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Interview with Richard Murray Allen.
AAllenRM160809.mp3
Richard Murray Allen was born in Queensland, Australia. He joined the Air Training Corps and later volunteered for the Royal Australian Air Force on his eighteenth birthday. He trained as a wireless operator in Australia, before being posted to England, where after further training, he flew one operation with 101 Squadron from RAF Ludford Magna. He went home to Australia in October 1945, before being discharged in the December that year.
Donald Gould
00:28:57 audio recording
AAllenRM160809
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
England--Lincolnshire
DG: This interview is being conducted for the International Bomber Command Centre; my name is Donald Gould, and I'm interviewing Richard Allen at his home in Pymble, a suburb of Sydney in New Souith Wales, Australia. How old are you, Richard?
RA: Ninety one.
DG: And where were you born?
RA: In Brisbane in Queensland (pause).
DG: Where did you go to school?
RA: Well, actually I went to primary school in Mount Iza because my father went there during the depression, he was an engineer in the power house there. We spent eight years there. I did my primary schooling there, and I did my secondary schooling, two years of it in those days, which would be the equivelent of about year ten now, I did that at the State Commercial High School in Brisbane.
DG: And er, Mount Isa's a mining town, isn't it?
RA: That's correct.
DG: What was your father doing there?
RA: He was an engineer in the power house.
DG: Oh, I'm sorry, yeah (chuckles). When war broke out can you remember where you were, what you were doing, how old you were?
RA: Yes, I was fourteen. Nineteen thirty nine it was, and I was still at school.
DG: And when you were at, when you were at school did you have any thought that you might end up in the war?
RA: Yes. I joined the Air Training Corps as soon as it was formed. From memory that would have been about nineteen forty one, and I joined the Air Training Corps, and we were given, apart from marching and drilling, and all that sort of thing, we were given certain instructions in morse code, sending and receiving of course, and meteor-, meteorological education, and other things relative to the Air Force. And I was in the Air Training Corps until April nineteen forty three, and on the tenth of April, which is my birthday, I er was actually accepted by the Air Force and ten days later I was in camp at the initial training school.
DG: Now you left, you finished school in forty three?
RA: No, I finished school actually in nineteen thirty nine.
DG: Oh, I beg your pardon. Oh you, oh you had finished then?
RA: Oh yes.
DG: Oh I see. Right, right. Okay then.
RA: I finished school at fourteen, which was a bit young in those days. Most kids would have finished high school at fifteen or sixteen, but I'd had primary school, because it was a small country town I'd done two years in one, which meant I could finish school a bit younger than most people. So, I joined the Air Training Corps which was formed during the war, about nineteen forty one. Because I always wanted to get into the Air Force rather than the Army, and I knew that when I turned eighteen I would be put into either the Air Force or the Army because there was conscription for home service, but I thought I might as well volunteer and go wherever they told me to go.
DG: Why the Air Force and not the Army?
RA: Oh, I suppose because (chuckles) it appealed to me more. I can't think of any other reason.
DG: No? And did you erm, when you, when you then, when you then joined the er, the Air Force did you have any, any idea as to what you, what you wanted to do?
RA: Oh yes. Everybody wanted to be a pilot (both laugh). But on initial training course there were about a hundred and eighty on the course. Courses were going in about once a month in those days, and there were about a hunudred and eighty of us. I think there were about ten pilots and about, picked from the course, and about er perhaps ten or fifteen navigators, and the rest, the rest were, were appointed as wireless air gunners for further training. Well wireless was easy to me because I could send and receive, er twenty five, thirty words a minute because of my training in the Air Training Corps. Ah. So the wireless course, which was six months, was pretty easy, actually. The gunnery course only lasted a month, then our training was completed in Victoria, and within a month we were on a troop ship to England.
DG: So what place you, you, was all your training in Victoria?
RA: No. The initial training and the wireless training, which was a total of, initial training was one month, wireless course about six months, that was all done in Queensland. The wireless course, the initial training course, my pardon, was at Kingeroy, a country town in Queensland, and Merriburra in Queensland was the wireless course, and then in Victoria was the gunnery course, which was at West Sale. There was an Air Force station at East Sale, that's why I distinguish one from the other.
DG: So, you were then in the Air Force and receiving this training. Did you have any idea where you might end up? Did you know you might go to Europe, or-
RA: Oh yes, almost certainly, almost certainly. Actually, I was selected as a navigator on the initial training course, and then the next day they sent for me and said, 'look, I'm sorry, you were selected as a navigator but we find that you can't go overseas until you're nineteen. That's against the law. So you're going to have to be a wireless operator.' So, I was a bit peeved by that, but, you know, you have to accept your fate from these people.
DG: Yes. And so, when, when did you-
RA: Actually, I got to England before I was nineteen. I reached England in April, I beg your pardon, in March nineteen forty four, before I was nineteen. It didn't seem to matter then.
DG: No. So, you went from Victoria. Where did you go from -
RA: I went on leave for a few weeks, and then got on the troop ship. I came on leave back to Bradfield Park, Sydney, which you'd know well, and we were there for about three days.
DG: Right.
RA: And then on to the troop ship.
DG: And where did you, where did you, where did you disembark?
RA: In England?
DG: Are you- You didn't go, you didn't have training in Canada?
RA: No.
DG: No?
RA: No navigators -
DG: Ah, of course yes, yes. That's right. Yes. (DG talking across RA throughout this exchange)
RA: Navigators went there, and I think the odd pilot, but mostly the navigators. I guess because it was pretty flat.
DG: And what, and what places did you do further training in the UK?
RA: Well, when I got to UK I was given a staff job, at a Pilot's Advanced Flying Unit, up in the Cotswolds, a place called erm, Windrush, and our job up there was to fly at night time with pilots who were converting from single engined to multi engined aircraft. They were actually converting on Oxfords, which weren't a very pleasant aircraft, but we used to fly with the trainee pilots at night time, so if they got lost we could get them a bearing on the wireless to get them back to, to Windrush. I was there for a couple of months and back to Brighton, which was the RAAF holding unit, and then I was posted to operational training at a place called Kinloss in Scotland, and er, just near Fin- which was the aeordrome, just near Findhorne Bay, I believe there's a permanent base there now, and from there we went to Bottesford for operational training, and converting from, from Wellingtons which we'd flown in at operational training, and er (pause) we then went to heavy conversion unit at Bottesford. Perhaps that's not what I said originally, but it was a heavy conversion unit where we converted onto Lancasters, and then we went to, we were there I guess for about a month, maybe a bit more, then over to 101 Squadron, Ludford Magna.
DG: When you arrived -, and what er, you were a wireless operator, what rank were you at that stage?
RA: I landed in England as a Sergeant, and I, after six months you were automatically promoted to Flight Sergeant, and after tweve months automatically promoted to Warrant Officer, unless you'd kicked a Squadron Commander in the shins, or something. (pause)
DG: And er, 101, and that was at Ludford Magna?
DG: And what type of aircraft were you flying there?
RA: Lancasters
DG: Can you tell me just a little bit about your dialy life at the base? What, what did you do?
RA: Not a lot. I'm blowed if I know. I often think about that. (DG laughs) I don't think we did much at all. Unless the, the, the unit was shut down because there was going to be an operation on, and the mess was closed twelve hours before that, I believe it was twelve hours, I think we used to hang about the hut, or talk, or play cards. Occassionally, if we weren't wanted, we'd go into Louth, er, for a few drinks. But, I can't remember what we did normally, other than that.
DG: The rest of your crew, were they, er what nationalities were they?
RA: An English captain, English engineer, I had an Australian navigator, me wireless operator, a Canadian bomb aimer, and two Scottish gunners, mid upper and rear.
DG: I believe that Ludford Magna wasn't, the airfield, wasn't very well drained.
RA: I don't remember, the strip itself was bitumen, I know that, but off the- I think it was commonly called Mudford Magna. Mudford Magna, because it was pretty sloppy, I clearly remember that.
DG: What sort of problems did that cause?
RA: The same problems as slopping about in muddy circumstances normally.
DG: And I understand that there was a fog dispersal system that was initiated there, or trialed.
RA: Yeah. They were still testing it. After May the eighth when the war was finished in Europe, I recall that aircrew was called upon, I think more than one day, to do circuits and bumps and testing this FIDO thing, Fog Intesnsive Dispersal Of, um FIDO, and it was a system where there were two pipelines, one on each side of the runway, and at intervals, at least, the pipelines had oil in them, I presume, wouldn't have been petrol, would have been oil, and they were lit, and the idea was so that if there was a fog the heat would disperse the fog. But I remember that on a couple of foggy days we were given the task of trying this thing, or testing it, or anyway, it hasn't, it couldn't have been a great success because I don't remember ever hearing of it being used anywhere else.
DG: So how, there were lines along the side of the airfield.
RA: Two pipes along the strip.
DG: And, obviously outlets for the oil. How did, how was that lit?
RA: No idea. No idea, I was concerned with, you know, getting set up to do my part on the aircraft while somebody else did that. Some of the ground staff, no doubt, were handling that while we did what we had to do.
DG: If it was a day where you were going to fly a mission, presumably that night, what was that day like, what, what was your routine then?
RA: Well, I can't clearly remember then because, you know, I only did, according to the log book, which is long since list because I, we've moved, according to my log book I only officially did one operation.
DG: Ah, right.
RA: And, er although there was some discussion about that, they wouldn't let us count a couple which we did (pause) which the Flight Commander or Squadron Leader said, no, they didn't count, but anyway. So I have very little memory of what we did, what the day was like. I remember that we had to be at the briefing at a certain time, I remember that we had to pick up our parachutes, I remember being driven out to the aircraft, I remember that we would have been er, you know, I remember putting on my harness, the parachute harness, I can remember putting on my Mae West, and I can remember standing up when the officer came in to brief us, and lots of funny little things, but er, what I clearly remember though on coming back, that was the important, well perhaps before, the important part for me was that we got a little, a ration to take with us on the aircraft for when we were flying, so we had something to nibble, you know, something to eat, whether it was a sandwich, or also Mars bar, and of course I'd never seen a Mars bar, because we didn't have Mars bars in Australia pre-war, that I ever saw, and as a kid I knew a lot about lollies, and so the Mars bar became very important, and that was where I was introduced to them.
DG: Can you remember what the target was?
RA: Yeah, Rotterdam. We were dropping food at Rotterdam.
DG: Ah, right. At what, well what, what, do you remember the date? Or month, year, whatever?
RA: Yeah, it was May the seventh, nineteen forty five.
DG: Ah right. So yes, that would have been very near-
RA: I can clearly remember part of the briefing was that if you fired, er if you were fired on you're not to return the fire, the gunners were not to return the fire, because we were only at five hundred feet, or thereabout, five hundred seems to stick in my mind, which seems pretty low. But I clearly remember as we crossed the Dutch coast, I was standing in the astrodome and shortly after that, and I could see the German light arm placements along the top of a dyke. They were looking at us, and we were looking back at them, sort of thing, but we'd been instructed that we wouldn't be fired on, but in the event that we were the gunners were not to return fire, which er, you know, I didn't approve of much, and nor did the gunners, but nobody fired on us anyway.
DG: Oh that was just as well, it would have made things a bit difficult under those circumstances. There were some, some people who, who had bad nerves, did you ever, and they, they were, they might have said they couldn't, didn't want to fly a mission, or something, and they were accused of having a lack of moral fibre. Did you come across any of that?
RA: When we, when we were at operational training in Scotland we had initially an Irish bomb aimer, and suddenly he seemed to disappear and he was replaced by a Canadian, a Canadian bloke, and it was always a mystery to me because it all, all happened so quickly, and I have since reflected on it and thought well, maybe he did turn it in then because we were constantly asked, or told, that if we didn't want to go on, now was the time to stop. 'Cause later on, you know, would be no good. You'd be letting the other fellows down.
DG: Yes. Yes. Did you, did you? So you didn't have any real first hand knowledge of that?
DG: No. Did you hear about, hear any stories about -?
RA: Ah, we heard stories about it, yes.
DG: How were they treated?
RA: Oh, pretty badly, you know, they weren't shot, but, you know, they were, lost their rank, and were sort of drummed out of the, out of the service, well out of sight anyway. Yes it was well known that if you went LMF you were in big trouble. Yeah.
DG: So, you didn't er, your mission was (pause) pretty uneventful, nothing -
RA: Pretty uneventful except that we were dropping, amongst other things, bags of flour, which was very exciting, but no, we were pretty low, and as we, they, they weren't too sure that when the bomb aimer released flour as he would release the bombs, they didn't seem to be too sure it would release properly, and my job that day, I'd been given a sort of a toggle. I had to lie on the floor of the aircraft as we approached the field that we were dropping the stuff in, and if they thought, if it held up, I was to work this toggle somehow to make it release, and I remember lying on the floor and when the bags of flour hit the airstream the, the, the flour all, well you know what flour's like, it went everywhere and I was covered in flour from the top of my head to the tip of my toes.
DG: Presumably some of the bags got out alright.
RA: They all got out, but it was the rush of air, you know, flour goes everywhere, you can imagine dropping a bag a flour, it hitting a gale.
DG: They weren't in some sort of canisters or anything?
RA: No, just hessian.
DG: But-
RA: We were very low. We were very low, we were right down below the five hundred feet.
DG: Oh, right. Ok.
RA: We were down below the height of the spires and the buildings.
DG: Oh, I see. But still, you know, a bag of flour hitting the ground, even from that height- (unclear, talking over one another)
RA: But when it hit the flip, the slipstream, I can tell you, it went, (chuckles) didn't burst a bag but-
DG: Oh, I see, the bag, yeah, oh, right, because some gets through the hessian. Yes, of course, I see. It's not the (unclear) it's not airtight, I see. Did you drop anything else, or was it just-
RA: No. Well, there may have been, but it was the flour that got me.
DG: Did you see people out coming to-
RA: Oh the field, the edge of the field was stacked with people. Crowds, of people. So certainly saw people, yes. Apart from the Germans we'd seen, we saw.
DG: Were Germans still at their post?
RA: Yes, yes.
DG: They'd just been told to stop firing? They hadn't been-
RA: The armistice hadn't been settled, you see.
DG: Yes, so they hadn't actually been officially captured or under control of-
RA: No, they were debating, they were debating the terms, I suppose.
DG: And it was just a ceasefire.
RA: They were debating what was to happen and there was a ceasefire.
DG: Yes.
RA: Which was a good thing, I suppose, from my point of view.
DG: Oh yes, you'd have been, you'd have really been a sitting duck.
RA: Well, we probably wouldn't have been doing it, at that height, anyway.
DG: Yes, yes. So ah, did, did you, when you were, do, on that mi, on that flight, on that mission, did you know that, that would be the last one you'd fly?
RA: No, no. No.
DG: You didn't know?
RA: No, we got out of the aircraft when we got back in the afternoon, and the groundcrew said, 'the war's over'. It had by then been announced. The armistice was-
DG: You had flown some other missions? That weren't counted? What were they?
RA: Well, we don't know, we were told, we just flew down over France somewhere. I think they were diversions of some sort.
DG: Oh, I see.
RA: You know, making the Germans think there was going to be an attack there, or an attack here. But anyway, they didn't let us count those.
DG: And did anything happen on those?
RA: Ah, no, we saw other aircraft, other Lancasters, which at one stage I remember we were tri- we were having our first experience of a thing called Fishpond, which I was operating, which was a screen which, with wiping, there was sort of a wiper going round at all times. It was supposed to pick up any other aircraft, beneath you, of course, wouldn't do it above, and I remember operating that. It wasn't very efficient. I remember saying to the gunners, 'look I can see something that looks to be suspicious'. I've forgotten whether it was below us or off to one side. But they said, 'ah, yes, it's another Lancaster. We've been watching it for ten minutes', so, you know, I was pretty slow on the Fishpond (chuckles). Anyway.
DG: But of course in those days that sort of technology was all very new, and it wasn't terribly easy to operate, or accurate or, I don't suppose.
RA: No. I seemed to be seeing things all the time, you know (chuckles) I suppose being a bit nervous.
DG: So when, when you'd flown your last mission, erm, what happened to you after that?
RA: Erm, some weeks later we were, we officially came out, see we'd been testing FIDO, we'd, I think we'd ferried an aircraft up to Lossiemouth, er, for, we'd taken an aircraft up to Lossiemouth, and then we brought it back with a couple of other crews that had also taken a couple of aircraft up there. And the RAAF announced, we were told that Australian, all the Australian air force, or air crew, were to be grounded, and they were calling for volunteers to form an Australian squadron to go to Burma. And you could volunteer for that squadron, or you could wait and get the troop ship home, and then go North, because the Japanese war, the Pacific war was still on. So I though, no, I been away from home now for, you know, sort of, eighteen months, more or less, I thought well I'll go home first and then let them do what they want to do with me.
DG: One fellow told me that some people in Bomber Command had received white feathers from the people in Australia. Did you ever hear about that?
DG: No. When you, when did you come back to Australia?
RA: October nineteen forty five.
DG: And what, what happened to you then?
RA: I was sent, I was given leave, told to report after about two or three weeks to Sandgate, RAAF Sandgate holding unit, and I was discharged. December nineteen forty five.
DG: And what did you do then? What did you do for work?
RA: I went back to work.
RA: We were offered a rehab course, I took a rehab course, in accounting, so, and that was by correspondence so that took me, that was forty five, that took me another five years to complete that, night time, part time, an so on.
DG: Right. And where did you meet your wife?
RA: At work.
DG: Ah, right. What, what, so you, you an accountant or?
RA:Well, I was doing my accountancy, but I was working for a company that sold machines that did accounting, you know, they were accounting machines. Machinery that could handle ledgers, and most accounting is a ledger, so I was working for them, and she was working for them, and there we are (chuckles).
DG: And do you keep in touch with any people from Bomber Command?
RA: They're all gone, they're all gone, as far as I can see. The only had one, the only one in Australia was the navigator, he did, I probably shouln't mention his name, he did law, he'd been a policeman, he did law, and I picked up the paper one day, The Australian, and here his name was, he'd, he'd tickled the trust fund, I believe, so I think he finished in gaol.
DG: Oh dear. How did you, how were you treated after the war? As being with Bomber Command
RA: Alright. No problems.
DG: Yeah, yeah, right. Well thank you very much. That's much appreciated.
RA: Oh, pretty easy, pretty painless.
DG: Thank you.
RA: Not very interesting.
DG: Always interesting. Finish.
Allen, Richard Murray
101 Squadron; aircrew; FIDO; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Ludford Magna; training; wireless operator
Donald Gould, “Interview with Richard Murray Allen.,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed July 16, 2019, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/3328.
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IU and Podemos agree on joint primaries in Andalusia at the first confluence of the closed country
The general coordinator of Podemos Andalucía, Teresa Rodríguez , and the general coordinator of IU Andalucía, Antonio Maíllo , stressed that the pre-agreement closed on Saturday by the political leaders of both organizations to participate together in the Andalusian and municipal elections is ” a alternative to the PSOE-A and 40 years of not having fully developed the imperatives and the needs of the Andalusian people “, as well as” a dam of containment of the rights, either the PP or the Citizens. ” Andalusia is the first community in the country where the confluence between IU and Podemos has been sealed. It also includes joint primaries .
Thus, the collegial management of IU Andalucía has given green light this Sunday to the pre-agreement between IU Andalucía and Podemos Andalucía , which will have to be ratified by the Coordinating Committee of IU Andalucía next Sunday, June 3, while the Andalusian Citizen Council of the formation ‘abode’ has ratified this same Sunday.
In this way, Rodríguez explained before starting the Citizen Council that the first of the antecedents that have guided this process was the second Andalucian Citizen Assembly “where we determined the importance of building an Andalusian political space built from Andalusia, thinking of the imperative need and historical to build an alternative to ‘susanismo’ that will not pass by the right “.
“That is the historic challenge that both organizations understand that we have ahead, build an alternative to PSOE-A, 40 years of not fully developed the imperatives and needs of the Andalusian people without having to prove a government of the right” , says Rodríguez, who assures that all the currents of Podemos “defended the need to achieve greater autonomy quotas by the organization in Andalusia.”
In addition, it points out that the second step was Vistalegre II , “where steps were taken forward in the framework of decentralization of Podemos, to give more autonomy to the territories”, and adds that the third antecedent is the confluence document, which “is approved in an Andalusian Citizen Council for more than two thirds and in which we said what our preconditions were before talking about the confluence with IU “.
Similarly, he adds that in March 2018 there is a consultation where the Andalusians say “very majority want a confluence with IU”, while explaining that with the same “fundamentally want to exceed the organizations that initially launched this initiative “and ensures that since yesterday there are several organizations that” have contacted us because they want to be part of the process. “
Thus, he states that “they have tired of constantly explaining what is the diagnosis of the situation in Andalusia, where we have more unemployment , and contribute less to the national income than in the year 80, which is when the Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia is built , whose main objective is to end the gap between the community and the rest of Spain, “says Rodriguez, who adds that” we see how the crisis and recovery have made Andalusia farther from that goal than 40 years ago. “
“We want to unveil the Andalusia of alternatives, this is the first goal of the confluence,” insists Rodriguez, who understands that organizations “should not be an end in itself” and adds that “we want to permanently open the windows that follow flowing the wind of change, that is not a closed wall of the bureaucracy of organizations .
Joint primary
” We can born as a tool for citizen and popular empowerment in Andalusia, and we want to remain that , ” he says, and notes that “the process of convergence in Andalusia should be built as joint primaries, because we want to open a process that is can present more people , get away from the cold agreement, try to walk towards a construction in hot “.
He adds that “the confluence must always be seen as a useful tool, not as an imposition, neither to the organizations nor to the territorial levels,” and he recalls that both organizations “have reached a consensus on an ethical code that is built in the direction of de – professionalizing the policy, limiting salaries and establishing revocation mechanisms for elected officials. ” Rodríguez thanked Maíllo for “having put the easy things and his generosity in the negotiations .”
“Esperanza” at IU
For his part, Antonio Maíllo has announced that the collegiate management of IU Andalucía has unanimously agreed to both the pre-agreement and the proposal of representation of IU in the driving group of the process and stressed that this pre-agreement “of hope and Illusion “sends a very clear message” to those who aspire to change in the Andalusian key “.
Maíllo indicates that the motor group, parity and open to new organizations that are integrated, will be formed by IU pare by Ernesto Alba, Eva García Sempere, Francisco Javier Camacho, Gertru Vargas, Pedro Ortega and Inmaculada Nieto .
Thus, explains that “Alba will take the coordination and everything related to the field of primaries , while Garcia Sempere, parliamentarian of Unidos Podemos for the province of Malaga in the Congress, the programmatic development .” For his part, “Camacho, responsible for Organization and Finance in IU Andalucía, resources and logistics , and will have the collaboration of Salvador Fuentes as head of Andalusian finance,” he adds.
In addition, explains that ” Gertru Vargas , activist and member of the leadership in his responsibility for political action, will take the relations with the social movements, Pedro Ortega , responsible for communication in the Andalusian direction, will also take the communication in the motor group by of IU, and Nieto, as institutional responsible in the Andalusian direction, will take in the motor group everything related to the municipal elections “.
For Maíllo, IU and Podemos from “horizontality” they offer “an instrument that incorporates other organizations, platforms, associations and many people individually with a desire to change, which is an alternative to the conservative PSOE of Susana Díaz and the dike of containment of the rights, either the PP or the Cs. “
Example for other territories
The general coordinator of IU, which has ensured that it is an “exemplary” agreement for the rest of the territories, ” in Andalusia we are in the best conditions to do a fantastic job”.
Maíllo recalled that at the municipal level the pre-agreement reflects the “will and obligation to establish spaces of friendly unity, which fit all those who want to change the lives of their towns and cities to be also the engine of change” and pointed out that, In this sense, “IU brings the extraordinary work of its mayors and governments that show that from the towns and cities can be made policies of change that incorporate democratic radicalism, transparency and citizen participation.”
Finally, the general coordinator of IU Andalucía has pointed out “the political honesty” of his counterpart in Podemos Andalucía, Teresa Rodríguez , and stressed that his shared vision of the de-professionalization of politics has helped “understand the importance of this agreement for Andalusia and has been a fundamental value in the trust that has been established. “
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Image sensor with improved light sensitivity
27Forward
1. A system for capturing a color image, comprising:
a) a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors;
b) the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels, the minimal repeating unit having a plurality of non-overlapping cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions; and
c) means of combining at least two of the specific color pixels within each cell.
2 Assignments
An image sensor for capturing a color image is disclosed having a two-dimensional array having first and second groups of pixels wherein pixels from the first group of pixels have narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels and wherein the first group of pixels has individual pixels that have spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors. Further, the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defines a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels. The minimal repeating unit has a plurality of cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions.
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Method for making backside illuminated image sensor
Tower Semiconductor Limited
Device and method for controlling distortion characteristic of predistorter
Method for automatic scene balance of digital images
Solid-state image sensor having a substrate with an impurity concentration gradient
Color image sensor with embedded microlens array
Intellectuals High-Tech KFT
Electronic color infrared camera
Device and method for determining the assumed position of a phenomenon relative to a set of photodetectors, and application to gamma-cameras
Digital still camera
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Projective pan sharpening methods and apparatus
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Method for forming a metallic reflecting layer in a semiconductor photodiode
Method of automatic object detection in image
Magenta-white-yellow (MWY) color system for digital image sensor applications
Backside thinning using ion-beam figuring
Sensor assembly providing gray scale and color for an optical image scanner
1-chip color video camera for generating inter-pixel color signal component by interpolating primary color signals from neighboring pixels
Xacti Corporation
Averaging green values for green photosites in electronic cameras
Active pixel sensor integrated with a pinned photodiode
Adaptive color plan interpolation in single sensor color electronic camera
Particular pattern of pixels for a color filter array which is used to derive luminance and chrominance values
Adaptive color plane interpolation in single sensor color electronic camera
Monolithic-hybrid radiation detector/readout
Santa Barbara Research Center
Single sensor color camera with user selectable image record size
Apparatus and method for adaptively interpolating a full color image utilizing luminance gradients
Color image processing system for preparing a composite image transformation module for performing a plurality of selected image transformations
Image signal processing apparatus having a color filter with offset luminance filter elements
Apparatus and method for adaptively interpolating a full color image utilizing chrominance gradients
Electronic imaging apparatus with dithered color filter array
Process for making backside illuminated image sensors
Method of making backside illuminated image sensors
Mechanism for deriving noise-reduced estimates of color signal parameters from multiple color/luminance image sensor outputs
Colorimeter and calibration system
Day-night black and white and color video camera
GEUTEBRUCK VIDEOTECHNIK GMBH
Multi-plate type image pickup apparatus having picture elements for producing color and luminance signals
Color imaging apparatus employing a horizontal stripe color filter to reduce rise-time artifacts
Color filter arrangement comprising transparent or white filters for solid state color imaging apparatus
Image sensing device having a photometric element for setting an exposure condition for the image sensing device
Detail processing method and apparatus providing uniform processing of horizontal and vertical detail components
Spatial frequency filter
Still image pickup camera using high speed clear pulses to define a storage interval corresponding to a desired shutter speed
OMRON TATEISI ELECTRONICS CO. 10 TSUCHIDO-CHO HANAZONO UKYO-KU KYOTO JAPAN
Color video signal generating device using monochrome and color image sensors having different resolutions to form a luminance signal
Solid-state color imaging apparatus having color filter array which eliminates vertical color error
Signal processing method and apparatus for producing interpolated chrominance values in a sampled color image signal
Single sensor color video camera with blurring filter
Solid state color imaging apparatus
Encoding pattern for single chip CCD camera processing scheme
FUJI ELECTRIC CORPORATE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CO. LTD. A CORP. OF JAPAN, Fuji Electric Company Limited
Solid-state color imaging apparatus
Color image pick-up apparatus
Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
Color imaging array
Solid-state imaging apparatus and imaging apparatus system using the same
Color image pick up apparatus
Cawein Madison, Ehrenhaft Franz F., Rosin Seymour
COLOR TELEVISION CAMERA
Color television
HENRY KASPEROWICZ
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2. The system of claim 1 wherein the minimal repeating unit has at least three cells.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein the minimal repeating unit has at least three cells, with at least one cell of a first color having at least two pixels of the first color, at least one cell of a second color having at least two pixels of the second color, and at least one cell of a third color having at least two pixels of the third color.
4. The system of claim 3 wherein the first color is green, the second color is red, and the third color is blue.
5. The system of claim 3 wherein the first color is cyan, the second color is magenta, and the third color is yellow.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the minimal repeating unit has at least four cells.
7. The system of claim 6 wherein the cells include at least one green cell having at least two green pixels, at least one red cell having at least two red pixels, and at least one blue cell having at least two blue pixels.
8. The system of claim 6 wherein the cells include at least two green cells each having at least two green pixels, at least one red cell having at least two red pixels, and at least one blue cell having at least two blue pixels.
9. The system of claim 1 wherein the second group of pixels are linearly arranged in rows, columns, or diagonals of the minimal repeating unit.
10. The system of claim 9 wherein each color pixel of the first group is separated in each row and column from a like color neighbor by at least one dissimilar pixel.
11. The system of claim 10 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPPPPPABABCBCB wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
12. The image sensor of claim 11 wherein A, B, and C are individually selected from red, green, or blue.
13. The image sensor of claim 11 wherein A, B, and C are each respectively red, green, and blue.
14. The image sensor of claim 11 wherein A, B, and C are individually selected from cyan, magenta, or yellow.
15. The image sensor of claim 11 wherein A, B, and C are each respectively cyan, yellow, and magenta.
16. The system of claim 10 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPPPPPABABCDCD wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
17. The image sensor of claim 16 wherein A, B, C, and D are individually selected from red, green, blue, and a fourth color.
18. The image sensor of claim 16 wherein A, B, C, and D are each respectively red, a first spectral band of green, blue, and a second spectral band of green.
19. The image sensor of claim 16 wherein A, B, C, and D are individually selected from cyan, magenta, yellow, or a fourth color.
20. The image sensor of claim 16 wherein A, B, C, and D are each respectively cyan, yellow, magenta, and green.
21. The system of claim 9 wherein color pixels of the first group are separated by at least one pixel of a second group in each row and column.
22. The system of claim 21 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPPPPPAPAPBPBPPPPPPPPPAPAPBPBPPPPPPPPPBPBPCPCPPPPPPPPPBPBPCPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
27. The system of claim 21 wherein the minimal repeating unit is:
PPPPPPPPAPAPBPBPPPPPPPPPAPAPBPBPPPPPPPPPDPDPCPCPPPPPPPPPDPDPCPCP
wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
32. The system of claim 21 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PBPBPBPBAPAPCPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
37. The system of claim 21 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PBPBPDPDAPAPCPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
42. The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of same color pixels of the first group in the minimal repeating unit are linearly arranged to be in a side by side relationship.
43. The system of claim 42 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPPPPPAAAABBBBPPPPPPPPAAAABBBBPPPPPPPPBBBBCCCCPPPPPPPPBBBBCCCC wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
48. The system of claim 42 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPPPPPAAAABBBBPPPPPPPPAAAABBBBPPPPPPPPDDDDCCCCPPPPPPPPDDDDCCCC wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
53. The system of claim 42 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPAABBPPPPBBCC wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
54. The system of claim 53 wherein A, B, and C are individually selected from red, green, or blue.
55. The system of claim 53 wherein A, B, and C are each respectively red, green, and blue.
58. The system of claim 42 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PPPPAABBPPPPDDCC wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
63. The system of claim 1 wherein a plurality of same color pixels of the first group in the minimal repeating unit are diagonally arranged to be in a side by side relationship and wherein the pixels from the second group are diagonally arranged to be in a side by side relationship.
64. The system of claim 63 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PAPAPBPBAPAPBPBPPAPAPBPBAPAPBPBPPBPBPCPCBPBPCPCPPBPBPCPCBPBPCPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
69. The system of claim 63 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PAPAPBPBAPAPBPBPPAPAPBPBAPAPBPBPPDPDPCPCDPDPCPCPPDPDPCPCDPDPCPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
74. The system of claim 63 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PAPBAPBPPBPCBPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, and C represents a third color of pixels of the first group.
79. The system of claim 63 wherein the minimal repeating unit is PAPBAPBPPDPCDPCP wherein P represents pixels of the second group, and A represents a first color of pixels of the first group, B represents a second color of pixels of the first group, C represents a third color of pixels of the first group, and D represents a fourth color of pixels of the first group.
84. The system of claim 1 wherein the image array is composed of active pixels or charge coupled device pixels.
85. The system of claim 84 wherein a color filter corresponding to the desired color is provided for each color pixel in the first group of pixels.
86. The system of claim 84 wherein the second group of pixels each include a neutral density filter.
87. The system of claim 1 wherein pixels of the second group have a size smaller than pixels of the first group of a particular color.
88. A system for capturing a color image, comprising:
b) the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels, the minimal repeating unit having a plurality of non-overlapping cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions, the cells defining a low resolution color filter array image and the second group of pixels defining a high resolution panchromatic image such that under processing the low resolution color filter array image and the high resolution panchromatic image is combined to produce a high resolution color image; and
c) means for combining at least two of the specific color pixels within each cell.
The present application is related to U.S. Ser. No. 11/191,538, filed concurrently herewith, of John F. Hamilton and John T. Compton, entitled “PROCESSING COLOR AND PANCHROMATIC PIXELS”.
This invention relates to a two-dimensional image sensor with improved light sensitivity
An electronic imaging system depends on an electronic image sensor to create an electronic representation of a visual image. Examples of such electronic image sensors include charge coupled device (CCD) image sensors and active pixel sensor (APS) devices (APS devices are often referred to as CMOS sensors because of the ability to fabricate them in a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor process). Typically, these images sensors include a number of light sensitive pixels, often arranged in a regular pattern of rows and columns. For capturing color images, a pattern of filters is typically fabricated on the pattern of pixels, with different filter materials being used to make individual pixels sensitive to only a portion of the visible light spectrum. The color filters necessarily reduce the amount of light reaching each pixel, and thereby reduce the light sensitivity of each pixel. A need persists for improving the light sensitivity, or photographic speed, of electronic color image sensors to permit images to be captured at lower light levels or to allow images at higher light levels to be captured with shorter exposure times.
Image sensors are either linear or two-dimensional. Generally, these sensors have two different types of applications. The two-dimensional sensors are typically suitable for image capture devices such as digital cameras, cell phones and other applications. Linear sensors are often used for scanning documents. In either case, when color filters are employed the image sensors have reduced sensitivity.
A linear image sensor, the KLI-4104 manufactured by Eastman Kodak Company, includes four linear, single pixel wide arrays of pixels, with color filters applied to three of the arrays to make each array sensitive to either red, green, or blue in its entirety, and with no color filter array applied to the fourth array; furthermore, the three color arrays have larger pixels to compensate for the reduction in light sensitivity due to the color filters, and the fourth array has smaller pixels to capture a high resolution monochrome image. When an image is captured using this image sensor, the image is represented as a high resolution, high photographic sensitivity monochrome image along with three lower resolution images with roughly the same photographic sensitivity and with each of the three images corresponding to either red, green, or blue light from the image; hence, each point in the electronic image includes a monochrome value, a red value, a green value, and a blue value. However, since this is a linear image sensor, it requires relative mechanical motion between the image sensor and the image in order to scan the image across the four linear arrays of pixels. This limits the speed with which the image is scanned and precludes the use of this sensor in a handheld camera or in capturing a scene that includes moving objects.
There is also known in the art an electronic imaging system described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,823,186 by Akira Muramatsu that includes two sensors, wherein each of the sensors includes a two-dimensional array of pixels but one sensor has no color filters and the other sensor includes a pattern of color filters included with the pixels, and with an optical beam splitter to provide each image sensor with the image. Since the color sensor has a pattern of color filters applied, each pixel in the color sensor provides only a single color. When an image is captured with this system, each point in the electronic image includes a monochrome value and one color value, and the color image must have the missing colors at each pixel location interpolated from the nearby colors. Although this system improves the light sensitivity over a single conventional image sensor, the overall complexity, size, and cost of the system is greater due to the need for two sensors and a beam splitter. Furthermore, the beam splitter directs only half the light from the image to each sensor, limiting the improvement in photographic speed.
In addition to the linear image sensor mentioned above, there are known in the art image sensors with two-dimensional arrays of pixels where the pixels include pixels that do not have color filters applied to them. For example, see Sato et al in U.S. Pat. No. 4,390,895, Yamagami et al in U.S. Pat. No. 5,323,233, and Gindele et al in U.S. Pat. No. 6,476,865. In each of the cited patents, the sensitivity of the unfiltered or monochrome pixels is significantly higher than the color pixels, requiring the application of gain to the color pixels in order to match the color and monochrome signals from the pixel array. Increasing gain increases noise as well as signal, causing degradation in the overall signal to noise ratio of the resulting image. Frame in US Patent Application 2003/0210332 discloses a pixel array with most of the pixels being unfiltered, but the color pixels suffer from the same sensitivity deficit as mentioned above.
Therefore, there persists a need for improving the light sensitivity for electronic capture devices that employ a single sensor with a two-dimensional array of pixels.
The present invention is directed to providing an image sensor having a two-dimensional array of color and panchromatic pixels that provides high sensitivity and is effective in producing full color images.
Briefly summarized, according to one aspect of the present invention, the invention provides an image sensor for capturing a color image, the image sensor including a two-dimensional array of pixels with two groups of pixels, with pixels from the first group of pixels having narrower spectral photoresponses than pixels from the second group of pixels, and with individual pixels from the first group of pixels having spectral photoresponses that correspond to a set of at least two colors, with the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defining a pattern with a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels, the minimal repeating unit further defined by having a plurality of cells wherein each cell has at least two pixels representing a specific color selected from the first group of pixels and a plurality of pixels selected from the second group of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions.
Image sensors in accordance with the present invention are particularly suitable for low level lighting conditions, where such low level lighting conditions are the result of low scene lighting, short exposure time, small aperture, or other restriction on light reaching the sensor. They have a broad application and numerous types of image capture devices can effectively use these sensors.
These and other aspects, objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be more clearly understood and appreciated from a review of the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and appended claims, and by reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional digital still camera system that can employ a conventional sensor and processing methods or the sensor and processing methods of the current invention;
FIG. 2 (prior art) is conventional Bayer color filter array pattern showing a minimal repeating unit and a non-minimal repeating unit;
FIG. 3 provides representative spectral quantum efficiency curves for red, green, and blue pixels, as well as a wider spectrum panchromatic quantum efficiency, all multiplied by the transmission characteristics of an infrared cut filter;
FIGS. 4A-D provides minimal repeating units for several variations of a color filter array pattern of the present invention that has color pixels with the same color photo response arranged in rows or columns;
FIG. 5 shows the cell structure of the minimal repeating unit from FIG. 4A;
FIG. 6A is the interpolated panchromatic image for FIG. 4A;
FIG. 6B is the low-resolution color image corresponding to the cells in FIG. 4A and FIG. 5;
FIGS. 7A-C shows several ways of combining the pixels of FIG. 4A;
FIGS. 8A-D shows the color filter array pattern of FIG. 4A with color pixels that have alternative color photoresponse characteristics, including four color alternatives as well as a cyan, magenta, and yellow alternatives;
FIG. 9 provides a minimal repeating unit for an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which the panchromatic pixels are arranged in diagonal lines;
FIGS. 10A-B provides minimal repeating units for two variations of an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which the panchromatic pixels form a grid into which the color pixels are embedded;
FIGS. 11A-D provides minimal repeating units and tiling arrangements for two variations of an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which there are two colors per cell;
FIGS. 12A-B provides minimal repeating units for two variations of an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which there are two colors per cell and the panchromatic pixels are arranged in diagonal lines;
FIGS. 13A-C provides variations of FIG. 4A in which the minimal repeating unit is smaller than eight by eight pixels;
FIGS. 14A-B provides minimal repeating units for two variations of an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which the minimal repeating unit is six by six pixels;
FIGS. 15A-B provides minimal repeating units for two variations of an alternative color filter array of the present invention in which the minimal repeating unit is four by four pixels;
FIG. 16 is the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 4A with subscripts for individual pixels within the minimal repeating unit;
FIGS. 17A-E shows the panchromatic pixels and the color pixels of one cell of FIG. 16, and various ways in which the color pixels are combined;
FIG. 18 is a process diagram of the present invention showing the method of processing the color and panchromatic pixel data from a sensor of the present invention; and
FIGS. 19A-D illustrates methods of the present invention for interpolating missing colors in the low-resolution partial color image of FIG. 18.
Because digital cameras employing imaging devices and related circuitry for signal capture and correction and for exposure control are well known, the present description will be directed in particular to elements forming part of, or cooperating more directly with, method and apparatus in accordance with the present invention. Elements not specifically shown or described herein are selected from those known in the art. Certain aspects of the embodiments to be described are provided in software. Given the system as shown and described according to the invention in the following materials, software not specifically shown, described or suggested herein that is useful for implementation of the invention is conventional and within the ordinary skill in such arts.
Turning now to FIG. 1, a block diagram of an image capture device shown as a digital camera embodying the present invention is shown. Although a digital camera will now be explained, the present invention is clearly applicable to other types of image capture devices. In the disclosed camera, light 10 from the subject scene is input to an imaging stage 11, where the light is focused by lens 12 to form an image on solid state image sensor 20. Image sensor 20 converts the incident light to an electrical signal for each picture element (pixel). The image sensor 20 of the preferred embodiment is a charge coupled device (CCD) type or an active pixel sensor (APS) type (APS devices are often referred to as CMOS sensors because of the ability to fabricate them in a Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor process), Other types of image sensors having two-dimensional array of pixels are used provided that they employ the patterns of the present invention. The present invention also makes use of an image sensor 20 having a two-dimensional array of color and panchromatic pixels as will become clear later in this specification after FIG. 1 is described. Examples of the patterns of color and panchromatic pixels of the present invention that are used with the image sensor 20 are seen in FIGS. 4A-D, FIGS. 8A-D, FIG. 9, FIGS. 10A-B, FIG. 11A, FIG. 11C, FIGS. 13A-C, FIGS. 14A-B, and FIGS. 15A-B, although other patterns are used within the spirit of the present invention.
The amount of light reaching the sensor 20 is regulated by an iris block 14 that varies the aperture and the neutral density (ND) filter block 13 that includes one or more ND filters interposed in the optical path. Also regulating the overall light level is the time that the shutter block 18 is open. The exposure controller block 40 responds to the amount of light available in the scene as metered by the brightness sensor block 16 and controls all three of these regulating functions.
This description of a particular camera configuration will be familiar to one skilled in the art, and it will be obvious that many variations and additional features are present. For example, an autofocus system is added, or the lens are detachable and interchangeable. It will be understood that the present invention is applied to any type of digital camera, where similar functionality is provided by alternative components. For example, the digital camera is a relatively simple point and shoot digital camera, where the shutter 18 is a relatively simple movable blade shutter, or the like, instead of the more complicated focal plane arrangement. The present invention can also be practiced on imaging components included in non-camera devices such as mobile phones and automotive vehicles.
The analog signal from image sensor 20 is processed by analog signal processor 22 and applied to analog to digital (A/D) converter 24. Timing generator 26 produces various clocking signals to select rows and pixels and synchronizes the operation of analog signal processor 22 and A/D converter 24. The image sensor stage 28 includes the image sensor 20, the analog signal processor 22, the A/D converter 24, and the timing generator 26. The components of image sensor stage 28 is separately fabricated integrated circuits, or they are fabricated as a single integrated circuit as is commonly done with CMOS image sensors. The resulting stream of digital pixel values from A/D converter 24 is stored in memory 32 associated with digital signal processor (DSP) 36.
Digital signal processor 36 is one of three processors or controllers in this embodiment, in addition to system controller 50 and exposure controller 40. Although this partitioning of camera functional control among multiple controllers and processors is typical, these controllers or processors are combined in various ways without affecting the functional operation of the camera and the application of the present invention. These controllers or processors can comprise one or more digital signal processor devices, microcontrollers, programmable logic devices, or other digital logic circuits. Although a combination of such controllers or processors has been described, it should be apparent that one controller or processor is designated to perform all of the needed functions. All of these variations can perform the same function and fall within the scope of this invention, and the term “processing stage” will be used as needed to encompass all of this functionality within one phrase, for example, as in processing stage 38 in FIG. 1.
In the illustrated embodiment, DSP 36 manipulates the digital image data in its memory 32 according to a software program permanently stored in program memory 54 and copied to memory 32 for execution during image capture. DSP 36 executes the software necessary for practicing image processing shown in FIG. 18. Memory 32 includes of any type of random access memory, such as SDRAM. A bus 30 comprising a pathway for address and data signals connects DSP 36 to its related memory 32, A/D converter 24 and other related devices.
System controller 50 controls the overall operation of the camera based on a software program stored in program memory 54, which can include Flash EEPROM or other nonvolatile memory. This memory can also be used to store image sensor calibration data, user setting selections and other data which must be preserved when the camera is turned off. System controller 50 controls the sequence of image capture by directing exposure controller 40 to operate the lens 12, ND filter 13, iris 14, and shutter 18 as previously described, directing the timing generator 26 to operate the image sensor 20 and associated elements, and directing DSP 36 to process the captured image data. After an image is captured and processed, the final image file stored in memory 32 is transferred to a host computer via interface 57, stored on a removable memory card 64 or other storage device, and displayed for the user on image display 88.
A bus 52 includes a pathway for address, data and control signals, and connects system controller 50 to DSP 36, program memory 54, system memory 56, host interface 57, memory card interface 60 and other related devices. Host interface 57 provides a high speed connection to a personal computer (PC) or other host computer for transfer of image data for display, storage, manipulation or printing. This interface is an IEEE1394 or USB2.0 serial interface or any other suitable digital interface. Memory card 64 is typically a Compact Flash (CF) card inserted into socket 62 and connected to the system controller 50 via memory card interface 60. Other types of storage that are utilized include without limitation PC-Cards, MultiMedia Cards (MMC), or Secure Digital (SD) cards.
Processed images are copied to a display buffer in system memory 56 and continuously read out via video encoder 80 to produce a video signal. This signal is output directly from the camera for display on an external monitor, or processed by display controller 82 and presented on image display 88. This display is typically an active matrix color liquid crystal display (LCD), although other types of displays are used as well.
The user interface, including all or any combination of viewfinder display 70, exposure display 72, status display 76 and image display 88, and user inputs 74, is controlled by a combination of software programs executed on exposure controller 40 and system controller 50. User inputs 74 typically include some combination of buttons, rocker switches, joysticks, rotary dials or touchscreens. Exposure controller 40 operates light metering, exposure mode, autofocus and other exposure functions. The system controller 50 manages the graphical user interface (GUI) presented on one or more of the displays, e.g., on image display 88. The GUI typically includes menus for making various option selections and review modes for examining captured images.
Exposure controller 40 accepts user inputs selecting exposure mode, lens aperture, exposure time (shutter speed), and exposure index or ISO speed rating and directs the lens and shutter accordingly for subsequent captures. Brightness sensor 16 is employed to measure the brightness of the scene and provide an exposure meter function for the user to refer to when manually setting the ISO speed rating, aperture and shutter speed. In this case, as the user changes one or more settings, the light meter indicator presented on viewfinder display 70 tells the user to what degree the image will be over or underexposed. In an automatic exposure mode, the user changes one setting and the exposure controller 40 automatically alters another setting to maintain correct exposure, e.g., for a given ISO speed rating when the user reduces the lens aperture the exposure controller 40 automatically increases the exposure time to maintain the same overall exposure.
The ISO speed rating is an important attribute of a digital still camera. The exposure time, the lens aperture, the lens transmittance, the level and spectral distribution of the scene illumination, and the scene reflectance determine the exposure level of a digital still camera. When an image from a digital still camera is obtained using an insufficient exposure, proper tone reproduction can generally be maintained by increasing the electronic or digital gain, but the image will contain an unacceptable amount of noise. As the exposure is increased, the gain is decreased, and therefore the image noise can normally be reduced to an acceptable level. If the exposure is increased excessively, the resulting signal in bright areas of the image can exceed the maximum signal level capacity of the image sensor or camera signal processing. This can cause image highlights to be clipped to form a uniformly bright area, or to bloom into surrounding areas of the image. It is important to guide the user in setting proper exposures. An ISO speed rating is intended to serve as such a guide. In order to be easily understood by photographers, the ISO speed rating for a digital still camera should directly relate to the ISO speed rating for photographic film cameras. For example, if a digital still camera has an ISO speed rating of ISO 200, then the same exposure time and aperture should be appropriate for an ISO 200 rated film/process system.
The ISO speed ratings are intended to harmonize with film ISO speed ratings. However, there are differences between electronic and film-based imaging systems that preclude exact equivalency. Digital still cameras can include variable gain, and can provide digital processing after the image data has been captured, enabling tone reproduction to be achieved over a range of camera exposures. It is therefore possible for digital still cameras to have a range of speed ratings. This range is defined as the ISO speed latitude. To prevent confusion, a single value is designated as the inherent ISO speed rating, with the ISO speed latitude upper and lower limits indicating the speed range, that is, a range including effective speed ratings that differ from the inherent ISO speed rating. With this in mind, the inherent ISO speed is a numerical value calculated from the exposure provided at the focal plane of a digital still camera to produce specified camera output signal characteristics. The inherent speed is usually the exposure index value that produces peak image quality for a given camera system for normal scenes, where the exposure index is a numerical value that is inversely proportional to the exposure provided to the image sensor.
The foregoing description of a digital camera will be familiar to one skilled in the art. It will be obvious that there are many variations of this embodiment that are possible and is selected to reduce the cost, add features or improve the performance of the camera. The following description will disclose in detail the operation of this camera for capturing images according to the present invention. Although this description is with reference to a digital camera, it will be understood that the present invention applies for use with any type of image capture device having an image sensor with color and panchromatic pixels.
The image sensor 20 shown in FIG. 1 typically includes a two-dimensional array of light sensitive pixels fabricated on a silicon substrate that provide a way of converting incoming light at each pixel into an electrical signal that is measured. As the sensor is exposed to light, free electrons are generated and captured within the electronic structure at each pixel. Capturing these free electrons for some period of time and then measuring the number of electrons captured, or measuring the rate at which free electrons are generated can measure the light level at each pixel. In the former case, accumulated charge is shifted out of the array of pixels to a charge to voltage measurement circuit as in a charge coupled device (CCD), or the area close to each pixel can contain elements of a charge to voltage measurement circuit as in an active pixel sensor (APS or CMOS sensor).
Whenever general reference is made to an image sensor in the following description, it is understood to be representative of the image sensor 20 from FIG. 1. It is further understood that all examples and their equivalents of image sensor architectures and pixel patterns of the present invention disclosed in this specification is used for image sensor 20.
In the context of an image sensor, a pixel (a contraction of “picture element”) refers to a discrete light sensing area and charge shifting or charge measurement circuitry associated with the light sensing area. In the context of a digital color image, the term pixel commonly refers to a particular location in the image having associated color values.
In order to produce a color image, the array of pixels in an image sensor typically has a pattern of color filters placed over them. FIG. 2 shows a pattern of red, green, and blue color filters that is commonly used. This particular pattern is commonly known as a Bayer color filter array (CFA) after its inventor Bryce Bayer as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,971,065. This pattern is effectively used in image sensors having a two-dimensional array of color pixels. As a result, each pixel has a particular color photoresponse that, in this case, is a predominant sensitivity to red, green or blue light. Another useful variety of color photoresponses is a predominant sensitivity to magenta, yellow, or cyan light. In each case, the particular color photoresponse has high sensitivity to certain portions of the visible spectrum, while simultaneously having low sensitivity to other portions of the visible spectrum. The term color pixel will refer to a pixel having a color photoresponse.
The set of color photoresponses selected for use in a sensor usually has three colors, as shown in the Bayer CFA, but it can also include four or more. As used herein, a panchromatic photoresponse refers to a photoresponse having a wider spectral sensitivity than those spectral sensitivities represented in the selected set of color photoresponses. A panchromatic photosensitivity can have high sensitivity across the entire visible spectrum. The term panchromatic pixel will refer to a pixel having a panchromatic photoresponse. Although the panchromatic pixels generally have a wider spectral sensitivity than the set of color photoresponses, each panchromatic pixel can have an associated filter. Such filter is either a neutral density filter or a color filter.
When a pattern of color and panchromatic pixels is on the face of an image sensor, each such pattern has a repeating unit that is a contiguous subarray of pixels that acts as a basic building block. By juxtaposing multiple copies of the repeating unit, the entire sensor pattern is produced. The juxtaposition of the multiple copies of repeating units are done in diagonal directions as well as in the horizontal and vertical directions.
A minimal repeating unit is a repeating unit such that no other repeating unit has fewer pixels. For example, the CFA in FIG. 2 includes a minimal repeating unit that is two pixels by two pixels as shown by pixel block 100 in FIG. 2. Multiple copies of this minimal repeating unit is tiled to cover the entire array of pixels in an image sensor. The minimal repeating unit is shown with a green pixel in the upper right corner, but three alternative minimal repeating units can easily be discerned by moving the heavy outlined area one pixel to the right, one pixel down, or one pixel diagonally to the right and down. Although pixel block 102 is a repeating unit, it is not a minimal repeating unit because pixel block 100 is a repeating unit and block 100 has fewer pixels than block 102.
An image captured using an image sensor having a two-dimensional array with the CFA of FIG. 2 has only one color value at each pixel. In order to produce a full color image, there are a number of techniques for inferring or interpolating the missing colors at each pixel. These CFA interpolation techniques are well known in the art and reference is made to the following patents: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,506,619, 5,629,734, and 5,652,621.
FIG. 3 shows the relative spectral sensitivities of the pixels with red, green, and blue color filters in a typical camera application. The X-axis in FIG. 3 represents light wavelength in nanometers, and the Y-axis represents efficiency. In FIG. 3, curve 110 represents the spectral transmission characteristic of a typical filter used to block infrared and ultraviolet light from reaching the image sensor. Such a filter is needed because the color filters used for image sensors typically do not block infrared light, hence the pixels are unable to distinguish between infrared light and light that is within the passbands of their associated color filters. The infrared blocking characteristic shown by curve 110 prevents infrared light from corrupting the visible light signal. The spectral quantum efficiency, i.e. the proportion of incident photons that are captured and converted into a measurable electrical signal, for a typical silicon sensor with red, green, and blue filters applied is multiplied by the spectral transmission characteristic of the infrared blocking filter represented by curve 110 to produce the combined system quantum efficiencies represented by curve 114 for red, curve 116 for green, and curve 118 for blue. It is understood from these curves that each color photoresponse is sensitive to only a portion of the visible spectrum. By contrast, the photoresponse of the same silicon sensor that does not have color filters applied (but including the infrared blocking filter characteristic) is shown by curve 112; this is an example of a panchromatic photoresponse. By comparing the color photoresponse curves 114, 116, and 118 to the panchromatic photoresponse curve 112, it is clear that the panchromatic photoresponse is three to four times more sensitive to wide spectrum light than any of the color photoresponses.
The greater panchromatic sensitivity shown in FIG. 3 permits improving the overall sensitivity of an image sensor by intermixing pixels that include color filters with pixels that do not include color filters. However, the color filter pixels will be significantly less sensitive than the panchromatic pixels. In this situation, if the panchromatic pixels are properly exposed to light such that the range of light intensities from a scene cover the full measurement range of the panchromatic pixels, then the color pixels will be significantly underexposed. Hence, it is advantageous to adjust the sensitivity of the color filter pixels so that they have roughly the same sensitivity as the panchromatic pixels. The sensitivity of the color pixels are increased, for example, by increasing the size of the color pixels relative to the panchromatic pixels, with an associated reduction inspatial pixels.
FIG. 4A represents a two-dimensional array of pixels having two groups. Pixels from the first group of pixels have a narrower spectral photoresponse than pixels from the second group of pixels. The first group of pixels includes individual pixels that relate to at least two different spectral photoresponses corresponding to at least two color filters. These two groups of pixels are intermixed to improve the overall sensitivity of the sensor. As will become clearer in this specification, the placement of the first and second groups of pixels defines a pattern that has a minimal repeating unit including at least twelve pixels. The minimal repeating unit includes first and second groups of pixels arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions.
The complete pattern shown in FIG. 4A represents a minimal repeating unit that is tiled to cover an entire array of pixels. As with FIG. 2, there are several other minimal repeating units that are used to describe this overall arrangement of color and panchromatic pixels, but they are all essentially equivalent in their characteristics and each is a subarray of pixels, the subarray being eight pixels by eight pixels in extent. An important feature of this pattern is alternating rows of panchromatic and color pixels with the color rows having pixels with the same color photoresponse grouped together. The groups of pixels with the same photoresponse along with some of their neighboring panchromatic pixels are considered to form four cells that make up the minimal repeating unit, a cell being a contiguous subarray of pixels having fewer pixels than a minimal repeating unit.
These four cells, delineated by heavy lines in FIG. 4A and shown as cells 120, 122, 124, and 126 in FIG. 5, enclose four groups of four-by-four pixels each, with 120 representing the upper left cell, 122 representing the upper right cell, 124 representing the lower left cell, and 126 representing the lower right cell. Each of the four cells includes eight panchromatic pixels and eight color pixels of the same color photoresponse. The color pixels in a cell is combined to represent the color for that entire cell. Hence, cell 120 in FIG. 5 is considered to be a green cell, cell 122 is considered to be a red cell, and so on. Each cell includes at least two pixels of the same color, thereby allowing pixels of the same color to be combined to overcome the difference in photosensitivity between the color pixels and the panchromatic pixels.
In the case of a minimal repeating unit with four non-overlapping cells, with each cell having two pixels of the same color and two panchromatic pixels, it is clear that the minimal repeating unit includes sixteen pixels. In the case of a minimal repeating unit with three non-overlapping cells, with each cell having two pixels of the same color and two panchromatic pixels, it is clear that the minimal repeating unit includes twelve pixels.
In accordance with the present invention, the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 4A, when considered in light of the cell structure identified in FIG. 5, can represent the combination of a high-resolution panchromatic image and a low-resolution Bayer pattern color image arranged to permit the reproduction of a captured color image under different lighting conditions. The individual elements of the Bayer pattern image represent the combination of the color pixels in the corresponding cells. The first group of pixels defines a low-resolution color filter array image and the second group of pixels defines a high-resolution panchromatic image. See FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B. FIG. 6A represents the high-resolution panchromatic image corresponding to FIG. 4A, including both the panchromatic pixels P from FIG. 4A as well as interpolated panchromatic pixels P′; and FIG. 6B represents the low-resolution Bayer pattern color image, with R′, G′, and B′ representing for each of the cells outlined in FIG. 5 the cell color associated with the combined color pixels in the cell.
In the following discussion, all cells in FIGS. 4B-D, 8A-D, 9, 10A-B, 11A, 11C, 12A-B, 13A-C, 14A-B, and 15A-B are delineated by heavy lines, as they were in FIG. 4A.
In addition to alternative minimal repeating units of FIG. 4A, each cell of the pattern is rotated 90 degrees to produce the pattern shown in FIG. 4B. This is substantially the same pattern, but it places the highest panchromatic sampling frequency in the vertical direction instead of the horizontal direction. The choice to use FIG. 4A or FIG. 4B depends on whether or not it is desired to have higher panchromatic spatial sampling in either the horizontal or vertical directions respectively. However, it is clear that the resulting cells that make up the minimal repeating unit in both patterns produce the same low-resolution color image for both patterns. Hence, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are equivalent from a color perspective. In general, FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are examples of practicing the present invention with the panchromatic pixels arranged linearly in either rows or columns. Furthermore, FIG. 4A has single rows of panchromatic pixels with each row separated from a neighboring row of panchromatic pixels by a row of color pixels; FIG. 4B has the same characteristic in the column direction.
FIG. 4C represents yet another alternative minimal repeating unit to FIG. 4A with essentially the same cell color characteristics. However, FIG. 4C shows the panchromatic and color rows staggered on a cell by cell basis. This can improve the vertical panchromatic resolution. Yet another alternative minimal repeating unit to FIG. 4A is represented in FIG. 4D, wherein the panchromatic and color rows are staggered by column pairs. This also has the potential of improving the vertical panchromatic resolution. A characteristic of all of the minimal repeating units of FIGS. 4A-D is that groups of two or more same color pixels are arranged side by side in either rows or columns.
FIGS. 4A-D all have the same color structure with the cells that constitute the minimal repeating unit expressing a low-resolution Bayer pattern. It can therefore be seen that a variety of arrangements of panchromatic pixels and grouped color pixels are constructed within the spirit of the present invention.
In order to increase the color photosensitivity to overcome the disparity between the panchromatic photosensitivity and the color photosensitivity, the color pixels within each cell is combined in various ways. For example, the charge from same colored pixels are combined or binned in a CCD image sensor or in types of active pixel sensors that permit binning. Alternatively, the voltages corresponding to the measured amounts of charge in same colored pixels are averaged, for example by connecting in parallel capacitors that are charged to these voltages. In yet another approach, the digital representations of the light levels at same colored pixels are summed or averaged. Combining or binning charge from two pixels doubles the signal level, while the noise associated with sampling and reading out the combined signal remains the same, thereby increasing the signal to noise ratio by a factor of two, representing a corresponding two times increase in the photosensitivity of the combined pixels. In the case of summing the digital representations of the light levels from two pixels, the resulting signal increases by a factor of two, but the corresponding noise levels from reading the two pixels combine in quadrature, thereby increasing the noise by the square root of two; the resulting signal to noise ratio of the combined pixels therefore increases by the square root of two over the uncombined signals. A similar analysis applies to voltage or digital averaging.
The previously mentioned approaches for combining signals from same colored pixels within a cell is used singly or in combinations. For example, by vertically combining the charge from same colored pixels in FIG. 4A in groups of two to produce the combined pixels with combined signals R′, G′, and B′ shown in FIG. 7A. In this case, each R′, G′, and B′ has twice the sensitivity of the uncombined pixels. Alternatively, horizontally combining the measured values, (either voltage or digital) from same colored pixels in FIG. 4A in groups of four produces the combined pixels with combined signals R′, G′, and B′ shown in FIG. 7B. In this case, since the signal increases by a factor of four but the noise increases by 2, each R′, G′, and B′ has twice the sensitivity of the uncombined pixels. In another alternative combination scheme, vertically combining the charge from same colored pixels in groups of two as in FIG. 7A, and horizontally summing or averaging the measured values of the combined pixels of FIG. 7A in groups of four produces the final combined color pixels of FIG. 7C, with R″, G″, and B″ representing the final combinations of same colored pixels. In this combination arrangement, the final combined color pixels of FIG. 7C each have four times the sensitivity of the uncombined pixels. Some sensor architectures, notably certain CCD arrangements, can permit the charge from all eight same colored pixels within each cell to be combined in the fashion of FIG. 7C, leading to an eightfold increase in sensitivity for the combined color pixels.
From the foregoing, it will now be understood that there are several degrees of freedom in combining color pixels for the purpose of adjusting the photosensitivity of the color pixels. Well known combining schemes will suggest themselves to one skilled in the art and is based on scene content, scene illuminant, overall light level, or other criteria. Furthermore, the combining scheme is selected to deliberately permit the combined pixels to have either less sensitivity or more sensitivity than the panchromatic pixels.
To this point the image sensor has been described as employing red, green, and blue filters. The present invention is practiced with alternative filter selections. Image sensors employing cyan, magenta, and yellow sensors are well known in the art, and the present invention is practiced with cyan, magenta, and yellow color filters. FIG. 8A shows the cyan, magenta, and yellow equivalent of FIG. 4A, with C representing cyan pixels, M representing magenta pixels, and Y representing yellow pixels. The present invention is also usable with pixels having more than three color photoresponses.
FIG. 8B shows a minimal repeating unit of the present invention that includes cyan pixels (represented by C), magenta pixels (represented by M), yellow pixels (represented by Y), and green pixels (represented by G). This retains the overall cell arrangement of the minimal repeating unit shown in FIG. 5, but includes four different colored pixels and therefore four different colored corresponding cells. FIG. 8C shows yet another alternative four color arrangement including red pixels (represented by R), blue pixels (represented by B), green pixels with one color photoresponse (represented by G), and alternative green pixels with a different color photoresponse (represented by E). FIG. 8D shows yet another alternative four color arrangement, wherein one of the green cells of FIG. 4A is replaced by a yellow cell, with the yellow pixels represented by Y.
The present invention is practiced with fewer than three colors in addition to the panchromatic pixels. For example, a minimal repeating unit with cells corresponding to the colors red and blue is suitable for use.
Many alternatives to FIG. 4A are practiced within the spirit of the present invention. For example, FIG. 9 represents an alternative minimal repeating unit of the present invention with the same cell structure as FIG. 4A but with a checkerboard pattern of panchromatic pixels. This pattern provides uniform panchromatic sampling of the image, overcoming the vertical panchromatic sampling deficit of FIGS. 4A, 4C, and 4D. FIG. 9 is characterized as an example of practicing the present invention by arranging the panchromatic pixels in diagonal lines. FIG. 9 is further characterized as having single diagonal lines of panchromatic pixels with each diagonal line separated from a neighboring diagonal line of panchromatic pixels by a diagonal line of color pixels. Yet another characteristic of FIG. 9 is that groups two or more of same color pixels are arranged side by side in diagonal lines.
The patterns presented so far have had equal numbers of panchromatic and color pixels. The present invention is not limited to this arrangement as there are more panchromatic pixels than color pixels. FIG. 10A shows yet another embodiment of the present invention wherein color pixels are embedded within a grid pattern of panchromatic pixels. This pattern provides very good panchromatic spatial sampling while expressing the same color cell arrangement as FIGS. 4A and 9. FIG. 10B provides an example of a four color embodiment of the panchromatic grid pattern. In general, the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 10 is characterized as separating each color pixel from a neighboring color pixel by one or more panchromatic pixels.
For a given pixel pattern, a minimal repeating unit has been previously defined as a repeating unit such that no other repeating unit has fewer pixels. In the same sense, the sizes of repeating units from different pixel patterns are compared according to the total number of pixels in the repeating unit. As an example, a four pixel by eight pixel repeating unit from one pixel pattern is smaller than a six pixel by six pixel repeating unit from another pixel pattern because the total number of pixels (4×8=32) in the first repeating unit is smaller than the total number of pixels (6×6=36) in the second repeating unit. As a further example, a repeating unit that is smaller than a repeating unit having eight pixels by eight pixels contains fewer than 64 total pixels.
All the patterns presented so far have exhibited a cell structure wherein each cell contains a single color in addition to panchromatic pixels. Furthermore, all the patterns presented so far have exhibited a minimal repeating unit that is eight by eight pixels in extent. A minimal repeating unit can also be used that has cells with more than one color in each cell; also, a minimal repeating unit is defined that is less than eight pixels by eight pixels in extent. For example, the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 11A has two cells with each cell including two colors: blue and green (represented by B and G respectively) in the left cell, and red and green (represented by R and G respectively) in the right cell. In FIG. 11A the cells contain two colors, and these colors are arranged to facilitate combining same colors for the purpose of improving color sensitivity. FIG. 11B shows how the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 11A is tiled in order to stagger the red and blue colors. FIG. 11C provides a minimal repeating unit employing four colors and two colors per cell. FIG. 11D shows how the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 11C is tiled in order to stagger the red and blue colors. In FIG. 11D the coarse color pattern is characterized as a checkerboard of two different color photoresponses in the green range (represented by G and E) interleaved with a checkerboard of red and blue (represented by R and B, respectively). FIG. 12A provides a panchromatic checkerboard version of FIG. 11A, and FIG. 12B provides a panchromatic checkerboard version of FIG. 11C. In general, the minimal repeating units of FIGS. 11A and 11C are characterized as separating each color pixel from a neighboring color pixel in rows and columns by a dissimilar pixel, either a different color pixel or a panchromatic pixel.
The minimal repeating units described so far have been eight by eight or two by eight pixels in extent. However, the minimal repeating unit is smaller. For example, FIG. 13A is analogous to FIG. 4A, but with each color cell being 3 pixels wide by 4 pixels high and with the overall minimal repeating unit being 6 pixels wide by 8 pixels high. FIG. 13B eliminates two of the color pixel rows from FIG. 13A, thereby producing cells that are 3 pixels by 3 pixels and a minimal repeating unit that is 6 pixels by 6 pixels. FIG. 13C goes further by eliminating two of the panchromatic rows, thereby producing cells that are 3 pixels wide by 2 pixels high (with each cell containing 3 panchromatic pixels and 3 color pixels) and a minimal repeating unit that is 6 pixels wide by 4 pixels tall. The patterns shown in FIGS. 13A through 13C are particularly usable if the scheme for combining colors within each cell requires less than the numbers of pixels shown in FIG. 4A and other patterns.
FIG. 14A shows yet another minimal repeating unit. The minimal repeating unit in FIG. 14A is six pixels by six pixels, with each cell including a 4 pixel diamond pattern of a single color with the remaining 5 pixels being panchromatic pixels. The panchromatic spatial sampling pattern shown in FIG. 14A is somewhat irregular, suggesting the pattern of FIG. 14B with a panchromatic checkerboard and the remaining pixels in each three pixel by three pixel cell occupied by a single color.
FIG. 15A shows a minimal repeating unit that is four by four pixels and includes four two by two pixel cells. Note that each cell includes two panchromatic pixels and two same color pixels. The invention requires the placement of two same color pixels in each of the two by two cells in order to facilitate combining the color pixels within each cell. FIG. 15B is similar to FIG. 15A but employs a panchromatic checkerboard pattern.
Turning now to FIG. 16, the minimal repeating unit of FIG. 5 is shown subdivided into four cells, a cell being a contiguous subarray of pixels having fewer pixels than a minimal repeating unit. The software needed to provide the following processing is included in DSP 36 of FIG. 1. Cells 220, 224, 226, and 228 are examples of cells wherein these cells contain pixels having green, red, blue and green photoresponses, respectively. In this example, cell 220 contains both panchromatic pixels and green pixels, the green pixels being identified as pixel group 222. The eventual goal is to produce a single green signal for cell 220 by combining the eight green signals from the green pixels in pixel group 222. Depending on the image sensor's mode of operation, a single green signal is produced by combining all eight green signals in the analog domain (e.g. by charge binning), or multiple green signals are produce by combining smaller groups of pixels taken from pixel group 222. The panchromatic pixels of cell 220 are shown in FIG. 17A. In the following examples, all eight signals from these panchromatic pixels are individually digitized. The green pixels of cell 220 are shown in FIGS. 17B-17E wherein they are grouped together according to how their signals are combined in the analog domain. FIG. 17B depicts the case in which all eight green pixels are combined to produce a single green signal for cell 220 (FIG. 16). The sensor can produce two green signals, for example, by first combining the signals from pixels G21, G22, G23, and G24, and then combining the signals from pixels G41, G42, G43, and G44, as shown in FIG. 17C. Two signals are produced in other ways as well. The sensor can first combine signals from pixels G21, G22, G41, and G42, and then combine signals from pixels G23, G24, G43, and G44, as shown in FIG. 17D. The sensor can also produce four green signals for cell 220 by combining four pairs of signals, for example, combining pixels G21 with G22, then combining G23 with G24, then combining G41 with G42, and finally combining G43 with G44, as shown in FIG. 17E. It is clear that there are many additional ways to combine pairs of green signals within cell 220 (FIG. 16). If the sensor does no combining at all, then all eight green signals are reported individually for cell 220. Thus, in the case of cell 220, the sensor can produce one, two, four or eight green values for cell 220, and produce them in different ways, depending on its mode of operation.
For cells 224, 226, and 228 (FIG. 16), similar color signals are produced by the sensor depending on its mode of operation. The color signals for cells 224, 226, and 228 are red, blue, and green, respectively.
Returning to the case of cell 220, regardless of how many signals are digitized for this cell, the image processing algorithm of the present invention further combines the digitized green values to produce a single green value for the cell. One way that a single green value is obtained is by averaging all the digitized green values produced for cell 220. In the event that a cell contains color pixels of differing photoresponses, all the color data within the cell is similarly combined so that there is a single value for each color photoresponse represented within the cell.
It is important to distinguish between the color values pertaining to pixels in the original sensor that captured the raw image data, and color values pertaining to cells within the original sensor. Both types of color values are used to produce color images, but the resulting color images are of different resolution. An image having pixel values associated with pixels in the original sensor is referred to as a high-resolution image, and an image having pixel values associated with cells within the original sensor is referred to as a low-resolution image.
Turning now to FIG. 18, the digital signal processor block 36 (FIG. 1) is shown receiving captured raw image data from the data bus 30 (FIG. 1). The raw image data is passed to both the Low-resolution Partial Color block 202 and the High-resolution Panchrome block 204. An example of a minimal repeating unit for an image sensor has already been shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 16. In the case of cell 220 (FIG. 16), the captured raw image data includes the panchromatic data that is produced by the individual panchromatic pixels as shown in FIG. 17A. Also, for cell 220 (FIG. 16), one or more green (color) values are also included, for example, from the combinations shown in FIGS. 17B-E.
In the Low-resolution Partial Color block 202 (FIG. 18), a partial color image is produced from the captured raw image data, a partial color image being a color image wherein each pixel has at least one color value and each pixel is also missing at least one color value. Depending on the sensor's mode of operation, the captured raw data contains some number of color values produced by the color pixels within each cell. Within the Low-resolution Partial Color block 202, these color values are reduced to a single value for each color represented within the cell. For the cell 220 (FIG. 16), as an example, a single green color value is produced. Likewise, for cells 224, 226 and 228, a single red, blue and green color value is produced, respectively.
The Low-resolution Partial Color block 202 processes each cell in a similar manner resulting in an array of color values, one for each cell. Because the resulting image array based on cells rather than pixels in the original sensor, it is four times smaller in each dimension than the original captured raw image data array. Because the resulting array is based on cells and because each pixel has some but not all color values, the resulting image is a low-resolution partial color image. At this point, the low-resolution partial color image is color balanced.
Looking now at the High-resolution Panchrome block 204, the same raw image data is used as shown in FIG. 16, although the only the panchromatic values will be used (FIG. 17A). This time the task is to interpolate a complete high-resolution panchromatic image by estimating panchromatic values at those pixels not having panchromatic values already. In the case of cell 220 (FIG. 16), panchromatic values must be estimated for the green pixels in pixel group 222 (FIG. 16). One simple way to estimate the missing panchromatic values is to do vertical averaging. Thus, for example, we can estimate the panchromatic value at pixel 22 as follows:
P22=(P12+P32)/2
An adaptive method can also be used. For example, one adaptive method is to compute three gradient values and take their absolute values:
SCLAS=ABS(P31−P13)
VCLAS=ABS(P32−P12)
BCLAS=ABS(P33−P11)
using the panchromatic values are shown in FIG. 17A. Likewise, three predictor values are computed:
SPRED=(P31+P13)/2
VPRED=(P32+P12)/2
BPRED=(P33+P11)/2
Then, set P22 equal to the predictor corresponding to the smallest classifier value. In the case of a tie, set P22 equal to the average the indicated predictors. The panchromatic interpolation is continued throughout the image without regard to cell boundaries. When the processing of High-resolution Panchrome block 204 is done, the resulting digital panchromatic image is the same size as the original captured raw image, which makes it a high-resolution panchromatic image.
The Low-resolution Panchrome block 206 receives the high-resolution panchromatic image array produced by block 204 and generates a low-resolution panchromatic image array which is the same size as the low-resolution partial color image produced by block 202. Each low-resolution panchromatic value is obtained by averaging the estimated panchromatic values, within a given cell, for those pixels having color filters. In the case of cell 220 (FIG. 16) the high-resolution panchromatic values, previously estimated for the green pixels in pixel group 222 (FIG. 16), are now averaged together to produce a single low-resolution panchromatic value for the cell. Likewise, a single low-resolution panchromatic value is computed for cell 224 using high-resolution panchromatic values estimated at the pixels having red filters. In this manner, each cell ends up with a single low-resolution panchromatic value.
The Low-resolution Color Difference block 208 receives the low-resolution partial color image from block 202 and the low-resolution panchrome array from block 206. A low-resolution intermediate color image is then formed by color interpolating the low-resolution partial color image with guidance from the low-resolution panchrome image. The exact nature of the color interpolation algorithm, to be discussed in detail later, depends on which pattern of pixel photoresponses was used to capture the original raw image data.
After the low-resolution intermediate color image is formed it is color corrected. Once the low-resolution intermediate color image is color corrected, a low-resolution image of color differences are computed by subtracting the low-resolution panchromatic image from each of the low-resolution color planes individually. The High-resolution Color Difference block 210 receives the low-resolution color difference image from block 208 and, using bilinear interpolation, upsamples the low-resolution color difference image to match the size of the original raw image data. The result is a high-resolution color difference image that is the same size as the high-resolution panchromatic image produced by block 204.
The High-resolution Final Image block 212 receives the high-resolution color difference image from block 210 and the high-resolution panchromatic image from block 204. A high-resolution final color image is then formed by adding the high-resolution panchromatic image to each of the high-resolution color difference planes. The resulting high-resolution final color image can then be further processed. For example, it is stored in the DSP Memory block 32 (FIG. 1) and then sharpened and compressed for storage on the Memory Card block 64 (FIG. 1).
The sensor filter patterns shown in FIGS. 4A-D, 8A, 9, 10A, 13A-C, 14A-B and 15A-B have a minimal repeating unit such that the resulting low-resolution partial color image, produced in block 202, exhibits the repeating Bayer pattern for color filters:
GRBG
In addition to a single color value, given by the low-resolution partial color image, every cell also has a panchromatic value given by the low-resolution panchromatic image.
