a third-and-one and he hid it behind his back and there is nobody within 15 yards of the wide receiver that was a touchdown pass very well executed. You’re looking at a quarterback that’s pretty much seen it all, done it all. If you look at him just when people decide to pressure him, he’s going to be somewhere in the high 70s in terms of percentage of completions, so that doesn’t faze him. I mean he’s pretty much seen it all. “They’ve got a great scheme, and they can get the ball to one side or the other. Back to the receivers, even right before the half, here he is he’s scrambling around -- Ole Miss is playing well; they had sacked him three or four times on the drive -- and he escapes out of it and he throws the ball just about the only place you could put it before the safety came over, and they score right before the half. “So, I think that pretty much sums it up. He’s a very efficient quarterback with very, very capable wide receivers, and I think they are all on the same page and you can tell the timing. Even though Marlon Brown is going to be out, you’ve still got some receivers -- Malcolm Mitchell and (Tavarres) King and some other guys -- that I think are all very, very synchronized and on the same page.” What is his appreciation for the Auburn-Georgia rivalry… “Just incredible. It’s incredible. That’s why I say that, regardless of what the situation is for either team right now. It’s very important for the other team to go out there and play extremely hard because it’s a game as a little guy, if you grow up wanting to play college football as a little kid, these are the games that you dream of playing in. “I have got a great appreciation for this rivalry. There are a lot of similarities in the schools, and of course everybody knows the similarities over the last 100 and some odd years between scores and just the results of the game.” On the impact freshmen in the SEC this season… “I think this is a little bit of a unique year. I think that from the running backs at Georgia to the quarterback at (Texas) A&M to just so many young guys that have come in and played very, very well, I think it goes back to the level of talent that people are recruiting in this league. Pretty much every week you play somebody that has got a young guy that’s contributed and contributed very well; again, I think it just goes back and everybody knows the level of the skill in this league and it’s not just skill. It’s offensive linemen. It’s defensive linemen. I think the level of play and the level of skill from some of these guys coming out of high school in this league talent-wise is why the SEC is what it is.” More Auburn Football Headlines More Auburn Headlines
At first, I didn't like this story or narrators. Short as it is, I almost didn't finish it. There is a bit of mono flatness to the narration and the story starts in the deep end. It sounded like it was going to be a pity-poor-little-me. Somewhere along the way, I realized the narrators were being true to the story style. Also, a better way to describe the story is matter-of-fact: it is awful but that is what happened; next issue; let's move along and get on with life. This is a point of view which I can admire. What is that Sixties saying? Life sucks, then you die. Yes, now go cry around someone else. This seems to be the attitude of the author which the narrators picked up. This story illustrates how adults can gunk up the works and turn a children's squabble into a major life altering event. Left to themselves, the kids would have resolved their problems and gone on happily. None of the adults in this story came away with clean hands. The protagonist has a kind of emptiness within and has sort of cocooned himself away from emotion and connections. This is not surprising considering his situation. It is a kind of protection technique: lower your expectations and you will never be disappointed. This story is not gloom and doom; it is surprisingly upbeat. The author's conclusion was a satisfying masterstroke. I may have had a bad download but there are a couple of glitches: garbled speech and crossover feeds. I will delete it and try again. Heck, it was free, what I am complaining about? :) This is one splendid book. The writing is beautiful. The author created word paintings or a kind of musical composition but that is like going to see "The Girl With a Pearl Earring" by Johannes Vermeer and saying it is a pretty painting but this is the best I can do. One feels as if you are seeing and feeling with the eyes and emotions of Lucy Honeychurch, Cecil Wyse and George Emerson. This is a triangle of love muddles. The girl says yes to the handsome, rich and cultured Cecil As she grew into a self aware and confident woman, she found that he would never be able to meet her needs. To get a better idea of his character, I refer you to Charlotte Bronte's St. John Rivers in "Jane Eyre" or Mary Ann Evans (George Elliot)'s Tito in "Romula". For these men, there was only themselves with no room for the needs of another. A lighter treatment can be found in Sophie Kinsella's "Remember Me?" It must be confessed that our heroine unknowingly lies, to herself, her family, her fianc?, the man she loves. She must take back her yes and find a way to say yes to the right man while the whole world knows and approves of her engagement. It is at times, quite funny and always engrossing. The narrator, Rosalyn Landor enjoyed herself and made the book a joy. There is a kind of poetry in the story which she expressed as her own. It was my first time with her. She is tops. Jane Austen and Bullwinkle Moose kept flittering through my thoughts as I listened to this book. Fitzwilliam Darcy's ill-considered proposal to Elizabeth Bennet has vague echoes of Miss Arabella Hunt's proposal of marriage to Tom Jones. "In thus disposing of myself, I know I shall incur the censure of the world; but if I did not love you more than I fear the world, I should not be worthy of you..." Further, like Darcy, she imputed to her intended her own thoughts and feelings only to find to her chagrin, she had completely misread the situation. In Fielding's sharply drawn caricatures of Squire Allworthy, Squire Weston, Mr. Blifil, one finds a cartoon melodramatic world with Snidely Whiplash tying lovely, hapless Nell to the railroad tracks with Dudley Do-Right riding to the rescue in the nick of time in a kind of prequel to the modern novel with Bullwinkle Moose as narrator. If you remember Bullwinkle telling Fractured Fairy Tales, then you have a sense of this tongue-in-cheek novel. The villains have big black mustaches; the good guys wear white hats; sometimes walk on the dark side and no good deed goes unpunished. In my time in the United States Navy, "Going to school" on someone is what we called watching experienced seamen and learning from mistakes made by others. It is evident that Fielding is one of the writers on which Miss Austen went to school, from the way she used strong caricatures in her novels such as Lady Catherine, Mrs. Bennet, Miss Bates, Sir John Middleton, Mrs. Jennings, Sir Walter Elliot, Mrs. Norris, et al. If you choose this book, be prepared to give the author time (8-10 chapters) to explain himself. It may be English but it "ain't" today's English. Charlton Griffin does a great narration and a wonderful job translating Fielding's humor for Twenty-First Century ears. I would have never thought I could use Henry Fielding, Jane Austen and Bullwinkle Moose in a review with a straight face. Rosalyn Landor is a gold star narrator. Maybe, I am just a softy for lovely low British accents. Rebecca Brandon nee Bloomwood is a woman who loves being a woman. She thinks fate dealt her a splendid hand. It would not occur to her to envy or resent the opposite sex for anything. She loves the man she married and the life she leads. Now she finds herself pregnant. Some women crave pickles and ice cream, for Rebecca it is shopping for designer baby things. Oh yes, all men love going shopping especially for baby things. Not! Poor Luke, I rolled my eyes with him. I love her entanglements and especially her disentanglements. The scene at the delivery room is priceless! Rebecca doesn't lie but occasionally, she fails to give complete answers or provide relevant information in a timely manner. She always knows when she is not playing straight and is usually filled with self recriminations. These less admirable instances occur usually when she is trapped, ashamed or acts to prevent pain to a loved one. i.e. One wouldn't tell the girlfriend the outfit she has spent the day buying and is now modeling is hideous even if it is. My answer is pat: It is lovely dear, it brings out the color of your beautiful eyes. Further, when we go somewhere to show off her new things, I only see the woman and smile. Why bother with facts if they would cause pain? Besides Luke Brandon is no dummy. He knows Rebecca and when she is hiding something. If this is the way they wish to conduct their married life then who am I to stick in my oar? Besides, many of the humorous situations wouldn't come about if Rebecca was always a Girl's Scout. We men are very forgiving of the foibles of a beautiful and adorable woman. I offer Mr. George Knightley and Miss Emma Woodhouse as star witnesses. At the end of the day, Rebecca always does the right thing and is not a selfish being, only impulsive. I like her. I think her baby will too. This is my first experience with this author and narrator. They are impressive. This is a kind of fairy tale along the lines of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice with the fiery Elizabeth crossing swords with Darcy. I also think of Jane Eyre as she is confronted with Thornfield and its moody master which should give an idea of the relationship between hero and heroine. There was obviously intensive period research into the time and setting of the story. While I wasn't looking for any false notes, I didn't detect any. Georgette Geyer writes as if she were a contemporary of Austen or Bronte. An author who can bring to life espionage, treason, murder to say nothing of a solid romance, all at a rather creepy mansion is an accomplished writer. Geyer writes with a kind of tongue in cheek amusement, a potential pitfall which Cornelius Garrett embraced as his own. His narration took the book seriously while allowing its innate humor full play. He shines! This is one of those books which I would never buy at say Books a Million. Can you imagine me, a rough, sixty year old man in jeans and work boots browsing in the women's section much less walking around with actual chick lit in my hands? I don't think so. Don't you just love the anonymous nature of audio books? Only Audible, the six people who actually read this review and myself will ever know. Josephine Bailey did a fine job with story. Yes, I enjoyed this one. There is less shopping and more doing. You know how we guys like action. ;) Coming up with titles for a review is often more difficult than writing the darn things so I finally fixed on one which describes what Rebecca Brandon is about in this work. She tries to fix problems of her own making with her relationships: sister, husband, best friend. Men and women think differently from each other on most matters. Rebecca thinks extremely differently. She naturally assumes shopping will solve all problems. What did Jane Austen have to say about fine clothes? Oh, I can't quite quote but she goes something like this: woman is fine for herself alone. As long as she is neat and clean, a man will never notice much less remember the new dress, hair color, lipstick shade, style of shoes, the stylish purse or earrings. In other words, we men don't care for the fruit peel only the meat. For other women, something a bit shabby is preferred for conversation's sake. Don't blame me; this is straight from Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey). Rebecca, poor girl, probably wasn't an Austen fan and therefore never got this good advice from the grand dame herself. I really started enjoying this story when Rebecca absolutely gunks up the works then rushes pell-mell to put matters aright. First stop was to patch things up with her sister and manages to totally alienate her. To fix matters, she wound up on the side of a mountain in a storm in her lovely new slippers then slipped off. Oh yes, the story picks up delightfully: action, blood, mud, broken bones, the works. The best of it happened when she found herself accidently organizing a large scale protest of her husband's largest client. Then there are the amusing adventures as she mended matters. However Luke and Rebecca Brandon finally arrive at their Pemberley, one can only say it will be an interesting trip. Rebecca Burns has great accent. I can't quite put my finger on the origins but she is perfect for this story. The word Pollyanna has taken on something of a negative connotation, a kind of empty headed happiness despite circumstances, usually said in a sneering condescending tone after the fashion of some college professors or self righteous politicians. I carried away a very different idea of a Pollyanna. For your consideration: Her father died. Her mother died. Her brothers and sisters all died. She is homeless and penniless. She is sent to live with a relative who doesn't love her or want her. She truly stands alone. She took all the hard knocks that the world threw her way. As often as she was knocked down; she picked herself up, dusted herself off and found a reason to smile as she faced the next trial. Even when pummeled with blows which have brought great men to their knees, Pollyanna did not yield. Almost, perhaps, but she never surrendered. Further evidence for your consideration: Who changed? Not Pollyanna; she was the glowing wondering little person at the end that she was when we first met. Nope, it was the adults who were changed by this small force of nature: Aunt Polly, the doctor, Nancy, Mr. Pendleton, the minister, et al, in fact an entire town. So if someone is Pollyannaish, what are they? In my book, brave as a combat Marine, loyal as a Saint Bernard and tough as a Pollyanna Whittier. Having read this book quite a few times over the years, I was pleased to find it in Audible's library. My hat is off to the producers. The names of the narrators weren't included but they were fabulous. I especially liked the announcer who obviously was kidnapped from the BBC World Service. The woman who did the story narration had a lovely expressive voice. The little music clips closing the chapters were a nice touch. Burnett had a thing for India. In many ways, it became a kind of character in a number of her books including "A Little Princess", "The Secret Garden" and this title. It is a place of fantastical mystery, unknown splendor and sudden terrifying dangers, where both death and wonder lurked in shadows. As the synopsis suggested, this is an adult fairy tale. Burnett's early life was no fairy tale so her stories have a firm basis in hard reality which is appealing and believable. Who better to tell the story of Cinderella before the fairy godmother and the prince than one who has lived Cinderella's life? Emily Fox Seton struck me as a Catherine Morland ("Northanger Abbey") type of heroine with an innocent belief in the goodness of fellow human beings. It was no great surprise when Emily loved the dry, distant Lord Walderhurst enough for both. She needed someone to love; he needed a wife who would leave him in peace. I really enjoyed the way this unsophisticated woman handled herself when confronted with the attempts against her life. If I remember my Austen, I think Henry Tillney fell in love with Catherine because she was so much in love with him. In like fashion, cold, self-centered Walderhurst found himself in love with Emily because she so absolutely loved him. Is the book as good as "A Little Princess" or "The Secret Garden"? No, but most books aren't that good, yet I still manage to enjoy quite a few of them. Lucy Scott is tremendous with a fine expressive voice and she knows the material. Alright, I admit it, I love the accent. I have a number of Jane Eyre versions (cd, mp3, DL) by various narrators: Wanda McCadden, Amanda Root, Susan Erickson and of course, Lucy Scott. Even after listening scores of times, I would be hard pressed to choose a favorite. Perhaps, like Jane Austen novels, it is the one I am currently reading (or to which I'm listening). I assume you know it is a Beauty and the Beast story although beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. She is not a SI swimsuit issue babe unless it is for brains. Nevertheless, I find her attractive in the same way all the Bronte heroines are. If you recall, Catherine Morland in "Northanger Abbey" by Jane Austen was considered to be "almost pretty", not overly educated or even particularly smart but her principles were written in granite and when push came to shove, like all of Austen and Bronte heroines, it turns out she had a backbone of carbon steel. As an admirer of both Bronte and Austen heroines, I tend to compare and contrast although I sure Charlotte Bronte would be displeased as she had a very low opinion of Miss Austen (re: letter to her editor). Just as Miss Bingley (P&P) never had a chance with Darcy even without an Elizabeth, Miss Ingraham never had a shot at Mr. Rochester even without a Jane. Look at the treatment of subordinates by these two women. Observe the difference between the treatment of Adel by the Misses Eyre and Ingraham. So all the time Miss Bingley and Miss Ingraham were confidently whispering sweet nothings into ears of their prospective husbands, their behavior painted an unflattering portrait of an impoverished character. One can compare similar relationships in "Agnes Grey", "Villette", et al. There is always something new to think over. How to review this? The title cries out for it to be compared and contrasted with "Little Women" which would be unfair to this really fine book. Here are some authors with works in the same class as "Little Women": Lucy Maude Montgomery, "Anne of Green Gables"; Eleanor H. Porter, "Pollyanna"; Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm"; Johanna Spyri, "Heidi"; Frances Hodgson Burnett, "A Little Princess", "The Secret Garden". These works are sui generis. It is simply not fair to compare other works with them even those by the same author. These authors wrote many other really great works (see Project Gutenberg) which are not in the same class as the ones above but nevertheless are enjoyable and worthwhile in their own right. Not every book is "War and Peace" (which all acclaim and few read) or "Pride and Prejudice" (which almost everyone reads and makes an unsatisfactory (except Firth/Ehle) movie version. The stars of this book are the boys, however keep an eye on Jo and her Professor Bhaer, who as adults, make the rules. In a good kid's book, it is always the adults who set the standards and provides the framework for growth and development of decent human beings. Bearing in mind, this is the 1880's, twenty years after the war, before antibiotics, modern medicine, air conditioning, phones, etc., the situations, problems and solutions seem quite modern and germane to 2010. Most of all, this book is fun. Boys are mischievous and will find a way into every kind of trouble. It is interesting how much power the two little girls have over the behavior of the boisterous boys. This is a power innate to women if they choose to exercise it, a forgotten influence in today's world. The narrator, C.M. Hebert did her usual fine job of keeping track of children, adults and multi-storylines. Report Inappropriate Content If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.
Active listening is a skill so important that anyone who lacks it is sure to have problems at home and at work. What they didn't teach you in school - but what you'll learn in this program - could be the key to becoming closer to your friends and family as well as becoming a better, stronger leader. ©1996 Dr. Tony Alessandra (P)2006 Dr. Tony Alessandra There are no listener reviews for this title yet. Report Inappropriate Content If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.
Ever since Jilly Coppercorn and Geordie Riddell were introduced in de Lint’s first Newford story, "Timeskip", back in 1989, their friends and readers alike have been waiting for them to realize that they belong together. Now, in Widdershins, a stand-alone novel of fairy courts set in shopping malls and the Bohemian street scene of Newford's Crowsea area, Jilly and Geordie’s story is finally being told. Before it’s over, we’ll find ourselves plunged into the rancorous and sometimes violent conflict between the magical North American “animal people” and the more newly arrived fairy folk. We’ll watch as Jilly is held captive in a sinister world based on her own worst memories—and Geordie, attempting to help, is sent someplace even worse. And we’ll be captivated by the power of love and determination to redeem ancient hatreds and heal old magics gone sour. ©2006 Charles de Lint (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc. “As familiarly as though he were chronicling the lives of old friends, de Lint spins yet another magical story of the intersections between reality and the faerie and spirit world in this latest addition to the Newford opus, his twin loves of storytelling and music-making shining through every page....Highly recommended." (Library Journal) “De Lint weaves the individual characters' stories into a tight-knit whole, accompanied by music, love, pugnacity, frustration, and healing. Many of his faithful readers see the people he has created as kin they want to keep up with. Walk widdershins (i.e., counterclockwise) once and you may, too.” (Booklist) What I love about Charles De Lint is that he creates worlds that feels so real even though they are completely foreign. You feel like you can step into them and it would somehow make sense. Charles De Lint takes us into the Dreamlands, and the way they are explained and can change quickly; they can easily feel like places in my own dreams. Widdershins picks up with Geordie and Jilly in a timeline after The Onion Girl. It has been stated,and I agree, that you do not need to read The Newford Books in order but I would say you should read Widdershins after The Onion Girl. You will get much more out of it. It explores Geordie and Jilly as a couple and what it takes for them to make the decision to stop being friends and take the nextstep. This is a book where two people who have had extremely bad childhoods and lives get to find happiness. This is not to say that Widdershins does not deal with themes of sexual abuse and trauma. It does. It also deals with the necessity of having to deal with ones past instead of locking it away and ignoring it. It is not something someone else can save you from. Within the book Charles De Lint also explores the world of the faerie and the cousins and the unsteady peace found in the Dreamlands. Manifest destiny did not escape the Dreamlands and its effects have some similar issues dealt with in America. There were a few reviews I have read that have found this preachy but I did not find it so and enjoyed it. I highly recommend Widdershins. An ongoing De Lint character, Jilly, has further adventures after Onion Girl with the fantastical characters of Faerie and her love of music, art, and Geordie. Report Inappropriate Content If you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.
