The pieces in this series are of various difficulties and are intended for the performance and amusement of professional musicians and skilled amateurs. Jazz pieces include an optional string bass part with added chord symbols which can be used as a rhythm section score.
1920 - That Fabulous Year!
Original classic jazz composition by Bill Holcombe; arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.
Arr. By Bill Holcombe Listen to a sample of this arrangement: Your browser does not support the audio tag.
Bill Holcombe/Holcombe Jr.; Grade Level: 3 Click the "Play" button below to hear a sample!
Arranged by Bill Holcombe; Grade 4; Includes: Hark the Herald Angels Sing; What Child Is This; Joy to the World.
Arranged by Nagle; Grade 5; Includes nine traditional carols in a highly stylized setting.
Arranged by Nagle; Grade 5; Includes: When the Saints Go Marching In; Just a Closer Walk With Thee; Battle Hymn.
Kabalevsky//Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.; Grade 4; Includes: Sonatina; War Dance; Novelette; Song of the Cavalry.
Vinter/Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.; Grade 5 "French Horn Feature"
Arranged by Bill Holcombe; Grades 4-5; A Medley of: American Patrol; Moonlight Serenade; In the Mood.
A three movement Suite depicting a simpler time in American History.
Martini/Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.; Grade 4; Includes two versions with optional piccolo Trumpet in A for version 1.
Debussy/Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr. ; Grade 4; Includes: Bruyeres and Des Pas Sur La Naige.
Genna/Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.; Grades 3-4; Includes: Our Cup of Tea; Fly Away.
Verdi/Arranged by Bill Holcombe, Jr.; Grade 4; Includes: Requiem Aeternam; Libera Me.


It's Christmas time once again and what better time to take a shot at your dream of reaching space?
How to Play: Use the W key to boost the rocket, the S key to turn it off and the A and D key to maneuver it.
Upgrades are available after every attempt to conquer space.
Game developed by Newgrounds • Played 4109 times.
Mana Chronicles Rated 5 out of 5.
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Hitstick 2 Rated 5 out of 5.


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The MADE Returns to Kickstarter to Level Up!
Hey backers! Remember, oh, 4 years ago, when you backed a silly little non-profit videogame museum on Kickstarter?
Well, it's 4 years later, and we're having a party, and you're invited! September 26, 12 to 6, we'll be hosting a Fantasy RPG themed party. Costumes are encouraged!
Perhaps more exciting, however, is the fact that we've also just launched a new Kickstarter campaign to expand the MADE and move it into a larger space!
If you backed us before, we figure you'll want a newer T-shirt and maybe a poster. If you backed us at a higher level before, we're going to be bringing your name to the new space on its own "Original backers" wall.
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Former DHS Acting IG Under Obama Pleads Guilty To Attempting To Defraud U.S. Government
Jen Psaki Unable to Defend President's 'Week from Hell.' Peter Doocy Asks What Happened to Biden's 'Decades of DC Experience?'
'Cringing Little Liberal': Tucker Carlson Slams Brett Kavanaugh For Upholding Health Care Vax Mandate
An Obama-era bureaucrat at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) pleaded guilty on Friday to stealing government software and databases.
Charles K. Edwards schemed to steal confidential information from the government, according to a report from the Justice Department (DOJ). Edwards worked for the DHS from 2008 to 2013. He was the acting Inspector General for the department from 2011 to 2013.
Edwards' theft came after his time at the DHS. From 2015 to 2017, he stole software and confidential government data from the DHS for his company Delta Business Solutions Inc. in Maryland. This information helped Edwards' company develop a case management system that it could sell to the government.
According to Fox News, "[Edwards] resigned from the DHS OIG in 2013 amid a Senate investigation into … whether he had delayed investigations and softened reports, claims he denied." At the time, The Washington Post reported, "Whistleblowers asserted Edwards and his top staff pushed to change findings in reports and delay investigations. Others accused him of retaliating or threatening to retaliate against staff who resisted him. Other claims included that he used staff to do personal work for him."
The Post also noted that Edwards was already under investigation for allegeldy trying to soften reports "to keep from embarrassing the Obama administration."
"I am very disturbed that false allegations have been made against me," Edwards said after a Senate investigation was launched. "[B]ut more importantly, I am very concerned that this matter may negatively impact the important oversight work of the Office of Inspector General … I will defend myself against these personal attacks."
Edwards pleaded guilty in a district court in D.C. to "conspiracy to commit theft of government property."
A second defendant pleaded not guilty to the same charges. Murali Y. Venkata, an information technology specialist who worked with Edwards, was also charged. Both Edwards and Venkata were charged with conspiring to steal government property, stealing government property, wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and aiding and abetting. Venkata was additionally charged with destruction of government records, to which he also pleaded not guilty.
Edwards will be sentenced later, and the DOJ did not disclose how long of a sentence he will face. The report noted, "A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors."
The DHS, and its leadership, has come under fire in the past year for its handling of the border crisis. In August, Republican Chip Roy (R-TX) called for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to be impeached in response to staggering statistics on border encounters recorded in July 2021. Roy told The Daily Wire, "Over the past several months, President Biden and Sec. Mayorkas have blatantly and consistently refused to do their constitutional duty to take care that the immigration laws be faithfully executed, as required by Article II, endangering countless American and foreign lives in the process."
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Report: Nancy Pelosi's Son Has Suspicious Ties To 5 Companies That Were Investigated By Feds
Oh there's a fucking surprise! Another crooked Obama-appointed official. But his presidency was free of scandals, wasn't it?
OR Patriot says:
Sort of!! EVERY American saw EXACTLY what was going on, but the LIEberal scum in the Govt did EVERYTHING THEY COULD TO COVER UP THE TRUTH!!! Sorta like TODAY with the BROKE BACK BIDEN criminal cabal in charge sort of!! (IF you can call being stupid and incompetent – being in charge)!!
CORRUPT IS AS CORRUPT DOES!! This LIEberal scumbag is as corrupt as a LIEberal can get – and THAT is VERY CORRUPT!! So this gem of integrity resigns while under investigation and THEN has the scruples to STEAL from the DHS – LOCK this POS up and throw away the key!!!
Jule Westcott says:
He won't do time
Darrel brooksthe muslim says:
He sure looks like another sand nigga 2me
Kevlar Stone says:
If the corrupt fbi actually does try to prosecute a DemoncRAT it don't matter, because they will make sure he has a corrupt demoncRAT judge that will give him a 50 dollar fine.
Joseph Keating, 26 years old from Dakota, died of myocarditis on Nov. 12, 2021 four days after receiving his third Pfizer shot.
His family members said he was experiencing rare and mild symptoms including increased heart rate, fatigue, muscle soreness.
According to the autopsy report and death certificate obtained by the Defender, Keating's cause of death revealed that "post-Pfizer Covid
vaccination myocarditis has been identified to cause left ventricular dysfunction."
