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Grotle - Leaf Storm and Sunny Day(Prob Solar Beam with this)
Monferno/Infernape - Flare Blitz and Blast Burn, Maybe Close Combat aswell
Buizel - Ice Punch
Gliscor - Earth Power/Earthquake
Grotle - Leaf Storm and Sunny Day(Prob Solar Beam with this)
Monferno/Infernape - Flare Blitz and Blast Burn, Maybe Close Combat aswell
Buizel - Ice Punch
Gliscor - Earth Power/Earthquake
Brick Break: His hand begins to glow, and then a blue hand appears out of the light and hits the opponent few metres from him/her.
Focus Blast: Her hands goes together and forms a ball. It's brown and Monferno screams and shoots the ball at the opponent with strong force.
Ice Punch: Buizel takes his hand and punches a little in his hand, and then forms into a ice punch. Then he runs all he at the opponent and hits it with strong force.
Piplup-Hydro Pump, Drill Peck, Signal Beam or *gasp* THUNDERBOLT!!11!!1!
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Do we need more Pikachu cloning here?
Hydro Pump, Signal Beam and Drill Peck?
My guess is on Signal Beam.
Everyone is being cloned this days.
Hydro Pump is too cool for Piplup.
Signal Beam for Piplup, then I will never see Pikachu with it.
Drill Peck is just a stronger version of Peck.
I hope gliscor learns aqua tail and earth power
I hope pikachu learns signal beam
I want your love and I want your revenge
You and me could write a bad romance
I want your love and all your lover's revenge
You and me could write a bad romanceLady GaGa, Bad Romance
Pikachu learning Signal Beam, that might be a good idea, just different type of Thunderbolt, but it's something else then Electric, so it's worth something.
Piplup should learn Brine, but do the Pokemon get blood or is it just the few scratches that is enough to put Brine's effect in place?
Gliscor learning Earth Power? YES!
Gliscor learning Aqua Tail? Nah....
Ash's Hoenn pokemon
Sceptile:X-Scissor, Focus Blast, Dragon Claw
Swellow:Air Slash
Corpish: Metal Claw
Torkoal:Lava Plume
Glalie: Hidden Power
Ash's Johto Pokemon:
Totodille: Ice Punch: Punching other with a icy punch.
Bayleaf: Ancient Power: To take down any potencial flying Pokemon.
Cyndaquil: Crush Claw: Crush Pokemon when it's not using fire attacks.
Noctowl: Night Shade: Scare every other Pokemon that is trying to battle it.
Heracross: Hidden Power: A special attack of course.
Donphan: Thunder Fang: I do also want to watch one in action, and it would be cool with the biting.
For Ash's Johto Pokemon, I'd like to see...
Totodile -- Aqua Tail, Ice Fang
Bayleef -- Magical Leaf, Aromatherapy/Grasswhistle (Wouldn't be the first time a Pokemon's learned an egg move)
Cyndaquil -- Lava Plume
Noctowl -- Sky Attack, Ominous Wind
Heracross -- Brick Break
Donphan -- Giga Impact, Gyro Ball
I mean, couldn't you just see Bayleef using her head leaf for Grass Whistle?...and Ominous Wind for Noctowl? Ooooffft!
Actually, the Johto League opening always led me to believe that they intended to give Noctowl Sky Attack, but then since the bird was rarely used they never bothered...Remember this beauty?
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Kingler, my friend. No matter what, you will always remain my favourite Water type. You shouldn't have missed out on the Sinnoh League and I look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the near future.
There you are, I see you in the back there!
Ash's Sinnoh Pokemon:
Pikachu None as of now
Staraptor: Hm. None really.
Gliscor:Earth Quake
Monferno(as Infernape): Flare Blitz
Buizel: Razor Wind, Ice punch/fang
Grotle: Crunch (an enhancement to Bite) Leaf Storm
Ash's Johto Pokemon:
Totodile (soon to be Croconaw): Ice fang/punch, Aqua Tail, Hydro Pump
Bayleef: Ancient power (for those pesky Fire and Flying types), Magical Leaf
Noctowl: Sky Attack, if possible, Brave Bird
Heracross: Bug Bite and Buzz
This is all, for now that is.
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Claimed Pokémon:
Ash's Kanto Pokemon:
Bulbasaur: Grasswhistle: Can make the other Pokemon fall asleep.
Charizard: Dragon Rush: Can be his new signature move, along with the elemental hyper beam.
Squirtle: Ice Punch: Lack of ice moves.
Muk: Shadow Punch: Something to punch his enemies with.
Snorlax: Superpower: Can be super strong with super power.
Ash's Hoenn Pokemon
Sceptile: X-Scissor, False Swipe and Absorb
Swellow: Air Slash and U-Turn
Torkoal: Lava Plume, Gyro Ball and Will-O-Wisp
Corphish: Night Slash and Swords Dance
Glalie: Ice Fang, Dark Pulse and Iron Head
I apologize that some of your post counts may drop dramatically, but this thread is becoming more poll-ish than anything. There are too many stickies in Anime Spoilers, and I feel like moving this to Anime Polls was the best thing to do.
Anyways, just letting everyone know. Please don't kill me, lol. D: Back to topic.