The authors offer strategies from A to Z, starting with "A Is for Ask", that anyone can use to address their employees' concerns and keep them on the team. Learn simple, inexpensive ideas you can use today, and hear examples of how these strategies work in some of the best companies in America. ©2005 Beverly Kaye and Sharon Jordan-Evans; (P)2005 The Audio Partners, Inc. "Any manager who dreads losing a top performer would do well to consider this book." (Amazon.com) There are no listener reviews for this title yet. Report Inappropriate Content
In this brilliant debut novel, Donna Tartt gives us a richly textured and hypnotic story of golden youth corrupted by its own moral arrogance. Richard Papen had never been to New England before his 19th year. Then he arrived at Hampeden College and quickly became seduced by the sweet, dark rhythms of campus life - in particular by an elite group of five students; Greek scholars, worldly, self-assured, and at first glance, highly unapproachable. Yet as Richard was accepted and drawn into their inner circle, he learned a terrifying secret that bound them to one another; a secret about an incident in the woods in the dead of night where an ancient rite was brought to brutal life...and led to a gruesome death. And that was just the beginning. ©2002 Donna Tartt; (P)2002 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. "A mysterious, richly detailed story told by a talented writer." (Publishers Weekly) "An enthralling story....The Secret History is addictive. Chances are you won't be able to listen just once." (AudioFile) "Powerful....Enthralling....A ferociously well-paced entertainment." (The New York Times) "Tartt's voice is unlike that of any of her contemporaries. Her beautiful language, intricate plotting, fascinating characters, and intellectual energy make her debut by far the most interesting work yet from her generation." (The Boston Globe) It doesn't seem to ever be a good idea to read your own work. I took a chance, and just couldn't listen to this. The narration is so off-putting as to be distracting (to me, anyway). An interesting premise that might have been a good story, but I just couldn't get past the presentation. If I had known Bunny in high school, he would have never made it to college. I would have already killed him and his annoying leeching ways before any ACT or SATS. I thought the book was well written and was easy to follow. However, the clique of scholars was annoying, and drank like a UT fraternity during Greek Week…. but they did it daily. That would explain the lack of brain cells that made these Greek scholars refer so often to Dante, an Italian writer. The narrator did not annoy me as she has some others. She created the characters and I feel she knew what their voice should be. This one is one you either like or hate. All of its faults considered, I liked it. I felt I had to add a review that supported the author's reading. I thought it was great, and it was a unique opportunity to hear the author read the characters in the voices that she intended for them to have. I don't know why people dislike Donna Tartt's reading; I've listened to plenty of audiobooks, and I found this one to be one of the best readings I've come across. I loved her voice & the vocal inflections she added. It's not exactly a "neutral" reading, though, which maybe is what people disliked. But hey, if you want a robot to read a book to you, then listen to a Kindle. The story is very compelling, and the writing is striking & original. I loved Donna Tartt's reading. I have no complaints and highly recommend this audiobook. I am relatively new to the audiobook scene, but I don't need a lot of audio listens under my belt to recommend this book. The plot is fascinating and the characters so well developed. The author's narration is excellent...I was disappointed when the 21 hours were over. Every aspect of this selection was a winner. I've listened to more than half of this book, and I had to take a break. Unbelievable and unlikable characters, combined with a very slow moving story, topped off with a terrible narrator, made it easy to set this one aside for a while. I would eventually like to know how it ends, but maybe I'll just get the print version from the library and skim the rest. I don't understand why the author is narrating the story. The story is "told" by a male character, and most of the other characters are male as well. The author's attempt to pull off all the male voices is distracting and annoying. I don't recommend this audiobook, and I'm sorry I wasted a credit on it. The narrator's (author's) voice ruined this one for me. The story was interesting and well-researched if rather farfetched. However, I couldn't get past the fact that neither voice nor accent matched who the characters were supposed to be. I'd read it, not listen to it. The author is a terrible reader. It was a constant challenge to remember that the main character was supposed to be a young man. Listening to Donna Tartt read this book drove me crazy and I finished it only because a friend had recommended the book and I wanted to get to the end of it. It was an overlong story about a group of drug addicted alcoholics. From Austen to zombies! I read this book years ago when it was first published. I liked it enough then, and I thought I'd give it another "read" on Audible. It was a completely different, and better, experience. The protagonist, Richard Papen, is a bored student in small-town California. Longing for escape, he transfers to a private liberal-arts college in Vermont. There, he falls in with a tiny group of elite students and begins an intensive study of Ancient Greek. Death, paranoia, and intrigue follow. The printed book was remarkable for its study of how people behave in such small groups--alliances form and dissolve, grudges are nursed, petty slights (or tiny acts of kindness) are magnified. By the end of my previous reading experience, however, I'd got a bit bored with the debauched rich students. The characters felt well-sketched, but flat. Not so with the audio version. The star here is not author/narrator Donna Tartt, although she does do a good job of reading. The real headliner is the atmosphere of tension, overlaid with boredom, overlaid with frustration. The characters are still a bit flat, but their feelings--nervousness, sadness, downright paranoia--are intensified when the words are read aloud, so much so that I found myself sympathizing with the students much more. I could have used fewer depressing tales of drawn-out partying, and at times I wished somebody would just call the rehab wagon. The story itself, however, remains a brilliant look at how an awful event can bring out the worst in everyone it touches. I absolutely love audiobooks. There is simply nothing like having someone read you an engrossing story; not to mention you can get things done while you listen. I always have one on the go. This book was just superb. The story was extremely strong and engrossing. If, like me, you are a murder mystery fan but appreciate a long in depth story with good character development and realistic human relationships this book is for you. The story is a little bit Heathers, a little bit The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. Reminded me a great deal of Special Topics in Calamity Physics. Unlike the narrator in Calamity Physics, though, there's no suggestion that this character is a genius - and yet, we are expected to believe that with only 2 years of non-exclusive Greek language study, he has read not only ALL of Plato in Greek, but a wide array of other classical literature. It would have been forgivable, I think, had the narration not been so absolutely godawful. The voice of Bunny is a high pitched nasal whine, like a voice someone would make while mimicking someone annoying and ineffectual. Everyone else sounds more or less alike - slightly nasal, with hints of a southern accent. I'm on the fence about whether I'd recommend this. The story is interesting, although some of the details are pretty unbelievable. But the narration is grating, at best. Report Inappropriate Content
Audie Award Nominee, Best Teens Category, 2013 Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful, bold, irreverent, and raw, The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning-author John Green’s most ambitious and heartbreaking work yet, brilliantly exploring the funny, thrilling, and tragic business of being alive and in love. ©2012 John Green (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc. "An electric portrait of young people who learn to live life with one foot in the grave. Filled with staccato bursts of humor and tragedy, The Fault in Our Stars takes a spin on universal themes - Will I be loved? Will I be remembered? Will I leave a mark on this world? - by dramatically raising the stakes for the characters who are asking." (Jodi Picoult, best-selling author of My Sister’s Keeper and Sing You Home) Knowledge is knowing the way. Wisdom is looking for an alternative, more interesting road to get there. Audiobooks are that road. I've never heard of John Green nor did I know this was a Young Adult book or I may have passed on it completely. I chose it because of all the 5 star ratings. There's no way to sugarcoat this. This book is about teenagers with cancer. Hazel Grace Lancaster, the narrator, is 16 and carries an oxygen tank with her everywhere. Augustus Waters lost his leg to cancer. These two teens meet in a support group and eventually fall in love. Although the disease is always front and center, Green does an excellent job of creating an adventure that is not related to their illness. He has worked a beautiful story around it in order to follow something more important; a dream to meet Peter Van Houten, an author who lives in the Netherlands. Hazel needs to find out what ultimately happens to a character in one of his books and Augustus is going to do everything in his power to help her make that dream come true. These two teenagers are so inspiring they treat cancer like more of an inconvenience than a life sentence, a real life lesson on many different levels. I connected to these teens and to their parents. I can honestly say I "enjoyed" this book, it was funny, haunting and tragic all at the same time. Don't pass on it because of the big "C", you'll be missing quite a gem. Kate Rudd brought Hazel to life. She did an excellent job with the narration. Me, myself, and I. There are books that you experience in a state of welcoming bliss. They stick with you because you needed to read them JUST RIGHT NOW. And somehow the universe converged at the perfect moment to drop a wonderful story about this or that into your hands. You read with great fervor the adventures, sadness, mystery, or humor of your fictional doppleganger, and when you are done, you feel awash in both elation and deflation, wondering if you will ever find another story like this one. This was not one of those stories. It could have been, and at times it seemed on the verge of becoming one of them, but it ended and I did not feel that. I have no doubt that it probably instills in others the feelings that I wrote about above. For me, I experienced the roller coaster of Hazel Grace's young life and was properly enchanted, worried, and hopeful for her. I think that I wanted something even more profound in the end, and it just wasn't there for me. This, in no way, should discourage you from reading this story. It is beautifully written and wonderfully executed. Kate Rudd does a fantastic job of bringing Hazel Grace to life, to the point that I'm not sure they aren't the same person. This story of life, and its byproduct cancer, is filled with moments of pure happiness, humor, and devastating sadness. John Green's compelling storytelling is on full display here, and I cannot fault the story for any shortcomings. An excellent read no matter what my unreasonable expectations may have been. Laura the Listener I laughed, I cried, I fell in love with the characters. The narrator captures teenage sarcasm perfectly. The description of this book doesn't do it justice. I picked it up at the recommendation of a couple friends and loved it from the first word. Listen to this book. Reading is a discount ticket to everywhere I would place this one near the top of the YA titles I've sampled. I enjoyed the couple's time in Amsterdam. I liked the author of Hazel's book. He was flawed, humorous, and inevitably redeemable. I also thought the simplistic drawing of the circle diagram was hilarious. I did cry at the end and chuckle during the middle. John Green has the ability to insert humor at almost every turn. This was his best attempt at creating sadness. Sure, I'd love to hear your story.... As I get farther away from being a young adult, I find myself drawn more towards that time in my life to understand how I feel now. And John Green is my favorite author to stir up the emotions and perspectives that time in our lives holds. These characters brought joy and pain into my life as a person who has watched a loved one die from cancer, as a parent trying to shield their kids from pain, and as a flawed adult worried about the legacy I'll leave behind. Mr. Green does this without taking shortcuts or using the mystical or seeking easy answers. As reported by others, I could listen to Kate Rudd read a phone book and be happy. Fortunately this is quite far from that and only serves to make the best book I've heard in a long time even better. I think I owe Audible an extra "credit" for this one. "Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them." --Lemony Snicket It doesn’t matter that John Green’s target audience is teenagers – his characters are smart, honest, and funny no matter how old you are, and the universal themes captured in this book are, well, universal. Terminal cancer may not be the most uplifting of plotlines, but don’t let that stop you from listening to this wonderful story. Though I’ve listened to John Green before (Will Grayson, Will Grayson was also really good!), this was the first time I heard narrator Kate Rudd, and I was most impressed with how she handled all the male and female characters – young and old, American and Dutch. I will definitely be looking for more of her performances in the future! “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” ― Ernest Hemingway Nothing I say or don't say can make you understand how wonderful this book truly is, but believe me when I tell you that you are making the right choice by buying it. I mean seriously, this story could have been boring and depressing, instead, I find it fun, interesting, touching and insightful. I simply did not want it to end! I've rarely read a book that is filled with such raw honesty, so when I come across one, I appreciate it. I was perfectly able to connect with the characters. I couldn't detect a single trace of fakeness in them. The Fault in Our Stars isn't just some random book you read and forget, as I'm sure in my case, it will stick in my head for a very long time. Kate Rudd did a phenomenal, outstanding job narrating this highly emotional read. Considering the subject matter and the emotionally charged nature of this book, it would have been so easy to overdo the narration. But Kate Rudd’s performance was perfection, bringing to life these amazing characters and telling this heart-wrenching story so naturally that it was as if I was listening to Hazels private thoughts. And yes, I could still recognize a great narration even when I don’t know how I heard anything over the sobbing mess I was reduced to throughout this book. I highly recommend this audiobook experience to anyone that is interested in reading this book. The story itself, well, I mean its John Green so of course it was amazing. I love this man’s writing. It’s like he effortlessly creates these wonderfully realistic characters; characters that I’d want to know, that I’d want to become friends with. And by the end of the book, I feel like I DO know them and that we’ve been friends forever and I’m so emotionally entwined in the story that its actually difficult to move on to another book when it is over. I felt like that with Will Grayson, Will Grayson, and I certainly feel like that with this incredible book. I don’t know that there are many of us whose lives have not been touched in some way by cancer, but even if it hasn’t, almost everybody has lost a loved one too early and has felt the utter unfairness of that loss. The Fault in Our Stars is the story of several kids suffering from cancer and is told from their perspective. It is unapologetically and brutally honest, morbidly humorous, simply just real. This book was so filled with unfiltered truth that it was almost uncomfortable to read in some places. But I still recommend that you do. By the end of this book, I had cried so many tears that the front of my shirt was wet, and days later I’m still tearing up as I recall the story while I write this review. The Fault in Our stars was a powerful, emotionally intense, and incredibly important read. I highly recommend it to anyone regardless of genre. I absolutely loved this story. I am not the kind of person who cries at movies or goes awww during romantic moments, but this book is different. I laughed out loud at parts and i did cry a bit... only a few tears, but for me that is huge! John Green outdid himself with this unbelievably touching story. The characters are amazing individuals who you like immediately. You enter a world where the character's problems are on such a different level that it feels almost foreign and you can lose yourself in it. I don't want to drone on over every detail because that will ruin its twists and turns for all who read this review so i will keep it brief. This story reminds us to be present in life and appreciate the things we take for granted. Please read this book, you will absolutely fall in love with it. You will feel for these characters and perhaps see life from a new perspective. Thanks to this story my life, "is a roller coaster that only goes up...." my friends. Narrator: Did a great job with both male and female voices. The accents sounded authentic. A perfect choice for this book. I couldn't imagine the story being told any other way. Easily one of the best readings I've heard on audible. Yes. But I didn't and I'm glad i didn't. Not that the book didn't call for it. It actually screamed for it to be honest. The performance begged for it as well. She was brilliant. My drive was over and felt that a break would be best. You won't regret this purchase. Like all good stories I don't want to ruin one detail for you. But I believe you will want to buy the ebook as well. To many things to highlight, to reread, to contemplate. I'm not saying skip the audio book. This one is to well done to decide between the two. I would really like it if Audible started to offer a bundle of the two.. Even if it cost extra. Report Inappropriate Content
It is the position of the American Academy of Audiology that the Doctor of Audiology (Au.D.) degree awarded by educational institutions should conform to the descriptions of clinical "first professional degrees" published by the United States Department of Education (http://www.ed.gov ). Educational programs for the Au.D. degree that are not consistent with this definition should not receive accreditation. The transition from the Master's degree to the Au.D. degree as the "first-professional degree" in audiology is rooted in the conviction that the educational models adopted approximately 40 years ago are inadequate to support the needs of individuals served by audiologists. The United States Department of Education describes first-professional degrees in clinical fields of Dentistry, Medicine, Optometry, Osteopathy, Pharmacy, and Podiatry as requiring 4 years of study following undergraduate preparation. The four-year design is not arbitrary, but was put into place on the basis of the collective experience of the health care professions that are held in high esteem. The vast majority of residential programs leading to the Au.D. degree require four years of study after completion of a baccalaureate degree. The recent emergence of Au.D. programs that require only three years of post-baccalaureate education and clinical training is likely to create confusion among prospective students, licensing boards, and the public. The consequences of the departure of the three-year programs from the United States Department of Education descriptions of first professional degrees represent a significant threat to the progress that the profession of Audiology is making to achieve autonomy from other healthcare professions.
Releases \| Industry \| Phonak Announces Winner of the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson Award Phonak Announces Winner of the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson Award July 25, 2012 Print Recipient Carrie Spangler, AuD., Ohio Educational Audiologist, Role Model and Mentor.Warrenville, Illinois - (July 23, 2012) - Phonak LLC has awarded the 2012 Cheryl DeConde Johnson award for Outstanding Achievement in Educational and Pediatric Audiology to Carrie Spangler AuD., an educational audiologist in the Starke County Educational Service Center in Ohio since 1999.Her leadership in organizing and chairing continuing education events in Ohio, facilitating preceptor programs for graduate students from local universities throughout her career, as well as her many presentations is evidence of her commitment to continuing education. In addition, Dr. Spangler has engaged in multiple sustained initiatives that have positively impacted children with hearing impairment at the local, state and national level. (left to right): Cheryl DeConde Johnson, EdD, FAAA;2012 CDJ Award Recipient Carrie Spangler, AuD;Patrick Henry,Director of Pediatrics, Government Services and Wireless, Phonak US.Born with a bilateral hearing loss, Dr. Spangler brings a unique perspective to her work as an empathetic counselor and successful role model to children with hearing loss and their families as well as to her colleagues and peers. "Dr. Spangler's work and commitment to advocate and improve the communication and academic outcomes of children is outstanding by all measures," said Dr. Cheryl DeConde Johnson, honorary chairperson of the Award Selection Committee. "Dr. Spangler's numerous accomplishments are impressive, but they do not fully express the impact she has had and no doubt will continue have on children with hearing impairment and the profession of educational audiology. Her vibrant personality together with her passion and vision makes her unstoppable, and she challenges her colleagues by example." In addition to providing her full-time educational audiology services, Dr. Spangler displays unparalleled energy in pursuing her professional objective to "influence students and professionals locally and nationally who work with individuals who have hearing loss through research, teaching, leadership, and innovative development of programs." Dr. Spangler graduated with a Master's degree in Audiology in 1998 and a Doctoral degree in Audiology in 2005. About the Cheryl DeConde Johnson AwardIn 2007, Phonak LLC introduced the award to honor US educational and pediatric audiologists for their outstanding work and commitment to advocate and improve communication as well as academic outcomes of children. The award is named for Cheryl DeConde Johnson, EdD., FAAA, the first hearing health professional to receive the award for her many years working as an educational audiologist and deaf educator, including 15 years successfully directing the audiology and deaf education programs for the state of Colorado.Along with honorary chairperson Cheryl DeConde Johnson, the selection committee includes Evert Dijkstra, Managing Director, Phonak Communications and Lyric, Switzerland;Dr. Hans Mulder, Director of Marketing and Wireless Research of Murten, Switzerland;Eric Timm, Vice President of Marketing, National Sales and Customer Care, Phonak US and Pat Henry, Director of Pediatrics, Government Services and Wireless, Phonak US. About Phonak LLCHeadquartered in Warrenville, Illinois, Phonak LLC was founded in the United States in 1989 with the guiding mission to enrich the lives of the hearing impaired by providing the best products and services through the hearing health professional. Phonak LLC is a Group Company of Sonova Holding AG, the global leader in hearing healthcare solutions. For more information on Phonak, please visit www.phonak.com. You can also visit the Phonak web channel on Audiology Online.
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Input Device On 12 Jun 01, at 17:29, Bernhard Laback wrote: > On of my colleagues asks for the following question: > Dear list, > For an audiological test we need a device to manually adjust the level > of a test-stimulus. > Ideally it should be a kind of potentiometer. There should be drivers > available to read its values out on a Windows NT or 2000 system. > Do you have an idea if there are products we could use for this? Sound cards do this using the "Mixer" control. It's pretty crude in Windows, but some sound cards are capable of very good dynamic range when properly controlled. (My Daqarta system gets over 120 dB from a standard Sound Blaster, but it is a real-mode DOS program so it won't work here.) Nevertheless, you might want to experiment with the standard Windows mixer and whatever sound card you've got. D A Q A R T A Data AcQuisition And Real-Time Analysis Shareware from Interstellar Research
Rolando Laurio Deegan, 40, seven-year Wal-Mart employee in Independence, Kan., passed away, Sunday, Nov.18, 2012, in Wichita. Visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. with family greeting friends on Wednesday, Nov. 21. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. also on Wednesday, Nov. 21, both at Dunsford Funeral Home, Augusta. Interment to follow in Elmwood Cemetery, Augusta. Rolando was born May 11, 1972, in Masbate, Philippines to Rogelio and Salvacion (Lusanta) Laurio. They preceded him. He graduated from high school and attended two years of technical engineering school. He is survived by: his sons, Jacob and Elijah Deegan; daughter, Michaela Deegan all of Neodesha; adoptive parents, Dennis Deegan of Eureka and Nenita Deegan of Durham, North Carolina; brother, Marcelo Deegan, Manila, Philippines; sister, Lorena Canedy of Augusta; mother of his children, Amy Deegan, Neodesha; half-brother, Bernard Haller, Durham, North Carolina; half sisters, Angie Butler, Durham, North Carolina and Mariteas Deegan of Emporia. Memorial to the "Deegan Children's College Fund" in care of the funeral home.