The CDC was informed but still not following up despite verified proof that the vaccine inflamed and attacked Keating's heart.
Here's a copy of the autopsy:
The Defender reported:
In an exclusive interview with The Defender, Joseph's father, mother and sister said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has not investigated Joseph's death.
The CDC also did not contact the pathologist who performed the autopsy or request the documents which confirmed Joseph's death was caused by the Pfizer vaccine.
According to the autopsy report and certificate of death, Joseph died from severe heart damage from "myocarditis in the left ventricle due to the recent Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine."
Joseph's mother, Cayleen, said her son was pro-vaccine and worked in an environment where he needed to be vaccinated. According to Joseph's vaccination cards, he received his first Pfizer shot on March 26, 2021, and the second dose on April 16, and received a third booster dose on Nov. 8, 2021.
After Joseph died, an autopsy had to be performed to confirm the cause of death.
"When they first did the preliminaries they couldn't find anything — his heart looked normal," Cayleen said. But "the pathologist said he was going to do 22 different slides to see what he could find."
Meanwhile, Cayleen said she started hearing stories about young males getting myocarditis from COVID vaccines.
"I knew COVID could cause MIS-C [multisystem inflammatory syndrome], but nobody told me the vaccine was giving people myocarditis," Cayleen said. "There's a big difference between COVID giving you myocarditis and a vaccine giving you myocarditis and actually killing you."
Joseph's private physician called the family after his autopsy results were back and told Cayleen if she would have called him and informed him of Joseph's symptoms, he would have said it was just a side effect of the vaccine.
Joseph's sister, Kaylee, said, "My brother felt he wasn't bad enough to seek medical attention because he wasn't having any symptoms, it just came out of nowhere."
"That's what is so amazing that he didn't have any chest pain, he didn't feel his heart flutter, he didn't have any shortness of breath," Cayleen said. "I mean two hours before he died he has 100 percent oxygen concentration. It just didn't show anything outside of an elevated heart rate."
Cayleen said she took a full set of vitals and her son just didn't feel sick. "When you're sick, you're in bed, but he just never felt that way. He just got into a rate the heart couldn't keep up with and he died."
CDC ignores reports of death caused by myocarditis
Both Joseph's family and the pathologist submitted a report to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), but to this day, neither have been contacted by the CDC about Joseph's death.
Governor Blackface-Klansman Ralph Northam pardoned a Democrat who was jailed for underage sex crimes in his final act as Virginia governor.
Northam pardoned Democrat state senator Joe Morrissey, who was charged for having a sexual relationship with his 17-year-old law firm receptionist.
In 2014, Morrissey, who was 57 years old at the time, was sentenced to 12 months in jail for engaging in sex acts with a 17-year-old.
Morrissey married his receptionist after she turned 18 and they now have four children.
Richmond Times-Dispatch reported:
Gov. Ralph Northam has pardoned Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, for a misdemeanor count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor related to his relationship with a 17-year-old law firm assistant who later became his wife.
Morrissey, then a delegate, was convicted in 2014. He and his wife, Myrna, are now raising four children.
Morrissey said he learned of the pardon on Thursday. Northam granted him what's called a simple pardon.
"To say that I was extremely pleased with what the governor did would be, perhaps for me, the understatement of the 2022 General Assembly session," he said.
"Most importantly, my wife is grateful," he said.
And although their young children don't understand a pardon yet, they'll be grateful someday for the governor's action, Morrissey said.
White Convicted Pedo State Senator Joe Morrissey, who was molesting an underaged Black girl, and having her dress up like a plantation 🛌🏿🔧, was just given a pardon for his crimes by Gov. Northam..
Wait until #metoo finds out..They are going to be all over this, right?
🙄 pic.twitter.com/BiCePxAMRi
— Tariq Nasheed 🇺🇸 (@tariqnasheed) January 15, 2022
British law enforcement officials released a statement late on Sunday night stating that they have made multiple arrests in connection with a British national who took several Jewish people hostage at a synagogue in Texas over the weekend.
"As part of the ongoing investigation into the attack that took place at a Synagogue in Texas on 15 January 2022, Officers from Counter Terror Policing North West have made two arrests in relation to the incident," the Greater Manchester Police said in a statement. "Two teenagers were detained in South Manchester this evening. They remain in custody for questioning."
"CTP North West and CTP International operations continues to assist the investigation being led by the US authorities, and police forces in the region are liaising with local communities to put in place any measures to provide further reassurance," the statement concluded.
The news comes after Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CNN on Sunday that "the FBI has now fanned their investigation out to London and Tel Aviv" and that it had "turned into an international investigation."
"So there's something more here," he added.
The suspect claimed to be the brother of convicted terrorist Aafia Siddiqui, who is currently serving an 86-year prison sentence in the U.S. for trying to kill American forces in Afghanistan. However, it appears that the suspect was not the brother of Siddiqui.
"And so I think we're going to find out a lot more in the next 24, 48 hours. He is British. I wouldn't be surprised if he's Pakistani, just like Siddiqui. And we need to get to the bottom of this," McCaul continued. "We haven't seen one of these radicalized attacks in a few years now, and it is disturbing to see it raise its ugly head again."
Aafia Siddiqui is "linked to al Qaeda and was convicted in 2010 of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan," Foreign Policy reported. "Siddiqui … who's known in counterterrorism circles as 'Lady al Qaeda,' has been linked to 9/11 ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and was once on the FBI's most-wanted terrorists list. Educated in the United States — she studied at M.I.T. and received a doctorate from Brandeis — Siddiqui was arrested in 2008 in Afghanistan carrying sodium cyanide, as well as documents describing how to make chemical weapons and dirty bombs and how to weaponize Ebola. When FBI and military officials tried to question Siddiqui, she grabbed a weapon left on the table in her interrogation room and fired upon them."
The suspect was killed late on Saturday evening and all hostages were freed, unharmed. It was not immediately clear whether law enforcement killed the suspect or if the suspect killed himself.
The FBI identified the man who took four people hostage in the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue as Malik Faisal Akram — a British national. All of the hostages were unharmed in the standoff that lasted nearly 12 hours on Saturday.
FBI Special Agent in Charge Matthew DeSarno identified 44-year-old Malik Faisal Akram, a British national, as the man who took four men hostage Saturday morning in Colleyville, Texas, according to a report from CBSDFW on Sunday.
In a written statement, the FBI indicated that no other person appears to have been involved in the hostage-taking incident at the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue. Akram released one of the four men held hostage at about 5 p.m. on Saturday. The remaining three hostages fled from the building approximately four hours later.
Video captured by WFAA photographer Josh Stephen showed three men who appear to be the remaining hostages running out a door of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue at about 9:15 p.m. on Saturday. Two men rushed out the door first, followed shortly by a third.
A few seconds later, a man believed to be the hostage-taker is seen stepping outside the door with a pistol in his hand. He quickly returns back into the building.
