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- Sjenna Allison said...
The best way I have found to travel cheaply is- www.couchsurfing.org/. If you haven't heard of it, its a website that allows you to search, research, reference and invite/request people all over the world, to sleep for free on their couch. Every 'host' is different, some happily host for a whole week or longer, and some only on weekends or for 3-4 days at a time. There's no fee, and some of the time they feed you a meal or two as well! As a female solo traveller, of course you must be cautious, but the website has a neat function where you have to reference the people you stay with or meet. That way you're able to see the history of the host, and see what they're like.
I did couch surfing for my first time in Montreal, and it was phenomenal. I stayed with a girl who actually gave me an entire room to myself, had copius amounts of free bread that i ate. i spent 3 days with them cruising around their part of montreal, hanging out with her friends (who, felt like i had been friends with for years) and going to a music festival with them. She lent me clothing, i could eat anything in their fridge, her friends would come around with bagels and coffee for everyone (including me) and they took me to their favorite places. In return i paid for a few purchases of hers and cleaned her house. We are still in contact now, and my Montreal experience would have been LAME if it wasn't for her and her friends. Plus then i had money to purchase a nice breakfast on one of the days, a few vintage skirts and many bottles of wine.
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Yu Jueng Dahn, "'Virgin Soil' for Bach's Music: The American Reception of Robert Franz"
In 1867 John Sullivan Dwight asserted in Dwight's Journal of Music that Robert Franz and J. S. Bach "have grown to be almost inseparable." Criticized in Germany for his editorial emendations to Bach's vocal works, which were considered historically inaccurate, Franz curiously found many supporters in the United States as early as 1855. This eventually led to benefit concerts in Boston in 1867 and 1872, to assist Franz financially because of his deafness. Dwight praised Franz's editions of Bach's vocal works as being "almost Bach-like in its spirit" and so true to the composer's style that they could be considered "Bach's having done it himself."
This paper traces Franz's positive American reception as an editor and composer, examines his opinion of the United States as "virgin soil" for promoting quality music, and posits why his favorable American reception preceded his German one. Franz's biggest sympathizer in promoting Bach's music and life-long friend was Otto Dresel, a German-American composer and pianist. Unpublished correspondence between the two musicians spans forty-five years (1845–1890) and sheds new light on Franz's previously unknown American publications and issues the Bach proponents faced in promoting the works of German masters in the United States.
Beginning in the early twentieth century, the recognition of Franz as a Bach promoter noticeably disappeared from the American musical scene. Investigating the posthumous reception of Franz during this period, in context of the political conflict between United States and Germany, provides a possible explanation for the composer's deteriorating reputation.
Yoel Greenberg, "Back to the Elements: Towards a Genetic Code of Sonata Form"
The flexibility of sonata form and its vague historic limits are frequently cited as central problems facing scholars attempting to reach a deeper understanding of its meaning, its history and its theory. These problems are also "the exciting, challenging, part of sonata theory," in the words of William Drabkin. It would not be an exaggeration to describe the entire history of sonata form research, from Marx and Czerny to Hepokoski and Darcy, as an attempt to come to terms with these problems, whether by proposing detailed taxonomies, more nuanced definitions, more generalized principles or alternative sets of rules.
This research approaches the problem from a different, reductionist perspective, drawing from ideas in contemporary evolutionary theory and complexity theory. In analogy to the shift to "Selfish Gene" theory in biological evolution, the traditionally holistic view of sonata form (with parts interdependent and conditioned by the whole) is substituted here by a view of sonata form as initially little more than the sum of independent formal elements (sonata "genes"). Relying on statistics drawn from a large sample of binary form works dating 1670-1760, Sonata Form is shown to have come into existence by the coincidence of increasingly commonly used sonata elements. In the first stage of the proposed model, these elements are independent of each other, only later converging into emergent structures and only much later into the form as an entirety. The underlying model is shown to generate as inherent qualities those very aspects of sonata form that have been previously viewed as most problematic, particularly the form's genealogy and its flexibility. Generalizing this to a model for the evolution of form in the creative arts in general, is a significant step in fulfilling Evan Bonds' call for "a general theory of form that can account for conventional patterns and at the same time do justice to the immense diversity that exists within the framework of these patterns."
Karen Desmond, "Jacobus's Witness to the Text of the Ars nova"
According to traditional histories of European music, there was a fundamental shift in medieval music at the turn of the fourteenth century. A particular style of polyphonic music, known as the ars antiqua, flourished until c1300, when a new style of music, the ars nova, was born. Almost twenty-five years ago, however, Sarah Fuller debunked one of the foundational concepts underlying this history: she proposed that the figurehead most associated with the ars nova, and its putative creator, the composer Philippe de Vitry, had never actually written a theoretical text known as the Ars nova. Her thesis has since been widely accepted. Fuller separated the five treatises published in CSM 8 from their flimsy attributions to Vitry, and showed that none demonstrated an especial claim as the written exemplar for Vitry's Ars nova. However, can we use the negative evidence assembled by Fuller to conclude that an exemplar never existed? The one witness who has been given short shrift in this analysis is Jacobus, author of Speculum musicae. Scholarship to date has held that Jacobus's criticisms were focused specifically on Johannes de Muris and more generically on a group of anonymous "Moderns." It is claimed that there are at most two direct quotes from the Ars nova of CSM 8. In this paper, I shall show how the central section of Speculum musicae Book 7 is an attack on the theories of one specific author (who is not Muris). Supplemented by an analysis of contemporaneous sources, I attempt a reconstruction of Jacobus's exemplar, and show that it was, in all likelihood, a written document.
Karen Jones, "Virtuoso Asceticism and the Problem of Theatricality in Late 19th Century. Performance"
This paper explores how the opposing concepts of theatricality and authenticity shaped conceptions of virtuoso performance in the later nineteenth century. By examining how one influential group of performers, the Brahms-Schumann circle, negotiated the ambiguities surrounding theatricality, authenticity, and the demands of public performance, it addresses fundamental questions concerning the performing self and the nature of its engagement with musical works.
I pursue these issues through two complementary lines of inquiry. First, I examine the self-representations of these performers, who through their performance style and various forms of "publicity" created an impression of absolute, nontheatrical sincerity. This was necessary to satisfy an aesthetic of virtuoso performance that demanded of the performer an intense, authentic emotional investment in musical works – an investment the audience would intuitively believe in without seeing it theatrically expressed. At the same time, I explore how behind assertions of total "authenticity" we can often detect suspicions of an insidious theatricality. Such concerns were not limited to musical performance, but were rather a more generalized cultural preoccupation that was explored particularly well in Max Weber's analysis of the virtuoso ascetic. Weber brought out some of the ambiguities in apparently nontheatrical performance, providing the basis for a critical approach that examines elements of spectacle in even the most "authentic" modes of virtuosity.