Considering the case in which the Bayer pattern is present in the low-resolution partial color image, the task of color interpolation within the Low-resolution Color Differences block 208 (FIG. 18) can now be described in greater detail. Color interpolation begins by interpolating the green values at pixels not already having green values, shown as pixel 234 in FIG. 19A. The four neighboring pixels, shown as pixels 230, 232, 236, and 238, all have green values and they also all have panchromatic values. The center pixel 234 has a panchromatic value, but does not have a green value as indicated by the question marks.
The first step is to compute two classifier values, the first relating to the horizontal direction, and the second to the vertical direction:
HCLAS=ABS(P4−P2)+ABS(2*P3−P2−P4)
VCLAS=ABS(P5−P1)+ABS(2*P3−P1−P5)
Then, compute two predictor values, the first relating to the horizontal direction, and the second to the vertical direction:
HPRED=(G4+G2)/2+(2*P3−P2−P4)/2
VPRED=(G5+G1)/2+(2*P3−P1−P5)/2
Finally, letting THRESH be an empirically determined threshold value, we can adaptively compute the missing value, G3, according to:
IF MAX( HCLAS, VCLAS ) < THRESH G3 = ( HPRED + VPRED )/2ELSEIF VCLAS < HCLAS G3 = VPREDELSE G3 = HPREDEND
Thus, if both classifiers are smaller than the threshold value, an average of both predictor values is computed for G3. If not, then either HPRED or VPRED is used depending on which classifier HCLAS or VCLAS is smaller.
Once all the missing green values have been estimated, the missing red and blue values are interpolated. As shown in FIG. 19B, pixel 242 is missing a red value but its two horizontal neighbors, pixels 240 and 244, have red values R2 and R4 respectively. All three pixels have green values. Under these conditions, an estimate for the red value (R3) for pixel 242 is computed as follows:
R3=(R4+R2)/2+(2*G3−G2−G4)/2
Missing blue values are computed in a similar way under similar conditions. At this point, the only pixels that still have missing red and blue values are those requiring vertical interpolation. As shown in FIG. 19C, pixel 252 is missing a red value and its two vertical neighbors, pixels 250 and 254, have red values R1 and R5 respectively. Under these conditions, an estimate for the red value (R3) for pixel 252 is computed as follows:
Missing blue values are computed in a similar way under similar conditions. This completes the interpolation of the low-resolution partial color image and the result is a low-resolution intermediate color image. As described earlier, the low-resolution color differences can now be computed by subtracting the low-resolution panchrome values from each color plane: red, green, and blue in the example just discussed.
Not all sensors produce low-resolution partial color images exhibiting a repeating Bayer pattern of color values. For example, the sensor pattern shown in FIG. 11A determines that each cell receives two color values: either green and red, or green and blue. Consequently, in this case, the color interpolation task within the Low-resolution Color Differences block 208 (FIG. 18) estimates missing values of red or missing values of blue for each pixel. Referring to FIG. 19D, a pixel 264 is shown having a green value (G3) but not having a red value (R3). Four of the neighboring pixels 260, 262, 266, and 268 have green values and red values. The method for interpolating the red value for pixel 264 (FIG. 19D) is similar to the method used to interpolate the green value for pixel 234 (FIG. 19A).
HCLAS=ABS(G4−G2)+ABS(2*G3−G2−G4)
VCLAS=ABS(G5−G1)+ABS(2*G3−G1−G5)
HPRED=(R4+R2)/2+(2*G3−G2−G4)/2
VPRED=(R5+R1)/2+(2*G3−G1−G5)/2
Finally, letting THRESH be an empirically determined threshold value, the missing value G3 is computed adaptively according to:
IF MAX( HCLAS, VCLAS ) < THRESH R3 = ( HPRED + VPRED )/2ELSEIF VCLAS < HCLAS R3 = VPREDELSE R3 = HPREDEND
Thus, if both classifiers are smaller than the threshold value, an average of both predictor values is computed for R3. If not, then either HPRED or VPRED is used depending on which classifier HCLAS or VCLAS is smaller.
The missing blue values are interpolated in exactly the same way using blue values in place of red. Once completed, the low-resolution intermediate color image has been produced. From there, the low-resolution color differences are computed as previously described.
The invention has been described in detail with particular reference to certain preferred embodiments thereof, but it will be understood that variations and modifications are effected within the spirit and scope of the invention.
10 light from subject scene
11 imaging stage
13 neutral density filter
14 iris
16 brightness sensor
18 shutter
20 image sensor
22 analog signal processor
24 analog to digital (A/D) converter
26 timing generator
28 image sensor stage
30 digital signal processor (DSP) bus
32 digital signal processor (DSP) memory
36 digital signal processor (DSP)
38 processing stage
40 exposure controller
50 system controller
52 system controller bus
54 program memory
56 system memory
57 host interface
60 memory card interface
62 memory card socket
64 memory card
68 user control and status interface
70 viewfinder display
72 exposure display
74 user inputs
76 status display
80 video encoder
82 display controller
88 image display
100 minimal repeating unit for Bayer pattern
102 repeating unit for Bayer pattern that is not minimal
110 spectral transmission curve of infrared blocking filter
112 unfiltered spectral photoresponse curve of sensor
114 red photoresponse curve of sensor
116 green photoresponse curve of sensor
118 blue photoresponse curve of sensor
120 first green cell
122 red cell
124 blue cell
126 second green cell
202 low-resolution partial color block
204 high-resolution panchromatic block
206 low-resolution panchromatic block
208 low-resolution color differences block
210 high-resolution color differences block
212 high-resolution final image block
222 green pixels in first green cell
230 upper pixel values for interpolating missing green value
232 left pixel values for interpolating missing green value
234 pixel with missing green value
236 right pixel values for interpolating missing green value
238 lower pixel values for interpolating missing green value
240 left pixel values for interpolating missing red value
242 pixel with missing red value
244 right pixel values for interpolating missing red value
250 upper pixel values for interpolating missing red value
254 lower pixel values for interpolating missing red value
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Janssen, Gilead Showcase HIV Data at Glasgow Conference
Janssen and Gilead Sciences continue to showcase the potential treatment abilities of their respective HIV treatments. This morning the two companies released 96-week data demonstrating their efficacy and safety that was presented during an HIV conference in the United Kingdom.
The news shared by both companies comes less than a month after they both released data showcasing the efficacy of their HIV medications.
California-based Gilead announced 96-week results from a Phase III study of its HIV drug Biktarvy for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in treatment-naïve adults. In the ongoing Phase III study, Gilead said Biktarvy was found to be statistically non-inferior to a triple-combination regimen of dolutegravir and emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide (50 mg) through 96 weeks of therapy. The new data were presented during a late-breaking abstract session at the 2018 HIV Glasgow conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
In the study, treatment-naïve adults were randomized to receive either the Gilead medication or the triple combination. At week 96, non-inferiority was maintained from the primary endpoint measurement at Week 48, with 84.1 percent of patients taking Biktarvy and 86.5 percent taking the triple combination achieving HIV-1 RNA levels less than 50 copies/mL. In the resistance analysis population, none of the study participants randomized to Biktarvy developed treatment-emergent resistance, Gilead said.
That follows data released earlier this month that showed 87.9 percent of patients taking Biktarvy showed non-inferiority against 89.8 percent of patients taking a different triple combination medication of abacavir/dolutegravir/lamivudine.
Biktarvy, a once-per-day treatment, was approved by the FDA in February as a complete regimen to treat HIV-1 in adults who haven’t been treated with antiretrovirals or to replace the current antiretroviral regimen in patients who are virologically suppressed on a stable antiretroviral regimen for at least three months.
John McHutchison, Gilead’s chief scientific officer, said the latest data continues to demonstrate the efficacy and safety profile of Biktarvy. McHutchison added that the data also supports use of the single-tablet regimen in a “broad range of adults living with HIV who are new to HIV therapy.”
“Gilead is working to advance access to Biktarvy to appropriate patients around the world as we continue our clinical and research efforts focusing on novel mechanisms of action for next-generation HIV treatments and, ultimately, a cure,” McHutchison said in a statement.
Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson, also showed off data from its HIV treatment Symtuza at the Scotland conference. Janssen also presented 96-week data that showed positive, long-term efficacy of the medication in treatment-naïve adults with HIV-1. Results from the 96-week study showed that a high proportion of antiretroviral treatment (ART)-naïve adults with HIV-1, 85 percent, achieved virologic suppression at 96 weeks when treated with Symtuza.
Symtuza was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in July for HIV-1. Trial data that supported approval of the drug showed that up to 95 percent of participating patients achieved or maintained virologic suppression. The latest data announced in Scotland builds off the data that was used for approval.
Richard Nettles, head of medical affairs for Janssen, said the long-term results build on the “growing clinical data set” that continues to provide support for Symtuza as a potential treatment option for HIV-1 patients who are just starting their therapy.
“At Janssen, we are building on our 25-year heritage in HIV and remain committed to the research and development of transformational medicines and solutions that span the continuum of HIV care to address real-world clinical challenges, combat HIV drug resistance and meet the diverse needs of those living with HIV,” Nettles said in a statement.
Earlier this month, Janssen released data that showed patients who are virologically suppressed and switched to Symtuza, maintained high virologic suppression for up to 96 weeks. Data showed that 91 percent of Symtuza patients were able to maintain that suppression. Only 1 percent of patients experienced low virologic failure at 96 weeks, Janssen reported.
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Interpretive or interpretation?
Is it an interpretation plan or an interpretive plan? These words are frequently used but it is often difficult to accurately describe what they mean. To some it is putting a whole lot of information and images on a sign. From Interpretation Canada:
Interpretation is a communication process, designed to reveal meanings and relationships of our natural and cultural heritage, to the public, through first hand experiences with objects, artifacts, landscapes, or sites.
Interpretive is an adjective meaning explanatory, enlightening or illuminative. Interpretation is a noun meaning understanding, translation or perception. Of course there are other synonyms for either word but this conveys the subtle difference. As John Veverka puts it…interpretation is translation from the language of the expert into the
conceptual language of everyday people (non experts).
So you could ask the question…are you being interpretive with your interpretation?
Planning a start
To develop an interpretive plan you need to partner with a great crew. So we did…dedicated specialists in tourism, design, multimedia development and stakeholder engagement . We engaged with Traditional Owners, Aboriginal organisations, the Central Land Council, Park Rangers, descendants of the Stolen Generation and other key stakeholders. Having gauged expectation, mined for information and explored the site we sought relief from the heat. The flies buzzed, the ice cold beer gurgled and we set about forming ideas, concepts, goals and timelines.
Provoke, relate, reveal
Then came immersion in the stories of people and place. What comes from this is a digital ‘stack of paper’ which needs virtual scissors and a pot of glue to appreciate. All this to distill that pervasive message, the answer to the question…so what? While key messages are often provided by an organisation, themes may be ephemeral at first, coming slowly into focus. John Veverka likes to define real interpretation as…relate, provoke and reveal the message.
Many stories to tell
The interpretive plan is a summary of these stories, a small window of insight, a media centre for use by interpreters. Like a suit on a clothes rack it needs to be filled out. It is a receptacle of ideas waiting for an inquiring mind and a creative touch.
The final plan provides a strategic framework to guide the design and delivery of the project. It seeks to develop a range of interpretive experiences, associated customer journeys and storytelling touch points across the Heritage Site and beyond to the Reserve. Within its numerous pages is a staged implementation plan and budget to enable a variety of partners, stakeholders and community groups to give the interpretation form…to fill out the suit.
The Interpretive Plan
As a guiding document the plan suggests and considers different solutions to interpretation. It allows for future input from stakeholders, interpretation consultants, artists, software developers, lighting consultants, fabricators and installers. The plan is not ‘definitive’ and represents a ‘living’ document. It will be revised and updated as implementation works are carried out and as new information and feedback become available. The plan:
develops an agreed narrative for all interpretation within the Alice Springs Telegraph Station.
recognises cultural sensitivities, is acceptable to the stakeholders and covers the pre and post European periods
connects the myriad of stories associated with the historic site
tells these stories through the eyes of both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people
facilitates engagement of the visitor in an informative, educative and exciting manner
ASTS Interpretive Plan
ASTS Interpretive Plan – stories
ASTS Interpretive Plan – design
As the birthplace of the Alice Springs township, the Telegraph Station is the site of the first European settlement in the area. It was established in 1871 as a repeater station on the Australian Overland Telegraph Line between Darwin and Adelaide. On completion the Telegraph Line connected Australia to the world via the British Empire’s undersea network. Messages to England, that previously took 3-4 months each way, could reach London in as little as 5 hours.
A triumph of engineering and plain old ‘hard yakka’, it had a dark and lingering effect on the Aboriginal population of the Northern Territory. The wire that connects and disconnects. Connecting European Australia to the world while tragically shattering an ancient and sustainable culture and setting in motion social ramifications that reverberate through Australian society today.
The Englishman and the Irishman
An Englishman and an Irishman meet in the centre of Australia. The Englishman says to the Irishman, “It’s all about the Empire.” The Irishman replies, “It’s all about the people.” Frank Gillen and Baldwin Spencer may have had different views on politics and society but they were a formidable team. Like their political views, their anthropological lives were a contrast of fame and infamy. Liberal minded, anti-clerical, and pro the development of the Australian continent and nation, they were modern men drawn to a culture with its roots in prehistory.
Gillen and Spencer compiled the most influential collection of Australian ethnographic material ever assembled. They developed their collection between 1875 and 1912 and had extraordinary access to Aboriginal life and ceremonies. Gillen was postmaster at the Alice Springs Telegraph Station and played a central role in the history of the station.
Francis J. Gillen (front left) and W. Baldwin Spencer (front right) at Alice Springs, Northern Territory, in 1901. The men in the back row are (from left) Erlikiliakira, Mounted Trooper Chance and Purula. Museum Victoria
Interpretation plan, Penders Heritage site
Categories: Historical & Heritage, Interpretive Projects
Aboriginal Art Audio post Booklets Brochures Bush Tucker Dreaming stories Environmental Fact Sheets Interpretive-plans Logos Memorial Midden Posters Reports Resources Template design Timeline War
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Category: Detroit Public Theatre
Rosetta and Marie Ride the Gospel Train at Detroit Public
By Daniel Skora Record keeping was sketchy at best in Cotton Plant, Arkansas in 1915. But Rosetta Rubin, or Rosether Adkins, or whatever her legal name might have been at birth, the woman who came to be known as Sister Rosetta Tharpe was destined to overcome the restrictions imposed by the cotton fields where her … More Rosetta and Marie Ride the Gospel Train at Detroit Public
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Recession Presages a “Skeleton Crew” at Detroit Public
By Daniel Skora It’s a tough job working in a Detroit auto plant. The work is arduous, the noise assailing, and the line a relentless parade of mind-numbing monotony. But it pays the bills, sometimes just barely, and it’s certainly better than the alternative, which is no job at all. Detroit Public Theatre is presenting … More Recession Presages a “Skeleton Crew” at Detroit Public
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Best of the Season 2016-17
By Daniel Skora It was a banner year for great theatre in southeastern Michigan and as a result, this year’s Best of the Season had to be enlarged from a “ten best” list to one that recognizes a baker’s dozen of noteworthy productions. The thirteen shows that appear on the list have been selected … More Best of the Season 2016-17
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Scandal Alters Political and Parental Courses at DPT
By Daniel Skora The story, as it begins, seems a familiar one. A powerful man with a public persona, personal appetites, and a wife and family tucked safely back home has a rather naïve young woman brought up to his hotel room. The man is Robert Aarons, a senator who’s been out barnstorming the country … More Scandal Alters Political and Parental Courses at DPT
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No Hoots But Lots of “Holler” at DPT
By Daniel Skora If you’re not already a jazz fan, you can’t help but have some of Frank Boyd’s enthusiasm for the music rub off on you. Boyd is creator and writer of his one-man show “The Holler Sessions”, currently being presented by Detroit Public Theatre. Boyd plays Ray, a disc jockey working out of … More No Hoots But Lots of “Holler” at DPT
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“DOT” Fluctuates Between Clear and Cloudy at DPT
By Daniel Skora Her given name is Dorothy, but it’s been shortened first to Dotty, now to Dot. Though it may just be a coincidence, the reduction that’s happened to Dorothy’s name is much like the reduction that’s happening to her mind. Dorothy has Alzheimer’s, and all those qualities that once made her a wonderfully … More “DOT” Fluctuates Between Clear and Cloudy at DPT
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Murder Set to Music at Detroit Public Theatre
By Daniel Skora It’s smart, it’s sexy, and it’s explosive. It’s a boy-meets-girl-meets-boy story that’s being given a totally contemporary treatment in the rock musical “Murder Ballad”. You can see it at Detroit Public Theatre where it’s being performed in an exciting and highly entertaining production. Its story is both big-city and tragic. While waiting … More Murder Set to Music at Detroit Public Theatre
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Life in the “D” in ‘67 Revisited at Detroit Public Theatre
By Daniel Skora Against the backdrop of the 1967 Detroit riots, playwright Dominique Morisseau has written an intriguing play about an African American family’s life in the city during one of its most turbulent times. Entitled simply “Detroit ’67”, the show is the current presentation of the Detroit Public Theatre. Luxuries are few and far … More Life in the “D” in ‘67 Revisited at Detroit Public Theatre
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“Sex with Strangers” at Detroit Public Theatre
By Daniel Skora Now that we’ve got everyone’s attention! Actually, as salacious as the title of Laura Eason’s play might sound, “Sex with Strangers” is more about publishing in the digital age than it is about wanton expressions of love. Any romantic encounters that take place on the Detroit Public Theatre stage between the play’s … More “Sex with Strangers” at Detroit Public Theatre
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Home/Sports/The Score Sheet: Comets aim for state tournament bid after win, Rockford falls
The Score Sheet: Comets aim for state tournament bid after win, Rockford falls
Kellan Heavican February 22, 2019
The Charles City Comets will have a chance to break a 63 year curse on Monday night after they upended Webster City Thursday night.
Erik Hoefer had the call and has the report.
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The Janesville Wildcats outran the Rockford Warriors last night 75-45. Janesville jumped out to a 14-2 lead, but the Warriors slowly chipped away.
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Unfortunately for the Warriors, Janesvill stole momentum going into the second frame after two late-quarter baskets.
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Jake Staudt paced the Warriors with 15 and Max Rooney netted 13. Codey Hicks scored a game-high 23 points and Caden Conrad bagged 22. Rockford finishes the season at 17-6. Janesville advances to Saturday’s substate round against Algona-Bishop Garrigan.
The 10th ranked Iowa Hawkeye women were knocked out of first place in the Big Ten race.
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Rob Brooks on the Hawkeye Network. Indiana rallied from 16 points down to stun the Hawkeyes 75-73.
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That’s Iowa coach Lisa Bluder. The Hawkeyes fall to 12-4 in the Big Ten.
The Iowa Hawkeyes try to bounce back from a loss to Maryland on Friday night when they host Indiana. The Hawks are 9-6 in the Big Ten after a 66-65 loss to the Terrapins, the third straight game that came down to the final possession.
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That’s Iowa coach Fran McCaffery who expects a tough test from a Hoosier squad that is 4-11 in the league race after a two point loss to Purdue.
Iowa beat Indiana two weeks ago in Bloomington. McCaffery was not happy with sophomore center Luka Garza publicly accepting blame for the loss to Maryland. Garza finished with five points on one of seven shooting
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Trump says Press Secretary Sanders to leave White House
Posted 2:21 pm, June 13, 2019, by Associated Press, Updated at 02:44PM, June 13, 2019
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 04: White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders answers questions during the daily briefing at the White House June 4, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON — White House press secretary Sarah Sanders will be leaving the Trump administration at the end of the month.
President Donald Trump announced the news on Twitter Wednesday. He says Sanders will be returning to her home state of Arkansas and has not immediately named a successor.
Sanders is one of the president’s closest and most trusted White House aides and one of the few remaining who worked on his campaign.
Her tenure was marked by a breakdown in regular White House press briefings and questions about the administration’s credibility.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s revealed that Sanders admitted to investigators that she had made an unfounded claim that “countless” FBI agents had reached out to express support for Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey in May 2017.
….She is a very special person with extraordinary talents, who has done an incredible job! I hope she decides to run for Governor of Arkansas – she would be fantastic. Sarah, thank you for a job well done!
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Uluru locals angered by tourists ‘defecating, urinating and discarding nappies’ on sacred rock
Helen Coffey
The Independent 11 July 2019
Hundreds of tourists are descending on Uluru in Australia each day to climb the sacred rock before it closes, leaving “sickening” amounts of rubbish in their wake.
Locals have accused visitors of discarding human waste, nappies and rubbish on the attraction in the northern Territory’s Red Centre, where a climbing ban will come into effect from 26 October.
The number of climbers has skyrocketed from around 140 each day before the upcoming ban was announced in 2017, to between 300-500 daily visitors.
Broadcaster ABC shared a photo it had received from a member of the public, showing a long line of people snaking up the rock. The local resident who sent the picture said it was “the busiest they’ve seen [Uluru]”, adding that there were cars parked for 1km on either side of the road leading up to the car park at the base.
“It makes me sick looking at this photo at the disrespect and disregard shown for the traditional owners’ wishes,” said a spokesperson from the Darug Custodian Aboriginal Corporation.
“Not only do people climb it but they defecate, urinate and discard nappies and rubbish on it.
“I for one cannot wait for the climb to be permanently closed and our sacred lore, culture and traditions to be acknowledged and respected.”
Stephen Schwer, chief executive of Tourism Central Australia, told the ABC: “When there is the kind of influx of drive travel as we are seeing at the moment, there is an influx of waste.”
“There’s just rubbish everywhere, including used toilet paper,” added Lindy Severin, the owner of cattle ranch and campsite Curtin Springs Station about 100km away. She said thousands of campervans heading to Uluru had been dumping toilet tanks on the roadside.
The massive sandstone monolith, sometimes known as Ayers Rock, is sacred to Aboriginal Australians, who have long campaigned to stop people climbing it.
There is already a sign at the bottom of the path, reading: “We, the traditional Anangu owners have this to say. The climb is not prohibited but we ask you to respect our law and culture by not climbing Uluru.
“We have a responsibility to teach and safeguard visitors to our land.
“The climb can be dangerous. Too many people have died while attempting to climb Uluru.”
The Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park Board announced in 2017 that tourists would be banned from climbing the rock from 26 October 2019, after a 12-strong board voted unanimously to introduce the measure.
“It is an extremely important place, not a playground or theme park like Disneyland,” said chairman and senior traditional owner Sammy Wilson at the time.
“If I travel to another country and there is a sacred site, an area of restricted access, I don’t enter or climb it, I respect it. It is the same here for Anangu. We welcome tourists here. We are not stopping tourism, just this activity.”
Tourists will still be able to walk around the base and take a cultural workshop.
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Mother is Gang Banged After Supplying Alcohol for Party
The mother of a teenage girl supplied her party with alcohol then willingly had sex with 5 teeanage boys who attended the party. She had told the first boy that she needed to take a shower and that he should help her.
Two other boys watched as she had sex with the first boy, then they joined in. Later, three other boys came forward, saying they too had sex with the mother, Jaimie Ayer. Police originally arrested her on charges of sexual contact with two of the boys and will be filing more charges for the other three boys.
Her daughter and other party-goers allegedly caught her later having sex in front of two teenage boys, ages 16 and 17. Three more boys have come forward alleging that Ayer had sex with them.
Three of the five alleged victims are 16 years old.
The sheriff’s office announced Thursday she was originally charged with three counts of unlawful sexual activity of certain minors. At that time, officials determined there were two victims, 16- and 17-year-old males.
All seven counts stem from an incident on Dec. 23 in which the Bradenton woman allegedly was giving alcohol and having sex with minors at a party hosted by her child. Students from two local high schools were invited, according to detectives.
Ayer allegedly gave the minors alcohol, told one she needed help showering and had sex with the 16- and 17-year-old boys, according to previous reports. She appeared intoxicated when deputies arrived at her home to arrest her Wednesday, authorities said.
Ayer appeared intoxicated when authorities apprehended her, said the arrest affidavit.
She is being held on $22,500 bond and remains in the Manatee County Jail.
H/T Breitbart News
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Can Oliviero Toscani be the Steve Jobs of Benetton?
United Colors of Benetton brand is one of the best examples how content alone can greatly improve the business performance. United colors of Benetton founder Luciano Benetton collaborated with a photographer and creative director Oliviero Toscani on building the United colors of Benetton brand from a local competitor to a global leader. Toscani’s photography – the content – avoided products and focused on global social issues such as racism, HIV, and war.
This way Toscani added a soft value to all of United colors of Benetton products and increased their sales. The logo, designed by Massimo Vignelli, connected the messages in the photography to the products. Customers who bought the products would feel that they are participating in the campaigns for the global change. The added value was so well accepted that United colors of Benetton became one of the top casual fashion brands in the world relatively quickly. Interbrand best global brands for 2000 lists it as a second casual brand behind Gap.
Collaboration with Toscani has ended in 2001 after the controversial Death Row campaign, and United Colors of Benetton brand has immediately started loosing its position.
16 years later, on 30 November 2017, Benetton Group announced in a press release that Oliviero Toscani has started again working with United colors of Benetton. His work focused on the issue of social integration which Toscani defined as a crucial global issue today, replicating his soft value method which brought success to Benetton previously.
The United Colors of Benetton history proves an undeniable connection between the know-how of a single person and a success of a brand. The most notable similar story is that of Steve Jobs and Apple. Jobs also understood and used the soft values, took risks, and was highly supported but also misunderstood by the management. His presence showed growth, his exit resulted in failure, and his return again brought growth.
We have to wait and see if Toscani has been given the same power he had when he worked with Luciano Benetton, now retired from the CEO position, and if he can bring United Colors of Benetton close to previous results, and become Benetton’s Steve Jobs.
Tags: Apple, Benetton, Brand Values, Gap, Interbrand, Logo, Luciano Benetton, Massimo Vignelli, Oliviero Toscani, photography, social responsibility, Steve Jobs, United colors of Benetton
Publishing date: 7 Dec 2017
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Lost in…New Mills
This entry was posted on December 8, 2013 by Matt Harrison, in Lost in..., Non-League, Step 5-6 and tagged Church Lane, Damase Kiwanda, Danny Browne, Evo-Stik Northern League, Matthew Purcell, New Mills, New Mills AFC, Salford City. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments
My footballing weekend was beginning 24 hours earlier than usual with a trip into the high peaks planned on the Friday night on the last weekend of November. I attempted to visit New Mills last season, but my visit was derailed by the January freeze. With my local team Salford City playing up at the Derbyshire town, I thought this was as good an excuse as any to make the trek to New Mills, located 15 miles south of Manchester on the edge of the Peak District.
A Friday night fix of football.
After a long week in work, I was more than happy to be venturing to a footballing outpost as the end of work on the Friday beckoned in the weekend properly. By 17:00 I had got myself to Manchester Piccadilly and it was here that I met up with Rob (West Didsbury & Chorlton’s Press Officer who I went along to Blackpool with last weekend), who had decided to come along on the trip as he had also never visited New Mills’ ground.
Shortly before 6pm, we arrived into New Mills Central station and after not buying alcohol for the 30 minute train journey, we went in search of a pub as we arrived into town. The place itself seemed rather charming and quaint, just as I had expected really, but the only problem was that the night had taken away some of the scenic views of the town and its surroundings (note to self: visit New Mills in day time next time). Our quest for a pub was a very short one, as one appeared directly ahead of us as soon as we finished the ascent up the small hill from the train station.’The Pride of the Peak’ pub was to be our introduction to the town of New Mills.
The Pride of the Peak pub.
Within seconds of walking through the door, an old man sitting in the corner called me to me, “So where are you from lad?” clearly a sign that this is the sort of town where everybody knows everybody. I informed him of where I was actually from, which was then preceded by more quizzing. He made it very clear to me that he was happy to see me in the town before asking “Are you married?” I informed him that I was not. “Oh! Are you gay? We don’t mind up here.” I told him I was not. However, in possibly the scariest moment since that trip to Harry’s Bar in Wigan, my new friend clutched my hand, said it was nice to meet me and then gave me a creepy wink. I’m not sure how I entice these crazy people in – I think it must be the flat cap. Although I joke about such things, the people in the pub were genuinely very friendly and there was a nice Friday evening feel to the place. With one pint down and with the time heading towards 19:00 we decided to move on.
We headed down the hill just as the landlord of the Pride had told us, past the numerous cash machines and towards the Queen’s Head pub, which we could see at the bottom of the hill. From here we could also spy the floodlights of Church Lane a short distance away, which gave us comfort knowing we did not have a huge trek to the ground ahead of us. Once again, thanks to the darkness of night time we were also denied a good view of the The Torrs hydro station below us, one of the main attractions in New Mills I had heard.
We arrived at the Queen’s Head and it’s fair to say that it wasn’t quite as well maintained as our previous pub, but it was fine nonetheless. Just like the Pride of the Peak before it, a round of two lagers cost £7, which for me, having dwelled in Manchester long enough now, is an average price, although Rob, who is from South Manchester, argued that it was expensive. Anyway, after a dose of the BBC local news with a small crowd of 4 pub dwellers we headed to the ground.
Church Lane.
Welcome to New Mills AFC and their Church Lane home.
We were unsurprised to find a large church next New Mills’ Church Lane ground (I guess the clue is in the name ) and I did attempt to capture an atmospheric photo of the ground and its floodlights through the darkened trees and graveyard of the church’s ground, but my crappy camera was having none of it. Artistic photography is just not my speciality and having had that point corroborated, we moved onwards to the turnstiles.
The original football club of New Mills was formed over 120 years ago, before calling it day and then relaunching again in 1919. It was after the club’s second coming that New Mills would move to their current Church Lane home, having played at several grounds before that. The club went through a successful stint shortly after the ground move with league successes in the Manchester League and cup success in the Derbyshire Divisional Cup. However, the 1970s saw the name of New Mills fall out of existence momentarily, until two amateur clubs, Birch Vale and Thornsett FC, merged 12 months later and adopted the name New Mills as they moved into Church Lane. After thirty years of moving around the Lancashire, Cheshire and Manchester Leagues, New Mills eventually returned to the North West Counties in 2004. Then in the 2010/11 season the club rose to the Evo-Stik Northern League for the first time in their history, and it was in this league, more specifically in the Division One North league strata of the league, that I would witness New Mills take on Salford this evening.
The view of the clubhouse on entering through the turnstiles.
Almost as soon as we entered the ground, after paying a strangely priced £6.50 entry fee, we seemed to be hit by a cold blast of air as the Friday night air turned rather chilly all of a sudden. The ground itself is fairly basic with only one side of the pitch having a sheltered stand with only a small amounting of seating. On the opposite side of the ground are the dugouts with caged off 5-a-side pitches in the corner. On the right of us as we came through the turnstiles were the changing rooms, the food hut and the clubhouse. It was for the latter we headed first.
As far as non-league clubhouse’s go, New Mills’ offering is great with TV’s showing Spanish football from some random satellite channel, the usual collection of club memorabilia (including mementos from the club’s game against Manchester United in 2010/11 to celebrate the Millers’ 125th anniversary), a pool table and of course a bar. To the bar it was!
Me with Salford ‘superfan’ Richard – tonight was his 259th consecutive Salford City game, home and away.
Inside the New Mills clubhouse.
With drink in hand, I went over to join Salford ‘superfan’ Richard, who as always with any Salford game, was present to support the Ammies this evening. I’d first met on my first ever trip to Salford’s Moor Lane home and since that day I’ve joined him several times on the Moor Lane ‘Kop’. Richard has more than earned his tag of ‘superfan’ with the New Mills trip being his 259th consecutive Salford game home or away and, interestingly enough, the run had started almost exactly 5 years to the day.
With kick-off getting nearer, it was time to depart the warmth of the clubhouse and head out into the New Mills cold. Only one way to warm up: pie! I headed next door to the food hut, but was struck with disappointment as I was to learn that there were no pies on sale. Nightmare! Usually, my backup for a ‘no pie situation’ is a tray of chips or maybe a burger, but in a football ground first for myself I went for something far more exotic than usual: a chip butty. It did the job of filling me up and keeping me warm for a short while at least.
Chip butty!
By now the game had kicked off and I dragged Rob around to join me with the small tangerine contingent of Salford fans behind the far goal. As we made our way around to the ‘away end’, I noticed that there was something different about Salford City. At first I thought it must have just been the light blue away shirts they were playing in, instead of their usual home colour of tangerine (just like Blackpool, not orange), but then I realised what it was: it was the way they were playing football – it was good! I’ve always enjoyed watching the Ammies, but they’ve never exactly been the most aesthetically pleasing on the eye. However, tonight they were playing some nice football from the first minute and it only took the away team 6 minutes to open the scoring, as Matthew Purcell coolly finished from just inside the box past New Mills’ Peter Collinge.
The view from the ‘away end’. Salford on the attack.
Match action.
The only covered side of the pitch.
We made it down to the away end to join Richard and Andrew, shortly after the goal and had the pleasure of enjoying the usual ‘away team/home goalkeeper’ banter that unravels at such non-league games. However, any communication becdame more difficult as Church Lane began to live up to its name, as church bells began ringing loudly nearby; clearly, a rehearsal for a wedding the next day or maybe the people of New Mills just enjoy late evening weddings. Whoever was commandeering the bells got in a good practice as the ringing continued on and off for the duration of the game.
There were very few chances as the half went on, but the Ammies looked comfortable throughout and were the better team as the ref blew time on the opening 45 minutes.
Half-Time: New Mills 0 – 1 Salford City.
We rushed back to the warmth of the clubhouse and to get in the next round of beers. As we entered the clubhouse, it dawned on me how many people were actually at the game tonight – the clubhouse felt rammed and it wasn’t exactly a small dingy clubhouse either. A great turnout for a Friday night fixture.
As the second half kicked off, me and Rob decided not to rush our pints and take advantage of the window from the clubhouse to watch the opening exchanges of the half. And as the half developed, Salford only seemed to get more dominant. Then, from our window view, we witnessed Salford score once again, as Danny Browne broke down the left and got into the box, before firing home at the near post. That looked to be effectively game over.
Behind the Tangerine Army as the second half begins.
Me and Salford fan Andrew.
We went and rejoined the Tangerine Army, who were now joined by Laura Flint, who was still delighted after I referred to her as one of the ‘first women of non-league football’ in my Wigan Robin Park blog. The Salford fans were now positioned behind the goal in front of the clubhouse with a slightly elevated vantage point, thanks to the small banking rising up from behind the goal. It was from here that I once again bemoaned the fact that I had visited Church Lane for a night game, as it was quite evident that the backdrop to the ground, which was obviously clouded in darkness on this occasion, would be something special during the daytime.
Salford continued to attack Collinge’s goal, whilst any New Mills attack was thwarted effortlessly by a very resolute looking Salford defence. The most exciting part of the game for me was the introduction of Salford’s new winger Damase Kiwanda, who caused absolute havoc down the left side of the pitch for the last 15 minutes of the game. When I spotted Hyde fan and general non-league observer ‘Breezeblock’ (I only know his Twitter alias) near us, I went over for a chat with him and he informed me that Kiwanda had come from Hyde and could be a very good player. I was more amazed to learn that Kiwanda was still only 18! It was an electric display from the youngster and I hope to see more of him in a Salford shirt this season.
The uncovered side of the pitch with the lights of New Mills in the distance.
A Salford freekick as they continue to attack the New Mills goal at 2-0 up.
Despite a succession of away corners and free kicks and Kiwanda marauding down the left, Salford couldn’t add a third and the game finished 2-0 to the away team, who thoroughly deserved their victory.
Full-Time: New Mills 0 – 2 Salford City.
With goodbyes said to the Tangerine Army, we opted not to head back to the clubhouse for postmatch watering and instead headed back up to the Pride of the Peak near the station, to ensure we could not miss our train back to Manchester.
The Pride of the Peak was much the same as we had left it earlier in the evening, but, thankfully, my ‘friend’ had left his armchair and gone home. The pub had now morphed into more of a Friday night attraction though with the locals queuing to have a go on the karaoke machine. Our New Mills experience was to end with locals murdering Robbie Williams’ Angels. I love a bit of karaoke, but I resisted the urge to get involved; as anyone who has heard me on karaoke before will know, this was for the best for the fol of New Mills.
Overall, a very enjoyable evening. New Mills is a pleasant little town and the ground, although a bit basic, is a good one. A second trip to New Mills is definitely on the cards in the near future, but this time during daylight hours.
A good evening at Church Lane.
Highlights: nice town, Pride of the Peak pub, good game, Salford played good football, good clubhouse.
Low Points: no pies, being denied the scenic views thanks to attending a night game.
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Fears of high cholesterol were frequently voiced up until the mid-1990s. However, more recent research has shown that the distinction between high- and low-density lipoprotein ('good' and 'bad' cholesterol, respectively) must be addressed when speaking of the potential ill effects of cholesterol. Different types of dietary fat have different effects on blood levels of cholesterol. For example, polyunsaturated fats tend to decrease both types of cholesterol; monounsaturated fats tend to lower LDL and raise HDL; saturated fats tend to either raise HDL, or raise both HDL and LDL;[42][43] and trans fat tend to raise LDL and lower HDL.
Try a lower-calorie version. Use lower-calorie ingredients or prepare food differently. For example, if your macaroni and cheese recipe uses whole milk, butter, and full-fat cheese, try remaking it with non-fat milk, less butter, light cream cheese, fresh spinach and tomatoes. Just remember to not increase your portion size. For more ideas on how to cut back on calories, see Eat More Weigh Less.
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With its trifecta of carbs, protein, and fat, Greek yogurt can keep you full and ward off hunger by keeping blood sugar levels steady. Instead of choosing the non-fat kind, go for 2 percent or one with whole milk—selecting non-fat is a surefire way to wind up hungry soon after downing your meal. A single cup of Fage Total 2 Percent has 170 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, and a whopping 23 grams of protein.
Swap plain noodles for this hearty variety (which you may find more easily by looking for soba noodles—just check that they're 100 percent buckwheat before purchasing). Buckwheat noodles contain fiber (12 grams per cup), and unlike most carbs, they contain protein, too, (24 grams per cup) making it more filling, aka harder to overeat than the regular stuff.
Carbs are not the nutritional Voldemort. Actually, certain healthy carbs can help you lose weight—and air-popped popcorn is one of them. “Portion-wise, it has a lower calorie per unit volume than many other snacks,” Lauren Harris-Pincus, M.S., R.D.N., and owner of Nutrition Starring You, told SELF in a previous article. You get more bang for your caloric buck, and since popcorn is made up of complex carbs, it’ll digest more slowly, keeping you fuller longer.
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Talk:Arceus (Pokémon)
Archive 1 (discussions from October 13, 2006 – December 13, 2008)
Is the color and box from the Tutoring Moveset (I think) supposed to be expanding past the sprite box? I see the Rock type stuff, if that matters. (No, I don't think it is my browser, other Pokémon's pages are still fine) The Dark Fiddler - Nos hablamos? 14:13, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
I have fixed it stop the problem was that he closed the time, not the tutor box stopDCM((曲奇饼妖怪Spy on My Edits))
Out of intrest
Has anyone tried to see if Arceus' ??? type forme is in PBR? Zsaberslash 20:52, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
And possibly in Platinum, as well? In a method other than cheating? --Bulbapedian - Talk 20:55, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
Instead of fanart ...shouldn't we use something OFFICIAL even if its just a PBR screenshot, or a sprite --LilRed 00:11, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
The fanart fulfills our needs best. Besides, the official artwork is only a couple of months away now. --FabuVinny |Talk Page| 00:32, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
If they'll release an official artwork of Arceus, does it mean that Arceus is officially released also?Palkia38 06:54, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, this is what it would seem like. It's predicted to be released at a similar time to the next movie. — THE TROM — 06:56, 3 January 2009 (UTC)
How on Earth did whoever drew that picture get it so perfect when the sprite is so tiny? They must have got something wrong surely? Taromon777 19:36, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
Yes, the artist, Seyanni, did get several details wrong from what we now know about the features of Arceus. First of all, the face has two lines running across it, not just one. There are grey triangles on the inside of each of its legs, and the red parts of its eyes have black slits, like Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. In addition, the wheel is more pointed and the green circles he/she drew are actually gems. So, really, like I've said before, this fanart is far from accurate, but now there's really no need to replace it (though I've given the site several months to use my own artwork (http://xous54.deviantart.com/art/Arceus-Final-106548360), which is, of course, more accurate) when Arceus is set to be revealed on the 15th (with a leak anywhere from the 12th to the 14th). (Of course, the Pokémon set to be revealed could also be something else.) Xous 18:16, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
Looking at Darkrai and Shaymin's, it seems that the reveal will be just around February 14, 2009. Isn't that convenient. So I'd like to notify you all... don't bother with it until then. TTEchidna 06:52, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
Actually, it is expected to be leaked today, and officially revealed on January 19.--Mence Master 13:47, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Listen to the Editor-in-Chief. Don't bother until the reveal. The Dark Fiddler - Nos hablamos? 13:54, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
And TTE is right. I think he has psychic abilities. -Anangryzapdos 19:03, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
???-type Explanation Doesn't Make Sense
One of our members brought up a good point about the explanation (in this article) about why Nintendo put the ??? Arceus in the game. We think that it was put in because Nintendo's code for Multitype required a sprite to be filled for every single type. This is our best guess, and I certainly think it's more plausible than "preventing game crashes for hackers." Hackers can crash the game quite easily otherwise - why would they prevent it in one way when we can do it in a thousand other ways? Remember, Nintendo doesn't care for or even acknowledge hackers. -Coolbho3000 00:33, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Following that logic, why put a vestigial Safari Zone in GSC? Why make it harder to access MissingNo in Yellow and impossible in FrLg? Like it or not, Nintendo has put many things in for the purpose of preventing crashes. Kiryu 04:59, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
The Safari Zone in G/S/C was there because it was originally supposed to be in there, but they decided later not to include it. And Missingno. was excluded from later games because it was a glitch that was accessible without cheats. They took it out for the same reason that they hire game testers: they want their games to be as glitch-free as possible. And it did cause crashes, but it could be accessed without cheats, unlike the ???-type Arceus. I agree with Coolbho.--Celebi96 13:51, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Animated sprite.
It doesn't change for me. It's just the regular Arceus. --ケンジのガール 00:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
you maam are using Internet Explorer. that is an animated .png, which your browser does not support. -- MAGNEDETH 00:59, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Don't you think that's a little unfair for people who prefer to user IE? What's wrong with just using a gif file? --ケンジのガール 01:02, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
lesser quality. take it up with TTE. -- MAGNEDETH 01:03, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
You should use Firefox. D: -Sketch 01:05, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
I have used it and I hated it. It made my computer move incredibly slow. --ケンジのガール 01:16, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
How many addons did you give it? That's usually what kills it. I mean, mine's running using 118,784K, next most is Windows Explorer with not even 10% of that much. It's a given with the 13 extensions I have for it... Anyway, Opera's most recent release supports anipngs too, or so I've heard. Given, I plan to make that specific spritecycle a gif again, since the whole point of that is to animate. Other anipngs you don't lose much with them being not animated. TTEchidna 01:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Google chrome doesn't accept anipngs, and firefox takes an age to start up for me. I also hate IE. Lord of Origami 11:28, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
It works on opera just fine, Who uses IE nowadays anyway? And Mozilla's slow.... too slow.--FF(edits-talk) 11:52, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
Anyway, I recommend you try Opera, if you haven't done so. It's light, fast, simple to use, secure, stable, complete and free so you don't have to worry. And it'll still work with Windows 98. XD Besides, it's MS's fault for not giving better support for web standards 'cause it's "cooler" to use their own. Pokemon lover 18:45, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
???-type arceus existance
If anyone can hack platinum and try changing arceus' type to ???-type and it appears then its existance is official, anybody care and try?--Nobody777 12:22, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
We have the sprite. That's all the proof you need. ΘρtιmαtumTalk 14:01, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
sorry, forgot about that. --Nobody777 14:03, 11 January 2009 (UTC)
there is a legend in arab myths that says that god created a horse from the north wind and it was the frist being on earth, arceus is a horse and the first Pokémon in existance, should we add this to the origin part in the article?--Nobody777 13:29, 13 January 2009 (UTC)
That seems more like an origin for Suicune, because of the north wind bit... Though Suicune isn't a horse. I don't know, it might be a legitimate origin.--Celebi96 14:15, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Arceus reminds me of the andalites from the animorphs books except it only has two eyes and no arms or tail. However in the movie it can speak with telepathy. Did any one else notice the similarities or am I just insane?--Mtn otter 17:41, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
I saw this likely vandalism in the tivia section:
At level 80, Arceus is the second highest level non-glitch Pokémon available for capture. The highest is Magikarp which can be caught at level 100 in Pokémon Platinum. It is, however, still the highest level legendary Pokémon available for capture.
I am hoping this is a joke or vandalism.
Alakazam 2
Check Magikarp's article. It's a legit piece of trivia. -- Jïörüjï Ðērākō.>.cнаt^ 07:04, 2 February 2009 (UTC)
Here we have it, Sugimori's Art for it, taken directly from the site. <img> </img>--Mence Master 02:18, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Is that acceptable? I got it from the Japanese site. I know, it's a bit small.. --×Kevzo8 02:39, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
the official image is already on the page. -- MAGNEDETH 02:49, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
OIC. I posted the wrong image, though. Twas an anime art. D: ×Kevzo8 10:33, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
PokéBeach has cut out all of the arts, including the official art, but WPM has requested that nobody use that art.
--Mence Master 15:00, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
Is their any artwork for the other types, or just Normal typed Arceus?Jmvb 22:19, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
New artwork (actually biggest):
--Mew a.k.a. Prmatt11 at 01:57, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
U.S. Reveal
Since the page is locked, can one of the mods make a note about how it has not been revealed in the U.S., and probably won't be until early next year. --HoennMaster 04:44, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
That's Anime art. Official Art is similar to it's Platinum Sprite.--Mence Master 03:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
What does that have to do with my post? --HoennMaster 03:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
I'll answer. That's not necessary to say. Besides, it's speculation. -Sketch 20:12, 8 March 2009 (UTC)
Type-change grammar
Due to the special coding for Multitype, if the page changes to Electric or Ice, the grammar in the article becomes incorrect, displaying as "a Electric-type" or "a Ice-type". Since I have no idea how the coding works, and the fact that the page is protected anyway, would it be possible for someone to fix that bit of grammar on the Zap and Icicle versions of the page?
A minor error, but an error nonetheless. βetA ZerØ 03:34, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Thanks for fixing it, TTE. βetA ZerØ 04:19, 20 February 2009 (UTC)
Just realized the same grammar error is on this talk page... βetA ZerØ 22:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Should be fixed now... βetA ZerØ 22:09, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Typer effectiveness box for ??? type
Considering the the ??? type can show up at random on this page should a type effectiveness box show up for it too? Jmvb 16:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
I guess I could do it. I don't know the numbers though, ar all types just normal effective?--MisterE13 16:27, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
??? has no strengths and weaknesses; all types are normal. Learned this from Weather Ball and Shadow Sky. βetA ZerØ 16:50, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Just remembered that the page is protected so I can't actually change it. LOL!--MisterE13 18:44, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Don't bother. One, there's no way to access ??? Arceus, so it doesn't matter, and two, the type effectiveness of anything against the ???-type is NORMAL DAMAGE. TTEchidna 05:48, 23 February 2009 (UTC)
Arceus to be in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky!
Hi everybody, I just got information from Serebii.net today confirming Arceus will appear in the game as well as several other things as well. So the In Side Games section you can put that Arceus will make it's Mystery Dungeon debut in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of the Sky. --Dialgafan1 19:00, 12 March 2009 (UTC)Dialgafan1
Unfortunately, it only appears as a statue and can't actually be encountered or recruited.--Celebi96 14:13, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
English Pokémon Platinum Pokédex Entry.
The anglish Pokémon Platinum Pokédex Entry has been confirmed as "It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world. " May someone edit the page to include this? ~m190049~talk 20:43, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
Talk page glitch
I noticed when Arceus' page is ???-Type, the message on the top of the page says "DON'T ASK WHY ARCEUS IS A NORMAL-TYPE! It just IS!", incorrectly... ~m190049~talk 20:48, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
It's because it changes on the second you access the page. Since you accessed the talk page on a different second than the article, it's different. If you go on the page and wait exactly 18 seconds (or a multiple thereof) then check here it should be good.--MisterE13 20:54, 18 March 2009 (UTC)
US Platinum dex entry/page unlock
Can someone please unlock the page so that the English Platinum Dex entry can be added? And why was it even locked in the first place? Frugali 12:13, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Because of the upcoming movie and some impatient users. --Prongs (Talk • Contributions) 12:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
I you want, you can just add the entry here so that once admins are around, they could place it in the article. ◄Kevzo8► 12:16, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Someone already posted the Dex entry above me, but I guess I'll just copypaste it: It is said to have emerged from an egg in a place where there was nothing, then shaped the world. And yes, I would want an admin to put it in if it's going to remain locked until the movie's release. Frugali 12:19, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Done. Thanks guys for noticing this. — THE TROM — 21:15, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
Why is this page protected?--Thomas Michael William Patrick Sales 10:01, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
*cough* Movie 12 *cough* Kevzo8 10:26, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
Event Moves
Should the Event Moves (Spacial Rend, Roar of Time, Shadow Force) be added to its moveset? It knows these at Level 100 at the Japanese event this summer. - unsigned comment from JacobCrystal (talk • contribs)
Should we insert the Movie Arceus event?
I mean, Corocoro had already revealed that there is going to be an event in HGSS unlocked by Movie Arceus where the player can choose a Level 1 Dialga, Palkia, and Giratina. I think it should be worth noting that they should mention this in this article. Weedle Mchairybug 13:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Name origin
Hey guys, an idea had just sprouted in my head. The name might also come from the latin verb arceo, which roughly translates to "I watch from a distance". /Ziemniax
Actually, that word means "enclose". But it could still be a name origin, since Arceus was enclosed in the Hall of Origin.--Celebi96 14:19, 1 July 2009 (UTC)
Both of you are right. if it has a long e then it means "I watch from a distane" but a short e means "enclose"--Mtn otter 17:29, 7 August 2009 (UTC)
Arceus catch Trivia
As a point in the trivia I think it should be mentioned that Arceus is the only trio master (as of yet and i suspect always will be) not catchable by typical in-game mechanics instead needing to obtain an item solely distributed by a Nintendo event. All others are obtainable in their original generations via typical methods (i.e. just a simple in-game event or simply trading from a complimentary version) rather than and individual physically having to go to a Nintendo event to receive an item that cannot be obtained in games. I'm sorry if this point seems to sound redundant but I'm not sure if everyone will understand what I mean. -- D558 06:21, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
Psh, who says you have to go outside? You can WFC the Azure Flute... eventually... presumably... likely... in the future. But yes, that's a good point. Do it. TTEchidna 06:24, 3 July 2009 (UTC)
I dunno if the page is protected or if my ability to edit pages has been taken away but I can't add this trivia... I guess i'll have to wait until it is unprotected or someone else will have to state this fact -- D558 18:50, 4 July 2009 (UTC)
Is it possible to have playable MP3 files to get Pokemon cries? I'm getting confused as to what Arceus' sounds like, because the text box says Dodogyuuun! and [this movie] has mediocre sound graphics and sounds like a hi-pitched vibrating and Ayeayeaye! - unsigned comment from Giratina's Embodiment (talk • contribs) 19:34, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
I think Filb.de has them. I had all the Sinnoh ones at one point, but I may have deleted them when iTunes tried to be stupid with them. —darklordtrom 20:10, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Have a ball. TTEchidna 05:27, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
Arceus infobox at the top of this page
Shouldn't this be in the article instead? What is it doing here? -- Socob ( Talk | Contribs ) 13:32, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
TTE found them too distracting for the articles. Here it's mostly a warning not to ask why Arceus is Flying.--MisterE13 16:39, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
I see. It does seem to be kind of messed up, too. -- Socob ( Talk | Contribs ) 12:48, 13 August 2009 (UTC)
HGSS Overworld
Isn't that cool if the page have the HGSS overworld?, other pokemon too - unsigned comment from Arceus Vs Dragon Trio (talk • contribs)
These will most likely be included somehow; we just need to work out where. It's been what, a day? Give us some time to get the images first. —darklordtrom 22:37, 12 September 2009 (UTC)
Apparently (due to the Austrailian trailer floating around the Internets) Arceus's name is pronouced ARK-eus. Aura-Knight 13:11, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
There are so many pronunciations out there that Bulbapedia doesn't keep track of them. In the past there have been discrepancies between the anime and the "official" books, and even between multiple episodes of the anime. —darklordtrom 20:38, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
1000 arms???
umm... just wondering...why does the Pokédex entry say that it has 1000 arms? I was looking at it and it has four hooves, no arms? Isn't it kind of weird to say it has 1000 arms and then when you see it it has no arms (or four if you count hooves as arms)?--Smartkidhen 00:16, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Well, Arceus could retract them. Ask on the forums, because that is where this belongs. Alpha CuboneKing 00:30, 8 November 2009 (UTC)
Derp. Hey. Multiform things always have the show/hide option because their other types can be freely switched to at will. Keep it that way. TTEchidna 14:25, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
Okay, someone really ought to add Shadow Force, Spacial Rend and Roar of Time to the "by events" section. If no one edits it or gives me a reason not to, I will add this ----GEN1KING ([[User talk:TALK]]) 04:49, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
I have added the event moves section to the page. thank you.
GEN1KING ([[User talk:TALK]]) 05:24, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Thank you. —darklordtrom 05:25, 20 November 2009 (UTC)
Arceus HAS appeared in side games
WiiWare Mystery Dungeon. Need I say more? TorchicBlaziken (talk•edits) 17:30, 28 November 2009 (UTC)
Agreed. So where is he in the game and i will gladly add it. SpecialK Leiks Lucario and The Celebi Glitch 12:48, 7 January 2010 (UTC)
Cmon. Someone must know! SpecialK Leiks Lucario and The Celebi Glitch 17:06, 9 February 2010 (UTC)
Lol. SpecialK Leiks Lucario and The Celebi Glitch 16:25, 25 February 2010 (UTC)
Come on! Come on! SpecialK Leiks Lucario and the Celebi Glitch 12:56, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
arceus appears as a statue in explores of sky and in the new mystery dungeion pokeexlpores for the wiiarceusLX leveled up! 00:56, 7 July 2010 (UTC)
In mystery dungeon for wiiware, Arceus appears in a Wonder Mail W mission downloadable from wifi. It takes place in either final mountain, final cave, or final island. 67h5r6h 22:06, 18 July 2010 (UTC)67h5r6h
Another possible name origin.
Could its name come from arcus cloud? - unsigned comment from Taromon777 (talk • contribs)
Likely not. The current ones seem more plausible to me. —darklordtrom 09:52, 6 January 2010 (UTC)
Movie 12 Arceus
If you trade the Movie 12 Arceus from an English HG to an english SS, then can the event be activated in both games?Brock*PWN* 00:49, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Most likely. When they come out we'll know for sure after somebody gets that far in both games. R.A. Hunter Blade 02:14, 10 March 2010 (UTC)
Side Game Data
It appears in the new Ranger game. Someone should add it.--Skaisdead 19:04, 13 March 2010 (UTC)
Added (Yaminokame 13:57, 5 May 2010 (UTC))
Umm... in article it's say "art from platinum" and on the image file it's say "released in HeartGold/SoulSilver. So, it's from Platinum or from HG/SS?
Fixed. It looks to me like no-one got around to changing the caption when the art was updated. Werdnae (talk) 18:51, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
Magic Plate?
I own a Diamond and Pearl guide that tells you what to do after you beat the game, and it has a section in there about the Underground. In it, it has a list of items you can find, and in that list, they have a Magic Plate. I don't know what's going on, because nobody's mentioned it before. Perhaps it's because I got an early version of the book? Pawsrent 18:25, 25 June 2010 (UTC)
Maybe a beta name for the Mind Plate? How many plates does it list? If it only lists 16 plates than it may be a typo/beta name for one of the existing plates. Werdnae (talk) 03:57, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
Article vandalism/Error in code
It seems that all moveset, type and all other special coding from section Type effectiveness -> With Mind Plate up to Name Origin is either wrong or Media Wiki has some problems parsing it. --PewnyPL 19:46, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Do you mean something where it shows a bunch of red links, because if so, I see it to. It is also in the template size exceeded category. I think it has too many templates being used. Turtwig's A-B-Cs (talk | contribs) 19:59, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Yup, that's what I meant. And the thing about exceeding number of templates seems possible --PewnyPL 20:05, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Given that all those redlinks are existing templates, it seems that yes, it is due to too many templates. The main question is how to reduce that without losing information. Werdnae (talk) 20:17, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Well, there are two things I can think of.
One of them is creating a new Pokéathlon Template, that would contain all of the Plates (specially for Arceus) with would require only to use the template with stats from all of them (although I'm not sure if there is a limit to how much data you can hand over to a template)
The second one is to change all link-Templates (those that just generate links to other articles) to normal links to articles
--PewnyPL 20:30, 29 June 2010 (UTC)
Highest level legendary?
Wasn't there a level 100 event Regigigas? Flyingtypefan 00:19, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
The article says available for capture. You don't need to capture the Regigigas. Turtwig's A-B-Cs (talk | contribs) 00:48, 9 July 2010 (UTC)
13,933?
Excuse me if I'm wrong, but the formula (as stated here) makes a captured Arceus give (even if the owner's Pokémon is foreign and traded) only 7,071(.428571) at level 100.
a= 2.2
b= 225
L=100.
2.2 × 225 = 495
495 × 100 = 49,500
49,500 ／ 7 = 7,071.428571.
Either this page is wrong, the formula is, or I am. Thanks Samjohn95 16:46, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
You have b as 225, but it's 255. That's your error. --PhantomJunkie 16:52, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
I just did the math with 255 as b, and by my calculations, even with a foreign language Arceus and a Lucky Egg, the total experience earned would be 12,021. That's odd. :/--PhantomJunkie 16:57, 17 July 2010 (UTC)
I got that the first time too. Sorry, I should of used the history on my calculator. Well, which is wrong then? How do we find out? Samjohn95 12:52, 18 July 2010 (UTC)
Just did the math. I am getting 13,933. I did this: (1.7 * 1.5 * 1.5 * 255 * 100)/7
(Wining pokemon foreign traded * Opposing pokemon owned by trainer * Wining pokemon holding lucky egg * base exp * level 100)/7 Mark342 21:35, 26 July 2010 (UTC)
They have changed the formula. It didn't work before. This is the previous one. The new one works. Thanks anyway, Samjohn95 21:13, 27 July 2010 (UTC).
Explorers of Sky
I have tried, but I can't get rid of the part on the Sidegame template that includes Explorers of Sky. It wasn't in the Game, so does anyone know how to get rid of this? It's a little misleading. Thanks, Samjohn95 23:03, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
About the name origin. For me, the most simple theory is not so clearly mentioned in the current name origin section. My theory is: Arceus is just a transcription of "archeos" from latin (meaning archaich). This was confirmed with the newest trailers that pronounce "Arceus" exactly like "archeos" is pronounced. It is the most direct and simple someone can think of, it's more or less the same process used for other Pokémon name such as Luvdisc, since "luv" has the same pronountiation as "love".
izanagi and izanami
If Japan and Gods is created, it seems to be worth describing to trivia. Sawamular101 12:37, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
My remark on the page of the edit became interrupted. Arceus lives in the interior of Spear Pillar. There are a spear and a point of contact of the creation of the Shintoism myth. Sawamular101 07:27, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
But would that not mean that Arceus would have to be two, and not one? I think Dialga and Palkia, both met at Spear Pillar itself, better represent the two, with Giratina representing what happened to Izanami after Kagu-tsuchi burned her. Arceus created the universe... Dialga and Palkia were the ones who created Spear Pillar, and from it, Sinnoh. Arceus is above them. TTEchidna 07:49, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Thank you for correcting my English.
It is said that it is izanami and izanagi that it gave birth to the gods for the first time by the myth of Shintoism. Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi doesn't make the gods though Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi is the first god. There are izanami(izanagi) and a lacking part because neither Dialga nor Palkia make "Legend pokeomn". It is guessed that the ability of izanagi and izanami that creates the gods is equipped in Arceus.
I am satisfied with the sentence that Mr. TTEchidna corrected. It is not necessary to discuss it any further.
Sawamular101 08:33, 19 August 2010 (UTC)
Colour Changing Articles
I know but it seems kind of pointless, when I fist read the article I thought you'd made a mistake calling it a Dragon-type and when I scrolled down I thought you'd lost your marbles when you were indicating pokeathlon stats for its Bug forme specifically. The Pokedex on the games treats it as a Normal-type. We don't have different coloured articles for Kecleon or Castform and they don't need to be holding special items to change forme. I think leaving it as Normal-type is most convenient and less confusing, also we have articles displaying what TMs and HMs it can learn as different types so why bother with all this. Lucky V4.0 14:27, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Its probably because Arceus has different Performance stats for its forms, its attack has different type for plate held, and because its sprite changes too. Too just list it all would make the page too long if it weren't hidden. Turtwig's A-B-Cs (talk | contribs) 14:32, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
I'm not suggesting have everything listed for all types. However it would be easier to select which type you want instead of it being random each time. Lucky V4.0 15:22, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
I know. But I'm pretty sure with wikicode you can't do that, unless each type had their own page. At least with the random function you have a 1/17 chance of getting the one you want. If not, then just use the show/hide function. The only difference would be the template colors. Turtwig's A-B-Cs (talk | contribs) 15:32, 5 September 2010 (UTC)
Type Change
I've ranted on this subject time and time again but isn't it misleading for someone to come across this article and for it to say that Arceus is a Ghost or Ice type (or whatever type that shows up) when Arceus is Normal-type but changes due to an item. This is no different than making Kecleon's page change types randomly because of Color Change, except for what color Arceus changes to, or listing every Pokémon with the chance of having the ability Mummy since any Pokémon except for Arceus and Shedinja can have the Mummy ability. I believe that Arceus needs to be listed as a Normal type as it naturally is when no items are held, just like how Kecleon is when it hasn't been hit by a foe's move or how a Marill is before being hit by a foe with the ability mummy. Does anyone else agree? --Landfish7 21:37, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
How is it misleading? The intro sentence of this artticle clearly states: "Arceus (Japanese: アルセウス Arceus) is a Normal-type legendary Pokémon. However, its type will change when it is holding one of sixteen items known as plates and can in reality be any type. " —♥ Jellotalk 21:42, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, exactly it says it's a Normal-type (Because naturally it is) while the templates might say it's a Poison-type when this isn't always the case, yeah so it's not always Normal-type either but may I remind you of Kecleon? Or maybe we can say that its type "varies", but I'd rather leave the templates as if it's a Normal-type. --Landfish7 22:15, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
What's the big deal? The Kecleon example you are using... the type is not permanent after battle, hence why Porygon nor Pokémon with Camouflage is on here as well. Kecleon and Porygon... they were Normal-type prior to battle, and they are still Normal-type after battle. The difference is that Arceus's type is permanent from before battle and after battle. ht14 22:18, 29 December 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, but it isn't a natural Water or Grass-type, it is a Water or Grass type only when holding their respective plates, but naturally, without the use of an item, Arceus is a Normal-type, if they came up with an item called Aqua Sponge that turned Water-types into Normal-types we wouldn't make every Water-type Pokémon's page rotate from Normal to Water, of course I know the difference is that would be affecting a lot more pages but I still think it's misleading and somewhat confusing with the Forme rotation. --Landfish7 01:14, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
It changes because it's a form difference if Kecleon changed its sprite then we could do something with it.--MisterE13 04:23, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Kecleon does not actually change forms; if Color Change counted as changing forms, we could say that all Pokémon do due to Color Change being Skill Swappable. However, Arceus does actually change forms. --SnorlaxMonster 05:37, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
Isn't that why we have this, [[File:Arceus Formes.gif]] in order to demonstrate all formes? In fact we could use something like this in the sprite template couldn't we? --Landfish7 19:40, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
I agree with Landfish7. This whole page changing is crazy!--Celibi25 19:47, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
I hadn't ever really looked at this page before, but I recently needed to check up on something about Arceus. I was completely baffled to see it was labled as an Electric-type. It took me nearly a minute to understand what was going on. The type changes ARE really confusing, especially for people viewing the page for the first time. Moltres93 11:44, 6 February 2011 (UTC)
I think if we HAVE to keep it like this at least put the informer on the page itself instead of the discussion.--Celibi25 02:11, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
P.S.We really need to start a continued section for this. Trying to count the correct number of :'s is driving me crazy!--Celibi25 02:14, 10 February 2011 (UTC)
Dream art in info box
Yeah. It's pretty cool it changes with the type. But... every other article uses Sugimori art. And it's better looking. So... what do we do here? --ケンジのガール 05:49, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I thought the plan was to have them alternate every so often between normal and Dream... I'd definitely keep the Normal art for now though.--MisterE13 22:47, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
It uses the game artwork when the page is on the ???-type. ★Jo the Marten★ ಠ_ಠ 22:51, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
I'm new, but I thought we used the artwork from the generation the pokemon is from (DP), so why is there dream world artwork? S and T 05:03, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
We generally use the most recent, rather than the generation they are from (except anniversaries of the generations). See Marill and its current use of FR/LG art. Werdnae (talk) 08:23, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
In The Rise of Darkrai, I think I heard Arceus' name (that giant, winged light ball thing at the end of the movie) being pronounced "Ar-see-ay". Is that worth adding to the trivia? (I would appreciate verification, as this was a long time ago that I saw the movie).--Silentzerox 02:22, 20 January 2011 (UTC)
"[Type]-Type Dream World art by Ken Sugimori"
Since when was Ken confirmed to be the one who made the dream world art? Shiramu Kuromu 22:24, 29 January 2011 (UTC)
Type discussion
Anyone who see the link to the right is invited to The Great Arceus Debate. —Ve№moth ♦ 00:58, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
Every time I go to the page, it's using the Fighting-type template. I've tried about ten times. I'm using Firefox, if that helps find the problem. EnosShayrem 05:54, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Firefox might be caching the page. Try pressing Ctrl + F5 to clear Firefox's cache and reload the page? Werdnae (talk) 05:55, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
Yeah, I had thought of that, but didn't do it. But it's working now for some reason. Quitting Fire fox and opening it later seems to have worked. EnosShayrem 20:36, 19 February 2011 (UTC)
I find this type confusion that you guys are creating a great annoyance, and plain out stupid. Let's just say that someone was researching Arceus, and used Bulbapedia. The whole template is colored, yellow with the type and image indicating that it's an electric type. It just doesn't make any sense why you don't just state that he is capable of type change, while leaving the template in his default form? --Christopher Costello 19:24, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Because if you took the time to read the first few lines of the article you can see it clearly states that it can change forms. Bulbapedia is about the article information stated the templates are for neatness and visual aid. so it's not "Plain out stupid" for it shows all of Arceus's forms. It doesn't always stay yellow it changes color everytime you visit the page. --Pokemaster97 19:31, 30 April 2011 (UTC)
Although I don't agree it is stupid, I will ask why can't it stay in it's normal template? Why does is have to constantly change? Is it to be showy or fun or is it just to show that it is capable of being whatever type it displays? Toadstool 17:37, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
??? arceus transfered?
What happens if a ??? type arceus is hacked into the game then someone tries to transfer it to black/white? Savelijah 17:55, 26 May 2011 (UTC)
Simple; When transferring a Pokémon to Black and White, all held items are returned to the bag of the Gen. IV game. You can only transfer a Normal-type Arceus that way. '~Jhuyu26', user of Generation V glitch Pokémon -----! 01:06, 7 July 2011 (UTC)
Contradiction?
The trivia section says this: "Arceus's signature move, Judgment, is the only move that Arceus is guaranteed STAB for, as it is always the same type as Arceus itself. However, on the battle screen, Judgment is always displayed as a Normal-type attack." With the rotating type change, Judgement also changes in the moveset. I don't mind the templates changing on the page - I think it's kind of cool - but can Judgement be changed to always be Normal? Ikarishipper900 02:33, 9 June 2011 (UTC)
In the Pokémon infobox it says that artwork it's from Black and White, but it's from Platinum. An admin should correct this mistake. Caciulacdlac 09:36, 29 June 2011 (UTC)
Connection with the bible?
Hey guys, I was just looking at a picture of Arceus and it occured to me how similar Arceus is to the 'wheel' mentioned in the bible (Ezekiel).
The wheel supposedly came from the heavens or space;
Ezekial 1:5 - "and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures" (Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Arceus?) Ezekial 1:7 - "Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze" (Could refer to Dialga and Arceus, Dialga being steel (burnished bronze)) Ezekial 1:16-21 - "This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel", "the wheels did not turn about as the creatures went. Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around" (Arceus' wheel, at least to me, seems metallic, and the intersection could suggest Arcues inside the wheel. And, there are 4 jewels 'eyes' on the wheel.)
The creatures also have 'wings', which would be similar except for the case of Arceus
Anyone reckon this part of the bible was considered in Arceus' creation?
PHoxide 10:49, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
"Arms"
I eas just watching the Movie and I think the "arms" Arceus is supposed to have are not made of matter, but energy. This could explain why the dex sayes it has arms but you don't see them. Truthseeker4449 01:16, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
I have to concur with Truthseeker4449 that the "arms" might be not of matter but of energy. Another possibility is that the "1000 arms" is just a metaphor to signify how mythical Arceus is. Arceustheomnipotent 05:04, 4 September 2011 (UTC)
Minor edits
I made minor edits adding to the tcgHmtkiwi99 11:02, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
Thanks, but this is better suited to your edit summary than placing it on the talk page. You can create an edit summary by typing it in the the box below the editing box, labeled "Summary:". Edit summaries as visible in the page history and on Special:RecentChanges. --SnorlaxMonster 11:09, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
My edit got murderedHmtkiwi99 20:31, 10 August 2011 (UTC)
Just watching new House episode, the Perils of Paranoia, and the titular doctor just made a direct reference to Arceus:
House: "...and that's why Arceus gave us three states of matter and over 300 poisons that could cause these symptoms."
Taub: "Arceus?"
House: "Look it up"
Trivia-worthy? DrStubbsberg 22:24, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
It's been noted here already so the trivia isn't needed. --Pokemaster97 22:26, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
OK, hadn't noticed that page before DrStubbsberg 22:34, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
'Arceus gave us three states of matter' - and this may be also explanation of Creation Trios types: Dialga Steel - Solid, Palkia Water - Liquid, Giratina Ghost - Gas. Count Kuwaga 13:02, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
crea(tion) anagram = arce
About the name 'Arceus' would 'Arce' be an anagram of crea(tion)? And would 'us' give it the meaning 'create(d) us'? It also looks like a centaur who has lost its (thousend) arms. Nickvang 20:02, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
I don't think taking just parts of words for an anagram counts, and anagrams in general are still stretching it a little bit. --Darth Zekrom 20:27, 9 February 2012 (UTC)
Allegedly created the universe
I will not argue that Arcues created Shinno but it's only stated that he MAY have created ALL pokemon and the Universe. But let's look at something. Mew has been declared the Original pokemon since Gen 1 without any contradictions. Arcues is a Shinno legendary and so it's only natural that the locals believe it to be the creator. But Mew has officially been stated in again many sources to have EVERY pokemon DNA. IT can transform and use ANY technique. So Arcues could NOT have created Mew as Mew was the 1st pokemon. Plus there are other legendaries from other regions that were said to have created the regions they inhabit. And lastly how can Arcues be a God if humans can capture him? I think we need to go onto Mew and Arcues' pages and make sure that this is clear. This is not opinion but facts backed by sources. Gen 1,2,4 games and The Original Official Pokemon handbook under Mew's page and several subsequent handbooks featuring Mew. Genemaxwell4 09:48, 17 February 2012 (UTC)
Mew is almost always stated to be "believed by scientists" to be the ancestor of all Pokémon... it never says for a fact that it is. Scientists (in real life) have been wrong before on many things... perhaps Mew being the ancestor of all Pokémon will some day just be an outdated theory.
As for Arceus as the "creator of the Universe"... it's Pokédex entries all either say "it has been said" or specifcally say that it's Sinnoh myth... they never say for certain that he is some sort of creator god. I personally think the whole thing is a stupid concept... why base an encyclopedia entry of an actual animal on some myth rather than true facts? (That's like me looking up "falcon" in an encyclopedia and finding all sorts of references to it being some sort of sun god, simply because it was one in ancient Egyptian belief). But that's how it is... interpret it however you want. Maybe this whole conflict was intentional so that fans could interpret it differently (like how other aspects of Pokémon are... such as the definition of "Pokémon master"). Dannyjenn 04:32, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Except unlike falcons, Arceus is a fictional creature, and also unlike falcons, there is physical proof of Arceus's god-like status in the games, manga, and anime. We do talk about Arceus as it is, its physiology, abilities, etc. And like it or not, one of its abilities is controlling the world. I'm not sure what you're looking for. ★Jo the Marten★ ಠ_ಠ♥ 04:53, 18 March 2012 (UTC)
Mew created Arceus. Arceus created everything else. That's what I've always believed. Volcronaperson 21:43, 25 March 2012 (UTC)
base stat similarities
with everything I've noticed about the base stats of Pokémon on the Pokédex is that there are two Pokémon that have a completely even base stat spread (base HP=base Atk=Base Def=base SpA=base SpD=base Speed) Arceus has a 120-120-120-120-120-120 base spread effectively making it the strongest base Pokémon in the games to date, but there is one more Pokémon that shares the even base spread with Arceus. It is the weakest base Pokémon in the games to date, Sunkern, who's base spread is 30-30-30-30-30-30 (All stat spreads are in the HP-Atk-Def-SpA-SpD-Speed). If there are any other Pokémon that share this trait, please let me know.
-By typhonandfafnir. Sam Fisher: "because most people don't have others shooting AK-47's at them, I had to find my own way to stay in shape." 01:32, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
I said this on Sunkern's talk page, but this trait is also shared by Celebi, Mew, Manaphy, and Phione, and most likely other Pokémon I'm forgetting. Not really notable. It's Funktastic~! 01:43, 20 February 2012 (UTC)
???-type sprite
"It is possible this sprite was programmed in to prevent game crashes caused by tampering with Arceus's type."
Not saying that this should be removed, because yeah, that is a possibility. But it's unlikely. There doesn't need to be a special sprite to do that... they could have just used the Normal-type sprite in the case that it ends up as a ???-type. Or used some other placeholder... they could have even left it blank. And also, I doubt that Nintendo cares about preventing game crashes due to stuff that is impossible to do without messing with stuff that shouldn't be messed with. I mean, there's probably tons of other ways that someone could crash the game when that person starts altering variables and stuff and I'm sure that Nintendo didn't waste their time trying to prevent those game crashes. Anyway, I have no idea why they made a special sprite for the ???-type. Maybe it was just because the graphics people got bored and decided to have some fun making something pointless (like the truck in Generation I). Dannyjenn 20:48, 19 March 2012 (UTC)
Lamb instead of horse?
Does anyone else think Arceus may be based on the phrase 'the lamb of God?' Flintlock (talk) 04:27, 19 August 2012 (UTC)
--Chris Broach (talk) 01:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Event moves.
Why aren't Spacial Rend, Roar of Time, and Shadow Force listed? I noticed a lot of pages leaving out event moves...--Chris Broach (talk) 01:04, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Nevermind. Found out that it doesn't list Generation 4 moves unless you click on something.--Chris Broach (talk) 01:08, 24 November 2012 (UTC)
Similarities to a Centaur?
Well, it came to my mind as I read the article that Arceus might have some similarities with a Qilin, I do not find any with the Centaur as it it mentioned. Sure it's a hooved creature, but so is a regular horse. It doesn't have any of the other qualities of a centaur. I find Arceus more similar to a White Stag. CounterShift (talk) 23:45, 27 December 2012 (UTC)
I think it looks like a llama but this is all debatable. |) u |( e ® 16:49, 9 January 2013 (UTC)
The reason why I find no connection with a centaur is that a Centaur is basically have horse, half human. The horse seems to be present, but the human part isn't. So why Centaur and not just Horse? CounterShift (talk) 02:38, 22 February 2013 (UTC)
Conquest Location
Okay, in the Ransei Gallery it can be entered AND on the Side Game Data there is his Strength, Ability etc., but where is his Conquest location? Anybody know?TurtleLover1999 (talk) 16:18, 28 December 2012 (UTC)
Natural Gift-STAB
As the plates seem to be mentioned in the attacks section, shouldn't it be mentioned that Arceus can have a STAB on Natural Gift when holding a Chilian Berry? --mecanno-manDiscussion 15:43, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
No, we don't have a STAB note for attacks that can have different types.--電禅Den Zen 15:48, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Urcuchillay
Don't know if this is stated somewhere or not, but I stumbled upon this Incan deity, Urcuchillay, a multi-colored (Arceus' Multitype Ability, multiple colors) llama who watches over animals --8bitlives (talk) 11:29, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
Implications of "AR-see-uss" pronunciation
"The "AR-key-us" pronunciation was used due to concerns over the implications behind the first syllable of "AR-see-uss" in the UK and other British English-speaking territories."