The full video published on WFAA shows members of the FBI's elite Hostage Rescue Team swarming the building and moments later, four single gunshots ring out. The gunshots are followed shortly by a loud explosion.
The rescue team then rushes into a side door on the synagogue. As they enter, three more shots ring out followed a few seconds later by what sounds like a single pistol shot. No further shots were fired and it appeared the incident came to an end at that point.
During a service broadcast on Facebook Saturday morning, Akram could be heard demanding the release of a Pakistani neuroscientist who was convicted of trying to kill U.S. Army officers in Afghanistan.
Aafia Siddiqui, the convicted terrorist serving an 86-year prison sentence on multiple charges, is reportedly being held at the Carswell Federal Medical Center at Carswell Air Force Base near Fort Worth.
Virginia's new Attorney General Jason Miyares wasted no time in taking his office in a new direction after being sworn in on Saturday, as the Republican A.G. fired 30 staffers, including many attorneys who were unlikely to see eye-to-eye with his promises of enacting law and order in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The first statewide elected Latino in Virginia's history also announced several new investigations aimed at increasing government transparency and making Old Dominion safer.
In a statement given to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Victoria LaCivita, a spokesperson for Miyares, defended the move, saying, "During the campaign, it was made clear that now-Attorney General-elect Miyares and Attorney General Herring have very different visions for the office."
"We are restructuring the office, as every incoming AG has done in the past," Civita added.
As a candidate, Miyares had stated that "George Soros-backed Commonwealth's attorneys are not doing their jobs," and he promised to prosecute crimes that progressive attorneys had ignored.
As reported by Fox News, several Virginia prosecutors had received hundreds of thousands of dollars from the progressive financier:
Liberal billionaire George Soros has repeatedly poured thousands into prosecutor's races in Virginia. In 2019, Soros provided a significant cash infusion to three winning progressive candidates, Parisa Dehghani-Tafti in Arlington County (nearly $1 million from Soros); Buta Biberaj in Loudon County ($850,000 from Soros); and Steve Descano in Fairfax County ($600,000 from Soros). Soros spent about $200,000 in a prosecutor's race in Norfolk this year. His candidate went on to win the race.
As Attorney General-elect, Miyares also announced that he would be pursuing legislation under Governor Glen Youngkin (R) that "would essentially say, if the chief law enforcement officer in a jurisdiction – either the chief of police or the sheriff – makes a request because a commonwealth's attorney is not doing their job, then I'm going to do their job for them."
"I'm thinking specifically, some of the so-called 'social justice' commonwealth's attorneys that have been elected particularly in Northern Virginia. We're obviously aware of some pretty horrific cases," he added.
On Saturday, hours after being sworn into office, Miyares launched two new investigations into the Virginia Parole Board as well as Loudoun County Public schools.
"One of the reasons Virginians get so fed up with government is the lack of transparency – and that's a big issue here," Miyares said in a statement. "The Virginia Parole Board broke the law when they let out murders, rapists, and cop killers early on their sentences without notifying the victims. Loudoun County Public Schools covered up a sexual assault on school grounds for political gain, leading to an additional assault of a young girl."
As reported by The Daily Wire on Saturday, two of the 11 executive orders signed into law by Governor Youngkin dealt directly with Virginia's parole board and LCPS:
Executive Order Number Three delivers on his Day One promise to restore integrity and confidence in the Parole Board of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Executive Order Number Four delivers on his Day One promise to investigate wrongdoing in Loudoun County.
Scandal plagued the Virginia Parole Board after it came to light that the board had allegedly been granting parole to cop killers and murderers without properly following procedure. The board is supposed to inform families of the victims, as well as prosecutors, who have a right to weigh on whether or not individuals should be given parole. But Virginia's inspector general found those instructions had not been followed.
"It appears that neither the rules nor the law were followed," Suffolk Commonwealth's Attorney Phil Ferguson said in April of 2021.
"The three cases in Suffolk were among the worst people I've prosecuted in my many years as a prosecutor," he added in reference to several convicted killers who had been granted parole. "The crimes were committed by people that maybe should have spent the rest of their life in prison."
In Loudoun, as is well documented by The Daily Wire, school board officials have reportedly faced myriad scandals, including allegedly covering up a sexual assault in one of their schools. That cover-up appears to have been motivated by a desire to protect the county's transgender bathroom policy.
Lori Lightfoot Reportedly Called Smash-And-Grab Victim An 'Idiot,' Then His Store Was Cited For Various Violations
Joe Perillo's business was targeted by smash-and-grab perpetrators, who stole millions of dollars worth of merchandise from his Gold Coast Exotic Motor Cars store. During a meeting with Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the mayor reportedly called Perillo an "idiot," though he didn't hear the insult.
Days later, Perillo's business was cited by Chicago officials for various violations, including employees and a customer not wearing face masks, for "storing, receiving, possessing, selling nineteen bottles of liquor," and for apparently "interfering with or obstructing the commissioner's designee in the performance of duties," CWB Chicago reported.
"t's almost cliché. If a business owner angers Chicago City Hall, they can expect to be visited by one of the city's enthusiastic ticket-writing ordinance enforcers. But that doesn't really happen … Right?" the outlet opined.
Two men destroyed a display case in Perillo's business and stole eight luxury watches worth more than $1 million. Perillo then went on local and national TV to demand the city address the wave of smash-and-grab crimes.
"It's only a fool who keeps doing things the same way and expects different results. If the Mayor and Kim Foxx don't do anything to get control of this, it's not going to get better. It's going to get worse," Perillo told CBS2
In another interview, he said: "If they don't do anything about this, they're going to lose a lot of businesses. They lost Macy's. They're losing Neiman Marcus. They may lose this store."
Lightfoot went to Perillo's showroom to meet with the business owner but the conversation reportedly did not go well. One source told CWB Chicago that the mayor called Perillo an "idiot" as she left the showroom. The mayor's office wouldn't provide details on the conversation.
"The Mayor routinely meets with victims of crime and reached out to Mr. Perillo which resulted in a meeting. The Mayor offered to work with him to address safety and security matters at any of his dealership locations," a spokesperson told CWB.
Perillo told Fox News that he did not hear the mayor call him an "idiot."
"I'm not aware that she called me an idiot… at least she did not say that to me," Perillo told the outlet. "In her heart, I believe she is trying her best. That said, we are both passionate individuals and have different views of how to deal with theft. I can report that there was nothing I said that in any way was foolish! I simply wanted to know what her future plans were going forward!"
Just a day or two after the meeting between Lightfoot and Perillo, a city inspector from the Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection cited Gold Coast for health violations. Lightfoot's spokesperson told CWB Chicago that the citations were "unrelated to the mayor's meeting with Mr. Perillo." The spokesperson said the citations came from an anonymous complaint against the business received on December 15.
Actor and comedian Tim Allen is slated to return to the North Pole as the star and executive producer of a new "Santa Clause" series scheduled for Disney Plus.