Gliscor- focus punch
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Depth (in.): | 18 in. |
Height (in.): | 40.25 |
Width (in.): | 29-1/2 in. |
Product Overview: | |
Item Weight (lbs.): | 32.0 lbs. |
Warranty Detail Link: | craftsman warranty |
Color: | |
Color Family: | Black |
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Mounting Hardware Included: | Yes |
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Mountable To: | Bench top |
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Number of Shelves: | 3 |
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Assembly Required: | Assembly Required |
Ratings & Reviews
Product Description
Build a custom workbench in 4 simple steps:1. Select your workbench frame 2. Select your worksurface material3. Add storage modules4. Add accessories"
- Adds additional storage to your workbench
- Mounts to either side of your workbench - add up to two modules per workbench
- Large adjustable leveling feet provide stability on uneven floors
- Must be used with a workbench
- Red in color
- Also available in red (009-14941)
- 29 1/2" W x 18" D x 40 1/4" H
- 32 lbs. (15 kg)
- Assembly required
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Columbus, OH
get some drawer liners to put on this product because you will scratch it. Not impressed for the price. The side piece was badly damaged. Be sure to call your local sears hardware store to have damaged pieces replaced for free. Do not call the number on the parts list because the operators are not able to order what you need replaced.
Hudson, NH
Parts were bent coming out of the box, had to bend them back into shape for assembly. Is easier to assemble before installing the door kit. In general I was not happy with Sears buying experience. One part was missing and after a whole morning of calling and chatting I was told to go to local store where they offered to pull out the missing screw! Additionally be aware that Sears will not do any price matcing on this item if it goes on sale the week after you buy it so be sure to wait until it is on sale to buy in first place.
Nashville, TN
via sears.com
I purchased this set of shelves to use with the Craftsman 6? work bench (Sears Item # 00910138000 Model # 10138). These shelves were ordered online and picked up at the local Sears store; arrived in better condition than the work bench. I assembled the work bench before the shelves arrived, using the 1/4 inch carriage bolts supplied, and some bolt/washer/nut assemblies just spun before fully tightened. When I picked up the shelves, I also picked up a bunch of 5/16 inch hex bolts, flat washers, lock washers, and hex nuts (be sure to check threads-per-inch match at the store). The larger hex bolts are a bit tighter fit through the square assembly holes, but the finished product seems much sturdier than with the original hardware. Good garage work bench shelves; already in use.
Austin, TX
via sears.com
So I going along putting this shelf module together, and I get to the Key Latch. The instruction say to mount 11" from top. IT DOES NOT tell you that if you place the Module on the LEFT side of the workbench that the latch must lock from the BOTTOM. It does NOT TELL you that you must drill TWO NEW HOLES and that the two new holes must be out from the pre-drill holes use for mounting the shelf. I broke my latch and had to fabricate a new one from some fence plates I had left over from a fence project. Just be very carefull and remember that if you mount your shelf unit on the LEFT instead of the RIGHT side of your bench, that the KEY Latch will lock from the bottom and not the top. I gave it 4 stars for this. Took and extra hour to put together because of this.
Happy Valley, OR
via sears.com
I purchased and installed these shelving units on both the 6 and 8 foot craftsman bench frames. The install is very straight forward and it goes together fairly quick. These will make your bench frame more rigid and get you some extra storage at the same time. The adjustable shelves are held in place by self tapping sheet metal screws - Machine screws would be nice. Finish is high gloss so plan on putting something on your shelves if you don't want them to get scratched. If you don't care, they look and feel durable and are all rock solid once installed.
Murrieta, CA
via sears.com
I took the advice of those who built the 8' Craftman workbench . ..put the modules in during the bench assembly or you're going to have disassemble you workbench to add modules like this. The problem I had was installing the shelves. Without a magnetic philips head, I struggled to get the screws into the pre-drilled holes. I had to brace-up the shelf to get it lined-up and the hole and screw never lined-up right. The shelf install took me about 3 hours! Also there's plenty of leftover screws...except for the shelves. After I done, I was happy until I needed to adjust the shelf height... Get the door kit!
Bellefontaine, OH
via sears.com
I got this to go with my 8' workbench. It was easy to install. Just install inside leg. Pick where you want shelves and put 4 screws in each shelf. There are a ton of holes so you can adjust them where ever you like. Now the bad part, my leg unit was dented and the shelves had a few imperfections in them and are not made out of very heavy steel.
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Player-Object Collision
That's right, player-object collision can now be detected via lua scripts in 3D Apps!
If you're annoyed with those pesky triggers, and how they are only spherical in shape, you now have another option.
Making oddly shaped floor pieces drop out from beneath a player's feet is much easier.
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Collision is detected throughout almost the entire player body which means items can be at places other than ground level.
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The Oedipus Plays of Sophocles
Oedipus the King; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone
Sophocles - Author
Paul Roche - Translator
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Before polls were tallied last night both, candidates for state representative, Jerry Tomlinson and Dustin Roberts admitted to being quite nervous.
Both said they felt good about the campaigns that were run and would only like to have reached more people.
Roberts, a Republican won the election with 63.97 percent of the votes, according to the Bryan County Election Board. There were 7,307 people who voted for Roberts while 4,115 voted for Tomlinson, a Democrat.
At 9 p.m. Tomlinson called Roberts to congratulate him on his win. During the call Roberts made a promise to Tomlinson to continue to fight for the best interests of Bryan County.
"I am ready to go back to work," said Roberts. He said he now challenges every candidate in the county, no matter what office they ran for, to see who can get their election signs gathered the quickest.
He said now that the election is over, it is time to clean up the county. He plans to have all of his signs up by the end of the week.