Tiffany Kuo, "Race, Music, and Breach of Loyalty: the Censoring of Luciano Berio's Traces"
Traces, an unknown chamber opera by Luciano Berio, takes its name and source of inspiration from the political rhetoric surrounding the passing of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: "to eliminate... every trace of discrimination." Berio's interpretation of these "traces" was censored by the Chief of the Music Division at the Library of Congress, Harold Spivacke, five months before the scheduled premiere. This paper investigates the role of Spivacke in the shaping of a national music making scene during a sensitive period which Mary L. Dudziak termed "cold war civil rights." Drawing on the United States Information Agency report on Spivacke from 1960, Spivacke's speech "Music in International Relations" and his correspondence with Berio, I argue that Spivacke's censoring of Traces was grounded on his "loyalty to the United States," and his belief that Traces would have demonstrated a breach of loyalty in 1964 as the intended drama exposed racism, a targeted fault and weakness of American democracy by communist states.
Johanna Frances Yunker, "Music and Feminism in the GDR: The Case of Ruth Zechlin's La Vita"
In the 1970s and 1980s, the German Democratic Republic saw the emergence of a prominent feminist movement in literature and painting. This included some of the most renowned artists in the GDR, such as writers Christa Wolf and Irmtraud Morgner, whose works focused almost exclusively on women. It is commonly thought that this trend did not extend to music: very few female composers emerged in those years and the most eminent of these, Ruth Zechlin (1926-2007), rejected the importance of gender in her work. By focusing on Zechlin's ballet La Vita, however, I will show that the movement did have an impact on music.
Premiered in 1985 in Berlin at the Komische Oper, La Vita: Constellations for Ballet was intended by Zechlin as an abstract ballet, with musical elements isolated to represent different emotions and then recombined in various ìconstellations.î However, to aid the choreographer, dramaturg Bernrd Kˆllinger added a plot centered on the lives of three women, which made the ballet similar to the works of GDR feminist artists. The kinship between the ballet and these feminist works was also emphasized in the reviews, specifically in one that compared the ballet to Morgner's famous novel Leben und Abenteuer der Trobadora Beatriz. Even though Zechlin would later express disappointment with the plot, she originally praised it publicly, thus conforming to the model of the GDR feminist artist focusing on women.
The case of La Vita illustrates the significance of feminism for East German culture, as well as the relationship between music and other arts in the GDR. As such, it invites for interdisciplinary investigation into the question of gender in the music of Zechlin and other GDR composers.
William Cheng, "Flights from Fancy: Mise-en-Abyme as Spectacular Allegory in Korngold's Die tote Stadt"
Shortly after Erich Wolfgang Korngold's Die tote Stadt premiered to great acclaim in Hamburg and Cologne on 4 December 1920, the critic Adolf Weissman praised this three-act opera for its "problemlessness" ["Problemlosigkeit"], while Rudolf Hoffmann similarly admired that it did not "abuse the stage to philosophize or propagate mysteries." Since then, critics and scholars alike have continued to downplay the opera's political and philosophical valence. Korngold was commonly regarded as a sheltered child who was altogether uninterested in the post-war Opernkrise and other musico-political matters. His reputation as an eternal Wunderkind – a musical prodigy frozen in a cocoon of not only social but also stylistic pre-maturation – led many contemporary writers to portray Die tote Stadt as an over-ripe manifestation of the dread nineteenth century. Musicologists have likewise delighted in describing Korngold's compositions and musical aesthetic as "succulent," "meretricious," "oozing endless aromatic goo," "a wet musico-dramatic dream," and "more bombastic and 'Wagnerian' at times than it needs to be." Such remarks underscore Korngold's output as allegedly anachronistic and little more than a decadent feast for the senses.
In this paper, I present an interpretation of Die tote Stadt that problematizes the perceived apoliticality and problemlessness of both the opera and its composer. I argue that the tremendous initial reception of Die tote Stadt in Germany and Austria owed at least in part to the resonances between the opera's mise-en-abyme narrative of trauma and the post-war conditions of the early 1920s. In celebrating its nested diegetic realms as communal rituals of mourning and coping, Korngold's operatic narrative reflexively allegorizes the revitalizing power of music – and of live spectacle more generally – in the wake of cultural fallout. Excerpts from my interviews with Inga Levant – director of the 2001 Strasbourg production of Die tote Stadt – are used to supplement my broader examination of the ways in which Korngold's reputation as an apolitical child prodigy has impacted critical, dramaturgical, and hermeneutical orientations toward this opera since its earliest post-war performances.


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When we meet with the smog (or hazy air), our first reaction tends to be because it is unsightly and it is foul-smelling, and not because it is harmful to our health. While we have much more knowledge about how harmful air pollutants are (especially small particulates such as PM2.5), back in the 1970s this was not always the general knowledge.
Let us not forget that it took a serious hazy event in 2013 for Singapore to include PM2.5 in its Pollutant Standard Index (PSI) too.
As such, the "Harvard Six Cities Study" is famous for being one of the first to look at the correlation between air pollution and mortality over a long time period, and which lead to substantive action taken by the US government to regulate fine air particulates. The study reported the mortality of 8,111 randomly selected residents from six different U.S cities — Harriman (Tennesse), Portage (Wisconsin), St. Louis (Missouri), Steubenville (Ohio), Topeka (Kansas) and Watertown (Massachusetts) — with the aim of estimating the effects of air pollution on mortality while keeping other risk factors under control. These randomly selected residents were recruited between 1974 and 1977, and had their medical and occupational history recorded. These participants were also subjected to lung function tests. Air quality from their surroundings is taken by both ambient air monitoring stations in their towns, and also from air sampling devices worn by some participants or such devices from their homes. These residents were contacted all the way till 1991 to determine their health status, while death certificates are collected for those who have passed away in order to find out what is their cause of death.
What the study found is that mortality due to lung cancer and cardiopulmonary disease is most strongly associated with levels of fine air pollutants. Many other researchers have published follow-up articles based on this research (which is neatly summarised by the article from The Pump Handle by Monforton (2012).
Just last year, 20 years after the follow-up research for the study ended (in 1994), the lead author of the original paper, D. Dockery, gave a brief overview on what changes there have been since the study was published. These include new standards put in place by the Governmental Protection Agency (EPA), and an improvement in both health and air quality in the six cities from the original study. Another important point he made is that the federal Office of Management and Budget found that the largest estimated benefit from all federal regulations in 2007, is the reduction of just one air pollutant — fine particulate matter. The impacts of the study not just includes new standards in place, but has also laid "a firm scientific foundation for regulatory policies" .