What does this even mean? I don't speak British English, so I don't know what the "implications" are. Perhaps it should be elaborated on in the article. Poliwhirl (talk) 02:53, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
No, it looks like speculation so it should probably be removed, not elaborated on. The "implications" to which it refers is the fact that "AR-see-uss" sounds like it starts with the swearword "arse" (the equivalent of "ass" in America). Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 03:38, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
Wow, I can't believe I never realized that before. Anyway, I agree with the decision to remove it. Thanks for your help. Poliwhirl (talk) 07:11, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
The user who added it explained in her edit summary that Tom Wayland told her about it.--ForceFire 07:31, 16 August 2013 (UTC)
We should give the source in the article text, then, not just in a random edit summary that people have to trawl through the page history to find. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 04:55, 17 August 2013 (UTC)
Why aren't the sprites for all of his different formes shown in the sprites section? I want to see his shiny meadow form ._. Nutter Butter (talk) 19:33, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Because that's too many images. Once X and Y are released it would be more than 200 front sprites. It'd look awful, and probably cause loading issues as well - this page is already very large and there's been problems with it loading in the past. If you want to see the shiny meadow form, click the "Arceus images on Bulbagarden Archives" link below the sprite box. That'll take you to a category containing all the Arceus images on the Archives, including ones that we can't fit onto the pages. The sprite you want is on the first page of that category, Here. Werdnae (talk) 21:46, 24 August 2013 (UTC)
Why do we not list Arceus on all of the type pages? We do that for every other Pokemon whose forme changes type. Ghost Type Master (talk) 1:03, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Arceus holding all plates
By the type charts, if Arceus held all the plates at once-even the pixie plate- he would get 2x damage from Rock. That would explain why a meteor was able to hurt in M12. Without the plates compromising the Jewel of Life and no Pixie plate, he gets 2x damage from electric attacks, 1x from steel, and 2x from fire. Hence, why the villain in M12 used electric attacks and molten steel to hold Arceus down. This should be trivia somewhere-here or on the Arceus M12 page.- unsigned comment from ZoroFan (talk • contribs)
No, that is too speculative: The writers aren't that good with the type matchups and there clearly wasn't the Pixie Plate in the movie.--電禅Den Zen 18:47, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Even without the Pixie Plate, the results still stand. I ran the numbers.Besides, by M12, the writers don't show a problem with type match-ups, especially since it's a movie. How about just stating that if Arceus hold all of the plates, he's 2x from Rock?
Normal Fighting Flying Poison Ground Rock Bug Ghost Steel Fire Water Grass Electric Psychic Ice Dragon Dark Fairy
Normal 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 0 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0
Fighting 2 1 0.5 0.5 1 2 0.5 0 2 1 1 1 1 0.5 2 1 2 0.5 0
Flying 1 2 1 1 1 0.5 2 1 0.5 1 1 2 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1
Poison 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 0 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 0
Ground 1 1 0 2 1 2 0.5 1 2 2 1 0.5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0
Rock 1 0.5 2 1 0.5 1 2 1 0.5 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2
Bug 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 0.5 0.0625
Ghost 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0.5 1 0
Steel 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 1 0.5 1 2 1 1 2 0.5
Fire 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 2 1 2 0.5 0.5 2 1 1 2 0.5 1 1 1
Water 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1
Grass 1 1 0.5 0.5 2 2 0.5 1 0.5 0.5 2 0.5 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 0.0625
Electric 1 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0.5 0.5 1 1 0.5 1 1 0
Psychic 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 0 1 0
Ice 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5 2 1 1 0.5 2 1 1 1
Dragon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 0 0
Dark 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 0.5 0.5 0.5
Fairy 1 2 1 0.5 1 1 1 1 0.5 0.5 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1
- unsigned comment from ZoroFan (talk • contribs)
There's really too much impracticality here. This is really just a theoretical summation of the damage possibilities to a Pokemon of all types, and that's just not needed here. Plus, there's no way for Arceus to hold all the plates, so its a moot point. You could argue that it can in the anime, but the anime clearly does not always follow the rules the games do, electricity damages Ground-types in the anime sometimes. This just isn't worth noting on the page. Also, please don't reasign comments after posting them, it messes up the timestamp. Thanks. Crystal Talian 19:17, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
Also, it was specifically shown in the movie that Arceus can be affected by only one Plate at a time. It was changing its type to become immune to the Dragon trio's attacks (you can see the animations here).--電禅Den Zen 19:26, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
What is wrong with using deity/deities or derived terms when speaking generically (no gender connotations that is)?
Jdogno4 (talk) 06:47, 25 January 2016 (UTC)
7.1 Origin
I'm not sure about this, but does Arceus' name possibly come from Zeus? If someone thinks it's plausible, please add it to the main page. CY (talk) 04:01, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
Shiny event
Serebii lists a shiny Arceus in its history of Arceus events, but it is not listed anywhere on Bulbapedia, so could we please confirm the details of this Arceus. Also, what languages can that Arceus have in its nickname? I want to know if one I fought is hacked. PartHunter (talk) 12:50, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
List of Japanese region serial code event Pokémon distributions in Generation VI#Shiny
Tiddlywinks (talk) 13:16, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
What about possible nickname languages? Shouldn't the text mention the possible shiny version? PartHunter (talk) 20:29, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
I don't really know what you mean by nickname languages. But at any rate, if you think the text can be improved in some way, you're of course welcome to. Tiddlywinks (talk) 20:37, 25 October 2016 (UTC)
Having a given language of its name as its nickname. What languages are possible for the shiny Arceus to be named in when obtained (specifically, can any have an nickname of Arceus instead of アルセウス), since the nickname is set by the wondercard and Serebii lists it with a Japanese nickname. PartHunter (talk) 01:27, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
I guess we've not especially noted that. You may want to have a gander at the Wonder Card data at Project Pokemon. Tiddlywinks (talk) 01:45, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
As stated at the bottom of the event template "This Pokémon is set to the same language as the game that received it." All Wonder Card event Pokémon in Generation VI (i.e. all event Pokémon except trade events) have their language set to match the game they are obtained in. Because Generation VI games can be set to any language regardless of region, all languages are legal for this Arceus's language of origin (and all Generation VI event Pokémon, except trade events). --SnorlaxMonster 09:25, 26 October 2016 (UTC)
Pronunciation Theory
Is it possible having multiple pronunciations of it's name could be in reference to how most older deities have names lost in time or unpronounceable in human tongues? YHWH comes to mind straight away. TsukikoKoizumi (talk) 04:01, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
It's much, much more likely that it's just an error. And anyway, it would be speculation, which Bulbapedia tries to avoid. Pumpkinking0192 (talk) 14:39, 17 April 2017 (UTC)
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Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines
March 2013 , Volume 14, Issue 1, pp 3–29 | Cite as
Better GP benchmarks: community survey results and proposals
David R. White
James McDermott
Mauro Castelli
Luca Manzoni
Brian W. Goldman
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Wojciech Jaśkowski
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We present the results of a community survey regarding genetic programming benchmark practices. Analysis shows broad consensus that improvement is needed in problem selection and experimental rigor. While views expressed in the survey dissuade us from proposing a large-scale benchmark suite, we find community support for creating a “blacklist” of problems which are in common use but have important flaws, and whose use should therefore be discouraged. We propose a set of possible replacement problems.
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Thanks to Ricardo Segurado and the University College Dublin CSTAR statistics consultancy; thanks to Marilyn McGee-Lennon in the School of Computing Science at the University of Glasgow for her advice on survey design, and to the School itself for providing the supporting web service. Thanks to all those who participated in the GP survey and have engaged in discussion through the GP mailing list, the benchmark mailing list, and the GECCO 2012 debate. Thanks to the anonymous reviewers of this paper. David R White is funded by the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance. James McDermott is funded by the Irish Research Council. Gabriel Kronberger is supported by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency, Josef Ressel-centre “Heureka!” Wojciech Jaśkowski is supported by Polish Ministry of Science and Education, grant no. 91-531/DS.
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United Airlines App Crowned Best of the Best with Webby Award Win
PRNewswire May 15, 2019, 7:06 pm May 15, 2019
Last night at the 23rd Annual Webby Awards in New York City, United Airlines accepted the “People’s Voice” Webby Award in the “Business and Finance” category for the airline’s reimagined mobile app, which debuted earlier this year. The Webby Awards is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet, including apps. This year, 13,000 entries came from every U.S. state and more than 70 countries to be considered for this honor.
Already the top downloaded airline app for Apple and Android phones, the refreshed app features a more dynamic experience that updates customers at each step of their travel journey, making it the perfect travel companion. The app includes features customers know and love from the previous version, such as bag tracking, while adding enhancements that make managing travel easier from booking to landing. United’s in-house digital team spent over a year designing and creating this updated app, including eight months during which customers and more than 18,000 employees provided feedback to create the final version.
“We’re working hard every day to use technology to improve the travel experience,” said Linda Jojo, chief digital officer at United. “What makes this recognition so special is that our win is because of our customers who voted for us – we love knowing they value the app that we created with them in mind.”
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Highlights from the improved app include:
A navigation bar that gives customers quick access to some of the most popular tools such as flight status, and some new handy features like My Trips.
A My Trips tab in the navigation bar that allows customers to easily access information about their upcoming trip and stores boarding passes when customers are checked in for their flights.
An inbox that stores important push notifications United sends customers about their flight, such as if a flight status changes, gate changes and alerts about when boarding for a flight has begun.
Dynamic boarding times will be updated throughout the app in the event that departure times change to give customers the latest information even when they are not at the gate. This builds on the airline’s recent addition of boarding notifications, which were added when United rolled out its Better Boarding process.
One of the biggest updates to the app comes during the travel period, when the home screen updates to give customers the most helpful information for each step of their travel journey. The home screen will begin to update starting 48 hours before a flight and will continue updating throughout various phases all the way through arrival at the final destination with the most useful information. For instance, customers connecting will find a screen that allows them to easily access airport maps, so they can easily navigate to the next gate. Bringing the most useful information to the forefront will make the entire journey less stressful and more intuitive.
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The app also includes an updated design with more engaging content. When a customer does not have an upcoming trip, the app will open to a beautiful destination image to provide travel inspiration. Content on the home screen is also more personalized to each user; for example, customers who recently passed loyalty milestones will be recognized on the home screen, and the app will also celebrate customers on their birthday.
In addition to winning the “People’s Voice” award for “Business and Finance”, the airline was also a finalist in the “Best Practices” category. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences selects nominees to enter to the “People’s Voice” awards, which are then voted on by the general public. Earlier this month, United received a CIO 100 Award for its innovative volunteer solicitation program, which enables customers to volunteer their seat, confirm a new flight itinerary and receive compensation through the mobile app or on united.com, without additional steps at the gate.
Every customer. Every flight. Every day.
In 2019, United is focusing more than ever on its commitment to its customers, looking at every aspect of its business to ensure that the carrier keeps customers’ best interests at the heart of its service. In addition to today’s announcement, United recently announced that luxury skincare line Sunday Riley will make products exclusively for United customers to experience in amenity kits, released a re-imagined version of the most downloaded app in the airline industry and made DIRECTV free for every passenger on 211 aircraft, offering more than 100 channels on seat back monitors on more than 30,000 seats.
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How to keep up with CES if you're stuck at home
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By Brett Williams 2017-01-03 22:52:21 UTC
If you're like me, you're stuck on the outside looking in at the biggest tech event of the (very young) year: CES 2017. Here I am at Mashable HQ in rainy New York City, while many of my colleagues are soaking up the sun and hanging out at the conference in Las Vegas.
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It's not quite the same, but we can at least keep up with CES remotely through a few different methods. Here's how.
Like just about every other event in the world, CES will be shared with the outside world 140 characters at a time.
There's the official handle of the show, @CES. You'll get announcements, news and a quick connection if you have any questions about the event itself or any of the major presentations. To gauge the general conversation from Vegas, check out #CES2017, the event's official hashtag.
That can get a bit muddled though with so many voices chiming in, so for the absolute best coverage, follow us on @MashableTech for up-to-the-minute tweets about everything CES. For a bit more flavor, make sure to search #MashCES — that's our hashtag of choice.
We'll also be going live on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat throughout the show, so follow along to stay in the know.
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Stream everything
To keep up with the biggest events in real time with your own two eyes, you'll want to take note of livestreams scheduled to take place throughout the week. The CES site itself will host live video of some major notable events. Don't miss out on the SuperSessions or the Innovation Policy Summit events on Thursday and Friday.
Additionally some of the showcased companies will provide the public with access to the presentations independently. Major players like Faraday Future (Tuesday; 6 p.m. PST), LG (Wednesday; 8 a.m. PST), Samsung (Wednesday; 2 p.m. PST), Sony (Wednesday; 5 p.m. PST) and NVIDIA (Wednesday; 6:30 p.m. PST) shouldn't be missed.
Whether you're watching from the show floor or your bedroom, the trends that kick off the year at CES will be major factors for the tech world for the rest of the year — and beyond. So tune in, follow those hashtags and get stoked for another year of innovation... and washing machines.
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When is Buddha Purnima 2018 and how is it celebrated?
Olivia WaringSunday 29 Apr 2018 11:21 am
Buddha Purmina is the global celebration of Buddha’s birthday (Picture: Getty)
Buddhists everywhere will be getting ready to celebrate Buddha Purnima, the celebration of Buddha’s birthday.
Falling in either April, May or even June in the Gregorian calendar, this year it will arrive on Monday April 30.
The moving-around of the date happens because Buddha’s birthday is determined by the Asian lunisolar calendars.
The holiday inspires very varied customs in the many different countries across the world where Buddhists live. Here’s what we know about it…
Buddhists in Asia celebrate the date, which moves around year by year (Picture: Getty)
Most of East Asia celebrate Buddha Purnima, where many countries make it a public holiday too, but it is also marked in countries as far removed as Australia, Brazil and Canada.
The word purnima means full moon, and it’s used in this context because Nepalese people celebrate the date on the May full moon. It has gained this significance because Buddha was born in Nepal.
The founder of Buddhism, first known as the Prince Siddhartha Gautama, later the Gautama Buddha and then just Buddha was born in 623 B.C, so this year he would have been 2,641 years old.
Buddha began as Prince Siddhartha Gautama and later became the Gautama Buddha (Picture: Getty)
He then achieved enlightenment under a tree in Bodhgaya, India after removing himself from society, before becoming a spiritual leader and then dying at the age of 80.
Buddha Purnima is celebrated by the traditional bathing of Buddha statues, as well as processions (including lion dancing), religious services with offerings, and the eating of vegetarian food.
In some countries worshippers must wear white, while some temples offer free meals and lotus lanterns are hung up to mark the day.
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This One-Ton Fish Is One of Nature's Most Improbable Creations
Esther Inglis-Arkell
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The ocean sunfish is so improbable that even it looks astonished that it exists. The size alone is crazy. It can weigh up to 2,200 pounds, and grow to be the size of a small car that has been squashed flat by a larger car. How it does this is, mostly, a mystery.
Oh, the ocean sunfish has numbers on its side. The female ocean sunfish has the dubious distinction of producing the most eggs of any vertebrate on Earth. (My congratulations to the scientist who counted all three-hundred million that a female makes in a season.) Still, it doesn’t seem like hundreds of millions of offspring every year are enough to keep the population steady.
When sunfish start out, they look like this. Sure they’re adorable, but adorable doesn’t get you far when you’re in an ocean filled with sharks and orcas, and you look like someone granted consciousness (and pouty lips) to a speck of lint.
More importantly, the only thing the sunfish eats is jellyfish. I challenge any person reading this to eat only jellyfish and gain weight. You can’t do it. You don’t have the will. And yet these things do.
What’s more, when you see how these things swim, you have to ask yourself how they even catch the jellyfish.
Wait, let me get you a video. It has to be seen to be believed.
Do you see that? It’s like someone took away all four of a dinner table’s legs, and then gave it the wings of a medium-sized seagull, except they connected each wing to a different central nervous system. Its fins don’t work in unison. The thing can’t even keep vertical. Put it on a race track and it would get lapped by krill.
The sunfish (also known as the Mola mola, which comes from the latin word for “millstone”) grows to be the heaviest bony fish in the world and feeds at depths of 500 meters—which even sea turtles can’t reach. It hangs out in the open ocean, so the only time it can really be studied is when it comes to the surface. It does so frequently enough that it’s often caught on tape by extremely lucky people who don’t deserve their good fortune and whom I hate. Nobody is quite sure why they come to the surface. Some scientists think that the sunfish just needs to warm up, but when it does come up, it often lies flat like a big open-mouthed pool raft and lets seagulls on the surface, and small fish below the surface, clean it of parasites. Lucky gulls.
In conclusion, all other fish are inferior to the ocean sunfish. Hail the big, clumsy, vacant-eyed, blow-up-doll-mouthed monarch of the sea.
Top Image: Fred Hsu, Second Image; G. David Johnson
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Notre Dame 99-to-2: No. 19 Justin Ademilola, sophomore defensive end
By Douglas FarmerJul 6, 2019, 6:00 AM EDT
Listed Measurements: 6-foot-1 ¾, 250 pounds.
2019-20 year, eligibility: A sophomore, Ademilola has four seasons of eligibility remaining, including 2019, after strategically appearing in only four games last year.
Depth chart: Ademilola proved himself ready for collegiate action as a freshman, yet he remains no higher than the third-string at defensive end with seniors Julian Okwara and Daelin Hayes leading the way on the drop side.
Recruiting: Throughout his recruitment, Ademilola was publicly-viewed as the requisite cost of chasing his twin, defensive tackle Jayson. As a consensus three-star prospect and the No. 34 defensive end in the class, per rivals.com, Justin pulling in offers from Alabama, Clemson and Miami (FL) seemed to confirm that skepticism. Another way to look at it, though, is coaches viewed Ademilola as a recruit worthy of such a pursuit.
CAREER TO DATE
The NCAA’s easing of eligibility concerns last season may have benefited no healthy player in an Irish uniform more than it did Ademilola. He got a few dozen snaps of experience and even appeared in the Cotton Bowl, yet retained the season of eligibility.
Ademilola played in three blowouts — Wake Forest, Virginia Tech and Florida State — making seven tackles. He then made two more tackles against Clemson, which while another blowout, Ademilola was in the game when it remained competitive. He provided depth and fresh legs, albeit in a lost cause.
2018: Four games; nine tackles.
Sometimes a quote’s shelf life lasts longer than a year. In this case, it might be brought back up over and over again during Ademilola’s career.
As mentioned above, Ademilola was largely viewed as the result of an unspoken package deal to reel in his more hotly-recruited brother. Notre Dame sees that perception as the spark to an advantage.
“I know Justin is going to come in with a chip on his shoulder,” Irish defensive line coach Mike Elston said on 2018’s National Signing Day. “The world has kind of made him second fiddle to his brother, which I’m all good with. I hope he does have a chip.
“I think he’ll be the surprise of the class. I think he’s going to come in and the plan is to get them both ready to play if we need them, and see what happens.”
WHAT WAS PROJECTED A YEAR AGO
“Ademilola will benefit from being the only defensive end recruit in the class of 2018 and one of only two remaining from the last two cycles. (Kofi) Wardlow preserved a year of eligibility last season, putting him on even footing with Ademilola, but Wardlow is such a raw prospect, Ademilola is much closer to consistent playing time already.
“As the juniors matriculate through the program, opportunities will quickly become available for Ademilola. He may have been a recruit skeptics ridiculed and he does enter without his brother’s tantalizing upside, but Ademilola could be in the rotation at defensive end as soon as 2019, making his recruitment an undeniable need in its own right.”
It is difficult to project much of an impact from Ademilola this season, but the same would have been said even more certainly a year ago. Okwara is a potential All-American. Hayes would be an unquestioned starter at nearly every other program in the country. The two of them will and should take most snaps.
But Ademilola can ably relieve them. Keeping legs fresh on the ends will be one way for Notre Dame to combat concerns along its defensive interior.
That will be Ademilola’s primary task, but given his effectiveness as a freshman in limited time (nine tackles in only those few dozen snaps), it should be presumed he will reach double-digit tackles as a sophomore, and presumably notch a few in the opposing backfield.
Hailing from Jackson, NJ @JustinAdemilola is joining his twin and our QB1 from St. Peters Prep.
A disruptive D lineman with great hands brings a fast motor to the Irish defensive front. #GoIrish ☘ #IrishBouND18 pic.twitter.com/c9YSlOUDtL
The flipside of toiling away behind Okwara and Hayes for two seasons is Ademilola will be essentially unchallenged at drop end in 2020. Sophomore Ovie Oghoufo will be in the mix, but he moved up from linebacker only this spring; Ademilola should be considered the clear successor at the position with freshman Isaiah Foskey his greatest challenge in years to come.
Keep in mind, it will be years, given the NCAA did not require Ademilola to use a season of eligibility despite appearing in four games last year.
No. 23: Litchfield Ajavon, four-star safety, freshman
No. 23: Kyren Williams, early-enrolled freshman running back
No. 22: Kendall Abdur-Rahman, quarterback-turned-receiver, freshman
No. 22: Asmar Bilal, the only returning starting linebacker
No. 21: Jalen Elliott, three-year starting safety
No. 20: Shaun Crawford, defensive back returning from yet another injury
No. 20: C’Bo Flemister, sophomore running back
No. 19: Jay Bramblett, freshman punter
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13.1: Introduction to Lifespan Nutrition (Pregnancy to the Toddler Years)
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13: Lifespan Nutrition from Pregnancy to the Toddler Years
Contributed by The University of Hawaiʻi
Human Nutrition at University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
The Human Life Cycle
Skills to Develop
Describe the physiological basis for nutrient requirements from pregnancy through the toddler years.
I maika‘i ke kalo i ka ‘ohā
The goodness of the taro is judged by the young plant it produces
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Human bodies change significantly over time, and food is the fuel for those changes. For example, for Native Hawaiians, expecting mothers were encouraged to eat greens like the lu‘au (young taro leaves) and palula (young sweet potato leaves) to encourage a healthy, strong baby. These beliefs and customs practiced in the early stages of life were done in hopes of building a firm foundation and setting up lifelong health[1].
People of all ages need the same basic nutrients—essential amino acids, carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, and twenty-eight vitamins and minerals—to sustain life and health. However, the amounts of nutrients needed differ. Throughout the human life cycle, the body constantly changes and goes through different periods known as stages. This chapter will focus on pregnancy, infancy and the toddler years. Chapter 14 will focus on childhood through adolescence and Chapter 15 will focus on the stages of adulthood. The major stages of the human life cycle are defined as follows:
Pregnancy: The development of a zygote into an embryo and then into a fetus in preparation for childbirth.
Infancy: The earliest part of childhood. It is the period from birth through age one.
Toddler years: Occur during ages two and three and are the end of early childhood.
Childhood: Takes place from ages four to eight.
Puberty: The period from ages nine to thirteen, which is the beginning of adolescence.
Older adolescence: The stage that takes place between ages fourteen and eighteen.
Adulthood: The period from adolescence to the end of life and begins at age nineteen.
Middle age: The period of adulthood that stretches from age thirty-one to fifty.
Senior years: or old age. Extend from age fifty-one until the end of life.
Figure \(\PageIndex{2}\): Ultrasound image of a four-month-old fetus.
Pukai MK, Handy ESC. The Polynesian Family System in Ka-‘u. Rutland, Vermont: Charles E. Tuttle Company; 1958.
Polan EU, Taylor DR. Journey Across the LifeSpan: Human Development and Health Promotion. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Company; 2003, 81–82.
University of Hawai’i at Mānoa Food Science and Human Nutrition Program: Allison Calabrese, Cheryl Gibby, Billy Meinke, Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla, and Alan Titchenal
13.2: Pregnancy
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Thomas Silverstein, Killer and Most Isolated Inmate, Dies at 67 Convicted of murdering a guard and two fellow prisoners, he had been in solitary confinement since 1983, personifying, to some, cruel and unusual pun...
Triton swoops to bid for Thomas Cook’s Nordic arm One of Europe's largest buyout firms has approached Thomas Cook Group about a takeover of its Nordic airline and tour operator that could help the Br...
| Thomas hopes to shake off rust on Canadian debut Justin Thomas is usually bidding to make a splash when he plays a new tournament, but he'll be happy just to make the cut in his Canadian Open debut....
Mountain training will pay off for Thomas says Ineos team boss Geraint Thomas lost a handful of seconds on the Tour de France on Monday and lacks competitive racing time after a crash last month but Team Ineos pr...
Sources: Isaiah Thomas, Wizards agree to deal The Wizards lost point guard Tomas Satoransky to the Chicago Bulls on Monday, opening an opportunity for Isaiah Thomas to be a backup point guard for...
Trial to open against Thomas Keller and his 3-star eateries SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A former employee of celebrated American chef Thomas Keller is suing him and his three-star Michelin restaurants for pregnancy d...
The Latest: Thomas Keller lawyer denies discrimination SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Latest on chef Thomas Keller’s pregnancy discrimination trial (all times local): 5:35 p.m. An attorney for the Thomas ...
Thomas helps Sun win franchise-record 12th in a row at home UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas scored 20 points, Shekinna Stricklen added 16 and the Connecticut Sun won a franchise-record 12th- straight ho...
First crack in Ineos armor as Thomas loses time Defending champion Geraint Thomas lost five seconds to Ineos team mate Egan Bernal in the Tour de France's third-stage finish on Monday as early ques...
PSG extend Thomas Tuchel's contract as coach for another year German now set to stay with club until June 2021Tuchel: ‘I’m sure that the best is yet to come’Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has extended h...
Thomas leads Baylor past Oklahoma 8-2 in Big 12 Tournament OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Andy Thomas had two hits and knocked in three runs to help Baylor defeat Oklahoma 8-2 on Wednesday in the Big 12 Tournament open...
Thomas Cook shares plunge 40% over rescue plan Shares in Thomas Cook plummeted by more than 40% after it confirmed talks with its largest shareholder over a deal which would effectively see the fi...
PSG coach Thomas Tuchel extends contract for another year Paris Saint-Germain coach Thomas Tuchel has extended his contract at the French champion for another year until June 2021, despite a disappointing se...
Club Med owner in talks to buy bulk of Thomas Cook The Chinese owner of Club Med is in secret talks to buy Thomas Cook's tour operating business, paving the way for the potential break-up of th...
How Killer Mike reinvented Thomas More for the 21st century The rapper’s utopian attempt to secede from the US, as documented in his Netflix show Trigger Warning, is more than just clever TVThe word “utopia” w...
Chris Froome’s injuries ‘could have been hell of a lot worse’, says Thomas • Tour de France champion says Froome’s absence is ‘big blow’• ‘He was lucky to come away with the damage he’s done’Chris Froome was “lucky” not to h...
Thomas Gilbert Jr. searched for hit men online before killing dad: prosecutors Accused daddy killer Thomas Gilbert Jr., whose lawyers have mounted an insanity defense, searched for contract killers and hit men on the internet in...
| Van Aert clinches back to back Dauphine stages, Yates in yellow Wout van Aert won a second successive stage of the Criterium du Dauphine with victory on day five as Britain's Adam Yates remained in the leader's ye...
FOMC statement from June 18-19 meeting Following is the full text of the statement released by the Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee on Wednesday following a two-day meeting:...
'It was the yellow beak that gave it away': Pennsylvania woman finds dead bird in canned spinach A Pennsylvania woman said she discovered a surprise at the bottom of her canned spinach. Del Monte says it's investigating. &...
Toyota LMP1 reserve Thomas Laurent back to LMP2 for '19/20 WEC Toyota test and reserve driver Thomas Laurent will return to the LMP2 class for the 2019/20 World Endurance Championship, after signing with current ...
Thomas Markle Says He ''Would Have Enjoyed'' to Attend Grandson Archie's Christening Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's son Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor celebrated his christening at Windsor Castle on Saturday with close family m...
Ex-CDC head Thomas Frieden avoids jail in sex abuse case The scandal-scarred former Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention copped to a no-jail deal Tuesday, following accusations he...
Jack Nicklaus welcomes Justin Thomas to Memorial next week Coming off a wrist injury, Justin Thomas will be playing in the Memorial Tournament next week in Dublin, Ohio. and Jack Nicklaus is happy. ...
On This Day: Sugar Ray Leonard and Thomas Hearns battle to a thrilling draw Opinion was divided, but perhaps it was the fairest result, wrote Daniel Herbert in the original Sugar Ray Leonard vs Thomas Hearns fight report from...
Thomas Gilbert Jr. wanted life handed to him ‘on a platter’: prosecutors A Manhattan man who shot and killed his father after the millionaire hedge-funder cut his allowance lived the good life — and didn’t want...
Ivy League ‘dad killer’ Thomas Gilbert Jr. refuses to attend his trial The Princeton graduate accused of fatally shooting his father after his allowance was slashed by $100 refused Thursday to attend his own murder trial...
Thomas in the driving seat as rivals lose considerable time Defending champion Geraint Thomas gained time on a handful of rivals as crosswinds caused chaos in the peloton in the climax of Monday's 10th stage o...
Alyssa Thomas leads Sun past Mystics in a WNBA opener UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas scored 23 points, Jonquel Jones had 10 points and 14 rebounds and the Connecticut Sun beat the short-handed Wa...
What was the weather like on the original Fourth of July? Thomas Jefferson kept records The Fourth of July this year will be hot and rainy in Philadelphia. It was apparently much more pleasant on the “original” Fourth of July...
Former champion Justin Thomas withdraws from PGA Championship with wrist injury Thomas won the 2017 PGA Championship, his first career major, by two strokes ahead of Francesco Molinari, Louis Oosthuizen and Patrick Reed. &...
Thomas Nozkowski, Painter of Bold (if Small) Abstractions, Dies at 75 Mr. Nozkowski rejected the grandiose Abstract Expressionism of his youth and created modest, colorful and self-contained abstract works with his own ...
Long-lost Thomas Jefferson letter on Revolutionary War found A letter written by Founding Father Thomas Jefferson that had been lost to historians for over a century has surfaced. The letter, which is priced at...
Thomas Gilbert Jr. ‘didn’t care’ after allegedly killing dad: shrink A psychiatrist who examined accused dad killer Thomas Gilbert testified in court Friday that he was shocked the former Ivy leaguer was not more upset...
Blues’ Rob Thomas ready to rock and roll in Cup Final Game 6 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Robert Thomas is ready to return to the St. Louis Blues’ lineup for a potential Stanley Cup-clinching Game 6 against the Bosto...
Thomas Cook close to unveiling Fosun rescue deal Thomas Cook Group is in advanced talks about a rescue deal that will see the company effectively broken up and its tour operating arm taken over by t...
Trump names former ICE chief Thomas Homan as ‘border czar’ President Trump on Friday announced that Thomas Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will return to his administ...
Statement of Jayme Closs at sentencing for abductor Jayme Closs' statement at Friday's sentencing for Jake Patterson, the 21-year-old man who killed her parents and kidnapped her last October, holding ...
TDS Statement Filing Deadline Just Three Days Away, 10 Things To Know Filing the TDS statement after the due date, which is May 31, 2018, will invite a late fee of Rs 200 per day and a penalty of up to Rs 1,00,000, acco...
STATEMENT FROM CBOE CHAIRMAN AND CEO WILLIAM BRODSKY CHICAGO, September 19, 2008 - The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) today issued the following statement from CBOE Chairman and CEO William J. Br...
UAE is watching Sudan developments with concern: statement United Arab Emirates is watching developments in Sudan with great concern and supports the continuation of a dialogue between the different parties, ...
Rich Energy CEO says company's own statement was "ludicrous" A new statement attributed to Rich Energy CEO William Storey has blasted the company's own communication in a fresh twist to the Haas Formula 1 team'...
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No statement from British PM May tonight: UK government source British Prime Minister Theresa May will not make a statement later on Wednesday a government source said, responding to reports she could resign as e...
Justice Clarence Thomas Slams Women Who Have Abortions as Heartless Eugenicists Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas slammed women who have abortions as heartless “eugenicists” in a 20-page opinion Tuesday opposing the high cour...
Kevin Durant's injury is proof: Athletes need their own doctors | Etan Thomas Throughout my NBA career, I watched too many teammates pay dearly for playing through pain at the urging of doctors who put the interests of the team...
‘Das Boot’ star Thomas Wlaschiha channels a ‘multi-layered’ Nazi France during World War II is the setting for the German TV series “Das Boot,” a sequel to the blockbuster 1981 Wolfgang Petersen film that was nomin...
Thomas toasts 'decent day' after gaining time on rivals in brutal finish "Defending champion Geraint Thomas gained time on his rivals in a brutal finish in the sixth stage of the Tour de France as several top guns cracked ...
#TheBreakaway - A great day for Geraint Thomas as defending champion flies under the radar "In #TheBreakaway after Stage 6 of the 2019 Tour de France, Orla Chennaoui, Brian Smith and Adam Blythe discuss La Planche des Belles Filles, Giulio ...
Wizards extend qualifying offers to Tomas Satoransky, Thomas Bryant The team also plans to extend a qualifying offer to forward Bobby Portis. The moves allow the Wizards to match any offer the players receive as restr...
Princeton grad Thomas Gilbert Jr. convicted of killing millionaire father A Manhattan man driven by greed and rage was convicted Friday of murdering his millionaire father after his parents cut his allowance. Pampered Princ...
Stunning new portraits of Lady Gabriella Windsor and new husband Thomas Kingston Newly-weds Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston pose in the gardens of Windsor's Frogmore House in this official wedding photograph released to...
Longtime Chamber president Thomas Donohue hands off post to top aide Donohue, now 80, will be replaced by Suzanne Clark, another senior executive at the business lobby. He will stay on as chief executive for three more...
Easyjet, Thomas Cook and Ryanair — Brexit's effect on tourism's big names Profits have plunged at Ryanair and Easyjet, while 43% of troubled tour operator Thomas Cook's summer holidays remain unsold. The travel sector can o...
Thomas, Ginsburg draw battle lines for future abortion cases The Supreme Court made clear on Tuesday that it's not ready to take big strides quickly on abortion and the future of Roe v. Wade. But justices also ...
Thomas Cook shares slump 40% on rescue talks with China's Fosun Thomas Cook is in talks with largest shareholder Fosun Tourism and lenders for a £750 million ($940.9 million) bailout, a proposal giving the Chinese...
Skepta: Ignorance is Bliss review | Ben Beaumont-Thomas's album of the week (Boy Better Know)Expectations are high after the Mercury-winning Konnichiwa, but Skepta’s flow ensures this follow up is a sensual pleasureAny rock b...
Freddie Jones, film actor and Emmerdale's Sandy Thomas, dies age 91 Much-loved performer and father of Toby Jones was stalwart of British TV as well as a regular in David Lynch filmsFreddie Jones, the versatile actor ...
Cards place Ozuna on injured list, recall O’Neill, Thomas SAN DIEGO (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals have placed outfielder Marcell Ozuna on the injured list with a fractured finger on his right hand. Ozuna wa...
Rob Thomas, Heather Regnier, and Susanna Fogel are making a show about Dicks Veronica Mars is about to come back, but series creator Rob Thomas isn’t done making TV shows about women who solve mysteries. According to Deadline,...
Trump will make 'dramatic' statement about border this week U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will make a "dramatic" statement about the country's southern border with Mexico either later on Thur...
Donald Trump claims 'harassment' after Mueller statement US President Trump has lashed out at special counsel Robert Mueller one day after Mueller clarified why he did not charge Trump with a crime. Trump a...
'We were guided by principles of fairness': Mueller's statement in full Special counsel made his first public comments on the Trump-Russia report since his appointment two years agoLatest in US politics – liveMueller says...
Special Weather Statement issued May 30 at 9:53PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 952 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Barton, or 13 miles south of London, moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea s...
Europe says Iran trade channel operational: statement Britain, France and Germany have a special trade channel up and running with Iran that aims to circumvent U.S. economic sanctions, the EU said in a s...
After Mueller Statement, More 2020 Democrats Call for Impeachment Cory Booker and Julián Castro endorsed impeachment proceedings on Wednesday, joining six other presidential candidates who had already called for it....
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 8:25AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH Scattered showers with embedded thunderstorms can be expected this morning. Some of the storms will be capable of producing small hail and locally he...
Special Weather Statement issued May 29 at 1:39PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 139 PM EDT/1239 PM CDT/, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Greensburg, moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with t...
Special Weather Statement issued May 29 at 2:08PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 208 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Liberty, moving southeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Lo...
WHO emergency committee to meet on Ebola on Friday: statement The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee on Friday June 14 to decide whether the Ebola outbreak constitutes an internationa...
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 10:42PM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH Clear skies, light winds and a moist lower layer of the atmosphere will lead to the development of patchy fog. Locally dense fog will also be possibl...
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 6:55AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY Fog is reducing visibilities to a quarter mile or less over portions of the area this morning. This will affect travel this morning, and extra time s...
AG Barr will not recuse himself from Epstein case, despite initial statement Attorney General Bill Barr said Monday he has recused himself from the high-profile case against financier and registered sex offender Jeffrey Epstei...
US Welcomes PM Modi's Post-Election Statement On Inclusiveness The US has welcomed the post-election statement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on inclusiveness, saying his re-election was a "clear" mandate for hi...
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 12:50AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY Thanks to ample moisture at ground level and clearing skies fog will reduce visibilities to a quarter mile or less over portions of the area overnigh...
The Latest: Trump tweets his response to Mueller’s statement WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on special counsel Robert Mueller and the Russia investigation (all times local): 11:45 a.m. President Donald Trump is d...
U.S. Special Counsel Mueller's statement on Russia probe The following is the full text of a statement on Wednesday by U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller on his investigation into Russia interference in th...
Special Weather Statement issued May 29 at 12:09PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV At 1209 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Gesling, or near Carter Caves State Park, moving east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and...
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 9:56PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY The combination of rainfall Friday afternoon along with clear skies and light winds overnight will allow patchy to areas of dense fog developing over...
CBOE Statement on SEC Administrative Proceedings, June 11, 2013 CHICAGO, June 3, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) announced today that Edward T. Tilly, Chief Executive Officer, will particip...
Special Weather Statement issued May 26 at 6:42PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 641 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Victory, or 9 miles north of London, moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possi...
WHO panel decides not to declare Ebola emergency - statement A World Health Organisation (WHO) advisory panel decided on Friday not to declare an international public health emergency over the Ebola outbreak in...
Wall St. opens slightly higher ahead of Fed's statement U.S. stocks eked out gains at open on Wednesday ahead of the Federal Reserve's policy statement that is expected to open the door to future interest ...
CBOE Holdings Statement on Today's Trading Issue CHICAGO, IL, April 25, 2013 -- CBOE Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: CBOE) statement regarding this morning's trading issue: This morning, a system issue del...
Lightyear One is a long and expensive solar-powered statement car The Lightyear One is long. Really long. The length and sloping roof make sense, though, once you realize the entire vehicle is powered by the sun. To...
Islamic State says it killed 20 Nigerian soldiers -statement Islamic State's West African branch claimed responsibility for an attack on a Nigerian army base in northeastern Borno state and said its fighters ha...
Special Weather Statement issued May 26 at 7:41PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 740 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Mid, or 12 miles northeast of Hindman, moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are pos...
Special Weather Statement issued May 26 at 6:43PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 643 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Ruth, or near Somerset, moving east at 40 mph. Locations impacted include… Somerset, Lond...
Special Weather Statement issued May 31 at 3:12AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Partly cloudy skies, light winds, and damp ground have led to the formation of patchy dense fog in the Blue Grass and Lake Cumberland regions. If out...
AEW's Double Or Nothing Delivered As Both A Mission Statement And A Wrestling Show LAS VEGAS — All Elite Wrestling’s inaugural event on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas gave fans a lot to digest, but more im...
Thomas Cook enlists China's Fosun to salvage oldest travel firm Thomas Cook is negotiating a 750 million pound ($941 million) rescue that will give Fosun Tourism , its biggest investor, control of the indebted Br...
Thomas Cook turns to China's Fosun to save oldest travel firm Thomas Cook is in talks on a 750 million pound ($941 million) bailout that will give its largest investor Fosun Tourism control of the indebted Bri...
China's Fosun holds talks to buy Thomas Cook's main holiday business The world's oldest travel company Thomas Cook edged closer to a break up on Monday after its biggest shareholder, China's Fosun Tourism, made a preli...
Watch: Bruins' Torey Krug demolishes Blues' Robert Thomas with huge hit Boston Bruins defenseman Torey Krug delivered a thunderous hit on St. Louis Blues forward Robert Thomas on Monday night in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup ...
Former ICE chief Thomas Homan returning to administration as border czar, Trump reveals President Trump on Friday revealed that former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Thomas Homan is returning to the administration as ...
Kwitkowski explains how Ineos helped Thomas avoid losing time after crash "Geraint Thomas suffered a crash with 16km to go in Stage 8 of the Tour de France 2019 - but good teamwork ensured that the defending champion didn\u...
Thomas Cook kids ‘vomit and scream in panic’ as lifeguard gunned down in Cancun KIDS were left “vomiting and suffering from panic attacks” after witnessing the horrific shooting of a life guard in a Mexican resort popular with Br...
Justice Thomas urges U.S. Supreme Court to feel free to reverse precedents Justice Clarence Thomas on Monday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to feel less bound to upholding precedent, advancing a view that if adopted by enough ...
CBOE's Thomas Knorring Inducted into Inside Market Data Hall of Fame CHICAGO, IL – May 19, 2016 – The Chicago Board Options Exchange® (CBOE®) announced today that Thomas Knorring, CBOE Vice President, Business ...
Mueller’s public statement fuels calls for Trump impeachment WASHINGTON (AP) — Special counsel Robert Mueller’s first public statement on the Russia investigation is fueling fresh calls to begin impeachme...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 5:58PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 556 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms from near Danville to near Snider. Movement was southeast at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 45 mph ar...
Special Weather Statement issued June 23 at 10:27PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 1027 PM EDT/927 PM CDT/, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of Greensburg, moving northeast at 45 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph ...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 5:51PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 550 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Paris, moving northeast at 30 mph. Expect winds in excess of 40 mph along with hail up to a ...
Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:51AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Patchy dense fog over central Kentucky will cause sudden reductions in visibility to one half mile or less. Drivers should use caution and turn on lo...
Sudanese opposition says it is suspending civil disobedience and strike: statement Sudan's protest and opposition alliance said it is suspending a campaign of civil disobedience and a general strike from Wednesday until further noti...
Special Weather Statement issued June 17 at 5:39PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 539 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of Versailles, moving northeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 5:55PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 553 PM EDT, clusters of thunderstorms were moving eastward into the Lexington metro area at 30 mph. These storms will be capable of producing win...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 12:42PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV At 1241 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Vanceburg, or 14 miles northwest of Carter Caves State Park, moving east at 45 mph. Winds in e...
Surging Yankees bash rival Astros for statement victory Aaron Judge’s return from the injured list on Friday has raised the question about just how deep the Yankees’ lineup will be. According to Chad Green...
Bahrain recalls ambassador to Iraq over embassy attack: statement Bahrain recalled its ambassador to Iraq for consultations on Thursday after demonstrators broke into the courtyard of the kingdom's embassy in Baghda...
Embraer, WEG team up to build electric motor for planes -statement Brazilian electric engineering company WEG SA said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Brazil's planemaker Embraer SA to develop new technol...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 5:59PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 558 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Ice Cliff, or 11 miles southeast of Manchester, moving south at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 30 m...
Special Weather Statement issued June 28 at 4:29PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 428 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Mills, or 13 miles north of Pineville, moving southwest at 15 mph. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph...
Kremlin says unaware of Iran statement on breaching uranium curbs The Kremlin said on Monday that Iran had so far faithfully stuck to internationally-agreed curbs on uranium enrichment and that Moscow was unaware of...
Neymar, sponsors suspend some ad campaigns after rape allegation: statement Brazilian soccer star Neymar's agents said on Friday that he and some of his sponsors had agreed to suspend some advertising campaigns following an a...
Special Weather Statement issued July 1 at 5:14AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY Areas of dense fog will be seen across eastern Kentucky early this morning. The fog will be particularly dense in low lying areas and near bodies of ...
Catholic Church rejects transgender identities in first statement on gender LGBTQ Catholic groups denounced the document, stating that it "will increase alienation of LGBT people from the Church." ...
Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 2:33AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH With clear skies and light winds, fog has begun to develop across the area. While the fog should be most prevalent in river valleys, and patchy in ot...
Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 3:13AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Fog has developed across portions of the region this morning, particularly in river valleys. Visibilities in this fog have occasionally dropped to a ...
U.N. rights investigator to issue report on Khashoggi murder: statement The United Nations extrajudicial executions investigator, Agnes Callamard, will to issue her report on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi...
Special Weather Statement issued June 19 at 11:58PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 1157 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Southfork to Goose Rock to Frakes. Movement was east at...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 11:39PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV At 1139 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Carter Caves State Park, moving northeast at 30 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size ha...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 8:20PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 819 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Moon, or 8 miles southeast of Sandy Hook, moving east at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph an...
Special Weather Statement issued June 1 at 2:10AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY Areas of dense fog will reduce visibilities across the area under clear and calm conditions. This will lead to periods of 1/4 mile visibility or less...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 8:29PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 828 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Elkatawa, or over Jackson, moving northeast at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inc...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 6:00PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 559 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Frankfort, moving south at 15 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm. Loca...
Special Weather Statement issued June 19 at 5:30PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 530 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Orchard, or 13 miles southwest of Prestonsburg, moving east at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mp...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 3:19PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 318 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Maytown, or 8 miles northeast of Campton, moving southeast at 20 mph. Wind gusts up to 35 mph a...
OIC notes with concern growing Islamophobia in many parts of the world: statement The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) summit in Mecca said on Saturday that it noted with concern growing Islamophobia in many parts of the w...
DPS releases statement on deadly shooting in Mexico border state TUCSON – The Arizona Department of Public Safety released a statement Wednesday in reference to the shootout near the Arizona-Mexico border tha...
Special Weather Statement issued June 5 at 10:43PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 1043 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Monica to New Zion to Goochland. Movement was east at 3...
Statement of the Sixteenth IHR Emergency Committee Regarding the International Spread of Poliovirus 14 February 2017 – The sixteenth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) regarding the internation...
Russia halts UN Security Council statement on Syria’s Idlib A diplomat at the U.N. says Russia has blocked the Security Council from issuing a statement sounding alarm about fighting in and around Syria’s Idli...
Syria rejects Arab summit statement on Iran intervention DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria is rejecting the final statement of the Arab emergency summit held in Saudi Arabia, which criticizes what it calls Irani...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 8:42PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY At 842 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Winchester, moving south at 10 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible wi...
Iraqi PM discusses oil price stability with Saudi king: statement Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi and Saudi Arabia's King Salman discussed coordination over stabilizing oil prices in a phone call on Monday, Ab...
Russia halts UN Security Council statement on Syria's Idlib Russia blocked the U.N. Security Council on Monday from issuing a statement sounding alarm about the increasing fighting in and around Syria's Idlib ...
Special Weather Statement issued June 28 at 5:05PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 504 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Cornelia to Haginsville to near Beech. Movement was...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 8:25PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 825 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Bertha Station, or 8 miles northwest of Barbourville, moving southeast at 25 mph. Winds in exce...
Special Weather Statement issued June 21 at 11:35PM EDT by NWS Louisville KY Winds behind a departing area of storms will gust into the 30 to 40 mph range, with a few isolated higher gusts possible, tonight. Watch out for fall...
Special Weather Statement issued June 28 at 4:25PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 424 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lamont, or 7 miles northwest of Hazard, moving northwest at 5 mph. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph a...
Special Weather Statement issued June 22 at 12:27AM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 1227 AM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Big Laurel to Louellen to near Pennington Gap. Movement...
Special Weather Statement issued June 23 at 7:37PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 736 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Rogers Chapel to Crystal to Leighton to Bradshaw. Moveme...
Special Weather Statement issued June 23 at 7:54PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 754 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Ramey to Dan to Valeria. Movement was east at 30 mph. Wi...
Citgo Petroleum in talks with Aruba on refinery contract -statement Citgo Petroleum Corp said on Tuesday it is holding talks with the government of Aruba on its oil refinery operating contract, a day after Aruba discl...
China expresses 'strong dissatisfaction' with U.S. statement on Tiananmen anniversary China's embassy in the United States expressed "strong dissatisfaction" on Tuesday towards the United States' remarks on the 30th anniversary of the ...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 12:13AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH At 1213 AM EDT, radar indicated a strong thunderstorm over Vevay, moving east at 30 mph. STORM HAZARDS INCLUDE… Winds to 50 mph… Location...
Barrick said Tuesday comments on Acacia offer not a 'no-increase statement' Barrick Gold Corp said on Wednesday that comments by Chief Executive Mark Bristow that he had no intention of discussing a higher buyout offer for th...
Ringside Seat: Anthony Joshua wants to make statement in U.S. debut England's Anthony Joshua comes to the Big Apple looking to defend his three heavyweight world titles and make a splash in his U.S. debut. But he'll b...
Embraer, WEG team up to build electric motor for planes: statement Brazilian electric engineering company WEG SA said on Wednesday it had signed an agreement with Brazil's planemaker Embraer SA to develop new techno...
Pompeo highlights importance of democracy in Dominican Republic: statement U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo highlighted the importance of democratic institutions in the Dominican Republic with President Danilo Medina, acc...
Special Weather Statement issued June 15 at 4:23AM EDT by NWS Louisville KY As an area of low pressure moves into the Ohio Valley today, surface winds will increase from the south to southwest. Expect gusts over 30 mph today ...
Hong Kong leader Lam to meet media at 3 p.m. on Saturday: statement Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam will meet the media at 3 p.m. (0700 GMT) on Saturday, a government statement said, amid reports the government will suspe...
Special Weather Statement issued June 16 at 8:32PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 831 PM EDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered over Lerose, or near Booneville, moving northeast at 20 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half in...
Special Weather Statement issued June 5 at 10:30PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 1029 PM EDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Davisport to Bonanza to near Foraker. Movement was...
Special Weather Statement issued June 30 at 8:03PM EDT by NWS Jackson KY At 802 PM EDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Ferndale, or near Pineville, moving south at 10 mph. Wind gusts of 30 to 40 mph and pea size ha...
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Kung Fu Killer (2014) Movie Review By Darrin Gauthier
November 7, 2018 Movie Burner Entertainment Leave a comment
Yi ge ren de wu lin (original title)
Director: Teddy Chan
Writers: Teddy Chan (original story), Ho Leung Lau (original story)
Stars: Donnie Yen, Baoqiang Wang, Charlie Yeung
Plot: A martial arts instructor from the police force gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.
IMDB Score: 6.5
Why I Watched It: I wanted to see this and for whatever reason I didn’t get around to it, it was on Netflix then it left and then I managed to see it on Amazon Prime.
Random Thoughts: So this is a foreign film and yes that means subtitles, it’s in Cantonese, luckily I don’t mind sub-titles.
I’m a fan of Donnie Yen but I don’t think he gets the love or attention he should in North America, he’s a great action star but also a solid actor.
What I liked: Flat out this is just a very well done action/martial arts movie. Really I don’t need to say more but I will. The set up is pretty good you have a man not only targeting but also killing Martial Art experts and he’s killing the best in each discipline, the film in a way reminding me of Seven, not as dark but the killer is kind of close. For me the reason this movie works is the villain cause we know he’ll end up going after Donnie Yen and we know he can hold his own so the bad guy has to not only be opposing but also a very good fighter and Baoqiane Wang does a great job, he’s crazy but he’s driven and he’s a great fighter.
The fighting is top notch and all of the fights have an intensity and a sense of urgency that a lot of action films lack. Donnie Yen not only anchors the film but also the fight scenes. Another cool thing about this movie is the closing credits, a lot of the actors even in small parts are legends or stars of martial arts films from the past, Yen does a nice job of making a current film but also to tip his hat to the past. There is a lot of respect given to Kung Fu here, they do a nice of job of making an entertaining film but also to take the art seriously.
This is a harder edge film than say a lot of other action films, this is serious and not played for fun, the action is hard but not over the top violent.
What I Didn’t Like: Some of the sub-plots were a little clunky and did kind of slow the film down and it does drag a wee bit. The romance part is very cliched and really adds nothing to the film.
Other than that not to much to complain about I do wish some of the earlier fights were longer, I wish we could have seen the other masters hold their own against Wang, hey I always want more action.
Final Thoughts: If you’re a martial arts fan and or a Donnie Yen fan give this a watch a very well done and performed Kung Fu action film.
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Home NEWS OF NOTE Windy Hill Foundation Gatsby Gala Hits The Mark
Windy Hill Foundation Gatsby Gala Photo by Nancy Kleck
Windy Hill Foundation Gatsby Gala Hits The Mark
Nancy Kleck
It was quite an evening for The Windy Hill Foundation’s Gatsby Gala, held on the 17th of November at Salamander Resort and Spa. One of the highlights of the evening was the raising $162,000, for the Windy Hill Education Fund. The fund will directly benefit children in the Windy Hill family. Yet another way the Windy Hill Foundation supports the local community.
Entertaining guests after a charity dinner and live auction is the best way to thank supporters and volunteers for the personal and financial contributions given to continue the good works of any group.
As guests entered Salamander’s Ballroom turned jazz club, Doc Scantlin, bandleader of the Imperial Palms Orchestra, “The Best Band in America” according to Forbes magazine, was at the microphone welcoming everyone to come in and get ready for a “whoopee!”
Sporting a wicked pencil mustache never seen today on any American male, looking smashing in white tie and tails, a top hat, spats and cane, Doc Scantlin and his 15-member orchestra’s lead singer and wife, chanteuse Chou Chou (pronounced “shoo-shoo”), and an ensemble of four singing dancers affectionately referred to as “The Girlfriends”, rocked the night away to a sold-out crowd.
What’s more fun than to dress up in a rhinestone tiara, feathers, sequins and bugle beads? One after another, bejeweled and bedecked jazz babies and “hotsy-totsies” and their dapper gents in white or black jackets “hoofed” away to the foxtrot, swing, and jitterbug, or a reasonable facsimile thereof. Feathers were flying and many never returned. Lots of selfies taken while “ironing one’s shoelaces”, no place for a “bluenose” or “canceled stamp.”
Part of the band’s entourage included a “cameraman” taking photographs with a vintage era camera (and a flash that nearly blinded you), and movies of the prettiest girls in his sights. He sometimes was seen hiding around huge rhinestone encrusted collared panthers (but not a drop of “panther piss” could be found even in a flask) to sneak a photo. On small leopard printed covered tables with white feathered centerpieces, flappers of all ages and their “jelly beans” imbibed in “jag juice” and bubbly. It didn’t take long for the joint to start jumpin.
Into vintage, polished chrome microphones, slightly bawdy, but never too cheeky, Chou Chou mesmerized us as she swished her tulle skirts to sing her ballads in a sweet, girlish voice. In between her ballads, Doc and the Girlfriends sang great standards such as “Night and Day”, “Minnie the Moocher” and Cab Calloway’s “Happy Feet”. As the evening got hotter, a few slightly “spifflicated” “tomatoes” ventured onto the floor, obviously enjoying the “Giggle water”, but as it is 2017, not a “half-seas over” could be found.
Throughout the show, The Girlfriends sashayed to the floor to kick up a few heels and show their “gams”, and right out of Xavier Cugat’s show, a Carmen Mirandazed Zed fruit bunch chapeau’ed, belly bare, dancer led a conga line as “Drum Boogie” boogied away. But Chou Chou’s very shapely silhouette and gorgeous big eyes and ruby lips stole the show as she lovingly flirted with dancing guests, pulling two very obliging gents to the stage to blow bubbles out into the audience as she sang “Paper Moon.” Doc Scantlin’s theatrics went far beyond the “cat’s meow” of any feline’s expectations, and after six hours in heels, the “dogs” were howling.
All frivolity aside, after a dinner of yummy beef, a very enthusiastic group of guests bid on a choice group of live auction items, helping the foundation raise a Queen Mary load of “mazuma”, a lot of “clams” more than a few heads of “lettuce.”
This year, funds will be focused on the educational aspirations of many of the children in the Windy Hill community. Kudos to Windy Hill and all its supporters and staff who made it all a “darb” of an evening.
To quote Doc Scantlin again, “Even angels need a hot time now and then, especially for a good cause.”
It was the bee’s knees!
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Exclusive Vertigo preview: A murder mystery gets complicated in Sheriff Of Babylon #3
Oliver Sava
The Sheriff Of Babylon
Of the 12 Vertigo debuts last fall, The Sheriff Of Babylon immediately established itself as the strongest of the bunch, offering a thrilling crime story rooted in writer Tom King’s real-life experience as a CIA counterterrorism officer living in Baghdad after the fall of Saddam Hussein’s regime. (Read an in-depth review of the first issue here.) With rich, atmospheric artwork from Mitch Gerads and sleek, evocative lettering from Travis Lanham, the book has a lot of craft behind it, and this preview of next week’s Sheriff Of Babylon #3 highlights the myriad talents of this creative team. The tight structure—a constant across all of King’s work—condenses and expands to set different paces for each scene, and Gerads gets to show off his skill for facial expressions with a 16-panel page of close-ups and his versatility with a nine-panel page that features considerably softer linework and coloring. It’s a visually striking book with an equally engaging story, channeling the spirit of classic Vertigo while still delivering something fresh and exciting.
Cover by John Paul Leon
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DANCE OF THE BANISHED
by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
Ali and his fiancée Zeynep dream about leaving their home in Anatolia and building a new life together in Canada. And although Ali finds passage to Canada to work, he is forced to leave Zeynep behind until he can earn enough to bring her out to join him. When the First World War breaks out, Ali is declared an enemy alien. Unable to convince his captors that he is a refugee from an oppressive regime, he is thrown in an internment camp where he must count himself lucky to have a roof over his head and food to eat. Meanwhile, Zeynep is a horrified witness to the suffering of her Christian Armenian neighbours under the Young Turk revolutionary forces. Caught in a country that is destroying its own people, she is determined to save a precious few.
CATEGORY: CHILDREN / YOUNG ADULT, LITERATURE / POETRY / NOVELS, NAASR Bookstore
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Vick's late FTs lift Tennessee Tech to 1st win, 79-73
PMN Basketball
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. — Hunter Vick scored 20 points, including a pair of free throws with 12.6 seconds remaining to blunt a comeback rally and Tennessee Tech held on to defeat Louisiana Monroe 79-73 Friday night to end a five-game losing skid.
Corey Tillery also scored 20 for the Golden Eagles (1-5), making five 3-pointers before fouling out in the final seconds. Micaiah Henry scored 14 with 11 rebounds and Jr. Clay added 11 points.
Andre Washington sank a pair of free throws as UL Monroe (2-3) trailed by one, 34-33, with 15:48 left. Tech edged away, leading by as many as 11 on a Tillery 3 with 8:49 to go.
And until Vick shut the door, Tennessee Tech made only two of six free throws in the final minute and the Warhawks inched as close as 75-73. Travis Munnings powered for a tip-in of his own miss and then dunked on Henry, who was playing with four fouls, in the last 34 seconds.
Munnings led with 22 points and six boards.
Tech shot 48 per cent from the floor (27 of 56) which offset a chilly 17-of-32 from the line.
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Syriza’s latest victory is not cause for celebration
Skyrocketing abstention, social demobilization and an impending wave of harsh austerity measures call for critical reflection after Syriza’s latest victory.
6 Reflections on the Re-election of Syriza
Following snap elections, Syriza was re-elected at the weekend, reviving its coalition with Independent Greeks (ANEL). Meanwhile, dissident former Syriza MPs campaigning under the Popular Unity banner failed to gain enough votes to enter parliament.
#Oxi: Betrayal or Inevitability?
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the latest in the Greek crisis.
‘The weapon of the poor’: an irate Greek MP just gatecrashed a lecture to call for a default on the country’s debts
Today a Syriza MP commandeered a university conference lecture to deliver proposals for the direction of the Greek government following its capitulation to EU demands. Things got heated.
Greece Say ‘Oxi’, Populism Is Back!
Aaron Bastani responds to the dramatic result of last weekends referendum on austerity in Greece and looks to the rest of Europe and the upcoming British referendum on EU membership for signs of a new wave of populism.
Oxi: Crisis in Greece
On this week's show Aaron Bastani and James Butler discuss the ongoing crisis in Greece. How did we get here and what happens after Sunday's referendum?'
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Facebook Drops New Rules, Promises Improved Version
Faced with a huge wave of user protest, Facebook took the step back and temporarily gave up on its new rules.
In the mean time, users and privacy groups should take a break and prepare for the next wave of protests, since the social-networking site is still determined to impose its new terms. Only that this time, the new set of rules will be written in a plain language, easily understandable by everybody.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg writes:
“Our next version will be a substantial revision from where we are now. It will reflect the principles I described yesterday around how people share and control their information, and it will be written clearly in language everyone can understand. Since this will be the governing document that we’ll all live by, Facebook users will have a lot of input in crafting these terms.”
It may be very nice, but it seems that Facebook still fails to address the core of the problem. Should the company still keep rules that would allow to store users’ data for an indefinite period (even though the users have chosen to delete their Facebook accounts), then at least some people are sure to choose to leave the community.
Until the new rules are made public, Facebook users can send their feedback on a special group, called “Facebook Bill of Rights and Responsibilities.”
Categories: Internet Tags: drops, facebook, improved, promises, rules, version
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Social media firms must protect children - or face new laws, says Jeremy Hunt
Jeremy Hunt is threatening new laws to punish social media firms for "turning a blind eye" to children "being exposed to harm".
By Dan Whitehead, Sky Reporter
Sunday 22 April 2018 17:49, UK
Image: Jeremy Hunt says tech firms are failing to provide adequate safeguards for children
The Health Secretary has accused social media networks of "turning a blind eye to a generation of young people" by failing to protect them when using their platforms online.
Jeremy Hunt says he is "disappointed" by the lack of progress made in areas such as age verification, screen time limits and cyber bullying.
He met with the bosses of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter in November, but in a strongly-worded letter he told the companies not enough progress has been made.
"I fear that you are collectively turning a blind eye to a whole generation of children being exposed to the harmful emotional side effects of social media prematurely," he said.
Image: Mr Hunt has demanded that social media firms outline strategies
"This is both morally wrong and deeply unfair on parents, who are faced with the invidious choice of allowing children to use platforms they are too young to access, or excluding them from social interaction that often the majority of their peers are engaging in.
"It is unacceptable and irresponsible for you to put parents in this position.
"This is not a blanket criticism and I am aware that these aren't easy issues to solve... however, it is clear to me that the voluntary joint approach has not delivered the safeguards we need to protect our children's mental health."
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The firms have been given just over a week to set out what steps they have taken to cut underage use, prevent cyber bullying and encourage healthy screen time - and what more they intend to do.
Mr Hunt stressed that the Government does not rule out bringing in new legislation to deal with the situation when it considers options in May.
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Tamanna Miah, 24, campaigns for more help for young people when it comes to cyber bullying.
She told Sky News she was a victim herself: "I experienced a number of things. Whether it was people commenting on my photos, my posts, being really negative, mocking my religion, my background, my family, where I lived, what I wore, the way I dressed, everything from my appearance to my culture."
Her friend Rosina St James said she is concerned about children who are growing up with social media profiles from a very young age.
"Everybody is taking selfies constantly and for me it's the psychological effect of the self-esteem and self-worth and your identity attached to that because you get lost in looking the best, of having the best status, or wanting everybody to know about what you're doing."
Dec 2017: Excessive social media use has negative impact on mental health
The National Bullying Helpline says it has seen a big rise in the number of inquiries for help when it comes to cyber bullying - more than 1,000 every day.
The ambassador for the helpline, actress Debbie Arnold, says tougher laws are needed urgently.
"Murder is a crime, hitting someone is a crime. We need to know the barriers, where is cyber bullying? When does it become a crime? When is it telling tales and when does it go from one thing to another. I mean, it's caused people to kill themselves. It causes people life-long anxiety. Cyber bullying is everywhere and we have got to do something to stop it."
Sky News approached all major social networks for a response to Mr Hunt's letter.
Google responded saying it is taking action and shares the Government's commitment to ensuring the internet is a safe space.
Image: Google says it shares the Government's commitment to ensuring the internet is a safe space
Katie O'Donovan, public policy manager at Google UK, said: "Along with all parents, we understand the challenge of helping children make the most of the internet in a safe and responsible way.
"Google shares the Government's commitment to this, which is why we launched Family Link to help parents set digital ground rules for their children such as screen time limits. We also developed the first online safety course to be officially accredited and have taught it to over 40,000 school children so far."
Facebook said: "We welcome the Health Secretary's continued engagement on this important issue and we share his ambition to create a safe and supportive environment for young people online.
"We continue to invest heavily in developing tools for parents and age appropriate products to meet this challenge, and we look forward to continuing to work with our child safety partners and Government to make progress in this area."
Snapchat said it tries to prevent under-13s joining its network and provides a number of tools to help older youngsters protect themselves.
A spokesperson said: "We take our responsibility to create a safe and secure experience extremely seriously and continue to invest in reources to keep our community safe online.
"Bullying, harassment and intimidation have no place on Snapchat. We provide tools for Snapchatters to report violations and our dedicated Trust & Safety team reviews abuse reports and takes action when they become aware of a violation."
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Emerging musicians using voices to eliminate disparities in health
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Songwriters Michael and Tanya Trotter – also known as The War and Treaty – are raising awareness about health disparities within disadvantaged communities
DALLAS, Aug. 17, 2018 — The rising musical duo The War and Treaty is making their voice heard in an important way: Today, Michael and Tanya Trotter announced they’re joining the nationwide EmPOWERED to ServeTM movement to help eliminate disparities in health.
As EmPOWERED to Serve ambassadors, the Trotters are joining multicultural volunteers across the country who are passionate about driving change in their communities to close gaps in health equity through advocacy, education and social change. All their work is inspired by the American Heart Association — the world’s leading voluntary health organization dedicated to building healthier lives, free of cardiovascular diseases and stroke.
“Michael and Tanya are passionate ambassador volunteers who know just how important these types of environmental factors are when addressing health equity,” said American Heart Association CEO, Nancy Brown. “These efforts are critical to help people facing health disparities associated with insufficient education, inadequate housing, exposure to violence and limited opportunities to earn a livable wage.”
For Michael Trotter, these factors are personal, particularly housing.
He has faced housing insecurity first-hand throughout his life, most recently when he was homeless after he returned from serving with the Army in Iraq. “You can’t imagine the despair I had going from a respected soldier serving my country, to living on the streets of the very nation I was protecting,” he said. “Managing my diabetes and eating a healthy diet weren’t exactly on my radar during those times.”
Serious health problems are a major concern among the homeless. Conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS can be can be found at high rates among homeless people, according to the National Alliance to End Homelessness.
“Access to affordable housing, fair wages, strong school systems, safe streets and healthy foods are vital to help the millions burdened by social determinants of health,” Brown said.
The Trotters like to bring hope to people through their music and strive to do the same as EmPOWERED to Serve volunteers.
“The themes we sing and write about can be put to action as Michael and I serve in this important ambassador role and work to inspire mankind to help one another,” Tanya said.
They are dedicating to helping people who are forced to make difficult choices every day: between paying rent, buying healthy foods, getting medications or medical care. However, as Michael’s case shows, improving just one of these factors provides the kind of stability that empowers people to work on their health.
The Trotters joined forces with the American Heart Association to debut the fourth installment of the EmPOWERED to Serve “Take Me Home” mini-documentaries at the 2018 Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival. Their latest album, Healing Tide, is available now.
For additional information about the American Heart Association and its EmPOWERED to Serve movement, and to become an ambassador, visit empoweredtoserve.org.
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Kenya: Survey of Female Farmers Uncovers Challenges
In Kenya, a gender-disaggregated agricultural survey targeting 2,500 households and 5,000 individuals in eight regions, seeks women’s input and data to inform agricultural policy. The survey shows that female farmers have limited access to finance, as few women own property they can use as collateral for loans. Another observation is that as agriculture becomes ’feminized’ and men abandon farms to work in cities.
The survey was conducted by Egerton University’s Tegemeo Institute between April and June 2011, and sponsored by the World Bank and the Kenya Ministry of Agriculture. World Bank Senior Agriculture Economist Andrew Karanja says the survey will help the Kenya Agricultural Productivity and Agribusiness Project better serve women. The survey’s findings will have implications for technology development. Agricultural extension services, too, might change substantially, he says.
The result shows that female farmers face costly inputs, such as high fertilizer costs, and slim profit margins. Also female farmers have limited access to finance, water and energy. The problem is excerbated as few women own property they can use as collateral for loans. Jane Wambul, one of the interviewed individuals, says yields on her 4-acre farm are decreasing because she can’t afford to buy the recommended amount of fertilizer. She says the price for fertilizer has risen from 300 shillings (about $3.25) for a 250 kg bag in 2005, to about 4,000 shillings (about $43) today. Government-subsidized fertilizer, at 2,500 ($26.90) a bag, is rarely available, she says.
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Fang and lightning relationship advice
Because you are my Hope Chapter 11, a final fantasy xiii fanfic | FanFiction
In every relationship she had Lightning had been the soldier. . As Hope sidestepped Fang jumped at him, deflecting the bullets he fired easily. Then with a wolfish Though Light's given me plenty of advice over the years. Lumina is a major supporting character in Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII. Although she can give helpful advice, she enjoys toying with Lightning and Hinting at a deeper connection to their relationship, Lumina refers to Lightning as "sis". After Fang departed for the Dead Dunes, Lumina would frequent the lonely. Final Fantasy XIII didn't feel the need to soften Lightning through a boyfriend, cold, Snow is invested in building families and creating relationships. When a party member is sad, Snow is as likely to hug them as Lightning is to give advice. cutscene near the end when he heals fellow party member Fang.
Her sister usually had excellent table manners — the sugar must already have overwhelmed her brain. Serah blushed, but made no attempt to stop eating the cake. Lightning glanced over the offending piece of tabloid filth and her blood began to boil. The magazine had somehow managed to get pictures of when she and Fang had gone to the movies a few months ago.
The pictures showed the two of them talking over coffee and sharing popcorn. However, the biggest picture showed Lightning leaning on Fang, one arm draped almost possessively around the taller woman's waist, their bodies side by side. Even now she could remember that moment, along with the frisson of heat that had run all the way down her side to pool deep and low in her belly. And the accompanying text was even worse. In a voice that left no doubt about her amusement, Serah summarised.
They had no right to barge into her life, and even less right to try and label whatever it was that she and Fang had. How could Serah enjoy this garbage? It would be just like her. She'd started to make increasingly obvious hints to Lightning suggesting that she make her move.
In Vanille's words, she wanted someone who could provide for and look after her troublesome big sister and Lightning was the only one who fit the bill. Vanille loved action movies.
It was at time like this, she missed the days when her word was law. Not that she missed the resentment that had built up between her and Serah when Lightning had tried to be the younger woman's mother and sister. You're also young and single. Is it really that surprising when the tabloids speculate about your love life? And is it really that surprising when they try pairing you up with almost everybody you spend any time with? He's not there yet, but it won't be long, and whoever he chooses in the future is going to be very lucky.
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She did wonder sometimes — most recently after a drinking contest with Vanille — what it would take for Lightning to punish her and whether the older woman would have the guts to bend her over her knee. The last time Lightning had done that was when Serah had come back drunk from a party in high school. Neither of them had ever mentioned it again, and she had a feeling Lightning had wiped the whole incident from her memory.
He is an eligible widower with a heart of gold. Supposedly, you've already stolen him away from me. Then she gave Lightning her most innocent yet seductive look, something that left Lightning equal parts impressed and disturbed. I'm the innocent younger sister, reliant on you for everything and closer to you than anyone in the world.
The cake got better with every slice, and the rich, sweetness of the chocolate added a unique twist to the look of absolute horror on her sister's face.
Lightning could be so fun to tease. But she wasn't here just to tease the older woman. I mean, the stuff about you and Fang? She hated it when her sister got like this. There was no way out of this conversation now. You gave up so much for me when we were younger — gave up part of who you were — and I'm grateful, so grateful. I wouldn't be here if you hadn't fought so hard for both of us.
But isn't it time you were happy? The dark liquid had gone cold, but she couldn't bring herself to care. In all honesty, she'd been lost when Serah moved out. When they were younger and it was just the two of them, and she'd been working herself to the bone to make ends meet, she'd kept herself going by thinking of that far off day when Serah would be grown up and everything would be okay.
Now, Serah had moved in with the man she was going to marry and everything was fine. Snow was a good man: Sure, there were times when Lightning wanted to bash his head in, but that was true of almost everyone. So now after living for Serah for so long, she had to live for herself — only she wasn't sure she knew how.
It was enough to make her laugh and cry at the same time. She finally had the chance to live her own life, to go after what she wanted, but she wasn't sure she deserved that chance, let alone deserved the person she wanted. Anyone else would have lost an arm for that. You're smarter than that, Lightning, and a lot better too. Can you stop hitting me so I can explain?
Serah would see right through her. I can order them around and lead them, but that's not the same as spending time with them; that's not the same as loving them. I have maybe a dozen people I'd call friends and they didn't come easily. But neither of you will even think of letting anyone else come between you. It's no wonder you're so wound up.
The two of you should just get a room — you do have several at your house — and just —" "Finish that sentence and die. Do you think I don't notice you staring when you think no one is looking?
I never thought I'd see my big sister mooning over someone like a lovesick schoolgirl, but I guess I was wrong. It's actually kind of cute.
Sometimes you look like you want to strangle her, and sometimes you look like you want to do all sorts of wicked things to her. I also mope around the house whenever she's gone, and I always make sure to cook her favourite food when she comes back. But seriously, you need to tell Fang.
It's not fair on you or her. Get it out into the open. I almost ruined us Serah, and we're sisters. Fang doesn't have any reason to stay. If… if she moves out —" Whack. Of course she has a reason to stay — you're there. And you won't ruin everything. You might be blunt and silly and stubborn when it comes to things like this, but she's used to that — she's used to you.
She's the only one who can put up with your grouchiness except me. In fact, she thinks it's adorable. Why do you think she teases you so much?
Honestly, it's like watching a pair of first graders. I'm just waiting for you to start pushing each other and pulling each other's hair. She'd always assumed Fang was good at this sort of thing. But how many serious relationships had Fang been in since she and Vanille got back?
Maybe Fang wasn't any better at this than her. Maybe they were both bumbling around with no idea of what to do. When she thought about it, Fang never teased the others the way she teased her.
There was always amusement when she teased the others, but the jokes were always straightforward. With Lightning, there was always a hidden meaning to Fang's comments, a glint of something more in the other woman's eyes.
Not to mention Fang had started to mention how much she liked women in uniform. Damn it, she really was stupid. Heck, she's usually there with you. When you're tired, who looks after you? And when you want to talk about something — anything — whom do you talk to? So many times, she'd come back from work to find Fang waiting with a kind word, a teasing comment and dinner on the table. Other times, she'd come home, disgusted with herself for not keeping some of the new recruits out of harm's way, and Fang had dragged her out of the house for some sparring to help her cool down.
And then there were all the times she'd wandered through her house wondering what to do now that Serah had moved out, only to find Fang draped over the couch or digging through the fridge. The other woman belonged there with Lightning, looked perfect with one of Lightning's shirts on or one of her books opened on her lap. We've got a lot in common too, like sisters with rocks for brains. We all want what's best for you, and if you could maybe get around to sharing some of the money the tabloids would pay to cover your wedding then that would be thanks enough.
It was cold but bracing, which was what she needed. I guess… I needed to hear some of that. The younger woman snagged another slice of cake.
Are Fang and Vanille Gay? - Edugaytion
Little sisters have their place in the world too. I thought you were just here for me to spoil. Snow and I made our fair share of mistakes too. The thing is, it'll be worth it in the end.
Oerba Yun Fang
Is there anyone else you'd rather wake up to in the morning and come home to at night? I want some nieces to spoil. They'd be so cute. They could have your hair and Fang's eyes or maybe the other way around, and when Snow and I have kids, they could all be friends, and we could live next door to each other and —" Lightning was still trying to wrap her head around the idea of children.
They were lovable kids but with an eye for trouble. Lightning listened to it all with a faint smile on her lips.
She felt… lighter now that she'd finally made up her mind. It was only later, after they'd gone shopping — Serah did most of the shopping while Lightning did most of the carrying — that she realised something. She'd never gotten a chance to taste the cake. Serah had eaten all of it while they were talking. X X X Fang tucked her phone back into her pocket.
She'd asked — more like begged — Serah to put in a good word for her. She'd tried everything to get Lightning's attention short of declaring her undying love for the soldier on a giant billboard or ambushing her in bed.
Both options had their upsides, but she hadn't wanted to scare the other woman off. When it came to love, Lightning could be as skittish as a newborn chocobo. Instead of a proper message, Serah had sent back a single emoticon: Vanille had seen it and with wide eyes, the red head had ordered Fang to dress sexy, prepare a romantic, home cooked dinner complete with candles and music, and then dashed off to spend the night at Serah and Snow's house.
How on earth could all of that come from one smiley face? Sometimes she wondered if maybe Serah and Vanille were related. The pink haired woman looked deliciously rumpled, her uniform a tad untidy and her hair askew. A wave of satisfaction rippled through Fang as the other woman's eyes lingered on her before going to the table only to come back to her.
I'm Afraid To Move - Fang x Lightning
According to tradition, she should have dragged the dead carcass of the scariest monster she could find to Lightning's family to prove her worth. But that wouldn't work, not here. Lumina lived in Nova Chrysalia, getting acquainted with people and earning a reputation as a trickster. When Vanille and Fang first awoke from crystal stasis, Lumina found them and witnessed the Order of Salvation taking them into their care.
After Fang departed for the Dead DunesLumina would frequent the lonely Vanille who was not allowed to leave the cathedral. Lumina showed Noel an Oracle Drive with a fabricated prophecy of Lightning almost destroying the world and him stopping her, leading him to become obsessed with the idea of fulfilling it. Lumina summons a Zaltys to halt Lightning.
Lightning first encounters Lumina in Yusnaan during the former's confrontation with Snow Villiers in his palace. After Snow grabs Lightning, Lumina appears in his place as an illusion and breaks Lightning's sword with magic. In reality, Lumina is on the chandelier above the ballroom, which she sets ablaze before vanishing.
The chandelier falls but Snow uses his l'Cie powers to halt it. As Lightning chases Snow through the palace, Lumina reappears to her in a Chaos infusion and claims Lightning is different from Bhunivelze's usual servants since she can see inside the Chaos.
Lumina summons a Zaltys to block Lightning's path and disappears, but Lightning defeats it. After Lightning retreats to the Ark Lumina returns to the area, amused by Lightning's hopes of saving Snow and the rest of Nova Chrysalia's people.