September 28, 2010 2010 Season - Bowman pulls down CCIW honor \|Matt Bowman was named CCIW "Runner of the Week" after his fourth place finish at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational in Rock Island, Illinois on September 24.\| Augustana senior Matt Bowman (Geneva HS, Elburn, Ill.) was selected as the “Runner of the Week” in the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin. Bowman’s strong performance helped the Vikings finish second at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational at Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois on Saturday, September 24. It was an impressive second place finish for head coach Paul Olsen’s crew as they beat four nationally ranked teams. Augustana, ranked sixth in the latest U.S. Track & Field/Cross Country Coaches Association Division III Mideast Regional poll, was one of three teams ranked in the top 10 to compete at the meet. Wisconsin-Stevens Point, ranked fifth, took the team title with 23 points. Augustana finished second with 55 points while Wisconsin-Whitewater, the seventh ranked team in regional poll, placed third with 88 points. Olivet Nazarene took fourth (138), Truman State was fifth (150) and Greenville placed sixth (263). The field also included a couple of ranked teams in the Division III Central Regional poll. Cornell College, ranked ninth, finished tenth in the team scores with 307 points. Grinnell, the number one ranked team in the Central region, finished 16th with 415 points. Bowman led the way for Augustana with with a fourth place finish and a time of 25:10 over the 8,000 meter course. The Vikings had ten runners run a time of 26:01 or faster. Tim Thornburg of Wisconsin-Stevens Point won the individual race with a time of 24:58 while teammates Terry Witkowski and Joel Heroux finished second and third with times of 25:00 and 25:10, respectively. Earlier this year, Bowman finished second overall at the Western Illinois Invitational in a time of 26:11 leading the Vikings to a team victory over a field that included Western Illinois, a Division I school. The next week Bowman was the second Viking runner to cross the line at the Illinois Intercollegiate Championships. He finished in a time of 25:49, which was good for a 26th place finish in a field made up of the top college runners in the state of Illinois. Augustana, which has only lost to two NCAA Division III schools this year –North Central at the Illinois Intercollegiate meet on September 17 and this past week to Wisconsin-Stevens Point at the Brissman-Lundeen Invitational on September 24 – will have a weekend off before they head to Waverly, Iowa to run at the Wartburg Invite on Saturday, October 9. Bowman, the son of Gary Bowman of Geneva, Illinois and Linda Bowman of Elburn, Illinois, is an art history major.
I am delighted with the launch of our new website which i hope you find helpful. The idea began two years ago when our family where looking for an experienced Au pair to live with us. Over the course of the next two years we paid a number of Au Pair agencies an annual fee.The service from these agencies was very good but i felt that in these difficult economic times offering a free service au pair website would be far more appealing to everyone. Security Notice - We live for our children so please always make the necessary background checks on anyone that applies for the position you advertise. These security precautions also apply to Au pairs looking for host families. We advise that you find out as much useful information about the family before making travel arrangements. Best Wishes Warren Logan / Aupair.ie Director
- Follow us@AustinChronicle Much as they did in their 2008 collaboration The Hurt Locker, director Kathryn Bigelow and two-time screenwriter Mark Boal eye the line where suspense resides and push straight through to stress, to agitation. As a cinematic experience, Zero Dark Thirty can be downright punishing – a word not chosen lightly, given that U.S.-sanctioned torture figures prominently here and has been courting controversy since even before the film’s release. Some critics have wagged that Zero Dark Thirty is pro-torture, while other government officials have complained that the film oversells the efficacy of the enhanced interrogation techniques that for many came to define the Bush era. But dramatization of a thing is not the same as an endorsement of it, and Bigelow and Boal make it plain that the intelligence extracted via torture was compromised at best and, frequently, flat wrong. But you don’t tell this story – of the CIA’s decade-long manhunt for Osama bin Laden – without including torture, and pussyfooting around that would have only roused the ire of a different set of critics. Bigelow is not a kid-glove kind of filmmaker. She opens with a stark black screen and audio of real-life voicemails left by 9/11 victims just moments before the World Trade Center collapsed. It’s a measure of the seriousness of her intentions that this opening gambit doesn’t feel instantly exploitative. The audio runs as a precursor to an extended torture scene, led by a scary, charismatic operative named Dan (Clarke), who calls his prisoner (Kateb) “bro.” The proximity between these scenes could be misread as an apologia. I think it’s just context: The jihadis aren’t the only ones who believe they are fighting a holy war. CIA analyst Maya (Chastain, riveting) is a new recruit to that war. You can chart her evolution from that first torture scene, in which she is a smart-suited observer and green around the gills, to several years into her tenure in Pakistan, where she now leads the interrogation and taps a strong-arm to do the punching for her. The blood runs cold at that casual tap, but the filmmakers don’t underscore the moment with a close-up, don’t chew it over with any psychoanalytic monologuing. This isn’t that kind of movie. It’s a mistake to confuse Zero Dark Thirty for “truth” – that would be a disservice to the high level of craftsmanship, from first-billed actors to below-the-line production crew, at work in this movie fiction – but there is admirably little fat on its bones. No love interests, no backstories, no B-plot about Maya’s childhood: Zero Dark Thirty is as ruthlessly, relentlessly single-minded as she is about the hunt for bin Laden. Zero Dark Thirty, Kathryn Bigelow, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Jason Clarke, Jennifer Ehle, Kyle Chandler, Harold Perrineau, Mark Strong, Édgar Ramirez, Fares Fares, James Gandolfini, Reda Kateb
Lion feels more organized; its interface is also pleasant. Lion incorporates some bits of its famously fun iOS (the operating system used by the iPhone) into Lion, allowing the system to be controlled by intuitive finger swipes. And Launchpad allows you to launch, uninstall and organize your apps like you do on your iDevices. Another feature, AirDrop, is really useful for all-Mac offices or homes. AirDrop simplifies file sharing on a network, by allowing files to be sent back and forth between computers in the same network, similar to Bluetooth transfers. And instead of having to launch or switch to a browser to search Wikipedia, Spotlight will now allow Wikipedia searches from right within OS X. Choosing the “Search Wikipedia” option will launch Lion’s built-in dictionary app and display the relevant entry. Lion offers free HD video chatting; it comes with FaceTime built in, allowing you to start video chats with any Lion, iPhone, iPod touch or iPad user. The service is integrated right into Address Book, allowing contacts to be reached easily. If you use iCal and Mail a lot, you’ll like the contemporary new Lion features of these apps, which improve workflow significantly. Mail, for example, offers new, more user-friendly conversation views. If you’re currently running Snow Leopard (10.6), an upgrade to Lion costs only $29.99 at the App store. If you have Leopard, you’ll have to upgrade to Snow Leopard first ($29.99). If you have an older version of the Mac OS, drop by Austin MacWorks to determine your best upgrade path.
miracle, n. /mrk()l/ Forms: 4 maracle, -kle, meracull, -kill, mercle, miracil, -cyl, -kel, myrakil(l, -kyl, 4?5 meracle, myrrakull 4?6 myracle, 5 mirakelle, -ylle, 5?6 mirackle, miracule, 6 mirakill, mirakle, myrackle, 2? miracle. [a. OF. miracle, ad. L. miraculum object of wonder (in Eccl. L. miracle), f. mirari to wonder, f. mir-us wonderful. Cf. Pr. miracle, Sp. milagro, Pg. milagre, It. What's in a protestors rallied in Belgrade, calling for the resignation of President Slobodan Milosevic of NSW: No beating around the bush in Braidwood (Sydney Morning One little school defies those who believe our public education system has gone to the dogs TAS: Concern over cuts to Tassie uni staff (The Mercury) New figures showing a sharp increase in the ratio of tertiary students to teachers have fuelled fears about a major deterioration in the quality of Tasmania's tertiary reassures nursing degree will continue (ABC) Deakin University is concerned there may be misconceptions its nursing degree offered in Mount Isa will cease when a James Cook University-run course starts in the city next UK: Exam record set again (BBC) A quarter of a million A level students get their results on Thursday in much of the UK - and once again there has been a record number of passes. USA: Ban upheld on religious ad at school In a unanimous decision, a state appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling against a Downey businessman who wanted to display the Ten Commandments on a fence at the Downey High School baseball field. CHINA: Western academics held after carrying out interviews in Tibet Authorities have detained an American and Australian who were conducting interviews in a remote area of the Tibetan plateau that has been targeted for World Bank aid. UK: Schools accused of manipulating A-level entries (The Times) A level results published today hit record heights for the 17th year in succession, as evidence emerged of schools manipulating entries to improve their "league" positions. More than 88 per cent of the 852,000 entries passed, with the biggest improvement in grade As, so that one paper in six is now in the top category. UK: Couple win fight over school fees (The Times) A couple who withdrew their daughter from a private school after complaining of falling standards have won a court battle over unpaid fees of more than £1,000. Hackers screw up the sound Microsoft has admitted that hackers have broken the anti-piracy system of its latest internet music software, only days after it was released. MS' massive Y2K campaign (Wired) The software maker will send 80 million emails and snail mails to customers, reminding them to update computers before the odometer changes to 2000. Christmas virus designed to hit Computer security experts discover a new virus that is designed to damage Windows-based personal computers on SOCOG soothes staff over band ire (Sydney Morning Herald) The board of Sydney's Olympic Organising Committee has sought to end damaging disputes with SOCOG's staff stemming from the marching band fiasco with a "robust and frank" debate about its role. Track program on the line in crisis dash (Sydney Morning Herald) SOCOG's vice-president, Mr John Coates, left Australia yesterday on a crisis mission that may test his diplomatic skills against one of the toughest powerbrokers in world Olympic wrestlers in bid for asylum (The Australian) The entire Romanian junior wrestling team is seeking political asylum in Australia on the eve of its Olympic test event in Sydney. China's nuclear threat to US in Taiwan row (Sydney Morning Herald) China warned yesterday that it was ready to fight over Taiwan and that its nuclear weapons could "deal with" aircraft carriers if the United States dared to Law targets Hanson as One Nation axed (Sydney Morning Herald) One Nation has been struck off Queensland's political register, leaving its five State MPs without a party and its embattled leadership troika seeking urgentlegal advice as investigations into possible criminal charges began New perspective on what it is to be a dinky-di Kate Beynon is your typical Aussie. She was born in Hong Kong of Chinese and European parents and came to Australia in 1974, aged four. Her partner, Mike, is dark-skinned, and their five-month-old son, Rali, is a laughing, cuddly, coffee-coloured mixture of the lot.
Efforts to achieve peace in the Middle East have for decades been a priority of German foreign policy. In addition to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, there are new challenges such as Iran’s nuclear programme and the upheaval in North Africa moreThe Middle East, the Maghreb The European Union is the biggest political success story of the past 50 years. Europe is a community of shared values, not only an economic area. Peace and freedom, prosperity and security are among its achievements. The project Europe will continue to offer opportunities for all.
Deciphering the function and regulation of AUTS2 University of California, San Francisco Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with complex genetic and environmental causes. Many gene mutations have been associated with autism; however, they explain only a small part of the genetic cause for this disorder. 98% of our genome does not encode for protein and is thus termed noncoding. In this noncoding space are gene regulatory sequences that tell genes when, where and at what amount to turn on or off. Mutations in these gene regulatory elements could thus be an important cause of autism. Despite the potential importance of these noncoding gene regulatory regions in autism susceptibility, very few studies have been performed trying to implicate them in this disorder. This pilot study focuses on a strong autism candidate gene, the autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2) gene. Mutations in its regulatory elements have been associated with autism and its function is not well known. Using both zebrafish and mice as the model organisms, the project aims to identify noncoding gene regulatory sequences of AUTS2. The fellow will then look to see if any individuals with autism have mutations in the regulatory regions identified. They will also reduce the expression of this gene in zebrafish and look for abnormalities to further clarify its function. This study promises to further our understanding of how differences in the noncoding region of the genome can lead to autism. It also aims to advance our understanding of a gene of unknown function that has been implicated in autism.
The Japanese automaker Suzuki products range in Europe is limited, yet very recognizable by customers. For many years, in his catalog have constantly found the Suzuki Swift and Suzuki Grand Vitara , the two vehicle from the model flag, which we could join the Suzuki Alto even though their turnover is much lower. Having said that, the company covers more segments and occasionally endeavor to go into new ventures such as that recently tried using the Suzuki Kizashi sedan. Suzuki S-Cross Concept Sketch While in the coming years will be the turn of the arrival of a new crossover that relates to complete the range of 4 × 4 models of the brand, that’s one’s own Grand Vitara and Suzuki Jimny fireproof. They recently announced which the impending Paris Motor Show will current the Suzuki S-Cross Concept, a prototype which will advance the lines of upcoming generation crossover Suzuki is launching to compete in the segment overloaded SUV compact. Suzuki S-Cross Concept ahead of Paris Auto Show 2012 The announcement arrives about 6 weeks before that would initiate the Hall but, though the end is near, Suzuki has chose to leave us with the mystery and give us just a couple of images. The Suzuki S-Cross Concept first is the sketch we see at the beginning, which can be seen sporting a fantastic line by using a drop ceiling oval. In the front we find a strong front, integrating the Suzuki logo in large headlights and clean shapes. In fact, in the second image we see in more detail the looks of your headlights, that here are offered in color and not as a sketch. Technologies LED for all functions plus a strip of LEDs LED daytime running lights for a show modernity of your whole, despite the fact that it need to be borne in mind that is a prototype. For now this really is the many info we now have, during the coming weeks we are going to know a lot more information of the product that may be really critical in the future programs of Suzuki. Suzuki S-Cross Concept
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click above image to view live high-res pics of the Cadillac CTS Sport The new Cadillac CTS already has enough angles to get an A in geometry. If you take all those angles and sharpen them up Reventon-style, then sneeze some carbon fiber at it, you get this: the Cadillac CTS Sport Concept. This is the kind of exercise that could tip over into "whoa," but all thanks be to GM that it doesn't. Well, except for the 20-inch dubs and yellow brake calipers, but we can let a little excess slide -- it is SEMA after all. Carbon fiber makes copious appearances on the altered front and rear fascias and trims things like the fender extractors. LED beauty is the order of the day, with LED trim in the headlights, a beautiful set of export taillights (and why don't we get those?), and LEDs in the brake ducts in the lower front fascia. And there are two words for the OnStar antenna: land shark. Go-time comes courtesy of the 304-hp 3.6L engine with a cat-back exhaust blowing out 3.5-inch square, chromed apertures. And check out that rear diffuser. Hot.Inside sources tell us that you're basically looking at the body of the forthcoming CTS-V here, so soak it up in the high-res gallery below.
Click above for a gallery of the NATS GT-K With the Detroit Auto Show finally winding down, we can turn our attention to the east (or west, depending on your continental perspective) to take in the motoring madness and engineering wizardry coming out of the 2009 Tokyo Auto Salon. Each year, Japan's top tuners descend on the Makuhari Messe to show their wares to the public and press, and with over a year to develop, modify and produce components for the Mitsubishi Evolution X, Subaru Impreza WRX STI and the new darling of the aftermarket scene – the Nissan GT-R – this year's show had the potential to trump anything we've seen out of Tokyo in the last decade. By many accounts, it did, and with the help of Autoblog Chinese and some of our favorite JDM-obsessed sites, we'll be bringing you the best TAS has to offer. Since we'll be focusing almost exclusively on the products that make you go faster and stick harder, we'll get the weird out of the way right now. Behold the NATS GT-K. Captured by our friends at LeBlogAuto, the GT-K is based on the Suzuki Cappuccino, and aside from the GT-R duds, the Kei car features a modified version of the 657cc DOHC inline-three equipped with a larger turbo and intercooler, along with a coilover suspension, upgraded brakes and a set of gloriously hideous 18-inch chrome wheels. We were able to keep our dinner down long enough to look at NATS' 911-inspired Cappuccino, at which point we grabbed the nearest trash can and heaved away. Ambition: 1. Execution: 0. More to follow. Stay tuned...
Land Rover Freelander 2 review The compact Land Rover Freelander 2 has a comfortable drive, a strong diesel engine and excellent off-road ability With the arrival of the excellent Range Rover Evoque, it's easy to forget about the other compact Land Rover in the range – the Freelander 2. But you shouldn't because it offers a comfortable driving experience, brilliant off-road ability and is very well made. It's not as sporty to drive as a BMW X3 and it's expensive to buy, too. But the Freelander is well worth a look, especially as it was revised at the end of 2012, with stylish new lights and a neater interior. Our choice: Frelander 2 188bhp 2.2 SD4 GS Video: watch CarBuyer's video review of the Freelander The Land Rover Freelander has a chunky shape that borrows design cues from larger models such as the Range Rover, yet has a look all of its own. The front end is imposing but it's quite car-like in the flesh, rather than an aggressive SUV. The latest versions have updated headlights, grilles and new bumpers along with some shinier chrome accents. All models come with alloy wheels as standard. Inside, the dashboard is a quality affair with upmarket soft-touch materials along with wood and metal trim. The updates late in 2012 have removed the 'Terrain Response' dial in favour of two small buttons, and the centre console has been tidied up substantially. Nevertheless, the Range Rover Evoque does make it look rather dated both inside and out. Gone are the days when Land Rover offered a petrol engine in the Freelander - now the range is diesel only. Choose from a 148bhp or 188bhp 2.2-litre turbocharged unit; we'd go for the latter as it never feels underpowered, has lots more low-end torque for easy overtaking and is swift with 0-60mph taking 8.7 seconds and a top speed of 118mph. It's a bit noisy at start-up, but quiet on the move, and gets a six-speed automatic gearbox as standard, while other units have a six-speed manual. The auto is smooth and suits the Freelander well. Around corners, the Freelander isn't as precise or involving as a BMW X3 or an Audi Q5 – or its sister car, the Range Rover Evoque. It has too much body roll and steering that is a little vague. The upside is that it is extremely comfortable, and excels at cushioning occupants from bumpy roads. Sadly, while the Freelander is quiet around town, its boxy shape generates a lot of wind noise on the motorway. Still should the going get tough than the Freelander will tackle rough terrain much more easily than any of its rivals. You get a host of airbags as standard on the Land Rover Freelander – including front, side and curtain 'bags – while it also features traction and stability control to enhance the car's already excellent levels of grip. Reliability is a different matter – the first generation Freelander was one of the most troublesome cars on UK roads, with owners constantly visiting their dealer. This latest version is a vast improvement, but we would still advise caution, despite the improved build quality and new engines. However, it is worth noting that the current Freelander was awarded a full five-star rating in the Euro NCAP crash tests, putting it at the top of its class. The Freelander is well suited to the rough and tumble of family life with a big boot that has 755 litres of load space with the rear seats in place and a massive 1,670 litres with them down. That beats the BMW X3 by a long way – plus it features heavy duty, wipe clean materials on the boot floor and lots of cubby holes throughout the cabin. Front seat space is very good but knee room in the back could be better. You sit up high and enjoy a commanding view of the road ahead, thanks to a wide windscreen and relatively narrow A-pillars. Large glass areas behind the driver make it easier than most SUVs to reverse park, too. Off-road, the Freelander beats more on-road focused rivals like the Audi Q5 and BMW X3 hands down thanks to its excellent Terrain Response system, which features a number of modes to tackle different surfaces and limited grip levels. Although be aware that entry-level versions and the eD4 do miss out on this impressive electronic system. The cheapest way to run a Land Rover Freelander is to go for the entry-level front-wheel drive 148bhp eD4 model which gets stop-start and returns 47.1mpg while emitting 158g/km of CO2. By comparison, the 188bhp 4x4 version posts 40mpg and 185g/km – not bad but not great when you consider a 184bhp 2.0d BMW X3 beats both models, returning 50.4mpg and emitting just 149g/km of CO2. The Freelander is expensive to buy, especially when you consider top-spec models are within reach of the cheapest Range Rover Evoques. However, residuals are strong due to strong brand image. Servicing costs are likely to be average for the class and equipment levels are good. Even entry-level S models get air-con, while GS versions add cruise control, climate control, Terrain Response and parking sensors. Further up the range XS models have electric seats and sat-nav, while flagship HSE models boast leather trim and a CD changer. HSE Lux and Dynamic models were added late in 2012, focusing on providing the ultimate in luxury and sportiness respectively - with subtle visual changes to differentiate them from the rest of the range.