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Feldscher, K. (2014) Landmark air pollution study turns 20. Harvard School of Public Health — Featured News Stories. [Online] Retrieved from: http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/features/six-cities-air-pollution-study-turns-20/ [last accessed 3 April 2015)
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Greetings from rainy Costa Rica, where the Poas volcano and Colinas del Poas zipline should not be missed. (Can you believe they named a volcano after Post colleague Paul Tenorio?) The Americans won't arrive until tomorrow afternoon, but we already know one player who won't be on the flight here from Miami: midfielder Maurice Edu. He has been ruled out of Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against the Ticos at Estadio Saprissa. Defender Frankie Hejduk (groin injury) is being evaluated by team doctors and goalkeeper Luis Robles, a special invitee, has left camp. The USA traveling roster will probably include 23 players, of which 18 will be in uniform. The entire squad then heads directly to Chicago for Saturday's matchup with Honduras.
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You lucky you... Ziplining through the Costa Rican rainforest...
Oh well, bad news about Edu, does this mean Pablo starts, replaced by Torres at some point?
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | May 31, 2009 5:44 PM | Report abuse
Gonna try to do a zip line near Quepos tomorrow, after we have a boat tour looking for crocs and monkeys.
Hopefully we'll be able to meet somewhere in San Jose post-game to have a beer or three.
Posted by: lastort1 | May 31, 2009 6:09 PM | Report abuse
I think Arenal is better than Poas.
Posted by: alan19 | May 31, 2009 6:38 PM | Report abuse
Wow, not very optomistic about us getting our first win at Saprissa, our camp is half-ash and half our guys are out of wack in one way or another...
Posted by: MrCerniglia | May 31, 2009 7:49 PM | Report abuse
ot; Goal.com is reporting Madrid reached deal with Kaka for 60 million. True?
Posted by: DCUnitedFootball | May 31, 2009 8:24 PM | Report abuse
I went from a smile to a grimace pretty fast with this squad. I was counting on Edu to keep Mastroeni sitting.
Spector will play. That's the one good thing.
Posted by: UnitedDemon | May 31, 2009 8:53 PM | Report abuse
Chicago was beaten by Dallas 3 nil. Who knew?
Posted by: DCUnitedFootball | May 31, 2009 10:14 PM | Report abuse
Missed the Mexican final! Thanks a lot guys... Who won anyway?
Posted by: DadRyan | May 31, 2009 11:25 PM | Report abuse
Pumas. Pachuca won in regular time 2-1 for an aggregate of 2-2, Pumas slid one in under Calero in the 107th to win 3-2. "El Gringo" Torres came in in the 72nd, did fine on the ball, but didn't get much time on it because Pachuca spent a lot of time punting it out of their own box.
I'm sure our man Mr. Goff will find a video for the morning kickaround...
No pressure ;)
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | June 1, 2009 12:48 AM | Report abuse
Robles got a look. He is now on the US radar. It must have been exciting being called into camp. That is pretty impressive for a guy playing in the Bundasliga2. Hopefully he will continue to progress. There is a lot of competition at that position. Everyone realizes that is where we have the most depth.
Posted by: yankiboy | June 1, 2009 9:27 AM | Report abuse
Anyone else nervous about this week? Two tough matches in front of loud rival supporters.
Posted by: Kev29 | June 1, 2009 9:44 AM | Report abuse
"(Can you believe they named a volcano after Post colleague Paul Tenorio?)"
Named ONE volcano after Tenorio? I heard they were renaming ALL volcanos after him, and henceforth they will be known not as "volcanos" but as "tenorios."
He is, after all, the most interesting man in the world.
Posted by: Mastodon_Juan | June 1, 2009 9:59 AM | Report abuse
Paul Tenorio once had an awkward moment, just to see how it feels.
He lives vicariously, through himself.
He doesn't always drink beer, but when he does he drinks Dos Equis.
Stay thirsty my friends.
Posted by: arswift24 | June 1, 2009 10:06 AM | Report abuse
I asked Paul about the two-party system, and he told me that the after party is the one you want to attend.
Wise man.
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | June 1, 2009 10:08 AM | Report abuse
It may be worth noting they were down a man, JacobfromAtlanta-ish.
Posted by: sitruc | June 1, 2009 10:08 AM | Report abuse
How does playoff qualifying work this year? Top in each division followed by next 6? Top 2 in each division and next 4? Top 4 in each division?
Posted by: 9Nine9 | June 1, 2009 10:30 AM | Report abuse
Yes, I did forget to mention that. The white-guy-fro'd center back earned a red in the 90th, and the way Pumas owned possession after that really showed it as a true disadvantage. Thanks, sitruc.
Posted by: JacobfromAtlanta-ish | June 1, 2009 10:52 AM | Report abuse
I'm sure Mexican soccer fans end up forgetting about the MLS Cup as well. I really wouldn't care if the Gringo wasn't playing for Pachuca though.
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I Quit.. It just occurred to me. I don't know how it happened or when it happened but I have come to the realization that I am a quitter. I give up when it gets hard, or when I am comfortable or make believe that I am comfortable. I just stop doing what I know I should do, so yeah I am a quitter!!! UGH!!!
I know what you're probably thinking. You're thinking that I am quitting this blog because it is too much for me and I can't maintain what I started and let me tell you, you know what YOU'RE... you're wrong. Ha ha ha.. I couldn't help myself.
That's not what I am talking about. I am talking about the fact that I am a quitter. Yep! That's what I am, a QUITTER!! I give up on almost everything that I start. I don't know why that is, but I find that often when I begin something I don't usually follow it through to the end. Well unless it's school or my job but everything else I quit.
Let me be clear about what I am talking about.
While talking to the huzz (short for husband) about making progress and movements for our upcoming nuptials (its a long story, I'll explain later) I came to the realization that I am a bonafide quitter. I don't start things that I know I need to do and see them through. For instance, working out. I would go months and months of being diligent with it and then I get to a point where I just don't do it anymore. I don't invest the needed time and the effort that I know it takes to maintain and I just quit. This is a horrible thing and I am admitting it on THE INTERNET!!
Another example, this blog. When I first started writing it was my outlet for frustration and coping and a whole bunch of other things that I covered in my last blog, but then I just stopped writing. There were moments where I didn't have anything to write, but then there were times where I did and I just didn't. This isn't to say that one should not move away from something that they like if they feel that they aren't benefiting from it, but this was something that I just quit doing. It wasn't that I didn't want to do anymore, nor that I hated doing it. It was just that I quit. No reason for doing it just did it.