The new project brings back "Scott Calvin" from the original trilogy of "The Santa Clause" films launched in 1994. "The Santa Clause 2" was released in 2002, while the third film, "The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause," completed the original trilogy in 2006.
Production is reportedly scheduled for March of this year.
"Calvin (Allen) is on the brink of his 65th birthday and realizing that he can't be Santa forever. He's starting to lose a step in his Santa duties and, more important, he's got a family who could benefit from a life in the normal world, especially his two kids who have grown up at the Pole. With a lot of elves, children and family to please, Scott sets out to find a suitable replacement Santa while preparing his family for a new adventure in a life south of the Pole," Deadline reported on Friday.
Disney announced on Friday that Jack Burditt ("30 Rock," "Modern Family," "Frasier," "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt") is the executive producer and showrunner, and Kevin Hench ("Last Man Standing"), Richard Baker, and Rick Messina also serve as executive producers.
Allen's voice has become well-known to many film lovers as the voice of the iconic "Toy Story" series of films. His role as the voice of Buzz Lightyear, shouting, "To infinity and beyond," has touched the lives of millions of film lovers.
In more recent years, Allen has starred in the television series "Last Man Standing" that concluded last year after nine seasons. The Daily Wire previously reported about Allen's farewell message regarding the series:
Tim Allen's sitcom "Last Man Standing" will be coming to a close on Thursday night after a nine-season run and one network change. Ahead of the final episode, Allen thanked fans for their support and commitment over the years.
"I don't want to wrap up this story," Allen said in the video he shared on Twitter.
Join me #tonight pic.twitter.com/rk2DwcWJkZ
— Tim Allen (@ofctimallen) May 20, 2021
Allen's co-star, Nancy Travis, said that we will remember the great time she had throughout the years.
"I will just take away the memory of having a great time," she said.
Speaking with Fox News, Allen said he had to hold back tears when shooting the final episode.
"Our prop guy said, 'Which of these did you want to take?' and it was pictures of the family from the hallway that was going away," Allen said. "I walked in and looked at Nancy and [I'm] literally surprised I got through that scene."
"She really looked at me [and said], 'Are you OK?' and I was not OK," he added.
Nancy Travis said that somber departures are part of working on a long-running show.
"It's the nature of what we do," she said. "But this job, in particular, we just all formed such close bonds and relationships."
"We just tried to portray a family and the nuances of a family, and the relationships within a family. To be able to bring that into somebody's living room every single week is pretty incredible," she added.
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Don't miss the latest gripping, high-stakes thriller from Wattpad sensation Natasha Preston, author of the runaway hit The Cellar.
Of course, the dress was white. This is what I'm supposed to die in, I thought. Not many people knew what their last outfit would be.
There were no shoes, and I was afraid I'd have to run through the forest barefoot but there weren't a lot of options. Besides, I'd run barefoot over a bed of nails to get away.
Scarlett Garner doesn't remember anything before the age of four-until a car accident changes everything. She starts to remember pieces of a past that frighten her. A past her parents hid from her…and a secret that could get her killed.
THE BOOK AND LORNA'S REVIEW!
When I pick out a book to read, I try to find ones that I will enjoy. I don't ever think, I will read that one so I can pick it apart. That said, I am going to say I am sorry right now because I really had problems with this book. I received a copy of this from the publisher by way of Net Galley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
Scarlet is a fifteen year old girl living in England. She can't remember the first four years of her life due to a house fire. I can't remember that much of mine either, for what it's worth. She meets a new boy in her class, Noah, and falls hard for him. Inst-love and all that. Only Noah isn't who he seems, and he doesn't have the best intentions towards her. Scarlet starts trying to find out what happened to her when she was three(almost 4) because her parents and brother sure aren't telling her. After a car accident, she starts having flashes of memories from that time period. Not sure why that would bring on the memories since it has nothing to do with what happened to her.
First things first. If you can, don't read the blurb because it pretty much ruined the read for me due to hinting at the future in the book. I kept waiting for it to happen, and I didn't enjoy that. The first part of the book was the best part (if there is a best part)of the read for me. It's really a romance between Scarlet and Noah-even though Noah is not supposed to fall for her, he does. The story was told by both Scarlet and Noah's point of view and that was a good thing for me-otherwise I would have dnf'd it early on. That's because I was able to, at times, like Noah, and I am sure I wouldn't have, had I only had Scarlet's side of the story. And Noah does have a story-a pretty strange one, and one that I won't go into due to spoilers.
The second part of the book is where the story really fell apart for me. The circumstances that Scarlet finds herself in were nothing short of horrific. The explanation for the circumstances fell short for me, and really should have had more of an explanation-other than, they are all crazy. When Noah is almost killed in one part, it really stopped making sense. Brainwashing? Mass hypnosis? Can a group of people all be crazy?
I liked the friendship(not romance) between Scarlett and Noah-when he wasn't being a liar. I liked some of the periperal characters, in the first part of the book, at least. They weren't as well realized as Scarlett and Noah were, however. So I did have parts I did enjoy.
I really wanted to like and enjoy this read. In the end, I just felt like I had read a really different, but so-so book, and wished it had been better. Don't get me wrong, the author can write-that's not in dispute-I just wanted the story to delve a bit deeper into some of the circumstances told about. I also think that Scarlet acted way too old for her age. I put myself into her shoes and thought no, that's not how I would react at that age. And while we are on the subject of age, I don't think this book is a young adult book at all. The subject matter is what nightmares are made of in my opinion. Just creepy and unrealistic, and not in a paranormal way.
The review copy of this book was obtained from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.
My husband, Joseph, is the most supportive person in my life. Without his love, help and patience I wouldn't be where I am today. And this website wouldn't exist! I'm a proud mummy to an amazing little boy who is my whole world.
In 2010 I stumbled into writing completely by accident. I was searching the 'app store' and came across Wattpad, an amateur writing site. For the first few months I just read, but then decided to type some of the ideas I had floating around my head. I'm so glad I did because I absolutely love writing.


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A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life, Oscar Wilde once said. Why don't you wear up a tie that can talk everybody about your true passion for Opera?
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Opera Guide - L'Isola Disabitata
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Opera Guide - Luisa Miller
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1st up was a pillow for Grace's room. I felt like she needed a pop of color! Haha. Not really--if you've seen her room you know that it's brighter than the surface of the sun. But, this polka dot fabric matched her bedding and was pretty hard to resist.
And, I also started recovering some pillows for the family room. I used this tutorial for 10 minute envelope pillow covers from A Pretty Cool Life. They really are quick and I love that it's super easy to change them. You know, in case I change my mind. I have several more to finish.
I tried to line up the pattern, but that seems to be an advanced sewing skill. It was aligned when I pinned it, but then when I put the pillow in it wasn't . Oh well--Buddy likes them. See?
I hope you had a good labor day.