2013 Mazda MX-5 Miata vs 2013 MINI Roadster Cooper S Does Japan Make a Better Roadster than the Brits? By Colum Wood, December 12, 2012. Photography and Video by Adam Wood and Chris Blanchette. Watch the video below and it’s obvious that there was little agreement in the AutoGuide office about which of these two roadsters is the better car. Despite the MINI Roadster being the latest in a long line of two-seater sports cars from the land of the Redcoats, when it comes to the key qualities of style, fun and value, it’s obvious that the Japanese make a superior British roadster, even to the British. SPORTS CAR LOOKS OR SPORTS CAR STYLE? Starting with the design, the MX-5 is not off to a good start. While it may have a general shape that’s more in keeping with what a sportscar should be, there’s little else to recommend it. It’s lines convey little in the way of emotion and if the Miata’s reputation as a “chick car” wasn’t enough to keep the testosterone-endowed out of the driver’s seat, Mazda’s smiley face front bumper will. The MINI on the other hand is fashion forward. In fact, it’s likely the brand’s design characteristics are far more important for the majority of owners than it’s fun-to-drive nature. One could easily bestow the “girls car” moniker upon it, though outfitted in Cooper S trim with some nice racing stripes and larger wheels helps give it a slightly more masculine appearance. Switch over to the interior and the same themes carry forward, though with differing results. The MX-5 (a base Sport model in our test) is definitely simplistic. As a result, however, it’s incredibly easy to use with every button and switch where it should be. Get the Flash Player to see this player. FANCY OR FUNCTIONAL? The MINI on the other hand; oh how the interior controls are to be loathed. A stylistic home run, practicality is absent. The comical center speedomer can be ignored, though the toggle switches stand out like a flaw on one of Jerry Seinfeld’s girlfriends. Even comparing the shifters and the Miata’s is tiny, with short and precise throws, and located exactly where you hand rests. The MINI on the other hand has a knob the size of a baseball and a stick the size of a bat. Getting behind the wheel of each car continues to show just how dramatically different the two roadsters are. The MINI’s seats are rather upright and lack any bolstering at all, feeling like a comfortable park bench – or a Corolla. The Mazda on the other hand hugs you on the sides and sucks you in, like you’re a part of the car. As a result it’s hard to deny that the MINI is the more suitable driving position for every day use, allowing you to relax more while offering a more commanding view of the road. In the MX-5 you feel as every drive is going to be a white-knuckle affair. The focused nature of the MX-5 is evident throughout the cabin as well, with little in the way or storage or space. The MINI on the other hand comes with a shelf behind the driver, perfect for tossing a laptop or a purse. It also boasts a pass through to the trunk, which is significantly larger than the Miata’s. Numbers like 8.5 cu-ft (MINI) and 5.3 cu-ft (Mazda) are hard to visualize, but do give the idea that there’s 50 percent more space in the MINI, with large trunk opening for easy access and the ability to store much taller objects. \|Vehicle\|\|Mini Roadster Cooper S\|\|Advantage\|\|Mazda MX-5\| \|Engine\|\|Turbocharged 1.6L 4-Cyl\|\|MX-5\|\|2L 4-Cyl\| \|0-60MPH\|\|6.7 seconds\|\|-\|\|6.7 seconds\| \|Fuel Economy\|\|27 MPG city / 35 MPG hwy\|\|MINI\|\|22 MPG city / 28 MPG hwy\| \|Cargo Space\|\|8.5 cu-ft\|\|MINI\|\|5.3 cu-ft\| THE FUN FACTOR Having driven the MINI first we were convinced the MX-5 would be disappointing. We were wrong. For starters, the low and tight seating position of this purist’s machine hints at a track-tuned suspension that will beat you up on rough roads. Quite the opposite is true. In fact, the Miata is smooth and soaks up bumps with ease, being dramatically more comfortable than the MINI, which feels as though it has cinderblocks for suspension components. What a surprise, not to mention a disappointment, that the high-riding MINI cabin is so uncomfortable to live with, while the engaging drive of the Miata delivers actual comfort. Execute your very first turn, at any speed, and it’s immediately obvious why the MX-5 has its own spec racing series. The car simply rotates around you like you’re sitting at the very axis between the wheels. The MINI, while no slouch in the handling department, feels disconnected, as though everything is going on three feet below your bum. A major factor in both cars is the steering, with the MX-5 being significantly more responsive to inputs. We were equally surprised by the power deliver in the MX-5. For starters the MINI Roadster in turbocharged Cooper S trim makes a solid dose more power at 181 hp, not to mention 177 lb-ft (192 in overboost). Like a toy you don’t get tired of playing with, it’s tremendous fun to lay on the throttle hard and feel the boost build, hearing the turbo spool and then the exhaust pop and crack behind you. The Mazda by comparison makes just 167 hp and is down considerably in the torque department with just 140 lb-ft. The reward, however, is in the feel, with the sheer pleasure of a naturally aspired 2.0-liter meaning the engine always responds immediately. The larger 2.0-liter of the Mazda is also considerably more refined, with the direct-injection MINI motor clacking away like a diesel. Comparatively the MINI is more for those who want to pretend to go fast, toying with boost and listening to the sounds. Despite the outright power differences there is no clear victor when it comes to acceleration, thanks in part to the Miata weighing 300 lbs less at just 2,445 lbs. Where the turbocharged MINI does have an advantage is in the fuel economy department with a 27/35 mpg rating (city/highway) compared to just 22/28 for the Mazda. VOTES FOR VALUE With many of the same features available on both cars, our testers were not similarly equipped, with the MINI boasting leather, keyless access with a push button ignition, an outrageously good Harman Kardon audio system and Bluetooth (which refused to sync with one of our phones). The MINI had none of the above, though for good reason, priced well below at $23,190 compared to $29,250. A base MINI Roadster can be had for less, though at $26,250 it’s still $3,000 more than the MX-5. And with just 121 hp, none of the fun of a turbocharger and a zero to 60 mph time of just 8.7 seconds (10 seconds in the automatic), it’s not a comparison worth making. The MX-5 on the other hand, while poorly equipped in our comparison, can be had very nicely equipped for around $27,000 in soft-top. Plus, Mazda offers a hard top option, starting at just under $29,000. For the record, both soft-top models are equally easy to use, and with a little flexibility and some upper body strength, can be open and closed from the driver’s seat. An argument can be made for the MINI’s high-ride, easy access and a driving position that doesn’t demand that you’re always ready to race, though much of that is cancelled out by the excessively harsh suspension. The MX-5 Miata on the other hand, surprises with the most comfortable drive while being the easy victor when it comes to both value and driving enjoyment. Lacking in the right-brain style department, the feel behind the wheel is more than enough to appease you Hedonistic tendencies, while there are more than enough sensible left-brain reasons to opt for the Mazda. It’s rare that the smart choice is also the one that’s the most fun. In this case, it is.
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Mainly, high frequency participants just want things to be simple and fast, but one area they are very interested in is market information - particularly the quality and content of order book information. Understanding the order book structure is a primary interest for high frequency traders. While most trading venues publish aggregated order book data, this provides only a partial picture. One of the most important factors in determining order book structure is not just the total size at each price level, but how it is composed. This is why the updated version of the Eurex market data feed "Enhanced Broadcast Solution" due for release in November will include an indicator showing how many orders each price level consists of. A trading venue's outright trading speed is obviously important to high frequency traders. 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Eurex Enhanced Transaction Solution Interface - Round Trip Times & Futures Orderbook Transactions It is also important to note that different high frequency traders have differing priorities in this area. For some, inbound single trip times are all that matters; someone with an aggressive trading style only needs to be fast enough to hit/lift an attractive price before the competition. They will be far less concerned about the return response time from the matching engine. By contrast, a liquidity provider is taking risks all the time as their orders are exposed in the book. Therefore, if they modify an order to a new price they need to know as quickly and consistently as possible whether or not the modification was successful, which means that they are keen to have the lowest possible round trip (as opposed to single trip) times. A related issue for both types of traders is to understand how they perform in relation to their competitors. 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The key point here is that while the occasional miss by 10 or so microseconds is probably just bad luck, misses of 100 microseconds or more (especially if more than just occasionally) might suggest that the functional trigger for their order modification is being transmitted late. Being able to discriminate between these two scenarios is clearly essential for the optimal tuning of the market maker's internal technology. Eurex Exchange & Response Times" src="/Files/ATQ4_2010/ATQ4200dpi_Page_094_Image_0001.jpg" alt="Number of Processed Transactions at Eurex Exchange & Response Times"> Number of Processed Transactions at Eurex Exchange & Response Times In response to this need, the next release of Eurex's system will include two important additional data items: the trading system will send back an accurate timestamp with each response to an order/quote transaction showing when the order/quote transaction actually hit the matching engine. 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In a high frequency environment, position information alone is insufficient; trading venues and respectively their associated clearing houses, also need to be furnishing firms with their current margin requirements and collateral usage in real time as their positions and market prices change. This not only delivers a more complete risk picture, it also allows firms to better manage their collateral as well as anticipate any additional future margin requirements. A further advantage is that this type of data is entirely non-intrusive to the trading process, so the traditional concern of high frequency firms that risk management delivered by exchanges or clearers causes latency, does not apply. If inadequately risk managed, high frequency trading can cause disruption to other participants, such as clearing members. For that reason, some trading venues together with their clearing house already provide clearing members with a manual/automated "emergency button" that can be used to stop all trading activity by a client firm whose activity is breaching agreed risk limits. While effective in its way, this is a relatively blunt instrument. A more progressive (and effective) approach provided by Eurex is to offer a more graduated set of tools: • A primary trigger that can be set by a trading firm or a clearer that simply sends out alerts to concerned parties if a particular level of margin consumption or risk limit is exceeded. Clearers might use this as an alert to contact the client and warn them of the situation. This would be followed by... • ...a secondary trigger, which if tripped would enforce a minimum time interval between two arriving orders or modifications for any given product. In addition to handling any problems relating to margin consumption, this type of control is also well-suited for dealing with an automated trading model that is running out of control - or any other sort of technical failure. • The manual/automated "emergency button" already used. None of these three risk control levels would have any effect on day to day trading activity and the second and third would only have an impact when the risk situation was already becoming prejudicial. However, an important additional consideration with this type of control mechanism is the need to keep it simple; for example, by only applying it on a single currency amount per (non-clearing) member. Particularly from a clearer's perspective, trying to apply this on a per trader, per product, per sub-account, per currency basis is impractical, as this needlessly introduces both complexity and the risk of misconfiguration. 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Historically, many trading venues have been less than forthright in revealing details of their technological and functional performance. This is no longer appropriate; today, a venue's success increasingly depends upon the quality of its engagement with its customers. The trading venue that is prepared to share details of its performance with clients - such as the time taken for a message to traverse each hop of its internal architecture - is not compromising itself. Rather, it is effectively collaborating with other interested professionals who can contribute additional intellectual capital for the potential benefit of all market participants.
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Seen in Bristol - 1 NASCAR drew more fans to qualifying in Bristol Friday than the IRL, Grand-Am and USAC Silver Crown series will draw for the entire weekend in Homestead. While you could shoot a cannon into the grandstands at Homestead and not hit a soul, Bristol had a fairly healthy crowd as can be seen in this Toyota photograph of Dale Jarrett during qualifying. The Car of Tomorrow made its debut at Bristol Friday and all the cars looked identical but for the paint scheme and the $29.95 decal kit for the front grill and headlights. Here Jeremy Mayfield circles the Bristol bullring with his new paint scheme on his Toyota Camry. Jeff Gordon said after qualifying "I just didn't think we would run these kinds of speeds. I just didn't think DuPont Impala SS would be able to run that fast, but it did.” To which we overheard one wag say, "That's because the artificial NASCAR computer generated qualifying speeds selected you for the pole this weekend." AJ Allmendinger (pictured right, photo by Toyota) finally qualified for a Nextel Cup race, though it was dead last. "I'm sorry that I made my guys work a little bit harder tonight because I roughed up the side of it a little bit," Allmendinger said after qualifying. "I wanted to get into this race so bad that I ended up brushing the wall on my first lap. "I'm just happy that we made the race. I was sitting there watching how fast the guys were going before me and it started to get me worried. I can't believe it. These guys are awesome." Copyright 1999-2013 \| AutoRacing1 is an independent internet online publication and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by IndyCar, NASCAR, FIA, Sprint, or any other series sponsor. This material may not be published, broadcast, or redistributed without
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By Mike Bennighof, Ph.D. During the 1700s, European armies grew enormously in size. The Seven Years’ War of 1756 – 1763 heightened the trend, and by the end of the Napoleonic Wars field armies had become enormous. Forces of 100,000 or even more, unheard of a century before, were not at all unusual by 1815. The French army introduced the concept of a corps d’armee, a body of infantry, cavalry and artillery plus essential services. The corps could fight alone or in cooperation with other corps, and included all necessary combat and administrative elements. By the end of the Napoleonic wears, all participants had organized their troops into corps, usually made up of varying numbers of divisions and During the years after 1815, some nations kept their corps structure in place during peacetime, using them to administer recruiting, training and other non-combat functions. This would speed mobilization and keep the staffs employed. The size and composition of corps also became regularized, with each usually having the same number and types of subordinate By the middle of the 19th century, an army corps had become defined as the number of troops that could be deployed from a single road in less than two hours: roughly 20,000 men. That rule of thumb had been badly exceeded as extra troops were added: cavalry, engineers, artillerymen, light infantry, medical services, supply columns and more. The Prussian corps organization used in the 1866 Austro-Prussian War had been introduced as part of War Minister Albrecht von Roon’s reforms starting in 1860. In 1859, the Prussian Army mobilized its four army corps for war on the side of Austria against France. The mobilization found many troops untrained, officers of poor quality and supply services either insufficient or non-existent. It also showed just how unwieldy the army’s corps organization would prove in action. The German Confederation, which included both Austria and Prussia along with 36 other german states, had adopted a corps of four divisions. Each division consisted in turn of two or three brigades, each brigade with two regiments of two battalions each plus one of light infantry. All told, a German division would go to war with 10 or 15 battalions, a corps with between 40 and 60. Roon rationalized this organization; in battle, he believed, a general was most efficient with fewer maneuver elements to command. A new-model Prussian infantry corps would have two divisions. Each division in turn had two brigades, and each of them had two regiments. The regiments would be larger, with three battalions rather than the former two, as a regimental colonel was expected to control all three by line of sight. A brigade commander only had to control the two regiments under his command. At the division level, things got more complex. The division controlled two brigades, plus an artillery detachment of four six-gun batteries. These would usually be parceled out to the brigades in action. During peacetime the division was responsible for either a pioneer battalion or a light infantry battalion; during wartime these would be held in the corps reserve. The corps controlled the two infantry divisions, plus attachments of artillery and cavalry. This varied from four to seven batteries (six guns each) and two to five cavalry regiments. Austria also reformed its corps organization in 1860, based on the lessons of the 1859 war. An Austrian corps had included two or three divisions, each in turn of two or three five-battalion brigades. Each brigade included the four field battalions of a single regiment plus a light infantry battalion: usually jägers but in a few cases grenzers (Croatian border troops) or volunteer student battalions. Austrian generals performed poorly in the 1859 war, and the reform commission appointed after the war recommended using fewer of them. In particular, it pointed out that the small brigades made regimental colonels superfluous. A peacetime regiment had contained four field battalions and a grenadier battalion; now they would have three field battalions, a fourth reserve battalion and in wartime a fifth training battalion. Two of these three-battalion regiments would be grouped in a brigade along with a light infantry battalion and an eight-gun artillery battery. It was a powerful and flexible organization, led by a major general (Austria did not have a “brigadier general” rank and this was the imperial army’s equivalent). The larger brigades required fewer light infantry battalions, allowing the role to be filled exclusively by jägers. The organization became less flexible at the larger echelons. An Austrian corps included four infantry brigades, a cavalry regiment and a brigade-sized artillery reserve as well as engineer, supply and medical units. The new arrangement required fewer general officers, which had been the goal. But handling six maneuver elements proved beyond the capability of most Austrian corps staffs in 1866, and the intermediate stage of division headquarters gave Austria’s Prussian opponents a decided advantage in flexibility and reaction speed. Though the Prussian staff was undoubtedly better organized and more efficient than their Austrian counterparts, their organization also gave them a lighter workload. of 1866: Frontier Battles the units are infantry brigades, cavalry regiments and artillery batteries, but players maneuver their units by corps. The corps are activated by the army command, or through the initiative of the corps commander. The Prussians generally activate in a much more predictable fashion, and can get all of their units into action thanks to the division commanders. An Austrian corps is much more difficult to handle and often only gets into action piece by piece. here to order Battles of 1866: Frontier Battles now.