As I sit here and type it I wonder what else in my life I just quit doing because I didn't want to put the time or the effort into it? Have there been relationships that I have been in that I just didn't want to work at anymore so I just quit the person?? Hmmm??
I think its time for a change. I don't want to be a quitter, I just think I'm afraid of all the hard work that it is to maintain what I've started. I just feel like if I put in more time then it will be harder to maintain what I've started. So, I will no longer quit. I will try my hardest to be less of a quitter..
Here is to trying or rather not quitting.
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Anyhow, we are currently landscaping our yard, and this is the progress so far...
All boxed up...
Now I thought these photos, from the same angle, made the most sense to blog about, but in all honesty, the concreting/excavating/landscaping goes around to the right, to the back door, down some more steps and around the back of the house.
Now it's all ready to be paved, and to also have some decking put down. I'm thinking some sort of railing would be a good idea, around the edge of the paved/decked area - although the drop isn't as dramatic as it looks in these photos.
I like the look of the wire railing, because I really don't want to block any view..
I wouldn't mind this view either :-P
And I think you can buy it in DIY kits, which is even better.
So paving is starting this weekend - woo hoo!! Can't wait to see it all come together.
And then the planting will begin.
Will keep you updated :-)


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CARSON CITY – Everyone knows the stereotype. People hate to go to the DMV because they have to wait in line and the customer service is wanting.
Nevada's DMV is turning that stereotype on its head, according to an online survey conducted in May. Ninety-three percent of customers said their experience at the DMV was either much better than they expected (36%), somewhat better (22%) or as expected (35%).
"The public has noticed DMV's renewed commitment to customer service," said Director Troy Dillard. "The survey results tell us that our customers are, by and large, having a positive experience. As a state government agency, that's the outcome you strive to have," he added.
The DMV received slightly more than 3,000 responses to a customer service survey conducted on the department's website May 15-31.
In response to another question, 78% of customers complimented DMV employees – saying DMV staff exceeded their expectations.
"The numbers are encouraging," said Dillard. "We have made a concerted effort to improve our customer service and we are making progress."
Vegas Seven Magazine this week named DMV the "Best Government Agency That Used to be the Worst." The article stated, "… But there's been a transformation in recent years, with shocking results: an orderly system, reasonable waits and (this is still hard to type) pleasant services."
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By Luis Falero: Faustian vision of course. Walpurgis Night. Bit Frank Frazetta but..well it is nearly Halloween, and I'm doing the Gothic next week, and I have been listening to too much Black Sabbath.
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SUBJECT: Just a little reminder
FROM: Dave (aka, I'm sure it won't be hard to figure out)
I've Talked to rastus about this, and I think johnny may know too, but I will no longer be using xhelp to ask for Jamerson to be a puppet. I am doing this for 2 reasons,
#1. It's less fun for me to know that Jamerson is Rastus or Johnny or Iga.
and #2. I have access to the NLM boards and thus, unless Jamerson wants to see me for some reason, We can communicate through the boards.
Which brings me to my reminder, Please please please, remember to check Jamerson's inbox every so often. I know you guys are extremly busy with trying to make the better and more fun. so I'll let you know my schedule for stories....
In ideal situations, I would like to get -at least- 3 stories a week. one for sunday or monday, one for wednesday or thursday and the WIR for Saturday.
For now, you can expect to see the WIR and a story at the begining of the week, until I get more comforable with my writing and what you guys want. After that I'm going to try to bang out more and more stories to fill up the boards, keep a good mix of backup stories and stuff.
Thanks all for listening to me.:)


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One complaint about the recent trailer for the film adaptation of Stephen King's iconic novel "It" is that the new Pennywise looks 'unapproachable' – the friendly and enticing to kids element of the clown gone in favour of an outright monster.
The trouble is, thanks in no small part to the original 1990s mini-series adaptation along with "Poltergeist" and the likes of real life serial killer John Wayne Gacy, a whole generation of people have grown up with many averse to and sometimes terrified of clowns – rendering the idea of one being enticing seem hopelessly antiquated. Sinister clown sights in the past year have not helped reverse that perception.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Trent Green passed for a career-high five touchdowns Sunday, including three to Tony Gonzalez, to lead the Kansas City Chiefs to a 48-30 victory over the Miami Dolphins.
It was the third offensive explosion of the season for the Chiefs (2-2), who scored 40 points in a season-opening win at Cleveland and 38 in an overtime loss at New England last week.
"Last week we lost to the world champions and today we beat a playoff team that won 11 games last year and was undefeated when they got here," said Chiefs Coach Dick Vermeil. "I think (offensive coordinator) Al Saunders did a spectacular job with the offense and he was awarded the game ball."
With Miami's defense keying on running back Priest Holmes, the reigning NFL rushing champion, Green took advantage of Miami's safeties to complete 24 of 34 for 328 yards. He joined Len Dawson and Elvis Grbac as the only players in franchise history to throw five touchdowns in a game.
"It's fun to have a day like this," said Green, who previously threw four touchdowns in a game twice. "Our receivers got open and the offensive line game me time to throw."
"You can't ask Trent to do any more than he did," Vermeil said. "He was in a zone and you could see he was there."
Gonzalez, a three-time Pro Bowl tight end, especially took advantage of the seams in the middle of the field, catching seven passes for 140 yards and setting a career-high for touchdowns. He caught scoring passes of nine, 42 and six yards.
"I was able to go out there and do what I do best," Gonzalez said. "We saw the middle of the field would be wide open."
"We went into the game thinking we could put Tony Gonzalez on their inside coverage," Vermeil said. "They (the Dolphins) roll the corners up and play two-deep safeties a lot. That nullifies your receivers in a high percentage of the snaps, but it also isolates a nickel back or another linebacker or combinations of them on your inside people. We elected to put Tony Gonzalez on their inside people."
Sylvester Morris was the last Chiefs player to have three touchdown catches in a Sept. 17, 2000 game against San Diego.
Miami (3-1) had a plus-8 turnover ratio in its first three games, but committed five turnovers -- four interceptions by Jay Fiedler and a fumble by Williams, who scored on a three-yard run.
"That's the story of the game. You can't committ as many turnovers as we did and expect to win," Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt said. "But give the Chiefs credit. They made a lot of plays."
Safety Greg Wesley starred on defense with a career-high three interceptions for 71 yards -- all in the fourth quarter. Albert Lewis was the last player in franchise history to record three interceptions in a game, achieving the feat in a Sept. 1, 1991 contest against Atlanta.