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South Siders' Sale looks to settle in against Angels
Manager Mike Scioscia isn't giving much thought to hitting Albert Pujols lower in the lineup while he tries to figure it out his struggles. "He's much better served staying where he is right now," Scioscia said. "Just grinding through it. You'd only consider that if it was going to be a means to a better end." White Sox: Hickey remembered fondly
Kevin Hickey, a pregame instructor and former pitcher for the White Sox, died Wednesday morning at the age of 56. Hickey, who pitched for the club from 1981-83 and the Orioles from 1989-91, was taken to Parkland Hospital in Dallas on April 5 after he was found unresponsive in his hotel room in Texas on April 5 after missing the team's workout prior to Opening Day. He was then moved to the intensive-care unit at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, where he remained unresponsive. "Ask anyone in our clubhouse, every person here appreciated what Kevin did to help the White Sox win baseball games," said White Sox first baseman Paul Konerko. "No one wanted to win more, no one was more optimistic, no one cared more and no one took more pride in his job. He made all of us better." The left-hand reliever compiled a 9-14 record, 3.91 ERA and 17 saves in 231 career appearances. He rejoined the White Sox organization before the 2004 season as a pregame instructor and batting-practice pitcher. Worth noting
On Friday, the Angels head south to face the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. It is Los Angeles' first regular-season visit to the stadium. On Tuesday, the White Sox surrendered a six-run lead in their 10-8 loss to Detroit. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last time the White Sox lost a home game after leading by at least six runs was May 12, 1996, against the Yankees.


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A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by our master chronicler of the way we live now.
As a police launch speeds across Miami's Biscayne Bay - with officer Nestor Camacho on board - Tom Wolfe is off and running. Into the feverous landscape of the city, he introduces the Cuban mayor; the black police chief; a wanna-go-muckraking young journalist and his Yale-marinated editor; an Anglo sex-addiction psychiatrist and his Latina nurse by day, loin lock by night - until lately, the love of Nestor's life; a refined, and oh-so-light-skinned young woman from Haiti and her Creole-spouting, black-gang-banger-stylin' little brother; a billionaire porn addict; crack dealers in the 'hoods; "de-skilled" conceptual artists at the Miami Art Basel Fair; "spectators" at the annual Biscayne Bay regatta looking only for that night's orgy; yenta-heavy ex-New Yorkers at an "Active Adult" condo; and a nest of shady Russians.
Based on the same sort of detailed, on-scene, high-energy reporting that powered Tom Wolfe's previous best-selling novels, Back to Blood is another brilliant, spot-on, scrupulous, and often hilarious reckoning with our times.
©2012 Tom Wolfe (P)2012 Hachette
"Masterful Story-tel!ing & Great Narration!"
Tom Wolfe has done it again! No one tells a story like Wolfe. As always,l his command of the English language combined with great story-telling and a liberal dose of satire has resulted in a novel that I simply could not stop listening to, even though I really needed to get some sleep. Lou Diamond Phillips' narration was amazing. I didn't feel like he was reading the book, but rather telling a colorful story. I also enjoyed the added production value of Latin music that made me feel like I was actually in Miami. I highly recommend this highly entertaining listen.
I guess I'm a baby...I just love to be read to.
"Classic Wolfe"
I was so worried Tom Wolfe would not produce the same masterful social commentary that he so amazingly spins in Charlotte Simmons, Bonfire and Man in Full but he does in Back to Blood. I was a little disappointed with the ending but other than that, it's classic Tom Wolfe. Lou Diamond Phillips is phenomenal...very good casting.
"Tom Wolfe + Lou Diamond Phillips = A GREAT LISTEN!"
I have listened to 3 Tom Wolfe Audiobooks and they ALL rank among my top favorite listens! Well worth the credits!
LDP's narration was magnificent! I thought that maybe there was more than one narrator, but it was just him. I am definitely about to search through all the titles that he narrates and see if I can find something else great to listen to.
63 y/o psychologist with two sons, living in SF Bay Area. I absolutely love all the feedback I've been getting for my reviews. It's very gratifying. Thanks to all of you.
"Too much. Too much. Too much. Too much. Too much."
Get the picture? Tom Wolfe holds a unique place in American journalism over the past fifty years. Ever since Mau-Mauing the Flak-Catchers, Mr. Wolfe has been writing extraordinarily over the top stories about whatever catches his fancy. IMHO, the Bonfire of the Vanities and A Man in Full are his best works by far. His gifts are many. His ear for dialects across the country is amazing. He creates some of the most cinematic scenes that you will ever read. Much of his writing is really memorable. He has roamed around our culture and chosen some wide-ranging aspects of it, each of his books being meticulously detailed to the nth degree. Lou Diamond Phillips, BTW, is the perfect narrator for these books. He has actorly skills, but in this book he is forced to make a large number of noises that should have been edited out. Rigorously slashed.