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Mika Taanila: First of all, how did you end up making films after studying something else? Martin Arnold: The thing is I was always interested in making films, and especially experimental films. I got interested very early because back then the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna was very active in showing all kinds of classical avant-garde works lets say Kubelka, Kenneth Anger, Brakhage, Michael Snow so you really could see these things in this town. The only problem back then, and I think its somehow still a problem, was that the Arts Academy didnt have any classes for film or media, so there was no chance at all to study these things so I enrolled in psychology and art history. I always made films when I was a student, smaller projects, but essentially I never really liked them that much. So then at the end I finished the studies and I thought that I would never become a film-maker because the movies were so bad! I was sad, you know, but then I came up with pièce touchée. The film worked well and from that point on I was a film-maker. MT: You have previously told that you developed your film-making techniques of looping and stuttering images and sound while making pièce touchée. Can you tell more about that? MA: I was interested in using single frames, and I think the film-maker who influenced me most in this approach was Peter Kubelka who was very active in giving lectures in Vienna and always insisted that film was composed of single frames, and that we should think of film in terms of single frames. So thats how I got interested in single frames. Together with a friend, I built my own optical printer which is a tool that you can use to re-photograph single images, single stills, from an already existing film. When I started doing these things I tried all kinds of structures like running it forwards, then running it backwards, then I even inserted breaks and worked with extreme time lapse and also slow motion. So I did all kinds of things and ended up with this continuous forwards and backwards movement because I found them the most interesting. I used popular movies like B-pictures in my experiments and felt that if you break the continuum if you jump from frame 2 to frame 12, then jump back to frame 3 and then to frame 16 then this would insert breaks into the movement of the actors. What I found convincing in these continuous forwards and backwards movements was that I didnt actually break the gestures of the actors, but I could somehow extend them or change them, which means that I not only got to work in a formal way, but I also got to influence the gestures and the actions that we can see in the movies, so I could command somehow what was happening in the image. MT: Your work is based on found footage. Do you think there is such a thing as a found-footage movement in your opinion? MA: Well Im not sure if its still going on but of course there was a lot of found-footage film-making around in the 80s and also in the 90s, and there are still many film-makers using found-footage. The problem with found-footage is a lot of it ended up being pure citation. Very often when you see student films from the U.S. or films by film-makers, at a certain point they cut in found-footage and if its pure citation I somehow have already had enough of it. Its very easy to cite these films from the 40s and 50s, but Im more interested in getting something different out of it. This movement of pure citation has become a little bit too simple. There were already film-makers in the 60s like Joseph Cornell or Bruce Connor who used found-footage, so it was already there. It became interesting again in the 80s and 90s so I assume thats why so many found-footage films were made. This might also correspond with a certain perspective on things or phenomenae, because in the 60s film-making was widely concerned with questions like what can be done with film if I use it in a free way?, what can be done with film if I use it in the way that a painter uses his brushes?. This movement was strongly connected to the 60s and 70s like structural film and all of these things, and then in the 80s the next generation was more interested in somehow looking back, in what actually happened in film history. Its not so much oriented in terms of future concepts or in terms of the medium, i.e. film as film, but rather what does film mean in society, what did it mean in the past, not just what could it potentially be. I think this perhaps provided some fuel for found-footage film-making. MT: Your films feel and sound like music or miniature musicals in many senses. What is your relationship MA: Im not sure if I have a particular relation to music. I mean, like many people of my age Im interested in American music of the 80s like John Zorn and the people around John Zorn. Im also interested in hip hop, although Im not an expert. And of course Im also interested in all kinds of sampling strategies. Although I think in terms of my films a lot of it comes from film itself. I was always surprised to find out that running a film backwards all of these strategies are very old. Thats what the Lumière brothers did at the Grand Café in Paris at the time when they first showed their films. And then theres the Len Lye movie Doing the Lambeth Walk Nazi-Style, where he used footage from Triumph of the Will. So I think a lot of it essentially comes from film itself. MT: What kind of films in contemporary cinema do you like yourself? think Ive seen anything in the last one or two years which has really struck me. But what I like well there is Craig Baldwin, who I think is very interesting, and I like most of Mathias Müllers films, and then I also like American works that are more oriented towards autobiography for example Su Friedrichs work. And I also like Peter Tscherkasskys latest films, the ones that he did with a flashlight. MT: At the moment do you feel that you yourself belong to a particular movement of film-makers or artists? Do you feel a strong connection to any movements or certain MA: Well not really, and Im not really sure if there are any movements. Right now Im changing my work I think. I got an invitation from an artspace which is called Kunsthalle in Vienna and its a big exhibition space in a new building. Its an interesting place and they asked me if I would be interested in doing some installations for them, and I have a show next October. I already had a couple of concepts before they made contact, and I decided to stop this style of running old movies backwards and forwards. What Im doing now is erasing actors out of feature films. Were working on a feature film based peoject. The original film is called The Invisible Ghost and it stars Bela Lugosi. Its a B-movie from the early 40s shot in the U.S. What we are doing is erasing the actors, which means that throughout the movie the actors get lost somehow. So that at the end the camera just goes through the empty sets. Its a big change which sets me apart from any groups or styles of film-making. Its a new thing that will be more gallery based and more technical in terms of the technology involved. Were working with 3D animation and also with compositing programs - its very digital compared to the earlier works. MT: That sounds like a truly new direction. Ive never heard of films where the actors are erased. How are the installations made? Are there several projectors in the gallery space at the same time? MA: That has not been totally decided as yet. As well as the main piece, I will also make some shorter pieces, but the main piece will be a film which is about 60 minutes long. What I plan to do is construct a movie theatre like an old theatre that smells bad, a rather fucked up place! What I want is to create the impression that the audience is also lost not only the actors. So what Ill do is put in tons of rows of chairs, and usually there wont be more than 10 people in the whole theatre. It will be like a cheap, outdated, countryside movie space, showing an outdated film where the actors are getting lost. In terms of the movie there is another point because in the original movie Bela Lugosi is shown as a sort of madman. In the original shots he is talking to his wife, although his wife is not there because she died in a car accident. So of course he is frustrated, and he celebrates the wedding anniversary without his wife, just talking to nothing. So what Im doing is spreading [Lugosis] symptoms out to the other actors. Which means that for all the other actors, just like in the conversation at the beginning of the original film, there will always be one part missing. They get the same symptom and start talking to thin air, and in the end they all get lost. There will also be the High Noon loop - a short loop of about 3 minutes. Essentially its a similar thing, the actors are missing, but it will look very different because I took the big gunfight at the end of High Noon, which means that there is lot of very fast-paced editing going on creating a lot of very short individual shots. Its funny because there is a lot of smoke coming from the guns but you dont see the guns and you dont see them shooting, its like firecrackers exploding in the air. And then there are these very hysteric pans, but the camera pans are not following anybody, just panning with very hysterical music and nothing actually happening. How many people do you have working on this erasing project, or are you doing it mostly by yourself? MA: Well, thats also a big change. On the older films I worked just on my own as a one-person production team. Now I have producers and a team of three co-workers, with one person in charge of the technical part of the production, a technical supervisor. Its the first time Im working in a team. This is absolutely necessary otherwise I would only be able to show the film maybe two weeks before I die! Its so time consuming that it takes forever. Well have an output of something like five seconds per day per person. Thats not very much for a 60 minute movie. MT: What sort of feedback do you get from the audience after screenings of your films? MA: That depends on where I show them. I think that one of the most interesting thins is that they sometimes attract people who are not really fans of experimental cinema. I think they are open to very many readings, and sometimes even people who dont like experimental film especially the 60s versions of experimental films they still like what Im doing. So I think theres a certain kind of openness. I think that people like the rhythm. For example Fennesz told me that most of the experimental musicians that hes aware of know my movies because of their musical structure or whatever. So the reactions generally are pretty good. The one bad reaction although I wasnt there, I just read about this was when they showed one of my films at Cannes before a feature film. And people didnt like it there. The French were shouting Arnold, go home! which was very funny because I was home, I wasnt there!
WHO WE ARE ROE: Return-on-Engagement Calculator Avatar Solutions' Return-on-Engagement Calculator The idea of engagement borrows from the concept that you want to create a mutually-beneficial long-term relationship with employees and, by extension, customers/patients, such that commitment, loyalty, and profitability can soar. As is often the case, you can’t manage it if you don’t measure it. Avatar's research studies revealed that engaged employees tend to enrich their service, have fewer absences, be more innovative and confident in expressing new ideas, and have higher levels of productivity. Furthermore, they regularly achieve, and often eclipse, business goals and objectives. Employee engagement can be defined as an employee putting forth extra discretionary effort, as well as the likelihood of the employee being loyal and remaining with the organization over the long haul. Employers with engaged employees tend to experience low employee turnover and more impressive business outcomes. Just how significant is employee engagement to your company’s bottom-line? Use our online Return-on-Engagement Calculator to determine the financial impact engagement can have on your organization. Enter your organization’s turnover, attendance, and training costs data, and you will be surprised by the savings that a focus on engagement can yield.
Led Zeppelin might totally be getting back together in 2014—or not Five years after the band played its last show together—a one-off at London’s O2 arena in December 2007—Led Zeppelin may be getting back together. Of course the legendary group might also not be getting back together. Robert Plant told Australia’s version of 60 Minutes that he’d be open to a reunion because he’s “got nothing to do in 2014.” So, yes, definitely, buy those plane tickets to Coachella now. Following the 2007 show, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones were willing to tour as a band, but Plant wasn’t into it. According to Rolling Stone, the duo considered finding a replacement for Plant for some shows, but eventually scrapped the plan. Ever the hippie, Plant blamed Page and Jones’ common astrological sign for previous reunion opportunities not coming to fruition, saying, “They don’t say a word. They’re quite contained in their own worlds and they leave it to me. I’m not the bad guy… You need to see the Capricorns.”
Got a case of office anxiety? A messy office might have something to do with that. According to a study by Esselte Ltd., three out of four workers surveyed felt disorganization made them more stressed. Do you feel the same? Here’s how to give your office a “clean sweep” and make it a less stressful—and more productive—place to work. Two weeks before: set up the “sweep” - Make sure you and your co-workers can designate a couple days for the big clean up event—that way, you won’t feel you have to get it all done in one day. - Plan to use one day to clean out all unnecessary clutter at your desk area, and have everyone pitch in to help clear out shared areas such as the supply room or kitchen. Designate the second day to organize and finish up. - Cleaning up can be a dirty job. Check with the office manager about allowing casual dress during office sweep days. One week before: get supplies ready - Reuse old cardboard boxes for storage or sorting out stuff for recycling or donation. Use Avery Shipping Labels with TrueBlock™ Technology to label boxes while blocking out distracting marks or old labels underneath. - Set up a recycling center at your workplace for paper, plastic and other reusable materials with this free template. - Create a sign-up sheet so people can volunteer to bring in supplies, such as towels and cleaning products, and even munchies (for keeping energy levels up, of course). The day of: find a home for all that stuff - Like the saying goes, one person’s trash can be another person’s treasure. Establish a table in one area of the office where people can drop off items they no longer need, and at the same time look through other disposed items they might want to pick up. - Have volunteers take the items placed in donation boxes to a local charity organization or school. - Finally, give your desk a “sweep” of its own. For all your loose piles of paperwork, refresh old file folders with Avery File Folder Labels with TrueBlock™ Technology. Just place the labels over old labels or markings without worrying about anything showing through, and give it a new home inside an organized drawer or filing cabinet. Make an office clean sweep a regular event that you and your co-workers can all look forward to each year. You’ll clear the clutter, get organized and relieve a little stress while you’re at it—now that’s a refreshing idea!
Viewed against a dangerous and costly backdrop, clear team communication is obviously essential to create a safe, productive and effective work environment on the ramp. Tractor operators and wing walkers need to warn each other of impending dangers. The tractor operator needs to keep the flight deck informed of ground movement. And all ground personnel should at least be able to hear the flight deck and each other during a pushback. Ramp workers can do much more without the wire, the shouting or the hand signals. A typical wireless pushback and towing configuration uses a portable transceiver for continuous two-way communication among one or more wing walkers and the tractor operator during aircraft movement. The tractor operator is free to concentrate on correct maneuvering, and all crew members can warn others instantly of impending dangers. To optimize the flow of communication and minimize chatter, the system is configured so that all team members can hear the pilot, but only the tractor operator can talk directly to the flight deck. Because wireless communication increases coordination and enables real-time verbal warnings, it decreases the risk of accidents, shortens turn-around times, and increases the likelihood of hitting flight slots. In addition to pushbacks and towing, wireless team communication systems can also be used to improve safety and efficiency during deicing, cargo and maintenance operations. In a deicing configuration, a wireless system connects the driver and the basket, and the system itself can be connected to two-way radios enabling communication with remote users. Communication between the driver and the basket takes place on open microphone over a 1.9GHz (1.8GHz in the EU) encrypted frequency while also allowing radio monitoring and transmitting with a push to-talk button on the headsets. Systems can be configured to enable multiple deicing crews to communicate while working on the same aircraft - further improving efficiency. Additional configurations are available for maintenance teams and are scalable to almost any size. Choosing a Wireless Communication System Wireless headset systems are available in a wide variety of configurations and price ranges. To ensure a system meets the diverse needs of ground support, consider the following factors carefully: Is the system truly wireless? A number of so-called “wireless” systems actually require a wire from the headset to a radio or belt pack. While these systems allow freedom of movement, a belt pack or radio wire creates many of the same problems inherent in hardwire systems, particularly tangled cords. Moreover, belt packs generally have less than half the transmission range of self-contained systems worn on the head. Does the system use DECT or Bluetooth technology? Transmission technology can dramatically affect how well wireless systems perform in the field. Systems that employ Bluetooth technology generally have a limited range and are subject to radio frequency interference from nearby devices. Look for systems that use Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications technology. DECT units generally offer up to 30 times more coverage and are less subject to interference than Bluetooth. DECT transmissions also have multipath capability, meaning the signal will bounce up, over and around objects in order to establish the best possible connection. DECT signals are also digitally encoded to ensure privacy. Is the system full-duplex or half-duplex? Half-duplex systems allow communication in both directions, but only one direction at a time. That’s a walkie-talkie. On the other hand, full-duplex systems allow communication in both directions simultaneously. Full-duplex capabilities are an important safety consideration because they allow the parties to speak and hear others at the same time. Is the system radio-compatible? Communication during pushback and towing is generally confined to the flight deck, wing walkers and tractor operator; however, other ground support functions may benefit from the ability to communicate with remote users over a two-way radio. Look for a system with maximum radio-interface flexibility.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 Russian Helicopters Continues Latin Expansion Claudio Agostini, Latin America bureau chief for Rotor & Wing, recently spoke with Russian Helicopters’ head of communications Roman Kirilov and Konstantin Yuritsyn, business development director for Latin America, about the region’s growth opportunities and emerging trends. Rotor & Wing: What percentage of your market sales in is Latin America? Russian Helicopters: We do not break down our sales figures on a market-by-market basis, but we can say that Latin America is an important market to us and is becoming increasingly so in terms of future growth, particularly in the commercial sector. We are taking first steps with our commercial helicopters in the region, and have delivered on our first contracts, and although we are still exploring the region, to some extent we expect to grow rapidly in Latin America in the coming years. Russian Helicopters started exploring Latin America two years ago and began delivering the Ka-32A11BC and Mi-171A1 early in 2011. Late last year the Ka-32A11BC received Brazilian certification. In future years we expect Latin America to assume an increasingly important position in our sales structure, particularly [in] key markets. The region is continuing to see rapid economic growth, and the market for helicopter services is increasing as a result. Rotor & Wing: Which variants will have the highest demand, and what applications are seeing increased interest? Russian Helicopters: We anticipate that our most popular [types] in the Latin American markets will be our newest medium and lightweight helicopters, as well as the heavy-lift Mi-26T2. We have adapted several models suited to the climates and geographies of this varied region, and presented them at the recent FIDAE 2012 exhibition in Chile. All of the models that we expect to be successful in Latin America are designed to produce top performance in tough conditions. The light coaxial Ka-226T can transport up to seven passengers but remains very compact due to the absence of a tail rotor. It is perfect for work in mountains, atop tall buildings and offshore. The new heavyweight Mi-26T2 can carry up to 20 tons of load externally or inside its cabin, covering up to 800 kilometers at a time. The Mi-171A2 has been thoroughly overhauled and is now under development, intended for the international markets. It is based on the Mi-171A1, which was created specifically for use in Latin America and has both AR IAC and Brazilian CAA certificates. This helicopter has already been successful in Brazil. A recent example in November 2010, Atlas Taxi Aereo acquired two for use in the services it provides to oil company Petrobras. The Ka-32A11BC has been certificated in Brazil since December 2011. The acquisition of the Ka-32A11BC—the first by a Brazilian helicopter operator—is a pilot project as Helipark Taxi Aereo seeks to diversify its fleet. In the future the company may order more units of this helicopter. If new contracts are signed, Russian Helicopters and Helipark Taxi Aereo may consider establishing a joint Russian-Brazilian service and training center for the Ka-32А11ВС. Rotor & Wing: What is the outlook for specific countries? Russian Helicopters: We have identified three countries as the potential cornerstones of our future growth in Latin America—Brazil, Argentina and Mexico. All three are growing very fast, and we expect that the market for helicopter services will continue to increase accordingly. The principle of “open sky” in Brazil, including in big cities, helps a lot to develop business. Russian Helicopters has already delivered its first commercial machines to Brazilian operators, and is also working with Rosoboronexport to fulfill an order from the Argentina Defence Ministry. We’ve also had dialogue with consulting company Logitec Consultoría em Logística on cooperation in promoting Russian holding’s products to the Brazilian market. Rotor & Wing: What is the total fleet in the region? Russian Helicopters: Currently more than 400 Russian-made helicopters of various types are in operation in countries across Latin America. Related: Airframe News
Originally Posted by deacongreg I`ve read excellent reviews on the Aerial 20Ts. kennyt or Jerry, and experience with them? 20T's are simply amazing IMO, and one day a pair WILL be in my system. They are by far my favorite speaker (in and out of it's price-range). I love my 10T's, and they get better with every improvement I make to my system - but the 20's are a quantum leap up from them. Not long ago I called Aerial with a few questions about my 10T's and to my surprise none other than Mr. Kelly himself answered the phone. We chatted for probably half an hour about the 10T's, the 20T's and both of our alma maters - North Carolina State University. I apologized for taking up so much of his time - but he would hear none of it - telling me how much he enjoyed his trip down memory lane. It's easy to patronize companies made of genuinely nice people who make fantastic products. Steve McCormack also comes to mind.
Hello AVS community. I hate to make a new thread for this but I am stumped. I have a pn51e550 display that I used to connect via wifi to my router but then I switched my ISP and used a direct ethernet connection to it in roughly July. I now have moved and need to connect to a different router via wifi again. When I go to 'Network Settings' and start the search for a wireless router half the time it will search and I will see the routers in my area for about 1/2 a second then it closes out of the menu and back to the tv. I do see my router but its too brief to select it. I am connecting to my router with a 25' cat 5e cable at the moment but I do not want to have it running through the hall. Has anyone had wifi issues with the 2012 samsung tv models? I was thinking of doing a factory reset but it says it does not reset network settings. post #1 of 2 2/23/13 at 6:14pm
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I have no idea if Joe Torre was a good or bad announcer back in the day because I was 7 and didn't live in California when he did Angels play-by-play (1985-1990). I do vaguely remember him on ESPN during the 1989 post-season though. When he got hired by the Yankees I told my friends he would be a good manager because I had seen him on the "Leader".....for some reason they just laughed at me and I don't really know why (probably because I was 11 and already grading Announcers). Anywho, Mr. Torre has turned down FOX's offer to join Joe and Tim in the booth, and you know what? That upsets me. I just can't deal with those two alone anymore. I need some new blood to make it interesting, and I'm dreading the moment that McCarver has to pronounce Tulowitzki. Torre declined an offer from FOX Sports to call the World Series alongside lead announcer Joe Buck and analyst Tim McCarver, SI.com has learned. FOX Sports president Ed Goren called Torre's agent, Maury Gostfrand, on Friday night to inquire if his client was interested in joining the network for the World Series. Gostfrand called Goren on Saturday to decline the offer.I guess we'll just have to grin and bear it with those two, and I'll see you (them) on Wednesday night for a live-blog. You jokers better bring your A-Game. "His agent called us back today and let us know that Joe was flattered to be asked but respectfully declined because he has made some family commitments," said FOX Sports spokesman Dan Bell. "We completely understand and will go with Joe and Tim in the booth for the World Series." Oh and TBS...why don't you go make Torre an offer he can't refuse for next year. It can only help you in the long run. Especially if he has about 25 Sundays to practice during the regular season next year. Either that or let the Red Sox pay him $3 million to be their bench coach, trade for A-Rod, and sign Mariano Rivera to be a setup man for Papelbon. Actually TBS....don't make that call. My second idea is much more interesting.