Lumina sitting on a fabricated Etro's throne. Between Lightning's missions and being brought to the Ark at the end of each dayLumina regularly pulls her into a dark parody of the Ark inside Lightning's subconscious to talk with her. Lumina explains it to be an ideal place for private conversations she does not want Hope, and by extension Bhunivelze, to overhear. During one such conversation, Lightning learns Lumina is tied to Serah.
Lumina uses these moments to plant seeds of suspicion into Lightning regarding Bhunivelze's true agenda. In Luxerion, Lumina watches Lightning's quest to rout the Children of Etroand divulges the reason Noel wants to kill her. Once Noel is freed from his burden and his soul is saved, Lumina reveals the Oracle Drive was altered and is surprised Noel had rejected the prophecy. Lightning meets Lumina when visiting Vanille, who shows Lightning the concentration of lost souls within God's Sanctum beneath the cathedral.
Lumina terms them the "wind of sorrow", commenting the Order seeks the save the dead from their anguish by offering them oblivion and needs Vanille to call them to her. Lumina says the "wind" has been building for years and would spell the end of both Nova Chrysalia and any future world were it to escape.
Lumina with Snow and Lightning. When Lightning returns to Yusnaan and sets out to infiltrate Snow's palace, Lumina tells her about his guilt and isolation, and sets a Cyclops on Lightning. When the two meet again after Lightning defeats Snow in his Cie'th state, Lumina speculates about his motives and advises Lightning to kill him and fulfill his wish.
Lightning instead brings Snow around and revives his hope for the future. She reveals she was monitoring them until they found the clavis so she could lead the Secutors to them. Lumina says the Secutors are taking the clavis to Luxerion where, on the world's final day Vanille will sacrifice herself in the Soulsonga ritual to obliterate the souls of the dead, including Serah's.
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Gatsby and daisy relationship timeline marriage
Gatsby and Daisy Relationship - A Research Guide for Students
As revealed by Jordan, what was Gatsby's original relationship with Daisy in The In June, though, she married a man from Chicago, Tom Buchanan, in an. Daisy and Gatsby start an affair Daisy and Gatsby reconcile and fall back in love. Because Daisy is forbidden from dating Gatz, she eventually marries Tom because he comes from money. "In June she married Tom Buchanan of Chicago. She relates that Gatsby told her that he is in love with Daisy Buchanan. According to Jordan, during the war, before Daisy married Tom, she was a beautiful.
Though big, strong, and arrogant, Tom still shows that he cares a little bit for Daisy. Daisy did not marry Gatsby even though they were in love because he was poor She and Tom were in love at one point as well but he had the money to provide her with the lifestyle she was accustomed to.
I got to his house and I asked one of his servants where Mr. There I found him standing at his desk, face turned to the window, contemplating something while he drank his whiskey.
Baker talk about my request? Baker will tell you only the part that she knows because she never talked with me about this. At the meeting Nick tells Gatsby, he is worth more than all the others. In addition, their educational and social backgrounds are similar.
This may be the reason that Nick can understand Gatsby so well, unlike the others Roulston and Roulston. Although Nick may be able to understand Gatsby so well, he is often confused.
Gatsby And Daisy Relationship Essay - BrightKite
One moment he thinks Gatsby has something to hide and that Gatsby is fishy. At other times, Nick believes that Gatsby is the only honest person Roulston and Roulston. Therefore, one could say that Nick often switches throughout the course of the novel and at times really does know what or who to believe. It is not as easy as it seems to distinguish who is innocent and who is not.
Innocence is a cultural concept which is usually confusing. Then a question comes to mind: Challenging the norms of a society makes a person totally wicked? What spoils or preserves innocence? The word innocence is ambiguous. It has double vision because people put different masks on their faces for different occasions. He knows it filled with emptiness without Daisy. Nick prepares a funeral for Gatsby.
The mansion swarmed with journalist and reporters that spread rumors that were more untrue than the rumors they spread at the parties he threw. So if the men in The Sun Also Rises are destroyed and deprived of happiness, it is because of their own greedy desire to possess and control her, or because of their own defects--physical or mental. Compared to Daisy Buchanan, who is made totally responsible for Jay Gatsby's destruction, Brett Ashley has been treated with more sympathy, and depicted with more complexity and depth.
The Sun Also Rises. Scott Fitzgerald words - 4 pages when she is unknown to everyone and then using bright light and flashy clothes on Roxie when she becomes famous. Roxie also has a very sassy, uncaring attitude on screen which helps develop her character into a selfish girl who thinks only of herself.
Scott Fitzgerald and the American Dream-Gatsby's quest for the dream through Daisy and the dream's corruption by her society words - 4 pagesa pure vision becomes distorted because a " For Jay Gatsby, the foul dust that floats in the wake of his dreams is the society that he wants to be a part of.
His views of the upper-class contrast with reality. This also includes his image of his love-interest, Daisy Buchanan. He built her image up in his mind and to him she was something beyond perfection. Daisy destroys his "American Dream" of being with her and being a part of the upper-class because she, along with her husband and the rest of the class, is selfish and irresponsible.
Gatsby does not see this. Each character also has their own power over one another because of their money and social ranking. For example Daisy Buchannan, who is known for being careless and free, has a lot of power over other characters. He wants her to deny that she ever loved Tom. Author Nafisi states Gatsby should have not tried to possess his dream because of the fact that Daisy is as much in love with him as she can ever be Gatsby just sees Daisy as the perfect and pure young woman.
His concept of Daisy versus the real Daisy is just a part of the reinvention in which he loves her and loves the real Daisy but wants wealth more than a relationship. She allows Gatsby to take the blame for Myrtles death. Gatsby changes himself in order to make room for Daisy in his life. A romantic hero never lies because it is like cheating, and Gatsby lies to Daisy many times without guilt. He sees nothing wrong in lying to Daisy as long as he gets her.
Except if Gatsby truly loves Daisy, he should act like himself and be true to her by being honest, because every strong relationship is based on honesty. Firstly, Gatsby is trapped in his dream where Gatsby and Daisy were once in a relationship.
Daisy cannot accept her delusional image of herself, thus causing her character to change.
El Gran Gatsby (Doblada)
Nick moves next door to an elaborate mansion. The owner of this mansion is Jay Gatsby. Nick discovers Jay and his cousin Daisy had a past relationship, and Jay wants to reconnect with Daisy.
In this novel, Jay displays several qualities which make him a fascinating character. Jay Gatsby is mysterious. This is evident because we do not know where he obtained his money. Jay Gatsby is also romantic. We witness this through all he does for his love for Daisy.
Scott Fitzgerald words - 4 pages In The Great Gatsby, Jay Gatsby is portrayed as a naive and heartbroken man who will do anything to revive his relationship with the love of his life; even if it means reliving the past. Gatsby is a victim to temptation, manipulation, society and obsessive love. However it is because of this obsessive and incessant love that the rest of his problems unfold.
He is so blinded and determined to gain the approval of his former lover, he allows himself to be made a mockery by society. Scott Fitzgerald depicts a tragic love story between the main character, Jay Gatsby and his lover, Daisy Buchanan. Nick Carraway narrates about their love relationship tragically because only Gatsby shows his loves towards Daisy. They have been separated for almost ten years as Gatsby goes off to war.
While away from Daisy, he tries very hard to reach the American dream and be at the same social class with Daisy as there is no marriage between rich and poor people in the year back then. However, that is something the novel cannot deliver, giving enough detail to show the force Gatsby is going though to fix the clock.
Daisy Buchanan's Timeline | Sutori
In the Luhrmann's version of The Great Gatsby this scene does allow the viewer to see Gatsby emotion; to how initially Daisy and Gatsby had a falling out, which represents the clock falling. To the struggle of fixing the clock, foreshadowing this relationship, and how it may not be able to be fixed. Literary Analysis words - 7 pages be the answer may shock you, and this is all due to the unreal expectations he has for her to fill. Because Gatsby is not in love with who she is at the time they are reunited.
Instead, he is caught up in the idea of who she used to be. The actions of Gatsby, how he talks about her, and the relationship between Gatsby and Daisy once they are back together again show who Gatsby is really in love with, and that is the old Daisy.
Looking at the way Gatsby talks about Daisy makes us question which Daisy Gatsby is really in love with. Throughout the book, Gatsby is constantly reminiscing on the past, and others begin to take note, specifically Nick. Nick then invites Daisy to come over to have tea together and he does not tell her that Gatsby is coming too. They start going out with each other, and have an affair.
Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby words - 11 pages for tea and then invite him over so they can meet each other again in hopes of them to rekindle their relationship and fall back madly in love with one another Gatsby and Daisy had countless plans for the future. After Gatsby and Daisy meet, he invites Nick and her to come tour his home. Daisy was astonished by everything she saw, which is exactly the reaction Gatsby wanted to see Gatsby is using all his assets as a way to impress Daisy.
He is still madly in love with her and is willing to do anything to try to make her fall back in love with him. He is showing off how wealthy he really is Hays.
Gatsby and Daisy did have a past together. Although Gatsby has become financially and socially successful, he continues to strive for a distant dream; to regain his relationship with Daisy. Gatsby's one fatal flaw is his strive for unrealistic dreams. This shows how Gatsby was striving for his goal, trying to accomplish it, but not finding it to be within realistic reach. Gatsby is a noble man whose vision is fouled by his dream because he remains in a wonder at Daisy's presence throughout the novel.
She was so impressed that she even began to cry Daisy as someone who was raised to associate money with respect is not able to distinguish her admiration for his belongings with admiration for Gatsby. Gatsby is only as worthy as what he can buy in his upscale lifestyle. Sadly, the renewed relationship between Gatsby and Daisy does not last long. His personality and his actions make us ask the question: Tom Buchanan is portrayed as abusive and rude man, who sees nothing wrong in using his power to offend people dependant on him.
He mocks the worker from the Valley of Ashes, knowing that he needs the car Tom promised to sell him and — what is much worse and more characterising — almost openly cheats on Daisy with the wife of said worker. Moreover, he feels entitled to do so without any worries about feelings of Daisy or the worker or even his mistress. The readers can easily make a conclusion that Tom and Daisy relationship is less-than-stellar. Still, if we believe Nick who makes his own conclusions after talking to Daisy, she is quite content with the current state of affairs no pun intended.
It looks more like the connection between two business partners running a successful company than like love. Or seems to be until Gatsby comes into play. Such an answer to the question we asked before — what kind of relationship do Tom and Daisy have? In a way, they are average people of their class and social status.
Gatsby and Daisy Relationship in “The Great Gatsby”
No one makes mess and loses status, comfort and money because of such a small inconvenience as an affair with some maids or worker-class women. No one expects them to behave in any other way, it is natural. They are too detached from the other reality — the reality of the average people — to comprehend it.
For Daisy the American dream is fulfilled: He starts from the very bottom: But still, Gatsby just refuses to surrender. He makes the strictest daily schedule possible, each his day is dedicated to perfecting himself. When we read the story about him getting from rags to riches though there was no possible legal way to achieve it in mere yearswe can understand why he is called The Great Gatsby.
Jay understands that to fulfill his dream with Daisy he should prepare to fulfill her version of American dream first. All the money and all the parties he arranges are made for her, in the futile hope that Daisy will come and see him and love him again. We understand from the very beginning that Gatsby and Daisy relationship will be very, very troubled.
He blackmails or has the possibility to do so the policeman, uses his connection to achieve his goals and he asks Nick to arrange his affair with Daisy Buchanan, no less. From the naive and honest war veteran Gatsby turns into a person similar to the other riches. He even sometimes recites the works that depict his former moral values, just to remind himself that he still has them and is still faithful to himself and his dream.
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Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted
"This is a moment of reckoning for our elected leaders."
By Laura Shepard
Photo: Laura Shepard
Yesterday afternoon, U.S. Representative Joe Crowley came out against protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety upgrades for Skillman and 43rd avenues, claiming to speak for “the community.” A few hours later, more than 100 members of the community put their bodies on the line to show support for the project.
Participants formed a human chain on 43rd Avenue, separating the street’s painted bike lane from moving traffic and protecting people biking to their homes in Queens after work.
A protected bike lane could have saved the life of Gelacio Reyes, who was struck and killed by a motorist last spring as he was biking home on 43rd Avenue at 39th Street. Ten days later, a driver critically injured cyclist David Nunes at the same location.
The protected bike lane plan was first presented by DOT in November, but it’s been delayed in the face of merchant opposition to repurposing parking spots, with Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer sitting on the fence. The “human-protected bike lane” was a final demonstration of why these street safety upgrades matter to Queens residents before a critical vote on the plan coming up at Community Board 2 tonight.
“How many lives is a parking spot worth?” went the chants, while passing cyclists smiled and cheered.
“This is a moment of reckoning for our elected leaders,” said Macartney Morris, chair of the Transportation Alternatives Queens Volunteer Committee. “It’s a moment of reckoning for Community Board 2. You can’t say you support bike lanes, but just not this one. You can’t say you’re for safety, but not if it takes one parking spot.”
Macartney Morris addresses the crowd. Photo: Laura Shepard
The CB 2 transportation committee voted 5-2 vote in support on Monday. The plan has been reworked several times in response to complaints about safe intersection treatments that remove parking spaces for cars, but board chair Denise Keehan-Smith remains opposed to the current version.
Angela Stach commutes daily from Jackson Heights to Manhattan via Skillman and 43rd Avenues. “I’m a very experienced cyclist and yet riding here is constant stress, constant fear every day,” she said. “Getting right hooked by cars who take a quick right turn off the avenues. Having to swerve around cars that are constantly, constantly double parked in the bike lanes, which is a double risk.”
For residents of many Queens neighborhoods, 43rd and Skillman are critical bike connections to and from the Queensboro Bridge. They came out to show that despite what Joe Crowley says, people in the community want protected bike lanes on these streets. During the demonstration, people on bikes often outnumbered people driving, who were scarce even during peak p.m. commute hours.
Tonight, at 6:45, while activists created the first human-protected bike lane in Queens, the six blocks of 43rd Ave were empty of moving cars – but there were lots of bikes! @TransAlt @macartney @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/vSTxJM97cf
— Craver (@jackcraver360) June 7, 2018
“We’re full residents here,” said Laura Newman, who lives in Jackson Heights and often bikes to Sunnyside, “and we do everything on our bikes.”
Geraldo Diaz commutes by bike from Corona to work at a restaurant in Long Island City along Skillman and 43rd. He’s been injured by a driver who doored him on Roosevelt Avenue and constantly worries about the risk of another dooring collision, which protected bike lanes would eliminate.
Keisuke Inoue spoke about the need for safe bike lanes — for him and his young daughter Ena, who was seated on the back of his bike, as she often is on her way to and from daycare.
Several people noted the fatal crash on 21st Street in Long Island City last week, caused by a driver who opened her door without looking and knocked cyclist Aaron Padwee into the path of an unlicensed box truck driver.
Eric Auerdach bikes to his job at the JetBlue building in Long Island City from Bed-Stuy every day. After Padwee’s death, he felt it was important to come out and increase awareness of the need for a protected bike network.
Conrad Gangone, a Woodsider who rides on Skillman and 43rd Avenues almost every day, came out because he routinely has to weave around parked cars and has been hit by turning drivers.
“I’m hoping that people notice that we’re here, and with the transportation committee vote the other day, I hope the full board approves this,” he said.
Filed Under: Bicycling, Bike Lanes, Community Boards, Queens, Sunnyside, Promoted
Simon Phearson
I can’t help but notice how this “human protection” forced cyclists to ride in the door zone.
Give me a break. It was a short demonstration and surely anyone who was in their car and wanted to get out would have been well aware of what was going on.
Matthew B
Your broader point is a good one; bike lanes are too narrow!
Besides all the data, there are some great testimonials in this article as to why pedestrian and bicycle improvements must be made to this vital stretch of Western Queens streets. Last night’s action was a great account of the community’s desire for safer streets. Let’s make it happen, Queens CB2 / JVB / de Blasio!
That so often seems to be the excuse, doesn’t it? Deal with it, cyclists! We’re advocating here!
It was a political demonstration for protected bike lanes – not for thicker paint. Next you’re going to tell me that all the people standing in the street last night could have been hit by a car!
JarekFA
That is always my fear at one of these.
Great testimonials for one side, anyway. I bike through here all the time, and I’m far more ambivalent about the lanes.
Will they make the road calmer and safer for pedestrians? I think so, yes. Will they protect cyclists? I’m far less certain about this. You don’t eliminate dooring risk with protected lanes – you just shift the risk and lessen its consequences – and I always feel more likely to be hooked in a parking-protected lane than I do in a paint-buffered one. A lot of the appeal of protected bike lanes in this city strikes me as little more than “security theater,” whose demonstrated benefits derive less from smart design than they do convincing more people to bike and thereby shift driver expectations.
I think the main place where protection will help is along the rail yard, where right now cycling carries multiple risks from multiple directions. I think the proposed design there helps at least WB cyclists. As usual for the NYCDOT, it’s a mess for EB cyclists.
So it’s hard for me to get excited about the lanes here. If they go in, I’ll give them a try, but I fully expect to alter at least part of my route to avoid them.
Please recognize that you’re an outlier and that we all benefit when there are a lot more people on the road. I know you’re a “vehicular cyclist” and I used to be one too. I remember commuting from UES to FiDi before any of the Bloomberg era bike lanes were built. And while I rarely feared for my safety in any meaningful sense — I also recognized that one slip of my foot from the pedal could’ve seen me get run over by a box truck and game over.
Even in downtown BK, in the evening, the “parking protected” bike lane is fairly useless and I only use it half the time. Part of the reason is that it’s too crowded with other bikes! But I’m glad there are more bikes around because it signals to the cars to watch the F out — even if it means I’m marginally slower https://twitter.com/JarekFA/status/1004800382177079297
I don’t mean to suggest otherwise. I recognize the fact – and as far as I know there’s data on this – that more cyclists = safer cycling. And so the strategy of building out infrastructure that maybe doesn’t deal with the actual risks cyclists face (are we more at risk from drunk driving or right hooks?) but looks like it does has an indirect, safety-improving effect for the cyclist population generally.
But those rosy statistics obscure a gritty reality. I go from a situation where I know and can handle the risks to one where my body is in the crosshairs of half-assed design.
Kwyjibo
Can’t help but notice you’re critiquing other people’s activism from a safe distance, as usual.
Yeah, I’m pretty ungrateful, aren’t I?
Ian Turner
Getting more people to bike isn’t security theater. It results in the well documented safety in numbers phenomenon that makes cycling safer for everyone.
Frank Kotter
You do you. The rest of the 95% who have no wish or optoin to engage in your world of ‘vehicular cycling’ will do us.
It’s unfortunate that only advocates showed up to protect the bike lane. If only there were some community members in that photo.
Count me as a former VC (that’s how I learned to ride at least) who just can’t handle that stress anymore. I’m hopeful that the infrastructure, such as it is, addresses the latent demand for cycling and will one day catch up to best practices such as raised junctions, daylighted/protected intersections, etc. I much prefer physically-protected lanes to door-zone lanes, but no more mixing zones please!
Is there a reason we can’t inspire people to bike more by building infrastructure that ACTUALLY makes them safer, instead of just giving them the impression that they are?
Listen – any protected bike lane with mixing zones and turning car traffic without clear sight lines requires a certain level of experience to navigate safely. Just because a bunch of novice cyclists think they have to worry more about traffic traveling in a straight line doesn’t mean that designs catering to their inexperience are good ones.
I am not sure how vehicular cycling got into this conversation except as the usual bugaboo that complete streeters love to trot out.
Nothing that I’ve said is in praise of vehicular cycling. All I’ve said is that these designs create new headaches that will still require VC-level sophistication to navigate safely. Look at the design for EB cyclists trying to get to 43rd, for heaven’s sake! They expect cyclists to veer across multiple lanes of fast-moving traffic at an intersection without any traffic controls. Right now, people do that at Queens Boulevard, where they have the benefit of a light and clear sight lines. The whole plan is like that.
I am sick of being lectured for pointing out patent flaws in designs that lull inexperienced cyclists into a false sense of security. It really makes me wonder how much time any of these advocates spend actually riding the streets. Many of these designs replace occasional terrifying experiences with daily close calls.
By which you mean, I guess, you’ll take the subway.
No. I’ll be riding with my kid to ballet very thankful that there is a bike lane – despite all its failings. You and I are strong bikers who have no problem acting like a car. WE are the 5%. Don’t forget that.
What did I ever say to suggest that I was unaware that I was part of a minority of experienced, strong cyclists?
No, listen – this has nothing to do with vehicular cycling. This has everything to do with building infrastructure that inexperienced cyclists perceive as “safe” but do not know how to use in a way that furthers their own safety. They ride into hazards they don’t know how to spot and/or, worse, they develop habits for dealing with them that frustrate the design.
You ride your kid to ballet in a bike lane. That’s great! I’m glad that whatever lanes you’re using feel safe enough for you to do that. But I would feel nervous as hell if I saw one of those parents carting their young child in the front of a Citibike down Second Avenue’s bike lane. Or down one of those bike lanes that veers in a counter-intuitive detour suddenly to accommodate through car traffic and parking. I mean, take a roll NB up Vernon Boulevard sometime (to get to Astoria Park!) and tell me what you think a novice cyclist is going to do in (i) downtown LIC, (ii) along the two bits where the lane “detours” through parks rather than continuing on the street, (iii) the bit by Costco, and (iv) where the lane finally ends. Never mind all the truck parking – I’m just talking about how it’s designed!
Maybe you should ask yourself whether you feel sufficiently confident in the bike lanes you use precisely because you know how to ride in traffic when you have to, so the lanes’ gaps aren’t a problem for you.
I agree with most of what you say. The major difference (and, please, correct me if I’m wrong) is that you feel any bicycle infrastructure which isn’t the gold standard in design and installation should not be build because of actual risk. I feel that anything a city does to give people the feeling that cyclists (and pedestrians) are being taken into account and provided infrastructure which increases participation is a good thing and an effective bridge to getting that gold standard.
What is it about “building cycling infrastructure that doesn’t include death traps for unwary cyclists” that says, “gold standard,” to you?
I agree, we have a long way to go before cycling infrastructure comes close to best practices. I still feel like any semi-protected infrastructure is an improvement over the status quo, though.
I don’t know how I can be any clearer.
This is not pie-in-the-sky, perfect-enemy-of-the-good idealism. I am not demanding curb-separated bikeways and continuous networks. I am just saying that your “semi-protected” is actually “protected, with hazards.” Imagine if the DOT installed nails, thumbtacks, and other sharp debris directly into the asphalt of a parking-protected bike lane every other block. Would you be condescending to me, when I point out how bad that design is, then? Then why would you, when the designs we get (I.e., mixing zones) require cyclists to behave almost exactly as though there was sharp debris in the asphalt?
Parking protected bike lanes should have daylighting at turning conflicts, lanes should continue past turning lanes with at least bollard separation (rather than disappear as mixing zones), and intersections where turning drivers are expected to yield to through cycling traffic should be protected (so that drivers see cyclists in their forward vision, and not only through rear view mirrors). None of this is “gold standard” or “perfect” cycling infrastructure. It’s just how you design a lane so that novices don’t get hurt.
Parking protected bike lanes should have daylighting at turning
conflicts, lanes should continue past turning lanes with at least
bollard separation (rather than disappear as mixing zones), and
intersections where turning drivers are expected to yield to through
cycling traffic should be protected (so that drivers see cyclists in
their forward vision, and not only through rear view mirrors). None of
this is “gold standard” or “perfect” cycling infrastructure. It’s just
how you design a lane so that novices don’t get hurt.
I completely agree. I never intended to condescend.
danbrotherston
Please remove this obvious troll comment.
I was sarcastically referencing the deplorable tendency to label anyone favoring bicycle infrastructure as an advocate and anyone opposed as a community member. Obviously everyone in that photo is a concerned community member.
Tonight: DOT Presents Redesign for Skillman and 43rd Avenues
By David Meyer | Nov 6, 2017
Cyclists are vulnerable to motor vehicle traffic on these two streets, which should be safe connections between the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Boulevard.
Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd and Skillman Will Make Woodside Streets Safer. Will Van Bramer Support Them?
By David Meyer | Mar 12, 2018
Van Bramer called for adding protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman, but after DOT proposed doing exactly that, he hasn't endorsed the plan.
DOT Plans for Protected Bike Lanes Linking Queensboro Bridge and Queens Blvd
The redesign of 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue would make for a nearly-continuous protected east-west bike route between the East Side of Manhattan and central Queens.
U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes
By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018
Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.
Queens CB 2’s “Safety Workshop” for 43rd and Skillman Was a Pointless Gripefest. Mission Accomplished.
By David Meyer | May 22, 2018
The board has sat on DOT's plan for protected bike lanes on Skillman and 43rd avenues since November.
Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes
Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.
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Gadus Carbonarius, The Coal Fish.
Coal heaver.
Copy of a map of part of the Frostburgh Coalfield : as compiled from actual survey
Pittsburgh and Allegheny, from Coal Hill, 1849.
The Minehill gap near Broad Mountain. Coal region near Pottsville, PA.
Coal mine near Montrose [...]
Coal chutes, Mauch Chunk, Pa.
Coal mine no. 8.
Coal breaker no. 8.
Coal train bound to the front.
Lackawanna Iron and Coal Co.'s steel works.
Coal mine opening.
Coal shutes, Mauch Chunk.
View down No. 20 Plane, of the Pa. Coal Co.'s Gravity Road.
Coal drift, Boulder county, Colorado.
Coal formation [?], Manitou Grand Caverns.
Coal Incline, Caperton, West Virginia.
View up No. 20 Plane, of the Pa. Coal Co.'s Gravity Road.
Penn’a Coal Co’s machine shops at Dunmore.
View from the Coal Pockets, Lackawaxen.
Coal mines of the Westmoreland Coal Co., Spring Hill, near Wall’s Station.
No. 10 Colliery and Plane of the Pa. Coal Co.'s Gravity Road.
Coal train waiting to be weighed.
Slate pickers, Anthracite Coal Mining, Scranton, Pa., U.S.A.
Parus ater. Coal Tit.
Coal miner, his wife and two children, [notice the child's legs], Bertha Hill, West Virginia, Sep. 1938.
Coal beds of Bear River
Hudson County, V. 8, Double Page Plate No. 8 [Map bounded by Hackensack Turnpike Rd., Coal Dock Rd., Hudson River, 17th St.]
Norfolk and Western Coal Piers, Norfolk, Va.
Coaling at Key West, Fla.
New River Steam Coal.
Coal Docks, Duluth, Minn.
Coal unloading tower on west 58th Street pier.
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General post office, Nagasaki.
The "General" in the Union Station, Chattanooga, Tenn.
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Coal miners, Jenkins, Kentucky
Coal miner's child, Omar, West Virginia
Coal slack pile near Omar, West Virginia
Coal mine, West Virginia
Harlem Coal Yard
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Coal yard owned by United Cooperative Society, Fitchburg, Mass.
Burns Brothers Coal elevator and U.S.S. Illinois: Armory for Navy reserves, West 135th Street pier, Manhattan.
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A POETIC LOOK AT HARLEM
By Jasmin K. Williams
February 16, 2005 | 5:00am
Acclaimed children’s book author Walter Dean Myers shares his childhood memories through poems in his book “Here in Harlem.” He chatted with Classroom Extra about the book.
Walter Dean Myers has written plenty of books. His latest one takes a poetic look at his life and memories of Harlem.
Classroom Extra: What inspired you to use this unique method of writing about Harlem?
Walter Dean Myers: I read “Spoon River Anthology,” by Edgar Lee Masters. He takes a mythical town of Spoon River and writes poems about the people buried there. I read it again as an adult but didn’t like it as much. It was interesting at first, but as an adult, I realized that he didn’t really like the people of Spoon River. When I thought about Harlem, I loved the people.
CE: How did you choose the people to write about?
WDM: These were people that I encountered, and sometimes they were stories that I remembered as a kid. I remember being in Washington and getting into a cab. I asked the old cabdriver why he looked so tired. The driver said that he was a deacon in his church and he had just buried a young person and he was so tired of doing that.
I later met a nurse who was very excited about going to work, not because she enjoyed it but because she was useful.
All the poems come from somewhere. I wanted to give a voice to the people in my memories.
I express these memories through poetry. When you do a picture of an entire community, you need may voices, and poetry works.
CE: How do you get others excited about your approach?
WDM: Once, I brought in photos to a group of students and asked them to write poems about them, and what their lives would be like.
I like to give kids subjects to write about. With Harlem, I could write about a place that I loved, but every child can write about their own community. They can write about the things that they see. Make a list of people in your neighborhood and create a poem about how they were feeling that day, or about a particular event.
One of the things I do is challenge them to write a certain amount of lines about a particular subject. Write a poem with rhymes in the middle of the sentence instead of the end. This changes the way they approach language. I heard a rapper do that.
CE: What’s your advice on how to get kids excited about reading and poetry?
WDM: I tell parents to spend an hour a day reading with your children. My whole family would read the same book. If the children were assigned a book in school, I read it, too. I started off reading the Reader’s Digest and poetry with them. I realized that there weren’t any black stories, so I started writing them myself
Walter Dean Myers has written more than 85 books, most geared to children. His three adult children are Michael Dean, Karen Elaine and Christopher.
Lois Smith, 12 student
One day I’d like a school
named after me
And all the kids would wonder,
“Who was she?”
They’d probably think I was
some rich white lady
And not someone cute and a
little shady
Then one day they’d find me in
Check out my name and take a
second look
Then I’d be as famous as old
Booker T.
And young kids would want to
grow up to be like me.
From “Here in Harlem” by Walter Dean Myers
Today’s lesson fulfills the following New York standards: E1c, E3c, E3d, E4a, E4b, E5a, E5b.
New York Post activities
Select a poem that you like and rewrite it.
Choose a photo from today’s Post. Write a poem about it.
Choose one of Walter Dean Myers’ techniques for poetry writing.
Write a poem about people in your neighborhood.
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NY rejects all applications for new charter schools
By Yoav Gonen and Aaron Short
May 21, 2015 | 1:20am
Public school parents and teachers hug after a vote for expanding Success Academy charter school into their building was postponed at a Panel for Educational Policy hearing. Robert Mecea
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The state Education Department has rejected all 15 applications for new charter schools, including 12 in New York City, claiming they failed to meet academic standards.
“We always look for quality and these applications didn’t measure up,” Education Department spokesman Dennis Tompkins said Wednesday. “We invited several of the applicants to reapply in June and we gave them suggestions on how to improve their applications.”
But charter-school advocates weren’t buying it, saying the rejection of all the applicants reeked of pro-teacher-union politics.
“The timing and nature of these blanket rejections should raise serious concerns for New Yorkers,” said Jeremiah Kittredge, CEO of the pro-charter group Families for Excellent Schools.
The decision, which was made in the past week, comes at a time when Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Republican-controlled state Senate are pushing to raise the cap for charters allowed in the state from 460 to 560.
But Mayor Bill de Blasio and the teachers unions oppose charter school expansion, as does the Democrat-run state Assembly.
Under the current formula, the city is authorized to open only 25 more charters — publicly funded, privately managed schools exempt from union rules.
Some of the rejected schools for the city included the Education for Tomorrow Bronx Charter High School and the Hebrew Language Academy Charter School 2 in Brooklyn.
“The last thing parents would want to see is the politics of the moment standing in the way of opening more high-quality public charter schools for students,” Kittredge said. “Solving New York’s failing-schools crisis requires both that independent authorizers move swiftly to open strong charter schools and Albany to eliminate the charter cap.”
But the de Blasio administration insisted there’s no reason to raise the cap.
“We believe the existing cap allows for growth and innovation in the charter sector,” said Devora Kaye, spokeswoman for Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña. “We’re working to ensure every child has access to a strong education, regardless of the ZIP code in which they live, or whether they attend a district or charter school.”
Some charter advocates said they were not surprised the schools had difficulty getting approved, but were hopeful they’d pass muster when they reapply.
The charter rejections were first reported by Chalkbeat.org.
Filed under charter schools
'You failed me': Elite private school alum's living hell
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Locals Who Didn’t Plead Out in College Admissions Case Face Stiffer Charges
Posted By Matt Coker On April 9, 2019 @ 12:46 pm In Court,Crime-iny,News,School Daze | No Comments
Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli
A day after announcing 13 parents–including a Laguna Beach resident–were pleading guilty to charges related to the Operation Varsity Blues fraud case that sprang from a Newport Beach college admissions assistance service, federal prosecutors today revealed stiffer charges against 16 other parents–including four with Orange County ties–who have yet to cop to crimes.
Heading the list celebrity-wise is Full House’s “Aunt Becky,” Lori Loughlin, 54, and her 55-year-old husband, Mossimo Giannulli, whose Mossimo clothing brand started on Balboa Island.
The U.S. Attorney in Boston today charged them with a second superseding indictment along with locals: Douglas Hodge, 64, the former CEO of Newport Beach investment-management company PIMCO; I-Hin “Joey” Chen, 64, of Newport Beach, a shipping-industry executive; and Michelle Janavs, 48, of Newport Coast and a former executive of her family’s food business that popularized Hot Pockets. (The UC Irvine School of Business and the Jewish Community Center of Orange County are named after her father, Paul Merage.)
Non-local parents now facing new charges are: Gamal Abdelaziz, 62, aka “Gamal Aziz,” of Las Vegas; Diane Blake, 55, and Todd Blake, 53, of Ross; Elizabeth Henriquez, 56, and Manuel Henriquez, 56, of Atherton; Elisabeth Kimmel, 54, of Las Vegas; William McGlashan, Jr., 55, of Mill Valley; Marci Palatella, 63, of Hillsborough; John Wilson, 59, of Lynnfield, Mass.; Homayoun Zadeh, 57, of Calabasas; and Robert Zangrillo, 52, of Miami, Florida.
Originally indicted on conspiracy to commit fraud, these parents now all face money-laundering counts related to the scheme dreamed up by William “Rick” Singer, 58, who operated Edge College & Career Network (a.k.a. “The Key”) out of his Newport Heights home. (Parents David Sidoo, 59, of Vancouver, Canada; Gregory Colburn, 61, and Amy Colburn, 59, both of Palo Alto, were previously indicted in connection with the scheme.)
Singer pleaded guilty in Boston federal court on March 12 to money laundering, racketeering, obstruction of justice and tax evasion. Facing up to 65 years in prison and a $1.25 million fine at sentencing on June 19, Singer is seeking leniency by admitting to having built phony athletic profiles and hiring decoys to take admissions tests for the academically challenged spawn of wealthy parents.
When one set of defendants have pleaded guilty and a second set has not yet done so, federal prosecutors have been known to increase the pressure with additional or stronger charges that can also increase the potential fines and/or prison time with convictions. Conviction on both counts announced today carry a maximum 20 years in lockup.
That threat may have prompted Monday’s announcement that Robert Flaxman, the 62-year-old Laguna Beach resident and founder and CEO of Irvine-based Crown Realty and Development, would enter a guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud along with actress Felicity Huffman, 56, and 11 other parents.
Legal experts say that, even with guilty pleas, it is unlikely convicted Operation Varsity Blues defendants will escape any federal prison time.
Ali Khoroshahin, 49, of Fountain Valley, and the former University of Southern California head women’s soccer coach, and Donna Heinel, 57, of Long Beach, and the ex-senior associate athletic director at USC, also face federal racketeering conspiracy raps.
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Brown, William M
June 7, 2017 by gorevan 1 Comment
The Old Glasgow Tavern, Gourock.
Mr William M Brown. 1889.
Gourock was very popular in the 1880s with excursions and picnic parties, the fine town housed some great public houses. Here stands Fort Matilda, from which a commanding view of the whole Firth is obtained, while further down on the beautiful Cloch Lighthouse, but Gourock has many other attractions. The bay was studded with small sailing boats, the Esplanade, the Gamble Institute, while the quay was packed with people.
Right in the heart of Gourock stood a famous landmark the Old Glasgow Tavern, the site over-looked the new railway and upon the bay, when the railway opened the tavern was very busy and made Mr Brown very wealthy.
William’s father also William was a wine and spirit merchant in Bridgeton and learned the trade at a very early age working in his father’s pub during the summer holidays. Mr Brown senior occupied three public houses in Bridgeton, one at 88 John Street later (Tullis Street) called the Green Rest, Tullis Street was named after John Tullis a family of Tanner’s and leather merchants who gifted the hammer beam roof of Greenhead and Barrowfield Parish Church in London Road in 1850. Mr Tullis also owned several properties in the area including the pub. Mr Brown had two pubs on Main Street one at 166 and 233 which was called the Red Lion. Young William inherited his father’s businesses when he died.
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Crazy Rich Asians - Review
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Darkest Hour – Review
There are countless ways to approach a life as iconic as Winston Churchill’s, and Darkest Hour makes the wise choice of zeroing in on what truly set the man apart from his contemporaries. When predecessor Neville Chamberlain was appeasing Hitler, and the rest of Europe was toppling like dominoes, two things made Churchill the man for the moment: his fighting spirit and his way with words.
Far from the caricatured sloganeer Britons know at a glance, Anthony McCarten’s script presents a flawed but ferocious man, tormented by self-doubt and the unimaginable pressure of leading a nation in its most vulnerable moment.
Of course, this complex portrait is only made possible by an equally complex performance from Gary Oldman. His physical transformation is impressive, but it feels like an attention-grabbing headline to what’s going on underneath all those prosthetics: one of the most committed and powerful performances of the year. It feels a cliché to say Oldman becomes Churchill, as if the mere act of imitation were worthy of applause, but he embodies the man’s spirit so effectively that you feel you’re in the room beside him.
If that spirit is an interpretation rather than the gospel truth, it only serves to underline Darkest Hour’s point about the value of myth-making. World War Two may have been won with bullets and bombs, but it was also won with words. Nations under that kind of catastrophic pressure run on belief just as much as rations.
Darkest Hour is a return to form for director Joe Wright after Pan, and a forensic study of how power operates. He crafts some of the best characters of his career, supported by his reliable visual instinct that knows just when to dazzle and when to let the performances speak for themselves.
CAST: Gary Oldman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Ben Mendelsohn, Lily James, Ronald Pickup, Stephen Dillane
WRITER: Anthony McCarten
SYNOPSIS: During the early days of World War II, the fate of Western Europe hangs on the newly-appointed British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Hitler, or fight on against incredible odds.
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Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
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Contentious Politics and Political Violence
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Domestic Constraints on Foreign Policy in Authoritarian Systems
Jessica L. P. Weeks and Cody Crunkilton
Constraints at the Hands of Regime Insiders
Theoretical Approaches
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Constraints at the Hands of the Public
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The question of how domestic institutions influence foreign policy decisions has a long history in the study of international relations. However, until recently most of this research has compared the foreign policies of democracies and autocracies, with little attention to the differences within autocracies. In recent years, a small but growing body of literature has examined constraints within autocracies, taking issue with the widespread image of authoritarian leaders as unconstrained and unaccountable. Although existing research on this topic is limited, it focuses on two general sources of constraint on authoritarian leaders: constraints imposed by regime insiders and constraints at the hands of the public.
In regimes with a powerful domestic audience, insiders often have both the will and the means to punish their leader for foreign policy failures. Consequently, such regimes sometimes behave quite similarly to democracies. In general, regimes with powerful selectorates or domestic audiences appear more likely to pursue peaceful security policies, to win the military conflicts they do enter, to lose office in the aftermath of defeat in war, to sign trade agreements, to adopt floating exchange rates, and to cooperate internationally, compared to regimes lacking such elite constraints. Scholars remain divided, however, about the extent to which the backgrounds of members of the domestic audience (e.g., whether they stem from a military or civilian ranks) matter.
Less research studies whether the public can constrain authoritarian leaders. However, research indicates that the public can sometimes exert constraints through elections or the threat of revolt, if to a lesser extent than regime insiders. For example, the threat of revolution can make leaders who fear violent removal less likely to make concessions to end a conflict. Furthermore, antiforeign protest can tie a regime’s hands, with both peaceful and violent consequences. In the economic realm, some research suggests that the threat of inequality-driven revolutions spurs autocrats to pursue free-trade agreements. Overall, the study of domestic constraints on foreign policy in authoritarian regimes is an emerging area of research, with numerous areas for future study.
Keywords: international security, international political economy, authoritarian regimes, political institutions, domestic politics
Jessica L. P. Weeks
Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cody Crunkilton
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Your kids will experience the Bible like never before!
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The Aetherlight is the most engaging Bible experience your kids will ever have. Starting with the story of Abraham, players find themselves on an episodic adventure, allegorizing the Biblical story. Created by Scarlet City Studios in New Zealand, who are committed to providing a quality game that is fun, safe and secure, The Aetherlight will captivate today’s kids in the epic story of the Bible.
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In the run-down streets of No Man’s Landing, something new is stirring. The fog swirls with news of arrivals unlike any that have come through the sleepy seaside town before. Strangers from afar bring hope, and a fair share of trouble, while whispers of a fledgling underground movement led by a mysterious Scarlet Man add to the tension in the air. Will you join the Resistance?
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There’s no trouble like snow trouble! The Snowmoors are melting, and only someone like Jefferson will be able to figure out what to do about it. He’s smart and resourceful, and really annoying! Maybe that’s why he was abandoned in the snowy wastes all alone, but now the Resistance has sent you to help with his mission, before it’s too late!
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New Expressions in Origami Art Review, A Beautiful Coffee Table Book
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Disclaimer: a free copy of this book was provided by Tuttle Publishing for this review (all images are from the Tuttle Publishing website)
New Expressions in Origami Art is an absolutely beautiful coffee table book. You won’t find any origami instructions here. Instead you’ll find tons of amazing photos and information about 25 different featured origami artists from all around the world.
This is the perfect book to buy and leave lying around for your friends and relatives to find and page through. Especially if they think origami is just simple paper folding for kids.
I’d definitely say that your average person has no idea how complex and amazing origami can get and this book does an excellent job of communicating this.
The book begins with an introduction by Robert J. Lang (who’s name should definitely be recognizable to any origami enthusiast) and Meher McArthur.
After the introduction the book showcases it’s first artist, Joel Cooper. Joel Cooper is a master of tessellations and has designed a ton of amazing paper masks.
This section details Joel Cooper’s life, inspirations for his work, techniques and more. You’ll also find tons of amazing photos of his work of course too.
The next section is all about Erik and Martin Demaine and their beautiful curved origami shapes. They’re a father and son partnership.
Martin is a professional artist and Erik is a professor at MIT and one of the world’s leading experts on computational origami and origami mathematics.
Their work uses various mathematical algorithms to create some beautiful curved shapes.
The next section is all about Vietnamese artist Giang Dinh and emphasizes the simplicity and beauty of his designs.
Vincent Floderer, a French artist is the next one that’s featured along with lots of great photos of his models which have a delicate and organic style to them.
Tomoko Fuse is another well-known artist famous for geometric designs. The next section is all about her work.
The next section features an Israeli artist and activist known as Miri Golan. She believes that since politicians have failed at bringing peace to the Middle East it is up to artists to spread mutual respect, tolerance and peace.
She has some very interested work folded from materials such as Hebrew and Arabic newspapers and even holy books such as the Torah and the Koran.
Paul Jackson is the next featured artist and his section details his work and a bit of the philosophy behind origami.
Beth Johnson is next and her work has definitely been featured on this site before. This section details her work and her unique style which incorporates a lot of spirals and tessellation’s into her designs.
You definitely can’t have a book like this without touching on the work of Eric Joisel who sadly passed away in October 2010. The next section is all about his life and his work.
The next section details the work of Goran Konjevod who uses a lot of tessellation-like patterns to create all kinds of great organic-looking shapes.
Michael G. LaFosse and Richard L. Alexander are covered next and both of these names should definitely be recognizable to any origami fans out there.
This section details both of their lives, their Origamido studio and incredible animal designs.
Robert J. Lang has a chapter next which you’d expect because his work is amazing.
Sipho Mabona another famous artist who’s part South-African and Swiss which I didn’t know. He’s had his work featured in displays all over the world and has folded some giant models like an elephant that’s bigger than a human.
The next artist Mademoiselle Maurice I’d never heard of before and she puts together beautiful outdoor displays of origami on walls, staircases and other outdoor surfaces.
An artist named Linda Tomoko Mihara is featured next. She’s a Japanese American who makes a lot of Japanese inspired origami art.
Jun Mitani is next and he definitely has a unique style and uses computers to help him fold beautiful symmetrical shapes and forms.
The next section features Jeannine Mosely who folds paper versions of various fractal patterns as well as other really great geometric shapes.
Yuko Nishimura, a Japanese artist who folds beautiful and huge tessellation designs is next.
Another one of my favourite artists, Bernie Peyton is next. His section covers his beautiful animal origami as well as his environmental activism.
This is followed by another absolutely amazing artist from Vietnam called Hoang Then Quyet. Hoang Then Quyet definitely has one of the most beautiful styles I’ve seen and uses a lot of wet folding to create beautiful curved shapes in his models.
Matt Shlian is a paper engineer and he’s featured next. His work combines art and science with some beautiful results.
The next section is all about Richard Sweeney who creates giant beautiful curved shapes and displays.
The final chapter is all about Jiangmei Wu and her fantastic geometric displays, origami lamps and more.
The book is 192 pages, has a beautiful hard cover and is nice and big. It’s perfect for any coffee table.
The selection of the artists featured in this book is really good too. You have everything from paper engineers to environmental activists and all of their work is unique and stands out from the rest.
I also have to say that it was definitely pretty cool reading about several amazing artists who thanks to this site I’ve had the pleasure of talking to (at least a bit) over the Internet.
You won’t find any origami instructions here but instead you’ll find a beautiful book that’s perfect for showing off how far the art of origami has advanced to average people who don’t have much experience with paper folding.
I’d definitely recommend you pick up a copy of this and leave it out on your coffee table.
New Expressions in Origami Art is available from Amazon here and for some reason at the time of this post is 59% off so go get it!
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Incredible Origami Models from Chinese Culture and Mythology
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Victims come forward with accounts of sexual misconduct by Sen. Daylin Leach and Rep. Brian Ellis
HARRISBURG—The Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape is appalled at the accounts of sexual assault reported to have been perpetrated by seated elected members of our legislature. We extend our support to the women who showed courage by coming forward to share their experiences. Making a public report of sexual victimization is difficult; and is even more daunting for survivors hurt by public figures. They often must endure intense public scrutiny in addition to an already lengthy and emotionally taxing investigative process.
We urge Sen. Leach and Rep. Ellis to resign their elected positions.
Today, we call on leaders in the Senate and House of Representatives to set a new standard in the Commonwealth that clearly demonstrates that sexual harassment, abuse and assault will not be tolerated.
This is an opportunity for the Pennsylvania legislature to lead by example to create meaningful sanctions for credible experiences of behavior that leave citizens at risk and tarnishes the reputation of the Commonwealth. Senate leaders should follow the acts of the House who removed Rep. Ellis from committee roles and immediately relieve Sen. Leach of his roles as well while a full investigation takes place.
We know that historically the Pennsylvania legislature has not taken action unless criminal charges have been filed. However, America has born witness during the past several years that this standard is often an unrealistic bar to meet. The act of filing charges in itself has no bearing on whether a criminal act has occurre--it only determines whether a prosecutor feels that a case has enough evidence to go to trial or to prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt before a jury. This is rarely the case for delayed reports such as these; and we have all witnessed that delayed reporting is normal and expected when it comes to sexual assault.
PCAR calls on our legislators to make it clear to Pennsylvanians that it does not matter how long it takes you to feel ready to share your experiences of sexual harassment, abuse or assault. When you come forward, what you say will be taken seriously because we know that delayed reporting of a sexual assault has no bearing on the genuineness of allegations; in fact, delayed reporting is normal and should be expected. It takes an incredible amount of courage for a survivor to come forward, and the level of attention surrounding a high-profile case makes it even more daunting to speak out, as victims fear the negative impact of media scrutiny and retaliation from the public or the accused.
Lastly, it is time for our legislative leaders to put partisan politics aside and pass a package of bills that will offer greater sexual harassment protections and accountability in state government. It’s long overdue and a shame that it was not accomplished last session.
Today, we ask our legislators to take action.
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FusePump give New Look a ‘new look’ for their Affiliate Programme
Adding to their portfolio of retail clients, e-commerce marketing experts FusePump are to work with leading value fashion brand New Look to help improve its affiliate marketing programme. At the forefront of all that’s fast, fun and fabulous in fashion today, New Look has embraced multichannel retailing with its mobile site and Facebook page which has over 2 million ‘likes’. By partnering with FusePump, New Look will be able to enhance its multichannel marketing programme, as FusePump are creating a product data feed for the brand. This feed will enable New Look to integrate its product inventory into several online channels, starting with its affiliate programme. Magdalena Sikora, Multichannel Marketing Manager at New Look, hopes that the new relationship will help to increase New Look’s online visibility. “New Look has a strong online presence with a popular e-commerce website and Facebook page. However, we wanted to improve our presence in the affiliate sector, making sure that it was easy for our affiliates to promote New Look’s product range. The FusePump performance marketing hub makes affiliate marketing simple, as we can directly contact our affiliates and they have easy access to New Look’s promotional information.” The FusePump Performance Marketing Hub will give New Look’s affiliates a single location where they can find all necessary promotional information. The hub also offers an easy way for New Look to contact its affiliates directly and keep them up-to-date about upcoming offers and company details. FusePump’s Commercial Director Sean McAuley thinks that this is a great opportunity for New Look. “New Look is an extremely popular fashion brand and it’s working hard at making products more accessible to customers. By using FusePump technology to integrate their products into the various online channels, New Look will be able to increase its online visibility. This will allow New Look to reach more potential customers and should lead to more sales.” About FusePump FusePump provide simple and profitable marketing technology solutions for e-commerce retailers. FusePump’s e-commerce marketing platform allows websites to effectively promote their products in all the major online channels (affiliate, comparison shopping, marketplaces, search, display etc.) with little or no technical effort, improving the consumer buying experience and driving increased sales. www.fusepump.com About New Look New Look is the UK’s leading value fashion brand. It has the biggest share of the UK apparel and footwear market for women under 35. But it’s also a brand with significant international reach. Almost half of its 1,100 stores are outside the UK, spread through Europe, the Middle East and South East Asia. And the brand’s transactional website at newlook.com ships to over 120 countries worldwide. www.newlook.com
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Florida governor confirms Zika transmission in Miami Beach
Council provides Nigerian teachers seeking appointments abroad with professional standing letters
APC won’t impose, endorse any candidate – Odigie-Oyegun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has assured aspirants seeking to contest the Ondo State gubernatorial election on the party platform of no preferential treatment.
The APC Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, said this on Saturday in Abuja during a meeting to settle all disputes and allay the fears of the aspirants.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the gubernatorial aspirants had accused the party chairman in the state, Chief Isaac Kekemeke, of adopting, endorsing an aspirant and tampering with the delegates’ list.
NAN recalls that the party members in the state promptly suspended Kekemeke.
Assuring the aspirants of fair play, Odigie-Oyegun paid tribute to all the aspirants for promptly responding to the call for the peace meeting.
”It indicates quite clearly your commitment that Ondo state returns to the fold of progressive party.
”We have had extensive, frank discussions and have reached some very basic and fundamental understanding that will guide the process in Ondo primary.
”We have accepted that there is nothing wrong for any member to endorse any of the aspirants.
”We have also accepted unanimously that there will be no attempt to impose any aspirant on any party member or the electorate.
”The party at national level has no preferred aspirant and is not going to endorse any aspirant.
”They are all equally members of the party who have entrusted us with the management of the affairs and with that sacred trust it is our responsibility to be as impartial as is humanly possible.
”By the same token, the state branch of the party must not also be seen to be attempting to impose any aspirant and cannot endorse an aspirant.
”This is because they have the sacred trust to be even handed to all the aspirants because we are blazing a new trail of internal democracy.
”To make it clear, the party has no preferred candidate either at national or at state level.”
Odigie-Oyegun said that the party would make available a ”clean copy of the delegates list” to all aspirants by August 24 and assured that it was in safe custody.
”I am particularly happy with the commitment of all the aspirants that once a free, fair primary can be assured, they will rally round whoever is chosen by the delegates as the candidate of the party,” he said.
NAN reports that 24 aspirants were at the party secretariat for the peace meeting.
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Issue 18, 2013
From the journal:
Self-healing metallopolymers based on cadmium bis(terpyridine) complex containing polymer networks
S. Bode,ab R. K. Bose,c S. Matthes,ab M. Ehrhardt,ab A. Seifert,d F. H. Schacher,ab R. M. Paulus,ab S. Stumpf,ab B. Sandmann,ab J. Vitz,ab A. Winter,ab S. Hoeppener,ab S. J. Garcia,c S. Spange,d S. van der Zwaag,c M. D. Hager*ab and U. S. Schubert*abe
* Corresponding authors
a Laboratory of Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry (IOMC), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Humboldtstr. 10, 07743 Jena, Germany
E-mail: ulrich.schubert@uni-jena.de, martin.hager@uni-jena.de
b Jena Center of Soft Mater (JCSM), Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Philosophenweg 7, 07743 Jena, Germany
c Novel Aerospace Materials section, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverwer 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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Keith TOTP – Livin’ The Dream
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“You say you want to provoke a reaction / You’d rather be hated than have people ‘quite’ like you / you are fucking liars / oooh, oooh, it’s wasted on you.” Keith Top Of The Pops nails a certain perspective of a certain kind of band in “Wasted on You” from his new album, Livin’ The Dream.
This album exists as the third and final chapter in a trilogy of albums that include Fuck You, I’m Keith Top Of The Pops, and TOTP2. The narrative that spans the sequence is a classic tale of ‘boy leaving small town to go to London where he forms bands, makes friends, falls in love, falls out of love, and finds himself while livin’ the dream’. If all of that sounds like a lot to digest (and it is a lot to digest) you can simply start with Livin’ The Dream as a standalone collection, and not worry too much about the back story. This shit makes sense on a level that doesn’t need too much research. It’s rock ‘n’ roll, and all of that.
The sonic approach across these ten tracks will not surprise fans of Keith TOTP. There were two rules enforced during the recording process. 1. Everyone gets just one take. 2. Everything recorded gets used. The resulting energy is an unadulterated expression of the ‘now’, and the core of explored subjects is raw, emotional, and pretty fucking thrilling.
The artist producer calls up an extensive list of friends to contribute noise to the process. We asked Keith “Just who’s playing on this thing?” He said “Various members of Art Brut, The Indelicates, Desperate Journalist, Menaces, 1990s, Franz Ferdinand, Black Box Recorder, Carter USM, Foxcunt, Medium Wave, The Love Conspiracy, Desert Falls, Micky C & All The Sad Sad People, Salad, and many many more!” So, you’ll get a sense of combined energy that you can expect. The affection to craft, and to each other, is audible from the first beat.
The undulating process across themes draws elements from heroes of the past. At times this feels like an album of modern punk, at times it feels like someone found Roxy Music’s dress-up box and decided to show their teeth. There’s as much glitter and glam – synth beds, sparkle and crooning – as there is grit and gumption. “So Angry” is a track that accommodates all the angles. This is Keith TOTP at his best. Hand-claps, and a community effort back a man who opens his heart in appeal.
Typically, Keith TOTP is an artist who avoids the sentimental. Here though, there are moments of authentic tenderness. “Teenage Kicks”, borrowing a title from The Undertones, explores a different set of adolescent inquiries to the more brash classic. Self-medication, new things to try, rolling around with a lover – all open the narrators eyes. Cider is a catalyst for significant happiness. But then you consider the song, “Want You Back” and we get a beautiful sense of regret that lesser artists would drench with trite platitudes. Watch out Keith TOTP; your ballads are showing.
Special mention should be made of Jo Bevan from Desperate Journalist. Her performance on the duet “Burn it (Burn It All)” is staggering. “All that time spent by yourself / just putting down everybody else. You don’t have to be right, all the time. / All the time.” is a verse delivered to break hearts. It calls out the self-pitiful wallowing that we’ve all indulged in our formative years. And Bevan will unfold you with tough love.
Livin’ The Dream is an album that deserves to be sat in a pile of vinyl that gets explored at the end of every boozy night, when you’re looking to smoke something interesting. It articulates a love affair, not just with a person or people, but with music, and the making of noise. With an aversion to the overstated, Keith TOTP has produced a peculiarly ambitious sequence of songs. Dense, diverse, and full of life – this album, even in its’ accounts of heartbreak and loss, is an antidote to cynicism and apathy.
There’s an odd romance to be found in searching the ashtrays for something useful, and this is an album to soundtrack the sustained optimism of the seeker. When you think all that’s left is dregs and bullshit – Keith TOTP somehow manages to straighten the record and find something worth smoking.
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The Worst Sports Experience in the History of Mankind
Michaelangelo Monteleone (aka MA, MM, Mike...) in Pitt Football May 17, 2019 1,530 Words
There’s been some very good debate on the “state of the program” here on the POV in the last couple of days. There are those that believe that the football program has reached its ceiling under head coach Pat Narduzzi, and there are those that believe that coach Narduzzi has built the foundation, and the program is poised to move to the next level.
This is a debate that will rage on well into the season, and I encourage that. After all, the Hegelian dialectic is what makes the Pitt POV great. (Although you might argue that the only synthesis we reach is “hey lets all go to Fran’s Pitt POV tailgate”)
With that being said, one of our pessimists (The illustrious Texas Panther) recently said that attending Pitt in the 1990’s was “the worst sports experience in the history of mankind”.
As you might expect, one of our optimists (the intrepid Major Majors) responded in kind, saying “I guess it’s a good thing you didn’t attend Pitt in the late 60’s when we had three consecutive 1-9 seasons…
And that got me to thinking, what was the worst decade in Pitt Football history? The program has certainly had it’s ups and downs, and how do the 90’s rank when compared to the 1960’s for example?
Fortunately there is an outstanding website, called sports-reference.com, that can help us answer these important questions.
For this analysis, I do want to put two ground rules in place.
First , I will go back 70 years. If you graduated Pitt in 1950 at the age of 21, you are 90 now, and I don’t think anyone older than that is following this blog. If you are, I have two things to say: Thank you for reading the Pitt POV, and thank you for your service to this country because your generation pretty much saved the world. Thank you.
Second, the measure of success is winning percentage. That is because over time the NCAA has expanded the season from 9 to 10 to 11 to finally 12 games since 1950.
Okay so now on to the analysis.
First, the 1950’s. The decade started off poorly with Len Casanova’s 1950 squad posting a record of just 1-8. That earns him the title of worst-coach-with-the-best name. John Michelosen pulled things together though, posing four winning seasons out of 5 from 1955 – 1959, along with three top-25 finishes. Go Pitt.
Games Played: 95
Games Won: 46
Winning %: .482
Avg SOS: 8.18
The 1960’s were kind of like the 1950’s in reverse. The first five years weren’t too bad. Michelosen was at the helm and he even delivered a top-5 finish in 1963, but for some reason he couldn’t keep it rolling, and he was replaced by Dave Hart in 1966. Hart’s tenure proved to be an unmitigated disaster, and resulted in the aforementioned three straight 1-9 seasons. Carl DePasqua did manage to move things in the right direction in 1969 with a four win season (which was still pretty bad), but overall if you do the math, Pitt won 10 games over five years, marking the latter half of the 1960’s as Pitt Football’s worst five-year stretch in modern history. Hail to Pitt.
Ahh the 1970’s. Carl DePasqua ushered Pitt into the decade with a whimper, but Jackie Sherril took us out with a bang. 1975 – 1979 were hands-down the best five years the program ever experienced. The team averaged 9.6 wins, notched three top-10 finishes (and one top 15) and brought home the Crown Jewell of Pitt’s football legacy, the 1976 National Championship. This is the level of prominence that all Pitt fans hope to achieve, and it’s the standard to which the pessimists hold the program. And honestly, the pessimists are probably right, the only way to achieve this is for the fans to hold the administration accountable. Of course these days that means dirty money and everything else that comes with it, as well as a huge increase in investment on the “clean money” side, and we all know that that’s not going to happen at Pitt. (So who is the pessimist now?)
Games Played: 113
The 1980’s were also pretty good. The Sherrill train was rolling for the first two years, and Foge Fazio looked like he could keep the momentum going for his first two years. But two bad seasons by Fazio mid-decade prompted quick action by the administration. Fazio was fired in 1985 and Mike Gottfried was hired, and that was the beginning of the end. Mike Gottfried brought Pitt football back through a combination of decent recruiting and softer scheduling, but apparently he was a tough guy to get along with, and he was fired in 1989, just prior to the Sun Bowl. The reason for Gottfried’s dismissal was “The differences in philosophy and the operation of his program”, according to then-athletic director Ed Bozik. A great article on the firing can be found here.
Per our friend the Texas Panther, the 1990’s were indeed bad. If consistency is your measure then the 1990’s were the worst decade for Pitt football. If relative performance is your measure than perhaps the 1990’s were indeed the Worst Sports Experience in the History of Mankind. Imagine coming to Pitt as a student in 1990. You’d grown up with Pitt being a national power. Sure they’d had some ups and down recently, and the coach had just been let go, but this was Pitt. They had been winning for the last twenty years. This was the house that Dorsett and Marino built, and they were back on track baby! But then…Paul Hackett. He won 12 games in three years. And then…Johnny Majors II. Majors won 12 games in four years. By the time Walt Harris was hired, Pitt’s football program had been completely obliterated.
The 2000’s saved Pitt football, and Harris probably doesn’t get enough credit his contribution. If Pitt had gone another three or four years with three or four wins, Pitt football might have been history. But Harris was the right man for the rebuild. Even though he was a marginal recruiter, he was probably the best offensive mind that Pitt has ever had. He got the most out of his mostly three-star offense, and when he had talent to work with (Larry Fitzgerald, Antonio Bryant, Tyler Palko) he made the most of it. Harris also was pretty good at hiring the right DC (for most of his tenure). The result was five straight winning seasons, an average win total of 7.8 and one shared Big East Championship / BCS bowl appearance. However, a combination of factors (a belief that Harris had ahem taken Pitt as far as it could go and Harris’ agent publicly talking smack about Pitt), led to Harris’ dismissal. It happened right after his Fiesta Bowl loss, which was also an 8 win season and a top 25 finish. That top 25 finish was Pitt’s second in 12 years. The other top 25 finish? Also provided by Harris, just two years before.
Dave Wannstadt took the helm with much fanfare in 2005 and promptly won 5, 6 and 5 games. He was the polar opposite of Harris – terrible at the x’s and o’s but pretty damn good at recruiting. The “jimmy’s and joe’s” strategy paid off in 2009 when Pitt posted their first 10 win season since 1981 (29 years…).
Enter the 2010’s. It all started with so much promise. Pitt was coming off their 10 win season. Wanny was a Pitt man, and Pitt legacy Tino Sunseri had just taken over the helm at quarterback. However, the team floundered to a 7 win season, and that was compounded by the fact that Wannstadt was the polar opposite of Harris in his ability to control his players and recruit guys who wouldn’t,, say…throw a guy through a plate glass window on the South Side. An unfavorable Sports Illustrated article and the reintroduction of “Smilin” Steve Pederson at DA were the final nails in Wanny’s coffin, and he was let go before “the first” BBVA Compass Bowl in 2010.
And that is really when Pitt’s current mediocrity began. Much of it was due to Pitt’s bumbling efforts to secure a stable head coach to replace Wannstadt. Todd Graham lasted one season. Michael Haywood lasted three days. Paul Chryst lasted until his uncle Barry called him home to Wisconsin. Pat Narduzzi finally brought some stability, and he’s entering his fifth year. Narduzzi has posted a very Walt Harris-esque string of win totals, against a strength of schedule that is higher than anyone since Mike Gottfried (and much higher than Wannstadt.). Still, Narduzzi is a polarizing figure, and as I said before, the jury is out on if he can get Pitt to the next level. And so Despite Narduzzi’s recent relative successes (two 8 win seasons and an ACC coastal championship), the 2010’s have been a decade defined my mediocrity. Our highs have not been too high and our lows have not been too low. Pitt football is currently stuck in purgatory, and while for some people that’s not so bad, for some people that’s just plain hell.
Avg SOS: 2.7
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576 thoughts on “The Worst Sports Experience in the History of Mankind”
you nailed it Mike
i honestly didnt think the numbers would support my description of Hell
all I knew was it was some very bad football being played
to grow up as a kid watching Pitt be elite and then personally witness what I did was really psychologically damaging
I cant name one other school that just dropped off the cliff like Pitt. I know Nebraska had some difficulties. Wonder who Pitt has in common with that school?
I wrote a blog article here entitled ‘Perspective’ a few months ago, and the data presented above only reinforces it.
Fact is that the Late 70s / Early 80s IS THE ABERRATION. Otherwise, for the last 70 years, this program has been maybe above average (and that’s being kind.) And no, (1) Pitt will no longer bring in a recruiting class of 85, nor (2) does it have an attractive local base of quality high football players …. NOT EVEN CLOSE.
You want to complain about this game or that one … fine … that’s what fans do. But expecting this program to win 10 games when it only has done so ONCE since 1982 may be asking too much. Yes, it may happen again when all the stars align, but it will never be the norm … times have changed
So according to what I’m reading here is that PITT has pretty much sucked since Jackie. Gottfried did steady the football program a little but seemed to be a bad boy. So it comes down to this and Mike and I agree… It’s pretty much time to put up or I shut up time for Narduzzi. Here’s betting I’ll still be talking when the season is over. God willing. << for me, not PITT or Narduzzi.
If banging the cheerleading coach and getting top recruits with shady assistants makes you a bad boy, then Gottfried was definitely the man to lead Pitt through the 1990s.
There is a sport purgatory I hope for those then Pitt leaders who killed it.
Pitt thought they could continue being a top program by raising academic standards, running a clean program, disbanding the Golden Panthers, and by being cheap.
Many schools during this period were doing the exact opposite.
So Bozik decides to change the sports culture at Pitt and we see the results of it to this day.
Pitt’s academic standards arent hurting them today…all ACC schools have the same requirements…Pitt’s are no more stringent than others. And running a clean program does have its benefits. But to achieve elite level these days, schools cheat in some way. Ask Miami, NC, FSU. And the NCAA doesnt even blink an eye. Media sings your praises for winning.
Reforming and reintroducing the Golden Panthers is a way to get back on track. This association would have to be regulated or well audited unlike before. It was relatively easy to find boosters willing to support a winner in the 80’s. More difficult to do today given the years of mediocrity. But I think a major capital project could bring people together and galvanize support with a common cause (OCS anyone?).
But even if Bozik didnt put on the brakes, Pitt wasnt spending what they needed even back then. It never had the revenues of other schools. Coaching is what carried Pitt. Coaches who had great assistants and great recruiters. Tough to hold it all together when you get outspent by other schools (see A&M).
I dont expect consistent 11 win seasons but I do see ways to consistently win 9-11 each year. I do believe it will take spending some more money, getting ‘lucky’ on coaching hires and easing up the schedule. Pitt can get there. But it would take another culture transformation to get to elite level and in the end Pitt would not be able to sustain it because it doesnt have the revenues of these larger state schools.
Great coaches, great local recruits and cheating got Pitt to the promised land. I dont expect any national championships but I do think a foundation can be built to achieve and sustain more than mediocrity. But is Pitt willing to make that commitment. If they are, it starts with increasing revenues and better managing the finances.
What was bizarre in the mid-90s when the administration was okay losing games 72-0 is the school ungraded the facilities at Pitt stadium. Whirl pools, weight room, etc. That commitment should have begun heading in the 1990s as television made clear it was going to make more of a commitment to college football.
CBS was it on Saturdays until ABC and ESPN doubled down. As this happened Pitt became totally irrelevant and the then-Chancellor, J. Dennis O’Connor, should have immediately tried to save the program when he took over in 1991 but had no interest in doing so.
robertlandel says:
Tx, What academics? The golden grail used to evaluate entrance requirements, US News and World Report, have us down to number 70!!!! Granted we have some good programs. Medicine being the best. Glad we kept Pharmacy. Engineering is good. Law school and MBA programs could be better. We were rated in the 40’s in the 1960’s.
PITT needed students to pay the bills and lowered the curve to get in, plus it is too much of a city school (not a pretty, grassy, campus setting),and the loss of local population. Kids in my area of NJ don’t pick PITT. Athletics play a part in choosing where to apply. PSU wins hands down
Reviewing history, Bozik should share more blame here. Besides firing Gottfried, did he also fire the basketball coach, Dr. Roy Chipman? Steve Pederson was the worst.
PittPT says:
I believe Pitt’s Physical Therapy Program is still ranked #1 in the country.
PittPT, Sorry I forgot physical therapy. your right, the masters program is #1 in the Country.
TX Panther, I like the idea of excelling in minor sports. Gets the University noticed. What about men’s Lacrosse? Do we not have the money to join the ACC elite schools that play the sport? I also agree being a top football school will not be possible in today’s climate. Basketball is another story. Just need some big time recruiting. Maybe we have to cheat.
Bozik was pretty bad and J Dennis OConnor who succeeded Posvar was equally bad. The mid 80’s were a turning point in Pitt athletics. The Killer B’s were in charge. Billick, Bozik and Briscoe. They fundamentally changed the sports culture with the help of the BoT. Posvar was senile by then and very hands off.
But even if Pitt had different leadership and a different mindset, Pitt couldnt compete in the end with large state schools. Pitt would have needed to follow the Miami model. Similar small and ‘private’ school. But Miami cheated and never lost its local recruiting advantage. PA was losing population and Pitt decided not to cheat. They disbanded the Golden Panthers.
Not saying that Pitt cant catch lightening in a bottle but those sustained elite years will never happen again. Its good that at least some of us remember them.
Thats why I say be good in football and basketball. Better than mediocre. Be relevant. But really begin to focus on sports where Pitt can become elite. Take wrestling, hockey and lacrosse for example.
BTW Mike, another great article.
Excellent article, MM, but who goes to Pitt for 10 years? Okay, maybe some do…
In the late 60s, it took 3 years to win THREE games! The worst 3-year spell in the 90s found Pitt winning EIGHT games!
Come on, man!
Haha yes bet expectations were so much lower
but you 60’s grads got rewarded with a championship just a few years later
my generation got rewarded with more 5 win seasons, the tearing down of Pitt Stadium and the Dinocat
that was a great way to kick a 90’s grad when they’re down
Hey That dinocat saves Pitt football and don’t you forget it 🙄
If anyone else was curious, it was 36 years ago, in 1982, that we had a strength of schedule higher than last year’s.
And Notre Dame was down in 1982 yet still beat Pitt.
The wrong man was in charge instead of the right guy who wanted the job: George Welsh.
OT: Some additional bad news for Pitt FB recruiting today when Central Catholic star A J Beatty with over 40 offers left Pitt off his final 7 list announced today. PSN reported this this afternoon. The kid did not want to talk about any schools not on his final list. He’s off to NC no less i believe this weekend for an official visit. Yikes!
AJ Beatty of CC narrowed his schools to seven and Pitt, the first big school to offer, didn’t make it. He’s a 3-star DE.
Get this, Beatty said his number one criterion was education Then facilities and comfort level.
So how did WVU make the final list, one might wonder… UNC too…
Wish they would have asked him what he wants to major in…
UNc much better academic than Pitt but WVU…no way
I was 93′ to 98′ … combined with Pitt basketball … the sports experience ever. My greatest memories are getting hit with friendly fire by a guy passing out and creating a pee rainbow at a trough … and myself passing out during a Syracuse game (pre-gamed with grain alcohol … learned my lesson) and waking up to an empty stadium like the apocalypse had just happened. Seriously, no one moved me. Lol. I had to wander around the stadium for a half hour to find a security guard to let me out because i was locked in. Or the time I went to a Halloween party as a freshman dressed in boxing head gear. Nothing like literally getting punch drunk and waking up to a homeless person eating O’s pizza out of your lap while passed out on the Pitt Stadium steps. Ahhh … good times.
Fav on the field moments … watching Khalid El-Amin jump on a table after beating us last minute and waiving a towel around like a mad man … oh wait, that was the other team. Then it would have to be watching the Miami basketball team forget to come out of a timeout and Pitt have a 5 on zero for a layup. I like to take partial credit because we had partied all night with the Miami team at a fraternity social in Green Tree the night before. I’ll never forget the elevator door opening at the hotel and the Miami basketball team seeing all the alcohol and just being like “Oh, hell yeah”. Lol. Of course there was the Miami football game where we stormed the field too. That was fun.
To continue the conversation from the other thread … I cannot stand Chryst and it’s the one thing that keeps me in tune with the Duzz haters. I know what it’s like to abhor your coach … it’s not fun.
T.T., Your recollection, or lack thereof, of those times is hilarious. I even copied/sent your mishaps to some buddies of mine. Priceless. Too funny.
FWIW, I don’t have a real bad memory of Chryst although the thing that bothered me was his complete ignorance of anything defensively. Even though he had offensive expertise, he surrounded himself with fellow offensive coaches with much experience, yet his defensive staff was filled with coaches who had 1 or 2 years experience. The imbalance was head-scratching
M… Excellent stuff except… Sherrill 75-79?
In that decade
LuAnn Bair says:
Be careful what you say Carl DePasqua also gave Pitt two of the best wins ever and I should knw I was at them and in all fairness he never got the chance to play his own recruits.
Cool. Which wins?
As for Narduzzi hitting his head on a ceiling?
Think that ever elusive first Bowl win might be just around the corner.
Repeat Coastal Championship another story.
Regarding Chryst…
As noted on the previous thread… PLENTY to hate come fall.
The photo of Hackett is fitting for the article as that appears to be Oklahoma game from 1990. Pitt lost, 52-10. That definitely was a sign of what was to come for the rest of the decade.
grizzly1 says:
I went to that game, 100 degrees in Norman OK that day. None of the Sooner fans in my office wanted to go.
I remember Oklahoma at Pitt Stadium in early 84, when 2 ranked teams met before a crowd of 40k. The game was close until the Sooners scored 2 TDs in the last 2 minutes of the first half. Final 42-10
The only other things I remember from that day is that Barry Switzer was OU coach, John Congemi was Pitt QB, and the OU crowd gave Roger Kingdom a standing O when he was honored at halftime (he had just won the first his 2 Golds a couple of weeks before)
I was there. Parking and traffic was so bad that I parked on the edge of the bridge between Phipps and campus. Got towed of course. I do not miss the Oakland parking scene one bit.
Good stories Tossing…
Great article Maestro…
Anyone else playing in the Pitt Celebrity Golf Outing at Champion Lakes tomorrow?
I have the pleasure of teeing it up with Richman, Major Majors and my nephew Greg.
Sort of a warm up for the Frankcan Cup…
Don’t forget your celebrity………. Most likely Heather. No doubt requested Richman’s group. 🙂
Pictures please.
Pitt’s losses in the 90’s were some of the most lopsided in history
Pitt has a tendency to manufacture problems, over-react and then produce bad solutions
So taking the Hegel framework, I’ll just list some problems that I think are easier to gain factual consensus than the solutions.
outside volleyball and wrestling, Pitt’s programs are either mediocre or just downright bad
Pitt is revenue challenged and poor relative to most P-5 schools
Pitt continues to provide a high % subsidy towards athletics
Those are three for starters since I dont think there would be much disagreement.
volleyball and wrestling were the only sports to finish ranked. what makes them successful? Personally, I think they have very good coaches. So maybe coaching is a solution. Pitt should do a deep dive into what makes them successful. The learnings could be applied to help improve other programs. Success is contagious. How is their ‘culture’ different.
Pitt does sit near the bottom of all P-5 schools based on total revenues. Thats a function of ticket sales, donations, sponsorship’s and other marketing rights/fees. Well, winning could help solve some of the ticket sales but does anyone really think Pitt is doing a good job marketing the programs. I still dont know the plan and tactics being used to jump start donations. Sponsorships and advertising revenues? Yes – Pitt has certain constraints like a smaller fanbase but quite frankly what is Pitt doing to grow new fans?
What concerns me is that Pitt is receiving what I call ‘free’ money from the conference. Pitt doesnt really earn this money (most schools get around the same amount regardless of performance). Thats their check for being a member. It really provides Pitt with little incentive to be innovative in growing revenues and being fiscally responsible. Pitt had to work much harder and smarter when their Big East check was only $4M each year.
Every year Pitt runs a deficit and that hole is large relative to other P-5 schools…about 15% of Pitt’s budget is subsidized. Typically, if a school cant increase the revenues (sometimes with increased student fees) to offset, expenses get cut. That often means eliminating programs or reducing program budgets. Every program except for mens football and basketball loses money. That ACC check and primarily football help subsidize these ‘Olympic’ sports. But in Pitt’s case like with many schools, there is still an overall deficit. And in Pitt’s case, the deficit is balanced with a transfer of monies from the general fund. Pitt hasnt been forced to cut programs or cut back on football spending yet, but this imbalance is not sustainable in the long run. You can only kick the can down the road for so long.
Those roundtable discussions could help address these real problems and others. I’d gladly pay Pitt $100 to be a part of one just to be heard and offer ideas. I’m more interested if they see the same problems that I have outlined.
But I fear that Pitt will continue doing what its done with football in the past. Create a crisis. Over-react to it. Pretend to solve it. And now everyone is worse off and Pitt is truly in a bigger and real crisis.
PittMan2003 says:
I was at pitt from 99-2003. Fell in love with pitt athletics during that time and was treated to reasonable fb and bb success during those years.
I have never experienced the fb depths of the 90’s or 60’s. My experience has been getting my hopes up but getting them crushed with guttwrenching losses. Close to getting to the next level but always falling agonizingly close but short.
Pitt will never be able to fund athletics at a high level out of operations. Looking at MM’s synopsis it seems that it went down hill once the Golden Panthers was disbanded. A funding arm is absolutely necessary to bring up the resources to the level necessary for top flight programs.
pittintheville says:
I was there 92-96. Luckily I didn’t go to pitt because I was a pitt football fan. I became a fan of pitt football and basketball well after graduation.