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A Brief History of Religion
For much of the first epoch of history, religion had taken the form of civic religion following earlier cults of nature worship. The Mesopotamian city-states worshiped their local gods in the shape of a clay statue housed in the temple. The Greeks and Roman continued to observe rituals in honor of the gods. Pallas Athena, patroness of Athens, was worshiped in the Parthenon. The Roman emperor was Pontifex Maximus, leader of Rome's civic religion. He himself was also worshipped as a god. It was the requirement of emperor worship which most bothered Christians living in Rome.
The second civilization was not based upon this kind of religion but upon another kind ultimately derived from philosophy. A wave of new thinking swept through civilizations of the Old World during the first millennium B.C. associated with such philosophers and spiritual leaders as Confucius, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jeremiah, and Pythagoras. From their teachings came new philosophies and religions. Some philosophers, such as Confucius, Zoroaster, and Plato, brought a moral critique to government. Their approach was to try to reform government as advisors to the king. Others challenged government as outsiders. Jeremiah, for instance, predicted that Jerusalem would fall to the Babylonians; he was jailed for expressing that belief. Socrates was convicted of impiety with respect to the civic religion of Athens and put to death. Jesus was crucified on order of Pontius Pilate, Roman proconsul in Judaea. Choosing between royal power and truth, Buddha renounced the throne of a Nepalese principality to pursue truth.
History records that, after their deaths, the followers of Jesus and Buddha formed ideological communities devoted to perpetuating and fulfilling the ideas of their departed leader. Buddhism inclined more toward monastic communities; Christianity, toward the ecclesiastical structure of the church. The core of these communities were persons who, like philosophers, had given up worldly occupations and married life to pursue a particular set of ideas. Buddha taught the path to Enlightenment. Jesus preached the coming Kingdom of God. Both concepts are roughly related to what we would call "Heaven", a spiritual realm for good persons after death. Followers of those religions were renouncing the evil world of physical pleasures and power politics. Yet they also had to operate in that world. Their institutional fortunes were made when powerful monarchs sponsored their religion. The Indian emperor Asoka sponsored Buddhism. The Roman emperor Constantine sponsored Christianity. The religious ideologies then became state religions, armed with resources of the state.
A third world religion, Islam, came about in the early 7th century A.D. when the archangel Gabriel dictated God's words to the prophet Mohammed. Mohammed was a merchant who had been exposed to other Judaic religions when he led caravans to Syria. The message he brought was of a single God, Allah, who was the same God as that of the Christians and Jews. He was considered the latest in a series of prophets which also included Abraham, Moses, and Jesus, delivering God's most complete message. Mohammed spent years trying to convert citizens of Mecca to his religion. His fortune was made when he was invited to govern the city of Medina. He performed this task admirably and soon was at the head of an army which conquered Mecca and the rest of the Arabian peninsula. After Mohammed's death in 632 A.D., his successors continued on the path of conquest. They took advantage of the fact that the East Roman empire and Sasanian Persian empire had exhausted each other in centuries-long warfare. The armies of Islam had conquered much of south-central Asia and north Africa by the end of the 7th century.
World religion provided a moral structure for society during the second epoch of world history. Although we place its beginning in the mid first millennium B.C. (when the great philosophers and prophets lived), its period of dominance began in the mid first millennium A.D. when the religions acquired worldly power. In the case of Christianity, it lasted until the Renaissance a thousand years later; in the case of Islam, perhaps a few hundred years after that. The pattern of organization varied.
In western Europe, the church became a freestanding institution after the Roman government fell. By its presumed power to bestow the blessings of God upon royal dynasties and individuals, it was able to develop a power-sharing arrangement with the barbarian kings who held worldly power. Christianity remained the state religion of the surviving Byzantine empire. In the Sasanian empire, Zoroastrianism was likewise the state religion. The royal family of Persia were hereditary priests of a pre-Zoroastrian cult that had been incorporated into the Zoroastrian religion. The caliphs who ruled Islamic countries combined religious and political authority as successors to Mohammed. In contrast, Buddhism was largely confined to monastic organization. Confucianism, a moral philosophy, played the part of a state religion in the imperial dynasties of China. Chinese Buddhism appealed to people in a less worldly way.
Government never disappeared in the second civilization. We say that this epoch is religious because religion assumed the dominant position in the partnership between religion and government. Political rulers could choose to put their subjects to the sword, but the church could grant or withhold eternal life. The latter power was the more awesome of the two. Pope Innocent III, who ruled at the apex of papal power, advanced the theory of the "two lights" arguing that as "the moon derives her light from the sun and is superior to the sun ... in the same way ... royal power derives its dignity from pontifical authority."
A famous passage in Matthew quotes Jesus: "You are Peter, the Rock; and on this rock I will build my church ... I will give you the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven." St. Peter was the first bishop of Rome. His successors in that office, the Popes, presumably inherited the power given to Peter. The Roman church exercised its power by administering the sacraments which were thought necessary to salvation. The church could withhold sacraments from persons, including kings, who had offended it. Martin Luther later denied that the church hierarchy had such power. He argued that a person could be saved by belief in Jesus as Lord and saviour. Orthodox Christianity had a different theology. Its leaders were also Christian bishops, peers of the Bishop of Rome but inferior to him with respect to the lineage from Peter.
Medieval Europe was ruled by a two power structure consisting of secular authorities and the church. Some coins had the picture of the Pope on one side; that of the Holy Roman Emperor, on the other. Justice was administered both by ecclesiastical and secular courts. Christianity dominated the society's belief system. The Christian theology as developed by St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, and others mixed classical Greek philosophy (mainly, Aristotle and Plato) with the teachings of the Apostle Paul and the sayings of Jesus. Gothic cathedrals were built for Christian worship. The lives of Jesus and the saints were commemorated in public holidays. Music and the arts were adapted to religious ends.
In the 11th century A.D. two ominous events took place within Christendom. First, Pope Leo IX excommunicated Michael Cerularius, patriarch of the Orthodox church. Second, Urban II issued an appeal for European Christians to liberate Jerusalem from the Moslem authorities. The western church thus severed relations with the eastern church and waged war against Islam. Knights of the First Crusade did capture Jerusalem in 1099 A.D. after a battle killing 70,000 civilians. A Second Crusade, begun fifty years later after the fall of Edessa to the Turks, ended in dismal failure. There was a Third Crusade after Saladin recaptured Jerusalem which captured some territory but the Holy City remained in Moslem hands; and then a Fourth, which was diverted from its purpose; and then a Fifth, aimed at Egypt; and then a Sixth, in which the Pope excommunicated Emperor Frederick II because he did not attack the Moslems quickly enough; and so on, for a total of nine crusades, not counting the ill-fated "Children's Crusade, which covered the better part of three centuries. At the end, the Holy Land remained in Moslem hands.