Apparently, Dancing With The Stars is a pretty popular show that has been a hot spot for athletes looking to improve their crossover appeal outside of sports. Past winners have included athletes such as Emmitt Smith, Apolo Onho, Helio Castroneves, Kristi Yamaguchi, Shawn Johnson, and Hines Ward. To continue this tradition of athletes appearing on the hit ABC show, Hope Solo and Ron Artest join the cast this year alongside B-listers (Kristen Cavallari, JR Martinez, Nancy Grace), C-listers (David Arquette, Chaz Bono), and others scraping the bottom of the celebrity food chain (Rikki Lake, Rob Kardashian). The cast as a whole shows how important sports figures are on DWTS. Not only are there two well-known athletes in Solo and Artest, but dancers like Cavallari (former fiancee to Jay Cutler) and Robert Kardashian (a writer for ESPN.com's Page 2?!?) also have their own connections to the sports world. At first glance, the most interesting sports figure in the cast is Ron Artest. Will he try to fight Tom Bergeron or that really old judge? Will he insist on doing the tango with his psychiatrist? Will it be the only thing close to NBA action we'll see in the next year? Many sports fans will tune in to watch the zany Artest/Metta World Peace, but the real rising sports star in the new DWTS cast is U.S. Women's Soccer Goalkeeper Hope Solo. After the success of the Women's World Cup and a 2nd-place finish, Solo has immediately become the most well-known women's soccer player in the country. And with the Williams sisters past the heights of their tennis careers and the lack of star power in the WNBA, one could easily argue Solo is becoming the most popular and recognizable female athlete in the country. A long run on DWTS would not only help her profile among mainstream America, it could also help the growing popularity of women's soccer and soccer as a whole. Of course, if rumors are true that Solo is posing nude in ESPN The Magazine, I think the U.S. goalkeeper already has the male 18-35 demo committed to stuffing the ballot box.
When did you first know you had a call of God on your life? Andrew: I was raised in a Christian home but never knew God’s unconditional love for me. I always believed I had to somehow earn His love and approval. On March 23, 1968, at age eighteen, I had a supernatural encounter with God that radically changed my relationship with Him and my life. He poured out His love to me in a very tangible fashion. It was then that I truly understood what it meant for Him to love me unconditionally. I knew then that I would be serving Him full-time, helping others walk in this unconditional love I discovered. Often, when people are called into ministry, there’s a general sense of the calling but not a specific direction. Was this true for you? Andrew: When I first started out, I did whatever I could find to do. I just wanted to serve God. I ministered to people in Garland, Texas, until 1969, then I went into the army. When I came out of the service in 1971, I held Bible studies and ministered as a youth leader in a Baptist church. I didn’t know exactly what I was called to do at first, so I tried everything. I was a music leader for a while and even did door-to-door evangelism. But I noticed a difference between when I taught and when I did any other ministry. There seemed to be a supernatural flow when I taught the Word. God confirmed what I was sensing in 1972 when I went through a tollbooth in Dallas. You got a confirmation from God in a tollbooth? Andrew: Yes. I was driving through a tollbooth in Dallas, and as I handed the tollbooth worker my money, God spoke to my heart and told me He had called me to teach. So where did you go from there? Andrew: Well, it was difficult at first, because I was so introverted. I was absolutely terrified to speak in front of people. But at the same time, I loved leading Bible studies! It probably took me four or five years to get to where I was comfortable teaching. I just kept pushing through because I knew that’s what God called me to do. Even though I struggled, I was convinced I was called to teach because of God’s anointing that was always present as I ministered the Word. I’ve heard people say that you never prepare your messages. Is that true? Andrew: I first started teaching Sunday school at my Baptist church. They decided I was too radical and didn’t want me teaching regularly, so they demoted me to a substitute. I got called at the last minute when the regular teacher couldn’t be there, so I didn’t have time to get a message ready. This is when I discovered I could teach on any verse with no preparation. When I started leading my own Bible studies, I took a ton of notes and was always extremely prepared. But when I’d teach, I felt like I was fumbling. On some occasions I wasn’t able to prepare, and that’s when Scripture just flowed from me. I started realizing that all my studying, prayer, and note taking was ruining my ministry! God showed me that when I prepared, I ministered out of my own ability and intellect, instead of relying on Him. From then on I decided to never prepare another message. You’ve spent the majority of your time as a teacher, but there was a point early on when you pastored churches. How did that come about? Andrew: That happened pretty much by default. There was a group of Baptists in Texas who received the baptism of the Holy Spirit and got kicked out of their church. They asked me to come teach them. They didn’t know where else to go to receive full-Gospel teaching. After a while, they wanted to start their own church. I told them I’d do Bible studies with them, but I didn’t want to pastor. But after about six months they started calling me “pastor” and giving me tithes, even though I told them I was not called to pastor. So I didn’t really have a choice unless I wanted to stop teaching them. I continued on as their pastor for two years. We met five times a week for Bible studies. Jamie: It was a little much, to say the least! Andrew: Well, the Bible says, “They met daily from house to house.” I gave them two days a week off! Jamie, I take it you didn’t like being a pastor’s wife. Jamie: No, not at all. I was definitely not called to be a pastor’s wife! It was just a very hard time. Our children were small, and I had to take them to all of the Bible studies—[looks at Andrew]—all five a week! Plus, I really didn’t like the small towns. And, we had very little money at that time.Andrew: Now, if I ever think about being a pastor full-time, Jamie always says, “You can be a pastor if you want, but you won’t have me as a wife!” But the truth is, back then, there were no Spirit-filled churches. If you wanted to teach along those lines, you had to either hold Bible studies or start your own church. My options were very limited. How did Andrew Wommack Ministries actually get birthed? Andrew: We left Childress, Texas, where I got my radio start on a country-and-western station in 1976. From there we went to Pritchett, Colorado, to hold a Bible study. While we were there God used me to raise someone from the dead. Everyone was so astounded, they wouldn’t let me leave. I kept saying, “There’s no way I’m moving to Pritchett.” We stayed there for about six months. We started on a radio station in Colorado Springs and also started making cassette tapes of my teachings. People sent us donations from the radio ministry, but we couldn’t give receipts. That led us to incorporate the ministry, so in 1978 we officially became Andrew Wommack Ministries. Why did you first decide to give away free tapes? Andrew: Back when we were first getting started, we went to a Bible conference on prosperity. We desperately needed to hear this message, as we ran out of gas on the way to the conference. That’s just a little ironic, isn’t it? Andrew: Well, we had absolutely no money. I prayed over the car so it would start, and it ended up running for a whole week with no gas! While at the conference, we stopped by the teacher’s tape table. We knew we had to get these teachings, but couldn’t afford them. I promised God right then that if He ever gave me revelation that would help others, I would never deny them access to it because of finances. Of course, at the time, I had no idea we would end up giving away as many tapes as we have. Jamie, how would you say that you and Andrew have changed over the years after all you’ve been through together? Jamie: I really don’t think we’ve changed all that much. He’s pretty much the same person I married. I know that our commitment and desire to do what we’re doing hasn’t changed at all. Probably the biggest change with Andrew is just his approach to teaching. When he started, he’d try to teach everything he knew in two hours! Over the years he’s slowed down and become more focused with each message. The biggest change for me has been my role in the ministry. I used to manage the entire ministry and got so overwhelmed. We tried to hire people early on, but I found myself always cleaning up behind them because things weren’t done correctly. It was almost humorous when we held a meeting somewhere. I led praise and worship, and Andrew would run the sound for me. Then we’d switch and I’d run the sound while he was preaching. We set up and manned the tape tables, we tore everything down… Andrew: Yeah, and now we don’t do anything! How has God used your marriage in the ministry? Jamie: I think we balance each other out. With Andrew it’s, “Okay, we’re going on radio. Let’s start with five stations.” I’m more like, “Let’s see if one will produce first.” Andrew: That’s true. If it was just me, I would’ve blown up a long time ago. Jamie is very deliberate and detailed. She’s not a risk taker like I am. She’s helped me take things slower. I probably would have destroyed us. It’s been a great balance. We still go back and forth on things today. Although, when I started on TV, which was potentially the most damaging risk we’ve ever taken because of the expense, Jamie was 100 percent in agreement with my decision. Her reaction actually surprised me. Speaking of TV, would you say that was the biggest turning point for the ministry? Andrew: As far as a positive turning point, yes, by far. The Lord woke me up in the summer of 1999, and I heard Him say, “Your time has come.” I got up and looked up scriptures with that phrase. As I started reading, God said, “You’re just now starting to do what I’ve called you to do. If you had died before this time, you would’ve missed your destiny.” He told me that starting on TV was just the beginning of our ministry. Sure enough, when we started on TV in January of 2000, everything exploded. Our audience response has doubled every couple of years since. Before television, our income was roughly $50,000 per month. Now we have to have $1.3 million every month just to break even. Starting on TV was the riskiest thing we’ve ever done. For the first time in twenty-five years, we finally had money in our ministry savings account so we could actually start growing. I think we had $30,000 at the time. We needed $135,000 for TV. But it was a risk we had to take. Like God said, our ministry didn’t really start until 2000. All the time before that God was just getting us ready. I hear people say all the time that I’m an overnight success, because with the television ministry, it appears that way. But in reality, it was thirty-two years in the making! How can you be sure you’re doing the right thing? How does God speak to you when you’re making decisions? Andrew: I’ve never heard an audible voice, and I’ve never had a vision or seen anything with my physical eyes. I just see things in my imagination. I sometimes hear God in my sleep. He’ll give me dreams, or I’ll have a thought that’s so loud, it wakes me up. When we first went to Childress to hold a meeting, we ministered for three days, and I was ready to leave town. God woke me up in a dream and told me I didn’t do what He instructed me to do. I thought Childress was temporary, but He wanted me to move there. We started a church and stayed there two years. If I’m seeking direction from God, I rely on Psalm 37:4—“Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.” I trust that He’ll put His desires in my heart. An example of this is when I lost my desire for Seagoville, Texas. We had lived there for two years, and I was planning on staying there longer because I knew that’s where we were supposed to be. But during a time of prayer, God completely changed my heart. All of a sudden, I couldn’t stand the place. I just wanted to get out. It was totally different than what I had felt for two years. I spent the next two or three hours just praying in tongues. The more my mind stayed on God, the more I wanted to move. I knew it was God because I had been seeking Him. Another way I test for direction is through confirmations. When I made the decision to start on TV, two of my minister friends came to me separately and said God told them it was time for me to start on TV, although they had no idea I was thinking about it. How do you make sure what you’re hearing is really from God? Andrew: You can determine vain imaginations by the Word of God. Any good imagination you have, if it lines up with the Word, it is God inspired. Man is wicked, and he will naturally think selfish, vain thoughts. So if the thoughts are of the flesh or the devil, it’ll violate the Word. If it doesn’t violate the Word, it’s from God. How do you hear from God on a daily, practical level? Andrew: In January of 2002 God told me I was thinking too small. It took me a while to understand fully what He was saying. But now when I have a decision to make involving different options, I always go for the biggest. I pray about all my decisions, and I believe God inspires me through all of them. I don’t think my decisions are strictly business decisions. Jamie and I discuss most of them, although she usually doesn’t feel strongly one way or the other. I try to sense God’s leading with everything. What do you think is the most difficult part of your ministry today? Andrew: Hmm. That’s a tough question.. Andrew: I can’t think of anything that’s really difficult about the ministry at this point. The biggest challenges I face are not within the ministry itself, but with outside forces that try to distract me. I have to battle that stuff because it causes me to minister out of my feelings instead of the Word. The ministry right now is a piece of cake compared to what we used to go through. We used to struggle just to survive. We weren’t certain we’d even be alive the next week. But now things are going well. When you were struggling to survive, did you want to quit? Andrew: In the beginning, definitely. There wasn’t enough evidence to prove we were on the right track. We went for nearly ten years without one positive sign that we were headed in the right direction. I think if I had to do it all again, I wouldn’t do it nearly as well. I really think I would quit and give up. I don’t know how we made it through what we did, except strictly for God’s grace. What advice would you give someone just starting out? Andrew: I’d tell them to never do it the way we did it. I don’t think many people would survive. We didn’t have any mentors or any strong relationships. We were always the ones ministering but never getting ministered to. You can’t survive like that. One out of a thousand people would make it the way we started in ministry. I’d also tell them that until their ministry gets to where it is self-supporting, they need to work a secular job. I always thought I wasn’t being faithful to my calling if I worked elsewhere. I knew God called me to full-time ministry, so I wouldn’t take a regular job. But that’s why we were always broke. I know if I had married anyone but Jamie, the marriage wouldn’t have lasted. No one would’ve put up with what I put Jamie through. We started the Bible school to keep people from making our mistakes. I once dreamt that I had a machete and was going through a jungle, cutting down the thick brush ahead of me. I looked over my shoulder, and those behind me were expanding the path, making it wider. Then they poured asphalt, and pretty soon there was a four-lane highway. God told me that the way I came through, I had to blaze a trail when there wasn’t anything but thick brush. But I made a way for others to come behind me and take what I’ve learned and run with it. For us it was like someone threw us in the deep end and said if we lived, we’d learn how to swim. But it’s always better if you can take swimming lessons ahead of time. Can anyone do what you’ve done? Andrew: Anyone who’s called. I believe I have gifts—like a teaching gift—and insight into the Word that not everyone has. If you have similar insight and gifts, then, yes, you can probably do it. But you also must have God’s revelation and anointing. I do feel unique in a lot of ways. I really believe God has given me some things that most people don’t have. Plus, I don’t think there are many people who would put up with what Jamie and I have been through. One of the main reasons we stuck with it was because we had no other choice. There was no Plan B, nothing to fall back on. If we surrendered to failure, thinking we missed God, there would’ve been no place for us to go. We knew if God didn’t get us through, we weren’t going to make it. But if you want God’s best, that’s what it takes.
Adam Reed Talks the “Smilthy” Good Fun of Archer I must admit up front that of I am unashamedly a huge fan of FX’s Archer, which I consider to be one of the funniest and well-written animated series I’ve ever seen. Adam Reed, alongside co-conspirator Matt Thompson, has created one of the smartest, most risqué shows on TV. Who knew that office politics and HR directives could provide as much intrigue, and laughs, as the cloak and dagger of international espionage and misuse of large caliber weapons? Season 4 of Archer starts January 17th on FX, with promises of distasteful office romance and daring missions replete with inappropriate behavior and even more inappropriate dialogue, as well as great guest stars in roles they might one day regret. I had a chance once again to talk with Adam Reed about the show’s growing success, nasty humor and what we can expect to see in the coming season. Dan Sarto: Archer continues to garner critical acclaim and an enthusiastic audience. The network has already committed to Season 5. To what do you attribute the growing success of the show? Adam Reed: Well I think our cast is amazing and I really think that FX surprised probably a lot of people, but nobody more than me, by sticking with the show especially after the ratings for Season 1 were not, what’s the word, “good” at all. They really stuck with it. When the first ratings were coming in and they were steadily getting worse and worse and worse, they kept saying, “Don’t worry about it, it’s a marathon and we will find our audience.” I just assumed that that was their way of being nice and prepping me for the bad news. We’re going to let you down really easy. It’s not you, it’s us and I want to still be friends. But they meant it, which was just shocking. They really did let it find an audience. DS: That may speak to the way they show patience with all their shows not just an animated series. AR: You know, I can’t say enough good things about FX. I know it sounds pretty lame and suck-uppy. They do what they say they are going to do. From a business standpoint if they say something then they do it. They have promoted the heck out of the show. Creatively, it’s not like “Here are ten thousand notes. Do it like these 30 different people who you’ve never met are telling you to do it.” We've always worked closely with just a few executives there and I really think that when they believe in a show, they stick with it. They’re smart people and they have confidence in themselves. They are not just reactionary and panicky like, “Oh! What do we do now?” That’s a really nice thing. I think a lot of network executives aren't necessarily coming from a place of confidence. They are coming from a place of fear. So they [FX executives] have been really great to work with. DS: Well it’s nice you are in a good spot with the executives. The flip side that is that you’ve produced something of tremendous quality for the network to get behind. It’s great to see they’ve rewarded you with loyalty and promotional support. But you’ve come through on your end with a fantastic show that continues to get better. AR: We’re basically the Honda factory and they’re the Honda dealership. DS: That’s an apt analogy. AR: It sells itself, Dan. No, I’m kidding. There was a huge learning curve at first and we didn’t know what we are doing and still barely know. The main thing is that the show has improved in quality in every way from Season 1. A lot of that is me getting out of the way of the extremely talented people that work on the show, and trusting them. It’s not my place to tell somebody with 14 years of art school how something should look. It’s really been nice to see this talented group of people make what I think is a really great looking show and then to write stuff for this really talented cast to then turn into real words. DS: How many episodes are you doing for Season 4? Last season you had Chris Provenzano do some writing for you. Is he still involved? Are you still doing the bulk of the writing? AR: Yeah, we are doing 13 shows again. The lovely folks at Justified stole Chris back from us. He is back fulltime on that show, so we haven’t been able to use him. But, we have some other good writers. We have an extremely talented guy named Rick Cleveland who is writing a couple of scripts this coming season. But I’m still doing most of the writing. A couple of writers have become available that we will hopefully have for next season. My goal ultimately is to not do anything but just walk around with a riding crop and a monocle. DS: Is that a little bit of Krieger in you? AR: Yeah. But hopefully I will get to work with a lot more of these writers. It’s fun also to get out of their way when they have a great idea that I never would have thought of. That’s pretty neat.
ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 4.2 - MAY 1999 Attention Educators: Author Seeks Info. Mark Simon, author of Storyboards: Motion In Art, is researching schools that offer storyboards as a class or as part of their curriculum. Any school that wishes to be listed in the 2nd edition of his book can send relevant school and curriculum information to Mark Simon at email@example.com or fax to 407-370-2602. Mark's deadline for information was April 28th. Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org. News Table of Contents Table of Contents Animation World Magazine Career Connections \| School Database \| Student Corner Animation World Store \| Animation Village \| Calendar of Events The AWN Gallery \| The AWN Vault \| Forums & Chats About \| Help \| Home \| email@example.com \| Mail \| Register ©1999 Animation World Network
Wolves-Clippers games always seem to have a peculiar hum. Perhaps it’s their interlocking histories and their penchant for duplicating one another’s rosters (like, literally–see: Gomes, Foye, Smith, Telfair, Jaric, Cassell et. al.). Perhaps it’s their shared legacies of baffling mismanagement. Maybe it’s just a sense of futility that has characterized both teams; when they face one another, their common penchant for goofy mediocrity, for playing just below the level of their opponent, is multiplied exponentially.
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Playoff schedules for June have been posted! (updated 5/13/2013 10:14 PM) Teams in the U10, U12 and U14 divisions will by playing playoff games on Thursday May 30, Friday May 31, Saturday June 1 and Sunday June 2. Each team is scheduled to play 3 pool games. These games have been added to the schedule. The best ranked teams after pool play will advance to the finals. The finals will be played at 3:30 PM and 5:20 PM on Sunday June 2. Rules and other details are posted on the Playoffs page.
Soft in form and delicate in structure, the features of this young lady are striking while perhaps not conventionally beautiful. Sculpted into feminine curves, her petite form is blessed with a creamy complexion. Celestial white wings rise elegantly from her back, adorned with smooth feathers; they set her apart from her otherwise humanlike appearance. Side-swept bangs lead to her straight black hair, framing her lightly tanned visage. Her dreamy eyes are the hue of rich dark chocolate and shaded by long lashes; their warmth matches her soft lips, which often form kind-hearted smiles. Long, lustrous black hair falls smoothly to her waist, accented by side-swept bangs that brush her forehead lightly. She has warm chocolate brown eyes brimmed with light honey. Piercing on right-wing: Four silver rings loop around the outer edge of her celestial feathered wing. A small precious stone adorns each hoop, representing one of the four elements: Ruby for fire, Emerald for earth, Sapphire for water, Amethyst for Air.