Williams and Holmes entered the game 1-2 in the league in rushing with 394 and 386 yards.
Williams had 66 yards on 14 carries and caught seven passes for 60 yards for Miami, but also committed a fumble. Holmes was held to 52 yards on 23 carries, including a 25-yard touchdown, and had six receptions for 63 yards.
"If you would have told me we would have held Priest Holmes to 50 yards and still lose the game, I wouldn't have believed you," Wannstedt said. "The way they had been scoring it was through running the ball, not throwing it. Against New England they ran the ball. But they have a heckuva offense and Gonzalez obviously gave us a lot of problems."


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This Egyptian Child's Drawing Will Break Your Heart and Give You Hope
As the death toll in Egypt has soared above 638, images of brutality and tears filling the streets of Cairo have been difficult to bear. Amidst the chaos, an estimated 52 churches were attacked and burned in a 24-hour span between Wednesday and Thursday. Those burned include St. George Church in Sohag and Prince Tadros Church in Fayoum. Amidst the tragedy, "Operation Egypt" posted this image of a drawing they attribute to an anonymous girl from Upper Egypt that helps inspire hope.


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Some may say that comics aren't legitimate literary forms, but go ask Neil Gaiman, the god of graphic novels (it's just a fancy name for comics) and he will probably tell you that you're an illiterate fool. 50 years from now, high school students will be dissecting the genius of graphic novels as part of their pursuit of literature, alongside Shakespeare and Harper Lee.
For me, I'm a fan of all forms of literature. I enjoy Harry Potter as much as Jane Eyre (btw, John Grisham and Jeffrey Archer novels are my guilty pleasure). When I stumbled upon the Sandman series by Gaiman, I was absolutely riveted. Comics are an art form, mixing visuals and prose to form a complex tapestry in which the narrative is masterfully woven.
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Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The wait was worth it!!!!!
The continuation of the Falling Kingdoms Series - Book 3 - one word - Exceptional!!
Okay, we left off with the wedding of Cleo and Magnus, with King Gaius taking over the lands and building a road that his Melenia was telling him to do - in blood, with Jonas being an outlaw, Lucia developing her power and Cleo knowing that her ring has something to do with calming her...
This one has more involvement of The Watchers - enter Alexius, in mortal form. Enter Felix, a mysterious stranger that helps Jonas, with an interesting twist. Enter a Kraeshia Princess Amara, who will stop at nothing to get what she wants which is power, and her brother Prince Ashur, who finds something better in the most unlikely of places. Magnus finds out the truth behind his mother's death, and there is something deeper that seems to be developing between him and Cleo. Nic also plays a deeper role in this book.
I must say, without giving too much away, Lucia begins to develop her power, the stones are hunted. This is a really exciting book, with each character racing to get ahead of the other. The ending if you know where the stones are and who has what - WOW! And the last chapter had me holding my breath and filled with theories. Can't wait for the next.
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Review: Gathering Darkness By: Morgan Rhodes
Gathering Darkness by Morgan Rhodes
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Review: The Year I Met You By: Cecelia Ahern
The Year I Met You by Cecelia Ahern
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Jasmine has been fired and put on gardening leave for a year. A full year to wait to get another job, a full year to do nothing. Nothing that is except watch from her window the neighbor across from her and his downward spiral. Matt, the famous DJ. The one all those years ago she decided to hate. She watches he alcoholic spats, his wife and children leave, she watches until they meet.
It is during the seasons, throughout the year as Jasmine begins to find herself, even through her once detestful neighbor. This is not a 'normal' type of romance or chic lit. This is more the development of the main character, who has to go through stages, ups and downs, even judgements, understand and change the different dynamics she is in, and in some way Matt is the physical embodiment of her internal roller coaster. It is a love story of finding oneself, of growth.
At times I was surprised that Ms. Ahern was the author of something like this novel, normally her style is not like this, although you will find some of the humor and quirk in the pages, it is not the usual. It is good, worth the read, don't go in with preconceived notions.
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Review: Right For A Reason By: Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark
Right for a Reason: Life, Liberty, and a Crapload of Common Sense by Miriam Weaver
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
*****This is a First Reads, Thank You Goodreads*****
Miriam Weaver and Amy Jo Clark have been doing a blog "Chicks on the Right" since 2009, they also have a radio show, and a newspaper column - and a fan - me. For years I have read, listened, commented with these amazing women. Do they make you think, discuss, hold a little debate with family, friends, even within yourself - at exactly what it is that you stand for and why - and what is it that you are willing to battle for. Sometimes there is a deeper battle that you need to look at, stop wasting your time with the secondary that has been placed as the fundamental. A house divided will fall. As conservatives, we have to stop playing into the hands of playing against each other, get with a program.
The book touches on some of the important basics that we all should find focus on and not allow the rights of the land only to hold for the few. The First Amendment for one, is for all - not just for the use of liberals. The Second Amendment being attacked looking at objects doing crimes, not the people - what is the root cause. There is a need for personal responsibility (the government is being promoted as a sugar daddy to live off of and is a generational issue), the hypersexualization of role models, rather then finding solutions the promoting of victimhood and race obsession has fractured society. As liberals claim to be feminists, exactly who are the ones calling who the ugly names on social media and in front of the cameras, and in the papers - who is truly empowering who here.
The subjects range, the personal stories are heartfelt, but throughout there is thought provoking commentary asking for just plain old common sense.
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Saturday, December 13, 2014
Review: As You Wish Inconceivable Tales From The Making Of The Princess Bride By: Cary Elwes
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride by Cary Elwes
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Princess Bride - the movie with that dashing hero Westley, played by Cary Elwes, who stole my heart that very moment all those years ago. It is in this beautiful memoir that Mr. Elwes has put together the magic of the behind the scenes tales from his perspective mainly but with added bonuses from his director, the writer, his fellow castmates.
I can't imagine anyone else playing Westley and I am sure looking back most people feel the same, but at the time Mr. Elwes didn't have a lot of confidence under his belt and with an very strange but quick meeting with him, Reiner, and Scheinman - the rest as they say, became history. A beautiful tale that had the most wonderful talents gathered together partaking, it was lightening in a bottle, and is still a favorite among favorites.
I love the tone of the book, the little inserts from the others from their point of view, the backstage viewpoint so to speak of such a classic film (it is in most people's viewing libraries). I laughed out loud at some of the stuff and found that I could not wait to view the movie after reading the book, I sat up til 1am looking at all the interesting things pointed out. This is the one to share with your family, your movie buff, your best friend, this is definitely the book meant to be read and shared and appreciated -- just like the film. And Mr. Elwes, anything at all, as you wish.