Such adventures undermined the moral credibility of the church. Frederick II openly mocked the Pope urging his fellow princes to seize church property. Another event which hurt the Papacy was the "Great Schism", in which there were rival popes in Rome and Avignon, France. This was damaging to an institution whose legitimacy rested upon a clear line of descent from St. Peter. Then, too, the Roman church was forever borrowing money to finance wars and other projects. The public was becoming disgusted with corrupt priests and the need to raise increasing sums of money. The Renaissance popes practiced nepotism and lived in palaces adorned with costly art. Pope Alexander VI had children. The last straw was a papal indulgence announced by Julius II to raise the money to rebuild St. Peter's Church. When a Dominican friar came to Germany to announce a new papal dispensation, Martin Luther raised a protest. He posted his "95 Theses" on the door of the castle church at Wittenberg, and the Protestant Reformation began.
The Protestants were austere reformers who discouraged religious imagery. They focused instead on the words of the Bible. They placed emphasis upon translating the Bible from Latin and Greek into contemporary languages. if Christians could read the Bible themselves, they would not need priests to tell them what was required for salvation. "Scripture alone" was the Protestant source of religious authority and truth. "Justification by faith" was the sole means of salvation. But because each individual could interpret the Bible for himself, the Protestant movement spawned a variety of interpretations. Besides Lutherans, there were Calvinists, Methodists, Episcopalians, Baptists, and groups farther out such as Quakers, Mennonites, and Zwinglians.
The Saxon elector Frederick III gave Luther sanctuary in his castle at Wartburg. Protected by German princes, Luther burned a copy of a papal bull in a bonfire threatening to excommunicate him if he did not recant. European princes picked sides between supporting Luther's cause and remaining loyal to the Roman church. This led to the Thirty Year"s War which pit Protestant against Catholic and much of Europe against the Hapsburg dynasty. Meanwhile, the two sides waged theological wars in books and pamphlets. Toynbee points out that European intellectuals became interested in the natural sciences about this time. Tired of theological disputes that led only to more strife, they wanted to address "questions concerning natural phenomena that could be discussed dispassionately and could be answered conclusively by observation or by experiment." In 1660, the Royal Society was founded in England with those objectives in mind.
The Renaissance had anti-Christian overtones. Intellectuals were encountering the pagan classics and finding them superior to what Christianity had to offer. The term "dark ages" was first used then. Men were determined to see things as they were, not as church officials told them must be believed. The science of Aristotle began to be questioned. A new spirit of empiricism filled the culture. In the 17th century, men came to regard comets as a natural phenomenon rather than a warning from God of impending doom. Belief in witchcraft subsided. In the 18th century, French intellectuals became passionate about ridding the world of "authority, intolerance, and superstition." The "Enlightenment" was a time of intense skepticism about religion. In the 19th Century, the theories of Charles Darwin posed a new challenge to explanations offered by the church. Was plant and animal life created as a result of evolution through natural selection or had God created the separate species? Was man indeed descended from apes?
While the conquering Spaniards converted the peoples of south and central America to Catholicism, European immigrants to North America brought with them a variety of religions. Many settled in America to escape religious persecution. Puritans, Quakers, and others found sanctuary there. And so the political culture of the United States has favored religious tolerance. Jesuit missionaries also went to the Far East and initially had some success in making Christianity acceptable to the traditions of these people. However, the church hierarchy denounced their innovations. As a result, the Chinese imperial government suppressed the Christian religion. A Japanese shogun went so far as to require people to register with a Buddhist temple to prove they were not Christian. Asian peoples came to recognize the superiority of western technology, especially with respect to weaponry. They wanted some exposure to western culture to acquire the technology but were careful not to accept the whole package. To accept Christianity, these people felt, would mean the loss of their own cultural identity.
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Le foie de veau à la bordelaise est une spécialité de Bordeaux et de sa région qui se cuisine au vin blanc. Il est répertorié par l'université Michel de Montaigne-Bordeaux III, rattachée au Centre national de la recherche scientifique, parmi les trente mets régionaux portant le qualificatif .

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La cuisine bordelaise puise ses produits dans son terroir, des plaines aux coteaux, des landes aux forêts, des marais aux pâturages du Bazadais. Quant au vignoble de Bordeaux, il fournit des vins dont la structure et les arômes se retrouvent dans sauces, daubes, civets, salmis et desserts. Qu'il soit rouge, blanc, effervescent ou liquoreux, le vin s'allie avec les mets pour parfaire les saveurs.

Le qualificatif  est synonyme de grande cuisine et fleure bon le vin, l'échalote, le cèpe. Une cuisine qui n'hésite pas à emprunter chez ses voisins ce qui lui fait défaut truffes, foies gras  et même jambon de Bayonne.

Foie en tranches
Il existe deux façons de réaliser ce mets. La première avec des tranches de foie de veau qui vont se superposer à des tranches de jambon de Bayonne, accompagnées d'une sauce aux échalotes et au vin blanc. Dans un premier temps, les tranches de foie sont farinées, poêlées et tenues au chaud. Ensuite, c'est au tour du hachis d'échalotes, qui doit colorer légèrement, avant d'être déglacé au vin. Puis les tranches de jambon de Bayonne sont, à leur tour, poêlées pour être glissées entre celles de foie, l'ensemble est présenté nappé de sauce au vin blanc et à l'échalote.

Foie entier
La seconde recette demande un foie entier, lardé et piqué d'ail, qui va cuire au four dans une crépine. Elle utilise en garniture des cèpes revenus à la graisse de canard, avec un hachis d'ail et d'échalote. Le tout, dès qu'il commence à colorer, est mouillé avec la moitié du vin afin de continuer à mijoter à feu doux. Quand l'ensemble a diminué, il est rajouté au foie avec le reste du vin pour finir de cuire. En fin de cuisson, si la sauce le nécessite, elle peut être épaissie avec un peu de liant.

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Peter Dundas has previously also worked for Roberto Cavalli from 2002 to 2005.
Peter Dundas the Norwegian born designer has been named as the new creative director of Roberto Cavalli as the company announced today. Since a long time now rumors have it that Peter Dundas would be the one that will get selected for the post at Roberto Cavalli. Peter Dundas has also worked for the company previously from 2002 to 2005.
Before this Peter Dundas had been working for as the creative director of Emilio Pucci since 2008. The Milan Fashion Week was said to be his last show and it turned out to be true. The show featured a parade of models that had embodied Peter Dundas's Pucci over the years and an invitation read "with gratitude to Peter Dundas" and a bow at which the designer brought out his studio in order for them to be recognized as well.
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Now at Robert Cavalli Peter Dundas will be taking care of the women's wear, men's wear and accessories, according to NYTimes. Apart from this Peter Dundas will also be overseeing its licenses, communications and marketing.
A statement issued by the company stated that the roles taken over by Mr. Dundas would basically give him the opportunity to reposition the house established by Roberto Cavalli in the early 1970s. Mr. Cavalli himself too was in charge of creative design alongside with his wife and collaborator Eva.