And here lies the problem. Mr. Wolfe is now so large and iconic that editors must blanche at the sight of him. Overdoing is his trademark. There are times when this approach works beautifully. There are other times when he should turn down the volume, way way down. And he doesn't. This is a story about Miami, and about all of its various races-ethnic-cultural-artistic (see what I mean?) dimensions. It is over-reaching, but in some places it hits the mark. Nestor Camacho rescues a Haitian Immigrant from the top of a seventy foot mast, and manages to first climb up the mast with only his arms. Then he grabs the guy with his legs (oh so incredibly muscular) and crabwalks him down to the deck. By this time there is a gigantic traffic jam, newscopters, onlookers, etc. It's a very vivid scene, and it sets up many facets of the plot(s) in a gorgeous, writerly way. You can see why it takes him eight years or so to knock out these monsters. There is so much going on that, after a while, you need a scorecard to keep the players straight. There are Russian "oligarchs" (read: criminals who have stolen much of the riches of the former Soviet Union in order to flash around their wealth); Haitian immigrants and politicians; Cubans everywhere; occasionally a Jew, a WASP, an Italian, you name it. We are the melting pot, and Tom has thrown us all in, stirred, and concocted a heady stew of stuff (stop me before I start getting rhapsodical). Nestor's girlfriend at the beginning is Magdalena Otero, a naif who is so blazingly beautiful that she gets drawn into the upper echelons of Miami's richest. She works for a psychiatrist who specializes in "pornography addiction." Norman, the psychiatrist, is a shameless self-promoter and a disgusting individual in his own right. Ghislaine is a (of course) beautiful young woman, the daughter of a professor who is being forced to teach Creole, the language of the lowest of the immigrants. See how this is beginning to pile up all around you? I could go on, but I wish that Tom hadn't. By the third segment I really couldn't stand the book any more. Waaay too much of a sometimes good thing.
"Lou Diamond Phillips should get an EMMY"
The narration by Lou Diamond Phillips make BACK TO BLOOD superb entertainment. Tom Wolfe brought America's greatest city to life with his characters - my wife and I listened to the book for several nights, often replaying chapters as they were so interesting the second time round.
All of the characters came alive, MIAMI was the best!
All of his narration was a performance - please let me know if he's doing any more. He bumped prime time TV for the week!
Wouldn't that be fun? I feel that I have already taken them out to dinner, Hell they were bed with my wife and I all week!
Tom Wolfe has written the perfect pilot for a series on Miami. We were sad to come to the end, there is so much more. BRILLIANT.
An Audible fan about to pass 500 titles in my library.
"Old master breathes new life"
Fabulously accurate portrayal of Miami's underbelly. Wolfe captures all the nuances of this "welding pot" metropolis. Rich characters. Good pacing. And satisfying ending. Like fine wine, Wolfe betters with age.
"Uniquely good"
It's portrayal of the mind set of Cubans in Miami within their own peoples and towards other ethnic groups.
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"A Tom Wolfe Classic"
I enjoyed this story as much as A Man in Full. Part of what makes a story great is the adventure of learning things you never knew about a culture and a region, interesting things, and often fascinating things. I was completely captured over and over as this story careens from one cultural clique to another. We follow an unwilling and unlikely protagonist in Nestor Camacho a pumped up Cuban and Miami cop, almost a Keystone cop in the way he tries his best just to keep from screwing up yet winds up time and again as the center of Miami's media focus - as both a hero and a villan. Great story. Great characters. Great performance.
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Not this one, and it pains me to say that
Lou Diamond Phillips has many convincing voices and gives a great show
yes, but irritating
Mr Wolfe's use of repeated, repeated, repeated words and phrases was probably supposed to paint a picture and impress the reader of the importance of that sentiment. It worked for the first three or four times, then it turned old, old, old. I felt nagged, nagged, NAGGED and whacked over the head --over and over and over again. Bam, bam, bam, bam...you get the picture. Was the story not long enough? Did he feel he had to quadruple the length of the content? Did he not trust his readers to GET IT? Did he think he was writing a film script? As much as I liked Mr Phillips' dramatic performance, I started to have an urge to stuff a pillow in his face. It is still a credit to Mr Wolfe's story telling genius that I stuck through the whole thing, but irritated, irritated, irritated!!!
"Great story"
I have not finished the book yet, but I have to tell you...I live in Miami, and the pronunciation of some of the areas in Miami is horrendous... It's Brickell Ave, not BRICK-EL! Come On- Man!
I can't stand the obnoxious laugh of the doctor. Even with this, it is one of the best books I have listened to in a long time. I do not want it to end.
Nestor... so real
He would be great if he learned how to pronounce the names of some of the most famous areas in Miami... It's Brickell, not BRICK - EL, and the annoying laugh of the Doctor.
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The University of Louisville School of Music is pleased to be the home of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program. Established in 1985, the program was named for Mr. Aebersold in 2000. Mr. Aebersold, a retired faculty member, is one of the leading proponents of jazz education and largest publisher of jazz education materials in the world. Additionally, the School of Music has hosted the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops since 1977. The Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program is recognized throughout the nation and world for its commitment to quality and innovative programs.
Jazz degrees include a Bachelor of Music with an Emphasis in Jazz Performance. This degree will offer students a complete undergraduate jazz experience. Our newest degree is a Bachelor of Music with an Emphasis in Music Therapy with an optional Concentration in Jazz, an excellent experience for any music therapy student who is interested in jazz. We also have a Bachelor of Arts with an Emphasis in Jazz Studies. This degree is designed for the student interested in a diverse educational experience while developing their jazz skills. Our Master's degrees include a Master of Music with a Concentration in Jazz Performance and Master of Music with a Concentration in Jazz Composition and Arranging. Each gives the student a focused jazz experience in the Master's setting. Scholarship assistance is available for graduate and undergraduate students wishing to focus their study in jazz.