I went to a couple of games while I was there, but I went alone as none of my roommates wanted to go.
You’ll never be alone again my friend…😎
Yes – Liverpool
M… My point above was that Sherrill took over as Head Coach in ’77.
1973–1975 Pittsburgh (AHC/DC)
1976 Washington State
1977–1981 Pittsburgh
1982–1988 Texas A&M
1991–2003 Mississippi State
Ah yea Sherril / majors in the 70’a then
As far as Foge goes… It never looked good.
He TOTALED the Ferrari.
Arguably the WORST Pitt HEAD Football Coach ever considering what he was handed by Sherrill.
But a SOLID Defensive Coach and All-around GOOD Guy.
On game day my dad pronounced Foge “foggy”…
No need for definition.
Foge has some great players but coached lyke Barney Fife.
Sitting on my deck listening to Muddy Waters and enjoying grilled chicken kebob with Mrs. Erie.
“I’m a man. M. A. N. “ he ain’t jiven…
Never did I think I would have to argue that my stint 68-72 wasn’t the worst in Pitt history and maybe the most disappointing of all.
Along with Major Majors, I sat in the Syria Mosque in 68 and listened to the Greatest Used Car Sales pitch ever made! “This is the year the Panther begins to growl! “ boasted a new head coach Dave Hart.
Three 1-9 seasons later, there wasn’t a sober student left in old Pitt Stadium ! It was a form of “awful” that you had to be there to appreciate!!
Ps. I never missed a home game in my 4 years at Pitt and never left early. Oklahoma had us down at least 40 at half.
Really enjoying the passionate discussion on Pitt’s recent FB history and it’s high points and candidates for lowest points. In an unrelated matter, I had the pleasure to treat a young lady today who told me she played basketball for Pitt from 1956-1959. I reviewed the history of Pitt’s women’s basketball and found out that Women’s basketball was a club sport during that period, resuming NCAA participation in the early 1970’s. Nonetheless,I was honored to spend time with and listen to stories from a Pitt athlete from an earlier age. H2P!
OT: Our golfer #’s are up to 29 as of this afternoon. That will give us (8) teams to compete for the coveted Frankcan Cup.
Long and straight will be great. Right and long will be wrong…”A” game will be a must or you’ll hear few words of “cuss”.
In the town known for it’s Whoopie Pies,
The winning team should tell no lies.
The mystery guest has yet to commit,
But then again that is so lyke Pitt.
Sorry to announce but the golf registration must close,
Unless the Duzz wants to play, I suppose.
H2P!
scottsvalleypanther says:
The actual answer is that any of the aforementioned decades could qualify as the absolute worst….the key variable is how much beer you could afford during that decade.
Jeff R. says:
A Hegel reference! Really intellectualizing this place, and I like it. I look forward to a future post using a Socratic dialogue to explain why Narduzzi can’t recruit the WPIAL.
I would like this twice if I could
Pitt baseball ending the season with a thud!
Lost last night 7-12 to GT. Lost tonight again 0-2 on a 2 hit performance by the offense.
Granted, GT is #6 in the polls.
I’ll never forget the little inset in in the editor’s section of SI back in the late 90s.
Dave Hart’s son comes home from school with tears in his eyes and tells him mom that his classmates are saying that dad ain’t a good football coach.
And mom replies …. now you know better than that, dad isn’t a good football coach
… back in the late 60s .. sorry
I’m convinced that something happened under Sherrill that caused Pitt to change course on Pitt athletics. Sherrill was a good coach but never had quite the success afterwards at A & M and MS. They went safe with Foge, instead of doing a national search. Maybe the BoT forced The Chancellor’s hand to not be a football power. Not sure how this aligns with the demise of the Golden Panthers.
Insert psuX new board members onto the BoT via Paturdo influenced state politicians?
It had to of started somewhere.
it started right after Pitt won a national championship before Poopy Pants
I’m thinking they might have found major infractions internally, and were able to keep it quiet. Sherrill May have decided to move on and Pitt went low profile with Foge. Is this possible?
infractions, cheating, etc
Paterno even knew Jackie was cheating
Sherrill couldnt pass up the A&M money.
Sherrill was a compulsive gambler and owed bookies many $$$. Pitt found out and Was going to fire him.
A&M also knew, hired him and paid off every bookie in town. True story.
The BoT composition had changed. The Killer B’s were in charge. Pitt found the culture needed to sustain an elite program to be distasteful.
It did not want to become an Alabama, Oklahoma or Nebraska. It was better than those schools. And Pitt was at least academically.
It wanted to stay that way and make sure the emphasis was on the mission statement. The mission was to educate and not win sports championships. But they lacked the foresight.
The focus shifted to inside the house and the front porch and yard was neglected. The schools that invested in sports during this time period are generally the ones that are most successful to this day.
Nate Bailey#4 says:
It’s hilarious how Stanford, much, much better than Pitt academically, takes athletics serious and Pitt thinks winning in sports isn’t beneficial for the university.
The leaders at Pitt have always been resentful of athletics. The academic wing runs the school. Athletics is beneath them. They know its dirty.
Think of it from their perspective. Athletics let in kids who have no business being in school where they end up taking fake classes or have tutors take their tests. They have programs where boosters pay these kids sometime more than the profs themselves make. They have head coaches having affairs with cheerleader coaches. And every year athletics steals millions from educational funds to balance their budget.
Thats why things are the way they are at Pitt.
Now that was then. This is now.
Pitt’s athletes are very bright. They take real classes and they graduate. No issue there.
The Golden Panthers are dead so no seedy booster involvement and cheating
Coaches arent banging cheerleaders and the athletes are well behaved so no bad PR
The profs love the current state of athletics at Pitt
But Stanford is also running sports like Pitt but Stanford is very good across all sports
Well Stanford doesnt have a BoT packed with Nitters and bureaucrats making sure that Pitt athletics doesnt become excellent and challenge the State school in Creepy Valley
Thats why Pitt doesnt address their revenue issues, they keep losing millions each year and there is no talk about bringing football back to campus.
Heck, even that buddy of Posvars and academic nerd Bozik wanted to raze Pitt Stadium back in the early 80’s and build a new domed venue. But the BoT wouldnt allow it. Paterno knew the only way he could beat Pitt is by corrupting Pitt’s BoT and installing his own puppets. Paterno had every State politician in his pockets.
It was a conspiracy that continues to this day
Every time I hear Gallagher say ‘no collusion’, I want to punch him
dan72.. I was at that game too…can still hear Ed Conway “ Mildren pitches to Pruitt… he’s on the 50.. the 20… he scores !!!” Thats how the day went…Jack Mildren, Greg Pruitt, Joe Wylie and Leon Crosswhite… the Wishbone ruled- forget the forward pass…. who does that remind you of .. that’s the “ forget the forward pass” part of that statement???????
It was like Pitt was standing still.
I remember Crosswhite taking a pitch and faking out 4 Pitt D players for a TD. That was as drunk as I ever was at a game.
good read on the history of Pitt
https://pittsburgh.sportswar.com/article/2014/12/22/debunking-the-myths-of-steve-pederson/
the article leaves off before the hire of Narduzzi (actually 1 day before his hire) and a replacement AD
the author points out what Pitt needed as a new AD and initially Pitt did get a marketer and fundraiser in Barnes who was then replaced with a non marketing, non fundraiser, non finance person. Opting for a compliance person instead which brings us back to Pitt not willing to cheat.
Dan, maybe Sherrill was found to be betting on college games and was then ushered out of town before the NCAA found out. If so, they did a good job of keeping it quiet. And Foge was a good company man who would not rock the boat.
Sherrill would bet on 2 ants crossing the floor. No doubt he bet on college ball. He was also banging the cheerleading coach and maybe even married her. Darrell Sherrill?
Pitt must of had some very attractive cheerleader coaches back in the 80’s
Yeah, if both Sherrill and Gottfried banged them. Sad that some fans think it is wrong for the coach to do that and it added to the list of reasons warranting them leaving or being fired.
Biggie and brother Dan, I was also at that Oklahoma game.
They weren’t fast, they were ffast.
rreally ffast.
Rayhpgh says:
I was at the Oklahoma game too. Pitt got the ball first and scored a TD to go up 7-0. Then we kicked off and either Greg Pruitt or Joe Wylie returned it for a TD. The rout was on. Game over very quickly.
Couple things:
I have no doubts about brother Dan’s accounts of Jackie being a 3 rivers gambler. He had a side to him that was shady no question about it. Another story goes like this.. Jackie would put a coach up in this tall tower (AKA Kelly’s tower) with binoculars, not to watch the practice but to look for spies nearby the stadium. (not Reed) The coach spotted a young man and young lady on a park bench a block or two away so Jackie sent a security guard to kick them out. Turns out they were just making out. Jackie made Narduzzi look normal.
But if PITT forced Jackie out, then they forced him to be the highest paid head football coach in college history at the time. This did not make Jackie blue.
I remember when PITT played Oklahoma back in those days and I do remember their speed. They were even faster on defense flying all over the place. My memory thinks they played them in Norman once also??
BTW, thanks for the clip Biggie, that song was better than a cup of coffee to wake me up.
Actor and former UCLA QB Mark Harmon has received the National Football Foundation’s Gold Medal award in recognition for his accomplishments and reflecting the values of amateur football…. How many of you were with me in dear ole PITT Stadium when Mark the Bruins came to town ???
2019 – celebrating 150 years of college football !!!
Didn’t he get hurt that game B? Vince Evans came in and they beat PITT something like 16-7. That’s the game I was at. Maybe you’re talking about another one?
Wait a minute, that was the USC game…… my bad
I just re-read the blog article and noticed MM’s Freudian slip … referring to ‘Smiling’ Steve Pederson as a DA.
It should be noted that nobody but a few Pitt admin was aware of the SI article at the time of Wanny’s dismissal. And the article actually wasn’t printed until about 3 months later. It also should be noted that Wanny did not commit any NCAA infractions.
Despite the fact that nobody knew of the pending SI article at the time, the following publicly applauded Wanny’s dismissal …. Chris Dokish, Chas Rich, Ron Cook, Joe Starkey and dozens of Pitt Blather posters …. and of course, that was just a sampling.
I assume that despite Wanny’s final 3 year record of 27-12, everyone assumed that Pitt would just continue its level of success, and with a new coach may even get better. But Mike Haywood never got the chance. And while WVU paid $2M to bring in Holgerson, Pitt was offering $1,4M.
The general public apparently didn’t approve of Wanny’s firing since attendance dropped off in 2011 and never recovered … except for 2013 which was Pitt’s first year in the ACC and had a home schedule that included FSU and ND.
Sometimes the best move is no move.
Some don’t want to blame “the steve” for Wanny’s firing and officially it wasn’t “the steve” but he’s the one that put all that foolish crap in the administrations heads
Wanny did get some good beat downs that final year
I actually thought some of his players quit on him especially that Miami game
Most I believe just got frustrated that Wanny had all this talent and it was being wasted with his coaching
Most believe that the trouble that Wanny’s players got in were no worse than at any other school but of course its big news at Pitt and Pitt’s players must be choir boys
I thought his firing or resignation or whatever you called it was poorly handled by Steve
I also thought that Wanny handled it poorly himself…he was very emotional and hated Steve and that led to some poor decisions on his way out
If like Reed said it had everything to do with bad player behavior, then it was Gallaghers call and not Steves. And Gallagher is the supreme BoT being
Jock got too powerful, resigned
Jackie got too powerful, resigned
Gottfried got too powerful, refused to resign and was fired
Wanny got too powerful, resigned
The BoT always wins these power struggles. Moreover, they will find a way to frame it in order to justify the move.
How did Pitt not go to a bowl game in 1974 with a 7-4 record? It went the year before winning less games in the regular season and went in 1975 with the same record? Odd. Less bowl games back then, I know that.
This was meant to be a new post. My response to what you wrote had a semi-swear word in it and must be waiting approval.
C’mon Tx, Jackie got too powerful and became the highest paid coach in college football history. Ouch, PITT loses again and not learn from their mistakes. See the Wanny references above.
Gallagher was not Chancellor until 2014, long after Wannstedt’s firing.
I was very disappointed in the way Wannstedt handled his dismissal.
Pedersen was the bad guy Tx and Pitt knew they had a problem with him before the Wannstedt dismissal.
And any Chryst haters out there, he did us all a great service by outing Steve to the (then) new chancellor Patrick Gallagher, who made the call to release Pedersen.
I was at the USC too Ike . TD Doresett vs TD Anthony Davis…. no patsies in those years but there was more parity , after all, it was was college ball… our boys and region against your…
Right B, I think it was Pat Haden who got hurt.. Davis returned a kickoff for a TD if my memory serves?
I was at the game …. remember the game was close until the 4th quarter … still the final was only something like 17-6. Also remember the trojan and his big white steed roaming the track
FWIW … despite the fact that Sheard threw a guy through the glass door in the presence of 2 Pgh policeman, he did not serve any time in jail, and was let go with a summary offense after paying only for damages and court costs. I was told what happened by the head of the South Side Tavern Assoc at the time, (he got the info from one of the policeman involved) and can assure you that Sheard wasn’t exactly the bad guy here — although of course he still shouldn’t have done what he did.
Nonetheless, the fall of 2010 saw many Pitt FBers get in trouble …. including 2 frosh that had troubled backgrounds and never should have been brought in. That also was the year after the recruiting budget was slashed and only 2 Floridians committed.
This is just another chapter of the Pitt admin not having a clear vision of what it wants which has been an ongoing thing for decades. Obviously, DA Pederson and Prez Nordy made an effort to put image above W/L and the effect of that is still felt.
It could have been worse. Can you imagine if PSU wasn’t hit with the sanctions and Pitt wouldn’t have gotten Dorian Johnson, Tyler Boyd and a few other highly rated players who were initially rumored as PSU leans?
I heard the policeman assisted in the pushing through the glass door. Also, Sheard was intervening on the behalf of someone being accosted. Yeah, wrong place at the wrong time for sure and he shouldn’t have been involved but it wasn’t enough to have his coach fired.
Pitt played a tough game against USC that year (73?). John McKay (USC coach) said something like: We were moving up and down the field and yet every time I looked at the scoreboard we were losing. Pitt just didn’t have the horses to finish out with the win. I think that was Majors first year.
it was Majors’ 2nd year (74) and Pitt was ranked above USC going into the game. Pitt won its 1st two at FSU and GT. Then it lost to USC at home and at UNC (of course)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Pittsburgh_Panthers_football_team
Oops, the USC game was ’74, Majors’ and TD’s second year.
That’s ok Larry, it was only a mere 45 years ago. Do you think we are getting old? I guess the first step is to still be here to remember.
How can anything be worst than destroying your own OCS?
Lot of good and bad memories mentioned here. Interesting to look at Pitt by the decades.
My life on campus coincided with Dan72 and I stuck around for two more years of grad school,
so I got to witness and enjoy some of the most amazing turn-a- rounds in sports history.
When I enrolled, Pitt was a laughingstock in sports as were the Steelers, the Pirates weren’t much better.
Honestly, at the time no one cared, it was a big joke. As an athlete that came from a school that valued sports, it was an adjustment for me. I have told the story before about witnessing empty whiskey bottles raining down on the players exiting the field after another dismal performance. And another about sneaking a half barrel into the stadium as a fraternity pledge. Also climbing to the top of the goal posts when the team entered the field, back then all the frats had their signs on the field as the players entered the stadium. It was pretty loose back then. Only a few thousand spectators for some games.
Then the tide changed dramatically. In 1971 the Pirates won the World Series and there was the biggest celebration on Forbes Ave. that I have ever seen. It was incredible. The Steelers drafted Joe Greene in ’69 and changed Pittsburgh forever. Somewhat more quietly Pitt hired a coach who recruited Billy Knight and implemented the amoeba defense with a bunch of local kids and gave Pitt its first taste of winning anything in a very long time. When I say quietly, most of the student body didn’t know about it or even care.
Then a real miracle happened in my senior year, Johnny Majors and Jackie Sherrill convinced Tony Dorsett to come to Pitt along with about a 100 other recruits, but make no mistake Dorsett is the one that deserves a statue to be erected. From the first time he touched the ball and ran student body right everyone knew we were seeing greatness.
I also remember the previous spring when Majors was working out the the existing players in Fitzgerald Field House in a most furious manner the likes I had never seen with guys dropping like flies. A Major change was happening.
The rest is History, we had about 10 great years of football. So I went from watching Greg Pruitt running around Pitt Stadium unobstructed to Tony D. doing the same. Then the greatness of the Marino years.
This is why I get so frustrated with Narduzzi’s recruiting. It takes great players to make great teams and quite a few. I have been fortunate to see many over the years in Pittsburgh. Hoping I live long enough to see a few more at Pitt.
GC, while PN certainly had a poor recruiting year and can do better, he or any other coach will not be able to ever recruit a class like those brought in back in the 70s. Those days are long gone.
No doubt that is true, but is it too much to ask for a couple elite players?
Haven’t had any since Conner, Boyd and AD. Just about every Pitt coach has brought in a few.
Revis, Fitz, Shady etc. Narduzzi has pretty much struck out so far. Whitehead the closest maybe O’Neil, but they were originally recruited by Chryst. I think he has recruited many very good players but is yet to recruit a great player. There may be some on the roster, time will tell, but odds are no.
gc and with all due respect buddy. We don’t know if there is a future star on PITT’s roster right now? Next few years will be very telling though.
Remember Bozik wanted to tear Pitt down and build a domed stadium back in the early 80’s. The BoT wouldnt allow him. So Pitt Stadium was essentially neglected for the next 20 years.
The seeds of Pitt’s destruction were planted right after Johnny won the championship. That really perturbed JoePa because he wanted to do it first. Joe became further infuriated and jealous of Pitt’s success with Jackie. He saw how successful the Golden Panthers were. So knowing that he couldnt beat Pitt on the field, he decided to covertly beat Pitt by installing puppets on the BoT
He never did get his Eastern conference though
Are you wearing your tin foil hat this morning?
not this morning with strong storms about to hit
I’ve attached a link to an athletics committee which is part of the University Senate
Many of this sites questions regarding the fan experience, revenues, finances, fundraising, attendance, OCS, etc could be presented to these members…they all have e-mail addresses
and they have been known to hold town halls or roundtables
http://univsenate.pitt.edu/committees/athletics-and-recreation
The common thread here is always the BoT, and the constant battle between academics and athletics. The academics always feel threatened, and want to keep Pitt in the public eye as a great academic institution. The SI article was incredibly damaging, and whoever happened to be the coach would have been canned.
VoR, “the steve” was an un-named source in that SI story. Narcissistic idiots do not like competition. Dave was a threat and fired back at the fake smiley J O …………..Wanny lost.
Pitt certainly does have a history of athletics vs academics and I really don’t understand why that is.
Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame and plenty of elite academic institutions seem to not have that problem.
So why the jocks vs eggheads dynamic at Pitt? Does it exist at other schools?
One thing I have never understood is why with all the success of the Health professions at Pitt, why isn’t health and fitness and athletic achievement valued, it would seem to be the perfect marriage.
Historically, there was always the issue of bending the academic rules to allow athletes admission and subsequent academic achievement. I am sure it must exist in today’s environment, so why does Pitt seem to hold a holier than thou attitude about these things? Especially these days when Sports are big business and the concept of the student athlete is pretty much a joke when it comes to Football and Basketball. The concept of one and done is a perfect example. It is obviously not a problem for Duke a most esteemed academic institution.
What ever happened to the UNC so-called academic scandal? How much has it hurt their reputation? Do kids no longer want to go there? In the long run how much has the biggest scandal in sports history hurt PSU?
Hopefully things are changing and we won’t experience the roller coaster affect of alternating commitment levels to our teams. Joining the ACC should be positive in that respect. The level of competition with our new peers is more visible and justifiable.
Hopefully we can put the poor hires of Freddy Kruger, High Octane, and Stallings far into the rear view mirror. Unfortunately they are still there to remind us how bad things can get and how quickly things can go very wrong.
I credit the PITT administration for recognizing that they are not UNC. Cheaters are going to cheat, Haters are going to hate, Lovers are going to love and PITT fans will always get the brown end of the stick.
UlteriorMotifs says:
I think the difference between the way athletics are treated at Pitt and they way they are treated at the schools you mention (Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame, etc.) comes down to the national perception of those schools and how secure administrators at those universities are about the prestige of their schools. Stanford, Duke, and Notre Dame know that (deserved or not) their academic reputation is unassailable and any scandal or controversy with the athletics program isn’t going to change that. Conversely, Pitt’s leaders are insecure about the way the school is perceived academically (in a good light, but probably seen as a couple tiers below the universities you mention) and feel they have to guard the image of the school’s academic more zealously. This is why they come off as reactionary at times.
That’s how I see it UM. PITT is like the poster child waiting to happen if they go rogue.
some accountant please help me understand
Pitt reported $89M in revenues but I see a separate figure of $19M included
I believe that all or some of that is the subsidy
Expenses are $89M
https://pittsburghpanthers.com/sports/2018/10/31/eada-report.aspx
Calling Richard!!!!!!!!! . ….. …. Hello
RockyMtnHigh says:
$19MM is “revenue not related to a specific team”. Not sure that it would be shirt/gear sales or even grants/donations/ACC $, but I guess it could be…
Total expenses of $89MM might include non-cash expenses like depreciation. It probably includes amortization of a certain Bball coach’s buyout. Operating expenses were much lower and may be more indicative of the actual cost of athletics (though this is purely a guess).
I’m not an accountant. And I don’t play one on TV.
operating was ‘game day’ related expenses so the low figure makes sense
its also unclear how the acc money ($27M) is distributed as revenue particularly across programs
but you’re right, ‘revenue not related’ is a catch all category
only Pitt knows
ACC commish John Swofford is a UNC alum … that’s what happened to the UNC scandal. That and the fact they are UNC.
Looks like OSU having a scandal
i first heard when several wrestlers came forward. and one of their former coaches, who may have known, is now a US congressman from Ohio
https://www.columbusjewishnews.com/news/local_news/osu-investigation-doctor-strauss-abused-at-least-students-university-personnel/article_66861f64-78ae-11e9-a52a-873b19a44f11.html
This is what Pitt and every school fears
But I do notice a pattern here with tOSU, MSU and PSU
BTW GC, what area recruit did Narduzzi miss out on that has turned out be Revis or Boyd? maybe Miles Sanders but jury is sill out. Can’t think of anyone else but may have forgotten someone
In addition to the academic vs. athletic dilemma at Pitt, perhaps a bigger problem is the public vs. private institution issue. For years since the near bankruptcy of the 60s (when the state came in and saved them), Pitt has straddled the fence between these categories by calling themselves “state related” due to receiving ongoing state funding, and that designation implies there is some kind of responsibility to the public that supports Pitt with state tax dollars. They cannot put too much operating money into athletics without the public crying out that tuition costs should be lower, or that as a public institution they should be giving more scholarships to low income applicants.
Colleges such as Pedo get around it by packing in 100,000 fans per football game, and claiming that athletics are self supporting. As mentioned earlier, the Golden Panthers helped to offset the cost gap between athletic originated revenues and the actual costs (mostly for football). Disbanding the GP really hurt and began the process of cutting athletic related expenditures.
The next step back to prominence requires that the GP be re-instituted as a fund raising arm for Pitt athletics. The Pitt football coach is the highest paid employee at Pitt. If they could take his salary off the college books by having GP pay for it, there would be less negative publicity.
less negative publicity and more accountability for the AD to properly structure the contracts
Capel and Narduzzi make over $6M between them; would love to know the bonus and incentive language
And then we have Pitt waiving Dixon’s buyout and being stuck with a high percentage of what was owed to KS (buyout was probably close to $8M)
I’d argue there would be better fiduciary responsibility under this ‘donation’ structure
Pitt’s operating budget is subsidized by about 15% from the Commonwealth. So as a state related entity, Pitt receives roughly $140M per year. If they were to go private, they would have to raise tuition and/or cut programs to remain solvent.
Pitt has far too many academic and athletic programs as is. Going private would force Pitt into thinking more like a business. And thats probably a good thing. Welfare from the state makes educators lazy and stupid. Just like that ACC check stifles the innovation needed to generate higher revenues and the fiscal discipline to run a balanced budget.
Penn State makes a profit each year in sports that they bank and use for investments or a rainy day. I doubt Pitt will ever make a sizable profit but they sure could at least breakeven. The cumulative athletic deficits over the past 20 years is probably north of $150M.
Talk about changing the culture. Going private most definitely would. And I think for the better.
Agreed, Tex, but don’t you agree that re-instituting the Golden Panthers as a vehicle for channeling private donations to Pitt athletics (under strict controls, of course) would help to get them on a more level playing field? I don’t know if there are records of how many top programs have private funding sources, but I’ll bet there are many.
it could help alleviate some of Pitt’s revenue issue
and it would bring in new supporters with new ideas
new blood is always good
but yes, you’d also have to make sure that blood doesnt get contaminated
Pitt baseball beat #6 GT today – SS Yanni with 3 home runs and a saxophone riff.
MM,
Thank you for the informative article. However, I must strongly disagree with your terminology in using “pessimists” and “optimists” in describing POVers. You are calling me a pessimist, which is quite amusing being as NO ONE has EVER used this term to describe me. Spend 5 minutes with me in person and you will see what I mean. If I’m anything, I’m a realist. I simply look at the facts and make a termination of what is real and what is fake. As you have no doubt observed I do not comment on this blog any longer, nor do many other realistic minded people. Why you ask? Well ironically because the so called “optimists” have run many of us off of the POV. And like most, I simply have lost the will to share my fair minded conclusions on this blog. So, I will continue not to get involved with th POV any longer. Thank you for listening. Sincerely,
Pittman4ever
c’mon, we all think we are realists
pittman4ever, the only reason you ran off was probably because not many agree with your realistic pessimistic views and you felt abandoned. We had a few posters late last year that also ran away from the POV when it was pretty clear that the Pitt FB team was about to win the Coastal division. That scenario also didn’t coincide with their previous views on the Pitt FB team going into last season. Running away and hiding is a perfectly appropriate decision when faced with situations you would rather not like to have to comment on.
Narduzzi isn’t qualified for Cal U says:
Jrn You bragging about a garbage coastal is the comical part. What a joke. Embarrassing you are bragging about that with a .500 record and losing to a Stanford team with 6 starters skipping the game.
Get real realist
Did Mike mention any names? Did he mention your name Jim?
Many? 3 or 4 from your email chitter chatter gossip group.
You ran away, No one has the power to “run anyone way”
some of us are chained dogs (I speak for myself)
Give me a break pittman4ever. Nobody ran anyone off.
they are only labels to me
i take pride in my real pessimist side
just my nature to see what is wrong before i see what is working
i do my best to stay balanced and not overly critical
what is real or fake can be subjective sometimes
i like the facts because they should be undeniable unless twisted
hence, its often difficult to get the truth
would love to see an article about fact vs opinion…hint hint Mike
for instance, it is only an opinion that overall sports at Pitt is mediocre
but i sure could pull out some facts that ‘prove’ Pitt is mediocre (i.e. Directors Cup rankings)
but someone could define things differently and point to clean programs, GPA’s, graduation rates, etc
then there are some facts like Pitt’s revenue, Pitt’s operating deficit, attendance(?), etc
but even these facts are tough to find and sometimes tough to explain
lastly, drinking Pitt’s Koolaid in moderation wont kill you. I spike mine with Gin anyways.
Koolaid vs Piss and Vinegar. To each his own.
Kool-Aide mixed with Piss and Vinegar produces a very nice PA Bourbon
An example of the dumb back and forth between the “realists” and the “optimists…”
Someone brings up a player or position group. The “realists” say something like, “if Narduzzi could recruit we would have talent at that position. Said player is not going to help us win 10 games in a season. We need 4 star players etc.” Then the “optimists” call out that comment and the discussion devolves from there into the “optimists ” versus the “realists.” I am guilty of getting into these stupid back and forth discussions. They are pointless and get away from having good discussions on this site. Sadly these back and forth discussions occur all the time but nobody’s opinion changes one bit either way.
The answer is………. There is very rarely a real realist. There is almost always a bias and usually it’s directed toward the negative side. Look it up.
but Pittman2003 realist = pessimistic, look it up. There is a strong lean that is obvious to the naked eye.
Had a great time today at the Pitt Celebrity Golf Outing. Major Majors and Richman carried our team to 9 under but was a few putts short of taking the prize.
ElRoy Face looked great at 90+ years of age and we were fortunate to be in the company of Dick Groat, Walt Harris, Jeff Capel, Bill Hillgrove, Jim Colony, Tom Tumulty, Tommy Flynn, Emel Boures…
The course has a memorial for Bill Fralic between holes 6 and 7.
A good time was had by all.
so which of them said they’d cut the first check for an OCS?
It was a ton of fun today. And everyone contributed good shots. If our lip-outs would have fallen, we’d have been at least 12 under… Shoulda, woulda, coulda… 😊
Our “celebrity” was former player Chris Schneider. You may remember he was a fullback who played in the 90s for Johnny Majors Part II and then Walt Harris…
We also chatted with Mike Caprara, who remembered us from last year…
Chris, Fran’s nephew Greg, and Richman all hit some absolute bombs off the tee today…
An excellent Pitt event and a fun day. Gotta have a good time in the presence of Lastrow and Richman.
speaking of being unrealistic …. ElRoy Face, a reliever, had a 18-1 record in 1959
wwb — I brought up the 18-1 record to Elroy. Brought a smile to his face. And he showed me and Fran how he used to grip the forkball – his fingers still spread a ridiculous amount like some kind of alien. 😊
Elroy said they were having some kind of memorial event for fellow Pirate Bob Friend at Oakmont yesterday, but Elroy had committed to going to the Pitt event. Friend died in February at age 88. Elroy said he felt bad for missing the Bob Friend event, then he said “Then again, Bob won’t be coming to any of my memorials…”. 🤔
Elroy and myself think a lot alike. My wife asked me about burial issue with me and I told her to do what she wants with me. Also, apparently she figures I’m going to die way before her. hmmm good thing I’m the cook in the house.
an addendum to my will stipulates that I’m to be disposed of in the most efficient and economic manner with no formal ceremony
Exactly Bill. Chuck my old rear end anywhere you feel like it. it won’t mean a thing in a hundred years.
Some have beliefs grounded in an ideology…those won’t change no matter what is presented.
The Barron.
Lastrow: is that golf outing open to anyone as long as you have a team and money to pay? I would have loved to play that.
Optimist – if we woulda got that one first down, we would a won and ended up with 10 wins because we like to project what coulda happened had we only won that 2nd game. That 8 yards passing should have been at least 10, but the refs missed the spot. Our guys are likeable so that’s worth 4 wins right there. Wait til next year…and then the year after that when our starting qb is 26 years old. We should get all our players from the portal, it keeps our recruiting budget in line. We can’t recruit to pitt because there are other colleges, that’s why. We do really good for such a small fanbase.
Pessimist – The opening kickoff of the 1st game goes out of bounds. Same old Pitt. Fire Narduzzi. The curse of steeler stadium. The home of the fighting Eeyore’s. Why would anyone donate to this athletic cluster.
Realist – We are 7-7. Same old mediocrity year after year. Local kid says he chooses academics as top priority, optimists are hurt. Pessimists predicted that and realist have been saying for years that only Pitt values academics and undervalues athletics as part of a college education. We have the second largest number of alumni in the ACC yet our school refuses to connect to that alumni because we bus our fans off campus. It is a shame that we have 300k alumni that can’t go back to their campus to watch a football game.
The list can go on and on…..Worst experience ever….watching incompetency rule the athletic department for 40 years and the administration that continues to sell the “we are competing for championships at pitt slogan”. Well, they didn’t lie. We are competing. We just do it differently.
Huff the third step back and re-read your definition of a realist…. it reeks of pessimism. ” Same old” << That’s a bias statement right off the bat.
Right off the bat? Were we not 7-7? Were we not mediocre. Is there a P5 school that places a higher value on academics than athletics? Please don’t say Stanford. They do both. Please don’t say Duke. They just paid $115M in research fraud fines. Please don’t say UNC. There is academic scandal everywhere and please don’t say Pitt is without any. They have it too, you just won’t read about it, as you wouldn’t read about things that don’t hit national news. Let me tell you dear friend that once you are in the P5, you’re there because you place athletics as high as academics.It’s mutually inclusive for all but Pitt.
Is 300k alumni a positive or a negative? It’s just the truth. Is it the 2nd highest number of alumni in the ACC, YES! Feel free to poke holes in the realist section. Me typing that it is a shame that 300k alumni can’t go back to campus and watch a game is…ummm, just reality, albeit, also, just my opinion.
Now, if you want to say what i typed as the worst experience ever is negative, sure, but it is also true! Just take a look at all the statements that you can put your hands on when we introduce new coaches and ad’s. They all say we are in the city of champions and we will compete for championships. Again, true. We do compete, just poorly. That’s not negative. It’s the truth.
Maybe next year. I’ve been hearing that for 40 years! At some point the fools are the participants that enable the sham to continue.
Huff the Third… it was the “same old” .. imo, that is negative not realistic and not needed to make that point. . Also, when we keep saying PITT ended 7-7 without clarifying that they won the division allowing the 7th loss is a little unfair which points us back in the direction of negativism.
I’ve looked this realist debate up many times over and almost always, the truth is, people who think they are realist are often times slanted more toward negativity that not. No offense intended my friend Huff the Third. 🙂
King Pat is .500 says:
7-7 is garbage. You guys have standards that are atrocious.
the 2nd largest # of alumni and the second worst donation rate in the ACC
this should be one of Heather’s top priorities to fix
should be, but it may not and I have seen no evidence of turning things around regarding donations
and thats the breadth of donations and not depth
give fans a reason to donate
grow new fans and nurture them
its marketing 101 but for compliance people it doesnt come easy
i dont want to say that Pitt is incompetent but it was far easier to send humans to the moon than it is for Pitt to figure things out
Pitt needs to win big for five years to start getting donations to where it needs to be. The 1990s turned a lot of the then-students’ interest away from football and that is 100 percent on the university leaders.
I’m on board with expecting to win big over the next five years. I want a winner, I don’t NEED a winner. For my entertainment dollars, I have been choosing Pitt FB in the late Summer & Fall. But there is still a lot of golf to be played at that time of the year and I am not getting any younger.
So, one scheduling conflict I have had over the past three years is that my company volunteers for a big client’s charitable event – four years ago we had a record turnout at the fundraising event with my employees and their families – my wife and I were there, our marketing team had special T-shirts made and we were “recognized” by the higher ups of our big client (not intentional by me, but I have to say my marketing people were brilliant).
The past three years the event has fallen on a Pitt home game, which I willingly tailgated with Fran & attended at Heinz Field, and my management staff kept the big client charitable event alive & well attended by my employees. This year, we have the same scheduling conflict and I am seriously considering NOT attending the Pitt game. Duzz & Heather kind of lost me with the 3 losses to finish 2018.
I will definitely be at the August 31st UVA home game – right now Tx Panther has that marked as Pitt’s SUPER BOWL for 2019, since he picked the Hoos to win the Coastal.
that game decides the season
if Pitt wins, it could be a special year (finally 10 wins)
if Pitt loses, we’re probably looking at another 6-7 win season
Hey Erie, we missed you at the Pitt Golf Outing yesterday! 🏌️♂️
Sounds like your game is in good shape the way you’re whipping those nitters…
Pittman3003, it’s open to all.
Hey Rick, hope to see you there at the Virginia game… mark me down as also feeling that this very first game may be the make it or break it game of the season already.
It is crazy unusual to start the season with sure a meaningful game. Gives a whole different vibe to the opener.
Should be fun (and somewhat tense) for those who enjoy going to Pitt games.
Just another example of the tremendous ROI provided by Pitt football…😊
has a good chance at being more exciting than any home Steeler game this year
Right John I agree. I think the game will be well attended or at least I hope it is.
Hope is not a plan (and has been said on this blog many times), but I’m afraid hope is Heather’s plan for attendance.
Does anyone know anything different they could share? Are there billboards in Pittsburgh that us out of town fans don’t see? Are there local TV & radio advertisements that are being aired that may draw bigger crowds? Are there pictures of missing Pitt fans on Fanta soda cans?
Rick, when it comes to the cheap, lazy and finicky PITT fans, hope is your only option for now. Win a few dam games and let’s see how it goes moving forward. That’s why this first game is way bigger than usual. PITT wins and surprises many this year. That’s my plan…….. HOPE!
Pittman2003, if you call Champion Lakes and give them an email address they will put you on the contact sheet. Allison Groat is Dicks daughter. That’s who I contact.
Who the “realists” actually are is debatable. While I more often defend Narduzzi against the so-called realists. I believe I am actually a realist. I see a program that has been mediocre for 40 years. I see a program that has had the problem of being a stepping stone job for coaches for most of that 40 years. We have a coach that has won above average over his 4 years (7 wins per season) while playing arguably the toughest schedule of the last 40 years while trying to recruit to a school with a major fan apathy problem and dried up local recruiting talent.
As a realist I think we should support this coach. The last two coaches left pitt for other jobs while having less success. He is not perfect and could be better of course. And if we were a successful program over the last 40 years it would be reasonable to look for a different coach at this juncture.
I would rather stick with what we have and see where our coach can get us before Quitting on him. In my opinion, I am the realist.
Who here believe they are the REAL REALISTS, please stand up! oh I see……….Everyone can now be seated…..
Here’s a few brain teasers for you all…. Would a real realist actually be a PITT fan? Would a real realist actually complain about PITT football fortunes? Wouldn’t a real realist really not give a crap about PITT football by now? ok, I’m done for now.
3 Star Narduzzi says:
Go do something Ike. Narduzzi is low on Koolaid after going .500 after winning 5 games the year before. Keep paying him 3.5M for losing. No one likes him except you and your 3 buddies on here who live in Blawnox. Heather is another waste. Look at the records of Pitt teams and zero fundraising.
LOL Mark, you actually did make me laugh pretty hard………….. You forgot to mention he won the coastal division last year……. with PC’s lousy recruits.
No one likes him except you and your 3 buddies on here who live in Blawnox. << That’s a great line… I thought I only had two buddies on the POV and one lives in Dormont the other in Verona
This thread cracks me up. 7-7 is not great but with context it does get better. For instance, 6-2 in the ACC is perfectly acceptable. So is losing to three top 10 teams and two of the four playoff teams (UCF, ND and National Champion Clemson) … And another top 15 team, Penn State. I mean even Miami was a preseason top 10 team.
Anyone here really think that Pitt was ready to beat top 15 teams after missing a bow the season before. Anyone? Please step forward now. How many here predicted 3 or 4 wins before the season? Quite a few, if I recall.
Pitt did have one bad loss. Against a foil who appears (‘d) to have Duzz’s number. He gone now.
Can Pitt improve? Hell yeah! Are they in the dumps? Hell no!
Pitt should be better. If not, yell at them on message boards more.
Herman’s Hiring Done By Amateurs says:
Here we go with your usual excuse making just like you had Stallings Back for 12 months.
7-7 is the record. Don’t blame the schedule.
LMAO. Who had Stallings? Not me. I literally just said it was the record and it wasn’t great … But there is context. One of which is being in the ACC Championship game. 👀.
So, you’re one of those people that doesn’t take into consideration context. Sounds like a worthwhile person to debate or have a conversation with.
Defensive Guru - No Serious he is. Ask Heather says:
Context. We had 6 yards passing against Clemson and won a Coastal Lockhaven would of been 3rd. We were the only team in history to win a division going .500
Narduzzi is a bafoon. He couldn’t sell a wagyu steak to a someone for a $1 that hasn’t eaten in 3 days.
I think “buffoon” is spelled with a u
Pitt - Where Assistant Neverbeens go to Coach says:
The spelling is different when addressing this bum. Arrogant and never won anything of importance. He is such a loser he even showed off his trophy after beaing embarrassed for the 3rd time last year against a actual D1 team.
He literally won the Coastal. Lol. That really happened.
umm … The Coastal? Please post your definition of nothing so we can keep up. We’re playing checkers over here while you’re playing 3D chess. Give us a chance, man.
Lol. You just said the record is the record but then discount other points that actually happened. Some things count. Others don’t. You’re good at message board posting. No context. Changing the rules. Totally legit way to discuss points. Keep practicing by posting more. I’m sure it will come together at some point.
Stallings/Haywood/Narduzzi Wow Winners says:
Keep telling us about Stallings recruiting and how he was going to turn stuff around.
Narduzzi won a atrocious coastal. Wow if that impresses you have terribly low standards in life.
Not this guy. And almost everyone on this board will tell you that. Once again, keep trying. It will stick someday. You only get better with practice.
JayTowerA says:
Lots if good points here..
Pittman2003- You are correct that it’s unrealistic to EXPECT Pitt to be anything more than mediocre when they’ve been so for 35 years. (But it’s not unrealistic to think Pitt CAN be more.)
Erie Express- Agreed! HOPE is not a plan. It reeks of incompetence, desperation and ignorance. Has anyone told a perspective employer that their plan,if hired, is to HOPE to accomplish things? Leaders don’t HOPE to meet goals. They set them, put forth actionable steps, and reevaluate, as necessary.
Huff III- Yep, Pitt was 7-7. .500 is mediocre. Where have I heard that before? The last lost doesn’t matter because it was the ACC Championship???!!! Huh??!! Where have I heard that before? And bowl games don’t matter either? Got it. But be sure to count those FCS wins.. And, in 14 games played, Pitt won 4 games against teams with winning records. Yep. Four. They also lost to a tem with ZERO FBS wins and beat a 3-8 FCS team. So to be fair,Pitt competes in FBS. That is their peer group. Versus that peer group, Pitt was 6-7 in 2018. Pitt was 4-7 versus the FBS in 2017. Yep. 10-14 the last two years. I know, they were the only team to play PSU, OK St. & UCF. Wait.. 30 (or more other teams) also had those teams in their schedule.
I do not HATE Narduzzi. I don’t think Pitt should fire Narduzzi. He’s exactly what Pitt wants. But mediocre is mediocre.
Tx_Panther- Picking UVA to win the Coastal? Ok, I guess. But doesn’t that prove the point of how BAD the Coastal is? Duke, UNC, GT?? Ugh.
MajorMajors- Pitt opens with a “meaningful” game. Agreed. Well attended? I’m not so sure. Well attended, or well attended by Pitt standards? I agree “those who enjoy going to Pitt games” likely will attend.. but that’s only about 25k of us. And while UVA might be the beast of the Notoriously Difficult ACC Coastal (where Champions are made- 😂) casual fans won’t be excited by the chance to see the Wahoo’s. And it doesn’t appear there is any new plan to attract the casual fan. Oh wait.. there’s HOPE!
Jay – Good post, but a minor point — I didn’t say anything about the opener being well attended. I’m expecting a typical Pitt opener crowd – maybe a few more since it’s at night.
All I know is there’s nothing I’d rather do that day than go and root for the Pitt Panthers – but that’s just me.
Pitt beat five teams with winning records: GT, Duke, Syracuse, Virginia and Wake.
Not murders’ row but wins nevertheless.
Upitt says:
Tossing – We went to school at the same time and while you were in the band I actually played a sport. I think I have a little more insight. So tell yourself you didnt support Stallings and you don’t suck Narduzzi’s teet to a losing record since losing Potato Pauls players. Narduzzi has recruited nobodies. Come to the golf event we can keep the conversation going.
UPitt – Insight into what? Context? We weren’t discussing anything else. You said the record is the record but then a Coastal Division Championship doesn’t matter. Not sure what that has to do with your playing days.
And also, to be fair, I thought it was someone posing as you. I agreed to not attack you and I stand by that.
I never supported Stallings. Below are a few of my tweets the day of the announcement. I liked exactly one recruit, Aaron Thompson … and he asked out of his LOI and ended up at Butler before even arriving at Pitt. And I liked Aaron Thompson because I got to watch him play a few times since his HS was down the street from me.
Did I resign myself that Stallings wasn’t going anywhere? Sure. His honeymoon, with me, lasted until ACC play hit, however … in his first year when he took a tourney team down to a 4 win team. I knew from the outset he was a bad hire and any leeway was lost very early.
Entire fan base predisposed to h8 this guy 4 the way he treated @JonBlaze_21. They r hiring a coach we alrdy hated?
All we can hope is @PittADBarnes @PittChancellor are monitoring fan reactions. Complete anarchy right now.
Why does Pitt hate its alumni? @PittADBarnes @PittChancellor
JayTowerA – They were a 5 win team in 2017 (3 wins in the ACC) that improved to 7 wins (6 in the ACC) in 2018, won the division and played Clemson in the ACC Championship game. ONLY a Pitt thread would complain about improvement. If they stagnate or drop this year I’m all for yelling more on message boards.
A. Wrong. Lots of people in lots of places complain about 7-7 seasons. Not just Pitt fans.
Are you AGAIN arguing against a point I didn’t make? Did I say 5-7 to 7-7 wasn’t an improvement? Nope. Never said that. I said 7-7 is mediocre. And it is.
I understand thinking, “Hey, I’m pretty happy with 7-7, considering they played PSU, UCF and ND.” Hell, if Pitt was 8-6 (beating either UNC or Miami) and were anywhere close to being competitive against PSU and UCF, I’d take that. THAT would show me Pitt has a chance to go where I’d like them to be. BUT.. Pitt got embarrassed in those 2 games and completely collapsed down the stretch.
Everybody keeps moving the goalposts, changing their arguments,making things up, putting words in people’s mouths.. and then making comments about others who do the same.
It simple..
-What do you WANT Pitt FB to be?
-What CAN Pitt FB be?
-What things need to change/stay the same to reach the stated goals?
-Are the right people in place?
Ask those questions. Answer those questions. Simple. We will certainly disagree.
TT- you have said on a few occasions that you weren’t upset because Pitt FB or BB met your expectations. But don’t you understand expectations are ONE HALF of the equation.
1996 Pitt FB had extremely low expectations. The facility was old. The coach was even older (LOL) and drunk. The recruiting was a mess. My expectation was that we’d suck. And we did. Was the season a success because we met expectations???
If you consider 7-7 acceptable and are happy because it’s an increase from 5-7, that’s great. But, by that logic, we should all predict 2 win seasons and then any 3 win season is a rousing success.
I also said if they don’t improve the complaining is worthwhile. I was only stating that even though mediocre, they still progressed.
A realists POV –
There are a few things that HC Jeff Capel and Ole Miss HC Kermit Davis have in common and a few they don’t –
In common;
-1. Both are first year HC’s at their new P5 school.
-2. Both inherited a losing program that finished last the prior year in their new school’s conference.
-3. Both were recruiting C Khadim Sy and were in this JUCO’s final 3.
-4. Both had a slightly tainted past as a HC when it pertains to NCAA regulations.
Not in common:
-1. Kermit’s team made the NCAA tournament is his 1st year at Ole Miss – Capel’s team finished tied for last in the ACC.
-2. Kermit landed C Khadim Sy while have two other recruits signed that were 6’9” 225 lbs or bigger. Capel had no recruit over 6’8” and that recruit still to this day has not signed.
The Pitt men’s basketball program is struggling lyke no other P5 program is a huge understatement.
The above all sounds pessimistic, but if you are honest with yourself, all points are factual and real.
1618mt says:
Stats can be a dangerous thing if flung around like that.
Good post Jay. I think pitt CAN be more. I think the best way right now is through Narduzzi.
You can’t be serious.
Who would u hire upitt?
I respect that you believe Narduzzi can lead Pitt to greater heights. I’m actually curious as the the “why” or “why’s” that lead you to think that.
But. Who cares who Upitt would hire? Who cares who Reed would hire?(Trick question- We all know it would be the love child of Bear Bryant and Madame Currie. All of our players would be FB All-Americans and research fellows.)
Pitt pays an AD a significant sum of money to make these decisions. Whether Upitt can come up with a hire is completely irrelevant as to whether Narduzzi is a good coach.
Who’s Upitt?
Jay – The AD didn’t hire the basketball coach. She hired a search firm.She didn’t do it because she understood that she didn’t have the connections to reach out directly. At least she recognized she was in over her head. I am not sure why she gets the big bucks. I wish I could farm out all of my tough decisions and when they don’t work out, point the finger at the search firm and say we will never use them again. Comical.
Reply to myself – she negotiated a contract! No more, no less.
Narduzzi’s Ego says:
Mike Yurcich is one name of 3-4 I would go after. Offense sells and fills seats and wins game in 2019 football. I also like Tony Elliott at Clemson.
Toledo coach was always my pick
winning the Coastal this past season was like 2004 when we won the BE because of a 4-team tiebreaker in a 7 team league (with 2 doormats). The rewards were losing to the eventual national champ in the ACC title game 42-10, and losing to Utah in a BCS Bowl 35-7.
Even in Pitt’s best year 2009 when it won 10 games and lost a 1 point game to an undefeated team to get into the BCS bowl, that undefeated team (Cincy) got its butt handed to them in the bowl 51-24 to Florida.
In other words, Pitt FB is nothing but a pretender …. and has been as such since the early 80s. And a handful of great games over the years doesn’t change it.
There’s your realism … people. So picking on the current staff which has done no better or worse than its predecessors but with a harder schedule is futile.
What you ‘neo-realists’ cannot comprehend is that Pitt FB of the late 70s is so far in the rear view mirror, it’s totally unrecognizable. Deal with it
what fans shouldnt deal with is continued mediocrity
I think most realize that those elite years will never happen again although there is always that one year when lightening could strike and the stars could be aligned
Pitt doesnt have the revenues to sustain elite status, it doesnt have the culture and it doesnt cheat
I’m personally fine with Pitt not being elite in football
But I’m not fine being mediocre
Only one 10 win season in 35 plus years is unacceptable
Syracuse and BC have more
neo-realist. lol. love it.
Hey Mike…… How about a new rule. No more debate about the imaginary realist BS.
Well ike, I guess I don’t count on your buddies list since I’m an out of towner… 🙂 You have more buddies on this site than you know!! I even count Reed as one…
As far as Narduzzi’s performance, a first year coach being over .500 after 4 years is not so bad for any P5 program regardless of the good (Chryst’s players) and the bad (tough OCS) which tend to even things out. If Pitt gets into and wins a decent bowl this year (assuming 9 wins prior to bowl), no one on this site will be complaining, and the past will be forgotten. Most everyone agrees that this year is an important one, but remember, this is Pitt, and with everything that can go wrong being over .500 at this stage of PN’s career is somewhat acceptable.
Stop that crap big E, you know where you stand with me. I don’t turn my back on my buddies. If you’re down with me than I’m down with you. You inspired me VoR……
a team ranked in the top 25 most years and winning bowl games in warm places
better than mediocre which is what the program is today
possible coach and other staffing changes; far better recruiting; easier OOC schedule; possibly a unique system or scheme
If I dont see something this year (min 8 wins includes bowl win), then I’m 100% certain a head coaching change is needed
Is Heather the right AD? You know my thoughts. I have Narduzzi grading out better than her.
Put me down as Majors11 type.
As for Pitt being the first division champion to finish 7-7, I assume we are talking about P5 teams because the Sun Belt Louisiana (aka La.- Lafayette) Ragin Cajuns also did it in 2018. UCLA in 2011 was crowned PAC-12 South Division champs with a regular season record of 6-6. They promptly lost both the conference championship & their bowl game to finish 6-8 or a 43% winning record.
To be honest, while UCLA had a worst winning %, they weren’t at 50%. So, I guess the statement is true if you are only talking about P5 division champs at a 50% winning record.
didn’t they fire their coach for that? I really can’t remember so don’t beat me up. Winning divisions when you have a bad record does mean that you beat teams that were worse, but who cares.
Yep – UCLA fired Rick Neuheisal after the 2011 season. He was 21-30 after 4 seasons.
Number of 10 win seasons since 1990
Syracuse – 4
Rutgers – 1
BC – 2
Pitt – 1
Va Tech – 14
WVU – 6
Temple – 2
PSU – 10
Does anyone truly think Pitt is Rutgers?
Pitt is consistently mediocre.
And not having breakout 10 win seasons have really set the program back
Theres no reason why Pitt cant have the success of Va Tech.
Pitt’s football spend is very close now to Tech’s
But Tech has just done a better job recruiting recently (and they are in the middle of nowhere)
I’d say VT actually has an advantage over Pitt in location — as far as getting recruits from VA and points south.
Also, they have a better game atmosphere to show off to visiting recruits…
Jay I ask that because people trash Narduzzi all the time and don’t come up with a reasonable alternative but just bash others who are somewhat supportive of him.
Narduzzi has won more games per year to start his career than any coach in a very long time at pitt. He has played a very difficult schedule and still gotten those wins. I don’t have faith that we would get somebody better with our budget where it is. I also don’t have faith that said new coach wouldn’t leave at the first opportunity like the previous two did. I like some stability right now and given the fact Narduzzi has been more successful than any coach of the last 30 some years in his first four years, I don’t see why we would change course at this time. He is building the program now the way he wants it. He learned under a guy who never recruited all that well but was extremely successful at Michigan State. Maybe he can do the same at pit. He absolutely deserves a chance to see it through . Could you imagine if we got rid of Narduzzi after the relative success he has had? What coach would want to come to pitt under those circumstances ?
FrankCan’s Spling Teacher says:
Any coach comes when you pay and have a plan. Go get a stud coach somewhere?? UVA did it as did VT in Hoops and Football. God forbid we actually go get a real HC with Success.
So you would keep him if his team won 7 games again this year and lost another bowl?
That would make him 35-30 after 5 years, no bowl wins and no final rankings
If I were AD, I would fire him
The program doesnt become unstable after a firing of a coach that has proven after 5 years to be nothing more than mediocre
Success to me is getting the team ranked and winning bowl games
Any new hire would know those stated goals
I’m pretty sure Pitt could get the Toledo coach for under $3M
I want Narduzzi to succeed. I hope this is the year that the program breaks through. Narduzzi is a good coach but lousy at recruiting and hiring a good staff.
I also think that Pitt is fine with football winning 7-8 games this year so we’ll roll into the following season and probably see yet another 7-8 wins.
I just think Pitt could do better. And I’d do (assuming AD for a day) what was required to get there – clean house, drop TN and Whisky from the OOC, find an offensive minded head coach with head coaching experience, structure a contract heavy on incentives, find more money via donations
I suspect the big money donors who would have been inclined to assist the FB program are no longer with us – as in dead.
And our play hasn’t allowed us to create rabid Pitt fans in the last 40 years – deep pockets or not…
This is a long-term situation that will only improve, realistically, through incremental steps, IMHO.
All fair. I don’t disagree. But if the argument is Narduzzi’s performance vis a vis mediocrity, past coaches and hiring whims of blog posters have zero relevance. Just make your case. I’d read it.
Me? I think he’s mediocre. 28-24 is mediocre. 7-7 is mediocre. Zero bowl wins. Terrible? Nope. Good? Nope. Mediocre.
Fire Narduzzi? Nope. Why bother? Pitt just doesn’t care.
Narduzzi has been here 5 years- a relative eternity in today’s college football. It wouldn’t hurt Pitt’s ability to land a good coach if they let him go. Pitt’s COMPLETE & TOTAL LACK OF COMMITMENT TO WINNING is what would keep any good coach from taking the job. Some serious money, additional increases in recruiting budgets, formation of a REAL booster club and an OCS would make it EASY to find a good coach.
Pitt won’t do any if the above because they don’t care. Let’s all just enjoy the next decade of 6-8 wins/season and our tailgates of IC Light and Bojangles biscuits.
Tex I appreciate you at least naming a coach. I wouldn’t fire him if he was 35-30.
thats just where you and I differ
and I think Heather thinks similar to you
i do think whipple will be the difference this year and you’ll see it in KP’s play
but i do wonder if Heather truly is providing the program with everything needed to succeed. She is doing nothing about easy up that OOC schedule. I’m pretty sure Pitt could still use more money for staffing salaries and the recruiting budget. Is she lining up new donors. This is where a Golden Panthers could really help.
I wouldn’t accept 7 win seasons forever but sadly it is an upgrade from the last 40 years pretty much. I am hoping for bigger things this year and next. If 6-7 win seasons continues into next year and the following year it might be time to go in a different direction. I just don’t think it’s in the proograms best interest to abandon ship yet.
AARP for OC’s says:
Whipple is a Ivy league Old Man. Never did anything and we think he makes a difference? God Help Us. He gets a discounted coffee at McDonalds and Mall Walks in the AM. Same old pitt Hire.
Thanks for the laugh Mark.
And yet he’s still an upgrade from the other guy.
Upittbaseball says:
I agree with you. 😉
I think Whipple will be an significant improvement — and I think Dooz has steadily improved the overall coaching staff.
But we certainly need to recruit better. And I wish we’d change our recruiting approach at a couple of positions…
TX – on your question dealing with the Pitt EADA report, RockyMtnHigh had a good an explanation as anyone. Allocating $ when the source of any revenue or expense is not apparent can be problematic. For example donations. Donations to a specific championship fund is revenue to that sport. Donations to the Panther club (for seating & parking points) is a little more complicated because those donation can be for football & men’s & women’s basketball or any other in demand sport.
Same with ACC $. $ for NCAA BB tournament funneled through ACC is BB. But since ESPN contract is for all sports it’s easy to put some $ to FB & BB & the rest to unallocated.
You are probably right on subsidy being in unallocated. My suggestion is look at other schools EADA reports. I suggest Rutgers & Maryland as they have or had financial problems. Then look at Texas or Tx. A&M for money makers. This will give you a better understanding of how things work. I tried but gave up. Was going down a rabbit hole.
I’ll also have to check out WSU
They run an annual deficit around $10M like Pitt
so they borrow from the general fund
it is considered a loan that must be paid back (Washington State law)
Their subsidy is around 12% of revenues slightly lower than Pitt’s
they are actually on public record stating that the insolvency of the program is a problem
and they actually have a plan to balance the budget by 2023
and then a plan to use the reserves/surpluses to pay back all the millions borrowed from previous decades of fiscal irresponsibility
but part of their plan for increased revenues is via increased students fees. I’d be against that. Recall that Pitt’s sports deficit costs students over $500 per student each year
But they are one school that recognizes their problem and is actually doing something about it
small revenue challenged school like Pitt. They got into this pickle when they built a big facilities project (Pitt’s version of Victory Heights) and then the economy tanked and the projected PAC 10 revenues fell way short. Pitt could be setting themselves up for a fall.
Thats why you really need someone who is more like a CEO running the sports department. And then you need to find the money to hire a real good staff like a COO and CFO.
Pitt is in over their heads and understaffed without the right skillsets. I fear that Pitt will be eliminating programs in the near future and gutting the football budget.
LOL Richard, that’s their whole plan. Boggle one’s mind, if they can boggle yours, just imagine it’s just a shell game??
Actually Ike, it was the lack of guidance (methodology) in how individual schools assembled their reports that drove me nuts. IMO, EDAD is a report that tries to shed light on men’s vs. women’s sports & fails miserably.
I have no problem with allocation of revenue & expenses. At my plant,electricity is used everywhere. In the manufacturing departments, the offices, the warehouse, distribution, But there was only one meter. So I put it in the facilities department & allocated it out. The problem is that allocations lead to a lack of accountability. In other words the use or misuse of electricity became an accounting problem to solve.
Life sure has become easier since I retired.
Former Pitt softball coach Holly Aprile will be interviewed in s few minutes on ESPNU as she attempts to advance Louisville to the Super Regional.
Yep – Heather never was able to keep her and proactive on increasing her money.
Bad Move by her.
Heather thought she knew best. But in Heathers defense, Holly went to just one Regional in her 10 years back in 2015 I think.
Great thread. Many, many good points. Welcome back Mark. Also great to hear from Richard and Jim. Anyone know anything about Emel?
This is the show me year for HCPN. He won’t have the “tough schedule” to defend his record if it is mediocre. And while I was thrilled to win the coastal, to me the memories of getting thumped by PSU, UCF, and UNC are more vivid. And the weak showings we made against Clemson and Stanford also hurt.
It is difficult to defend our recruiting. It is sub par.
But we do show some promise on Defense, and I expect better offense under OCMW.
9 wins is not unrealistic. But 7 is more likely.
Was at Bethpage over the weekend. Any of you who think you are golfers, tee it up at the Black Course and try to break 100. Brutal.
Was there for the Open won by Snedeker. Tough, tough golf course.
Great effort by Koepka to hold on when he might’ve totally collapsed under the pressure.
Played 5 holes there about 20 years ago when I could really hit my drives. It was exhausting. You have to be long and straight on every hole. No wind when I played it, can’t imagine playing it in wind.
Yeah, the skill level of pro golfers is amazing – along with how damn far they hit the ball…
(But think of how good Erie Express would be if he got to practice or play golf every day! 😊)
The past few articles have been great. The comments in this thread have been even better. Great job MM and the rest of the crew!!!! H2P
Question for you guys who think Narduzzi isn’t the answer and would prefer an up and coming guy – a “stud recruiter” ( to use one of Mark’s favorite terms) – with head coaching experience and a great offensive mind want to come to Pitt?
Before answering that, consider the following things that some of you complain about:
No OCS, but Fantas and buses
Lack of support of the athletic programs from the BOTs
AD in over her head (supposedly)
AD with a compliance background
A program requiring subsidization from the general fund
A roster full of three star players
A sea of yellow seats every Saturday home game
A declining local talent base, the best of which answers to the call of South Bend, Ped State, Ann Arbor and so forth
Program plays in a pro sports market with two highly successful teams (and the Pirates)
A willingness to spend $3.2M on the HC, but not the $5-7M it takes to get more wins
Pathetic financial support of the athletic programs by the alumni base
The absence of a Golden Panther-like booster program
An unwillingness to cheat to win
11am start times for games against MAC schools
Why would an up and coming head coach with the talent to lift the program on their own two shoulders and deliver Pitt to the land of relevance, ranking and bowl wins take such a job when other more attractive options come open every year?
And some of you call yourselves “realists”…
First, I don’t know if Narduzzi is the answer? What’s the question?
Is the question, “Who can win 6-8 games per season, keep Pitt competitive in one of the worst FBS divisions and keep the program clean?” then yes, Narduzzi IS the answer..beyond that? Who knows.
As for the rest, I addressed each in my post of 8:25 pm this evening. including the concept of blog posters being required to posit replacement names before being allowed to criticize the current coach. Pitt has an AD. It’s HER job to have names. Not ours.
Joe L (@jml12260) says:
Jay – I didn’t ask for names and I read your post. I’m already aware of your position on HCPN.
I asked WHY any high caliber HC would come in light of those obstacles.
Those who want to swap him out now….Sell the Pitt program – why is it better than other options for these coaches that some guys pine for.
My apologies for the misunderstanding. I should have read your post more closely.
I also wonder why assistant coaches who are viewed as good recruiters would come to Pitt. With the obstacles we have (yellow seats, northern weather, shrinking local recruiting base, etc. ) they seem set up to lose their “good recruiter” reputation.
Which is why I was impressed with Coach Dooz being able to hire Coach Beatty. And Coach Partridge for that matter.
And I’ve seen Coach Collins’ name being mentioned very favorably by several recruits in the last couple of months…
Because one of my Choices Wife is from PA. The other is because money talks. Done and Done. You need to get the old Oklahoma State guy and now Ohio State Guy. Wife from PA.
The money is going to be there at other programs. The wife angle is possible, unless of course she’d rather spend her time in a sunny place with mild winters.
Exactly JoeL, we have the answers but some still ask why?
saturdaysarebetter says:
In looking at sports-reference.com, the thing that struck me was Pitt has won two major bowl games since 1937. Two. In. The. Last. 81. YEARS. Wrap your head around that one.
The university leaders have never cared about that, which has been a problem.
Decades have been pissed away by these people.
That was a great PGA with a great finish. Unfortunately, Bethpage Black is a prime example of how the game of golf has changed and IMHO not for the better. Primarily because of the club and ball manufacturers, American gold now favors who can hit the ball the furthest over all other skills. This way more new and expensive drivers and golf balls can be sold each year. The game has become driver wedge. Sure this varies to some degree based on the course, but yesterday really emphasized that only the biggest strongest guys could win at Bethpage.
This is also why the Americans got trounced in Europe in last years Ryder Cup. The course was set up to require other skills which are no longer required in the American game.
For a lot of reasons golf has been on the decline in the USA. I don’t think the change in the Pro game is helping. The long ball has always been an asset, but other skills were equally important, not anymore.
We can whine, cry, p!$$ and moan about why Pitt is not competitive but the reason is pretty obvious, money.
Look at the budgets of the perennial top twenty and more closely at the top ten in both sports, big money.
The second factor is to turn a blind eye on ethics. How many championships have or should have been overturned by scandal?
Pitt can’t compete in the first and won’t compete in the second.
All the other issues don’t amount to that much and only make a marginal difference.
right now, more money would be meaningful only if you giving it to the athletes under the table. Yes, Pitt FB is in dire straits right now because of the indifference of the Pitt admin over the past 4 decades. But right now, I rate the lack of talent more pertinent than the lack of money.
Face it, there is no reason for the great talent of the Southeast to migrate north to Pittsburgh to play in front of 20,000+ empty seats. And even the pocket of talent of NJ and Eastern PA would prefer PSU or OSU as Pitt means nothing to them.
but gc, I feel PITT is competitive. When a team beats the eventual national champion in that same year giving them their only loss of said year, doesn’t that say something about being competitive?
Ike – I agree but we can play them 25 more times and never win. The stars aligned and Chryst had the talent/studs to make it happen. Clemson was almost upset 3 times that season if you remember the FG Kicker from NC State missed a 20 yarder to win. Don’t put too much into that over the long term.
And again Mark, I do agree with you also. Let’s remember though, it was a Narduzzi recruit at QB for that game. No, I don’t think PITT was the better football team that year but it goes to show me just where the PITT football program is under HCPN. Also, the one difference between some on the POV is that when PITT loses, PITT lost the game but when PITT wins? The other team lost the game.
A coach will come because it is a P-5 job that pays a 5 year contract
So its an attractive position for most coaches outside the P-5 for the extra money alone
Now can a coach be successful at Pitt?
Depends on how you define success.
My definition is top 25 rankings. That means 9-11 win seasons.
What will it take?
The right coach and the right budget
Its debatable as to whether Pitt has the right coach and staff (I believe this is the critical year)
Pitt could always spend more on the program so it doesnt have excuses about not being able to afford talent but Pitt has the 5th highest football spend in the ACC today just behind Va Tech.
I go back to Va Tech. They’ve run a clean program for the past 30 years. They have a reasonable athletic budget. They’ve recruited well but not lights out. They’ve had some good coaches.
Enough money is there for Pitt to succeed. Its been the coaching and recruiting that has held back Pitt recently.
Is Heinz optimal for recruiting – No
Is the OOC too difficult – Yes
Could increased donations and money spent wisely help – Yes
So Pitt is real close. They’ve been real close in the past. Yet Pitt fails to get over the hill. Its almost like Pitt puts on the brake instead of accelerating. Once over that hill, you ride the momentum.
TX, I knew I could count on you to respond. I understand your arguments for “how”. Whats your sales pitch to the right coach, who by now has read about all the disadvantages the Pitt position brings. “Why” someone would come, not the how.
We were at this spot right before HCPN was selected and Chryst for that matter. In both cases, we had to go with coordinators without HC experience. Chryst was far from a stud recruiter (“just offer”) and Narduzzi had a reputation of sorts.
Now, we can deflect on those points by explaining that the AD and Administration weren’t up to the task. Has that changed since then?
Let me suggest an approach – in order – that could lead to getting the right coach:
1) Development of and institutional mindset and commitment to fielding competitive athletic programs (as measured by a top 100/125/150 -pick one – ranking in the Directors Cup).
2) Effective selling of that vision to the entire alumni base, yielding an increase in donations which vault Pitt out of the ACC basement in terms of giving. Perhaps an OCS plan is a component.
Implausible? – of course it is. Do I expect any of that to happen? No way.
Those things would need to happen before one thinks they have something to sell a “stud recruiter”. Because those guys have choices and Pitt isn’t the cutest girl at the dance.
or the cutest girl at the pool. sometimes its tough being Pitt
TX – I could be wrong, but it seems to me when you’re not trying to stir things up, your posts are pretty rational.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. TX….
PITT clobbered VT last year and if not for a bad fumble at the two inch should have beat them two yeas ago.
UPitt… good to see you back in action.
Need to water down some of the Kool Aid.
POD – everyone here is drinking KoolAid. Just different flavors.
Couple of golf-related factoids:
—Brooks Koepka averaged 313 yards off the tee during the PGA tourney. Yikes! (Course that puts Brooks in the same league as Richman! 😊.)
—I don’t think we mentioned that at the Pitt Golf Outing there was FREE BEER on the course during the round. I’m not a beer drinker, but the other 4 guys ensured that our group consumed more than our fair share of the beer! 😊
Koepka was hit 6 iron off the tee on the 210 yard 17th as well.
Meanwhile Upitt was in Arizona playing in Cave Creek and was chasing Rattlesnakes and balls in the desert.
Hope the rattle snakes didn’t win. We have a rattle snake ridge right outside of town between here and Ligonier where a friend’s family had a beautiful cabin. More like a house.
We use to go up to this cement block company off rt 30 and chase down black snakes, bring them back to the playground and let them slither around all day on the basketball courts. We were advised that this was not a good idea.
Jelly. Looks like OK temps out there now. Played Cave Creek some years ago – nice track.
It is all about money. Why did Pitt tear down Pitt Stadium? #1 reason was the lack of money to fix it.
Why can’t Pitt get elite players? The lack of bag men and the cash in those bags.
Why is Pitt’s sports marketing so weak? Because marketing costs big bucks.
Pitt’s Golden Panthers realized they could not compete financially in the 80’s with the heavyweights.
Clemson and FL St’s budgets are twice that of Pitt.
We know what the deal is with basketball, the shoe industry and the AAU.
I am not talking about winning a big game once in a while, or a lucky season, I am talking about sustained top ten and twenty performance year after year. Money is the lowest common denominator. It doesn’t make winning a given, but you don’t have a chance without it.
Sure some schools beat the odds and have a decent run, but in the long run it is the same schools that win multiple championships.
By the way, the big money schools are all having a surge in facilities for players, again costing big bucks.
That said… UPitt it is absolutely true that Narduzzi’s two BIGGEST wins came with all of the stars in PERFECT alignment.
Penn State 2016 4th Quarter with less than 5 minutes remaining… PERFECTLY thrown BOMB by McSorley falls through the hands of a WIDE OPEN DaeSean Hamilton who had gotten behind the Pitt secondary.
Had the ball been caught by the usually sure-handed Hamilton… PROBABLY game over and Penn State wins.
Clemson 2016… Pitt penalized 3 times for a total of 40 yards. Clemson penalized 9 times for 101!
And of course the Blewitt Game Winner with no time left.
But, hey… a win is a win.
Football is about making plays. How many times has Pitt lost games since 1982 because a Panther failed to make a play? It all started versus ND in 1982 and Pitt players failed to secure the football twice and it led to TDs for the Irish and the beginning of the end of our dominance.
An underrated part of the mediocrity is Pitt players not making plays because there isn’t accountability within the program and the university doesn’t care that there is any.
As for 2016, thank God the PSU and Clemson plays failed to come through. We got the wins because of it. Look at the close losses that year and the plays failed by our guys.
Man, POD, how about making a list of the games Pitt would have won if they had made just one more play.
Why can’t you give Pitt credit for how well they played in those upsets?
No, Pitt won because the stars were aligned! Sheesh!
Pitt didn’t tear down the stadium due to lack of money. Pitt tore down Pitt Stadium due to lack of Planning. It is common in higher education for Administrators like Gallagher and AD’s to not properly plan for deferred maintenance of buildings. Deferred Maintenance is one of the biggest failures in higher education, period.
It is what happens when academics try to run a business. They don’t know how to do it properly. This is the reason why academics get led astray by AD’s. AD’s don’t know how to run a business either. There is a reason that higher ed is deemed “not for profit” and that is because they waste more money than they can print. Problem with bringing in busineess people first is that the academics fear the gravy train will come to an end. Hence, the conflict between groups. A great university finds a leader that can unite both sides for the greater good. Pitt has not done that. A failure of leadership and the BoT.
it does come down to accountability
what bodies at Pitt are holding leaders accountable
frankly, nobody cares that Pitt athletics is insolvent
nobody cares that Pitt sports are across the board mediocre to very bad (save wrestling and volleyball)
as long as Pitt continues to receive that ACC check, all is good
In other words money. They didn’t put money into the stadium or any facilities because they didn’t have it.
Business doesn’t do it any better, look at US Steel or Westinghouse. They just close plants or go out of business when it suits them. Or in the case of many, leave it to the taxpayer to clean up afterwards.
In business, there has to be a demand for the product or the business doesn’t work. The problem with Pitt athletics there just hasn’t been sufficient demand for the product.
even with higher demand, the ceiling on attendance might be around 60k
elite schools average well above 80k and have stadiums they can pack with 100k
however, a huge opportunity exists with donations
Pitt could always find the money. But what would they do with it? They waste too much of it as is.
And right now, they collect a welfare check from the ACC every year. They have very little incentive to work hard and smart to earn their money.
PITT has been sitting on billions of dollars for years. Plain and simple… miss management. That place was a dump sitting on primo real estate. It looked like the Roman Colosseum on the outside, all it needed was money and TLC on the inside. Shovel out the guts of dirt and create better aesthetics and amenities. It was iconic.
so how can Pitt get to Va Tech’s level of success.
Its coaching, facilities, recruits and schedule
and it all comes down to revenues driving all those things
does Pitt have the money to attract proven head coaches and maintain talented staffs?
does Pitt have modern and attractive facilities?
does Pitt have the money for a recruiting budget that allows for frequent out of state travel?
does Pitt have the right schedule to set the team up for wins?
Pitt needs to address the revenue issue before any of these questions can be completely answered
if Pitt increases attendance capacity from 60% to 75%, Pitt finds an extra $4-$5M
if Pitt increases its donor rate, Pitt finds countless more millions (huge opportunity)
if Pitt allows the formation of a Golden Panthers for more wealthy boosters, Pitt has the ability to fund coaching salaries, some scholarships and even pay for that OCS feasibility study
if Pitt can find some corporate sponsors and new ways to increase advertising monies….
So then the questions become what are the plans to increase attendance, increase the donor rate, find more monies from sponsors and advertisers?
Unfortunately, Pitt tells us nothing substantial and doesnt allow fans to be heard
Here is a counter argument to the “drop Whisky and Tennesee from the schedule” crowd.
Im not saying I agree with the guy – actually I’d rather have a few rent-a-wins each year – but he has a point.
https://www.richmond.com/sports/wes-mcelroy/mcelroy-in-college-football-big-games-are-the-new-trend/article_6ee2d645-1fcf-5f29-86c7-d746bc637ecd.html
Thanks JoeL and I whole heartily agree with the Georgia logic…….. but only if ALL teams adhere to this policy, otherwise it’s a dumb move. (Georgia is in the position to do this sort of scheduling) That said, I think the best football team in the country most likely has won the NCAA national championship each year. So nothing is really broken. Yet it’s the teams like PITT that cannot afford to lose OOC games.
PITT needs to stack winning records and 9-10 win seasons and then they can start to get cocky and play some tougher OOC games. Something has to happen first and playing teams like Oklahoma State did absolutely nothing for PITT football. UCF was just plain bad luck, no one thought they would be as good as they have become. Heather should have got rid of them this coming year, too late. Plus I, as always, think PITT beats them at home this fall.
My thoughts as well.
Personally, I’d schedule two or four-year deals with UConn and Rutgers, play a different MAC team and one good opponent (WVU for example). See what that does for the W column and recruiting then move on from there.
Georgia can schedule these teams because they are elite. And they are now a nationally recognized team and can recruit nationally. Plus, I can see how their spoiled fans would be more inclined to show up and watch FSU as opposed to Georgia State.
TN and Whisky wont bring many extra fans to Pitt. Pitt has very little history with those schools. Their fans are most likely not going to come in huge numbers. Will be another game of 45-50k in attendance and a good chance Pitt loses.
If Pitt ever gets to a point where it can be consistently ranked, I wouldnt have a problem playing Florida or Georgia. Within Pitt’s recruiting footprint and a chance to beat the cheating SEC.
But for now, Pitt needs to find ways to play Temple, Rutgers and Maryland. Cant Pitt swap out TN and Whisky for those schools?
Haha everybody wants a piece of Rutgers.
They have BC in 2019. Syracuse 2020-2021, Temple 2020-2023. BC again in 2022. Vt 2023 and 2024
Hey Heather there is an open date in 2025.
One final thing about the Pitt Golf Outing. On one of the par 3s, if you made a hole-in-one you won a new car.
Well, they must have been concerned with the high level of golfing talent coming to the event (e.g. Lastrow, Richman…) because the win-a-new-car par-3 hole was 238 yards into the wind!
My drives don’t go that far!
We ended up playing Fran’s ball from just in front of the green. Maybe Koepka would have had a chance…
Yes but he would have snubbed his gf after he won the car anyway!
LOL John……. I could have drove that green……………… ten years ago, maybe more like fifteen years..
Playing Temple, Rutgers, MD and Navy are good OOC games that can help attendance and recruiting. Throw in an occasional school from the south would help. Stay away from mid west and west.
Yes except for the triple option teams
Navy is the team that needs to be on the schedule despite the fact that they chop block. Competitive brings in some out of town folks and gets them ready for GT. Oh that’s right. They aren’t going to be a chop blocking wishbone team anymore.