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Want List: Eno + Freur's Karl Hyde = Monk Meltdown
Posted on March 5, 2014 by postpunkmonk
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Knock me over with a feather. I've just gotten word that Brian Eno and Karl Hyde of Freur/Underworld have collaborated on a new album, currently ready for pre-order. On a subconscious level, this is something that I had subliminally expected for 31 years, and yet when it popped into my world this morning, the thought of it still made me giddy. Hyde always made me feel as if he would not exist without the foundations laid by Eno a decade earlier. Eventually, Eno and Hyde collaborated earlier in bits and pieces. Most dramatically on the Pure Scenius concert that capped the Luminous Festival in Sydney in 2009 [where he projected his 77 Million Paintings installation on the Sydney Opera House most memorably] that saw Eno playing live on stage with a cadre of other musicians [including Hyde] as they improvised for six hours.
But this is a full on album ready to buy and almost ready to take home. The US release in on May 6, 2014 and Warp Records is issuing it in a variety of formats, all sorted and priced to bring joy to any home at any level of buy-in. It's available on MP3, hi-res WAV, CD, 2xCD, and 2xLP at a selection of price points that are sensible and modest at every point on the curve. Knowing how I roll, the 2xCD will be my point of entry. What's on it?
Warp Records | UK | 2xCD | 2014 | WARPCD 249
Eno – Hyde: Someday World UK 2xCD [2014]
The Satellites
Daddy's Car
A Man Wakes Up
Strip It Down
Mother Of A Dog
Who Rings The Bell
When I Built This World
To Us All
Big Band Song
Titian Bekh
The assemblage of contributors will see former Eno comrades Neil Catchpole, John Reynolds, and [gasp] Andy MacKay join in with a host of others who are unknowns to me. Word has it that the songs were begun by Eno as inconclusive experiments who later came to have Karl Hyde arrive on the scene as a catalyst. From there, other musicians were invited to contribute and the album coalesced in that fashion. Fans of Eno's vocal work will be pleased to know that he's singing on this one, with Hyde also contributing vocals. What does it sound like? They've put "The Satellites" out there for our perusal.
I like the juxtaposition of the gentle guitars and shrill, heraldic synth horns, which bring Eno's similar work on John Cale's "Helen Of Troy" to mind. But the vibe here is not at all threatening as Cale was striving for. Eno's vocals are calm and placid even as the elements of the song build up and layer as in a Philip Glass vibe. Fans of "Wrong Way Up" will have a lot to be thankful for here, I'm sure.
My wallet is also thankful that the most costly format available [vinyl] tops out around $25. A fair price for double vinyl. I'm also pleased that the MP3 and WAV formats are [shock – horror] priced about 30% less than the physical formats. Let's hear it for sensible pricing paradigms! I've grown tired of seeing DLs priced for more than physical product. It's irrational! I get paid tomorrow and will factor this into the budget since my wife let me know about the album this morning and bade me "Preorder now!!!!!" Yes ma'am! Investigate the pre-purchase options yourself at the Eno • Hyde website.
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4 Responses to Want List: Eno + Freur's Karl Hyde = Monk Meltdown
zoo says:
I'm not at all familiar with Karl Hyde, so the announcement of this album didn't fire up my rockets in any way. I will say, though, that the song sounds very, very nice.
zoo – Leiber Gott! You've never even heard Freur's "Doot Doot?!" You'rrrrrre missing oot, laddie.
Behind every great Monk … is a great lady with impeccable taste!! Wait — are monks allowed to have wives? Hmmm, better not let this slip to the Abbot of your (New) Order, PPM!
And yes, this is new and different and I like it. Can't wait to hear more from this! While I like a great deal of what Eno has done, I'm particularly fond of his vocal work, and thus very excited about this, as you say, as a follow-up of sorts to WWU.
Interestingly, the last time Eno handed his half-completed efforts to someone else, it was David Byrne, and FWIW I didn't think that concept worked well. In part, I think, this was because I and most people expected a sort of follow-up to MLitBoG and didn't get it — which is an unfair prejudice, but the truth — and secondly because Byrne wrote the lyrics and sang the whole thing, which (with respect to Mr. Byrne) meant less-than-satisfactory participation levels from Eno. My initial hatred of ETHWHT has mellowed considerably, but its still a big disappointment compared to something with more Vitamin E-no like this new one has and WWU had.
If the opening track is any indication, we're in for a treat.
Finally something from Hyde, thanks BE, which feels like it belongs next to dubnobasswithmyheadman!! Satellites sounds fresh but very much what the collaboration should be.


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The Right Way and the Wrong Way
I wrote once before that coaching is a people activity and at different times I said during presentations that all technical information is available on the internet (for example here). What I am trying to say is that knowledge is (relatively) easy to gather and that there are no excuses in the internet age for a lack of technical knowledge about volleyball and what I am trying to imply is that the skill in coaching (the art, if you will) lies in what you do with the knowledge, the ability to analyse and to deal with people. But is it really so easy to accumulate technical knowledge. A couple of conversations I have had over the last few days have reminded of the many contradictory tales I have heard over the years.
I have been lucky enough to work in five different countries (including Australia), with coaches of at least five different nationalites and players of over 20 nationalities, as well as my own research and observations. Different countries/coaches/leagues have their own philosophies and methods, many of which have been successful. Normally a measure of success is can indicate the validity of a philosophy or method. But what if they are contradictory? Some of my favourites…
About Technique
"We believe there is one way to do things that is better than all other ways" – Luckily I didn't turn off at this point, because I learnt many valuable things even after this statement. One of them was NOT that there is only one way to do things, as you will read.
About Reception
'The legs are the most important factor in reception'; 'The arms are the most important factor in reception'. Both of those coaches won World Championships.
About Spiking
'It is impossible to rotate around a single point in the core'; 'Power is maximised only through rotation through the core'. Only the second coach had actual international success, but the first had enormous domestic success and developed a large number of players.
About Training Defence
One team NEVER trained defence from spikers standing on boxes. One team paid ex players to spike at their players from boxes. Both won Olympic Gold Medals, and incidently played each in the final.
About Development
'You can't play until you know the techniques'; 'You can't learn the techniques unless you play'. Both systems won Olympic Gold Medals.
About Stretching
'Stretching before practice is at best useless and at worst negatively affects performance'; 'You can't begin practice until you have stretched for at least 20 minutes'. 3 Olympic Gold medals v. 3 World Championships Gold medals
'The hurdler stretch is absolutely forbidden'; 'The hurdler stretch is very important'
About Weight Training
'Receivers should never do bench press'; 'Bench press is a core exercise'
Cleans should be done from above the knee/below the knee/the ground
'Hamstring curls is a key prevention exercise for knees'; 'Hamstring curls do nothing to prevent knee pain/injury'
About Tactics
Here there are far, far too many to mention. Although an honourable mention should go to the coach who insisted that trying to block a spiker's best shot was not a valid tactic, at least if you have a 'system'.