Hotel Valley Ho 6850 E. Main St., Scottsdale Poolside cabanas are de rigueur at resorts in metropolitan Phoenix. Well-heeled pool-goers are willing to pay for precious shade and a semi-private party spot, especially in summer. One of the best values in town is at the hip Hotel Valley Ho in downtown Scottsdale. The historical hotel's cabanas, built of concrete blocks, start at $49 a day in winter and $99 from March through October. The best part: You don't have to be a hotel guest to rent one, except on holiday weekends and Saturdays during the long summer season, when the hotel has popular pool parties. Cabana rentals on summer Saturdays cost $249. The cabanas are outfitted simply, with a colorful couch, table, two hassocks and a mini fridge. Reserved lounge chairs sit in front of the cabana. You won't find flat-screen televisions — or any electronics — in the cabanas, but a rental does include your choice of three amenities, from snacks such as chips and salsa to Red Bull and bottled water. The 10- by 10-foot cabanas accommodate six people. There is also a double cabana that accommodates 12. People lounge and enjoy the pool at the Hotel Valley Ho. View subscription options
Transportation plan funds freeway This is the first in a five-part series on how Proposition 400 will impact the Ahwatukee Foothills community if it is passed in the Nov. 2 election. by Doug Murphy Staff Writer In 1985, voters in Maricopa County approved a half-cent sales tax to fund Valley freeways. In November, county voters will be asked to extend that sales tax for another 20 years. But instead of all the money going into freeway construction, the new multi-module plan that was developed over two years by a committee of elected officials and business leaders includes funding for light rail, mass transit, street improvements as well as 344 lane miles of new or improved freeways. For Ahwatukee Foothills residents, a key element of the plan is the 23-mile long South Mountain Loop 202 Freeway, extending from Interstate 10 in Ahwatukee Foothills west around South Mountain to I-10 in the Laveen area. A study is currently under way to determine a route for the freeway, and no final decision has been made for its location, but passage of Proposition 400 would provide the county's share for the $1.3 billion four-lane freeway. Traffic engineers say the South Mountain leg of Loop 202 is needed to complete the freeway's ring around the Valley, and that by 2025 it will carry an estimated 170,000 vehicles a day, about the same as is carried by I-10 at Warner Road today. Without the Loop 202, much of that traffic would be forced to use I-10, creating virtual gridlock. "It will be very difficult for people to move from Ahwatukee Foothills to downtown," without the Loop 202 diverting traffic off I-10, said David Martin, president of the Arizona chapter of the Associated General Contractors. Martin, who lives in Ahwatukee Foothills, is also the treasurer of the Yes on 400 committee promoting the plan that he says offers specific solutions to specific Valley transportation problems: * Dial-A-Ride for areas with large numbers of seniors; * Freeways in the West Valley where population growth is expected to explode; * Light rail along the Central Avenue corridor of Phoenix where density is high; and * Improved streets to get traffic to and from existing freeways that will all be widened. If voters reject Proposition 400, Martin said Valley residents will lose a vital opportunity. "What we risk is a truly regional opportunity to solve the region's transportation problems based upon specific needs," he explained. It also means that funding for new highway construction will be drastically reduced. Under Proposition 400, the estimated $16.5 billion will be split with 55 percent or about $9.5 billion going to highway construction, 31 percent or $5 billion to mass transit including light rail construction, and 7 percent or $1.1 billion for street improvements, with the rest of the money spent on miscellaneous projects. The sales tax is expected to raise about $9 billion over 20 years. State and federal transportation funds will provide the balance of the expected $16.5 billion to be raised. Opponents are adamant that all the funding should go to freeways, similar to the 1985 sales tax proposal where 95 percent of the money went to freeway development and construction. Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Gilbert) opposes the $2.3 billion that would be spent on light rail that he says should go toward more freeways. "We're diverting money away from the freeways to the light rail system," he said. What he would like to see is Proposition 400 defeated so that lawmakers like himself could introduce new legislation that addresses the transportation needs of the Valley without wasting money on light rail, which he doesn't believe will do anything to solve the congestion problem. "Light rail will do nothing to solve the congestion problems in the Valley," Biggs said. But if voters defeat the proposition Biggs said he believes lawmakers can pass a new and improved plan in time for a May 2005 election. Martin maintains that light rail along with public transportation is important since the senior population of the Valley will triple in the next 25 years. "That's why we need to address public transportation, and we need to be thinking about those folks," Martin said. In 1985, the entire Loop 202 was part of the 233 miles of freeways that was envisioned when voters passed the original half-cent sales tax for new freeway construction. But declines in the economy overall and sales tax revenue drops resulted in cutbacks, with the South Mountain portion of the Loop 202 left without funding and 76 miles of proposed freeways were eliminated. The reporter can be reached at (480) 898-7914 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.org.
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Search Results for: fires June 13, 2011 - Forest Health \| Video - Experts say Arizona’s catastrophic wildfires are the result of unhealthy, unnaturally dense forests that are the product of America’s forest management policies. The Four Forest Restoration Initiative (4FRI) is an effort to create healthier ecosystems on parts of four Arizona forests. Learn about the challenges facing 4FRI from stakeholders Wally Covington, Regents’ professor of Forest Ecology and executive director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University; Henry Provencio of the U.S. Forest Service; Ethan Aumack of the Grand Canyon Trust and a representative of the Center for Biological Diversity. July 12, 2007 - Fire Update - several forest fires are burning throughout our state. Kirk Rowdabaugh of the Arizona State Land Department will give us an update. February 15, 2006 - Fire Season - As Arizona continues to cope with a lengthy dry spell, northern region emergency crews have started combating forest brush fires. Michael Grant talks with Stephen Pyne, Regent Professor of ASU School of Life Sciences, about the Arizona drought, its effects, and the potential increased cost. January 5, 2006 - For more than 70 days now, the Valley has had no rain. National Weather Service Meteorologist Tony Haffer will talk about the drought and why it's happening. Kirk Rowdabaugh of the State Land Department will talk about the drought's impact to help provide fuel for wild fires. September 26, 2005 - Fire Prevention - Find out what measures the Payson Ranger District is taking to battle forest fires. June 14, 2005 - Fires!, A HORIZON Special Edition - This special edition of HORIZON examines the history of fire management, the politics, and the state of desert and forest environments. May 23, 2005 - Fire! Part one of four - We begin a four-part series on the danger of wildfire. Tonight, how big fires have changed the way we fight them.
E-mail this story Nikki Reed's 'Downers Grove' film on hold, LMFAO DJing at Enclave, 'Cake Boss' eats Lou Malnati's The thriller “Downers Grove” – which revolves around a high school in Downers Grove, Ill. where one senior mysteriously dies at the end of each year -- was supposed to begin filming in Louisiana last spring. But here we are in November and the movie has yet to begin shooting. November 17, 2011
Last week we were given a challenge by the Wayward Girls' Crafts. They give us one word and see what we come up with. The word they gave us was: Popsicle. They also did a spotlight on their blog that you can go and check out here. So I thought and thought about what kind of craft I could make that went along with the theme. We made all kinds of pudding pops. My husband's favorite was banana. My daughter loved the chocolate. And my boys loved the vanilla. But I didn't want to go with the traditional "popsicle". So I decided to make a shirt. I didn't have time to go to the store to pick up a shirt and taking all my kids with me didn't sound like a fun trip, so I decided to sew one. I picked up some grey jersey fabric on clearance months ago. I knew that it would come in handy one day...and this was that day! I took one of my daughter's shirts that fit her good and used it as a pattern. I cut out a front (the one on the right) and a back (the one on the left. This fabric is nice because it won't fray, which means that I didn't have to hem the edges. I just sewed along the sides of the shirt and the shoulders. I added a ruffled strips for sleeves. The neckline and bottom of the shirt are raw. You can hem them if you so desire. (This fabric can be challenging to sew, so just take it slow and you will do fine.) Once I sewed the shirt, I made sure that it fit and then moved onto the fun stuff! I had a sheet of hot pink with white polka dots iron on transfer material. I cut out a popsicle shape, but before I ironed it on, I used a brown ribbon for the popsicle stick. I sewed the ribbon on and then ironed on the popsicle part. After it was cool, I sewed around the popsicle part. (You don't have to sew the iron on transfer, but I liked the way it looks with stitching around it.) I used my Silhouette to cut out the "So Sweet" part. I found the saying in the Silhouette store. I had dark pink heat transfer material that I used for the words. Make sure you mirror the image you want to have cut. Before you iron it onto the shirt, put a thin piece of fabric over the part you are ironing. My daughter absolutely loves her Popsicle shirt and I love the price!
How do you say Cute in German? Asked by: David H How to say cute in German German translations are perhaps the most common thing people ask about on this site. The best way to say cute in German is "niedlich". How to use Cute in a sentence: - These cute puppies had been playing happily in a pen. - Diese niedlichen Welpen waren fröhlich spielen in einem Stift. (German translation) - Our cute panda loves to have his photo taken. - Unsere cute Panda liebt es, seine Foto aufgenommen haben. (German translation) - Cute is everywhere if you get the time to glance. - Cute ist überall, wenn Sie die Zeit, um einen Blick erhalten. (German translation) - You are the so cute I could eat you. - Sie sind die so süß ich konnte Essen Sie. (German translation) - When I think of cute I do not think of you! - When I of cute Think glaube ich nicht von Ihnen! (German translation) Ok, so there you go. Those translations should get you started. Im actually still learning to read and write German so these exercises are really helping me. Hope I got it right. Is cute the right translation? If you see any translations that need correcting please post your comments in the box below.
Over 100 years ago, it was relatively common for people to see a woman in her 40's with her own baby in her arms, and every now and then you would even see a woman in her mid 50's with her own baby in her arms. In the last 50 years or so, there has been a frightening drop in fertility. In 2006, 35 year old women are less fertile than women age 45-50 were 100 years ago. Women were designed to have children from the start of menstruation to a year or two before the menopause. And if menopause isn't till 65, then 100 years ago, a woman would still be getting pregnant, age 63, and giving birth age 64. But the massive drop in fertility means that it is becoming increasingly uncommon for women over 35 to get pregnant without medical assistance. And no one seems to be interested in investigating this loss of fertility. And it is not just women who are becoming more and more infertile. Over 100 years ago, sperm counts were typically 100 million sperm per sample, but now they are 30 million sperm per sample, and falling. So 100 years ago, although it would have been unusual for a 52 year old women to give birth, every large community had a woman in her 50's with her own babe in her arms. So what has gone so terribly with women's/men's fertility, that, now, makes us think that Patricia Rashbrook and Lauren Cohen are so unusual? Stock Photo credit: debsch All rights reserved TODAY'S BOOK SUGGESTION: Girl Walks into a Bar . . .: Comedy Calamities, Dating Disasters, and a Midlife Miracle by Rachel Dratch -- Her career at a low point, Rachel Dratch suddenly had time for yoga, dog- sitting, learning Spanish - and dating. After all, what did a forty-something single woman living in New York have to lose? Resigned to childlessness but still hoping for romance, Dratch was out for drinks with a friend when she met John. Handsome and funny, after only six months of dating long-distance, he became the inadvertent father of her wholly unplanned, undreamed-of child, and moved to New York to be a dad. With riotous humor, Dratch recounts breaking the news to her bewildered parents, the awe of her single friends, and the awkwardness of a baby-care class where the instructor kept tossing out the f-word. Filled with great behind-the-scenes anecdotes from Dratch's time on SNL, Girl Walks into a Bar is a refreshing version of the "happily ever after" story that proves female comics-like bestsellers Tina Fey and Chelsea Handler-are truly having their moment. Hardcover: 272 pages - Click to order/for more info: Girl Walks into a Bar . . . - US \| Canada \| UK Paperback: 272 pages - Click to order/for more info: Girl Walks into a Bar . . . - US \| Canada \| UK -- Start reading Girl Walks into a Bar on your Kindle in under a minute! US/Canada \| Canada \| UK Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here: US \| Canada \| UK , or download a FREE Kindle Reading App. • Follow us on Twitter, join the conversation on our Facebook page, circle us on Google+, follow our pins on Pinterest. More Frugal Blogs and Websites: • Born to Love: All your cloth diapering needs, and much more - naturally! We are strong advocates of the personal, social and environmental benefits of natural parenting. • Frugal Freebies: Keep up with the latest free stuff, deals, coupons, and other ways to save money! • My Frugal Baby Tips: Taking care of baby and mom needs naturally, does not have to cost a whole lot of money! • Life Begins... - Pregnancy stories of loss, hope and help • Pregnancy Stories by Age - Daily blog of hope and inspiration! • You Can Get Pregnant in Your 40's - Sharing articles, discussing options and suggestions • Stories of Pregnancy and Birth over 44 - sharing news stories I find online, for inspiration!
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Results Around the Web for Chana Back to the Chana name page Chanakya (c. 370–283 BCE) was an Indian teacher, philosopher and royal advisor. The Chanak Crisis, also called the Chanak Affair and the Chanak Incident, in September 1922 was the threatened attack by Turkish troops on British and French troops stationed near Çanakkale (Chanak) to guard the Dardanelles neutral zone. Uda Walawwe Mahim Bandaralage Chanaka Asanka Welegedara, more commonly referred to as Chanaka Welegedara, (born March 20, 1981, Matale), is a Sri Lankan international cricketer. Chananel ben Chushiel or Ḥananel ben Ḥushiel (), an eleventh-century Tunisian Rabbi and Talmudist, was a student of one of the last Geonim.
Shop by Brand Available in Two Sizes Made in USA The Petit Collage Blue Butterfly Print on Wood is printed directly on sustainably grown maple veneer. Available in two sizes, prints are matted and framed in hardwood with shatter proof acrylic. Like the prints, each frame is made in the USA; they are handcrafted, precision sanded & joined. Prints arrive ready to hang - the back includes a dustcover, wire hanging system & felt bumpers. - Printed on sustainably grown maple - Available in 8" x 10" & 11" x 14" - Framed & ready to hang - Made in USA Note: As this item is custom made to order, please allow 7-10 business days to ship. This item ships only in the contiguous USA Petit Collage is the brainchild of San Francisco based artist, designer & illustrator Lorena Siminovich. Born in Buenos Aires, Lorena has had a life long love of drawing. She studied Graphic Design and has been creating works of art enjoyed by young & old alike. In 2001, Lorena moved from Buenos Aires to New York, where she worked for an award winning company that manufactures museum quality puzzles and toys for kids. Soon thereafter she began her illustration career and relocated to San Francisco, where she now creates these one-of-a-kind pieces treasured by young art collectors. info@BabyEcoTrends.com \| Site Updated May 17, 2013 \| ©2008-2013 Baby Eco Trends, LLC
Posted: 23/10/2009 at 17:02 Hi Just looking for some advice, Just a quick recap My last Af was 18th(ish) Sept and i ov'd bedded around the 3rd oct and since then have had very painful boobies!! they are a slight purple colour and very sore, i had a tiny brown spot about a wekk and a half ago. i have tested 1 million times and all BFN!! i have only had sore boobies when pg i don't get this with AF she just appears without much warning (typical witch) I only got faint bfp's with my DD at 5+5 weeks. I also have alot of CM that i dont normally get and my C is very high and seems closed tight! (not sure what this means but everyone says about it so wanted to seem clever :lol: ) Anyway in the past 48 hours i have sobbed :cry: for a total of 4 hours for no reason, i even cried at a silly kids programme today!! i have major lower backache, feeling sick and i'm knackered.............. i tested this morning with FR and got a BFN so i went shopping and got some ben & Jerry's icecream as a treat and i couldn't even stand the smell of it let alone the taste!! So i have all the symptoms but no BFP!!! Whats going on with me???? :\? Should i go to the doctor???
Bright Blossoms Crib Bedding Collection From Crown Crafts NoJo Recommended Paint Colors - Samples Palette #2 Primary Wall Color Shawn, our professional designer, has selected Crocus Yellow as the Primary Wall color for Palette #2 of her Bright Blossoms paint color selections. To see Shawn’s other selections, return to: Bright Blossoms Crib Paint Samples. Primary Wall Color: Thoughts from Shawn, our professional designer "The primary wall color of your room is your most important choice. Being the predominant color, it will be most responsible for communicating the mood you are seeking. I have taken care to select a color that coordinates perfectly with your Bright Blossoms bedding. "Test with paint samples to preview your paint colors. I much prefer actual paint samples to dry paint swatches. Paint your Crocus Yellow sample in the areas that you will be using it. Be sure that you let it dry completely before evaluating the color. Paint as large of a sample of Crocus Yellow as you can to most effectively evaluate the color – surrounding colors on the wall will make the color look different than when the entire wall is painted."
Before we look at what aspiring fathers-to-be should ingest and avoid, it's important to understand the specific ways in which the effectiveness of sperm is evaluated. A typical semen analysis measures the following three factors, described in the book Fertility Foods: Optimize Ovulation and Conception Through Food Choices by fertility specialist Dr. Jeremy Groll: - Count, or the number of sperm in the semen. The normal amount is 20 million per milliliter; a count of 5 million is regarded as a severe lack of sperm, and it is also possible for men to have no sperm in their semen. - Motility, which is how well the sperm move. It is calculated as a percentage of the sperm that move in a straightforward fashion; at least 50 percent of sperm should display this type of movement. - Morphology, or the shape of the sperm cells. At least 14 percent of sperm should be normally formed. Sperm with large heads, two heads, or deformed tails are typically unable to make the long journey to fertilize the egg. Another significant factor of sperm effectiveness, explains Dr. Perloe, is the DNA integrity of the sperm cells. The head of the sperm carries the father's DNA in long twisted strands—the double helix. If the DNA strands are broken in several places, there is a greater likelihood of infertility and miscarriage. A test called the SCSA (sperm chromatin structural assay) can be used to examine sperm-cell DNA for structural integrity. Substances to Avoid There are many foods and health supplements which have demonstrated some benefit in improving sperm performance, but by far the most significant dietary change that guys can make is to restrict harmful substances. According to Dr. Groll, these include several familiar culprits: - Cigarette smoking. Regular smoking significantly decreases sperm count, motility, and morphology. - Marijuana. It inhibits a hormone in the brain, which leads to low testosterone levels and sperm production. Fortunately, the effects of marijuana are reversible usually after the three months it takes for sperm cells to develop and mature. - Anabolic steroids. These can lead to a complete absence of sperm in the semen; however, as with marijuana use, the effects typically reverse themselves, although usually within 10 to 20 months. - Saw palmetto. This herbal supplement, although touted for its benefits for prostate issues and even general fertility, acts as a testosterone blocker and can reduce sperm production.
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>>I think he was (kinda) kidding about the Nemo. I hope. Although it does look really comfortable. Dude, the Fillo has memory foam in it! That's not a joking matter. There's no such thing as an UL pillow. Just lame, frustrating half measures. If you want a pillow, carry the weight of the Fillo secure in the knowledge that you have, in fact, a pillow and not an over glorified balloon. Otherwise, use your pack, or socks, or Platy, or elbow, or rocks, or bark. Whatever. Better yet, be a masochist and don't use anything. Just don't say you want an UL pillow. Next thing you know, you'll want someone to show up and pitch your tent and put a chocolate on your UL pillow before you turn in at night. At which point I think you should just stay in bed at home full stop.
Those compression straps are long. Could a pad, like the GG NightLight Pad (sectioned torso-length or longer), or the Z-Rest (Z-lite, y'all know which one - it's that orange one that folds accordion style) be placed on the back of the pack and the compression straps brought around the BACK (instead of the FRONT like in the pics to compact the pack) to hold the Pad in place. If so, this would provide mega-cushioning to the wearer's back (it might NOT be necessary with the Jam^2???), and would free up pack volume if the user is NOT forming a v-frame by making a larger cylinder out of their sleep pad. If i understood the Review, buckle gender won't be an issue here as it's essentially no different than when forming the Kompactor system, i.e. the straps still need to cross over and attach to the other side. The question here is, "Will they reach?" Just a thought. Anyone have one of these packs & can comment.