OK, since VT sees to be the model here for Pitt, you oldtimers will remember that they were not a big FB school until Frank Beamer came. And even then, here are his first 6 years
1989 6-4-1
Of course, if this was Pitt, he would have been long gone by now
But beginning in 1993, he went 9-3, 8-4, 10-2, 10-2, 7-5, 9-3, and 11-1 when VT lost to FSU in national championship. Of course, they weren’t playing the best of schedules back then … Rutgers, Temple and Pitt plus Wm& Mary, East Carolina, etc … but you get the idea
This is great. Pitt would have cut bait after 1991 for sure and definitely after 1992
Great jobBill, a concept that seems to be very hard for the younger posters to grasp. When did the word continuity get kicked out of the English dialogue? Still seeing Roberto trotting out to right field forever. I still miss him and remember crying when I got the word on New Years Day.
“Clemente spent much of his time during the off-season involved in charity work. When Managua, the capital city of Nicaragua, was affected by a massive earthquake on December 23, 1972, Clemente (who visited Managua three weeks before the quake) immediately set to work arranging emergency relief flights.[66] He soon learned, however, that the aid packages on the first three flights had been diverted by corrupt officials of the Somoza government, never reaching victims of the quake.[67] He decided to accompany the fourth relief flight, hoping that his presence would ensure that the aid would be delivered to the survivors.[68] The airplane he chartered for a New Year’s Eve flight, a Douglas DC-7 cargo plane, had a history of mechanical problems and an insufficient number of flight personnel (missing both a flight engineer and copilot), and was overloaded by 4,200 pounds.[69] It crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Isla Verde, Puerto Rico immediately after takeoff on December 31, 1972 due to engine failure.[70]
A few days after the crash, the body of the pilot and part of the fuselage of the plane were found. An empty flight case apparently belonging to Clemente was the only personal item recovered from the plane. Clemente’s teammate and close friend Manny Sanguillén was the only member of the Pirates not to attend Roberto’s memorial service. The Pirates catcher chose instead to dive into the waters where Clemente’s plane had crashed in an effort to find his teammate. The bodies of Clemente and three others who were also on the four-engine plane were never recovered.[70]”
Beamer inherited a mess. Narduzzi inherited a stable but underperforming program.
I don’t think narduzzi is at Beamers level.
But yes most schools would have let him go after year 5 or 6. So I’m sure there’s more to the story.
That’s the point Tx. Beamer’s record reflects the situation he inherited but 23-39-2 after 6 years. How many bowl games did he win? I think even I may have been shouting out for his head. But I wouldn’t have because there were obvious signs of progress. It’s about the bigger picture.. and what the options are. Give gorilla hairy arms another year, after-all, we really don’t have a choice in the matter anyways.
Beamer was forced to resign after only winning 7 games on average during his last years. It’s about expectations. Many expect narduzzi to win big. I just don’t.
Beamer recruited 5 four stars in 1994 and 4 more in 1995. In 1996, he recruited 9 four star prospects. In 1997 he recruited 5 four stars and one 5 star. 6 four stars in 1998 including Vick and poof…..
You need to recruit 4 star talent. 2003 = 7 four stars. Typically he got 4 four stars and occasional 5 star. Recruit hard, schedule less than hard and in a couple years, poof 11-1.
Three stars are good football players. Four stars and five stars are better athletes and football players.
@Gordon – the money was there, they just didn’t have a plan. Why? Because in higher ed, they have design and build groups. Once the construction is done, facilities takes over. Facilities doesn’t get the budget. Also, low bid construction contracts always haunts universities. Problem is, noone stands up to the Administration and explains it. The Administration just gets a pretty building. They typically aren’t there when the things start falling down…it’s kick the can 101.
You cavalierly say the money was there. Really? That is a pretty large assumption especially when we know how poor the fund raising results are for athletics. When Nordenberg took over Pitt’s athletic facilities were a disaster, not just the stadium. No real money had been put into them for a long, long time. Trees Hall was fairly new when I got to campus in 1968. I think the Cost Field House was the only thing built from Trees Hall until the South Side facility was built by UPMC. Don’t blame “Higher ED” other schools raise money for athletic facilities. The demand just wasn’t and still really isn’t there. Pitt built a great facility for basketball when it was demanded by the fans and the economics. Stallings was fired when it was demanded by the fans and the economics. You see they do run it like a business. The fact is that there isn’t sufficient demand for Pitt Football except for a few voices in the wilderness.
Meanwhile Pitt has built building after building, dorm after dorm during that period and has grown its endowment considerably. So the business of Pitt is highly successful. It is a national leader in Grant Funding and has highly successful graduate programs.
It just hasn’t placed a high priority on athletics except for short periods of success. Until it is demanded by a significant portion of its constituents that will not change.
However Pitt sports has not been successful if you look at their insolvent condition and directors cup standings.
Pitt is also slow slipping in academic rankings
Pitt also begs the state for $150 million each year or else they threaten massive tuition increases.
They are poorly run and led
Moreover there isn’t sufficient demand for excellence.
They should go private. Cut money losing programs in both academics and athletics. Sell their real estate. Admit more students.
Money is always there. Need to know where to look for it. Pitt has never bothered.
Huff the Third, I consider you one of the top intellectuals on this blog. (you sure make me look like a dummy) but the point is……. Beamer ball did not start until 8 years after he got arrived in Blacksburg. Yet the screams are loud to get rid of Narduzzi after only 4 years. I will have to consult my accountant (Richard) as this does not compute in my world.
Beamer showed promise as a recruiter, that’s why they kept him. Narduzzi hasn’t yet shown he can reel in a big fish. A program changer.
Beamer got 5 stars occasionally………that’s the difference. The Administration believed in Beamers ability to recruit first. As an FYI – the older vick was not a 5 star, the younger one was.
Our guys are good, but when you are shooting for good and hit the target, you are just ….good!
I don’t like good. I want an occasional great!! Give me a chance. Pitt has paid for and received a “D” sports program. You get what you pay for. Welp, gotta jump fellas.
With all due respect huff college football is commonly graded as such:
A – 10+ wins
B – 8-9 wins
C – 6-7 wins
D – 4-5 wins
F – >= 3 wins
So if Pitt’s paying for a D football program they are getting B – C results. That’s called ROI in the business world.
Although according to TX we are paying for a C program and getting just about par value.
Pitt is paying for a B minus program. It’s pretty much getting those results. I just like value pricing so to me it’s not a good bargain.
Well there is only one Bill Snyder and he’s about to retire
The Pitt job would kill him
Tx, so why do you blame the coach then? doesn’t add up to me… Hesus, I have to call Richard again. These math question are out of my realm……:)
Recruiting and bad staff hires
If I were the hairy ape with big calves, I would tarp. I would open practices. I’d make sure I had players I could market. I’d start talking about campus.
I’d also not hire retreads and I’d be comfortable hiring people better than me.
I took athletics on a whole, not just football. My bad for not explaining, was in a rush. Being short and concise is not my gig. I’d give pitt athletics a “D” over the last 2+ years, by AD tenure even. Under the previous AD, F. Under the Previous AD to that F.
C’mon Huff the Third. 2 wins in year 6? and he wasn’t thrown out the back door with yesterday’s trash? That doesn’t speak of his recruiting. It speaks of VT understanding you have to stay the course and be committed. and they were very smart to do so. But lets’s kick this can down the road……and start over. Yeah, that plan has worked out well for PITT.
Nobody wanted to walk into that mess. Tech was stuck with him. They had to ride it out. And today that ACC money allows schools far more flexibility.
Beamer got extra leash from the admin because he was a local boy – SW VA down near the NC border. And his personality – the influential alums like Sonny Merryman loved him – was a big factor as well.
Right JoeL, yet there is quite a lesson to be learned there. Take two steps forward and when you have to take one backwards, you’re still one step ahead. That’s my motto anyways….
There are no big boosters that like narduzzi.
I think Aaron Donald would argue that point Tx.
But Wanny recruited him. Narduzzi just doesnt tell AD to leave the weight room.
The Beamer example is more on par with Wannstedt. Both were brought on at their alma mater, took lumps early and started to have success- largely due to recruiting.
The difference? Tech valued football as a way to move the school forward, increase it’s visibility. Their AD and Chancellor didn’t fear his influence on the school- they valued it.
Maybe Wannstedt was too limited as a game day coach to do what Beamer did at Tech but I believe the administration really set back football when they showed Wannstedt the door. And the BOT is just fine with that.
So, we’ve got what we’ve got. Mediocre recruiting. An OOC schedule too tough for our roster. A rented stadium with ZERO connection to the campus (but hey, the over 60 set seems to love the parking and chair-back seating). Thursday night games.. Ugh.
and if Pitt built a stadium similar to Stade Pierre-Mauroy, the over 50 crowd would only love Heinz as a condiment in their refrigerator.
Here’s the thing Jay and I could be very wrong but wasn’t VT one of the the pioneers for Thursday night games?
whats there to do on a Thursday night in Blacksburg?
Prior to football games, it was cow tipping
Thursday night games are not popular at all with Hokie fans. Most don’t actually live in Blacksburg – or their version of Mt. Pilot, Roanoke. They travel 4+ hrs from central and northern Virginia.
Well in Blacksburg, SC, we love to watch the CBS Thursday night comedy lineup & starting this Thursday I will add Elementary at 10pm.
Jay, lumps early? It took him 8 years to show dividends. VT understood the concept of not starting over and over again. It’s a concept worth looking into. (but that takes time which most fans don’t have much of) PITT should explore it imo. Yet I’ll be the first to tell you I don’t have a clue what I’m talking about. I just talk.. 🙂
Similar to Stoops, Stoops, Stoops at Kentucky. 10-3 record in his 6’th year but still has an overall 36-39 record. But he has a bowl win so that makes him a true winner & the best thing in the SEC since Gus Malzahn.
if pat can pull of a 10 win season (and I believe he can but I don’t have the time or energy right now to expand on why) that will erase a lot of the negativity
Wannstedt was not going to have success at Pitt unless he reported to an AD with a background as a football HC to help him make the right coaching choices and provide input on game strategy, like Barry Alvarez did with Chryst on the defensive side of the ball.
I’ll disagree with you there. Had he let his OC coach, and hired a special teams coach, he would have been fine. His failures mostly came in the fourth quarter- from having his OC sit on the ball and/or poor special teams play. But, that’s just my opinion. I understand other people’s reservations.
No this is a pretty good call. His previous oC’s inability to develop and effective passing game didn’t help either
Jay, you just made my point. Couldn’t do that on his own and needed to work someone who could steer home in those directions.
Sorry – “work for someone” and “him”
JoeL – I know the reason for Wanny’s firing is given as the player’s behavior and the SI piece, but I always thought there was also tension between Wanny and the AD about the coaching staff, with SP wanting changes and Wanny feeling like who the hell are you to tell me about my coaching staff…
And oddly enough, I think they both were correct on this issue…
I recall that as well. And I agree with you – they were both correct.
When Jeff Long was AD wanny had air cover. It was only after Long left and “our buddy” Steve came back that Wanny was doomed
Different market and history. Prior to Beamer, VaTech football was non-existent. Pitt has a history.
That said, I was perfectly fine with Thursday night games when Pitt played them in 1997. Pitt was coming out of almost dormancy and needed ANYTHING for exposure. There were many games that were not broadcasted at that time and a Thursday on TV was better than a Saturday not on TV.
But, now almost every game is on TV. AND we won some of those Thursday games. And they were fairly well attended. Now, the novelty of Thursday has worn off, Heinz is mostly empty and we seem to lose- even worse when it’s UNC.
In the late 90s, Thursday night games were part of the plan. What’s the plan now?
The plan APPEARS to be,”Just shut up, do what the Bojangles Mafia tells us to do and collect that ACC check.”
But maybe that’s only how it appears to me.
Holy cow, the Bojangles mafia must really hate N.C. State because they have two Thursday night games this year. Either that or there AD is a real pushover.
If I read that right Richard, I think that’s funny.
I can’t speak to that.. Maybe NC State draws well on Thursdays. I can’t speak to that.
My point was that Thursday night games are not beneficial to Pitt and because of the ACC contract, the ACC needs teams to play Thursdays- so they tell Pitt they are obligated.
I have dubbed ACC headquarters the Bojangles Mafia because of what I believe is an apparent prejudice against Northern teams.
I think bojangles is out of Louisiana. What you Yankees don’t understand is that there is a regionality to the south.
most definitely
and if anyone tells you that Texas is part of the South, they are flat out wrong
Texas is its own Republic
And its more Southwest or South Plains…west of the Mississippi
And our BBQ sauce is nothing like the Carolinas…and its always served on the side
Texas ain’t the south. And North Carolina ain’t the Deep South.
agreed. Texas is North Mexico and North Carolina is now a suburb of New York and PA
Houston feels more like West Loo-see-anna than Texas.
That’s because you don’t live in the piney woods of East Texas. East Texas is southern.
most Texans think of them like us SW PA people think of those hillbillies in West Virginny. But you’re right, them folk are more closely related to Louisianans.
Provincial, tar-sprayed backroad good ole boys.
Tar babies and their Dookie cousins own the Acc. NC state and Clemson her heard but all the decisions are made on Tobacco Road
I’ve been wondering whether to mention this, but I think I will. I’m hesitant because I don’t think it’s fair to judge a person based on limited interaction – especially when commenting on a blog…
But I was a bit surprised by Coach C’s actions at the golf outing. Now I left before the dinner, so things might have changed later, but from the time we finished the round until I left, Coach C. seemed to spent pretty much the whole time talking to Dick Groat.
I went over to where they we sitting and interrupted to talk to Coach for like 30 seconds. I told him I appreciated the way he represented Pitt and said some other positive words to him. He was friendly — even said “Call me Jeff” when I called him “Coach Capel. “
But I was surprised he wasn’t “working the room,” as they say, (like maybe Johnny Majors might have done).
I get the Groat connection and I imagine Coach has been working his tail off recruiting, plus he just drove 70 miles to be at the event, but it just seemed like a missed opportunity…
Interesting. Sometimes you just want to turn it off, but I agree that working the room would have been more to his benefit amongst alumni
And some people are just more comfortable in one-on-one situations.
We can think stuff, but we don’t know what’s really going on….
(I also heard a rumor up there, which I will not repeat because it was described as a rumor, but if true would make those on here who are critical of Heather look kind of foolish…)
she needs to show me the money and the results
the #1 job of an AD is fundraising
the #2 job is hiring coaches
unless Tepper is about to write a check, I base my assessment on facts and not rumour
He could easily stroke a $50M check for Victory Heights
But what would Heather promise him besides his name on the building
And if he’s willing to fork over that amount, whats the hurt in asking for another $3M for that feasibility study
I’m sure of that John………….. People just move their lips without the facts to back it up.
Perhaps Hardee’s better aligns….
Major. You are correct. I thought the same thing. Dinner was the same…coach just hung with Mr Groat.
My first impression was that he was there to present Mr Groat with a plaque honoring his years as a Pitt announcer.
For all we know Mr Groat is not happy with the way his dismissal went down and Coach Capel was uncomfortable.
Just wait until Pitt does this to Hillgrove
All good players know when it’s time to hang em up. I never listened to groat so I can’t comment. Hillgrove still has a few good years left in him. Lee Corso on the other hand needs to ride into the
I’m a fan of Billy H. – that voice is the voice of the Panthers.
But on Saturday, seemed to me that Billy was “…movin’ kinda slow at the junction…”
He is 78 – I checked…
Love Billy and Dick Groat. Mine’s coming.
Well, I came late to this party so excuse me if this has been covered but… I have to ask who is ‘constantly calling for Narduzzi’s head’.
I’ve been a critic of his football work but have not once have I said he should be fired – not once. I have written that if he has another non-winning season to make it three in a row in 2019 along with his poor recruiting Pitt needs to take a long hard look at the situation.
On the other hand I’ve been very vocal that I appreciate that Narduzzi has done a fantastic job with the student-athlete aspect of program leadership.
Best APR three years in a row and…knock on wood…no player arrests for over two (maybe three) years. That’s something I believe we haven’t seen before in modern Pitt football.
I care about that very much and he’s delivered in that arena. Good for him for that…I do wish the media would write more about that aspect of his hire and work at hand.
If he could win 8 games a year with bowl wins thrown in I’d be fine with him…but since his inherited players started leaving the program two years ago we haven’t, and may not, see that happen.
But again, exactly who are all these fans calling for him to be fired? Aside from two or three readers on here I don’t really see that being the case at all.
Reed – been following and actively participating on that thread and don’t recall that you’ve been mentioned. A couple of other guys suggested HC change as a means of program improvement and the merits of that have been debated actively. If that is what you are referring to, then yes, you are late to the discussion and possibly taking it a tad bit astray from it’s proper context. Slow news day…slow time of year and we natives are restless.
7-7 is considered a winning season by most standards. Especially when you play a tough OOC and then Clemson. Only one bad loss and a loss to a bowl team that could have been beaten. No really big upsets either way and a couple more quality kicks….
Well, a winning season is to win more games then you lose…but if you want to call it a good season or a nice season then by all means.
But in that sense then 2007 would be a winning season also with 13-7 in it.
King Pat
Looking at the Narduzzi vs Frank Beamer comparison I wondered what Beamer’s job was prior to taking over at V Tech. FWIW, he was the Head Coach at Murray State from 1981-1986. Interestingly, before that he was Defensive Coordinator at Murray State from 1979-1981 under Head Coach Mike Gottfried!
Interesting bit of digging!
defense and special teams is how he made his name
but now the game is far more offensive minded
the game passed him by
many of the reasons i thought Narduzzi was a ‘non-optimal’ call – defensive guy, never was a head coach, never had a strong hand in recruiting, never recruited the south, recruiting was limited to 3 star talent, youngstown…i really despise Ohio
Michael Vick didn’t hurt.
Vick put Tech on the map
Heather is meh to me. What has she done? Extending a coach who won 5 games then 7.
Capel is meh at this point. Need another 1-2 yeara to see but for what they are paying there better be improvement fast. She lost to Uconn and was played.
Baseball and Softball stink.
Lost a softball coach to UL and she is turning them around.
Womans basketball
Stinks.
Fundraising stinks
Uniforms were done pretty good although we look like Mcneese.
She fired rockports which was great but paying 8M.
Driving culture change in both Athletics and the greater Administration. Repositioning athletics in the greater University as an asset.
I have no idea how she is doing at it, but she’s focusing on it and that’s a positive.
Again, welcome back Upitt, you haven’t skipped a beat. 🙂
Bojangles was founded in Charlotte, NC. Of it’s 600+ locations, more than 500 are in Georgia, NC & SC. Only ONE is north of the Mason-Dixon.
They sponsor the ACC and run commercials during every ACC Network football game. Hell, we dined on chicken biscuits in Winston-Salem prior to Pitt’s monumental Coastal Championship.
Yeah, it’s Southern.. Hence ACC headquarters in Greensboro is home of the Bojangles Mafia. There are TEN Bojangles locations in Greensboro alone!
There are NO Bojangles in Texas, Louisiana.
https://locations.bojangles.com
Haha well you got me there Jay. Excellent use of facts. Must have gotten it mixed up with popeyes
Canes kicks both bojangles, Churchs, Popeyes and Mr. Jim’s Chicken Azzes.
I have one about 7 miles down the road. Nice to know it’s there in case of a breakfast biscuit emergency.
They should put one in Oakland.
Good research, Jay.
When the Popeyes in Oakland closed last year, I thought for sure Bojangles was going to take that location, given the ACC tie-in.
I love when Pitt plays Syracuse and the game is sponsored by the North Carolina Ford Dealers Assoc. and Bojangles. In my NY and PA travels, I’ve only seen one Bojangles in Reading and the wife did not want to try it thus I have still not sampled the official chicken and sweet tea of the ACC.
I see there are many Canes in Ohio…need to check it out.
Thanks Mark.
Bojangles is way overrated for chicken… biscuits ain’t to bad….
Fully agree B. the chicken is meh, but the biscuits….oh my.
I feel like my next article should just be about food
the ideal tailgate food for each home opponent this season and why…
Great idea JoeL…. BTW, can I drop the L since there isn’t a JoeK any longer? Or maybe wait a little longer since he may be risen from the no longer posting list? C’mon back JoeK
Virginia menu… hmm?? … How about crow roasting on an open fire??
you are most welcome to call me Joe. Just not Joe D.
For the UVA game, I would suggest country ham sliced think on dinner rolls (with butter of course). Bourbon to wash it down.
If we are now discussing chicken, I must say that some of the best fried chicken is served at mom & pop convenience stores. Usually start serving around 11am & done by 3pm. I have one less then a mile away. Best was some out of the way place in Alabama about three miles from the Mississippi state line.
Never have liked biscuits. To me, most biscuits have a raw flour aftertaste. But when the stars align, Hardee’s biscuits are the best,
‘Rasin’ Canes’ just opened in Boardman (southern suburb of Youngstown) … 1st exit in Ohio Turnpike.
It’s official Richard, we are now talking chicken.. LOL
to summarize some of the conversation above ….
1) VT stuck with local guy Frank Beamer despite only winning 24 games in his first 6 years, whereas, Pitt let go of alum Wanny after 6 years despite his winning 27 games in his last 3 years alone.
2) while many bloggers and media approved of Wanny’s firing, unknown to them, the apparent reason for the firing was the off-the-field issues despite no NCAA infractions. Reputation was allegedly valued over W/L.
3) after Wanny’s firing, a coach was hired @ $1.4M while its rival located 90 miles south hired its coach @ $2M. Also after Wanny’s firing, home attendance has shown a large decrease.
4) since then, 4 new HCs have been hired (as well as 2 new ADS)
5) the current coach has faced an OOC where at least 2 opponents each year has finished in The Top 20, not to mention that nearly 40% of its opponents finished in the Top 25.
6) a PG sports headline from last fall: Ten years ago, there were 24 Power 5 and 38 FBS from the WPIAL/City. So far this year 4 and 14. This has been the trend, not the exception.
What part of the above makes you think that Pitt fans should expect a 9 or 10 win season nowadays? And the answer is a BIG FAT ZERO
Conclusion — not only has this program experienced only one 10-wins season since 1981, the conditions for achieving this has worsened considerably
the only things that have worsened are the coaching and recruiting talent
Pitt could hire a Jackie-like HC for about $5-6M. Pitt could find the money to do it
WPIAL talent is down but Pitt has shifted their focus out of state. Theres plenty of talent in nearby states and Florida.
And I’d argue at least that Florida talent is better prepared to make an impact since they are better trained and have more practice time. I know the amount of money that Texas school districts spend on football is silly.
Lastly, if you believe not having the Golden Panthers and an OCS work against success, then add those two reasons as well.
Being elite back in the 80’s meant winning 10-11 games. Being elite today means winning 13-14 games
10 wins today get you ranked #15
Idk about you Tex but I would take 10 wins and ranked #15. I agree it’s not elite but it’s very good, and it’s a clear cut “next level” for Pitt
I agree. I’ll take that all day long
10-11 wins shouldnt be so difficult
Syracuse won 10 after 3 years with a new coach
And Syracuse is located in a state than maybe produces one 4 star every year
Syracuse played a weak OOC and won their bowl
So Pitt needs to lighten up on the OOC and win their bowl
And then keep doing this every year
It would also help if Pitt had a QB and was more consistent on offense and defense
go 3-1 in OOC and then 5-3 in ACC and then win your bowl. Thats 9 wins and a possible top 25 ranking
yet Pitt is stuck on 6-7 wins
Again Tx, you’re a very astute fine young man. You have all the answers but you keep asking the same question you have just gave those answers to.
If winning 10 games isn’t that difficult why don’t more teams do it?
BTW, Dino is 18-19 overall at Syracuse and 10-14 in conference…
Yet everyone wants to be like Mike….. err I mean Dino? With the cakeesit schedule in the country. Brilliant! Yes I made that word up.
apittfan says:
In 2020 – Pitt will be 3-1 (maybe even 4-0) in their OOC…
coaching, recruiting and schedule. Most schools dont have bright AD’s. And most schools dont believe and make up excuses. Do you think Heather really cares if Narduzzi wins 7 versus 10 games each year. She probably doesnt want him to win 10 since it would more mo money.
TX — Since you asked, sort of, I will say that I don’t have any doubt at all that Heather cares whether Narduzzi wins 7 or 10 games each year. Whether you like it or not, 10 wins in FB would reflect well on the AD.
Don’t know where you’re coming from on this — but okay…
I suspect Dooz has two seasons to have a big season and if he doesn’t Heather will go shopping.
10 wins would reflect well but it matters not to her paycheck or the schools ACC check. A string of 10 win seasons should help attendance and donations. But I see little effort by Pitt and our illustrious AD to get there. I’m not so sure that she will go shopping if Narduzzi doesnt reach that 10 win mark. Pitt is totally fine getting to bowls and running a clean program.
there is little incentive for any ACC school to try too hard. Wake makes $25M each year whether they win one game or ten. And the ACC wont be throwing out Wake. Coincidentally, Wake is the most profitable program in the ACC.
What about the Director’s Cup????
Pitt will finish #64 out of 65 P-5 teams. Only BC is worse. Our trend is down since Heather was hired. At least under Barnes, Pitt had a plan.
But the trend is up, IMHO, in the 3 sports that matter – FB, MBB, and WBB.
The rest might as well be club sports, as far as I’m concerned…
in football the trend is up by 1 win per year
in basketball, anything is better and there is hope which is important
i do like Capel; might be saying something different in 2 years though
and yes the rest are club or olympic sports which drain Pitt of $500k to $2M each per year
thats why football revenues are so important and donations
heather is putting all her eggs in the Tepper basket
i hope he comes through with that $50M check
it will help pay for victory heights
he already gave CMU nearly $70M six years ago
$50M is the equivalent of you or I donating roughly $300 dollars…thats how obscenely rich he is
I thought Pitt was 65th out of 65th for a long time in the Director’s Cup. I recall seeing that in the past. We used to be so if Heather got us to 64th, that’s an improvement. I saw Kansas State listed below BC so that would put us at 63rd. To me, however, being 109th overall is unacceptable. We’re ranked behind Vermont, Vermont!
https://nacda.com/documents/2019/5/14//May16DIOverall.pdf?id=3606
the final results come out in June. Pitt has pretty much zero chance of picking up more points. So if anything, they will slip further from 109. 50 non-P5 schools have better overall sports than Pitt including Vermont. Now granted the competition is different but this illustrates that Pitt just doesnt have the horses to compete in P-5. Its probably a better fit with the MAC or AAC. It would have more success and wouldnt have to spend $80M each year.
Try Royal Farms broasted chicken.
if you’re ever in the DFW area, this is the best chicken joint
http://www.babeschicken.com/
I had great chicken fried steak at a place next to or near the White Elephant. Star Cafe maybe? I know it isn’t chicken, but it was so unhealthy and delicious, lol.
fried steak is another thing they do well in DFW. But it will eventually kill you. Got to go easy on it. Your soul will touch Heaven after eating it though.
I don’t know I don’t know. It’s just like Cracker barrel everyone fusses about. If I want home cooking I’ll eat at home. 🙂
Here in South Carolina, we have places that are called “meat & 3’s”. Basically they are restaurants that give you a choice of one of 3 meats & 3 veggies (or for a lower price 2 veggies) out of list of 7 or 8. Some places are great but I have learned not to order stuff that can come straight out of a can (green beans, carrots, corn, etc.) Order veggies they have to put some time & effort into.
Long way to say, they always brag about being the home of great country cookin’ – just like your mom used to make.
LOL Richard, there is some truth to that though. I guess it depends on the family you’re raised in. I was forced fed way to many can veggies. To this day, I wouldn’t eat canned carrots to save my life. They are and any canned veggies are forbade in my house. And BTW, the restaurants have that bass ackwards. It should be 3 meats and a choice of one veggie. I would take fries and or corn on the cob. You know, since we are discussing chicken. Which in my opinion, was the line of the day. I’m still chucking over that one.
Had Canes on Sunday! Always consistently good. The in laws don’t like the local popeyes because they get the poopeyes. Bad visual, butt noone should be eating now. Apologies.
VTech also capitalized on the talent rich state of virginia, when the state school wouldn’t take the marginal athlete students. They are starting to now with bronco.
Pitt doesn’t need to worry about their reputation athletically across the board. It can’t get worse. Local media can’t treat them any worse, but this is where Pitt needs to take a stand when/if/hopefully things start to turn around. That’s a simple explanation from the AD to the media….”when we start to win, and we will, do not come here and ask for favors” since you haven’t helped us when we needed it. You piled on when we were down….for the last 38 years.
I would pass out if DiPaola penned an article about the value proposition for high school athletes to stay home and to stop listening to the garbage from well schooled recruiting factories that tell these kids that they need to be their own man and create their own path jibberish. How about stay here and play in front of your family and friends. Legacies can be created anywhere, but Pitt is home. That is when you bring in Aaron Donald. Use foster and pryor and insert any other 4-5 star that left and look at what they have at their respective schools. I don’t think Pryor is even able to go to OSU campus and surely, foster will not be living in Alabama. It would take work to write such an article, but it would be my challenge back to the media.Need the pendulum to swing in Pitt’s favor and it won’t do that on its own. Also, for all pov’ers, don’t click on Diary High School stories….ever! Ignore them.
Home cooking Ike’s Ike’s and he is a great cook. We gotta lot of great cooks at lot Red 5A…Hey Annie, whay kinda pie is being served at the UCF game ??? Less than 100 days boys and girls til kick-off for the 100th year of college football….
Bernie, are you coming up for it? If so, I guess the answer is Blueberry Pie!!
150 years…Excuse me…I had a flash-back to those gold PITT helmets with the football decal with 100 in it
Right Biggie. 150 years and only 95 days until Virginia. You should give serious thought to being up here, it’s the dawn of a new beginning. It got me so fired up thinking about it I was about to go out and cut the grass…… then I thought, eh, We still have 95 days to go.
Ike, For Years it was only 2 trips a year to Pa. I think I have made 7-8 trips just to visit family excluding FB trips… so ya never know with all the medical problems in me n JeanieB’s families… You never know…If I’m called home I will find away to get to “PITT” Stadium and watch the game on the HUGEbigscreen with the rest of the over- flow crowd who procrastinated purchasing their tickets…
Hey Bernie, just between you and I. You’re very lucky to have your Mom still with you and I wish you and JeanieB all the best with the family health issues. I realize now that life doesn’t get easier like we’ve been told growing up. It’s getting to the point where just waking up is the best surprise of the day…
It’s not dark yet…….. but it’s getting there.
2019 Blue Chips per state
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football-recruiting/2017/12/18/16780636/best-recruits-2019-state-rankings
PA had 4; Virginia had 11, NC had 15, Georgia 40, Fla 45 …. but it continues to amaze me how, for about 2 decades now, Ohio has less population than PA but doubles or triples the number of blue chips and total number of FB recruits.
Kentucky, Maryland and NJ each had twice the number of blue chips than PA and Mississippi four times the number. For anyone following HS recruiting … if you would have predicted this back in the 70s or 80s, you would have been ridiculed.
According to that article, only 382 blue chippers. Once the top 10 perennial programs take their allotment (10-15 per class?), that doesnt leave a lot for everyone to fight over.
Rough calculation of about 2.5 BCs for every other P5 school.
I wonder how many blue chippers attend non-P5 D1 FBS schools.
But the other issue for PA and especially Western PA is that according to the numbers, not only are blue chips down, so are the number of P5 and D1 prospects (mostly 3 stars).
According to Mike White’s article last fall, there were only 14 of them in City/WPIAL, which is comprised of about 125 schools. That is pathetic. The good news is that 2020 promises to be better (although not even close to what it was just a decade ago)
Football in PA is basically dead.
Population is down South
Those districts spend big bucks on football
Coaching is better
Competition is better
Weather is better (more practice)
And its a religion
Times have changed
Pitt needs to focus on getting recruits from the South and also needs to invest more money in sports like soccer, lacrosse, hockey, wrestling and volleyball.
So what can Pitt offer a Southern recruit? It aint the weather. And its not the chicks either.
yet tOSU always does well
Coaching and $$$$
In case anyone cares, here’s some info on Coach White’s latest recruit for the women’s BB team. Gabbie Green is a JUCO who has 2 years to play. She joins 5 freshman and one other transfer as Coach White got his first chance to shape the roster…
“LEVELLAND — Already touting Region V Player of the Year and Most Valuable Player of the WJCAC honors, sophomore standout Gabbie Green added another accomplishment to an already impressive resume as she was named to the WBCA All-American team on Wednesday.
A second-year guard from Bellville, Texas, Green has been one of the top scoring guards in the country this season, averaging 14. 8 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game. Green has been instrumental for the Lady Texans, guiding them to a 28-4 record and a No. 1 national ranking for the first time in program history.
Green has scored in double figures 22 times this season including a career-high 34 points on Jan. 31 against conference foe Midland College at the Chaparral Center. Shooting nearly 50 percent from the field during her sophomore stint, Green has dished out 123 assists on the year and picked 67 steals on the defensive end for the Lady Texans.”
I’m looking forward to seeing this team develop under Coach White and his staff. Seems like a good hire for Pitt.
The post player from the Greek national team is especially intriguing… Pitt went far and wide recruiting this class…
Finally, some good hoops news, Coulibaly signed per PGH Sports Now (actually, the last tidbit of news was from Friday, when Murphy signed). After all the trouble we’ve had THUS FAR in signing bigs, I’m going to count this as a positive. Now hopefully we can find one more.
Agreed! This is a positive. There was a negative spin though in the Pittsburgh media stating he signed late and outside the “regulated signing period” and thus won’t be an officially signed recruit until he attends class.
I scratched my head because isn’t that the case for all student/athletes? Attend class? Oh wait, some don’t have to attend class, lyke UNC, Ole Miss and Bama, to name a few…
UPitt, you might be a little “rusty.” Timing’s probably off…NO CARRICK 5th grade art work or “DICKSOCK.” Couple of more practice posts and it will be GAME-ON !!!
JayTowerA..good to have you posting…will have my heavy cooler at the Duke game..will need some horsepower if you are coming…..
BigB..
I have (4) season tickets in a pretty good location (Sec. 220- covered from the rain, snow or hot sun). As you can imagine, no one wants them so I’ve stopped offering them to people. I usually go alone. My point? Next time you plan on going, let me know. If they’re available, they’re yours. Free of charge. That offer applies to every POV’er. We need to cover up that yellow.
Well, after some thought.. maybe not EVERY POV’er.
Jay, I actually had partial season tickets (3 games) in Section 218 about 3 or 4 years ago … they were pretty decent seats. Haven’t made up my mind how many and what games I’m going to but will let you know (although I insist on paying for the seat) The guy I usually attend games with has a new out-of-state girlfriend and he’s not sure what he’s going to do
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Meeting date/time: 11/5/2018 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final
2018-1091 1 Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh commends the Federation of War Veterans Societies, Inc. of Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh for their continued dedication and hard work in making each year's Veterans Day parade a success; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Saturday, November 10, 2018, to be "The Federation of War Veterans Societies' Day" in the City of Pittsburgh. Adopted Pass Action details Video
2018-1092 1 Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby commend St. Paul Baptist Church for 117 years worship, ministry, and service; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Sunday, November 4, 2018, to be “St. Paul Baptist Church Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. Adopted Pass Action details Video
2018-1093 1 Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Joel Sigal, Justin and Megan Sigal and the Littles Shoes Family for investing in the Squirrel Community, for their loyalty dedication and commitment to Pittsburgh and for their love of Squirrel Hill and congratulates Littles Shoes for being named the 2018 Place Treasure by the Squirrel Hill Urban Coalition; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare Wednesday, November 14, 2018 to be “LITTLES SHOES DAY” in the City of Pittsburgh. Adopted Pass Action details Video
2018-1094 1 Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby congratulate White Lily Baptist Church for its 100 years of serving the Pittsburgh community; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby declare, October 28, 2018, to be “White Lily Baptist Church Day” in the City of Pittsburgh. Adopted Pass Action details Video
2018-1095 1 Proclamation NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby recognize and commend Calvary Episcopal Church and their Rector Reverend Jonathon W. Jensen for their tribute to their congregants who served our country during World War I; and, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Council of the City of Pittsburgh does hereby call upon residents, businesses, and institutions to carry on the Pittsburgh region’s proud history of commemorating and helping the men and women who so bravely fought and continue to fight for our nation. Adopted Pass Action details Video
2018-1079 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the conveyance by the City of Pittsburgh of certain property, having been placed for sale to adjoining property owners in conjunction with the City of Pittsburgh Side Yard Program. ITEMS A through C: A: 830 Herron, B: 2923 Merwyn, C: 601 Chester Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1080 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the sale of certain property, acquired by the City of Pittsburgh at tax sales. ITEMS A through C: [A: 7007 Bennett - DELETE], B: 0 Flora, C: 5519 Cox Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1081 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the filing of petitions for the sale of certain property, acquired at tax sales, to a City of Pittsburgh based Community Development Corporation, for the purpose of advancing the interests of the community through redevelopment. ITEMS A through H. A: 5326 Hillcrest, B: 2235 Wilson, C: 2222 Wilson, D: 2220 Wilson, E: 2214 Wilson, F: 2232 Holyoke, G: 300 W. Burgess, H: 1256 Woodland Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1082 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the issuance of a warrant in the total sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000.00) in favor of Kathleen Kasunick and her attorneys, Elliott and Davis, fully releasing the City from all claims and liability for alleged property damages as described in a lawsuit filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas at G.D. 15-021678. (Executive Session held 11/27/18) Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1083 1 Resolution Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to allow PMC/717 Liberty Associates, the transfer of Development Rights from 908 Penn Avenue (Parcel 9-N-94) to 717 Liberty Ave (Parcel 1-D-66), zoned “GT-C” Golden Triangle Subdistrict C, 2nd Ward, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 1/8/19) Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1084 1 Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of City Planning to enter into an Agreement in individual amounts of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) or less with visual artists, designers, or creative collectives with specialized skills in Public Art and Creative Placemaking for the creation and installation of the second phase of the Art in Parks Program in six neighborhood parks: Mutual Park, Pauline Park, Eleanor Park, Lewis Park, Larimer Park and Catalano Park, at a cost not to exceed Fifty Thousand ($50,000) Dollars for the program. Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1085 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the creation of the Public Safety Support Trust Fund and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds. Waived under Rule 8 Pass Action details Video
2018-1085 1 Resolution Resolution providing for the creation of the Public Safety Support Trust Fund and setting conditions for the deposit and expenditure of such funds. Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1086 1 Resolution Resolution transferring Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000) from City Council to the City Clerk’s Office Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1087 1 Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into a Cooperation Agreement with Tree Pittsburgh for the purpose of supporting Tree Pittsburgh’s efforts to promote and advance the City of Pittsburgh’s Urban Forest Master Plan. Not introduced Action details Video
2018-1088 1 Resolution Resolution authorizing the Mayor and Director of the Department of Public Works to execute relevant agreements to receive grant funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development’s Greenways, Trails, and Recreation Program for Arsenal Park Phase I Design: Linking Park, School and Community to Promote Play, School Connectivity and further providing for an agreement and expenditures not to exceed ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ($125,000.00) dollars for this stated purpose. Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1089 1 Resolution Resolution amending Resolution number 592 of 2018, as amended by Resolution number 696 of 2018, entitled “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for services rendered by Clean Team employees within the South Side PED” so as to extend the agreement to December 31st, 2018. Waived under Rule 8 Pass Action details Video
2018-1089 1 Resolution Resolution amending Resolution number 592 of 2018, as amended by Resolution number 696 of 2018, entitled “authorizing the Mayor and the Director of the Department of Public Works to enter into an Agreement between the City of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership for services rendered by Clean Team employees within the South Side PED” so as to extend the agreement to December 31st, 2018. Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1090 1 Resolution Resolution authorizing agreements in which the City of Pittsburgh grants a license to the University of Pittsburgh for research and archival use for particular City of Pittsburgh records in its custody Read and referred Action details Video
2018-1075 1 Report Report of the Committee on Finance and Law for October 31, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and Filed Pass Action details Video
2018-1001 1 Resolution Resolution authorizing issuance of a warrant in the amount of $3,023.56, in favor of Tierra Travis, 29 Rudolph Street, McKees Rocks, PA 15136 for damage to her parked vehicle on Pritchard Street from a City of Pittsburgh Public Works salt truck on January 8, 2018. Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
2018-1009 1 Resolution Resolution transferring five thousand dollars ($5,000) from City Council to the City Clerk’s Office. Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
2018-1076 1 Report Report of the Committee on Public Safety Services for October 31, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and Filed Pass Action details Video
2018-1005 1 Resolution Resolution amending Resolution No. 652 of 2018, authorizing the Mayor and Director of Public Safety to enter on behalf of the City of Pittsburgh into a Professional Services Agreement or Agreements with St. Moritz Security Services, Inc. for security guard services, in order to add a not-to-exceed compensation amount as required by City Code §161.01A. Compensation under said Agreement(s) shall be in an amount not to exceed TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND DOLLARS and no cents ($2,280,000), with annual not-to-exceed amounts as set forth below for each respective budget year subject to the availability of funds and annual Council appropriations, at rates in compliance with and subject to any applicable requirements, including but not limited to collective bargaining commitments and the City of Pittsburgh Service Worker Prevailing Wage Ordinance. Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
2018-1077 1 Report Report of the Committee on Human Resources for October 31, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and Filed Pass Action details Video
2018-1004 1 Resolution Resolution amending Resolution No. 110 of 2017, entitled “Resolution providing for a Professional Services Agreement with Mark Hamilton, Esq. of Thomas, Thomas and Hafer, to provide legal representation as the Solicitor of the Commission on Human Relations in an amount not to exceed Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000).” by increasing the authorized amount in 2018 by Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) to continue ongoing legal support services for one additional year with an option to renew for an additional two years. Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
2018-1078 1 Report Report of the Committee on Land Use and Economic Development for October 31, 2018 with an Affirmative Recommendation. Read, Received and Filed Pass Action details Video
2018-0790 1 Ordinance Ordinance amending the Pittsburgh Code, Title Nine, Zoning, Article I, Section 902.03 Zoning Map, by changing from CP, Commercial Planned Unit Development to HC, Highway Commercial, a certain property at 1054 Banksville Avenue, Block Number 16-E, lot number 125; in the Allegheny County Block and Lot System. (Public Hearing held 10/24/18) Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
2018-0877 1 Resolution Resolution approving a Conditional Use Application under the Pittsburgh Code, Title 9, Zoning, Article IV, Chapter 910, Section 910.01.D.1 to allow JCS Capital LLC on behalf of Pittsburgh Spruce Street Properties, property owner, the transfer of Development Rights from 55 11th Street (parcel 9-P-36) to 316/310 4th Avenue (parcel 1-H-330), zoned “GT-A” and “GT-B” Golden Triangle Subdistricts A and B, 1st and 2nd Wards, Council District No. 6. (Public Hearing held 10/24/18) Passed Finally Pass Action details Video
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Hang up problem in the app
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When I attempt to contact a host through the app, on my iPad mini, I get an error message after hitting the send box.
The message says it could not be sent.
Every time, on the first attempt.
When I hit the sent button again, it does go through.
Just want to report, in case no one knows yet. It started after the latest update.
From the latest newsletter:
"The first phase of the new website will launch in late-August. At that time, the apps will be shut off. The new site is designed to serve all devices, and to function more like an app than a website."
So no more apps. :-/
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Risk Warning: Your participation in Fast5 Netball activities (Activities) is inherently dangerous and may involve risk. There are risks specifically associated with participation in the Activities and accidents can and often do happen which may result in personal injury, death or property damage. Prior to undertaking any such Activities, you must ensure you are aware of all of the risks involved, including those risks associated with any health condition you may have. By agreeing to this Participation Policy, you acknowledge, agree and understand that participation in the Activities may involve risk and may result in personal injury (even of a serious nature) and that you fully accept and agree to bear those risks. You acknowledge that the assumption of risk and warning above constitutes a ‘risk warning’ in accordance with relevant legislation.
Waiver: A supplier of recreational services (as that term is defined in section 139A of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)) or recreational activities (as that term is defined in the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) or Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA), as applicable) can ask you to agree that statutory guarantees under the Australian Consumer Law (which is Schedule 2 to the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)), including those in sections 60 and 61, are excluded and do not apply to you (or a person for whom or on whose behalf you are acquiring the services or activities) insofar as they relate to liability for death or personal injury arising from the Activities. If you agree to this Participation Policy, you will be agreeing that your rights (or the rights of a person for whom or on whose behalf you are acquiring the services) to sue Netball Australia in relation to recreational services or recreational activities that you undertake (because the recreational services or recreational activities provided were not in accordance with the guarantees) are excluded, restricted or modified as set out in Annexure A.
Release and Indemnity: In consideration of Netball Australia accepting your application to participate in the Activities you, to the extent permitted by law:
release and forever discharge Netball Australia from all actions, suits, proceedings, claims, demands, damages, penalties, costs or expenses however arising from or in connection with any Activities (excluding a claim against Netball Australia by any person expressly entitled to make a claim under Netball Australia’s insurance policy, a claim against Netball Australia under any right expressly conferred by its constitution or regulations) (Claim) that you may have or may have had but for this release arising from or in connection your participation in the Activities;
release and indemnify Netball Australia against any Claim which may be made by you or on your behalf for or in respect of or arising out of your injury or death whether caused by the negligence or breach of contract by Netball Australia or in any other manner whatsoever; and
indemnify and will keep indemnified and hold harmless Netball Australia to the extent permitted by law in respect of any Claim by any person:
arising as a result of or in connection with the Activities; and
against Netball Australia in respect of any injury, loss or damage arising out of or in connection with your failure to comply with Netball Australia’s rules and/or directions, save that the above releases and indemnities shall not apply to the extent that the loss, damage or injury that is the subject of the Claim is caused or contributed to by the grossly negligent act or omission of Netball Australia.
Insurance: You acknowledge and agree that Netball Australia and/or the relevant State or Territory Netball Organisation (STO) or Provider (as defined below) (each an Insured Party) may arrange some limited insurance coverage, which may provide you with some protection for loss, damage or injury that you may suffer during your participation in the Activities. However, you acknowledge and agree that any insurance taken out by an Insured Party may not provide full indemnity for loss, damage or injury that you may suffer during your participation in the Activities and that you may have to pay the excess if a claim is made on your behalf under any such insurance. You agree that your own insurance arrangements are ultimately your responsibility and you will arrange appropriate coverage at your expense after taking into account an Insured Party’s insurance arrangements (if any) and your own circumstances.
Medical Treatment Consent: In the event of any injury or illness to you whilst participating in the Activities, you authorise any official from the location, sporting area or centre at which you participate in the Activities (a Provider) to obtain at your expense any medical assistance, treatment and transportation as deemed necessary. Except where provided or required by law and such requirement cannot be excluded, you agree that the Provider and its respective directors, officers, members, servants or agents are absolved from all liability arising from injury or damage to you, however caused, whilst participating in the Activities.
Payment: You acknowledge that the payment you make to participate in the Activities is made to Netball Australia and that Netball Australia reserves the right to use or distribute the money paid for any purpose that it sees fit.
Cancellation, Refunds and Termination: You may cancel your participation in an Activity prior to the commencement of that Activity without incurring a charge. If you are unable to participate in an Activity and were unable to cancel your participation prior to the commencement of that Activity, you may write to the relevant STO to request a refund or cancellation of a scheduled payment (as the case may be) by giving appropriate reasons. The relevant STO may, in its sole discretion, provide you with a refund or cancel the scheduled payment (as the case may be). Netball Australia will not refund you for any transaction fees incurred. Netball Australia is not liable to you for any loss or damage you suffer as a result of the Activities being cancelled, postponed or changed. Netball Australia may terminate your participation in the Activities on reasonable grounds at any time. Netball Australia, an STO or a Provider may, in its absolute discretion, change the Activities, including dates, session times, durations and locations.
Photographs and Video: You consent to Netball Australia, the STOs and the Provider using your name or image in any form or medium for general marketing and promotional activities. You acknowledge that your name or image will be used without any personal compensation or remuneration.
Privacy: You agree that your information may be collected, held, used and shared within the network of STOs, participating clubs, organisations and other entities involved in Fast5 Netball (the Netball Australia Network) and Netball Australia and/or the Netball Australia Network may send you marketing communications from the Netball Australia Network unless and until you opt out. For more information about how Netball Australia handles your personal information, please refer to the Privacy Policy from time to time, available at http://netball.com.au/about-netball-australia/governance/privacy-statement. For more information about how each organisation within the Netball Australia Network handles your personal information (including your information access, correction and complaint rights), please refer to their respective privacy policies.
Associated Policies and Procedures: You agree to be bound by and to comply with the terms, policies, rules, regulations, and codes of Netball Australia related to the Activities, including but not limited to:
the Terms of Service from time to time, available at https://playfast5.com.au/terms-and-conditions;
the Privacy Policy from time to time, available at http://netball.com.au/about-netball-australia/governance/privacy-statement;
the Recurring Payment Authority from time to time, available at https://playfast5.com.au/payments;
the Provider’s Constitution and Bylaws to the extent they are relevant to your participation in the Activities; and
Netball Australia’s Constitution, Regulations and Policies, including but not limited to the Netball Australia Member Protection Policy.
Variations: Netball Australia may vary the Activities or this Participation Policy by notifying you either by email or when you next log into the Fast5 Netball portal or app. Your continued participation in the Activities after such a variation constitutes your acceptance of the updated Activities or Participation Policy, as the case may be.
Governing Law and Jurisdiction: This Participation Policy is governed by the law of Victoria. The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of its courts and courts of appeal from them. The parties will not object to the exercise of jurisdiction of those courts on any basis.
Assignment: Netball Australia may assign or transfer its rights and obligations under this Participation Policy to another organisation, but this will not affect your rights or Netball Australia’s obligations under this Participation Policy. You may not transfer your rights or obligations under this Participation Policy to another person.
PARTICIPATION DECLARATION
In order to proceed, you must have read and agreed to the terms and conditions contained in the Participation Policy and this declaration.
By accepting these terms and conditions you:
declare that you are at least 15 years of age;
declare that you have read, understood, acknowledge and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions in the Participation Policy and declaration, including the exclusion of implied terms, warning, assumption of risk, release and indemnity;
understand that the Activities will be conducted under the rules as set by the Netball Australia guidelines;
declare that you are fit and able to participate in the Activities, and that you have no health issues or conditions that will affect your participation in the Activities;
understand that netball is a limited contact sport and that there is a risk of injury involved in participating in the Activities; and
agree to make payment for your participation in the Activities.
If the participant is under the age of 18 the Participation Policy and declaration must also be accepted by the participant’s parent or legal guardian. As the parent or guardian of the participant, you:
authorise and consent to the participant’s participation in the Activities;
expressly agree to be responsible for the participant’s behaviour and agree to accept in your capacity as parent or guardian, the terms set out in the Participation Policy and declaration, including the provision by you of a release and indemnity in the terms set out above;
declare that you have read, understood, acknowledge and agree to, and have fully explained to the participant, the terms and effect of the Participation Policy and declaration, including the warning, exclusion of implied terms, release and indemnity; and
acknowledge and declare that the participant has read the application and declaration and, together with your explanation, the participant has, to the best of your belief, understood the terms and effect of the Participation Policy and declaration, including the warning, exclusion of implied terms, release and indemnity.
ANNEXURE A
Recreational services or recreational activities to which the Australian Consumer Law applies: By agreeing to the Participation Policy and declaration, you agree that the liability of Netball Australia in relation to:
death;
physical or mental injury (including the aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of such an injury);
contraction, aggravation or acceleration of a disease; or
the coming into existence, the aggravation, acceleration or recurrence of any other condition, circumstance, occurrence, activity, form of behaviour, course of conduct or state of affairs:
that is or may be harmful or disadvantageous to you or the community; or
that may result in harm or disadvantage to you or the community,
that may be suffered by you (or a person for whom or on whose behalf you are acquiring the services), resulting from the supply of recreational services or recreational activities, is excluded and the application of any express or implied term that any services will be provided with due care and skill is hereby excluded.
For recreational services provided in Victoria: Under the Australian Consumer Law (Victoria) and Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic), several statutory guarantees apply to the supply of certain goods and services. These guarantees mean that Netball Australia is required to ensure that the recreational services (as that term is defined in section 22 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic)) it supplies to you:
are rendered with due care and skill;
are reasonably fit for any purpose which you either expressly or by implication, make known to Netball Australia; and
might reasonably be expected to achieve any result you have made known to Netball Australia.
Under section 22 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic), Netball Australia is entitled to ask you to agree that these conditions do not apply to you. If you agree to this Participation Policy and declaration, you will be agreeing that your rights to sue Netball Australia under the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic) if you are killed or injured because the services were not in accordance with these guarantees, are excluded, restricted or modified in the way set out in the Participation Policy and declaration.
The change to your rights, as set out in the Participation Policy and declaration, does not apply if your death or injury is due to the gross negligence of Netball Australia, an STO or a Provider. “Gross negligence” in relation to an act or omission, means doing the act or omitting to do an act with reckless disregard, with or without consciousness, for the consequences of the act or omission. See section 22(3)(b) of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic) and regulation 5 of the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Regulations 2012 (Vic).
By agreeing to this Participation Policy and declaration, you agree that the liability of Netball Australia for any death or personal injury (as defined in the Australian Consumer Law and Fair Trading Act 2012 (Vic)) that may be suffered by you (or a person from whom or on whose behalf you are acquiring the services) resulting from the supply of recreational services is excluded.
For recreational services or activities provided in New South Wales or Western Australia: For recreational services or recreational activities to which the Australian Consumer Law (New South Wales) and Australian Consumer Law (Western Australia), applies:
By agreeing to this Participation Policy and declaration, you agree that the liability of Netball Australia in relation to recreational services (as that term is defined in the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth) and the Australian Consumer Law) and recreational activities (as that term is defined in the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) or Civil Liability Act 2002 (WA), as applicable) for any:
the contraction, aggravation or acceleration of a disease;
that is or may be harmful or disadvantageous to you or the community;
that may result in harm or disadvantage to you or the community, that may be suffered by you (or a person for whom or on whose behalf you are acquiring the services) resulting from the supply of recreational services or recreational activities;
is excluded and the application of any express or implied term that any services will be provided with due care and skill is hereby excluded.
For recreational services provided in the Australian Capital Territory, Queensland or Tasmania: For recreational services to which the Australian Consumer Law (Australian Capital Territory), Australian Consumer Law (Queensland) or Australian Consumer Law (Tasmania) applies:
By agreeing to this Participation Policy and declaration, you acknowledge that where you are a consumer of recreational services, as defined by any relevant law, certain terms and rights usually implied into a contract for the supply of goods or services may be excluded.
You acknowledge that these implied terms and rights and any liability of Netball Australia flowing from them, are expressly excluded to the extent possible by law by this Participation Policy and declaration. To the extent of any liability arising, the liability of Netball Australia will, at the discretion of Netball Australia, be limited, in the case of goods, to the replacement, repair or payment of the cost of replacing the goods, and in the case of services, to the resupply of the services or payment of the cost of having the services supplied again. For the avoidance of doubt, this exclusion does not exclude liability for recklessness as defined by any relevant law.
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An Alternate Ending for "The Most Dangerous Game"
The dank forest loomed over Rainsford's head with the stench of humidity and mulch polluting his nostrils. The sun hid behind a dense fog that caked the sky in grey. Rainsford's sprint slowed to a crawl as he doubled over from exhaustion. He took the deepest breaths of his life, holding his chest and taking in the musty air. The forest was abnormally still, the tree leaves waving calmly in the wind. Rainsford knew that he had little time before Zaroff, the giant, and their army of savage dogs would catch him and have him as a midday snack. He was forced to devise a plan.
The hunter scanned the area; to one side of the overgrowth lay a path that led to a narrowing tunnel with a glint of blueish iridescence at the end. On the other side, a dark, densely entangled mess of vines and shrubbery surrounded a pit of deadly quicksand. Rainsford set to work. He removed his shoes and set down the darker path. Carefully prodding against the wet sand on his bare feet, Rainsford took to making false shoes prints on the ground so as to lead to a trap. He tossed the pair in the sand, hoping his scent would lead the hounds to their demise. He grabbed a handful of earth and rubbed himself from head to toe with it in order to blend in with the surrounding odor. Rainsford returned to the intersection and explored the light at the end of the tunnel.
Before him was a rocky cliffside surrounded by a gargantuan salty sea that bellowed with the crashes of teal-green waves upon the sandy shore below. The birds had long retreated to their nests and even the hungriest mosquitoes had ended their prowl. Rainsford was surrounded by old, dying trees that looked as if they had met their and barely escaped the grasps of death. The trunks were stressed and creaked with cries for mercy. Rainsford grabbed hold onto a remotely sharp stick and began whacking at the base of a hefty tree near the mouth of the overgrowth tunnel.
He planned to release the tree upon Zaroff and the larger Cossack's heads as they entered. Thus, Rainsford would win the general's dirty game, and he could return to safety.
The hunter's fantasies were interrupted by the distant hum of dogs' snarls and howls. Startled but determined to keep his nerve, Rains ford hid in the depths of an entanglement of shrubs next to the massive oak. The waiting game began.
"...somewhere around here, " the general's distant voice echoed through the tunnel and rang in Rainsford's ears. Zaroff’s footsteps led away from the opening and back in the direction of the trap. Rainsford would have cheered but he dared not risk making a single sound. A few moments felt like hours while Rainsford waited for the trap to work. Then, a cacophony of screeches, bickering, yelling, yelps, and howls shook the forest to the peak of the highest tree. A dead silence overtook the area.
"Two less, hah!" Zaroff exclaimed with a forced laugh. "I suppose it is just you and I, Ivan. Just you and I. "The heavier Cossack did not respond with words, but a timid agreement. Rains ford positioned himself so he was not visible but he could still reach the second trap. He listened intently at the steady pace of the two men's footsteps. One light step, followed by a heavy step, followed by a light step, followed by a heavy step, every few seconds, showed that they were nearing.
Rainsford counted down. Three. Two. One...
"Ivan!"
The tree landed with a crunch. The surrounding trees shuddered with the impact, and dust flew from the underbrush, forming a cloud between the general and the hunter. A horrifying stain of red dotted the ground and the side of the tree trunk. Rainsford forced himself to look in the general's eyes.
"And you say you are no murderer," Zaroff said flatly. He twiddled his revolver between his thumb and forefinger. He loaded the cartridge in a swift movement of his wrist.
"It truly has been a pleasure knowing you, Mr. Rainsford," Zaroff chuckled. "I reign victorious."
In an instant, Rainsford had acquired his sharpened stake and charged at Zaroff. With no chance to reload or move away, the stick jabbed harshly into Zaroff's chest cavity. The bleeding general shakily dropped his weapon and grabbed onto Rainsford's collar with one good hand. The other battled in a desperate attempt to remove the stake. Both men tried to disarm the other while sliding on the rocky hillside. In another instant, Rainsford had slipped. In another, they tumbled.
In another, they splashed, the glistening blue seas engulfing the both of them perpetually.
The forest was silent.
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Oval DIRT Dirt Late Model Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Photos
Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Photos
Updated: July 2nd, 2014 at 2:30 pm
2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Photos Below
Over the weekend I traveled to Knoxville Raceway. The Lucas Oil Dirt Series hosted the Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals at the speedway in Knoxville, IA. View the dirt late model racing photos below featuring Billy Moyer, Steve Franics, Darrell Lanigan, Josh Richards, Jason Utter, Scott Bloomquist, Jimmy Owens, Shannon Babb, Brian Birkhofer, Tim McCreadie, John Blankenship, Brady Smith and many more dirt racing drivers.
2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Results
1. 29x, Darrell Lanigan Union, KY (3); 2. 1, Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV (2); 3. 39, Tim McCreadie, Watertown, NY (6); 4. 15, Steve Francis, Ashland, KY (22); 5. 21, Billy Moyer, Batesville, AR (14); 6. 23,John Blankenship, Williamson, WV (12); 7. 2, Brady Smith, Solon Springs, WI (21); 8. 0, Scott Bloomquist, Mooresburg, TN (9); 9. 20, Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN (13); 10. 25x, Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA (19); 11. 31, Jason Utter, Columbus Junction, IA (15); 12. Ryan Unzicker (29); 13. Dennis Erb Jr. (31, pr.); 14. 25, Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL (5); 15. 71, Don O’Neal, Martinsville, IN (11); 16. 17M, Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA (1); 17. 28, Eddie Carrier Jr., Salt Rock, WV (17); 18. 19R, Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA (10); 19. 99JR, Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL (24); 20.Denny Eckrich (26); 21. Billy Moyer Jr. (32, pr.); 22. 5, Jared Landers, Batesville, AR (20); 23. 28M, Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI (7); 24. 44, Earl Pearson Jr., Jacksonville, FL (8); 25. B5, Brandon Sheppard, Berlin, IL (18); 26. 58D,AJ Diemel, Elk Mound, WI (4); 27. Shannon Babb (27); 28. Morgan Bagley (25); 29. 32s, Chris Simpson, Oxford, IA (23); 30. 57J, Bub McCool, Vicksburg, MS (16); 31. Justin Kay (30); 32. Tony Jackson Jr. (28). Lap Leaders: Richards 1-6, McDowell 7, Richards 8-19, Lanigan 20-83, Richards 84-94, Lanigan 95-100. Hard-charger: Francis.
2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals Photo Album
Dale McDowell at the 2013 Lucas Oil Late Model Nationals
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Search for supersymmetry in events with one lepton and multiple jets exploiting the angular correlation between the lepton and the missing transverse momentum in proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV
the CMS Collaboration
Early online date
10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.028
Accepted/In press - 7 Mar 2018
E-pub ahead of print - 14 Mar 2018
Published (current) - 10 May 2018
Results are presented from a search for supersymmetry in events with a single electron or muon and hadronic jets. The data correspond to a sample of proton–proton collisions at √s=13 TeV with an integrated luminosity of 35.9 fb-1, recorded in 2016 by the CMS experiment. A number of exclusive search regions are defined according to the number of jets, the number of b -tagged jets, the scalar sum of the transverse momenta of the jets, and the scalar sum of the missing transverse momentum and the transverse momentum of the lepton. Standard model background events are reduced significantly by requiring a large azimuthal angle between the direction of the lepton and of the reconstructed W boson, computed under the hypothesis that all of the missing transverse momentum in the event arises from a neutrino produced in the leptonic decay of the W boson. The numbers of observed events are consistent with the expectations from standard model processes, and the results are used to set lower limits on supersymmetric particle masses in the context of two simplified models of gluino pair production. In the first model, where each gluino decays to a top quark–antiquark pair and a neutralino, gluino masses up to 1.8 TeV are excluded at the 95% CL. The second model considers a three-body decay to a light quark–antiquark pair and a chargino, which subsequently decays to a W boson and a neutralino. In this model, gluinos are excluded up to 1.9 TeV.
Handle.net
http://hdl.handle.net/1983/a0b1b4ba-7f96-4d45-853a-abf5f3594724
CMS, Physics, Supersymmetry
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2018.03.028
Bristol Doctoral College
The Bristol Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information
Other research outputs by the same author(s)
Search for gauge-mediated supersymmetry in events with at least one photon and missing transverse momentum in pp collisions at √s=13 TeV
Search for new long-lived particles at √s=13 TeV
Evidence for the Higgs boson decay to a bottom quark-antiquark pair
Measurement of the Splitting Function in pp and Pb-Pb Collisions at sNN =5.02 TeV
Suppression of Excited Υ States Relative to the Ground State in Pb-Pb Collisions at √sNN=5.02 TeV
Superpositions of the cosmological constant allow for singularity resolution and unitary evolution in quantum cosmology
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Research on Chemical Intermediates
Novel SO3H-functionalized phenanthrolinum-phosphotungstate ionic liquid for highly promoted three-component synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-triones
Nasir Iravani
Mosadegh Keshavarz
Abolfath Parhami
First Online: 04 July 2019
A novel heteropolyanion-based Brønsted acidic ionic liquid material [PhBS]3PW12O40, butane mono-sulfoacid-functionalized phenanthrolinum salt of phosphortungstate catalyst (PhBS-PW), was synthesized and well characterized with FTIR, 1H and 13C NMR, electro-spray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), EDX and TG analysis techniques. The new prepared catalyst was used for the efficient one-pot synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-trione derivatives from a three-component condensation reaction between aromatic aldehydes, dimedone, and phthalhydrazide in H2O under thermal conditions. This green approach has several advantages such as short reaction times, clean reaction profiles, and simple experimental and workup procedures. Moreover, the catalyst can be easily recovered and reused at least nine times with only slight reduction in its catalytic activity with no leaching amount of catalyst into the reaction mixture. These economical factors (time, cost, waste, etc.) for this three-component reaction hold promise for the future of organic synthesis.
Graphic abstract
In this work we introduced a new efficient Brønsted acidic ionic liquid (BAIL) and then its catalytic activities have been considered in the three-component synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-triones via the domino Knoevenagel condensation/Michael addition/intramolecular cyclodehydration sequence in water under reflux condition.
1,10-Phenanthroline Butane sultone Heteropoly acid Ionic liquid catalyst 2H-indazolo[2,1-b]phthalazine-trione Reusable catalyst
The authors gratefully acknowledge to the Gachsaran branch, Islamic Azad University and the Research Council of Yasouj University for financial support of this work.
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1.Department of Chemistry, Gachsaran BranchIslamic Azad UniversityGachsaranIslamic Republic of Iran
2.Department of Applied chemistry, Faculty of Gas and PetroleumYasouj UniversityGachsaranIslamic Republic of Iran
3.Department of ChemistryPayame Noor UniversityTehranIslamic Republic of Iran
Iravani, N., Keshavarz, M. & Parhami, A. Res Chem Intermed (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-019-03875-4
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Gary Johnson's Closing Statement in Ohio: "Vote for the Person You Believe In"
Garrett Quinn | 11.3.2012 9:12 AM
STREETSBORO, Ohio—Gary Johnson would like to win on Tuesday but if he's not on top when all the votes are counted he doesn't care who is.
In the closing days of his run for president, the Libertarian nominee has more than embraced the spoiler arguments he is bombarded with daily. It started when he was on his swing through northeast college campus. It accelerated at the Free and Equal debates in Chicago and in Boulder, Colorado on his final Mountain West tour. Now, here at the last stop on his fifth and final tour of the most crucial of 2012 swing states, he has reached the point where he is almost gleeful over being seen as throwing a giant monkey wrench into what happens on Election Day.
"Whichever candidate I make lose that would be terrific because that would open a debate and a discussion over the two parties and what really is the difference between the two: It's not much., it's really not much at all," he said in an interview with reporters before going on stage.
"I just want to make it clear: more liberal than Obama when it comes to civil liberties and more conservative than Romney when it comes to dollars and cents. That said, I don't care what happens, I really don't," he said.
Johnson has been under relentless attacks from conservatives for his candidacy because they claim his presence in the race will cost Mitt Romney the election. Comparisons have been made to Johnson's run and Ralph Nader's 2000 Green Party candidacy. Johnson doesn't see it that way, arguing he takes equally from both candidates and in different states.
His closing argument is that President Obama and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have failed to address a series of issues, some more mainstream and others more important to libertarians.
Obama, Johnson says, is a great speaker and agrees with a lot of what he says but in practice he's been a failure on things like the budget, foreign policy, and, in particular, the war on drugs.
"I never believed that he would balance the budget, I never believed that he would cut federal spending but he did say those things and he continues to say those things. I did believe him that when it came to war I thought that our military intervention would be scaled way back but he is as militaristic a president we have ever had. The military interventions right now are at an absolute high," Johnson said.
Romney, he says, is a nice guy with a great business acumen but he's just wrong on immigration and his ideas on the federal budget are detached from reality.
"Mitt Romney is a smart guy but with a straight face he says 'we need to balance the federal budget, hold Medicare intact, and increase spending for the military. It doesn't add up," he said.
Most of these, in some way, could be solved or at least addressed if the Fair Tax was implemented, Johnson argues, yet that's something neither candidate even considers.
Johnson implored the 700-plus gathered to bring their friends to the polls and encouraged them to convince others that a vote for Romney or Obama is truly a wasted vote.
"Wasting your vote is voting for somebody you don't believe in. Vote for the preson you believe in, that is how we change things in this country," he said.
"If either Obama or Romney are elected we're gonna find ourselves with a greater police state, we're gonna find ourselves with a continued state of war, military interventions are gonna get just as bad if not even worse, and we're going to find ourselves spending money in ways that are unsustainable that will ultimately lead to a monetary collapse if we don't take control of it," he said.
Johnson heads to Washington, D.C. tomorrow for a series of media appearances and to participate in the two final third party debates. He is spending Election Night at the official campaign party in his hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NEXT: Shikha Dalmia on the GOP's Self-Destructive Position on Immigration
Garrett Quinn is a Boston-based journalist. He covered the 2012 presidential election for Reason.com.
Election 2012 Gary Johnson Ohio Libertarian Party
November.3.2012 at 9:28 am
Go Gary; be able to look yourself in the mirror.
November.3.2012 at 1:32 pm
It doesn’t matter if you “vote for the person you believe in.” Nothing will change. Both candidates would drive the country off the edge with their money printing and deficit spending.
When the ship is sinking it doesn’t matter who the captain is.
To protect yourself you can still fairly easily get your $ out of the country. There are several brokerage firms (and fewer banks) that will still allow American clients to open accounts without traveling to the foreign firms office. Many are completely removed from the western worlds unstable banking system. We’re talking well capitalized firms operating in very solid, stable currencies. You could hold your cash there in the local currency, or sometimes have a choice between several currencies, or purchase shares in companies earning their revenue and paying dividends in solid foreign currencies. See swisssolution.webs.com
Res Publica Americana
Teleprompter 2012! Change again!
sloopyinca
OT: Fucking Chris Christie. First, he tells people when they are allowed to purchase gasoline. Now, he’s signed legislation outlawing deductibles for homeowners filing insurance claims due to damage caused by Hurricane Sandy.
Seriously, this man is a piece of shit. Forget the free market. Forget enforcing contracts that consumers voluntarily entered into with insurance carriers. This motherfucker just waves his magic wand and fucks over every carrier that wrote a policy in the state of New Jersey.
Watch insurance companies run for the exits if this doesn’t get struck down in the courts. Wow.
November.3.2012 at 10:00 am
I only hope there’s not a single carrier that will write a homeowners policy in the state after this.
As to it getting struck down in court: which carrier is going to file that suit and be labeled heartless by the Fat Man and his statist bootlickers in the NY/NJ media after this? They’ll comply with this extortionist bill or they’ll cease to exist.*
*Of course, with home values what they are, those deductibles might have offset their huge losses just enough that fewer of them would go BK.
The only way insurers could stay in new jersey would be to jack everyone’s premium up to essentially cover a no deductible policy.
Which would be illegal under the price-gouging law that will be put into place about 1 week after they increase the first person’s premium.
Jerryskids
Unfortunately, that’s not true. NJ will just pass a law requiring insurance companies to offer affordable policies in NJ. If the government can force you to *buy* insurance, surely they can force you to *sell* insurance can’t they?
Groovus Maximus
You’re missing one leg in that three legged stool. You also have to force providers to accept the insurance, or at the very least, make it so expensive and convoluted that refusing to do so is an exercise in futility.
Leading to a clusterfuck that ensures high prices for worse service.
GOVERNMENT YAY
But..But…TEACHER’S UNIONS! BUDGET REFORM!!!
He’s The Corpulent Jesus, sloopy. His Jesus-dom rivals The Zero’s!
I wasn’t fooled by Sir Cumferance, Knight of the Repubican table from the start, and it really is natural and other disasters that really expose how statist a govenor or politician can be.
Compare The Girth of the GOP to say, Bobby Jindahl, about the basic difference in governing philosophy and disaster response.
Also, fuck Ann Coulter with a freshly broken broom handle for her support of this fraud.
Fuck Chris Christie with Article 1, Section 10: No State shall…pass any law impairing the Obligation of Contracts.
Why no one else brings this up is beyond me.
Because while they may win that battle, they’ll be regulated or legislated out of any future business if they don’t succumb to their government masters.
Then they shouldn’t bitch when the gov’t grossly oversteps it’s job description. Just pay your extortion and move along.
I’m glad the Founders had more spine.
Cytotoxic
He had his uses and moments and has been good for NJ. I don’t see any further good coming from Cristie. Fuck him.
Sevo
sloopyinca| 11.3.12 @ 9:40AM |#
It was one of the Bush fils who, as gov of FL, forbid charging more than last week’s price for a generator after a hurricane.
FL stayed dark, and generators stayed in warehouses all over the country!
Same with gas rationing in NJ, I bet.
I remembered that. Jeb Bush got a lot of kudos from the people for that one. And by “people,” I mean people from outside the state that didn’t have to walk into a Home Depot and get told no generators were scheduled for delivery over the next few weeks.
Remember this: the state wants to be the solution to problems. When they let the free market solve problems, they lose their iron-clad grip on the masses.
“When they let the free market solve problems, they lose their iron-clad grip on the masses.”
Anti-price gouging laws during a disaster are very popular with governors. Okie-land has them as well, as they were instituted after a severe ice storm that essentially paralyzed the state for at least a 2 weeks, some parts of it for at least a month. Good SOD, I’ll never forget that. I didn’t leave the hospital for a week, and unless you were dead or in a coma, you worked, no “if’s”, “and’s” or “but’s”.
They also kick in after a tornado or mass fire has done its evil work, and tornadoes occur with frequency in good ‘ole Tornado Alley.
The public rarely forgets, and the people who price gouge might make a bunch of money right after the storm, but when things are rebuilt, their customers would leave them in droves.
Shame exposes people who do shit like price gouge the same as good press benefits those who charitably give to their fellow man. Unfortunately, too many elected officials are of the mindset that fucking over insurance companies or giving away tax dollars to flood victims that live on the coast constitutes charity, when it is more akin to theft.
4tehsnowflakes
Some consumers would reward disaster entrepreneurs for actually having the generators or other goods available even if they had to pay a higher price than usual during the crisis.
Ice Nine
GWB’s getting Katrina shoved up his ass by the mindless media riot that ensued – the progenitor of Hurricane Political Theater – created a lot of stupid.
Whichever candidate I make lose that would be terrific because that would open a debate and a discussion over the two parties…
WRONG. First of all, I doubt he’ll “take” enough votes to make a difference. If he did, it wouldn’t open dick. The losing partisans will blame him for interfering. There will be zero introspection in either party, because once an election is over focus shifts to governing. The winners start ticking off the wishlist and the losers scheme to keep that list unrealized.
A friend of mine tells fellow Republicans to “vote for Johnson if you want; I hope you all enjoy four more years of Obama.” The correct response is, of course, that it cuts both ways. You want to ignore the cries of a number of small government, civil libertarian minded voters large enough to affect the election then you enjoy four more years of Obama.
Liberals are even more hopeless, blind to their leaders’ misdeeds. Leftists can forgive the state almost anything but inaction. Especially a state helmed by their own.
T o n y
Power in a democratic society is tenuous. Liberals have been beaten down for decades, and if they’re smart they will take what power they can get. The alternative is always going to be worse (because Republicans are incompetent ideological fools nowadays), so we tend to sleep pretty well at night.
November.3.2012 at 12:02 pm
incompetent ideological fools
And we all know you can spot one a mile away since you see one every time you look in a mirror.
Actually I’m a highly intelligent pragmatist.
Why do you need to state the obvious
T o n y| 11.3.12 @ 12:04PM |#
Actually, you’re a shithead ignoramus.
The heartwarming tale of a herpetic monkey, a town fearful of the unknown, and, a HERPETIC MONKEY.
Lawyers for Mystery Monkey are on the offensive today, after news reports of his herpetic condition were splashed across national screens. “We are reviewing all our options, but at this point, at the very least, this unauthorized release of medical information is clearly a violation of HIPAA. Mystery Monkey values his privacy greatly, and this irresponsible and illegal exposure of his medical records will not go unaddressed,” said Ray Davies, spokesman for Mystery Monkey. “Mystery Monkey doesn’t feel safe in this world any more, and feels that whoever leaked this information is no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo.”
Mystery Monkey tests positive for Herpes B virus
Wait, that’s the good herpes, right?
Davies, when faced with innuendo from an inquisitive journalist regarding the nature of Mystery Monkey’s alleged infection, said, “Mystery Monkey’s public behavior is unerringly sophisticated and civilized, and speculation about his personal predelictions is walking down a dead end street. I would remind you of your colleague, Walter, whose world has changed significantly since his unfounded accusations against Mystery Monkey regarding paranoia.”
Francisco d Anconia
Child rearing that John Galt would approve of.
It’s come to this, you’ve been blessed with children. They’re growing up. And now you’ve got a house full of kids.
Feeling overwhelmed?
Yes, of course. But have you ever considered applying economic principles to managing a large household? Here are some real lessons learned from two Ph.D. economists with five kids. The basic key is to reinforce simple old fashioned values with the right incentives.
Very sweet link. Some might say artificially zweet.
Definitivamente no estoy respondiendo a ti en espanol con la intencion de molestar a usted. Confia en m?.
Also, don’t let your kid blab about it at school — they’ll report you to DHS as a possible terrorist if your kid starts talking about John Galt.
Better than German. And yes you did.
Fucking squirrels!
If I have kids I’m going to try to do things this way. My parents went the opposite direction, trying to instill some idea of “duty” to do the chores. I think material incentives are better, and encourage good economic habits in children, to boot.
I’ve posted it before, but it’s not on my new PC. We have a schedule of chore payments for my kids. They get paid for what they do, period. Of course, they are expected to keep their rooms clean, but if they don’t want to make any allowance, they don’t do any chores.
Matter of fact, I actually paid one of my daughter’s friends the other day when she helped clean out our chicken coop. She asked me why, and I explained to her how it works in our house. Needless to say, she said she wished it was that way at her home.
Kids are just small people, not morons. If you implement an incentive for performing, you’ll get a lot more than if you implement a punishment for not.
Some of them ARE small morons.
The Immaculate Trouser
Methinks that’s the dividing chasm between people when it comes to raising kids: some treat their kids like little people, and others treat them like pets that can talk.