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The Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program was one of only a few prestigious institutions in the United States selected to participate in an international music exchange sponsored by the Open World Leadership Center at the Library of Congress. Support for the Open World cultural program was provided through partnership and funding from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Jazz Studies Program played host to six hand-selected groups of jazz musicians and jazz educators from throughout Russia. The goal was to afford these fine musicians and educators the opportunity to experience life in America with a special focus on jazz. In addition to home stays with area families, visiting local places of interest and witnessing our political process in action, their experience included taking lessons; participating in master classes; playing alongside our musicians in rehearsals, performance, jam and recording sessions; listening to jazz in a variety of venues and much more. In addition to UofL Jazz faculty, our guests worked with Chick Corea, Paquito D'Rivera, the Heath Brothers (Percy, Jimmy and Tootie), Jon Hendricks, David Baker, Jamey Aebersold, and pianist Harry Pickens to mention but a few. Recently the Jazz Studies Program received a FIPSE/CAPES grant for the exchange of students between the University of Louisville and the Universidade de Brasília. Students from each institution will spend a semester studying and experiencing the music and culture of a foreign land.
Student and faculty groups, from a duo to more than forty, have toured and performed in numerous foreign countries. These countries include Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Ecuador, England, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago and Wales. In addition to our continued interaction with Russian and Brazilian musicians, there are exchange programs currently in place with the Akademia Muzyczna in Katowice, Poland; the Central Conservatorium of Music in Rockhampton, Australia; Universidade de Brasília in Brasilia, Brazil; and EMU Edcacion Musical in La Plata, Argentina. Exchanges with institutions in Ecuador and additional ones in Brazil are being developed. Finally, the Jazz Studies Program hosted the 2006 International Association of Schools of Jazz Annual Meeting and Jazz Faculty presented extended workshops in the Barbados (2006), Sao Paulo and Brasilia (2008) and Trinidad (2010).
The prestigious faculty includes Professor John La Barbera, an alumnus of the Buddy Rich Band and national figure among active jazz composers and arrangers, recently receiving a Grammy nomination for his recording On The Wild Side; saxophonist and Fulbright Senior Specialist Michael Tracy, who is Director of the Jamey Aebersold Jazz Studies Program, Professor of Music and the author of Jazz Piano Voicings for the Non-Pianist and co-author of Pocket Changes and Pocket Changes II; Professor Jerry Tolson (saxophonist and vocalist), who performs regionally and is an active composer/arranger; trumpeter Dr. Anysn Banks (Assistant Professor) is a gifted instrumentalist and educator specializing in trumpet pedagogy; and pianist/bassist Chris Fitzgerald, an extraordinary performer, composer and educator. Additional faculty include Tyrone Wheeler, lecturer of jazz bass who is known for his work with numerous local and regional groups and can be heard on numerous Jamey Aebersold Play-Along CDs; pianist Jim Connerley, an outstanding performer and educator; Craig Wagner, a fantastic guitarist who is at home playing contemporary and traditional jazz styles; and drummer Jason Tiemann, an exceptional performer with extensive teaching experience. In addition, each of the faculty are active regionally, nationally, and internationally as educators, adjudicators, and performers in such recognized workshops as the Skidmore Jazz Institute and the Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops.
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Championless Trophy? - stop the bs and go
Ok, so Pakistan during Ramadan would not appear on too many peoples' "must do" lists. However, whilst I supported the boycott of the recent tour, there is little doubt that the situation in that country is less volatile than it was a few months ago and, as such, the Australians should be roundly criticised if they refuse to play in this event UNLESS things deteriorate again Also, isn't it just a tad hypocritical to be discussing the situation in Pakistan at a meeting in Dubai despite this: http://www.smartraveller.gov.au/zw-c..._Arab_Emirates |
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I said it in the previous boycott thread, the election/current volatility excuse didn't wash. Pakistan wasn't going to get considerably better or worse for a long long time.
Many people called it then, these guys won't be going to Pakistan for a long time. Probably never. EDIT: Yep from the old thread:
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It's a really difficult one, and I'd imagine it rests more on the senior players - if they say they'll go, the rest of the team are likely to follow.
I also expect there to be a big backlash over the decision of Warne/Watson to stay in Jaipur during the IPL if the Australians don't go - which I think is unfair. That was a personal decision and even if Australia don't go to the CT, we don't know the views of the individual players. That said, it would be really interesting to hear Watson's views on the subject... but I doubt we will. I expect he'll keep his mouth shut. |
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Yeah, called this ages ago (think was the first on here). More interesting now is the fact other countries are involved and what decisions they take.
I think the right thing to do would be to let whoever wants to go, go, whoever wants to stay, let them stay. If that means fielding a second XI, so be it. I'd be just as interested in that as how our senior players faired and there's no way you could tell me that fringe players wouldn't jump at the chance. Obviously it'll never happen though.
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From what I read on Fox Sports a few weeks ago, there's a great chance of the Champions Trophy being moved to England which is the backup country for the tournament.
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Either you hold the tournament or you don't hold it at all. Either India or Australia would be the most viable options at that time of the year (and I could be wrong about South Africa) if they were going to move it.
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That June is poor (well, more accurately the odd day in June - mostly it's been pretty good the last couple of weeks) doesn't mean either a) October won't be or b) that it won't matter that October is poor.