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Review: An Italian Wife By: Ann Hood
An Italian Wife by Ann Hood
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
Oh, how I wanted to like this. Coming from a large Sicilian family second generation, I looked forward to such a story as the blurb on the book described - a multi generational tale about Josephine Rimaldi, who married at fourteen in the old country, came to America, had children, and her life - along with their lives, including her children's children. Sounded like the perfect book for someone like me, still ripe with tradition and memories of my great grandparents - unfortunately, it wasn't.
Maybe I had a better family and could not relate as I first wanted to. Instead the pages are filled with a family filled with anger and resentment, with more hate than happiness, more deviance than actual love - the pride of tradition gave away to the shame of their own family, their own matriarch. As I continued the book, I found myself wondering about the author and how could one write such a book, filled with such sadness and brokenness about a family unit. But I digress, this is one I forced myself to finish, I wanted to relate to - yet could not.
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Review: Alex By: Pierre Lemaitre
Alex by Pierre Lemaitre
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is a wonderful thriller - reminds me of the writing of Stieg Larsson.
Enter the world where the layers between a taken, caged girl may not be the victim, where people are being killed through a painful death of acid eating away their jaw and innards, where the lead detective has returned from a stay at the asylum due to the kidnapping and death of his wife. Time is ticking away in Paris and the dots are not connecting fast enough as the bodies are being found and the mystery deepens.
I could not put this book down. It is a translation, but there is nothing that does not flow easily through the story. I was on the edge of my seat a few times and stayed up wanting to reach the wonderful end. I highly recommend for personal enjoyment and book clubs - there is plenty to discuss here.
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Sunday, December 7, 2014
Review: Seventh Grave and No Body By: Darynda Jones
Seventh Grave and No Body by Darynda Jones
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Charley, Charley, Charley - what to do... let's see - first things first, if you have not read or gotten with the Charley Davidson series -- What Are You Waiting For? Go to the bookstore and catch up - now! And Don't Read Further!
So, Charley's preggos -yay! The underworld is releasing the 12 - umm, boo! The book begins with Charley working some of the usual strange crimes, body dumpings - but then something strange comes along, information about a file that Thee Vatican has an actual file on her, that's right I said Thee. There are also some suicides of people that are strangely linked together and some spirits that are complaining about empty graves. That isn't part of the issues of going to decaf, having an Archangel upset because you are healing people away from death, there is a psycho chasing your man, your dad is missing, you are being attacked by demons, and you have to pee more often.
I love this series - I love Charley's attitude. This is an exciting supernatural adventure thriller that is like Buffy for adults (um, Reyes is hot and some scenes are super hot). Now I tried to get in touch with my inner Charley while writing this and I hope I did her justice. I can't wait for the next book in the series and want it to keep going.
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Starting early on Saturday mornings and rambling through to the early afternoon, the Parap Village Market experience is a great way to start your weekend, totally at your own pace. The ambience that pervades the market is that of happy bustle, friendly conversations and slurping sounds as thousands enjoy a famous laska. It is a peaceful, relaxed enviroment ideal for catching up with friends to the backdrop of live local entertainment (photo: Brooke Barnett, local performer).
The Parap Village Market experience - an essential part of your visit to Darwin or local weekend routine!


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Chris Brown celebrates 40th birthday in style
Chief Deputy City Controller Chris Brown, a candidate for city controller this year, recently celebrated his 40th birthday at L'Olivier restaurant surrounded by family members, friends and supporters.
Brown's father, former city council member Peter Brown, joined forces with New Leaders Texas, a statewide network dedicated to nurturing and promoting the next generation of state leaders, to host the occasion. U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro of San Antonio surprised the birthday boy with a special toast.
Also among the well-wishers: Controller Ronald Green, Divya Brown, Robert Miller, Jimmy and Carolyn Robertson, Scott Atlas, Brian Stansbury, Carlos Paz Jr., Andrea Gallagher, Janae and Kenneth Tsai, Claire Cormier Thielke and Rick Thielke, Kristy Bradshaw, James and Heather Phelan, Danny David, Joshua Espinedo, Nathan Reddy, Caroline and Jared LeBlanc, Mary and Ben Patton, Stacy and John Andell, Hasti Taghi, James Bell and Emmelie Kope, Jennifer and Steve Dolman, and Ting and John Bresnahan.


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To everyone who knows them, best friends Miel and Sam are as strange as they are inseparable. Roses grow out of Miel's wrist, and rumors say that she spilled out of a water tower when she was five. Sam is known for the moons he paints and hangs in the trees, and for how little anyone knows about his life before he and his mother moved to town.
But as odd as everyone considers Miel and Sam, even they stay away from the Bonner girls, four beautiful sisters rumored to be witches. Now they want the roses that grow from Miel's skin, convinced that their scent can make anyone fall in love. And they're willing to use every secret Miel has fought to protect to make sure she gives them up.
ANNA-MARIE MCLEMORE was born in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains and grew up in a Mexican-American family. She attended University of Southern California on a Trustee Scholarship. A Lambda Literary Fellow, she has had work featured by the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West, CRATE Literary Magazine's cratelit, Camera Obscura's Bridge the Gap Series, and The Portland Review. She is the author of The Weight of Feathers and When the Moon was Ours.
Beautiful story about magical realism about finding who you are in gender and identity. This was a great book that could represent the trans community at large.Loveable characters, beautiful world building, and learning that this was inspired by the authors real life. This story will engage the reader. I really thought the story was so good. It is one that will be on my must get in finished copy list. Once you start reading you won't be able to put it down!
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Hey, "Prison Break" fans. Unfortunately, we can't tell you guys if your favorite show will be back in action for a new season 6 yet because FOX is still questioning whether or not they want to renew it. According to TV Line , The CEOs of FOX Television Group Dana Walden and Gary Newman showed up at the recent FOX Upfronts that took place earlier this month.
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Saves from Ederson, Hugo Lloris and Joe Hart all included
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There were some outstanding saves in the Premier League this weekend, and you can watch the best in our latest round-up.
Manchester City cruised back to the top of the Premier League after thrashing Southampton 6-1 at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon but they did require Ederson to make a sharp save to keep out a Danny Ings header.
Former Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart also makes the list with a fine save to deny Marko Arnautovic from close range in Burnley's 4-2 defeat to West Ham, while Fulham stopper Sergio Rico had to be on his toes to keep out a deflected shot from Huddersfield's Alex Pritchard.