This is my first post on this forum... and considering the issues I had finding a good wireless adapter and general laptop to run BT5r3 on, I thought I would post some good news on a new laptop I purchased and setup for pen. testing. The Acer Aspire S3 series with the Atheros AR5BWB225 Wireless adapter works flawlessly out of the box. This seems like a great machine so far, with an Intel Core i7 chip, 4GB of RAM, 250GB SSD drive, and 8 hour battery life. Only thing it is missing is a wired ethernet adapter (and a backlit keyboard for late night work :-) ) Anyway, just thought I would share this for those of you looking into which laptops are a good fit for BT5. btw: Dual booting with Win7 and also running in VMWare Player inside Win7 - all 64bit.
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Issued from the woods of the Loess Hills a few miles east of NATCHEZ, MISSISSIPPI, USA April 29, 2012 \|CATTLE EGRETS AMONG CATTLE As in Mexico, around here if you pass by a pasture you're likely to see Cattle Egrets standing among or on the cows, as shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429eg.jpg. Cattle Egrets in their breeding plumage, like the ones in the picture, can be distinguished from other white egrets and herons by the patches of light orange-brown on their crests and chests. Nonbreeding Cattle Egrets can be all white, and then their relatively thick, yellow beaks and thicker, shorter necks separate them from similar-sized, white herons and egrets found here, such as Snowy Egrets and juvenile Little Blue Herons. I remember the first time Cattle Egrets were spotted in the rural part of western Kentucky where I grew up, possibly in 1963. Their appearance was so unusual that a farmer not particularly interested in Nature called my parents and said that a whole flock of big white birds had appeared in his pasture, and we went up to take a look. I was in college before I learned that they were Cattle Egrets, BUBULCUS IBIS. My ornithology teacher told how the birds were undergoing one of the fastest and most widely ranging expansions of distribution ever seen among birds. Originally Cattle Egrets were native to southern Spain and Portugal, tropical and subtropical Africa and humid tropical and subtropical Asia. In the late 1800s they began expanding their range into southern Africa, and were first sighted in the Americas, on the boundary of Guiana and Suriname, in 1877, apparently having flown across the Atlantic Ocean. They didn't get permanently established there until the 1930s, though, but then they began expanding into much of the rest of the Americas, reaching western Kentucky around the early 60s. The species appears still to be expanding northward in western North America, but in the Northeast it seems to be in decline. Though they can turn up as far north as southern Canada, coast to coast, mostly they breed in the US Southeast. The Wikipedia expert says that Cattle Egrets eat ticks and flies from cattle. They do that, but anyone who watches our birds awhile sees that mainly as the cattle move around they stir up creatures in the grass, which the egrets prey on. The cows' fresh manure also attracts flies for them. MATING BOX TURTLES It's interesting to see how turtles manage it, but for many readers familiar with box turtles in other parts of North America the picture may raise the question of why those in our picture bear different colors and patterns than theirs. What's happening is that Box Turtles are represented by six intergrading subspecies. Hillary's Gulf Coast location is supposed to be home to the Gulf Coast subspecies, Terrapene carolina ssp. major. However, that subspecies is described as having a brownish top shell, or carapace, sometimes with a few dull spots or rays, but nothing like these bright, yellow lines. I can't say what's going on. Apparently Box Turtle taxonomy is a bit tricky. RESTING CRANE FLY That looks like a mosquito but you can see from how much of the leaf he covers that he's far too large to be any mosquito species found here. Also, he lacks the hypodermic-like proboscis mosquitoes use to suck blood. No conspicuous mouthparts are visible on our crane fly because adult crane flies generally hardly eat at all, only occasionally lapping up a bit of pollen or sugar-rich flower nectar. Their maggot-like larvae feed on plant roots. Some species can damage crops. Oosterbroek's monumental, 2012 Catalogue of the Craneflies of the World -- free and online at http://ip30.eti.uva.nl/ccw/ --recognizes 15,345 cranefly species, 1630 of them just in our Nearctic ecozone, which embraces the US, Canada, Greenland, and most of northern Mexico. That's why when I shipped the picture to volunteer identifier Bea in Ontario it took more time than usual for her verdict to come in, and she was comfortable only with calling it the genus TIPULA. Whatever our species, it's a pleasure to take the close shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429cg.jpg. What are those things below the wings looking like needles with droplets of water at their ends? Those are "halteres," which commonly occur among the Fly Order of Insects, the Diptera. Though their purpose isn't known with certainty, it's assumed that they help control flight, enabling flies to make sudden mid-air changes in direction. From the evolutionary perspective, halteres are modified back wings. Most insects have two pairs, or four, wings, but not the Diptera, as the name implies -- di-ptera, as they say "two-wings" in classical Greek. ADMIRING THE WHITE OAK In that picture I'm holding a leaf so you can see its underside, much paler than other leaves' topsides. The tree's gray bark of narrow, vertical blocks of scaly plates is shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429qc.jpg. I'm accustomed to seeing White Oaks on relatively dry upland soils so I was a little surprised when the tree in the picture showed up on a stream bank growing among Sycamores. In fact, White Oaks are fairly rare around here, completely absent in many upland forests where I'd expect them to be. Years ago I mentioned this in a Newsletter and a local reader responded that in this region White Oaks were wiped out many years ago by people cutting them as lumber and, more importantly, using them in the whisky distilling business. The online Flora of North America says that "In the past Quercus alba was considered to be the source of the finest and most durable oak lumber in America for furniture and shipbuilding." There beside the stream, last year's crop of our White Oak's acorns had been washed away, but this season's were there in their first stages of growth, as seen at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429qb.jpg. Traditionally early North Americans regarded the inner bark of White Oaks as highly medicinal. Extracts made from soaking the inner bark in water are astringent (puckery) and were used for gargling, and the old herbals describe the extract as tonic, stimulating and antiseptic. Other listed uses include for "putrid sore throat," diphtheria, hemorrhages, spongy or bleeding gums, and hemorrhoids. Many applications suggest adding a bit of capsicum, or hot pepper, to the extract. Basically the notion seems to be that the bark's tannin -- the puckery element -- does the main medicinal service. Other oaks actually have more tannin than White Oak, but medicines made with them can be too harsh. White Oak extracts seem to have just the right amount. The same tannin situation exists with regard to the edibility of acorns. The acorns of other oaks contain more tannin so they require more time and effort to make them edible. White Oak acorns have much less tannin, but even still there's enough to make them too bitter for humans to eat without treatment, which traditionally has been leaching acorn pulp in running water. By the way, instructions for the kitchen leaching of acorn pulp appear at http://www.ehow.com/how_8427141_leach-acorns.html. AMERICAN HOLLY FLOWERING American Hollies are a different species from the English Holly often planted as ornamentals. American Holly bears larger leaves and produces fewer fruits. Hollies come in male or female trees (they're dioecious), and you can tell from the flowers in the upper, left of the above picture that here we have a male tree. A close-up of a male flower with its four out-thrusting stamens is at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429hp.jpg. On a female flower the stamens would be rudimentary and there'd be an ovary -- the future fruit -- in the blossom's center. Maybe because people are so used to seeing English Hollies planted up north often it's assumed that they're northern trees. In fact, American Holly is mainly native to the US Southeast, though along the Coastal Plain it reaches as far north as southern Connecticut. Around here it's strictly an understory tree. The fruits are mildly toxic but you must eat a lot of them to get sick. Birds, deer, squirrels and other animals eat the fruits, which are drupes bearing several hard "stones." No critter seems to relish them, though, saving them mostly to serve as "emergency food" when other foods run out. That might explain why we see hollies holding their red fruits deep into the winter. "BEGGAR'S LICE" ON MY SOCKS Several kinds of plants produce stickery little fruits like that and they all can be called Beggar's Lice. When I tracked down the plant attaching its fruits to me, it was what's shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429my.jpg. Several beggar's-lice-producing plants are similar to that, so before being sure what I really had I had to "do the botany." Here are details I focused on: Leaves and stems were hairy, and leaves were rounded toward the base, sometimes clasping the stem, as shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429mw.jpg. A close-up of a "beggar's louse" is shown stuck in my arm hairs at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429mx.jpg. That last picture is sort of tricky. For, you expect the thing stuck to you to be a fruit with hooked spines, but the thing in the picture isn't a fruit. It's actually a baglike calyx surrounding much smaller fruit-like things. I crumbled some calyxes between my fingers and part of what resulted is shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429mv.jpg. The four shiny things are not seeds. Maybe you've seen that the ovary of most mint flowers is divided into four more-or-less distinct parts. Each of those parts is called a nutlet, and that's what you're seeing. But other plant families beside the Mint produce nutlets. Our beggar's-louse-producing plant is MYOSOTIS DISCOLOR, a member of the Borage Family, the Boraginaceae, which on the phylogenetic Tree of Life is adjacent to the Mint Family. Myosotis discolor is an invasive from Europe that so far has set up residence here and there in eastern and western North America, but so far seems to be absent in the center. The English name is often given as Changing Forget-me-not, because Myosotis is the Forget-me-not genus, and in Latin dis-color says "two-colored," apparently referring to the fact that the flowers can be white or blue, though all I've seen here are white. But, this rangy little plant you never notice until its calyxes stick to you seems to have nothing to do with Forget-me-nots, unless you look at technical features. I think some editor must have made up the name "Changing Forget-me-not." Our plant very clearly is one of several "Beggar's Lice." OATS ALONG THE ROAD A spikelet plucked from the panicle is shown at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429ov.jpg. The same spikelet opened to show the florets inside the glumes at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/12/120429ou.jpg. This is Oat grass, AVENA SATIVA, the same species producing the oats of oatmeal. Oat spikelets differ from those of the vast majority of other grasses by the very large, boat-shaped glumes subtending the florets. Glumes are analogous to a regular flower's calyx, so in that last picture of a spikelet, the glumes are the two large, green-and-white striped items at the left in the photograph. The vast majority of grass spikelets bear glumes much shorter than the florets above them. Also, notice that the slender, stiff, needlelike item, the awn, arises from a floret inside the spikelet and not from a glum. Remember that you can review grass flower terminology at http://www.backyardnature.net/fl_grass.htm. The spikelets of most Oat plants don't bear needlelike awns. You're likely to see both awned and awnless kinds growing as weeds in our area. When I first saw the awns I thought this might be one of the "Wild Oat" species, for several species reside in the Oat genus Avena, and one of those grows wild in the US Southeast. However, florets of the other species bear long, brownish hairs, and you can see that ours are hairless, or "glabrous." The other species' awns also are twisted, but regular Oat awns, when present, are rigid and straight. Both Oat species are native to Eurasia. How did that Oat plant make its way to the side of our isolated Mississippi backroad? Near where the grass grew there was a large game farm where exotic animals are kept so hunters can pay high fees to kill them. I'm betting that the animals are fed oats. Our plant was in an often-flooded spot downstream from the farm, so maybe an oat grain had washed there. That's a roadcut through a special kind of very fine-grained clay called loess. The word loess derives from the German Löß. A deep mantel of loess was deposited here at the end of the last Ice Age about 10,000 years ago. Deep loess deposits occur in a narrow band of upland immediately east of the Mississippi River over most of its entire course. The loess region sometimes is called the Loess Hills. Loess profoundly affects the area's ecology. For one thing, the farther east you go from the Mississippi River, the thinner the loess is, the poorer and more acidic the soil becomes, and the more pines you get instead of broadleaf deciduous trees. Loess is so important here, and so interesting, that years ago I developed a web portal called "Loess Hills of the Lower Mississippi Valley," at http://www.backyardnature.net/loess/loess.html. I had hoped to engage local folks in an effort to recognize the Loess Hills as a very interesting, scenic and biologically important, distinct region with ecotourism potential, but nothing ever came from it. At that site you can learn how "loess" can be pronounced, how it came to exist here, what's special about it, and much more. One thing special about loess is that it erodes into vertical-sided roadcuts as in the picture. People such as road engineers who try to create gentle slopes are doomed to failure. I wish my farming Maya friends in the Yucatan, who must deal with very thin, rocky soil, could see the thick mantel of rich loess we have here. NO MORE EMAILED NEWSLETTERS From now on, to read the Newsletters you'll just have to remember to check out the most recently issued edition at http://www.backyardnature.net/n/. Today's Newsletter is there now waiting for readers, with stories about Cattle Egrets, mating Box Turtles, craneflies, flowering holly trees, Beggar's Lice and more. If you're on Facebook you can find the Facebook Newsletter page by searching for "Jim Conrad's Naturalist Newsletter." The weekly message left there will link to individual pages with images embedded in text. In today's message, for instance, you can click on "Cattle Egrets" and see a regular web page with text and a photo. I've configured my Facebook page to have a subscribe tab but so far one hasn't appeared. My impression is that if you "like" the Newsletter page, each week you'll receive a message with its link. Maybe not. I'm still figuring it out. So, this is the end of eleven years of weekly delivered emails. At first I was upset and annoyed, and thought of writing the 2,158 subscribers suggesting that complaints be made to FatCow at email@example.com. However, something interesting has happened. Last week about a dozen subscribers accepted my invitation to check out the Newsletter's Facebook page. When they "liked" the page, I got to see their pictures, or at least their avatars. There were all kinds of folks, old and young, skinny and fat, white and brown, serious and joking, one fellow on a boat in Maine, a lady in India with a dot, or Bindi, in the middle of her forehead, someone's baby picture... What an amazing thing that all these people were interested in what I'd written! So, in a way, FatCow.com's treatment has been a gift. It's resensitized me to my readership. Also, it's nudged me into a mental space where now I'm mentally prepared for the whole BackyardNature.net site to be removed permanently, for whatever reason they come up with. That extra sense of independence means a lot to me. Now if need be I'm ready to write Newsletters and just keep them in my computer, or write them in a notebook hidden in my trailer, or write them on leaves that I let float down the Mississippi River. I've already learned how to make ink from oak galls. So, we're evolving here. I'm yielding when it's clear that the forces against us control critical resources, but I'm ready to experiment with new possibilities as they appear, and I continue to think, feel and write about the world around us, and share when I'm allowed to. Good luck in your own evolutions. And thanks for these years of weekly inviting me into your lives. Best wishes to all Newsletter readers, To subscribe OR unsubscribe to this Newsletter, go to www.backyardnature.net/news/natnat.php. 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The town´s history Although written differently, Tölz was mentioned for the first time in the records of 1180. In 1331, it was granted extensive "Marktrechte", e.g. the right to hold a market. In the 13th and 14th century many workshops (e.g. limeburners and raftsmen) settled in this area. A great fire destroyed large parts of the town in 1453, but with generous noble support reconstruction soon began. Thanks to the location at the river Isar, the rafting and also brewery trade the town soon flourished. 22 breweries could be counted in 1721. Tölz became also famous for arts and crafts with the beautiful coloured chests, cases and beds. In 1845, iodine was found close to Tölz. Therefore, market town Markt Tölz became Bad (= the German word for spa resorts) in 1899. In 1906, it was recognized as town and in 1969 it got the rating "Heilklimatischer Kurort", which means that its climate is beneficial to health. What is more, in 2005, it also got the title "Moorheilbad", that means it is acknowledged as mineral and medicinal mud-bath spa. The town´s coat of arms The town´s coat of arms. The town´s flag with the colours black and gold.
Word is getting out (via Glenn Beck) that London has initiated a program of social improvement which ultimately allows the government to literally ‘take out’ any person or family found guilty of “anti-social behavior.” BadEagle.com is researching the matter presently. Beck today (Monday, April 30, 2007) that London has already administered ‘social justice’ on some 9,000 familes. We have not found such a statistic yet, and furthermore, there is precious little on the internet at all. Beck presents the plan as a horrid NAZI flashback, but, the program that is on the internet appears quite differently. It’s called “Respect: Give Respect, Get Respect.” We note that the program for improving social behavior is designed by the Labour Party. It is a political campaign. According to Beck, the government can simply arrest you, your family, or all guilty parties, and remove you from your domecile, and relocate you in what Beck calls “respect camps.” The powers invested are extensive. Property causing social offense, such as loud, noise-making devises of any kind, can be seized by the police. Cars, motorcycles, power tools, and even alcohol itself can be seized. It is an all-encompassing social improvement program. The Anti-Social Behavior Order can be issued to anyone over 10 years of age. The ASBO is deadly, so it behooves everyone to know the law. Why, a Respect Handbook is provided by the government. Before we indulge our fears abjectly, we should ask a few appropriate questions. This appears to be a community-based program for law inforcement. In other words, the police simply can’t handle all the misbehavior. The people have to take an initiative. Now, greater London according to the 2001 census, had well over half a million Muslims. (Today, it’s no doubt closer to three-quarters, if not a million or over.) One wonders if the ASBO campaign applies to Muslim terrorist, fomenting anti-London, anti-England, anti-Western, anti-Christian hatred on a daily basis. One wonders who has the right to be offended, and who doesn’t? One wonders who determines what is to be considered offensive and what isn’t. The infection of shiria law (Muslim customs) is already deep in America, as well as in other Western countries. The Muslims have demanded everything from prayer mats in the airports to foot-washing basins for cabbies working at the airports. Is such an intrusion of foreigners and foreign religion possibly offensive? The University of Oklahoma just honored the would-be murder bomber, Joel Hinrichs, with a stone memorial plaque in the patio before the Student Union. Could not the accompanying anti-American blessing of OU’s president David Boren beconsidered offensive and anti-social? Many people think so. In Amsterdam (Netherlands), nine and ten-year-old Muslim school children began demolishing a classroom when the teacher, in the process of talking about rural farm life, spoke of pigs. The children, according to the Amsterdam news article, appear very much like Palestinian children–undisciplined, wallowing in welfare and the ills of poverty. The outrage against such state supported nonsense in the Netherlands is being voiced by the Labor Party there. On the point of England’s Labour Party, and the Netherlands Labour Party, we must observe that the reaction to the liberal chaos is generated in the ‘conservative’ parties. However, in America’s view of Europe, the labour parties have always been associated with socialist, Communist parties. For the people, as in the American “Democrat Party” version. There is great confusion in the trans-continental communication. The instincts of nationalism and preservation of culture are in America associated with conservative movements, while the multicultural aggressions are associated with liberalism–which in America is associated historically with Communism. The confusion is caused by the two-faced, hypcritical fronts put on my Communism. In it’s attempts to change the ‘status quo,’ (something created by conservatives and patriots and capitalist accomplishments of civilization), Communists will agitate discontent based on religion, race, or economic issues. Until everyone has a Cadillac, Communists say there is oppression. Until a Muslim is President of the United States, Communists will say there is religious oppression in America. But Communism cares nothing for religion, race, or freedom. This is a facade. So, it appears that the Labour Parites of Europe are actually more similar to American conservative movements. It could be that Glenn Beck is reading this London matter wrongly. Then again, the NAZI party of Germany came on gradually, with grand schemes of uptlifting, sanitizing social development, preserving the culture, etc. It is difficult to assess these various political issues when the political language is ambiguous. Some of this may be historically inevitable, but I believe much of the confusion is intentional and deceptive. Tyranny is the natural goal of humanity. It is something that must always be guarded against. However, when one allows anti-cultural elements at home, like aggressive Muslims who hate the West and do everything to try to change it, the reaction–by the time it becomes effective–is toward the other end of the spectrum: also tyranny. America had this all figured out at one time, or so it seems, looking back. However, with the influx of anti-American multi-culturalism, America’s nationalists and patriots stand liable to overreact with a vengeance. These are times that try men’s souls, indeed. We want freedom, but will that require oppressive measures? Or even the illusion of oppression? Iran has banned Western hair styles. We call that tyranny. If the West bans Islam, and all it’s “styles,” is that to be called tyranny?
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