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I wanted to create a small work that I could take with me when I went to see my Mom who is fighting cancer. (She lives out of state.) She has a particularly aggressive cancer that started with a tumor behind her eye. She is blind in that eye and now has another tumor in the root of her tooth. It is difficult to see my Mom this way but also it was good to see her. I have been lucky enough to have my Mom in my life for many years. My Mom loves acrylic paintings with texture, so I created this one for her because it is small enough for her to hold to touch and look at closely. My time is short with my Mom and it felt good to share something with her. She is not able to travel to see my studio so this is the best I can do.
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PUBSPY: Pratts and Payne, Streatham
10:00am Sunday 13th May 2012 in Pub Spy By Pubspy
Away from the cash converters and fried chicken shops of Streatham High Road, a new drinking hole is bringing a little bit of class to an area which has been otherwise neglected.
Pratts and Payne, a pub owned by the upmarket Antic chain, offers quality food and drink in a rustic and imaginative setting.
Old trinkets line the shelves, while vintage chandeliers hang from the ceiling, lighting up an otherwise dark interior.
We order at the bar - the staff are friendly but not too friendly, and the customers appear considerably more refined than the two straggly women I saw lighting up outside.
You'd have to be fairly well off to adopt this kitsch boozer as your regular, but as a monthly treat it works rather well.
We selected a bottle of house white (£13.75) and grazed on packets of posh crisps (£1) with a couple of giant sausage rolls (£2.50) thrown in.
It all went down extremely well, and our barmaid even brought a large portion of ketchup to the table for indulgent dunking. However I think leaving the table covered in pastry crumbs may have been frowned upon.
Some may find Pratts, named after Streatham's former main department store and an infamous local brothel owner, a tad lacking in atmosphere.
The clientele all seemed keen for a quiet drink rather than a proper knees up. And persuading anyone to get drunk on those prices could be a challenge.
But the flip side was it had just enough atmosphere to hold your attention, whilst not distracting you from your drinking partners.
It was perfect for groups of friends or even couples to enjoy a refreshing drink after work, or a pre-clubbing beverage on a weekend.
And if you like your pubs kooky and expensive, then you'll love it. Just make sure you give the table a quick wipe on your way out.
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Aug 17th, 2012 Posted in All, Industry News, Press, Recent Work | No Comments »In a competition of marketing materials for local economic development companies, Ann Arbor SPARK was awarded a first place win for its 2011 Annual Report designed by Wagner Design Associates. The win came in the category of "print marketing materials" for populations between 100,001 and 500,000. The competition, sponsored by the Michigan Economic Developers Association (MEDA), is in its 7th year.
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Obama applauds union-busting school board that fires every teacher at a Rhode Island high school
It's part of the movement that confuses assessment with learning. Alfir Kohn points out quite correctly that student performance on standardized assessments correlate most with things outside of the control of teachers ie. type of community, parental income, level of parental education etc.
Unfortunately, that's the kind of assessment that the rest of these students' lives hinge upon - whether or not they graduate high school, whether or not they get into post-secondary education, whether or not they pass tests for trades or professions, whether or not they can do well in a scored interview, etc.
It sucks, and things should change - and things are changing and the need for accommodation is being recognized more and more for people who don't fit into the dominant learning style. But there also needs to be environmental change too, in the meantime, so that more students CAN fit into the dominant model.
Firing all the teachers in order to get the funding a school needs doesn't sound to me like a very productive way to reach that goal. It's like saying, "Okay, all you teachers who have been doing the best you can in an underfunded system and working with children with no program support inside or outside of school are going to be punished for not being able to succeed with no funds - that's the price you have to pay to get the funds you needed to implement the programs you needed for teaching success in the first place."
I think you are assuming that all the teachers were ready to go along with the extra hours, M. And perhaps assuming that all the teachers's skill levels were up to it. I suppose the ideal would have been that all teachers were offered situations elsewhere. But that seems to be up to the county officials, not the pres. It's all unfair? I can't imagine living anywhere in that benighted country without staring unfairness in the face, daily. It's climbing toward Mumbai on the list of places I couldn't visit.
It's part of the movement that confuses assessment with learning. Alfir Kohn points out quite correctly that student performance on standardized assessments correlate most with things outside of the control of teachers ie. type of community, parental income, level of parental education etc.
That's patently obvious, Caissa. But how would YOU as a trained educator act to correct that? ...given the givens, of course.
Are you being deliberately obtuse ? How do you measure grade 2 math skills ? Really? So your're saying that kids can't learn unless their families make above X and until they make above X we shouldn't even try to teach them or find a better way to teach them?
Maybe that's not what you mean but that what it sounds like.
I'm speaking to you
you're saying that if a student can't pass a basic academic skills test? than all this tells us is that the parent's income is too low, they live in the wrong neighbourhood, ect. and not that they haven't learned to add or subtract numbers.
and if they can't be tested to see whether they have learned anything - then why even trying teaching them?
No, I said test scores are correlated with the items I listed above. Who said anything about being unable to "pass" a test?
Please tell me what the purpose of testing is VGE?
ETA: This article by Alfie Kohn is interesting. There are many others on his website.
What is the purpose of testing? To see how well the student has learned and understands what they were taught.
If I teach a child how to read a clock and tell time? I must ask a series of questions? how many mintues in 1 hour? How many seconds in 1 minute? Give them a pie plate with numbers on it and 2 hands and ask them to show what 2:45 looks like?
How else would you know what they have learned?
Indeed, how else would you know that they have learned...
Tests don't always measure what you have learned. It could be measuring prior knowledge.