Cardiff goalkeeper Neil Etheridge was on the losing team as his side lost 1-0 to Leicester but he did make a fine save to keep Jamie Vardy out late on.
Rui Patricio was twice needed to keep out efforts from Harry Kane but he could not stop the England captain from finding the net in Tottenham's 3-2 win at Wolves.
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Stranger Things is a Netflix Original TV show.
It's obviously a film targeted at people who grew up in the 80s.
When I look at the poster for the show, it is reminiscent to me of Star Wars, the font of the LucasFilm logo. From the soundtrack by S U R V I V E, the various nods to Stephen King, to the bikes that the kids ride (so so reminiscent of E.T.) everything screams 80s nostalgia!
Ok, ok, the film is set in 1983…
I have to say, I liked it. Strong performances from Winona Ryder and David Harbour help alot. The boys are very credible too. The teenagers had pretty stereotypical roles so they did the best with what they had.
The storyline is somewhat cliched but serviceable. There's the big bad G-Men, a slow reveal as various characters cotton on to what's going on, teenage romance, pre-teen friends bonding, etc.
The ending is pretty cathartic and (some) people get what's coming to them. Unfortunately some (one?) goes missing and obviously the threat is not completely eliminated – after all they have to have something to go to Season 2 right?
The scares aren't too scary and the "action" scenes are pretty mild. A throwback to the more innocent times of the 80s.
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Scott used to be a draftsman...actually went to school to do that type of work...so he drew the vision he had in his head to see if it's what I was also wanting....and it was. Great minds think alike ;)
Not sure we did everything exactly to the drawing specs, but we got the job done. Well, they (Scott and his dad) got the job done! I just watched 😜
This is what the space looked like before....
Here's the view from the yard. As you can see, it's a pretty wide opening. You can also tell just how hot and bright the sun is in our back yard. It's alot of wear and tear on the stained railings. But one good thing about this porch is that it's under the actual roof line of the house, so it's protected from rain. That's always good when you're talking about adding comfy furniture and a rug to an outdoor space.
The first thing they did was frame out the opening so a door would fit there. I think that whole process instantly made it look more like a room.
Here's another view from the yard....
Once the door was framed out, they began attaching the screen. Because we already had railings in place, it made this project go such much faster because there was already something there to attach the screen to.
Doesn't it look great?! They also did trim on the outside to cover up where they attached the screen. I just realized I still haven't taken a photo of that, but I'm also still needing to get the railings on the steps re-stained so it matches the porch.
A couple of weeks before we started on the porch, I found a cute outdoor rug on sale at Walmart for only $30.00 It's a nice neutral tan/gray color, so it'll go with alot of different colored pillows and cushions on the furniture.
I still need to get another fan (which is a must in South Georgia during the summer) and a few more decor pieces, but it's basically finished, and we are enjoying it so much!
When you walk out the back door onto the porch, the grill is conveniently on the right. We also put a small dorm refrigerator out there in this same area so we can keep cold drinks handy.
Now I finally have a comfy, cozy place outside to hang out year around. It's going to be so much fun decorating for the seasons and holidays! I can't wait!


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Steel Hilted SDmallsword
Up for consideration and comment is a steel hilted smallsword. Faceted steel hilt with cross guard and chain. Small pays d'an, bosses and indented decoration to inside of shell guard. The front face of the guard is polished steel with no trace of blacking or blueing left (if there ever was any). Blade is traingular cross section, fairly stiff with a wicked point but no real edges. No etched decoration, makers mark or name. I am thinking English or French circa 1790? Anybody like to confirm that? Italian, Spanish, 21st century Chinese? All opinions and thoughts gratefully received.
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Weight, sword: 12.7oz (0.36kg)
Length overall: 37'' (94cm) Blade: 31'' (79 cm)
POB: 2.5'' (6cm)
Profile taper: 0.89'' (22.6 mm) at ricasso, 0.45'' (11.4mm)at mid blade, 0.25'' (63mm) 2 inches from tip.
Distal taper (measured across triangle forming fuller) 0.39'' (9.9 mm) at ricasso, 0.23'' (5.9mm)at mid blade,. 0.13'' (3.5mm) 2 inches from tip.
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Definitely 21st century Chinese!
Jus' kiddin'. You are spot-on with your summation, ca. 1790-1800. Could be French, British, etc. Very nice piece!
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To me this seems a British cut steel example c. 1790 as noted. These are especially intriguing as regarded as of the final days of the small sword, yet they have a magnificent austerity to them. The faceted steel of this example is one style which ran alongside many which had an almost mechanical looking beaded motif.
See : "The Smallsword in England" J.D. Aylward, London, 1945
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Thanks all. I have one more question. I have been looking at a lot of smallsword images online and see very few with a chain instead of a knuckle bow. The few that do have chains are usually spadroon type smallswords. The chain seems more decorative than functional and seems a fashion item. Were they common and do they help to narrow the date range for the sword?
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my english black 'cut steel' mourning sword had a chain. i'm guessing they were mostly decorative, but could keep you from dropping it if your grip slipped...thanks for posting, now i know what the chain may have looked like.
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These swords were very much fashion accoutrements, and the chain was entirely decorative, not intended to be functional. The use of chains in place of knuckle guard was very common by the end of the 18th century, where the age of the small sword was closing, and hilt elements such as pas d'ane were entirely vestigial.
The chain is not a component which might be relied on for establishing date or any other factor. Such estimations are based more on the nature of the actual hilt structure and elements and design character. For example Dutch and English often run very closely, while French seem to have the subtle indicators which set them apart. I am certainly no authority on these, but have had the J.D. Aylward book for many decades, and this is about the best book to learn more.
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Devante's Diary: Crossing off my senior checklist
Welcome, everyone, to the first installment of my blog. I think you'll enjoy following our team this year. I can tell you that you are going to see a fearless football team that loves to play and is enjoying itself and wants to win games. We love our fan support.
Welcome, everyone, to the first installment of my blog. I think you'll enjoy following our team this year — but let's start at the beginning and talk about the preseason.
Camp last month went well. We competed well on both sides of the ball and there were lots of positives. I was really happy with how it went. It was my last camp and my last time going to practice up in Ely.
Normally, after being there for almost two weeks, you're ready to get back to Vegas. But because I am a senior and this was the last one for me, on my last day I was kind of nostalgic and didn't want to walk off the field. As a UNLV player, camp becomes a tradition, and now it was the first thing on my senior checklist that I would be doing for the last time.