I hate talking about the Fair Tax. It’s a national sales tax. I predict that within 10 years we will have a national sales tax – but it’s going to be in addition to all the other taxes, not a replacement for them. Talking about the Fair Tax and how simple it would be to implement and how much revenue it would raise just makes me sick to my stomach. Why give them ideas for increasing taxes?
James Anderson Merritt
Johnson is clear that he intends the Fair Tax as a REPLACEMENT to several federal taxes, including personal income tax, capital gains tax, and corporate income tax. To completely kill income tax, of course, requires repeal of the 16th Amendment.
nothinghead
The 16th amendment authorizes, but does not require, income taxes. It would not need to be repealed to implement the ‘Fair Tax’.
Eaglewing
The Fair Tax requires repeal of the 16th Amendment before it goes in to effect, to ensure that the gov’t can’t add income tax on top of the sales tax. The Fair Tax is intended to be revenue neutral. It restores the 5th Amendment, kills the IRS, and makes taxation completely visible to everyone. It will be printed right on the receipt every time you make a purchase. No more hiding the cost of government with payroll, withholding, FICA and the illusion of “matching” payments by employers, as well as embedded taxes in the products you buy.
There seems to be a lot of hostility toward the Fair Tax here. You should read the details and understand it before you dismiss it. It really is much better than what we have now. You can get the facts at fairtax.org or get the Fair Tax book by Neal Boortz and Congressman John Linder (author of the bill).
The Late P Brooks
Yesterday, I was in my favorite bar, having a beer and talking to a friend. Some other guy, whom I recognize but do not know, starts talking about the elections, and comes up with this:
“If Rick Hill gets elected governor of Montana, WOMEN WON’T BE ALLOWED TO WORK OR VOTE ANYMORE.”
I am seriously no shit thinking about selling my place and moving to Idaho, because Montanans are a such a bunch of slack-jawed cretins.
Have you heard the commercial that bags on Hill for supporting a state sales tax? They have a sound byte of him saying, “I think Montana would be better off with a sales tax.”
They CLEARLY stop the quote mid sentence. A moron can tell the’re was more and they were taking him out of context. The dirty politics here is outrageous. Both Rehberg and Tester are two of the most disingenuous fucks I’ve ever listened to.
I’m not sure ID is much better. The wife and I looked pretty closely at Idaho. Pluses and minuses on both sides.
Cdr Lytton
I’d be interested in hearing more. The wife & I are seriously considering moving to somewhere near Boise. The big minuses I see are explosive growth (a lot from CA exiles and fellow travelers who want to recreate their hellhole), arid climate in those parts, & politics that are so red it’s morphed into conventional cronyism and gives little lip service to small government except for the blue section in Boise that wants even more boondoggles.
Same for Brooksie. Would love to hear from anyone here about their opinions on ID, especially current/former residents.
See below for more.
We like the outdoor thing. I’m the H-K type (hunting/fishing) and the wife is more crunchy (kayaking/rafting/hiking) and both states are fantastic for each of those types of activities. So that was the draw.
ID, as you say, is very Red, which is good fiscally, but intolerant on the social side. We chose MT, because of the “leave me the fuck alone” libertarian mentality that many have/had.
Unfortunately, since we’ve moved back, I’ve noticed a definite shift toward Team Blue. As TLPB says, the state has become absolutely HOSTILE to business. Because all business hurts the environment…
The CA transplants are rampant across the West. The worst we saw was the Front Range in CO. They might as well rename Colorado Springs New LA. Boise is getting there. As a general rule, the more beautiful the place, the more infected it becomes. In MT, the worst two towns are Missoula and Bozeman.
I liked Idaho. Nice climate as well. Dry. Would have been very happy living there.
Helena seems pretty bad, too. But Missoula and Bozeman are the university towns, so no surprise there.
I went to high school there. That was 30 plus yrs ago. I applied for the military schools and received a nomination from all three possibilities, McClure, Simms and Craig (no I didn’t have to suck his dick.) from that experience in which I was deemed ineligible not because I was a nigger, but because my eyesight was deemed subpar. Same difference really. Discrimination is discrimination.
I remember after my med exam at Mountain Home Airforce Base, the doc remarked after examining my nose that I wasn’t a coke addict.
It was somewhat of an awakening to a naive kid.
Idaho is idiosyncratic. I am surprised it has remained red state as long as it has. One could blame the Mormons for that but the Mormons but for a few issues dealing with abortion are becoming true social democrats. I’m guessing that such move wins more candidates.
Atanarjuat
I’m not sure the coke addict comment was because you were black. My dad’s a dorky doctor and enjoys showing off esoteric skills, like curing hiccups (though he sucks at it–it involves minutes of painful compression on some nerve in the neck and never really works), and maybe even detecting a coke addict by the appearance of their nasal cavity. I think he would have said that to anyone.
Very much appreciated! We’re in ID’s Portugal so the CA menace is very familiar. The housing prices there are still sane enough that we could buy a decent amount of land and even though the trends there give me a slight pause, it’s 1000X worse here. I convinced thIs state is going to go critical under the burden of fiscal insanity and general stupidity.
We’ve been visiting heavily over the past several years including a short time where my wife was working in Boise so I feel like I’m not going in blind. The biggest hiccup is the climate. The dryness is great and a nice change from the rain but the wife also wants trees, greenery and privacy (so much more difficult when living on plains where you can see for miles).
And the ocean too.
We spent the last 15 years looking for the ideal place in the trees. Didn’t find it. Found plenty of beautiful properties, but all too far from civilization. Thought that would be cool when I was 35. Now I like not driving an hour to the supermarket. Ended up building on the plains. Being able to see for miles does grow on you.
If your wife insists, you could go north of Boise. Not too far to the trees that way.
We’re already an hour to the grocery store now thanks to Oregon’s oh so wonderful land use regulations but we’re not very rural at all. My wife retired and the two jobs I’m mulling over have some degree of work from home in them so that opens up our options. On the other hand, being closer to amenities has it’s advantages.
My preference would be acreage with water rights/supply either south of Boise or west of Nampa. Looking at others in the area, I think I can get some wood grown, although nothing like the forest I’m in now. Towards Idaho City is pretty but Boise County’s recent lawsuit mess scares me from the area.
Just bear in mind that “California Transplants” are usually only “transients”: people who stayed in California only briefly (no more than a few years in most cases, usually following business opportunities or ephemeral social trends), did their damage and then decided to move on to do damage elsewhere. This native Californian is happy when they leave, but is in great sympathy with the States who receive these waves of population pestilence.
ID has a state liquor monopoly if I remember correctly? Big strike.
It does but I think it’s going to go within a couple of years. Costco’s victory in Washington has opened up the log jam.
Oregon’s liquor commission is on the defensive to point of ridiculous (OLCC chair: “Other countries, and even some other states, continue to see health problems from “adulterated” liquor, including blindness and paralysis. Counterfeit brand-name liquor continues to be a problem”). Once that goes, Idaho will follow.
I hear you. My God, Montana has lost a lot of that “independence” one often hears.
anazing man keep up
Fucking Chris Christie.
I’m with Groovus; how did anybody think that fat fuck was anything other than a power-hungry bully who wants to tell everybody what to do. He’s just as bad as Bloomberg.
The so-called Fair Tax is fucking dumb. Any tax that large would be hugely distortionary, and create a gigantic incentive to find ways to circumvent it.
Perhaps, but if you didn’t also have to pay income tax, withholding tax, and certain other taxes, you may find yourself not so motivated to get around the sales tax. Even if so, remember that Johnson wants to cut Federal size and spending dramatically, and that his stated goal is actually to lower the Fair Tax rate as far as possible.
We’re already paying it in other forms. It will become obvious to everyone how much they are really paying for gov’t “service” when they see it printed right on the receipt.
As long as there are taxes, people will cheat. Cheating on the Fair Tax, however, will require a co-conspirator. You could legally avoid paying it by buying used items, since it would only be charged on new products and services.
Get the fucking facts before you decide it’s fucking dumb.
Predictions for today:
Oregon beats USC by at least 21
ND beats Pitt by 14
KSU beats O(kie)SU by 4
TTU beats Texas by 28 (and Mack Brown announces he will retire after the season)
LSU beats Bama by 1
and in the important game of the day
tOSU beats Illinois by 14
Also, Lolo Jones is on GameDay. Damn, she really is a good looking woman.
Apparently Denard Robinson’s out for the Minnesota game. I guess his vaginitis got worse as the game got closer.
Generic Stranger
10 points too high for you spread on Oregon and USC.
I’m not sure ID is much better.
I’m sure you’re right, but in the places I lived in Idaho, I never saw the outright anti-capitalism, anti-business, anti-private-property sentiments I see here. You’d have to be crazy to relocate anything but a sole proprietor one man operation into this state. I have been kicking around ideas for a couple of manufactured products, and if something actually comes together, there is no fucking way they would ever be made in the state of Montana.
I’ve never lived in Utah; maybe i should give it a look. Better skiing (than Montana) anyway.
Neither as good as Vermont… or so I’m told.
..the places I lived in Idaho, I never saw the outright anti-capitalism, anti-business, anti-private-property sentiments I see here. You’d have to be crazy to relocate anything but a sole proprietor one man operation into this state.
You’re right. The trade is I can live in a rural environment and still enjoy the perks of the modern world here. When I lived in Mountain Home, ID, you couldn’t find a microbrew in the entire town. Now I live in Belt (pop 600) and have a brewery on main street. We found rural Idaho to be a lot more redneck (for lack of a better term) than rural Montana.
Boise is another story, if you are into the city thing.
Trade-offs.
South Dakota has really taken up a pro growth capitalistic approach lately. The Black Hills are beautiful, although getting crowded.
Gary Johnson’s Closing Statement in Ohio: “Vote for the Person You Believe In”
Liberals are. They believe in the person who lied to them, fucked them, went against everything they believe, but did it because of politics. Because they believe in politics.
We’ll just take your word on that.
Don’t take my word for it! Take a liberal’s word for it:
The Derider|10.18.12 @ 12:38PM|#
Obama’s against marijuana due to politics.
Romney’s against marijuana due to ideology.
As legalization becomes more popular, Obama probably will change his policy, like on gay marriage.
Romney won’t.
https://reason.com/blog/2012/10…..nt_3322160
You can’t win elections without engaging in politics. Compared to the ever-shapeshifting Romney, when we’re talking about adherence to principles, Obama might as well be the pope.
I believe that Shapeshifting Romney is shapeshifting out of…politics.
It’s why Obama did so much shapeshifting. Because of politics. So I’m not sure what we’re even arguing here.
Romney’s trying to get elected, so he’ll say, well, anything. Obama? Ditto.
Unbelievable that Joe wrote that less then a month ago….4 years after Obama promised to not go after medical marijuana.
Yeah, I’ll at least give more liberals credit for voting their conscience. The vast majority believe in Team Blue causes because their entire ideology is based on fucking over every person with more than them.
As far as Team Red goes, I’d say there are a lot more of them holding their nose and voting for Romney even though they know he is a milquetoast conservative at best and a big government liberal RINO at worst.
So the math, as I see it, goes like this: 40% of voters will vote their conscience for Obama. 9% will vote based on race/identity politics for Obama. 15% will vote their conscience for Romney. 30% will hold their nose and vote for Romney (but really against Obama. 6% will vote based on race/identity politics for Romney.
This is the popular vote only. I still have no clue how the EV will go.
Romney 269
Obama 266
Im still holding out for the “Thats Dr Pauls music!” scenario.
Yes, but I wonder what would be more enjoyable:
Romney: 269, Obama: 266, Paul: 3 – the Right imploring Paul to do the right thing and give his votes to Romney to avoid a Romney-Biden White House.
Obama: 269, Romney: 266, Paul: 3 – the Left desperately arguing that the House should do the right thing and vote Obama in since he has the plurality of the EV. Bonus enjoyment for the cognitive dissonance if Romney wins the PV.
I have a good liberal friend who, when confronted with the utter, bone-crushing failure that is Obama, shrugs and says he ultimately believes in “the system”. this is a common thread I run into with my fellow liberals. They have this odd belief in “the system”. They seem to enjoy politics for politics sake, where most of my fellow libertarians tend to despise politics. I really think there is something fundamental going on there.
They (liberals) seem to take great pleasure… and often have a significant knowledge of congressional process. They can talk about committee rules and process details like a sports fan talks about third round draft picks. In the end, all I care about is the vote, and what law we just got stuck with.
This is why Joe forcefully argued a few years ago that it didn’t matter if Obama supported the Patriot act, as long as he complained quietly about it during Committee. It’s a strange mindset, to be sure.
That’s an interesting observation, and fits with my experience as well. They are very procedure oriented, and as long as the rules are followed, the outcomes are often immaterial.
My highly scientific survey of right-wing conspiracy theorizing and tearful lashing out suggests and Obama win. Drudge has thrown in the towel, that’s obvious.
We agree! Biden 2016!
Rehberg and Tester are two of the most disingenuous fucks I’ve ever listened to.
No kidding. Of course, I hear a lot of, “TESTER GETS FREE SHIT FOR TEH VETZES!!!! YAY TESTER!!1”
I would like to see Rehberg win, just to hear the lamentations. Unfortunately, that fucking retard thinks “border security” up here should be just as stupid and fucked up as it is in Arizona.
A friend of mine was up near the border hunting deer recently, and some asshole from the Border Patrol chased them down and gave them the Third Degree for about an hour. He said when the BP agent asked what they were doing, his buddy responded, “WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT LOOK LIKE WE’RE DOING?”
Lurking around the border with high powered weapons of mass destruction. BP agent should have killed them on sight.
Neither as good as Vermont
Now you’re just being silly.
Like I said, “Or so I’m told”.
You probably missed our “Kansas is flat” discussion regarding Vermont skiing last week. Opinion was divided. I believed in the “Kansas is flat” theory when applied to Vermont Skiing, Vermont Skiers were convinced that Vermont was one big Double Black Diamond.
One big Double Black Diamond covered with ICE! Skiing in the east should be referred to as skidding.
a sound byte of him saying, “I think Montana would be better off with a sales tax.”
If he’s not a complete moron (problematic, at best), the rest of that quote would be, “because that would be better than the idiotic business equipment tax we have now.”
You probably missed our “Kansas is flat” discussion regarding Vermont skiing last week.
What I *will* say about Eastern skiing (I learned to ski in upstate New York) is you learn why they put those metal edges on skis, and how to use them. There are a lot of western skiers who have never actually carved a turn in their lives.
Isn’t that the truth.
Hmm, not sure where you’re coming from on this, are you saying that it’s more icy in the east?
Never did any skiing (boarding) in the east so I defer to you.
If that is what you’re talking about, harder, icier snow, I would say years… what, 2005-2007 were abysmal snow years here in the NW and I really built some chops (and busted my chops) on the veritable ice skating that was occurring here and in Whistler, BC. Broke my wrist in… 06?
Anyway, if that’s not what you mean, explain.
Yes ICE. Ice like you cannot even imagine.
I grew up in NE PA. Elk Mountain. ICE. Top to bottom, all day, every day. Skied VT numerous times. Less ice than PA, but not much.
People who grew up in the west, where ice on a ski mountain is virtually nonexistent, can’t even imagine. As a kid, I’d need to sharpen my edges every third day of skiing.
are you saying that it’s more icy in the east?
Yes. Yes I am.
nlleigh
Mr. Johnson, you are clearly more concerned with yourself than you are with the state of America. You may, indeed, throw a wrench in the works, effecting the outcome of the election. But if Obama wins, you will come to regret it!
Same for Brooksie. Would love to hear from anyone here about their opinions on ID
I lived in Ketchum for a few years. It would be an outlier no matter what state it was in. I would have been happy to move back, but buying a place was completely out of the question.
Twenty-five years ago, I spent my first MBA year at the University of Idaho, in Moscow (excellent economics dept at that time, in my opinion). I liked Moscow, but the economy is not exactly diversified.
I used to go to Sandpoint to ski; I liked it, but it always showed upon those “Hottest Yuppie Douchebag Vacation Towns” lists.
Coeur d’Alene is a beautiful place, and civilization (Spokane) is just down the road.
I like the Pocatello area. I never spent a LOT of time there, but it seems to be a nice place. I shopped for a place in Pocatello, but before I found anything there, I stumbled onto a place in Montana which was exactly what I was looking for; a barn (now my shop) on twenty acres, with no house. A town big enough for a Costco close, but not too close. Little did I know it was such a ComSymp stronghold.
Your property is pretty much what we’re looking for, minus the ComSymps (Montcoms?) and cold. One of my buddies is from Eastern MT and those winters are just too brutal for me.
We’ve considered Coeur d’Alene but it’s grown quite a bit over the last couple of years too and Spokane is growing ever closer.
Sandpoint is behind CBP’s Iron Curtain so that’s crossed out.
Helena seems pretty bad, too.
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There is no evidence that “3rd” parties take votes away from the legacy parties and in fact there is quite a bit of evidence to support the theory that the legacy parties take votes from “3rd” parties. If you look at polling data (you know, facts and stuff) you see that “3rd” party candidates tend to under preform. That’s the old party taking votes. You also have to consider the fact that opposition parties have to meet unfair ballot access rules and the legacy parties are given tax money to run their operations and campaigns.
http://www.ballot-access.org/2…../#comments
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LGBT Lives Are Better Than Ever, Yet The Culture War Grows Louder
In the future, everybody's religious beliefs will be newsworthy for 15 minutes.
Scott Shackford | 12.1.2016 1:15 PM
(Everett Collection/Newscom)
Everett Collection/Newscom
My public reaction (on Twitter) when I saw BuzzFeed's strange, now-viral piece about a couple of HGTV hosts going to a church whose pastor doesn't support gay marriage was to wonder if the media outlet was going to write a similar piece about every single Catholic in America or just the famous ones.
Whatever the stated intent for running a story about the church attendance of some C-list home improvement show hosts (they do well in cable ratings, anyway), the subtext is clearly intended for us to look askance at Chip and Joanna Gaines for belonging to a church whose pastor preaches against gay marriage. The weirdest part of the piece is that it's entirely speculative. The Gaineses didn't respond to requests for comment, so it's a piece that cannot even tell the reader whether the Gaineses themselves support or oppose gay marriage.
Robby Soave noted this morning a couple of media outlets like Jezebel and Cosmopolitan running with the story. There's also been a much larger blitz of responses that are critical of the BuzzFeed piece. Here's some critical analysis over at the Washington Post from an engaged gay man who worries that the digital media environment under the Donald Trump administration is going to end up as "four agonizing, tedious years of 'gotcha' non-stories like this one."
There is some possible good news here amid the media feeding frenzy surrounding the story: At the time that I'm writing this, a host of outlets have written about and linked to the BuzzFeed story. But I haven't seen a peep at the major blogs or media outlets (such as The Advocate) that specifically cater to LGBT readers. I may have missed a blog link somewhere given the size of the internet, but this "controversy" doesn't seem to be a focus of sites that are narrowly focused on LGBT lives and issues.
Why is this good news? Because it's a sign that the people who are actually affected by cultural attitudes toward gay marriage recognition understand where the battles truly are (to the extent that there are any battles left). Whatever the Gaineses and their retrograde preacher believe about gay marriage is not relevant to whether the practice will continue. There is no indication that any of these people in this story have influence to alter the state of legal recognition (or any interest in doing so).
There is a lot of focus at LGBT sites about who will be serving the Trump administration and fears about what they may do. Trump actively courted LGBT voters, which is remarkable on its own for a representative of the Republican Party. Let's not forget that the Republican Party's opposition to gay issues hasn't been just a plank in the platform—it's also historically been an issue to campaign with, something largely absent from this year's race. Trump nevertheless did terribly with gay voters, according to exit polls.
But while Trump doesn't seem to personally have much opposition to the LGBT agenda, the same cannot be said for the people he's selecting for his administration, and that's where all the power will be. I've noted previously fear over Trump's selection of Rep. Tom Price to head the Department of Health and Human Services, given his record of opposition on gay issues. Betsy DeVos, Trump's pick for secretary of education, didn't just oppose legal recognition of gay marriage; she actually bankrolled ballot initiatives to block it. Her family has significant connections to organizations that have done everything they could to halt the legal normalization of same-sex relationships, and it's worth analyzing how that might affect what she does in Trump's cabinet.
So having said that, what I'm seeing from pieces like this bizarre one from BuzzFeed, and from things like a gay politician's attempt to promote a boycott of a beer company owner for supporting Trump, is an inability to accept a norm that we live side-by-side in a world with significant ideological diversity, and an inability to place an emphasis on policy-making over signaling and culture war judging. Debate over DeVos' actual anti-gay background and how that might or might not affect federal education policy (libertarian disclaimer: we shouldn't even have a federal education policy) shouldn't be fighting for attention with the church habits of a couple of televised home renovators.
I've said repeatedly while watching this election play out that one of the primary attitudes driving the culture of these campaigns has been the desire to punish one's foes. It's kind of remarkable seeing responses to the Trump election like this one at Out Magazine that is so certain that LGBT folks are going to be the ones punished under the incoming administration, yet is completely blind to the motivations of pro-Trump voters who think that they are the ones who were being punished and would continue to be punished in a Democratic administration. Why didn't Shawn Binder's parents think about his self-interest and those of his LGBT friends, Binder asks, while failing to detail or explain in any way what self-interests prompted his parents to vote for Trump. He wants to know whether he can forgive them, but doesn't consider whether "forgiveness" is an attitude that should factor into a response to somebody using his or her vote in a way you don't like. (Maybe that's the libertarian in me talking: I go through life surrounded by people who vote in ways I don't like and have managed to not have a nervous breakdown or wonder if I need to "forgive" people)
Self-segregation and social punishment seem to be the order of the day as the left and the right drift further and further apart culturally, even as policy differences seem less pronounced than they used to be. As a member of neither side, I'm hard-pressed to figure out the end game in BuzzFeed's report other than page views and yet another thumbtack marking a point of cultural hostility on the map of the Internet.
I don't want to suggest the false choice that covering the Gaineses comes at the expense of covering DeVos. I do want to suggest that journalists at BuzzFeed seriously start thinking about the motives behind cultural reporting like this because it is very clearly influencing people's perceptions of politics and the media in ways that have already come back to haunt the press. Defensive responses by BuzzFeed's editor grasping desperately for an explanation as to why the couple's church attendance was considered newsworthy is not helping.
NEXT: 4th Circuit strikes down North Carolina residency/movement restrictions on sex offenders
Scott Shackford is an associate editor at Reason.
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Playa Manhattan.
December.1.2016 at 1:17 pm
How are these people on home improvement shows if they’re not absolutely fabulous?
Brett L
More importantly, they’re achievably good looking.
My wife likes them
Certified Public Asshat
The real monsters are those tiny house people.
SFC B
“You just spent $170,000 for a trailer.” That is a quote from me watching that show over the holiday as some just-out-of-college moron spends $170,000 for a trailer that will be the home for him, his wife, and their two daughters.
The look on the face of the wife when she saw the actual size of a 20 sq ft “master” bathroom was priceless. I was shocked the couple made it to the end of the episode without a lawyer submitting divorce paperwork.
lap83
I had a similar thought, but it gave me a great idea for a Portlandia sketch. A bunch of hipsters build a cluster of tiny houses. It starts out civil and refined but it gradually devolves into a trashy trailer park. The end would probably involve a tornado ripping through everything.
mad.casual
The thing that always kills me is the neo-greenie ‘derp within derp’ aspect of it. Half of the tiny houses would be *awesome* to live in for 1-3 weeks every couple as a hunting/fishing cabin or retreat out on a remote 1000+ acre ranch or as a sort-of ‘executive office’ next to your cheap-floor-space rural machine shop. Instead, they buy a really small house to live in full time and find an obnoxious plot in the city or the suburbs to park it and invite their six friends over to annoy the neighbors. They don’t love nature and independence, they’re just insecure, hate people, and have mild form of agoraphobia.
+1 “This tiny house is too small and doesn’t have enough amenities!”
Zunalter
I do want to suggest that journalists at BuzzFeed seriously start thinking about the motives behind cultural reporting like this because it is very clearly influencing people’s perceptions of politics and the media in ways that have already come back to haunt the press.
How are they going to keep their blocs voting appropriately if they don’t keep them terrified of the “other side”?
$park? is totally a Swifty
I see the word ‘retrograde’ is really coming into fashion in this Age of Trump.
And I don’t think it means what they think it means.
Yeah, checking all the definitions on Dictionary.com doesn’t really yield anything that applies very well in context.
SchillMcGuffin
I recommend that Chip and Joanna simply publicly recite the speech Obama gave regarding Reverend Wright, substituting “Anti-gay” for “Anti-American”, etc. Obviously Jezebel and Cosmopolitan will be fully satisfied thereafter.
Scarecrow & WoodChipper Repair
DOOMco
do you have a link to that? i like this idea.
i usually use it when someone posts something really stupid on bookface.
Whatever the Gaineses and their retrograde preacher believe about gay marriage is not relevant to whether the practice will continue. There is no indication that any of these people in this story have influence to alter the state of legal recognition (or any interest in doing so).
This is the kind of thing that makes me think that a lot of progs wish that something terrible would happen just so they can have the drama. Since something terrible probably won’t happen, they have to invent “crises” to occupy themselves and to feel important.
That’s how politics of every stripe works, from the PTA and quilting clubs on up. Everyone who likes telling others what to do learns early on that getting othe people falsely excited is the way to play.
With the emphasis on “falsely”, since it means there is no actual resolution possible, no actual work required, no way to ever finish the task, and no way to lose an argument.
No. They reason why they got into politics in the first place was because they want to feel important. The worse you pretend your enemy is, the more important you feel.
Yes, John. Same thing, different words. Now stop trying to pretend I am worse than you!
You are a monster. And I am fighting the noblest and bravest fight ever by pointing that out.
Darth Squirrel
Stands and applauds.
This is the kind of thing that makes me think that a lot of progs wish that something terrible would happen
I really think it’s true. They really want Trump’s election to mean whatever horrible things are in their imagination. They really want the country to be full of gay-bashing rednecks and neoconfederates who want to kill homos and subjugate blacks.
They have so much invested in their worldview that they are the ones out for justice and the world is just against them that they just can’t bear it not to be true.
Or maybe not. I can’t read minds. But it sure seems that way sometimes.
Of course, it’s not only something that progs do. There are plenty of libertarians and conservatives who are attached to their gloomy worldview as well. But I think progressives really take the cake.
MarkLastname
I remember the South Park episode from after the 2008 election, in which the republicans started beating each other up and then seeing their own behavior as ‘society breaking down’ and blaming it on Obama.
Thats what the Progs’ behavior now is like. Wreak havoc then blame said havoc on the ‘disunity’ sown by Trump and his supporters.
Jay Kay
December.2.2016 at 7:25 am
I got into an argument with a liberal friend, who was outraged–OUTRAGED!!!–that Trump had seemingly reneged on one of his campaign promises in regards to ‘building the wall.’ She demanded that he be held accountable to his promise and that he actually proceed with building said wall. I asked the lady, who thought the thought his policy was horribly racist, why she would want him to go through with the promise of doing something she was vehemently opposed to, when she so feared it…
I had to pay the dry cleaners extra to remove all the blood and grey matter….
Real and Legitimate News, Jr.
They should handle this situation like so:
1) Pretend they really weren’t paying attention to the message despite attending that church for years
2) Give a speech pointing out that they could not disavow their church any more than they could disavow their grandmothers
3) Disavow their church anyway
4) Wait for all the praise to roll in for being just so goddamn intelligent
Have you seen the show? There is no way Chip could be called intelligent, damned or otherwise.
In the culture wars it isn’t enough that your side win. The other side must also lose.
Rhywun
If by “lose” you mean “ground to dust”… yeah.
It’s not about legal equality for many, it’s about moral equivalency.
gary47290
Do you mean the anti-Equal Marriage people? They forced LG people into a mode of marriage or bust. [“LG”, not “LGBT” because “B” and “T” persons could marry someone of the opposite gender. Equal marriage only applies to “BT” persons if the person they wish to marry would make the marriage “LG”.)
Don’t forget, that 2/3 of their precious amendments banned civil unions or domestic partner laws. In the case of Virginia and Michigan, the amendments even banned enforcement of contracts to mimic the protections of marriage for couples. To be honest, I’m surprised the Michigan and Virginia amendments were not summarily overturned under the Federal Constitutions “Contacts clause”.
These anti-Equal marraige people were not trying to protect their image of marriage. They were figuratively on a “Gays must die and go to hell” march. This forced the supporters of LG equality to respond similarly with a scorched earth movement, and the LG equality side won pure and simple over changing social attitudes. People will abandon the culture war position the moment someone they love comes us. See: Rob Portman’s change of opinion when his son came out.
Bubba Jones
This is why Trump won.
Homple
Drama Queens gotta queen and drama.
I can't even
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
? Eric Hoffer
Quo Usque Tandem
That is an excellent quote; may take home for the day, thank you.
Lee Genes
Just buy a copy of The True Believer. It’s worth it.
Will do, thanks.
Antioch Community Church’s communications director pointed me toward the church’s website under “beliefs,” where it states, “Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime.”
I can’t believe that in this day and age, anyone would be so narrow-minded and bigoted to believe that marriage is only to be entered into for a lifetime.
LarryA
December.2.2016 at 12:42 am
A covenant commitment states what’s intended, not what’s predicted.
AFAIK, most couples getting married intend for it to last “as long as we both shall live.” And the marriage license people seem to agree. At least I haven’t seen any “valid for 10 years” licenses.
HGTV=”homo gay television” right?
Poor business decision to hire them if nothing else.
But seriously, it is rather perverse that pretty normal, mainstream beliefs (even if they are becoming minority beliefs) are being tarred as beyond what should be socially acceptable by certain media segments and social activists.
Derp-o-Matic 5000
It’s especially galling to me when this approach is adopted by people who were on record as being opposed to gay marriage as recently as 2012.
I was going to mention that too, but the squirrels were fucking with me.
I think their ratings will probably go up as people view watching the show as a way to tell the SJWs to fuck off. Even if it turns out to hurt ratings, it is hard to blame HGTV here. The people apparently had a show that worked. Why should HGTV have quizzed them for possible unacceptable beliefs? Maybe HGTV didn’t care what they thought about issues that have nothing to do with their show?
Yeah, it’s dumb. The show they present has nothing to do with their views on marriage or religion. There is no rational reason why HGTV should give a shit if it doesn’t affect how they do their jobs in a negative way.
I am only capable of being entertained by people who share my exact political opinions on every topic.
All other individuals have no right to even attempt to entertain people.
I’m looking at you, Tom Cruise. And Matt Damon, fuck that guy.
MATT DAMON!!
Confident prediction:
The ratings for their show will go up as a result of this kerfuffle, thus allowing the SJW morons to score yet another own goal.
I bet you are right about that.
I always figure all this stuff must come from the networks themselves. Who else would bother to ever know this kind of stuff? Any publicity is good publicity.
Diane Reynolds (Paul.)
“four agonizing, tedious years of ‘gotcha’ non-stories like this one.”
Do we mean, four years ADDED to the previous years of non-stories?
Bra Ket
Yeah was thinking the same thing. The only difference is now they won’t be in charge anymore. Perhaps instead of social-justice invitations to the white house for victims from favored groups, we’ll have it go the opposite direction, and the cops and teachers get the invites.
1461 x SSDD
WTF, squirrels? I waste enough time here as it is without having my comments disappear because you can’t make shit work properly for more than a few days in a row.
Self-segregation and social punishment seem to be the order of the day as the left and the right drift further and further apart culturally,
I’m not completely sure they are. What we have is a noisier, more committed activist segment of the population that increasingly controls the narrative. Trump was the backlash to that.
Most people on the left and the right just want to go to work, raise there kids– they aren’t steeped in a kind of Marxian power struggle with every social interaction, and aren’t out to destroy everyone who veers slightly off the ideological reservation. This is a new-ish phenomenon that seems to be– as far as I can tell– controlled by a small but increasingly powerful segment of the population.
Red Rocks Dickin Bimbos
This is a new-ish phenomenon that seems to be– as far as I can tell– controlled by a small but increasingly powerful segment of the population.
This is the reason that the only people lamenting Gawker’s demise were its inbred, effete commenters and a few self-righteous morons in the journalist class. These are the kind of people that have no problem using their platform as a cudgel to destroy the lives of random nobodies that none of us should give a tinker’s damn about, merely for exercising the wrongthink of the moment. It’s downright Orwellian and a big reason why Trump’s gleeful trashing of previously-held tempremental norms didn’t kill his candidacy within a couple of months.
I do know that they are so powerful as they are loud and have more of a bully pulpit through social media.
Lena Dunham, for example. Need I say more?
That’s because the culture isn’t about improving LGBT lives, its about punishing (perceived) enemies of the One True Hivemind.
As a group (I know, I know), I expect gay people are doing better (education, income, assets) than straight people in this country. In fact, that would be interesting context to know when discussing LGBT “discrimination”, as in, “Gee, if the lives of gay people in this country are such a living hell, why are they doing so well?”
Or, who knows, you may actually find some basis for the belief that they are victims of widespread societal discrimination.
Here’s the thing: You can get people (cough, the commentariat, cough) to do analysis and opinion of these kinds of stories for free. What you have to pay people to do is the legwork of research and actual uncovering of facts. Maybe your paid staff should concentrate on that, as a way to distinguish yourself in a crowded field?
http://www.usnews.com/news/art…..al-couples
Women who are in same-sex couples and in the labor force tend to make far more money than similar women in heterosexual couples, while men in gay couples tend to make slightly less than their heterosexual counterparts. People in gay couples are also more likely to be in the labor force (that is, working or looking for a job) than their heterosexual counterparts, and they’re far more likely to be highly educated.
Those are a few of the datapoints from a new report on the demographics of America’s same-sex couples. The Williams Institute, a think tank at UCLA that focuses on LGBT issues, has dissected Census data from 2005 through 2011 to create a detailed picture of the demographics of men and women who live with people of the same sex. And while the economic findings are at first puzzling?why would gay women earn so much money, while men in same-sex homes tend to take an earnings hit??the author says the principles underlying those conclusions may in fact be nothing new.
Gays have been doing well in this country for decades. But somehow gay marriage became the most important civil rights issue since slavery.
Yeah, the entire point is for leftists to have a club to beat their enemies with.
Dark Lord of the cis
Also, and I’m too lazy to find the link, I believe that the biggest physical threat to lesbians is their partner.
Is that a good thing or a bad thing?
Its a bad thing. Domestic violence is a really nasty problem in the lesbian community. And one sadly that gets swept under the rug all too often.
Yeah, I’ve heard that before.
The reason I ask is that saying that the biggest threat comes from the domestic partner could either mean that there is lots of domestic violence, or that they are very safe otherwise.
I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the biggest threat of physical violence to women in general was from their domestic partners.
But without seeing any actual numbers, it’s impossible to figure out the significance of such observations.
You are right, the statement itself could mean a lot of things. The actual numbers are a bit slippery because it is not something that is reported very often. But, from what I have read the consensus is that it is a pretty nasty problem.
Looking into it a bit, it does seem to be significantly higher risk for gay women than straight women (~20% vs ~35% over lifetime).
It also seems to be something that a lot of gay advocacy organizations are trying to call more attention to.
Domestic violence is a really nasty problem in the lesbian community.
It’s a bad job all the way around. Even from a libertarian legal moral perspective splitting up a family to prevent a murder is a pretty lose-lose-lose situation. The fact that society currently seeks out anti-discrimination and inclusiveness in defining families against current norms, combined with getting all uppity about staying out of the bedroom, makes this bad situation worse rather than better.
The last couple decades and even still a bit today, if a woman came home from the company of a man disheveled and bruised, the man and any associated closed door behavior was automatically suspect. If the same thing happens now among two women, not only is the victim assumed to be equally guilty as the aggressor but the aggressor can, even more sufficiently as a member of an oppressed minority, employ a simple ‘mind your own business’ defense. Chivalry among women exclusively didn’t just not exist but is, in many overlapping corners, declared dead among heterosexuals and its corpse is beaten in earnest.
I did a poor job of wording that. From a larger cultural perspective it’s a good thing because gay bashing is way down. It’s also a bad thing because there’s so much domestic violence among lesbians.
Also, my wife(who was a lesbian for 10 years) says that the 35% number is likely pretty low.
“My wife (who was a lesbian for 10 years)”
I’m not sure whether that’s a compliment or an insult to your manhood.
Or maybe it has nothing to do with his manhood, just something that his wife dealt with and now they’re married. Nothing to see here…move along…
I may have missed a blog link somewhere given the size of the internet…
It’s not the size of your internet, it’s how you __________________.
Hitler?
Your joke could allow more leeway with punchlines if you remove the ‘you’ before the wildcard space.
Just trying to help.
Nope. I thought of that but I want it the way I want it. Plus people just ignore that and say what they want anyway.
I thought of that but I want it the way I want it.
My ex-wife used to say that.
use up the bandwidth?
…make it swing?
“You spin me right round baby right round…”
Keep telling yourself that
Citizen X
Harambe?
…….google with your personal digital assistant.
juris imprudent
Twiddle the bits?
Stream your bits?
Wipe your servers with a cloth?
Grand Moff Serious Man
Feels like ages ago but did this trend in journalism originate when that reporter went to Bumfuck, Indiana to find out a small business that wouldn’t service a gay wedding?
“Conservatives in the Mist” has long been a trope in reporting but I think it’s new to purposefully go on a fishing expedition to find something socially unacceptable to shame culture war enemies over.
Yes and it keeps getting more malevolent. Those stories used to be pretty benign and just said more about the narrow mindedness of the people who wrote them and their readers. Now with the internet, they have become pretty nasty and often ruin the lives of their subjects. Gawker did that story on the woman who tweeting something they didn’t like and got her fired and pretty much ruined her life. The pizza place either went out of business or came close. And if Buzzfeed has its way, these people will lose their show.
Memories Pizza is still in business and they received a fairly large amount (several hundred thousand) in donations during the Great Pizza Catering War of 2015. But I’m willing to bet the ownership might have preferred not having become the focus of a national hate campaign.
The SJWs might not have gotten them, but each such fight will get less and less response. It was great for them being the first, but in another year or two being the 17th business owner getting death threats for not answering stupid hypothetical questions the “right” way will be a lot less profitable.
the focus of a national hate campaign
Speaking of which… I was in a Jersey City mall the other day and saw my first Chick-Fil-A in the food court. So naturally I had to try it. Verdict: the spicy chicken sandwich was just OK, no better than Wendy’s. Fries were quite good though.
Chic-Fil-A is a cult. A wonderfully delicious cult where all employees are clean cut, happy and never get your order wrong. They can have a line that wraps around the block at lunch time at a stand alone locations but they send out employees with iPads and credit card swipers and you have your correct order and are driving off in less than 10 minutes. (It takes 15 minutes for me to get a honey butter chicken biscuit from the Whataburger when there is only one car in front of me and chances are they’ll get something in my order wrong.)
There are somethings more important than punishing wrongthinkers and getting a delicious lunch fast and right is one of them.
Her family has significant connections to organizations that have done everything they could to halt the legal normalization of same-sex relationships, and it’s worth analyzing how that might affect what she does in Trump’s cabinet.
It’s only relevant if she’s planning to strip and stain the doors on that cabinet, or changing the hardware. Gay marriage acceptance will really come through in how level she mounts it.
ant1sthenes
Hmmm… Muslim literally just means “one who submits to God”, right? Maybe Christian churches should just rebrand themselves as dissident Muslims, then they can hate gays all they want and progs can’t say shit.
BYODB
Well, according to Muslim’s they’re all children of Abraham sooo…yes?
It’s pretty obvious that the left is almost entirely atheist and/or secularist. That isn’t a bad thing but when a group like that starts making carve outs for particular faith’s it raises some eyebrows.
J Ortega y Gasset
Maybe it’s one of those mega-churches with an espresso bar?
Or better yet a wine bar (also known as a Catholic Church)
It can’t be proved that other people are terrorized by my internal thoughts, but I like to believe that they are.
Why are people, including you, Scott, clicking on Buzzfeed? Just curious.
Boobie bait
Chris Geidner over there is actually the best reporter on LGBT legal issues and is pretty good on other kinds of court cases as well.
“…that journalists at BuzzFeed seriously start thinking…”
It’s BuzzFeed, should one really call them Journalists? Or thinkers? To me, they’re like a slightly more newsworthy version of Cracked.com. They publish click bait and an occasional interesting thing, that’s about it.
Their serious stories tend to be kinds of things that a young, inexperienced reporter can do from his/her/hx desk, and doesn’t require a web of foreign bureaus.
Old newspaper ways of doing things are scoffed at here. At a morning meeting, discussion of how to cover the president’s State of the Union address focuses on two aspects only: getting Vine video “of when stupid stuff happens” and putting together a piece about how no one cares about the State of the Union.
The editor in chief, Ben Smith, the only person among the 29 in the meeting who wears a jacket, urges his lieutenants to tell more stories as quizzes. “People are going to be making fun of us as the website that only does quizzes,” he says. “But we’ve only just begun to scratch the surface of quizzes.”
Well, I did leave myself wiggle room with the ‘occasional interesting thing’ note in that occasionally someone over there will report on something interesting and newsworthy. I only say this because sometimes someone will point me to one of those stories. The other stories they offer while reading those interesting things is why I never go there on purpose.
Frankly, Reason is on the edge for me when the adverts at the bottom have cheerleader upskirts on them but I give this place more slack because the comments are actually interesting; and sometimes the article is too.
Ideally, she says, she’d like to write both “28 Things That People With Big Boobs Can Simply Never Do” (another of her smash hits) and reported pieces on social justice?tough, serious work, but in the BuzzFeed way:
They’re the same thing, baby doll, the same thing.
http://www.cjr.org/cover_story…..s_true.php
My favorite reporting on Chip & Joanna Gaines where they sent a New York reporter to do a feature story on them that turned into some weird meditation on whether Waco was really worth saving. Its a strange story that features them in nearly every paragraph and isn’t about them, really, at all.
Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
What an amazingly pointless story. Interesting, for sure (this coming from someone who likes the town), but all so pointless. Quasi-virtue signaling, yet more of a genuine “coastal elites in shock over this town”.
And, it’s Texas Monthly, for Pet’s sake.
You ARE a Prog (MJG)
Regarding that Buzzfeed “story,” written by Kate Aurthur… This Twitter convo on Nov 26:
Kevin Fallon ?@kpfallon
My blood-boiling suspicion that every couple featured voted for Trump has ruined House Hunters for me.
Kate Aurthur ?@KateAurthur Nov 26
@kpfallon And Fixer Upper.
So I think we know the inspiration and motivation for the reporting. These suspected Trump voters MUST GO DOWN.
Chipwooder
I really don’t understand the mindset of such people, but then I don’t know why people watch these kinds of shows in the first place.
I don’t know why people watch these kinds of shows in the first place.
I’m an incidental watcher, but then, both my wife and I’s families have been ‘consumers’ of ‘This Old House’ and similar since forever. It’s more interesting than The Weather Channel and less consuming and absurd than prime time docu-dramas and sitcoms. There’s also a warm fuzzy element about TV that teaches you stuff. Also, I’m certain HGTV has mentioned Trump and Clinton considerably less than any most any other networks besides TWC.
I have met people who do watch it through the lens of entertainment-style TV. Where they’ll know which identical twin brother built which garden patio for which couple whom they recall by name but won’t remember jack shit about whether the patio was simply set in place over a compressed gravel bed or required a poured concrete foundation. Those people are a little bizarre.
Oh, TWC has gone all in for Climate Alarmism.
Oh right, and HGTV tries exceedingly hard to seem like they’re convincing people that the gay couples are just acceptable couples who just happen to be gay, black people can afford nice stuff too, and even people who don’t hold regular jobs should expect a basic right to wheelchair ramps for their personal mobility devices. But at least, in my intermittent viewings, both networks do a decent job of sticking to their gnere and not hammering idiotic tangential issues about policy and politics pegs into weather and homebuilding holes like they’re worried about CNN horning in on their demographics.
I can still recall a recent episode on HGTV about the couple demanding organic sod and the host was unable to meet their demands. I can only imagine that; either HGTV didn’t know they were going to ask for organic sod and somehow got stuck doing due diligence, HGTV and/or the contractor themselves are grossly ignorant of turfgrass production, or HGTV and/or the contractor felt obligated to inform the public that organic sod is/was not a thing.
I enjoy such shows without giving a crap about the politics of anyone on it.
Hell, I liked that one with Tim Tebow giving away houses in Georgia FFS.
I enjoy Homes on Homes when I manage to catch it. The only other show of that ilk I’ve seen is Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and I only lasted two episodes on that before the incessant in-your-face showboating of the main guy got on my last nerve.
A lot of the families they do work for are Baylor employees. Yes, Baylor is very conservative for a college, but it isn’t Notre Dame or Liberty. I would be surprised if the “List of couple features on Fixer Upper” didn’t correlate somewhat with “People in Waco, TX who voted for Hillary”.
One the best retorts to those fuck-heads on Twitter
RJ ?@rjames1928 17h17 hours ago
.@kpfallon I feel sorry for you that Trump & his voters are living rent-free in your head. Must be exhausting labeling people all day long.
Suthenboy
Because the culture war isnt about making anyones lives better.
I’m having a hard time agreeing that we need to vet not only the nominees, but their families as well. I think you are overegging the pudding, here. Potentially squirrely financial activities, maybe (thinking of the appointments of family members to phat jobs and no-show boards), but their political beliefs? C’mon, man.
Having said that, I’ve always thought Huma’s family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood should have gotten a lot more attention, especially in light of her work on one of their RadMus publications.
JW1981
We Democrats have basically two paths forward. One is to whine, complain and try to skew any and all discussion in our direction, as we’ve been doing for years. The other is to acknowledge that most people who voted for Trump did so not because they are racist or homophobic but because Trump was acknowledging the struggles of Middle America and Democrats simply were not. We can complain and send out accusations, or we can begin to listen to the voices of those that we dismissed before. I applaud this article for calling out the hypocrisy of the people who are attempting to put all the blame on middle America for the Democrats’ loss.
This sentence strongly articulates the fundamental flaw of Democrats trying to place blame solely on Middle America:
“Why didn’t Shawn Binder’s parents think about his self-interest and those of his LGBT friends, Binder asks, while failing to detail or explain in any way what self-interests prompted his parents to vote for Trump.”
JaimeRoberto
I can’t wait for the article on how ship lap is an indication of homophobia.
Were I one of these pearlclutchers, I would be rather more concerned about the views espoused by the likely new DNC Chair’s spiritual counselors than those of a couple of minor tv personalities. Just sayin’.
I believe its a Schopenhauerism that the closer we get to a goal, the angrier we are about not being there.
okocho
December.21.2016 at 11:24 pm
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"Con Alma" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Con Alma," composed by Dizzy Gillespie (1917-1993) and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial part of the Chicago jazz scene of the 1950s,…
Tags: alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Con Alma; Dizzy Gillespie; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz standard; John Birks Gillespie; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"You Must Believe in Spring" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "You Must Believe in Spring," composed by Michel Legrand (b. 1932), with lyrics by Alan Bergman (b. 1925), Marilyn Bergman (b. 1929), and Jacques Demy (1931-1990), and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM…
Tags: Alan Bergman; alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Ira Sullivan; Jacques Demy; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz standard; Marilyn Bergman; Marilyn Keith; Michel Legrand; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; You Must Believe in Spring; Young Musicians Camp
"Samba de Orpheus" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Samba de Orpheus," composed by Luiz Bonfá (1922-2001) and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial part of the Chicago jazz scene of the…
Tags: alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; bossa nova; Brazilian jazz; Brazilian music; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensemble; jazz ensembles; Luiz Bonfá; Luiz Floriano Bonfá; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; samba; Samba de Orpheus; Samba of Orpheus; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"Christmas Time is Here" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Christmas Time is Here," composed by Lee Mendelson (b. 1933) and Vince Guaraldi (1928-1976), and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial…
Tags: A Charlie Brown Christmas; alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; CAH; Charlie Brown; Chicago, Illinois; Christmas Time is Here; College of Arts and Humanities; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz standard; Lee Mendelson; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peanuts; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; Vince Guaraldi; Vincent Anthony Dellaglio; Vincent Anthony Guaraldi; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"Blues-ette" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Blues-ette," composed by Curtis Fuller (b. 1934) and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a crucial part of the Chicago jazz scene of the…
Tags: alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; band leader; bebop; Blues-ette; bop; CAH; Chicago, Illinois; College of Arts and Humanities; Curtis DuBois Fuller; Curtis Fuller; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; hard bop; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensembles; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"Imagination" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Imagination," composed by Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990), with lyrics by Johnny Burke (1908-1964), and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A multi-instrumentalist, Sullivan was a…
Tags: alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; CAH; Chicago, Illinois; College of Arts and Humanities; Edward Chester Babcock; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Imagination; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz standard; Jimmy Van Heusen; John Francis Burke; Johnny Burke; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise" by Ira Sullivan
An audio recording of "Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise," composed by Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951), with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960), and performed by Ira Sullivan (b. 1931) live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 8, 2006. A…
Tags: alto hornists; alto saxophones; alto saxophonists; alton horns; bebop; bop; CAH; Chicago, Illinois; College of Arts and Humanities; flautists; flugelhornists; flugelhorns; flutes; Ira Sullivan; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz standard; music; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II; Oscar Hammerstein; PBS; peck horns; Public Broadcasting Service; Sigmund A. Romberg; Sigmund Romberg; Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor horns; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; The New Moon; UCF; UM; University of Central Florida; University of Miami; WUCF-FM; Young Musicians Camp
"Out" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Out," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free jazz…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; Out; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Xtemporanious" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Xtemporanious," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM; Xtemporanious
"Firestorm" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Firestorm," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; Firestorm; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; saxophonist; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Ever After" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Ever After," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; Ever After; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; Winter Garden; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Rapture" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Rapture," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free jazz…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Rapture; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; Winter Garden; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Beatrice" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Beatrice," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; Beatrice; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; Fuschia Swing Song; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Bouquet" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Bouquet," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; Bouquet; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Twilight" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Twilight," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophone; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Twilight; UCF; University of Central Florida; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Torch" by the Sam Rivers Trio
An audio recording of "Torch," composed by Sam Rivers (1923-2011) and performed by the Sam Rivers Trio live on-air on WUCF-FM on December 11, 2001. Rivers was a jazz multi-instrumentalist and composer from Oklahoma, who helped popularize free jazz…
Tags: Anthony Cole; avant-garde jazz; bass clarinetists; bass clarinets; CAH; College of Arts and Humanities; Doug Mathews; flautists; flutes; free jazz; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Sam Rivers; Sam Rivers Trio; Samuel Carthorne Rivers; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Studio Rivbea; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Torch; UCF; University of Central Florida; WAVES; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "Do Nothing till You Hear from Me," composed by Duke Ellington (1899-1974), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville,…
Tags: Bob Russell; CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me; Duke Ellington; Edward Kennedy Ellington; Ellington, Duke; Ellington, Edward "Duke" Kennedy; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; R&B; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; rhythm and blues; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; Sidney Keith Russell; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"My One and Only Love" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "My One and Only Love," composed by Guy Wood (1911-2001) with lyrics by Robert Mellin (1902-1994), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a…
Tags: CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Guy B. Wood; Guy Wood; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; My One and Only Love; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; pop music; pop standard; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Robert Mellin; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Strike Up the Band" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "Strike Up the Band," composed by George Gershwin (1898-1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful…
Tags: CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; George Gershwin; Ira Gershwin; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicals; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; pop music; pop standard; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Strike Up the Band; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"It's a Wonderful World" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "It's a Wonderful World," composed by Jan Savitt (1907-1948), Harold Adamson (1906-1980), and "Johnny Guitar" Watson (1935-1996), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player…
Tags: CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Harold Adamson; It's a Wonderful World; It's Time to Jump and Shout; Jacob Savetnick; Jan Savitt; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; John Watson, Jr.; Johnny Guitar Watson; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Recado Bossa Nova" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "Recado Bossa Nova," composed by Luiz Antonio and Djalma Ferreira, and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a successful career in Nashville,…
Tags: bossa nova; Brazilian jazz; Brazilians; CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; composers; Djalma Ferreira; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Hank Mobley; Henry Mobley; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; Luiz Antonio; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Recado Bossa Nova; Reed; reed player; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonist; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Gone With the Wind" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "Gone with the Wind," composed by Allie Wrubel (1905-1973) with lyrics by Herb Magidson (1906-1986), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a…
Tags: Allie Wrubel; CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Elias Paul Wrubel; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Gone With the Wind; Herb Magidson; Herbert A. Magidson; Horace Heidt; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; pop; pop music; pop standard; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"Don't Worry 'Bout Me" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "Don't Worry 'Bout Me," composed by Rube Bloom (1902-1976) with lyrics by Ted Koehler (1894-1983), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a…
Tags: Billie Holiday; CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Don't Worry 'Bout Me; Eleanora Fagan; Ella Fitzgerald; Ella Jane Fitzgerald; Epcot; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Reuben Bloom; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Rube Bloom; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; Ted Koehler; Ted L. Koehler; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
"I Thought About You" by Terry Myers
An audio recording of "I Thought About You," composed by Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) with lyrics by Johnny Mercer (1909-1976), and performed by Terry Myers live on-air on WUCF-FM on August 14, 2006. Myers is a reed player from Iowa who developed a…
Tags: Billie Holiday; CAH; Church Street Station; College of Arts and Humanities; Dinah Washington; Edward Chester Babcock; Eleanora Fagan; Ella Fitzgerald; Ella Jane Fitzgerald; Epcot; Fagan, Eleanora; Fitzgerald, Ella Jane; Francis Albert Sinatra; Frank Sinatra; Holiday, Billie; I Thought About You; jazz; jazz ensembles; jazz saxophones; jazz saxophonists; Jimmy Van Heusen; John Herndon Mercer; Johnny Mercer; Mal Waldron; Malcolm Earl Waldron; Miles Davis; Miles Dewey Davis III; musicians; National Public Radio; NPR; orlando; PBS; Public Broadcasting Service; radio stations; radios; Reed; reed players; Rosie O'Grady's Good Time Jazz Emporium; Ruth Lee Jones; soprano saxophones; soprano saxophonists; tenor saxophones; tenor saxophonists; Terry Myers; Tommy Dorsey Orchestra; UCF; University of Central Florida; Walt Disney World; woodwind players; woodwinds; WUCF-FM
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Known for Unstoppable (2010), The Wire (2002-2008), Guiding Light (1952), The L.A. Riot Spectacular (2005)
Feb 9, 1975 (age 44)
Projects in Development (1 title)
Untitled Tom Phillips Project
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Rich Petrillo
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Tag: IMT
We’re Looking for a Few Good Cover Bands!
On July 10, 2014 July 10, 2014 By GretchenIn Inside Music Today, Projects, Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
Inside Music Today has a 20-year history of showcasing original music in the Delaware Valley. But did you know we also feature cover bands on Twilite Concert Series?
Want to get your band on either of our shows?
Give us a call and schedule a taping at your favorite venue.
Upcoming LIVE perfomances by IMT featured bands:
July 15-20: BURLINGTON COUNTY FARM FAIR. Our producer, Bill O’Brien joins Mike & Flora and Tony Ochipinti! Click the Farm Fair link for details.
July 19: No Commitment performs at the Medford fireworks! Remember last year’s great show?
Bill will be on keys with The Trump Boyz on July 20 at Hainesport’s outdoor concert, July 23 at the Pine Barrens Festival and July 27 at Madison Pub in Riverside. Get directions to all these events here!
We will be videotaping these performances for future Inside Music Today & Twilite Concert Series programs. Stop by and see us—and stay to enjoy the music!
Our show airs in Burlington County, NJ from Palmyra to Bordentown and 295 to the river. Watch IMT on Comcast channel 28 on Tuesdays & Thursdays at 7 PM and on our YouTube channel. Twilite Concert Series airs on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.
Stay updated! Find Inside Music Today on Facebook and follow us on Twitter @RoomTwoProd
Road Show Sunday 4/13 at PARX
On April 12, 2014 By GretchenIn Inside Music Today, Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
Announcing an Inside Music Today ROAD SHOW! It’s our first Road Show of Spring 2014 and it’s coming up THIS weekend at PARX Casino’s 360 Lounge.
Parx Casino is located at 2999 Street Road, Bensalem, PA 19020.
The 360 Lounge features an awesome stage with spectacular sound and state-of-the-art lighting.
Come on out to PARX on Sunday, April 13 to see and support these great bands:
The Trump Boyz
Rheminis at 5:30
The Trump Boyz at 6:45 (featuring our producer, Bill O’Brien, on keyboards!)
The Escape Plan at 8
We will be videotaping for future Inside Music Today & Twilite Concert Series programs.
Look for new IMT & TCS show formats coming in our 20th anniversary year! We will soon bring new Inside Music Today shows to our fans in a whole new format. Plus we are rejuvenating our local program Twilite Concert Series to include our many friends that perform cover tunes so well. More about that in weeks to come.
Our viewers in New Jersey’s river towns can watch IMT on Comcast channel 28 on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 PM and on our YouTube channel. Twilite Concert Series airs on Wednesdays at 6:30 PM.
Watch our Facebook page for updates!
Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see our show archives!
IMT August 3 Midnight Show
On August 3, 2013 By GretchenIn Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
We’re busy setting up taping dates for new acts and we’re scripting new IMT segments and taping those. We will also start setting dates for new In Concert Road Shows at some new locations. Any artists interested in being a part of these shows, please contact us.
Amenti Rover
Tonight we’re premiering a new band, Amenti Rover. We met and taped them at the “Rock Out Hunger” event in Burlington Twp. a few weeks back. They’re an excellent rock band that put on a very enjoyable show. We have Mike & Flora from our Road Show at The Shamrock and Wendy Betz and the Riseing taped at The Bus Stop in Pitman, NJ. Then we return to the Medford Fireworks for an original from No Commitment. What a fantastic evening of music from these young artists. They have a great future ahead of them.
August 10th Amenti Rover will return along with more from the Breast Cancer Fundraiser taped at Dr. Lou’s Place. More music from Riverz Edge Band, Ginger Coyle and Underground Rats rounds out the show. We appreciate the fact that these artists donated their time to perform for such a worthy cause.
Next week I should have some upcoming dates for Road Shows and other events.
Inside Music Today July 27 Show
On July 27, 2013 By GretchenIn Room Two Productions3 Comments
We’re very busy here at IMT producing new segments for our new fall season. One new segment will be including information about our family of artists. More info about this as the new season approaches.
This week’s show consists of footage from the “Rocking for a Cure” event at Dr. Lou’s Place. We were able to stay long enough to catch 3 great acts, Riverz Edge Band, Ginger Coyle and Underground Rats. We have one song from each act this week with more to come in upcoming weeks.
Next week is a mixture of outdoor and indoor performances. We’re outside at the Medford Fireworks with No Commitment. Then we go indoors with Wendy Betz and the Riseing and move outside again to the “Rock Out Hunger” benefit with Amenti Rover. Our first time meeting Amenti Rover and they put on a really impressive performance.
I do want to ask our artists to contact us if you have any upcoming events you would like to advertise on IMT. We will feature as many as we can each week.
Coming up on Saturday, August 3, The DeFused is playing a benefit for Paw It 4ward, which helps animal rescues in need.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer. All of us here will be working hard to bring new and exciting music, information and events to your TV screen for the fall. But our 5 shows in August will have some sneak previews, so keep watching!
On May 5, 2013 May 4, 2013 By GretchenIn Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
Tonight’s IMT features a second song from our friends The Black Feathers.
The Black Feathers play Dr. Lou’s Place
Tune in for their special harmonies and remember, they were here at Dr. Lou’s Place all the way from England. What a great night of entertainment that was!
This program also features two acts from our April 17th taping at Dave & Buster’s at the Bucks County Open Mic Night with Howard Durann. Tonight you will enjoy a song from Bob Petitti. We also bring you a performance from Great Blue Buddha. It was really cool to find out when we arrived for the taping, that Dante del Vecchio was in this band. Dante was on IMT during our first year. It is so good to run into people that have been on our show over the years.
We had some requests to run once more the concept video we made with Jimi Chanti and Nightspell 13. So here it is in tonight’s show. We have been receiving many more inquiries lately about concept videos. They are more costly, but when completed, a great accomplishment. Plus it is always something unique to have in a bands repertoire. So artists, keep this in mind!
So that is tonight’s show! Please visit us tomorrow night at the Shamrock Pub in Philly. It will be a new and unique experience! Check this site tomorrow for complete info on our Acoustic In Concert Road Show.
Inside Music Today April 27 Show
On April 27, 2013 By GretchenIn Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
It has been a very hectic week finalizing preparations for IMT‘s 1st acoustic In Concert Road Show. We are also in the midst of preparations for the Croft Farm Rockfest ’13. So it’s a bit crazy, tons of work and also fun. But first a little info about this week’s show.
From our April 17th taping at Dave & Buster’s we are bringing you Lou Kramer with back-up by Firecracker Betty. John Monzo has another original song for you this week that we taped on that evening. We also met rapper Diverse Character the same evening, and he is featured on this program. Angel Casiano is part of the staff of Bucks County Open Mic Night and he gave us a copy of a concept video he had done recently and you will get to view it on this week’s show.
Next week we’re bringing you a second song from The Black Feathers from England. Can’t wait to hear their beautiful harmonies once again. Then we are back to the Dave & Buster’s taping with a song from Bob Pettiti and one from Great Blue Buddha.
I am asking all singers, musicians and friends to come out to the Shamrock Pub, 2nd & Reed St. in Center City, Philly, May 5, 5pm to 9pm. Please come out and support our 1st acoustic In Concert Road Show. If this is a success, that means more bands can be booked in more places. IMT wants to show off all the talent that passes through the show. We want to reach more audiences through more venues. The audience seeing you on TV is one thing, but performing “live” is what it’s all about. Please support this event and let’s keep IMT In Concert shows going!
Also, mark your calendars for June 8 ( June 9 raindate) for the Croft Farm Rockfest ’13. We are so lucky to have friends in the right places that made it possible to acquire this venue. This is a first for Cherry Hill to host an event like this. We also want this to be successful, for the same reasons as above. IMT is trying our best to open doors so talented artists have venues to show their craft. Artists, please support other artists. It will surely come back to you.
So please come out to our events. Just remember, Bill always has really cool surprises at the end of the shows. So come out and enjoy an evening of music. If you need further info concerning the shows, go to our website below or e-mail us at the address below. I’m happy to answer any questions.
Enjoy the weekend. It should be beautiful! Tune in tonight at MIDNIGHT for our show, only on WMCN! As always, thanks go to our generous sponsors!
All of us at IMT are excited. We want to thank Mike Vagnoni from Out On The Town Entertainment Guide for featuring a very wonderful article about Inside Music Today in his April issue. A big thank you to Dr. Lou for using his time and talents to write about our program. We are very blessed to have Mike and Lou offering their assistance, so more talented artists will be aware of the opportunities IMT can offer. Thank you so much!
We are featuring on this week’s show The Count Josephine Band. John Carr has been a little under the weather, so I’m hoping his band being on IMT will make him feel a bit better. We will be seeing John in the not too distant future, since he has agreed to be a part of our 19th anniversary show. John, it will be so good to see you again!
We also have John Cantamessa back. I know our media consultant, Barb, will be glad of that! Dave Weber and his lovely wife, Donna Delany have returned, as have Box of Roxx. This is a great line-up of talent!
Next week we have a concept video from Angel Casiano. Then we feature some of the acts we taped just this week at the Bucks County Open Mic Night, this time from Dave & Buster’s. John Monzo had a new song for us, as did Lou Kramer with back-up by Firecracker Betty. Rounding out the show, a rap performance from Diverse Character. Thank you to Howard Durann for inviting us to come out to Dave & Buster’s to capture some more new talent. We’ll have more from that evening on the May 4th show.
If you’re making plans for Cinco de Mayo, please consider coming out to our first acoustic In Concert Road Show at the Shamrock Pub, 2nd & Reed St., Center City, Philly. We’ve planned a fun night of music with some really cool surprises. Come join in the fun Sunday, May 5 from 5pm to 9pm.
We’ve added some bands to the 19th Anniversary Concert. Joining Volt, Half Daze, No Commitment and If All Else Fails on June 8 will be The Count Josephine Band, Dr. Lou and the Privileged Few and Liquid Island. It will be a great day at Croft Farm in Cherry Hill, NJ. Plus you know if Bill is in charge, there will be even more surprises! So save the date for this FREE concert!
I think this is everything to date. Hope everyone has a chance to get out and enjoy this upcoming weekend and this week’s show!
Our sponsors rock! Be sure to thank them by patronizing their businesses, and remember to tell them you heard about them on Inside Music Today!
On April 14, 2013 April 13, 2013 By GretchenIn Room Two ProductionsLeave a comment
Mark your calendar for these opportunities to attend live events as they’re taped for future Inside Music Today airings.
On Wednesday, April 17th, IMT will be taping for the show with Howard Durann’s Bucks County Open Mic Night, at Dave & Buster’s, 1995 Franklin Mills Circle, Philadelphia. The night will get started around 8PM. Come on down and enjoy the evening, and if you would like to perform on Inside Music Today, sign up for future TV tapings.
On Sunday, May 5 we’ll host our first acoustic In Concert Road Show at the Shamrock Pub, Reed & 2nd Street in Center City, Philly. How lucky were we to have the show there on Cinco de Mayo! I hope our fans will make the effort to come out and support this first show featuring Mike & Flora, the acoustic version of If All Else Fails, Cory Walters and Angel Casiano. We also have other surprises in store, so come out and join us for a really special event!
Our 19th Anniversary Concert is slated for Saturday, June 8! The date, June 8, is exactly 19 years to the day of the first Inside Music Today broadcast! This concert will feature 4 young and talented bands, No Commitment, If All Else Fails, Half Daze, Volt and more!
With the assistance of Mark Oberstaedt, one of the dads of the No Commitment band, we have secured Croft Farm in Cherry Hill, NJ for the venue for our 19th Anniversary Concert. Thank you Mark for all your help. This would not be a reality without you!
Don’t miss these great live events–come on out and bring a friend!
This week’s TV show features a band from England, The Black Feathers. I am so grateful we were invited by Dr. Lou to record Ray & Sian at Dr. Lou’s Place on Easter Sunday. They are a wonderfully talented duo and great people. You won’t want to miss this show and their incredible harmony. Plus in the interview, you’ll love the British accents!
We also have a message song from our producer Bill with Artisan, warning to not drink & drive. Then we will get you in the mood for our upcoming anniversary concert with a new song from No Commitment. Yes, Bill has decided to turn the concert with 4 young bands into our 19th Anniversary Concert! And the date is June 8, exactly 19 years to the day of the first Inside Music Today broadcast! With the assistance of Mark Oberstaedt, one of the dads of the No Commitment band, we have secured Croft Farm in Cherry Hill, NJ for the venue. Thank you Mark for all your help. This would not be a reality without you!
Our April 20th show has performances by Count Josephine Band, John Cantamessa, Dave Weber with Donna Delany, Box of Roxx and Dr. Lou & the Privileged Few.
Be sure to patronize our sponsors who help keep original local music on the air!
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Ever wonder where you can read or here about what I’ve been recently pondering? No? Well, now you can here!
Summer Talks!
Little Shallows in the Depths: Indeterminacy in Quantum Theory (with David E. Taylor) @ Quantum Indeterminacy Workshop (Dartmouth), July 12–13
The Topology of Intertheoretic Reduction @ BSPS 2019 (Durham), July 17–19
The Topology of Intertheoretic Reduction @ CLMPST 2019 (Prague), August 5–10
The Role of Replication in Psychological Science @ EPSA 2019 (Geneva), September 11–14
Teaching!
You can now download new syllabuses here for Space and Time (F18), Computability and Logic (S19), and my graduate seminar (S19): Physical Perspectives on Computation, Computational Perspectives on Physics.
Research & Writing!
I’ve updated my research and publications pages, the latter with the following. If you can’t access something linked there, let me know: I’ll be happy to send it to you, especially these new ones:
“Extending List’s Levels.” In Marek Kus and Bartłomiej Skowron, eds. Category Theory in Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy. Springer. (With Neil Dewar and Laurenz Hudetz.)
“Approximate Local Poincaré Spacetime Symmetry in General Relativity,” in Claus Beisbart, Tilman Sauer, and Christian Wüthrich, eds. Thinking about Space and Time. Einstein Studies, vol. 15. Birkhäuser.
“Similarity Structure on Scientific Theories.” In Bartłomiej Skowron, ed. Topological Philosophy. de Gruyter.
“Which Worldlines Represent Possible Particle Histories?” Foundations of Physics. (Check out the published version or a read-only version thereof.)
“On the Reduction of General Relativity to Newtonian Gravitation.” Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics. (Check out the published version.)
“Counterfactual Reasoning within Physical Theories.” Synthese. (Check out the published version or a read-only version thereof.)
“On Representational Capacities, with an Application to General Relativity.” Foundations of Physics. (Check out the published version or a read-only version thereof.)
“Evidence Amalgamation in the Sciences: An Introduction. Synthese. (With Jürgen Landes and Roland Poellinger. Check out the published version or a read-only version thereof.)
“Infinite Idealizations in Science: An Introduction.” Synthese 196(5): 1657–1669. (With Patricia Palacios, Laura Ruetsche, and Elay Shech. Check out the published version or a read-only version thereof.)
“Stopping Rules as Experimental Design.” European Journal for Philosophy of Science 9: 29. (Check out the published version.)
“Global Spacetime Similarity.” Journal of Mathematical Physics 59(11): 112501. (Check out the published version.)
“Computers in Abstraction/Representation Theory.” Minds & Machines: 8(3): 445–463. (Check out the published version, or a read-only version thereof.)
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Oracle Refuses To Arbitrate Wage Fight, Ex-Worker Says
Home » In the News » Oracle Refuses To Arbitrate Wage Fight, Ex-Worker Says
Posted September 6th, 2017.
As It Appeared On
By Melissa Daniels
Law360, Los Angeles (September 6, 2017, 6:32 PM EDT) — A former Oracle sales representative is asking a California federal judge to force the computer technology giant into arbitration, saying the company has refused to cooperate with the JAMS process after the representative dropped a $150 million putative class action bringing wage claims over allegedly unpaid commissions.
Marcella Johnson voluntarily dismissed her lawsuit alleging unpaid commission and wage law violations after Oracle America Inc. produced a mandatory arbitration agreement. Though Johnson filed an arbitration demand with JAMS, as the agreement required, she now claims Oracle has “flatly refused” to participate in the process, according to a petition to compel arbitration filed Wednesday.
“Among other things, Oracle has refused to pay its share of the arbitration fee or to participate in the selection of the arbitrator,” the petition says. “Based on Oracle’s recalcitrance, the arbitration cannot proceed.”
Johnson claims Oracle is insisting that the parties’ relationship is governed by a second arbitration agreement, one with a provision that prohibits class arbitration.
Michael Palmer of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP, one of Johnson’s attorneys, told Law360 that they don’t believe the second document is a valid arbitration agreement that could supersede the first — but such disagreements over which arbitration agreement applies and whether class arbitration is allowed should be left up to the arbitrator.
“It’s absolutely stunning that the company here is mandating that employees go to arbitration, but then itself is preventing an arbitrator from deciding on a very central issue,” he said. “They’ve essentially just gone into a kind of default mode where they are just refusing to engage at all.”
Johnson’s petition also argues that even if Oracle’s purported second arbitration agreement is found to be valid, it is unenforceable under the Ninth Circuit’s 2016 decision in Morris v. Ernst & Young LLP, which found class waivers violate the National Labor Relations Act and is currently under review at the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Oracle seeks to do nothing more than stonewall and delay this case in hopes that Morris may be overturned during the next Supreme Court term,” the petition says. “Oracle’s conduct has had the effect of bogging down both the court system and the arbitral forum with needless protracted litigation.”
The petition seeks an order compelling Oracle to arbitrate the action before JAMS-San Francisco, pay its designated share of the fees and participate in the selection of the arbitrator — as well as an award of attorneys’ fees and costs.
Johnson’s initial suit accused Oracle of holding back millions of dollars in commission wages owed to sales employees by changing commission formulas that applied to past sales, even sometimes after the commission had been paid. The commissions were reduced to align the employee pay with the company’s “financial forecasts and bottom-line goals,” according to her complaint.
Johnson claimed Oracle told her she had a negative commission balance of approximately $20,000 after it “re-planned” how much she would be paid for sales she made in 2013. She quit after she made enough commission earnings to pay off the company-stated debt, according to her suit.
The action brought claims for failure to pay commission wages in breach of California labor code and contract, failure to pay wages upon separation, and unfair competition, and sought an award of damages in excess of $150 million. Johnson filed a notice of voluntary dismissal in May of this year, followed up by an operative arbitration demand filed in September.
The demand brings the same claims that the complaint did on behalf of Johnson and the putative class, as well as peonage and forced labor claims on behalf of Johnson.
Palmer told Law360 that while exact figures from Oracle about its sales representatives affected by the commission changes aren’t yet available, Johnson’s legal team believes the class could easily have more than 1,000 individuals.
Representatives for Oracle didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on Wednesday.
Johnson is represented by David Sanford, Michael Palmer, Andrew Melzer and Danielle Fuschetti of Sanford Heisler Sharp LLP and Xinying Valerian of Valerian Law.
Counsel information for Oracle wasn’t immediately available.
The case Johnson v. Oracle America Inc., case number 3:17-cv-05157 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
–Additional reporting by Bonnie Eslinger. Editing by Alanna Weissman.
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Home Scandal and Gossip Utah mom slams family cat against table- snapping neck in front of...
Utah mom slams family cat against table- snapping neck in front of 2 kids
Pictured Utah mother, Ariane Borg - with one of her two children. Image via social media.
Pictured Utah mother, Ariane Borg – with one of her two children. Image via social media.
Ariane Borg a Utah mother booked on array of charges after slamming family cat against table and snapping its neck, killing pet as her two children looked on.
A Utah mom is facing an array of charges after slamming the family cat against a table and killing the animal as her two dumbstruck children looked on.
Ariane Borg, 38, of Holladay, was arrested on January 17 on counts of felony torture of a companion animal, felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury and two misdemeanor counts of child abuse.
According to court documents, police arrived at Borg’s home on September 25 to find her children, a 10-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy, crying hysterically and telling them that their mother was ‘going crazy.’
The brother and sister reported seeing Borg holding their cat by the legs and repeatedly pounding the animal against the table – causing the animal’s neck to snap.
The woman’s daughter said she tried to save the pet but claimed her mother grabbed her by the arm, inflicting a large bruise.
Borg then reportedly snapped the cat’s neck, killing it, and dumped the body in the front yard where police found it.
According to the charging documents cited by Deseret News, when the responding officers entered the family’s home, they found the place in disarray, with broken items and bloodstains throughout the premises.
The officers then discovered that Borg had self-inflicted stab wounds on her wrists and abdomen, which required medical attention.
Both of the woman’s children were removed from the home.
The daughter has since been diagnosed with acute stress disorder stemming from multiple traumatic events.
A therapist informed police that Borg’s children had sustained ‘multiple abuse/trauma at the hands of their mother.’
Pictured Utah woman, Ariane Borg- police bookings.
Ariane Borg battling depression and mental illness:
Borg’s defense attorney, Steven Burton, said in a lengthy written statement sent to multiple media outlets, including KUTV, that his client is a loving mother who has battled depression throughout her life.
Burton claimed that in July 2018, Borg’s then-doctor improperly adjusted her medications, which caused her mental health to spiral out of control, resulting in what he described as a ‘critical manic episode’ on September 25.
According to the lawyer, on that day, Borg was delusional and came to believe that she and her family were under attack.
Since then, the attorney said the mom-of-two has been receiving mental health treatment and has returned to being a ‘good, kind’ person.
She has launched a makeup business and has been attending therapy sessions five times a week, which is why Burton said it was ‘devastating’ when Borg was arrested and charged without any warning earlier this month.
‘It is disappointing to see that after all we have learned about mental illness, our system still re-victimizes those who are struggling and increases the risk that they will suffer further setback,’ the lawyer said in his statement.
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Home Scandal and Gossip ‘Don’t tip immigrants’ NJ couple leave racist note for Spanish speaking server
‘Don’t tip immigrants’ NJ couple leave racist note for Spanish speaking server
Pictured, NJ server, Lorena Bossi.
‘Don’t Tip Immigrants!!!’: Middle aged couple leaves NJ waitress Lorena Bossi racist message instead of tip at ‘Under the Moon Cafe’ in Bordentown.
Disconcert has come to the fore after reports of a New Jersey couple leaving declining to tip a server after hearing her speak Spanish- instead electing to leave a racist note saying, ‘Don’t tip immigrants!’
American born server, Lorena Bossi in a Facebook post said the couple had been ‘so friendly and kind’ as she served their table at Under the Moon Cafe in Bordentown on Thursday night.
‘You could tell they loved the experience, the man even called me “sweet” and said “my suggestion was great,”‘ the waitress posted.
What would have in most cases led to goodwill on all sides and presumably a healthy tip turned to shock when Bossi at the end of the night, instead discovered no tip along with the couple leaving a note on the back of her receipt, with the words, ‘DON’T TIP IMMIGRANTS!!!’
Explained Bossi in her Facebook post, ‘I spoke to a coworker in Spanish at one point and the end result is me getting to read the back of the receipt,’
‘I could’t help but be sad, especially because this is my line of work and I rely on tips.’
‘I’m sure they will be back and I will be just as kind to them as I was tonight because I don’t have hate in my heart,’ she added. ‘Spread love people! And don’t be ignorant.’
Bossi signed the Facebook post with ‘Sincerely, a proud Latina American.’
Santiago Aristides Facebook post
Under the Moon owner responds: ‘Your server, who helped create an excellent experience for you, who you discriminated against with written ignorance and no tip, is not an immigrant.’