For example, in our house, we have 7 clocks. On 6 of them, this is what 2:45 looks like.
Other houses may vary.
I think that the system that VGH would be most interested in would be the Chinese. Students in grade school are ranked according to test scores as are their teachers. The emphasis of classes is on getting the best test results. Placement in all post secondary schools is done strictly on the basis of test results in an exam, that all senior high school students write. Unlike in America even if your Dad is a bigwig in the CP you will not get into the best schools without the test scores. No Bush exemptions.
I personally found this series enlightening and the Chinese system has some interesting features. It certainly highlights what a great control mechanism standardized testing and teaching to tests is capable of becoming.
Caissa wrote:It's part of the movement that confuses assessment with learning. Alfir Kohn points out quite correctly that student performance on standardized assessments correlate most with things outside of the control of teachers ie. type of community, parental income, level of parental education etc.
That's patently obvious, Caissa. But how would YOU as a trained educator act to correct that? ...given the givens, of course.
I'll try once more. How would you teach in an attempt to overcome barriers to learning such as parent income and education, of course. Like, I suggested much smaller student/teacher ratios and more individualized teaching. PLease don't keep repeating the barriers, they're no-brainers. What would you DO as superintendent of schools and/or teacher? Lay it on the line for me, please ....I can see you know all about assessment, but after assessment comes teaching, right?
absolutely Caissa
I really got into reading Hardy Boys one summer break before grade 6 and my english marks went up quite a bit from all extra reading I did that summer. Testing helps the teacher see where your skill level is at, where you need more help and so on.
Krop - that looks interesting
I don't think every student is the same or learns the same - some type of evaluation(testing) is needed though right?
I'll try again George. The solution is to work to eliminate the barriers. Take active steps to eradicate poverty.
I'm not sure what you are asking me re. what I would do as a superintendant/teacher, George and I'm not trying to duck it. Are you talking about approaches to structuring an educational system or how to effectively teach in the 5-6 contact hours teachers have with students per day?
I'm on the parent School Support Committees of an inner city elementary and an inner city middle school. I have had the privilege of knowing many excellent, dedicated teachers.
You mentioned once of the barriers...the 5-6 contact hours - that clearly have to be expanded on under the federally-sponsored probgram...see the early postings for details. I don't believe one is going to overcome the awful elementary school experience of those kids entering high school with a laid-back approach. Not sure why my direct questions of what you would do in the Rhode Island School case now comes to be a question of a Canadian inner-city.
You suggest there is no hope in the school if poverty is not "eradicated" first. ISTHAT TRUE????? Since that is not possible, I have no bloody idea what you are up to in this thread. You have not even responded to my ideas for a focus on individualized teaching along with extra hours. Are you alse a dilettante on the job?
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I think you are assuming that all the teachers were ready to go along with the extra hours, M.
I have no idea what you're talking about. I don't think anyone should have to work "extra hours" unless they're paid to work them. So, whether the teachers were willing or not is moot.
The point is, they've been making do without proper funding. That much is obvious because Obama's offering the funding they need to any school willing to bend to his conditions. But his conditions are that the school fire at least half the teachers because they have been unable to be successful without the funding that Obama is admitting that they need.
Why should teachers work several extra hours per day that they're not paid to work? There are other ways of dealing with this. Like creating school programs, like hiring more teachers to do tutoring programs.
I'm not saying those ideas in the proposals, like tutoring before and after school, won't work. I'm saying it's not fair to dump it all on the current staff for no extra pay.
If they'd had excellent tutoring programs, and free after school programs and sports, and free homework programs for kids who need help and can't get it at home because Mom's working two jobs in order to pay the rent and isn't at home at night to help, then maybe there wouldn't be this kind of mess.
Or, maybe if Mom had the kind of income support that wouldn't make it necessary to hold down two or three jobs...or maybe if there was some way to hold free sessions for parents that would help them learn how to help their kids with homework (and no, not all parents know, especially if they have English as a second language, or perhaps they themselves didn't graduate high school or even elementary school).
There are all sorts of creative solutions to help students who need it. And they don't involve firing all the teachers. But you know what? They all cost money. Because that's the way it is.
So it's time for Obama to cough it up and quit attacking teachers because they can't solve the entire life problems of the residents of a city that lets children live in abject poverty and doesn't bother funding their schools.
Okay, I've been obtuse and I apologize, George. You want to know what I would do in this specific case of a Rhode Island High School? I understand your frustration with me. I'm out of here for the day. I'll give you a measured, reflected upon answer tomorrow morning. Again I'm sorry for my obtuseness.
Yep, we "should not have to" do lots and lots of things, M. But you would have to sell the voters of Rhode Island and the other 49 on that, not me. Looks to me like that's just one more area of desperation south of the 49th, and Gaia knows how it will all pan out. I hope the $3.5 billion demonstrates that there is hope for the down and out and for the country. We could pay a helluva price up here, someday, if such experiments do not work out.
Okay, I've been obtuse and I apologize, George. You want to know what I would do in this specific case of a Rhode Island High School? I understand your frustration with me. I'm out of here for the day. I'll give you a measured, reflected upon answer tomorrow morning. Again I'm sorry for my obtuseness.
Well, after your fucking game-playing, whatever you consider fair, of course.
What to elaborate on "fucking game playing" George?
I thought this thread was about Obama's behaviour in this issue and that of the superintendant which I consider regressive and anti-union and not addressing the real issue.