In Ely, it's all football. There's not much else to do, so we're with each other all day and night and we really become like a family. If we're not practicing, we're playing dominoes or cards or cracking jokes or in the pool — just having fun with each other. You get to learn all the new guys' names and faces and that's big for building team camaraderie and friendship.
Last Friday we traveled down to Arizona to play our first game. We had chances in the first half to score but had some mistakes that set us back and let them get up on us. I think we made some plays but needed to make a lot more. They were a good, well-coached team and they got the victory.
This Saturday we play Northern Colorado at home and we're excited to have a chance to get that bad taste out of our mouths. Just watching Northern Colorado on film, we know they're going to come out and play. Their defensive coordinator, Larry Kerr, came from Colorado State and the Rams were always ready to play . So we know they'll have their guys ready.
Going out and playing in front of our fans is something we love to do. We want to show the people in town that if they come out to Sam Boyd Stadium, they'll love what they see this year. I can tell you that you are going to see a fearless football team that loves to play and is enjoying itself and wants to win games. We love our fan support. You help us get through games, especially when you are screaming on third down, encouraging us. I want you to know that we can hear it and it really helps.
The game starts at 7 p.m. and we can't wait. It will be the last home opener of my college career — another thing on my senior checklist. We hope to see you all out there.
I want to close by giving a shout out to the newest Rebel, Isaiah Herring (born August 22), who is the son of our quarterback from last season, Caleb Herring. He'll be coming out to the games soon and we hope you'll join him in the stands cheering on UNLV.
Devante Davis is a senior wide receiver for UNLV. UNLV hosts Northern Colorado on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Sam Boyd Stadium. Tickets are available by calling (702) 739-FANS or visiting unlvtickets.com.
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Tony Furtado is a major musical force without a doubt.
He has his black-belt in voice and bottleneck guitar and his banjo
playing scares the crap out of me." – David Lindley, musical adventurer
Very few musicians of any stripe so personify a musical genre as
completely as Tony Furtado embodies Americana roots music. Tony is an
evocative and soulful singer, a wide-ranging songwriter and a virtuoso
multi-instrumentalist adept on banjo, cello-banjo, slide guitar and
baritone ukulele who mixes and matches sounds and styles with the flair
of a master chef (he's also an accomplished sculptor, but that's another
story). All of the music of America is in Tony's music. Relix hit the
nail on the head when writing of Tony: "True talent doesn't need
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the sounds of the Tony Furtado Trio suspend you in disbelief. Get your tickets here. We have a couple of front row seats set aside because watching those fingers fly is an amazing experience!
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The pseudo-spinning dial on the cover of Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son by Michael Chabon is exceptionally fitting.* Choose a subheading along the lines of Experience or Sincerity as a starting point and allow Chabon to elaborate in his distinctive elaborate prose! Even for Chabon enthusiasts such as myself not every essay is required reading, and one certainly need not read them in the order presented. There is something here for every reader, man or woman, novice or expert.
I skipped ahead when I read Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands (see review posted on 8/15/08), and I wish I had given the dial a spin with this book. Consider it an amateur error! "A father is a man who fails every day," Chabon asserts in the lead off essay "The Losers' Club." A reasonable premise, if not an encouraging one. I listened to Bruce Springsteen's greatest hits as I read the first few sections, and the repeated messages of failure and nostalgia had a synergistic downer effect. I knew precisely from whence Chabon came, yet the book was not lighting me up intellectually the way Maps and Legends had.
I was well into the fourth section before I encountered an essay which shook my intellectual moorings. Reading "The Ghost of Irene Adler" on the train I almost exclaimed aloud! Chabon's depiction of Alexis from Texas is tantalizing and his enumeration of the ways "the Woman" gets on a best friend's nerves is spot on: "and worst of all, most egregious of all, you cannot believe the way she talks to him. No, worst of all: You can't believe that he puts up with it." But what caused me to sit up and re-read the essay was his diagnosis: the death of a friendship over a woman can be attributed to a failure of imagination. In essence that is what a person admits when he says "I don't know what he sees in her" or "I just don't get why he's with her," but I had not considered it from that salient angle. And I have given it due consideration, particularly with regard to C.S. Lewis, his wife Joy Davidman, and his friendship with J.R.R. Tolkien. Just as Alexis from Texas presented Chabon with an interpretation of his story that had not occurred to him, he then presented me with a novel interpretation of an age-old dilemma. I had no idea that this topic would be addressed in the book, but this is the profound type of insight I expect from the sage Chabon!
I did not expect an essay about carrying a man purse ("I Feel Good About My Murse"), but then one should always leave luxuriant latitude for the unexpected when reading Michael Chabon! I won't fault him for it, but I think I will stick with my "reading is sexy" canvas messenger bag. Nor do I see myself collecting cookbooks ("Art of Cake") or throwing my support behind Jose Canseco ("On Canseco"), but I will not deny a man's right to do so. Chabon is unstinting with his personal experiences, be it admitting his reformed habit of marijuana use to his kids ("D.A.R.E."), losing his virginity ("Verging"), the dissolution of his first marriage ("The Hand On My Shoulder"), or the outré recommendation that resulted in his being set up with the woman who is his ideal complement, fellow author Ayelet Waldman ("Looking for Trouble"). His contemplation of his contemporary David Foster Wallace committing suicide ("Getting Out") called to mind the U2 song "Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of", written about the suicide of INXS frontman Michael Hutchence.
There were a couple of essays that left me cold, a fair amount that sailed by with a comfortable recognition, and a precious few that had me grinning from ear-to-ear ("Surefire Lines" to name only one). There are some that I won't be inclined to re-read, some that I have already re-read and shared with other like-minded individuals, and some that I will wait to revisit until I (and my children along with me) have aged a few more years. As a thirty-two year old husband, father of three, and aspiring author, this is exactly the type of book for which I have been searching. The insights of a forty-six year old husband, father of four, and accomplished author. It is material I can identify with, presented in inimitable style, by an author whom I admire and respect.
I'm not much of a pool player, but I would relish the opportunity to shoot pool with Chabon after one of his readings like Alexis from Texas. Better yet, to associate as parents of kids in the same social sphere. Would our shared "strangely possessive feelings about mythology" ("Sky and Telescope") be a bond or a barrier? He would pity me "with the especial harsh pity of the geek" for not having an appreciation of Dr. Who ("An Amateur Family"), but considering my firstborn son gave me a t-shirt with the phrase "I've got MAD Bat'leth Skills" on it for Christmas I'd say I'm doing my part to raise the next generation of geeks (or amateurs, as Chabon prefers)! I gave myself Manhood for Amateurs for Christmas; is it manly to send yourself a thank you card?
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