So, I'm confused… Which is the 'right' way?
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It's quite clear really. That's what I love about this sport.
Hugh Nguyen says:
that is confusing!
especially the spiking on boxes: how do 2 teams both win olympic gold medals and play each other in the final?
fantastic reference. you can almost guess who some of these coaches are based on their success!
And unfortunately, in spite of all the information available online, there's still the problem that not all coaches are prepared to be proactive in finding it and be "students of the game".
There's also the tech officer at local associations that's worthwhile asking about all sorts of things. Wholeheartedly agree. there's really no excuse.
Simon Phillips says:
🙂 a good read
To add to the profusion of ideas:
Platonov regarded foot position most important for reception.
Japanese coaches in the 1970s would not allow their players to lift their arms above the head before a 30 min warm up, stretching, etc.
In general – one way for a coach to achieve greatness is to invent something that nobody has done before, e.g. Daimatsu and the Japanese roll, back court spike – I think the Polish coach Wagner succeeded with Tomaszew………? after Japanese coaches failed.
$64 question: Which two gold medal teams played each other in A Olympic Final?
was it Brazil & Netherlands?
can't be. Brazil Def Netherlands in 92, Netherlands def Italy in 96.
The only "replay" olympic gold medal matches in men's volleyball between teams with the same coaches were Russia and Japan (68 & 72). Matsudaira definitely coached both. Dunno about the soviets. standing on blocks sounds japanese. And paying anyone to do anything doesn't sound Soviet at all.
USA and USSR in 1988. Men.
markleb says:
All wrong so far.
When they met in the final only one already had a gold medal. In the match itself the spiking percentages for the two teams were 42& and 37%. They both played great defence.
Actually, they both already had gold medals, but only one recently.
It can only be 2008 – USA v Brazil – the only time in Men's indoor volleyball at the olympics when the gold medal game was contested between two countries that had already won a gold medal – brazil recently in 04, USA in 88.
Can't be 64 & 68 (as both teams needed to be gold medallist)
mark said no on 72 J& 88.
76, 84, 92, 96, 2000, were all won by first time medallists. 80 and 04 were won by teams that had won before, against teams that hadn't…
My dad has seen every volleyball tournament at the olympics on TV since the first one (1964) when they beamed in into Saigon for the GI's
Bernardo v McCutheon. One thing they did have in common was the importance of the team. Both of them kicked players off the team between 2006 and 2008 to keep them at the top.
This article reminded me two things, not related each other.
– 1: an episode occured during practice. An expert athlete said:"Please coaches, agree upon starting feet position for blocking action! Every coach seems to have a new opposing feature about it!"
– 2: "The Right way or The Wrong way?" reminded me a famous question about chess:"How Many Moves Ahead can see a chessplayer?".
One most important chessplayer answered "I see only one move ahead, but it is always the correct one".
Therefore, I suppose "Right way or wrong way" is a false question: you should prefer "the best way" according your situation (team, organization, what you have at your disposal, etc.), in order to optimize successful outcomes.
Clayton Lucas says:
It's a like Jim Furyks golf swing. It's not a coached technique, yet at point of impact with the ball everything is where it should be. If everything is where it should be from a volleyball point of view and the athletes are not undertaking dangerous or potential harmful activities, then is there a case for saying its "horses for courses" and there is no out and out right way, but there are most definitely wrong ways of doing things. Which reminds me… I must cancel that order of hankerchiefs!!


The first part of the trailer starts with Nick Fury's superpowered-people Avengers-initiative speech, and I loved it. I'm glad Nick Fury is potentially going to be in this film. He's never actually shown, but I feel like it's a solid bet he'll show up at some point, even if it's a small role. I also like how all of the original characters get to speak except Captain America and Hawkeye.
That's one thing I didn't like. Where's Hawkeye?! Or Ant-Man? I don't particularly love their characters (I don't hate them either), but I want them to be somehow represented in the trailer.
Moving on, I'm still not feeling the Scarlet Witch and Vision romance. It's kind of icky, but I guess Marvel's trying to make us feel more for Vision's character since he's probably not going to make it through the movie alive.
Oh, and the original soundtrack is back! I forgot how much I loved that song until I watched this trailer (over and over again). There was also spidey sense, an iron spider suit, a betraying Loki (for shame, Loki), an evil Thanos doing mean things, a Nomad Captain America, a Wakandan army, and so many awesome characters!
Someone somewhere said that this trailer is better than the entire Justice League movie, and, while I can't say I agree because I haven't seen Justice League yet, I really want to. This movie is going to be epic! I just hope Thor actually gets to meet up with the rest of the Avengers before the end of the movie.
The trailer was just amazing. I am a huge fan of The Avengers and I just can't wait for Infinity War to arrive. Really looking forward to watching it in the Cinema.


Dallas based artist Jonathan Alexander is releasing his brilliant EP on 20th November 2018. Entitled, '17:34', the EP is a wonderful collection of 5 songs which give the listener a glimpse into Alexander's life. Compelling from start to end, this EP is going to be a big hit this winter.
'17:34' opens with the song, 'House On Fire / Smile On Faces'. It has an ambiguous beginning which evolves into a piece of work which is filled with imaginative melodies, luscious lyrics, and formidable instrumentation. The addition to the traditional drum kits lay in the percussion which elevate the song to another level.
We adored, 'Better Off Without You', from the piano and acoustic guitar opening to the layered building of instrumentation as the song progresses, this song has been composed brilliantly. The piano sounds like an old upright which is full of character. The main piano part follows the melodic vocal and together they make for an instantaneously recognisable riff.
'Light On' features distorted instrumentation and the drums drive the piece along magnificently. Syncopated drums feature on the track, 'If & When'. These are further complemented with the use of delay and reverb on the double-tracked vocals. Blissful.
We also loved the title track, '17:34'. It has a feel which is reminiscent of the Stereophonics. Each part of the instrumentation feeds off of one another and the subtle changes in rhythm, make for a thoroughly enjoyable listen.
All of the songs on the EP have the ability to be released as singles in their own right. They have catchy hooks and memorable melodies which will have you listening to them all day. The standard of the composition and musicianship are so high it blew us away. We could hear these songs standing tall on any playlist, placement in TV and/or film, or being showcased on the radio.
Jonathan Alexander truly is the magic behind '17:34'. His voice is spot on during all of the songs and his tones will have you reaching for the repeat button. Alexander's impressive falsetto is simply stunning. Make sure you check out this exciting artist today!


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Q: Flex: how to manage cookies in mx:HTML? I use AIR HTML component, and I need to delete cookies sometimes. I have to open IE and delete cookies there... Can I do it via AS code?

A: See the following:
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http://help.adobe.com/en_US/FlashPlatform/reference/actionscript/3/flash/net/URLRequest.html#useCache
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