Then I realize you want to discuss how to "fix' this school. Okay, I realize that sincerely apologize for being obtuse and offer to address your question.
And then I get accused of "fucking game playing."
Was that really neccesary?
Absolutely. Particularly in light of your demonstration of sensitivity in another thread. I could not give a fiddler's fart as to your thoughts on education at this point. You write off the impoverished as beyond the pale and that is where I place you in any kind of reasonable correspondence.
Fugget it.
The guy admits to playing a game and "wow" you don't get the anger. Try assuming the role of playee for a moment. Look at that other thread he belched into just prior to that. You and I had a couple of conversations about that a year ago, M. Surely anyone posting here over that time must by now show more than a bag of hammers sensitivity there.
I think that the system that VGH would be most interested in would be the Chinese. Students in grade school are ranked according to test scores as are their teachers.
Schools shouldn't be that way, but there do need to be quality checks and one of those is testing.
The biggest determinate of outcome for children is if they have food in their stomachs when they are trying to learn. That is why the VDLC provides a breakfast meal program at a school in one of Canada's poorest neighbourhoods.
The type of tests that the Fraser Institute favours and I suspect they get it from the American system prove every year that the schools that are the most tightly controlled have the best test outcomes i.e. the private schools . Those schools have a few things in common including being very indoctrinating in their teaching methods. They also tend to have higher income and better educated families particualrily compared to schools in poor neighbourhoods.. I think the first two make it easier for children to learn compared to others without the poverty disadvantage.
The rigid rules for students make it easier for their schools to out perform other schools where the indoctrination by the church or state is not so all encompassing. Not to mention that the weakest students in schools that really care about their rankings tend to be absent on test day.
I think the BCTF has some excellent thoughts on the subject. They have been fighting the neo-con Liberals mandatory testing for all students for years now and they are winning the debate.
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"…tests by themselves do not improve learning, any more than a thermometer reduces fever" (Jay P. Heubert, 2003)
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- Each child counts and all can learn. Our joy in teaching and our students' love of learning comes from meeting the needs of every student.
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- Teachers must be allowed to make professional judgments about how students are taught and assessed.
- Large-scale testing can provide important information that can be used to inform the development of provincial curriculum and policy. This information can be obtained by administering the assessment on a sample basis rather than on a census (every student) basis, and producing only provincial results. Testing less often and using only a sample of students allows for broader and deeper assessment, is more cost effective, reduces the negative impact on students, and still fulfills the purposes.
- Effective assessment for learning can improve student achievement substantially, and that improved classroom assessment helps low achievers the most (Black and William, 1998). The type of assessment that helps students learn is formative assessment in which students are given descriptive feedback about where they are in their learning, where they need to go, and how best to get there.
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Yes, Alida provided a breakfast for any of her charges in Grade Two that needed it. There were usually 2 or 3.
Oh, and by the end of Grade 2 ALL of the kids could read. That isn't always accomplished out there. Yet it is absolutely necessary for their learning future. Just imagine the Grade 9s of that Rhode Island School starting their highschool experience with that head start. Alida had to resist the fashion at the time tht was to teach only a "whole language" program. She found that some kids benefitted from phonics. Lo and behold, phonics agaiin found favour along with whole language. What happened? They found one had to work a little harder on some kids to overcome their background deficiences....of course. Finding out in kindergarten or Grade 1 at the latest if there are difficulties in sounding out letters and combinations begins the process of aiding those in need (although not in all jurisdictions).
I'm only trying to get the rhetoric down to something more meaningful than slogans, FM. What do you have to offer on the school situation? Say, did you ever get around to reading Obama's first bio on his early years? (You know, I'm going to give Sarah's a pass). But she seems to be a popular figure in Calgary...go figure!


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While stationed on Long Island to conduct secret war research for the U.S. government during World War II, O. Winston Link started snapping photographs of the Long Island Railroad tracks behind his lab. Eager to capture large-scale railroad pictures at night, he built his own customized flash equipment. After the war, Link harnessed that creative curiosity by spending five years photographing the Norfolk and Western Railway, the last large steam-powered American railroad. From his 20 trips to the railway's tracks in four states, Link collected 2,400 pictures.
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LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles jury today awarded $80,250 to a Gardena man who said a sheriff's deputy punched him twice in his cell at the Twin Towers jail, breaking his jaw.
A Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated for part of Friday afternoon and this morning before finding that Deputy Jay Brown used excessive force against 22-year-old Christopher Lee Wilder.
But the panel rejected Wilder's claim that Brown acted with malice, denying the plaintiff any chance for punitive damages.
Wilder maintained he was attacked without provocation on Feb. 28, 2010, for stepping through the open door of his cell to ask another jail employee if he could make a telephone call to his mother. He was arrested earlier that day on a drunken driving allegation.
Wilder said he was satisfied with the verdict.
"I'm pleased because it brought to light what happened to me in jail," he said.
Wilder said he had never been in custody before. He also said he paid a fine and took classes for the DUI case.
Wilder said the left side of his jaw was broken after being hit twice by Brown. He also alleged that the other side of his jaw was shattered when two female deputies slammed him against a wall while taking him to get medical treatment. However, the jurors were only asked to evaluate the conduct of Brown in considering their verdict.
Defense attorneys maintained Wilder stuck one foot in the doorway of the cell to prevent it from
Wilder spent a total of about 17 hours in jail, said his lawyer, Leo Terrell. The suit was filed in December 2010.