Santiago Orosco, the owner of the restaurant, also wrote about the incident on Facebook and said the couple were in their ‘mid-to-late forties’, shared a slice of cake, and had ‘raved about the food, the decor, and the service’.
‘Upon arrival, they seemed very excited about dining at Under the Moon, complimenting the ambiance, as well as all the recommendations that our server had made,’ he wrote.
‘At the end of service, our server grabbed the check from the table, told the customers good night, and thanked them as they were leaving.’
It was only when Bossi was closing out for the evening and going through the sales receipts that she realized the customers had left a note on the back of their bill.
Orosco said he cannot find the couple because they paid in cash, which he called a ‘cowardly move’.
‘I can only assume that they heard our American multilingual server speak Spanish to another employee,’ Orosco wrote.
‘Your server, who helped create an excellent experience for you, who you discriminated against with written ignorance and no tip, is not an immigrant.’
‘She is of Spanish descent, born in America, and is multilingual. I am utterly shocked at this blatant ignorance.’
Orosco said Bossi’s family had emigrated to the US from Uruguay more than three decades ago.
‘There’s no home in my restaurant for hatred, bigotry, racism, homophobia, discrimination,’ he told NJ.com.
‘It’s ignorance, plain and simple. And a sense of entitlement too. If anyone feels the same way, don’t come back.’
‘Don’t Tip Immigrants!!!’: Middle Aged Couple Leaves Waitress Lorena Bossi Bigoted Message Instead of Tip https://t.co/LXumxFnhp3 pic.twitter.com/hsgLoh2gPv
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) January 28, 2019
Lorena Bossi
Has the perception of immigrants regressed in recent times?
Orosco, who believes racism has gotten worse for Latinos recently, questioned if the couple would have left a similar note at a different restaurant.
‘My thing is, if she went to a Chinese restaurant and people were speaking Chinese, would she have reacted the same way? If people were speaking French or German, would she have left the note?’ he asked.
‘My place is supposed to be a loving, cozy restaurant, and my family and I worked our a***s off to get what we have today. We don’t need that hatred here.’
Orosco, who came to the US from Argentina and worked his way up from a dishwashing position, describes himself as a ‘very proud immigrant’.
He has owned Under the Moon Cafe for the last 13 years and recently opened a second location.
‘We are extremely proud to be part of the community. I came to this wonderful country for a better future, which, with a lot of sacrifice, heartache, pain, and sweat, I have accomplished,’ he wrote in the Facebook post.
‘My family has tirelessly worked to create a great life and I owe it to this country and all its opportunity (America has always been great!!!).’
‘Immigration and cultural blending are what created this special country. I truly believe that immigrants are key contributors to our society. Also, I am gay, at Under the Moon we accept all people but not ignorance and discrimination.’
Orosco said that since posting about the incident, he has received an outpouring of support from the local community.
‘It’s to the point of tears to see such a support for me, my family, and the restaurant,’ he said.
‘It’s overwhelming but reassuring that there’s these people out there. There’s much nicer people.’
Patrons have also since chipped in and given Bossi a tip she would have otherwise earned.
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European Association for Biometrics (EAB) joins Secure Identity Alliance as an Advisory Observer
Paris, November 14th, 2018. Secure Identity Alliance (SIA) today announces that the European Association for Biometrics (EAB), Europe’s leading voice on Digital ID and biometrics has joined its ranks as an Advisory Observer.
With the complex challenges facing identity in Europe and across the world – whether it relates to migration, national security or the privacy rights of the individual – both organizations share a common goal in promoting the development and responsible use of identity technologies, and a commitment to work across the identity ecosystem to develop best practices that serve and empower citizens in Europe and beyond.
Today’s announcement underscores this collaborative approach and further enhances the ability of both the SIA and EAB to drive the digital transformation of identity across the sector spectrum – from eGovernment and public safety through the development inclusive financial services to border management, eHeath and more.
Commenting on joining the SIA’s Advisory Observer program, Michiel van der Veen, Chief Executive of the EAB says: “Digital ID is a force for good. Biometrics and Digital ID technologies are enabling people to verify who they are with greater ease and security. There are many challenges and opportunities that require a multi-stakeholder approach involving government, academia and industry."
“EAB is a non-profit and nonpartisan association that ultimately serves the citizens of Europe in the advancement of modern biometric ID systems that are fair, accessible and secure, while respecting privacy. With a shared mission, we are proud to partner with the Secure Identity Alliance.”
Welcoming the EAB, Frédéric Trojani, Chairman of the Board of the Secure Identity Alliance, commented: “As one of Europe’s leading voices in the Digital ID and biometrics arena, EAB’s presence within the SIA is of tremendous value. Its unbiased and in-depth expertise on biometrics and identity will offer crucial insights into our Work Group programs and support our mission of supporting the provision of legal, trusted identity for all, and to drive the development of inclusive digital services necessary for sustainable, worldwide economic growth and prosperity. I am delighted to welcome EAB and look forward to working together.”
The SIA’s Advisory Observer program brings together governmental agencies, academics and international organisations across the global identity value chain to review, advise and support SIA’s global advocate, policy and technical guidance roles.
For more information on the program, contact Stéphanie de Labriolle at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
About Secure Identity Alliance
Secure Identity Alliance is dedicated to supporting the provision of legal, trusted identity for all, and to drive the development of inclusive digital services necessary for sustainable, worldwide economic growth and prosperity.
We believe legal, trusted identity is the cornerstone of rights protection, social inclusion and digital economic development - and the access point to a wide range of essential public and private services.
We bring together public, private and non-government organizations to foster international collaboration on the issues of legal identity, to help shaping policy and to provide technical and implementation guidance for national and international ID systems.
Its Board Members are De La Rue, Gemalto, Idemia, IN Groupe and Veridos.
For more information on the Secure Identity Alliance, visit: www.secureidentityalliance.org
Follow the Secure Identity Alliance at @secureidentity1
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About European Association for Biometrics
The European Association for Biometrics (EAB) is the leading voice for digital ID & biometrics in Europe. We are a non-profit, non-partisan association. The EAB’s mission is to tackle the complex challenges facing ID in Europe, ranging from migration to privacy rights. Our role is to promote the responsible use and adoption of modern digital identity systems that enhance people’s lives and drive economic growth. Through a series of EAB initiatives we support all sections of the ID community across Europe, including governments, NGO’s, industry, associations and special interest groups and academia. Our initiatives are designed to foster networking and debate, whether at an EAB hosted event across Europe, or in providing impartial advice & support to individual members. We ultimately serve the citizens of Europe in the advancement of modern biometric identity systems that are fair, accessible, secure, while respecting privacy. More info: www.eab.org
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Non-specific chemical inhibition of the Fanconi anemia pathway sensitizes cancer cells to cisplatin.
Jacquemont, Celine; Simon, Julian A; D'Andrea, Alan D; Taniguchi, Toshiyasu
Molecular cancer, Volume 11, Issue 1, p.26 (2012)
2012, Center-Authored Paper, Clinical Research Division, Flow Cytometry Core Facility, Genomics Core Facility, Human Biology Division, May 2012, Public Health Sciences Division, Shared Resources
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Platinum compounds such as cisplatin and carboplatin are DNA crosslinking agents widely used for cancer chemotherapy. However, the effectiveness of platinum compounds is often tempered by the acquisition of cellular drug resistance. Until now, no pharmacological approach has successfully overcome cisplatin resistance in cancer treatment. Since the Fanconi anemia (FA) pathway is a DNA damage response pathway required for cellular resistance to DNA interstrand crosslinking agents, identification of small molecules that inhibit the FA pathway may reveal classes of chemicals that sensitize cancer cells to cisplatin. RESULTS: Through a cell-based screening assay of over 16,000 chemicals, we identified 26 small molecules that inhibit ionizing radiation and cisplatin-induced FANCD2 foci formation, a marker of FA pathway activity, in multiple human cell lines. Most of these small molecules also compromised ionizing radiation-induced RAD51 foci formation and homologous recombination repair, indicating that they are not selective toward the regulation of FANCD2. These compounds include known inhibitors of the proteasome, cathepsin B, lysosome, CHK1, HSP90, CDK and PKC, and several uncharacterized chemicals including a novel proteasome inhibitor (Chembridge compound 5929407). Isobologram analyses demonstrated that half of the identified molecules sensitized ovarian cancer cells to cisplatin. Among them, 9 demonstrated increased efficiency toward FA pathway-proficient, cisplatin-resistant ovarian cancer cells. Six small molecules, including bortezomib (proteasome inhibitor), CA-074-Me (cathepsin B inhibitor) and 17-AAG (HSP90 inhibitor), synergized with cisplatin specifically in FA-proficient ovarian cancer cells (2008 + FANCF), but not in FA-deficient isogenic cells (2008). In addition, geldanamycin (HSP90 inhibitor) and two CHK1 inhibitors (UCN-01 and SB218078) exhibited a significantly stronger synergism with cisplatin in FA-proficient cells when compared to FAdeficient cells, suggesting a contribution of their FA pathway inhibitory activity to cisplatin sensitization. CONCLUSION: Our findings suggest that, despite their lack of specificity, pharmaceutical inhibition of the FA pathway by bortezomib, CA-074-Me, CHK1 inhibitors or HSP90 inhibitors may be a promising strategy to sensitize cisplatin-resistant, FA pathway-proficient tumor cells to cisplatin. In addition, we identified four new small molecules which synergize with cisplatin. Further development of their analogs and evaluation of their combination with cisplatin may lead to the development of efficient cancer treatments.
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Service Area Spotlight: 10 Things to Do In Richmond, Virginia
As the capital of Virginia, there certainly is no shortage of things to do in Richmond. Gorgeous and historical, there’s something for every personality type in town. With the summer travel season in full swing, here’s a look at 10 things to do in Richmond, VA:
Take a Walking Tour of the City
Walking tours should top the list of things to do in any city. There’s just so much to be gained from walking around with an expert guide and learning the history of important locations while staring right at them. If walking isn’t feasible, Richmond also offers trolley and segway tours.
Visit the Maymont Estate
Maymont is an outstanding gift to Richmond, with an authentic Gilded Age mansion available for touring, a farm and wildlife habitat, nature exhibits, and grounds that are perfect for picnicking and soaking up the Richmond sun.
A must visit for history buffs or anyone who enjoys grandeur, Maymont was originally owned by James and Sallie Dooley, a millionaire couple who purchased the land in 1886 during a time when the wealthy were anxious to show off their riches. Sallie Dooley spent her days working to turn the land they’d purchased into an extraordinary estate, cultivating gardens and meticulously purchasing items to decorate the interior of the mansion.
The couple had no children, so upon their deaths, Maymont was given to Richmond. The lavish mansion and its stunning grounds were opened to the public as a museum only months after Sallie Dooley’s death. Maymont has since been listed on The National Register of Historic Places. It’s one of very few surviving Gilded Age mansions in the country, particularly considering that the estate of Maymont is almost exactly the same now as it was back in the time of its owners’ lives.
In keeping with the generosity of the Dooleys, the Maymont grounds are free to enjoy. Touring the mansion is only $5, while the nature and visitor center is $4.
See the Virginia Capitol Building
Designed by Thomas Jefferson himself, the Capitol Building is a key feature of many Richmond walking tours. It’s an amazing piece of architecture and American history. A free, guided tour will provide you with fascinating facts and information regarding this city — and country — landmark.
Stroll the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
This expansive botanical garden is perfect for families. When the weather’s warm, kids enjoy Water Play, a series of sprinklers in the Children’s Garden. Also in the Children’s Garden, you’ll find a climbable treehouse, garden cottage, investigation station, and fascinating plants for kiddos to explore. The Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden has 50 acres of gardens and regularly hosts exhibits, too. This summer season, enjoy The Art of Play and Art with Lego® Bricks, both of which are playfully designed to encourage creativity in children and adults alike.
Explore the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
With over 5,000 years of art behind its doors, art lovers near and far will love the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Housing youth and family programming, summer camps, fascinating exhibitions, and art classes for all ages, you could spend literal days at this museum.
Take on the Science Museum of Virginia
Another museum for all ages, the Science Museum of Virginia has three floors of exhibits, hands-on experiences, and the Dome, a home for astounding astronomy shows and movies. Local kids can even enjoy exciting summer camps.
Drive Through Carytown
Every town needs a shopping district, and in Richmond, that’s Carytown. Nicknamed the “Mile of Style,” Carytown is nine blocks of unique, local shops and eateries. You can also expect to see the occasional festival come through Carytown.
Tour St. John’s Episcopal Church
Like the Capitol Building, St. John’s Episcopal Church is a favorite for Richmond tours. Patrick Henry gave his legendary “give me liberty or give me death speech” right here at this church. You can take a tour of this historical building or, while it’s summertime, enjoy Sunday re-enactments of the famous speech.
Get Literary at the Edgar Allan Poe Museum
Although renowned gothic writer Edgar Allan Poe never lived at the location, the Edgar Allan Poe Museum is an in-depth look into the life and mind of Edgar Allan Poe. Poe was born in Boston, MA, but grew up in Richmond after his mother’s death. His mother’s gravesite is even located at St. John’s Episcopal Church.
At the museum, you can explore more memorabilia and artifacts relating to Edgar Allan Poe than at any other location in the world. Although Poe didn’t reside at the museum, his childhood staircase, bed, and even office bricks are placed within and around the museum, allowing visitors to quite literally walk through his life. This is a powerful museum experience for literature fans.
Tour the Shenandoah Shutters Woodshop
The Shenandoah Shutters woodshop can be toured and explored right in Richmond, Virginia. If you’re a Richmond local who is in the market for plantation shutters, a resident of one of our nearby service areas, or planning to purchase a home in one of these locations, then visiting our actual, working woodshop will allow you to see us putting together our handcrafted plantation shutters in person.
Richmond is filled with American history, and you’ll see that we stay true to that history by using only the finest American woods for our plantation shutters. We’ve set up our woodshop like a home, so that you can really imagine these shutters in your own house. You can see the different design options close up, including our original, patented Softedge design.
With the Softedge design, hinges are hidden in a way that is similar to European cabinetry. This is an extremely popular design option and is particularly helpful for tilt-ins and casements.
We’re proud to show you firsthand the integrity and beauty of our business. Feel free to stop by our woodshop for a tour and detailed information Mondays-Thursdays from 8:00 a.m -4:30 p.m or on Fridays 8-11 a.m.
Contact Shenandoah Shutters today for more information on investing in all-wooden, custom made plantation shutters for your home. Can’t make it to Richmond? Schedule an appointment with one of our design consultants for a free estimate and planning consultation.
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IGTV For Your Business
We all want our business to work out one way or another right?
So let’s see how this feature on Instagram known as IGTV help you grow and continue your business.
In this article we will discuss the Pros and Cons Instagram TV will bring about to businesses just like yours.
What is IGTV?
IGTV- is a new app for watching long-form vertical videos presented to you from your very own Instagram creators.
It’s their hottest new feature since Instagram launched stories and 60 second videos before that!
Whether it’s DIY or a comedy skit or even a cat video creators now can make videos upto an hour long.
It maybe a new app which can be easily downloaded through google playstore or the apple appstore but get this! Since it’s a part of Instagram you can also easily access it from within the Instagram app too.
The main thing that sets it apart from what is already existing in the market is that the videos are all in portrait mode.
The goal is to make a “mobile first” video watching platform, and such format allows people to watch content without turning their phones around. Videos shall then be no bigger than 3.6GB and in a 9:16 size
How To Use IGTV ?
There are 2 ways that you can use IGTV,
Using The Instagram app
If you already have an Instagram page for your business then the IGTV button should already be there on the top right of your screen.
Using The IGTV App
If you want to keep things separate you can head over to the google play store or the apple app store to download the IGTV App itself.
Uploading videos on IGTV
Tap your profile-icon on the IGTV screen
Create a ‘Channel’
Allow IGTV to access your media files
Upload the video (Note: You can’t shoot a video from the IGTV app)
Fill in brief details about the video
How’s IGTV different from other social networks?
The new standalone Instagram app will now take on a swift competition with the likes of YouTube and Snapchat.
IGTV is looking strong! Instagram doesn’t have everything figured out yet but it’s got a solid game plan.
YouTube dominates the video market on every conceivable level.
Vimeo has carved out a strong niche for its reputation as a professional’s streaming platform and Dailymotion’s audience appreciates it for being laxer on content restriction than YouTube.
However, neither have come close to challenging YouTube’s ubiquitous presence. The closest threat has been Twitch, the live streaming platform that YouTube has challenged by launching YouTube gaming.
Instagram knows it can’t possibly challenge YouTube on desktop (yet). But it does know that if you’re using Instagram, you’re on your phone, so why not give you an easy way to watch videos of the people you follow without needing to swap out to another app right?
This is the front that Instagram has chosen. IGTV aims to be the efficient, accessible app for mobile videos, right down to the vertical format, because Instagram has correctly determined that people would greatly prefer to watch a video without needing to flip their phones
Pros of Using IGTV for Your Business
Expand your reach
Be a pioneer. IGTV is brand new and novelty attracts people like bees to honey.
Your brand or business has a great window of opportunity to get in front of a new audience by being one of the first to try it out.
Show off your creativity
Think of IGTV like a digital blank canvas. As a marketer, there’s so much you could do with 60 minutes you could almost say sky’s the limit.
The added time allows your customers to get to know you on a deeper level.
Give a backdoor into your business
You could give behind-the-scenes at a runway show and include everything from hair and makeup to the final model lap at the end of the show, or the creation and preparation of a certain brand during the start-up period till the time you open your business, store or brand.
You do not need fancy equipment to create videos. Just use your mobile phone and upload the video directly to IGTV (since it allows videos shot in portrait mode)
Become Extraordinary
If YouTube is too mainstream for you, IGTV is giving you the opportunity to start vlogging and experiment with the platform in various angles and eventually find a way to make it beneficial for your business.
Another way to go about this is to directly engage with influencers. This provides some further advantages, such as a wider reach.
Indeed, the number of people posting content is still relatively low, therefore your campaign has more probability to reach an audience. Another consequence of having such few accounts on IGTV also means that the influencers are ready to accept a lower price.
Cons Of IGTV to Your Business
This app offers several advantages but there are a few disadvantages of it as well, depending on how you look at it:
It is yet another platform to keep up with to make sure that you are not left behind. It is relatively easy for large businesses to deal with new social media platforms since they have dedicated teams to manage their accounts. For solopreneurs, this means more work than just handling Instagram since the content for IGTV needs a different approach than Instagram Stories and Instagram Live.
Tying in with the point mentioned already, the portrait-video mode also means that you cannot directly share your YouTube videos to IGTV and vice-versa. You need to edit them or record them for two ratios. It means more work in editing if you want to share the same video on both platforms.
But In my humble opinion, the app appears to be more promising despite its disadvantages and you may want to give it a go if you want to strengthen your business especially on Instagram.
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Elective Early Term Delivery and Adverse Infant Outcomes in a Population-Based Multiethnic Cohort
Jason Lee Salemi, University of South FloridaFollow
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Hamisu M. Salihu
early term, elective delivery, epidemiology, health services research, infant mortality
The length of human pregnancy, arguably the most natural of physiological processes, is undergoing subtle but consequential modification in order to adapt to modern societal demands. The gestational age distribution of births in the United States has been shifting to lower gestational ages over the past two decades, parallel to a concomitant rise in obstetrical intervention in pregnancy. The result has been an increase in elective deliveries at 37-38 weeks (early term).
A population-based retrospective cohort study of over 616,000 live-born full-term singleton infants was conducted to investigate the association between elective early term delivery and subsequent infant morbidity, mortality, and health care utilization in the first year of life. Data were examined from a statewide, multi-year, clinically-enhanced database created by linking birth certificate records to maternal and infant hospital discharge records, and to infant death certificates, for all infants born to Florida-resident mothers from 2005-09. All infants delivered to mothers with an established medical condition that could have justified early delivery were excluded from the study, as it would not be possible to determine if an early delivery in those cases was elective or medically-necessary. Based on the timing and reason for delivery initiation, the study population was categorized into four exposure groups: 1) early electively induced delivery at 37-38 weeks (EED-I), 2) early elective cesarean delivery at 37-38 weeks (EED-CS), 3) early spontaneous delivery at 37-38 weeks (ESD), 4) early medically-indicated delivery at 37-38 weeks (EID). The comparison group consisted of all expectantly managed infants who were full term deliveries (FTD) at ≥39 weeks. Adverse infant outcomes in the first year of life included respiratory morbidities, neonatal sepsis, feeding difficulties, admission to the neonatal intensive care unit, the frequency and duration of hospital encounters, and infant mortality. Multivariable generalized linear mixed models were used to estimate odds ratios (OR) or rate ratios (RR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) between exposure and each outcome, adjusting for maternal, infant, and hospital characteristics and accounting for the correlation among infants born at the same facility.
Infants who were delivered by EED-I or EED-CS comprised 13% of the study population, and 40% of infants born in the early term period. Infants who were delivered by EED-I experienced the lowest likelihoods of respiratory morbidities, neonatal sepsis, and admission to the NICU when compared to FTD infants. In contrast, infants delivered by EED-CS had significantly increased risks several adverse birth outcomes, with magnitudes ranging from a 9% to 40% increase. Only 8.3% of all infants were re-admitted to the hospital after birth. Despite having the lowest likelihood of the birth morbidities studied, infants delivered by EED-I had a small 10-15% increased odds of being re-hospitalized in the first year of life, compared to FTD infants. These infants also had a slightly higher mean number of visits and combined LOS during post-birth hospitalizations, although the absolute differences from other exposure groups was small. Elective early term cesarean infants actually had a slightly lower risk of re-hospitalization, particularly re-hospitalizations that occurred between weeks 3-52 of life. Neonatal and post-neonatal deaths were rare events (0.3 and 1.3 deaths per 1,000 live births, respectively) in this comparatively low-risk study population. There were no differences in survival when comparing the EED-I and EED-CS groups to the FTD group.
The results of this study raise the concern that these public health efforts to reduce elective early term inductions have been based on biased evidence from a limited number of studies in which artificially elevated risks for early electively-induced infants were reported. In stark contrast to the current dogma, this study found that when a methodologically appropriate comparison group was used (i.e., expectant management), elective induction prior to 39 weeks was NOT associated with an increased risk of any adverse infant outcomes in early life. In contrast, our findings do support the avoidance of purely elective cesarean sections prior to 39 weeks in lieu of expectant management. The evidence presented in this large, methodologically-sound study should caution against a general avoidance of ALL elective early term deliveries, and foster support for continued research in this still relatively new arena.
Salemi, Jason Lee, "Elective Early Term Delivery and Adverse Infant Outcomes in a Population-Based Multiethnic Cohort" (2014). Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
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Differing Relationship of Psycho-Social Variables with Active Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn’s Disease Academic Article
How psycho-social variables affect the degree of disease activity in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or Crohn’s disease (CD) is incompletely understood. Therefore, we measured and compared the impact of psycho-social variables on the active disease state in UC and CD. One hundred and twenty-two UC and 305 CD patients with active disease completed questionnaires detailing their psychological symptoms, threatening experiences, disease-coping strategies, satisfaction with life, quality of life, and demographics. UC and CD patients were aged (mean, SD) 38.6 ± 14.0 and 45.2 ± 15.1 years, respectively. The psychological symptom index (median, IQR) was greater in UC 1.24 (0.8) than CD 0.9 (0.8), p < 0.001. UC used more emotion-focused strategies, 24.5 (5.7) than CD, 23.0 (5.7), p < 0.03; problem-focused strategies, 16.4 (4.5) vs. 15.4 (4.2), p < 0.04; and dysfunctional strategies, 23.7 (5.7) vs. 22.0 (5.0), p < 0.01. UC activity correlated with gender, age, economic status, psychological symptoms, threatening experiences, all coping strategies, satisfaction with life, and quality of life (p < 0.02–0.001). CD activity correlated with economic status, psychological symptoms, threatening experiences, dysfunctional strategies, satisfaction with life, and quality of life (p < 0.05–0.001). UC activity was predicted by psychological symptoms (9.1% variance), economic status (6.9%), problem-focused strategies (4.2%), and threatening experiences (1.3%); CD activity by threatening experiences (5% variance) and psychological symptoms (4%). In path analysis, psychological symptoms and problem-focused strategies mediated the effects of economic status, age, and threatening experiences on UC activity. In CD, the dominant pathway was threatening experiences impacting on psychological symptoms. The impact of psycho-social variables on the active disease state differs between UC and CD, thus indicating a need for specifically tailored psychotherapies.
Sarid, Orly
Slonim-Nevo, Vered
Schwartz, Doron
Friger, Michael
Sergienko, Ruslan
Pereg, Avihu
Vardi, Hillel
Chernin, Elena
Singer, Terri
Greenberg, Dan
Odes, Shmuel
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Why are the Malfoys so important?
Throughout the entire series of Harry Potter we are constantly reminded that the Malfoys are a very important magical family. I don't think it is entirely due to the fact that they are pure-bloods, since so are the Weasleys, and nobody takes that into account. At some point I thought it had something to do with the fact that they were really wealthy, but I don't think that's all there is to it since Chamber of Secrets once Dumbledore returns to office he says that he "spoke to the other governors' families and they were all under the impression that you would curse their families if they refused" (to kick him out of Hogwarts), so:
Why are the Malfoys so important/feared in the magical world?
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Possible dupe of "What exactly do the Malfoys do for a living?"? – Valorum Dec 2 '16 at 23:46
A) Ancestry. B) Money. In other words, exactly the same reasons why important families in the real-life UK are important. – Rand al'Thor♦ Dec 2 '16 at 23:56
I'm not sure why you wouldn't think it was their wealth. – Blackwood Dec 2 '16 at 23:58
@Luiso - This isn't a bad question in my opinion and it has a good answer. Perhaps if you rephrased it to be clearer, sound less opinion-based and reflect the good answer, you might get more +1s. – ThruGog Dec 3 '16 at 5:52
Pottermore indicates that like most wealthy and ambitious families they strive to remain close to the levers of power but not coveting the (decidedly exposed) top spot, preferring the role of éminence grise.
The substantial wealth at their disposal ensured them considerable (and much resented) influence at the Ministry for generations to come, though no Malfoy has ever aspired to the role of Minister for Magic. It is often said of the Malfoy family that you will never find one at the scene of the crime, though their fingerprints might be all over the guilty wand. Independently wealthy, with no need to work for a living, they have generally preferred the role of power behind the throne, happy for others to do the donkey work and to take the responsibility for failure. They have helped finance many of their preferred candidates’ election campaigns, which have (it is alleged) included paying for dirty work such as hexing the opposition.
Pottermore - The Malfoy Family
It is often said of the Malfoy family that you will never find one at the scene of the crime, though their fingerprints might be all over the guilty wand <<< This. The Malfoys have no compunction blackmailing, bribing, intimidating, or physically threatening others. They're essentially white-collar Mob bosses. – DavidS Dec 5 '16 at 17:07
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What was the point of the bug?
On numerous occasions, we see the Agents moving in and out of people who're still hardwired to the Matrix. They appear to see what they see (as evidenced by the Vagrant in the subway who sees the team jacking out) and can move in and out of them with no apparent difficulty.
They physically manipulate Neo by changing his self-image to remove his mouth and then implant a bug in him.
What did the bug do and why was it needed if the Agents can already see what bluepills can see?
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Other than being super creepy, obviously. – Valorum Oct 23 '14 at 22:38
Here's a thought: the Agents knew Morpheus was trying to unplug Neo so they are trying to find Morpheus through Neo. If Morpheus picks up Neo to unplug him but blindfolds Neo (and no other bluepill sees Morpheus or Neo) then the Agents can't track Neo's location. The tracking bug removes the limitation that the Agents require bluepills to see something. It's a failsafe. – Null♦ Oct 23 '14 at 22:53
Except that they don't blindfold him. They tell him exactly where they'll be, then wait a while before taking him there. – Valorum Oct 23 '14 at 23:01
The Agents don't know Morpheus wasn't planning on blindfolding him. Why risk failing to capture "the most dangerous man alive" for lack of a bug? – Null♦ Oct 23 '14 at 23:12
I like the identifier theories. "There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things." -- Phil Karlton Even Artificial Intelligence hasn't thought up a way to uniquely and efficiently identify things in a massed sea of objects. – Dacio Oct 24 '14 at 20:06
Under normal circumstances Agents cannot distinguish individual bluepills from each other, so the bug is used to mark a specific bluepill and track his location.
The Machines' bug is analogous to the Zion operatives' red pill. Recall Morpheus' explanation of how the red pill works:
The pill you took is part of a trace program. It's designed to disrupt your input/output carrier signal so we can pinpoint your location.
transcript for The Matrix
The red pill is designed to help determine a specific bluepill's location in the real world, while a Machine bug is designed to help determine a specific bluepill's location in the Matrix (and possibly the real world as well). With billions of bluepills "just living out their lives" in the Matrix, it is impossible for Agents to find a specific bluepill among all the other bluepills in the Matrix, and it is impossible for Zion operatives to find a specific (ex-)bluepill among all the other bluepills in their Real World pods. To borrow a quote from Cypher:
But there's way too much information to decode the Matrix. You get used to it. I...I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, red-head.
The red pill disrupts a bluepill's input/output carrier signal to "mark" him, and the bug similarly "marks" or "highlights" a bluepill to distinguish him from all the other bluepills. In a sea of indistinguishable blondes, brunettes, and red-heads the red pill or bug makes an individual distinguishable, as if that person was the only one with green hair.
Without the bug
Agents can "see" what any bluepill sees but since there are billions of bluepills it is impossible to look in real time at what all of them are seeing to pinpoint the location of Zion operatives anywhere in the Matrix. This exhaustive search can only be narrowed down if a bluepill sees something unusual (e.g. an operative breaking the rules of the Matrix) and/or if Agents know the rough location of the operatives (such as when they are in a chase, in which case they can check only what is seen by the relatively few bluepills in that area). In the case of the vagrant in the subway, the Agents had been chasing Neo and Trinity so they knew roughly where they were; they undoubtedly checked what the vagrant saw (especially since he was in view of a phone the operatives could use to jack out) and Agent Smith possessed him when he recognized Neo and Trinity.
With the bug
There are two known uses of the bug. In Neo's case the Agents were attempting to locate Morpheus, so they needed to know Neo's location when he met with Morpheus. Since the Agents can't distinguish Neo from all the other bluepills and Morpheus could meet Neo anywhere in the Matrix, they need to mark Neo with the bug. This also explains why Agents don't try to possess Neo after the bug is removed but before he actually takes the red pill -- once the bug is removed from Neo they can't tell which bluepill is Neo out of all the other bluepills in the Matrix. They don't know where he is, and so they cannot possess him.
The other bug appearance is in A Detective's Story. Agents placed an eye bug in the detective Ash in order to obtain Trinity's location when Ash met her on a train. The Agents had "hired" Ash to locate Trinity so they were obviously monitoring him. But they can't distinguish Ash from other bluepills under normal circumstances, so they put a bug in his eye to track the location of Ash specifically. When Trinity removes the eye bug the Agents can no longer track Ash, but they know the location of the bug was when it was removed and they know only a Zion operative like Trinity could remove it -- that's when Agents start possessing other bluepills on the train.
If Agents could simply possess any particular bluepill without a bug it would have been trivial for them to possess Neo as he met with Morpheus or Ash as he met with Trinity. For that matter, they could stop Zion operatives from unplugging any bluepill by possessing that bluepill just before he took the red pill. The bug allows the Agents to mark particular bluepills so they know where they are and which bluepill to possess.
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I don't think it is ever specifically addressed, but at least three reasonable theories present themselves, based on the bug's appearance/use and the behaviors/limitations of the Agents throughout the trilogy:
A more sophisticated surveillance suite
We know the Agents can sense things happening through the eyes of the bluepills by the way they show up so quickly where they're needed, but we don't know the limits of that ability. It's entirely possible that they can only draw basic information through this method, and need something more to get true surveillance on a subject.
If, for example, they can passively scan for information like "encounters with unregistered users" (i.e. redpills), the bug might provide more sophisticated scanning and data collection regarding visual images, event logs, field analysis, etc. Alternatively, it could provide information from more senses (e.g. sound in addition to visuals) or higher resolution/quality/detail than normal.
Not just a bug, a weapon
For a surveillance tool, that thing sure comes off as aggressive... We know that Agents can't just arbitrarily "eject" or kill people in the Matrix, they have to manifest nearby and manually kill them. The bug could be a way for them to exert more direct control on a suspect, hurting or killing them in addition to gathering information on their location or activities, without having to physically show up and start shooting.
Software that follows you into the real world
This was always my assumption. We see from Agent Smith's "assimilation" of Bane that code can be uploaded into a human brain and remain there even after the user unplugs. Seeing as how the Agents knew of Morpheus's interest in Neo by then, it's possible that the bug was a subroutine that would have remained in Neo's mind when they pulled him out, uploading information about his offline activities whenever he jacked back in.
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I like the third suggestion. We know from "Detective Story" that they have an eye bug as well. I'm not sure what extra useful info you'd gather from a stomach bug. – Valorum Oct 23 '14 at 23:14
I like the third suggestion, too. The only thing I don't like about it is that Smith's assimilation of Bane didn't occur until the sequels, which meant that this question from the first movie would have remained unexplained for years until the sequels came out. – Null♦ Oct 24 '14 at 4:59
@Richard Stomach bugs could analyze the pills. – Cees Timmerman Oct 24 '14 at 8:25
@ceesTimmerman - I like that. Clever. – Valorum Oct 24 '14 at 9:39
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Jan purchases a Peugeot 308 for £10,000. Three years down the line, she is involved in a motoring accident which unfortunately writes of her Peugeot. Jan contacts her comprehensive insurer and is informed that she will receive a settlement payment of £5,000 as this was the market price of her Peugeot at the time it was written off or stolen.
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Peugeot 308 CC 1.6 THP 156 Roland Garros 2dr
Invoice price you paid - £26,055
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Year 4 – £4,774 – You will see that within the first four years, your 208 model has lost £6,871
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Year 3 – £3,975 – You will see that within the first three years, your 107 model model has lost £5,095
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Year 4 – £6,651 – You will see that within the first four years, your iOn has lost £19,565
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The industrial theme is a stage theme that appears in the Sonic the Hedgehog series.
Most industrial stages take place within factories or facilities, usually belonging to organizations such as the Eggman Empire or G.U.N. As such, most of these stages are among the last few levels in practically every game.
Elements common among industrial stages include conveyor belts, electrical hazards, and buzzsaws. It is most often incorporated with the space theme, given that most space themes take place on space stations.
Stages with an industrial theme
Scrap Brain Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991) - This is the first example of the industrial theme and incorporates many elements common to later industrial themed levels such as spinning blades, conveyor belts and moving pistons. Act 3 of this zone copies from Labyrinth Zone and contains both an underwater theme and an ancient ruins theme.
Final Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog (1991)
Gimmick Mountain Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (1992)
Scrambled Egg Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (1992)
Crystal Egg Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (8-bit) (1992)
Chemical Plant Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) - This zone also incorporates urban elements. Act 2 also incorporates underwater elements in the form of Mega Mack.
Oil Ocean Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992) - This zone also incorporates elements of the coastal theme.
Metropolis Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (1992)
Trap Tower, SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993)
Landslide Limbo, SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993) - This zone also incorporates desert and canyon elements.
Wild Water Way, SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993) - This zone also incorporates underwater elements.
Eggman's Tower, SegaSonic the Hedgehog (1993)
Palmtree Panic, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - Mainly predominates in either future timelines; the round mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill theme
Collision Chaos, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - This zone mainly incorporates elements of the amusement theme.
Tidal Tempest, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - Although this round mainly incorporates underwater elements, industrial elements predominate in either future timeline but the bad future timeline retains its ancient ruin and underground elements from the round's earlier timelines (past and present).
Quartz Quadrant, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - This theme predominate in all timelines (save for the past, for which industrial elements are minimal) except for the good future.
Wacky Workbench, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993) - The round's main theme in all timelines; both present and past timelines also incorporate elements of the canyon theme.
Metallic Madness, Sonic the Hedgehog CD (1993)
Electric Egg Zone, Sonic Chaos (1993) - This zone also incorporates elements of the cyberspace theme.
Mecha Green Hill Zone, Sonic Chaos (1993) - This zone also incorporates elements of the Green Hill theme.
Sleeping Egg Zone, Sonic Chaos (1993) - This zone also incoporates elements of the sky theme.
Launch Base Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994) - This zone also incorporates minor underwater elements, which are featured heavily in Knuckles' version of this stage in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 & Knuckles.
Chrome Gadget Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 3 (1994)
Scrap Brain, Sonic Drift (1994)
Sunset Park Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (1994)
Tidal Plant Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (1994) - This zone primarily incorporates elements of the underwater theme, but it is set in an industrial environment.
Atomic Destroyer Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog Triple Trouble (1994)
Iron Ruin, Sonic Drift 2 (1995)
Death Egg, Sonic Drift 2 (1995) - This racecourse also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Techno Tower, Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
World Entrance, Knuckles' Chaotix (1995)
DarkCastle Area, Tails' Skypatrol (1995)
Battle Fortress, Tails Adventure (1995)
Labyrinth of the Factory, Sonic Labyrinth (1995)
Dynamite Plant, Sonic the Fighters (1996)
Death Egg's Eye, Sonic the Fighters (1996) - This arena also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Death Egg's Hangar, Sonic the Fighters (1996)
Gene Gadget Zone, Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
Panic Puppet Zone, Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
The Final Fight, Sonic 3D Blast (1996)
Silver Castle Zone, Sonic Blast (1996)
Reactive Factory, Sonic R (1997)
Hot Shelter, Sonic Adventure (1998)
Final Egg, Sonic Adventure (1998)
Secret Plant, Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (1999)
Gigantic Angel Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog Pocket Adventure (1999)
Prison Lane, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
Death Chamber, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the ancient ruins theme and haunted theme.
Iron Gate, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
Security Hall, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001)
Cosmic Wall, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Meteor Herd, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Crazy Gadget, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Cannon's Core, Sonic Adventure 2 (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the ancient ruins and underwater themes (throughout Knuckles, Rouge and Sonic's sections).
Secret Base Zone, Sonic Advance (2001) - This zone also incorporates elements of the fire theme.
Egg Rocket Zone, Sonic Advance (2001) - This stage also incorporates elements of the sky theme during the first and second phase of the zone and the space theme during the third phase of the zone.
Hot Crater, Sonic Advance 2 (2002) - This stage also incorporates elements of the fire theme.
Techno Base, Sonic Advance 2 (2002)
Grand Metropolis, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also incorporates elements of the urban theme.
Power Plant, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also incorporates elements of the urban theme and fire theme.
City Top, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also incorporates elements of the urban theme.
City Course, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also incorporates elements of the urban theme.
Hot Elevator, Sonic Heroes (2003)
Rail Canyon, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also includes elements of the canyon theme.
Bullet Station, Sonic Heroes (2003) - This stage also includes elements of the canyon theme.
Mad Express, Sonic Heroes (2003)
Tails' Lab, Sonic Battle (2003)
Ocean Base, Sonic Advance 3 (2004) - This zone also incorporates elements of the underwater theme.
Iron Jungle, Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
GUN Fortress, Shadow the Hedgehog (2005)
Lava Shelter, Shadow the Hedgehog (2005) - This stage also incorporates elements of the fire theme.
Mechanical Zone, Sonic Jump (2005)
Egg Factory, Sonic Riders (2006) - This course also contains elements of the fire theme.
Ice Factory, Sonic Riders (2006) - This course also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
White Acropolis, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006) - This stage also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
Radical Train, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Aquatic Base, Sonic the Hedgehog (2006)
Death Yard Zone, Sonic Rivals (2006)
Evil Foundry, Sonic and the Secret Rings (2007)
Machine Labyrinth, Sonic Rush Adventure (2007)
MeteoTech Premises, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008)
MeteoTech Sparkworks, Sonic Riders: Zero Gravity (2008)
Metropolis, Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood (2008)
Eggmanland, Sonic Unleashed (2008) - This stage also incorporates elements of the amusement and fire themes.
Mad Gear Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I (2010)
Planet Wisp, Sonic Colors (2010) - Planet Wisp was under construction; therefore, it can be considered an industrial setting. Also incorporates elements of the forest theme.
Asteroid Coaster, Sonic Colors (2010) - This stage also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Chemical Plant, Sonic Generations (2011) - This stage also incorporates elements of the underwater and urban themes.
Planet Wisp, Sonic Generations (2011) - This stage also incorporates elements of the forest theme.
Oil Desert Zone, Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode II (2012) - This stage also incorporates elements of the desert theme.
Frozen Factory, Sonic Lost World (2013) - This stage also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
Abandoned Research Facility - Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014) - This stage also incorporates elements of the ancient ruins theme.
Lyric's Weapon Facility - Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014)
The Pit, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014) - This stage also incorporates elements of the forest theme.
Ocean Purification Plant, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014) - This stage also incorporates elements of the underwater theme.
Lyric's Lair, Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric (2014)
Scrapyard, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014) - This stage also incorporates elements of the coastal theme.
Robot Facility, Sonic Boom: Shattered Crystal (2014)
Lava Mountain, Sonic Runners (2015) - This stage also incorporates elements of the fire theme.
Eggman's Lair, Sonic Dash 2: Sonic Boom (2015) - This stage also incorporates elements of the fire theme.
Thunder Island, Sonic Boom: Fire & Ice (2016) - This stage also incorporates elements of the coastal and desert themes.
Chemical Plant Zone, Sonic Mania (2017) - This zone also incorporates elements of the underwater and urban themes.
Press Garden Zone, Sonic Mania (2017) - This zone also incorporates elements from ancient ruins theme, east asian theme and winter themes.
Oil Ocean Zone, Sonic Mania (2017) - This zone also incorporates elements of the coastal theme.
Metallic Madness Zone, Sonic Mania (2017)
Titanic Monarch Zone, Sonic Mania (2017) - This zone also incorporates elements of the urban theme (Act 1 only)
Spaceport, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
Chemical Plant (Sonic Forces), Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the Underwater theme.
Network Terminal, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the winter, and underwater.
Arsenal Pyramid, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Guardian Rock, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Chemical Plant, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
Death Egg, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the space theme.
Null Space, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage also incorporates elements of the urban theme.
Imperial Tower, Sonic Forces (2017)
Mortar Canyon, Sonic Forces (2017)
Iron Fortress, Sonic Forces (2017)
Final Judgement, Sonic Forces (2017)
Virtual Reality, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Bomb Block 1, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Plasma Cannon 1, Sonic Forces (2017)
Flying Pod, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Bomb Block 2, Sonic Forces (2017)
Reverse Block 2, Sonic Forces (2017) - This stage mainly incorporates elements of the Green Hill and desert themes.
Doctor's Mine, Team Sonic Racing (2019) - This track also incorporates elements of the forest theme.
Frozen Junkyard, Team Sonic Racing (2019) - This track also incorporates elements of the winter theme.
Clockwork Pyramid, Team Sonic Racing (2019) - This track also incorporates elements of the desert theme.
Turbine Loop, Team Sonic Racing (2019)
Dark Arsenal, Team Sonic Racing (2019)
Thunder Deck, Team Sonic Racing (2019)
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Soon-Tzu Speechley
words about cities
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Author: Soon-Tzu Speechley
Writer, editor and historian. (Plus reformed adman and occasional urban activist). I like new books, old buildings, and late-night walks.
WWWarisan #8 is out
Just a quick post to let you know that the 8th edition of my heritage newsletter, WWWarisan, is now out. You can read the newsletter online here. If you enjoyed reading the letter and want monthly heritage headlines delivered straight to you inbox, do consider subscribing – which you can do here.
By Soon-Tzu Speechleyin blog Mar 22, 2017 Mar 22, 2017 51 Words
Shared heritage, shared resources
Our lab’s research on stained glass in Singapore has been featured in KU Leuven’s Documentation and Research Centre for Religion, Culture and Society (KADOC) newsletter.
As the article notes, these windows are an ‘example of shared heritage’. Design drawings and cartoons in the KADOC archive allowed us to confirm the authorship of a number of windows across the island, and fill gaps in the history of stained glass in Singapore.
Among our finds were the working drawings for a window at the former St Joseph’s Institution campus on Bras Basah Road, which was lost during the Second World War. By comparing this with the one extant photograph of the school chapel we had access to, we were able to confirm the window’s authorship by the famed Dobbelaere atelier, and identify the lost window’s iconographic programme.
Researching these windows has been a good reminder of how interconnected our world has always been, with ideas and materials being transported across the world through networks of trade and missionary work. The project has also highlighted how incredibly useful digital archives are – this article simply wouldn’t have been possible otherwise (saving a trip to Leuven).
I’m particularly grateful to Patricia Quaghebeur of KADOC for her assistance with our research, and her infinite patience with my weak command of the Dutch language.
By Soon-Tzu Speechleyin blog Feb 14, 2017 Feb 14, 2017 217 Words
Windows in to History
The latest edition of the National Library Board’s quarterly, BiblioAsia, is out now. The title feature by my boss Dr Yeo Kang Shua and Swati Chandgadkar looks at the fascinating history of Singapore’s stained glass windows – and features some archival research done by yours truly. Check it out.
I spent the last week participating in an MIT-SUTD digital heritage workshop which served as a crash course in digital photogrammetry and augmented reality. Will have to find the time to write about it in greater detail, but it was very exciting to learn new techniques for documenting and creating heritage in virtual environments — and a real privilege to work with some great visiting scholars from MIT.
By Soon-Tzu Speechleyin blog Jan 17, 2017 Feb 14, 2017 116 Words
A new piece in New Mandala
Just a quick update. I wrote a short op-ed on some of the threats facing Melaka and George Town – Malaysia’s UNESCO-listed historic cities – for New Mandala. For me, the two cities highlight issues of urban governance that are relevant to Malaysia as a whole.
The mounting urban crisis in these historic cities highlights a couple of issues. Firstly, the weak enforcement of building codes – especially to protect heritage. Secondly, the need for careful planning to mitigate the unintended social and spatial consequences that accompany rapid development.
You can read the rest of the article here.
By Soon-Tzu Speechleyin article, blog Sep 29, 2016 Sep 29, 2016 95 Words
The worlds we cannot see
Last night I met some friends for dinner and drinks at Changi Village. It’s a great little spot, and it feels a world away from the city. (By public transport, it sort of is). The buildings are a little lower here, the trees a whole lot bigger. I heard more Hokkien than Mandarin or English.
As I walked through the hawker centre and to the pub, I passed a bunch of tables being set up for a festive dinner. It’s the seventh month of the Chinese lunar calendar, widely known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, and these community dinners aren’t an unusual sight in Singapore. It is a time when the lines between this world and the next are said to thin, and paper offerings are burnt for unseen visitors from far away. As I walked down the hill and towards the beach, my path was littered with bits of joss paper and hell money; the smell of smoke from big metal urns mixed with the brackish smell of the strait.
The beach was crowded too, with people of all ages playing Pokémon Go. A young couple sat under a tree, their faces glowing in the shared light of a single phone. A man in his sixties plodded gently behind his grandson, laughing as he exhorted the kid to slow down.
Later at the pub, it struck me that most of these people — both the people celebrating Hungry Ghost Festival and those playing Pokémon Go — were prompted to occupy and activate a physical space because of things unseen. Two invisible realms, the virtual and the spiritual, had superimposed their cartography on the physical world.
Now obviously there are great differences between a religious festival and a video game, and I am certainly not trivialising spiritual practices. What interests me is the ways in which our use of space can be reshaped by things not visible to the naked eye. Only a spirit medium or a smartphone could decipher the invisible forces that brought some of those people to Changi Village last night. And in both instances, real-world currency had been spent on items for unseen worlds: the worshippers had bought paper offerings for visiting ghosts; the gamers had bought in-game items to attract virtual monsters.
Last night I was reminded how we often can’t see the things that shape urban processes, that we are blind to the invisible lines that are drawn over the physical landscape. We live in a world criss-crossed by lost roads and half-grown paths trodden by people over the course of centuries. Our vistas are shaped by sight-lines drawn up by planners and by accidents of history. And often, sites of great community or spiritual significance endure — even as the cities and cultures around them change.
As augmented reality technologies become more widespread, what sites of virtual significance are going to be drawn over the invisible lines already shaping our landscape? What digital ley-lines and holloways will sit beside ancient roads and pilgrimage routes in these virtual maps of the world?
By Soon-Tzu Speechleyin blog Aug 21, 2016 Aug 21, 2016 510 Words
A new project: WWWarisan
Hello friends! Just a quick update this time. I’ve started a new side project called WWWarisan: Heritage Sites. This monthly email newsletter aims to cover the region’s big heritage stories, with selected updates from further afield.
If you haven’t subscribed yet, no worries — the first letter is available to read online.
You can subscribe here if you’re interested. Do feel free to @ me on twitter if you come across any heritage news items you think are worth including in the next edition. It’d be good to build up a lively, active readership — particularly as heritage issues seem to increasingly fire people up.
I look forward to hearing from some of you. Take care till then, and keep your eyes on the street (it’s what Jane Jacobs would want you to do).
Some thoughts on archaeology and activism
It’s been an eventful week in Penang. Between the furore over a visit to the Sia Boey archaeological site and fallout from the Penang Forum’s letter to UNESCO, it seems things have come to a head there.
Much digital ink has been spilled over both of these events, so I shall confine myself to two thoughts here:
1. The uproar over the Sia Boey site visit seems, to my mind, like a lot of wasted energy on the part of the state. Anil Netto argues that ‘the PDC team and the USM archaeologists have acted with tremendous professionalism and competence in enriching our understanding of the area’. I am inclined to agree.
I’m struck by the difference between Penang and Singapore, where I am currently based. Not long ago, a significant archaeological dig was conducted at Empress Place. Not only was the media granted considerable access to this rich site — which yielded some 2.5 tonnes of artefacts from Singapore’s ancient past — but the dig itself was made possible by mobilising a small army of volunteers.
By contrast, Sia Boey has now been declared a ‘secure zone’; the public will now have to wait until November for an archaeological report from USM. This is worrying, particularly as the site was previously earmarked for a public transport hub.
If the Penang state government wishes to embody the values of ‘Competence, Accountability, and Transparency’ it so often invokes, they could do worse than to look to their neighbours to the south — at least as far as archaeology is concerned.
2. The Penang Forum’s letter to UNESCO has prompted the state to accuse NGOs of backstabbing them. While this is in itself a childish response, what really worries me is the quality of discussion that’s followed — particularly in Facebook groups such as the Penang Heritage Trust Discussions and George Town Heritage Action.
One consistent theme of the comments, echoing the state government’s own line, is that these groups have sabotaged Penang. This fundamentally misunderstands the point of the Penang Forum’s letter, which is to raise heritage concerns with UNESCO before any permanent damage is done to the World Heritage Site. It also misunderstands the role NGOs have to play in our civil society. (This is to say nothing of the political amnesia at play here — some of those involved with the letter were instrumental to securing the city’s World Heritage Listing in the first place.)
A number of commenters seem to think the Penang Forum has crossed a line by going straight to UNESCO. Yet UNESCO’s own website says:
The States Parties to the Convention should inform the Committee as soon as possible about threats to their sites. On the other hand, private individuals, non-governmental organizations, or other groups may also draw the Committee’s attention to existing threats [emphasis added]. If the alert is justified and the problem serious enough, the Committee may consider including the site on the List of World Heritage in Danger.
NGOs have therefore done nothing wrong; they have simply done their duty.
What worries me about so many of the Penang Forum’s critics isn’t that they disagree with the Forum. As citizens, they have every right to their own views. What is concerning is that they wish to silence NGOs. And the reason they wish to silence NGOs is because they do not agree with them. This is not the recipe for a healthy public sphere.
A number of commenters have gone so far as to accuse members of the Penang Forum of being Barisan cronies. As I see it, this reveals just how partisan Malaysian politics has become. This is bad news for all of us. So many Malaysians are disillusioned with the powers that be — myself included. But that shouldn’t mean giving the opposition a carte blanche. It is the job of NGOs and citizen activists to hold our politicians to account.
A robust democracy is one in which we are never afraid to question our leaders, no matter which party they belong to. As a young Malaysian, I hope for political change. But I want that change to mean more than a different set of bums in the seats of the Dewan Rakyat. I want to see a political culture that is radically transparent, one which is open to debate, disagreement, and criticism. We should always hold our leaders to account — even the ones we vote in by large margins.
One thing is certain: whether Penangites choose to speak up or sit back and listen, they will end up with the city they deserve. For my part, I am glad that Penang’s famously quarrelsome civil society is doing its thing. The state — and the nation — would be a poorer place without them.
ETA: this letter to the Malay Mail has been brought to my attention, and pretty much hits the nail on the head. If the Penang state government has been managing George Town properly, it has nothing to hide from UNESCO. If they are committed to transparency, they have nothing to fear from Penang Forum.
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Xhosa Wars
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa, is the southernmost sovereign state in Africa. It is bounded on the south by 2,798 kilometers of coastline of southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans, on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, and on the east by Mozambique and Swaziland, and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho. South Africa is the 25th-largest country in the world by land area, and with close to 53 million people, is the world's 24th-most populous nation. It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere.
South Africa is a multiethnic society encompassing a wide variety of cultures, languages, and religions. Its pluralistic makeup is reflected in the constitution's recognition of 11 official languages, which is among the highest number of any country in the world. Two of these languages are of European origin: Afrikaans developed from Dutch and serves as the first language of most white and coloured South Africans; English reflects the legacy of British colonialism, and is commonly used in public and commercial life, though it is fourth-ranked as a spoken first language.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/South_Africa
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national association football teams. It took place in South Africa from 11 June to 11 July 2010. The bidding process for hosting the tournament finals was open only to African nations; in 2004, the international football federation, FIFA, selected South Africa over Egypt and Morocco to become the first African nation to host the finals.
The matches were played in 10 stadiums in nine host cities around the country, with the final played at the Soccer City stadium in South Africa's largest city, Johannesburg. Thirty-two teams were selected for participation via a worldwide qualification tournament that began in August 2007. In the first round of the tournament finals, the teams competed in round-robin groups of four teams for points, with the top two teams in each group proceeding. These 16 teams advanced to the knockout stage, where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/2010_FIFA_World_Cup
The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or "Africa's 100 Years War"), were a series of nine wars or flare-ups (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa tribes and European settlers in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. These events were the longest-running military action in the history of African colonialism.
The reality of the conflicts between the Europeans and Xhosa involves a balance of tension. At times, tensions existed between the various Europeans in the Cape region, tensions between Empire administration and colonial governments, and tensions and alliances of the Xhosa tribes. Alliances with Europeans introduced to the Xhosa tribes the use of firearms; even so, the Xhosa lost most of their territory and were incorporated into the British Empire. The Xhosa include some groups that have adopted the Xhosa language and several groups that are now classed as being Xhosa, such as the Mfengu nation, that had an alliance with the Cape Colony.
The first European settlers in the Cape were the Dutch who, in 1652, established a small supply station at present-day Cape Town for their trading ships to stop for supplies en route to and from the East Indies. European settlement in and around Cape Town later spread into the valleys. By the second half of the 18th century, Europeans, predominantly trekboers, moved eastward up the coast and encountered the Xhosa in the region of the Great Fish River. The Xhosa were already established in the area and herded cattle. Competition for land ensued, particularly after the arrival of several groups of British settlers in 1820.
This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/Xhosa_Wars
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South Africa, Roy Harper
Once I was anothers lover
Now I am my own
Trying to call myself a brother
Living here alone
Maybe if you came to see me
Wishing I wasn't so blind
Sitting here thinking to be free
Maybe we'd all change our mind
She is kind and beautiful
I am young and strong
We have never met each other
But it can't be long
Oft' I have slept by her window
Often I whisper her name
And wonder that words in the wind blow
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Alex Beecroft in the Spotlight
Please pop over to Jessewave’s Blog (Wave is a great supporter of gay fiction) and read the great interview with our very own Alex Beecroft.
Jessewave is going to run a series of these spotlights, so I’ll let you know when a relevant one comes up!
Review: The Partisans by Martin Brant
Ethan Jones came to France long before the war started. He loved Paris—the lively cafés, the easy friendships with the artists and writers and whores. When the Germans invade France, everything changes.
Two years after he joins the Resistance, Ethan takes an assignment in occupied northern France. The objective: Team up with another partisan, Adrienne Follett, and recover a satchel that went down in a single engine plane just north of Reims. Along the way, they meet up with Jhan, a German defector that ultimately wins their trust. Convinced Jhan is a Nazi hater, they allow him to join the team.
They were told the objective was important. They were not told what the satchel contained. They had no reason to believe their involvement would help shorten the war, or save countless lives or cause them to have to leave France. They didn’t know that their own lives would soon hang by a thread; or that, in the end, a lifetime of loneliness would forever be left behind.
A sample chapter is available on Martin Brant’s website here
Review by Alex Beecroft
First of all, I have to say I really like the cover. I presume that’s Ethan, and I love the look of imminent peril. It looks exciting.
The blurb does a fine job of summarizing the plot. Ethan is a black man from New Orleans who settled in France to escape the apartheid of life in America. When the book opens he is an active member of the French Resistance, fleeing from a Gestapo raid. As the book goes on we learn that he and fellow resistance member Adrienne have been dispatched to recover important documents shot down over France en route from Britain to Russia. As Ethan is wounded at the beginning of the book, the two hole up in a barn where Adrienne hopes sexual tension will lead to something between them. But this idea is scuppered when they discover a German defector hiding in the same. Ethan and the defector, Jhan fall in fairly instant love, struggle against their fears of rejection and eventually confess all to each other, ending up blissfully together.
This is where most m/m books would finish, but for The Partisans this was only a brief diversion from the main plot. Now the three of them must make their way across France and recover those documents, hampered by the fact that the Germans everywhere are looking for a black man and Ethan is pretty conspicuous.
I won’t spoiler the plot any more than that, because it’s a delightfully meaty one. An awful lot happens in this book, and the twists and turns certainly kept me entertained. I enjoyed the large and varied cast of French peasants, German officers and soldiers and British Intelligence Agents. I loved the fact that there was a lot more in the book than just the m/m relationship. Adrienne doesn’t get left out or sidelined, and after a great deal of moping about how unhappy and lonely she is, she too gets her happy ending.
I liked the fact that we had a female hero who was in there not as a love interest but as an independent protagonist. The novel ticks just about every box it can in having a m/m, a m/f and a brief f/f relationship, and I appreciated the inclusivity. I must say too that I enjoyed having a black hero. It’s a rarity in my experience of m/m fiction and probably shouldn’t be. I did begin to feel – after every character Ethan encountered commented on how beautiful the colour of his skin was – that his depiction skirted the borderlines of exoticization, but it may be that that was just a symptom of a larger problem with the book.
My feeling is that this novel would have greatly benefitted by a firm editing. I spotted a number of typos and a couple of grammatical errors (lay/laid/lied). But more serious than that was the way that the author had a distinct tendency to tell not to show:
Ethan sighed, beset with questions and doubt.
How long will it take to get reoriented and find a way out of this forest? The girl, Adrienne Follet, did she survive? Will she make it to the backup rendezvous? If so, will they be able to find the plane using the small map Francois had given them? Do the Germans know where the plane went down? Are they, too, searching for it?
So many “what ifs”. It could be too late by the time they got there. Ethan felt anxious.
These are Ethan’s thoughts while wounded and alone in a dark forest, unable to know whether he is running in a straight line or not, with no assurance that the Germans won’t go and get some tracker dogs any moment. I should hope he would feel a lot more than anxious!
Much of the back-story is filled in during Ethan’s time fleeing, wounded in the dark, and this not only struck me as unlikely thoughts for a fugitive, but watered down any tension there might have been in such a perilous situation. Unfortunately this seems to be the author’s habit throughout. The characters tend to muse upon the meaning of life a lot, cutting down the impact of whatever is happening to them at the time.
There’s also a great deal of repetition. As mentioned above, the colour of Ethan’s skin is commented on so often that I found myself rolling my eyes when it happened again. But Adrienne’s loneliness is treated the same way. She angsts about it constantly. Elliot, the Intelligence guy, only seems to be in the book at all to angst about his ex wife and his current loneliness. He does nothing to influence the plot until the very last chapters, and his ineffectual worrying and whining grows tedious long before that.
The author’s sex scenes also are too full of the characters thinking about gender issues, theories of compatibility and what makes a great relationship for me even to be able to work out what was actually going on in them.
An editor once told me ‘cut down on character thought because it provides a buffer between the reader and the direct lived experience of the story.’ At the time, I didn’t understand what she meant. But after reading this book I can see her point.
Plus points for remembering that characters sometimes need to go to the toilet, and that a woman’s period can occur even when she’s on an important mission. Minus points for Adrienne’s sudden decent into ‘bitch from hell, who irrationally puts the whole mission in jeopardy to adopt a cute puppy.’ Grouchiness I can believe, suicidal insanity I can’t.
As I say, there is a great story here. Lots of things happen, and there should be no shortage of excitement and tension. I love the story, but I’m less sold on the way that it’s told. If it was given a thorough editing – redundancies pruned out, action scenes made more immediate, and character musing cut down a little, it could be a tight, gripping read. As it is, it’s still an entertaining read, but it’s frustratingly not as good as it easily could be.
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Review: Champion of Olympia by Margaret Leigh
Ariston is an athlete who dreams of fame and fortune and the chance to open his own Palaestra someday. Iason is an aliptes (masseuse) who dreams of winning the heart of Ariston. Can they overcome the competition of rival athletes and the caprice of fickle gods and attain their hearts’ desires?
This is a lovely short story set in Ancient Greece, between a champion athlete and the man who helps keep him in top physical condition. Iason is a likeable, if possibly a little typical, protagonist, who thinks himself so unworthy of the object of his desire that he enlists Zeus’s help to win him over – and then is terrified that he may have gone too far and brought disaster on them both. Ariston is a sunny, confident young man, sure of himself, his athletic prowess, and winning nature. The romance between the two is sweet and charming, not hampered by any great obstacle other than the fact that neither has dared talk to the other about it yet.
This is not a story which is going to wring you out with angst or keep your heart in your mouth and your nails chewed to the stumps. It’s a charming, unhurried tale of falling in love, enlivened and made interestingly exotic by its historical location. The writer conjured up a sense of Ancient Greece – sun, sand, naked young athletes – that I thoroughly enjoyed, and even – in the Temple of Zeus – touched upon some of the fear which the ancient gods inspired. I think my major criticism is that it ended too soon, and a little abruptly, with the question of Ariston’s health unanswered. Did Zeus extract a terrible price from the couple after all? I wish I knew!
A definite feel-good read. I would recommend it.
Sadly out of print at the moment
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Top San Diego Things to Do in May
By Jordan Fraser on April 30, 2019 Blog, recent, recent sd, San Diego Events, San Diego Things To Do, San Diego Weekend Events, SD
Enjoy a wine-paired dinner in Estancia’s beautiful outdoor courtyard on May 23.
Star Wars Day celebrations, Mother’s Day brunch, wine pairing dinners, beloved Broadway musicals and more fun things to do are on tap this month. Here are the top 30+ San Diego things to do in May.
Edited by Jordan Fraser.
Mole and Mezcal Dinner
May 2. Puesto welcomes two internationally acclaimed Oaxacan chefs to its La Jolla kitchen to create a traditional Oaxacan meal. For one night only, guests will enjoy a four-course prix-fixe menu, and an optional drink pairing menu. Reservations required. 5 p.m. $30, additional $20 for the drink pairing. 1026 Wall St., La Jolla, 858.454.1260. eatpuesto.com
Side Barre
May 2. Get pumped up for this fierce, 50-minute, high-energy fitness event held in Side Bar’s recently renovated space to a soundtrack by DJ XP. The total-body workout will target strength, cardio and flexibility for all levels. Afterward, enjoy hosted appetizers, two craft cocktails featuring Suja juice and a swag bag that includes Pure Barre swag and Suja goodies. 5-7 p.m. $40. 536 Market St., downtown. Tickets
Fiesta Old Town Cinco de Mayo
May 3-5. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo in historic Old Town San Diego with four stages for live entertainment, a beer and margarita garden, Lucha Libre matches and the Lowrider Lane car show. Be sure to check out the variety of food and retail vendors, as well as the children’s area at this 36th annual festival. F 4-9 p.m.; Sa 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Su 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. San Diego Avenue between Conde and Twiggs, Old Town, 619.291.4903. cincodemayooldtown.com
The Boardroom Show Surf Party
May 3. Get an exclusive first look at some of the highlights of this year’s Boardroom Show Surf Expo at this free public event at Del Mar Plaza. Preview the retrospective on Bruce Brown’s life as told by his son in A Life of Endless Summers, The Bruce Brown Project. Plus, a photo slideshow from legendary Surfer magazine photographer Don Balch; a preview of the new surf film Spoons from producers Wyatt Dailey and Justin Misch, a photo slideshow from the archives of Larry “Flame” Moore, music from Tower 7 and beer and taco specials from Pacifica Del Mar. 6:30-9:30 p.m. Free. 1555 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, 858.847.2284. delmarplaza.com
Cinco de Mayo in Balboa Park
May 4. Experience a family-friendly fiesta filled with Mexican music and dance performances, colorful horseback riders, strolling mariachis, a fashion show of traditional Mexican dress, hands-on activity booths for kids, arts and crafts vendors, food trucks and more. The day-long celebration culminates with a 5 p.m. concert in Spreckels Organ Pavilion featuring crowd-favorite Jarabe Mexicano. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Balboa Park, 1549 El Prado, San Diego. balboaparkconservancy.org
Film & Float: The Empire Strikes Back
May 4. The Force is strong this Star Wars Day with a special poolside screening of The Empire Strikes Back. Bring your own lightsaber or don your best cosplay to storm the Lafayette’s pool deck. Plus, $5 poolside cocktails and bites available from Hope 46. 6-9:30 p.m. Free. Lafayette Hotel, 2223 El Cajon Blvd., North Park. lafayettehotelsd.com
Rhythm & Brews Music and Craft Beer Festival
May 4. The San Diego Brewers Guild hosts the eighth annual Rhythm & Brews Music and Craft Beer Festival. Listen to live music on two stages from Matt Costa, Low Volts, Francis Blume and more while sampling 100+ brews from over 50 breweries. VIP entrance at noon, event 1-4 p.m. $45 GA, $70 VIP. Historic Vista Village, S. Citrus Ave. and E. Broadway, Vista. sdbeer.com
Star Wars Cocktails at Prohibition
May 4. Drink the force with Star Wars-themed cocktails created to celebrate the movie franchise during a “May The Fourth Be With You” party. GBOD Hospitality Group beverage director Ryan Andrews has created cocktails inspired by some of Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader’s most famous lines, including “Never Tell Me The Odds” made with a combination of Dobel Diamante GBOD Single Barrel tequila, demerara, Averna and R&D House Bitters and “Let The Wookie Win” made with Havana Club rum, fresh lime, ginger and Fernet. $14. 548 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter. prohibitionsd.com
Pool House at the Pendry opens to the public on Sundays beginning May 5.
Pool House Sundays
Opens May 5. Head to the Pendry for the most sought after pool party experience in downtown San Diego. Top DJs and live performances will headline during the afternoons while guests enjoy a selection of dining choices, signature cocktails, bottle service options and private cabanas. Su-Th 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 550 J St., downtown, 619.738.7030. pendryhotels.com
Prohibition Supper Club
May 6. This edition of the monthly Supper Club will highlight DesMaDre artisanal tequilas. Presented as a “reverse pairing” dinner, Prohibition lead bartender Ryan Andrews will craft four unique cocktails using DesMaDre unaged blanco, añejo and reposado tequilas, which will be paired with a four-course meal. 6 p.m. cocktail hour; 7 p.m. dinner. $85. 548 Fifth Ave., Gaslamp Quarter, 619.501.1919. prohibitionsd.com
Gator by the Bay
May 9-12. Come to the largest, most authentic Louisiana-themed music and food festival this side of the bayou. Gator by the Bay features four days of live music with more than 100 musical acts on seven stages; an array of Southern cuisine including 10,000 pounds of fresh crawfish trucked in from Louisiana; dancing and family fun. Th 6-10:30 p.m., F 3:30-10:30 p.m., Sa 10:30 a.m.-8 p.m., Su 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m. $35-$150. Spanish Landing Park, 4300 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego. gatorbythebay.com
May 10. As the star, co-creator and namesake of one of America’s most beloved sitcoms, Jerry Seinfeld is famous for his uncanny ability to joke about the like things in life that everyone can relate to. 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. $70+. San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100. sandiegotheatres.org
Junior League Food and Wine Festival
May 11. Savor sips and bites from San Diego’s top restaurants, breweries, wineries and distilleries at this annual fundraiser by the Junior League of San Diego. Don your Sunday best, bid on silent auction items and listen to live music in the scenic La Jolla Cove. This year, vendors include We Olive, Oceanaire, Pali Wine Co. and Eppig Brewing to name a few. VIP admission 1 p.m., event 2-5 p.m. $85 GA, $110 VIP. Ellen Scripps Browning Park, 1100 Coast Blvd., La Jolla. jlsd.org
Mother’s Day Is Sweet
May 11. Show mom the sweeter side of Oceanside at this unique pop-up with dessert and beverage pairings at sweet stops throughout downtown. Offerings include local dessert tastes from local favorites such as Dani Girl Cake Pops and DoughSide Donuts, plus 1- to 3-ounce sips of local craft beer and wine for the adults and nonalcoholic beverages for all. The event will also include a sidewalk chalk activity for kids. 2-5 p.m. $10-$45. 330 N. Coast Hwy., Oceanside. Tickets
Night Nation Run
May 11. Party hard at this unique 5K run and music festival. Expect lots of music, dancing, party zones, selfie stations, light shows, a lantern land, a bubble world and multiple stages with DJs. Once you cross the finish line, the party continues with the “Epic Main Stage After Party” featuring top headliner DJs, and all the trappings of a traditional music festival. Runners are encouraged to arrive at 6 p.m. for the pre-party, race begins at 7:30 p.m. $29.99-$60. Del Mar Fairgrounds, 2260 Jimmy Durante Blvd., Del Mar. nightnationrun.com
North Park Festival of Arts
May 11. Enjoy artwork from more than 100 artists including paintings, photography, pottery, handmade jewelry and more. Additional highlights at this diverse annual neighborhood event include a live art block where local street artists will transform everyday items into pieces of art right in front of you; four performance stages with a variety of music; and a craft beer block for guests 21+. 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Free. 30th St. and University Ave., North Park. explorenorthpark.com
Satisfy Mom’s sweet tooth in the beautiful setting of San Diego Botanic Garden.
San Diego Botanic Garden’s Chocolate Festival
May 11. Bring Mom for a relaxing day in the garden to sample chocolate from a variety of vendors. Plus, live demonstrations and tips on creating chocolate treats. Participating vendors include Bottega Italiana, Carlsbad Cookie Company, Nibble Chocolate and more. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free with paid admission or membership. Tasting and activity tickets sold on site. 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, 760.436.3036. sdbgarden.org
Mother’s Day Champagne Jazz Brunch
May 12. Hornblower’s on-land venue The Abbey offers a rare, refined Uptown option for Mother’s Day. Originally constructed as an Episcopal church, this elegant 1910 landmark is San Diego’s only remaining Classic Revival structure. Treat Mom to bottomless bubbly, an elaborate seasonal buffet, decadent desserts and live jazz entertainment by Republic of Music in this unique setting. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. $55. 2825 Fifth Ave., Bankers Hill, 619.686.8715. hornblower.com
Roald Dahl’s classic book-turned-movie comes to life on stage with songs like “I’ve got a Golden Ticket.”
May 14-19. Based on the beloved story by Roald Dahl, the touring Broadway musical features classic songs from the original film including “Pure Imagination,” “The Candy Man” and “I’ve got a Golden Ticket” alongside toe-tapping new music from the songwriters of Hairspray. See website for show times and ticket prices. Broadway San Diego at San Diego Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100. broadwaysd.com
Art & Empire: The Golden Age of Spain
Opens May 18. Featuring more than 100 outstanding works by leading artists from Spain and its global territories during the pivotal years of around 1600 to 1750, this new exhibit is the first in the United States to expand the notion that the “Golden Age” include the Hispanic world beyond the Iberian Peninsula. See website for hours and ticket prices. San Diego Museum of Art, 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, 619.232.7931. sdmart.org
Old House Fair
May 18. Discover the charming neighborhood of South Park in a tour of five historic homes at this 21st annual event. Begin at the Rose Wine Bar for a mimosa and a selection of historic home preservation specialists, followed by a bike tour of both historic and modern homes built by notable architects. Or take the trolley through the neighborhood to visit the homes in any order you choose. Each location will feature docent-led education and history. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $6-$27. The Rose Wine Bar, 2219 30th St., South Park. oldhousefairsd.com
Over the Line Tournament and Craft Beer Festival
May 18-19. Kick off summer at the annual Over the Line Tournament with qualifying matches taking place on Saturday and the winning teams returning on Sunday for the final. Competing divisions include Men’s Pro, Men’s Open, Men’s Masters (age 45+) and Women’s Open. Plus, enjoy a craft beer festival that will be held during tournament play featuring local breweries such as Alesmith, Bay City Brewing and Second Chance, along with food trucks to grab a bite to eat. 21+. Sa 7 a.m.-6 p.m. Su 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Team entry $120. Beer Fest GA $35. Mariners Point, Mission Bay Park, 3230 Mariners Way, Mission Bay. Tickets
Celebrate the sixth anniversary of one of San DIego’s prized breweries on May 18.
Saint Archer Brewing Company Anniversary Party
May 18. Celebrate Saint Archer Brewing’s anniversary at this family-friendly event that will feature live music from King Tuff, The Schizophonics and The Anodynes. Also enjoy food trucks, a kid’s area, brewery tours, and a special anniversary beer release of the Hazy Rye with Galaxy Hops IPA which will be exclusively available on draft at the anniversary party. 2-9 p.m. Free. 9550 Distribution Ave., San Diego. saintarcherbrewery.com/
I Love Poke Festival
May 21. Enjoy poke, along with other island-inspired food and desserts, from 30 of San Diego’s top chefs and restaurants while celebrating Hawaiian culture and cuisine. This 10th annual all-ages festival will also feature a food competition, dancing and live music. 6-9 p.m. $75. Bali Hai, 2230 Shelter Island Drive, Shelter Island. Tickets
By The Barrel: Wine
May 23. This month Estancia La Jolla’s four-course dinner series focuses on wine as the featured alcohol pairing. During the dinner, winemakers will guide guests through a selection of award-winning red and white wines from Trinitas Cellars. 21+. 6:30-9:30 p.m. $125 includes valet parking. Estancia La Jolla, 9700 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla. Tickets
Executive Chef Jeff Jackson teams up with Liquid Farm founder Jeff Nelson for a dinner and wine pairing.
Signature Wine Dinner
May 23. Enjoy a mouthwatering multi-course wine-paired dinner overlooking the Torrey Pines Golf Course and Pacific Ocean. The Lodge at Torrey Pines Executive Chef Jeff Jackson will curate a special menu that perfectly complements the flavors in each hand-selected wine by Liquid Farm founder Jeff Nelson, who will also facilitate conversation about the winemaking process and the inspiration behind each wine selected for the evening. 7-9:30 p.m. $185. A.R. Valentien, 11480 N. Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, 858.777.6635. Tickets
Opens May 28. Featuring the Broadway classics “Tradition,” “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Sunrise, Sunset,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker” and “To Life,” the original production won 10 Tony Awards and became the longest-running Broadway musical of all time. Tony-winning director Bartlett Sher brings a fresh, yet authentic, vision to this musical masterpiece. See website for show times and ticket prices. Broadway San Diego at Civic Theatre, 1100 Third Ave., downtown, 619.570.1100. broadwaysd.com
Sip the City
May 31. Hosted at the scenic Headquarters at Seaport District, Sip the City features over a dozen of San Diego County’s urban wineries pouring their unique and award-winning wines. Guests will enjoy unlimited wine tastings, light snacks and live music while supporting local winemakers and the flourishing urban wine movement. Participating wineries include BK Cellars, 2 Plank Vineyards, Mission Cellars, Negociant Winery. 5:30 p.m. $29-$59. 789 West Harbor Drive, Seaport Village. Tickets.
Military Appreciation Month Dining Specials
Through May 31. Veterans and active-duty military service members who present a valid military ID will receive a 20 percent discount on all food purchases throughout the month at each of GBOD Hospitality Group’s five restaurant locations: El Chingon, Havana 1920, Monkey King, Mezé Greek Fusion and Dough Nations. See website for location details. gbodgroup.com
Free Popcorn for Military Appreciation Month
Through May 31. Theatre Box salutes Military Appreciation Month by offering active military personnel and veterans complimentary popcorn throughout the month of May with proof of a valid military ID and the purchase of a movie ticket. Plus, Theatre Box supports members of the military and veterans year-round with 15 percent off food and beverages at Sugar Factory American Brasserie and $10 specially priced movie tickets. 701 Fifth Ave., downtown, 619.814.2225. theatrebox.com
Menopause the Musical
Through June 2. Four women meet while shopping for a black lace bra at a lingerie sale at Bloomingdale’s, where this hilarious and heartwarming tale takes place. After noticing similarities, they joke and bond over their woeful hot flashes, mood swings, wrinkles, weight gain and celebrate that menopause is no longer “The Silent Passage.” See website for show times and ticket prices. The Lawrence Welk Resorts Theatre, 8860 Lawrence Welk Drive, Escondido, 760.749.3448. welkresorts.com
Photos: Pendry Pool House courtesy The Influence. Chocolate Festival by Lisa Reynolds. Saint Archer Brewing Anniversary Party courtesy Katalyst PR. Signature Wine Dinner courtesy Evans Hotels. By The Barrel: Wine courtesy Estancia La Jolla. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Joan Marcus.
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Thank you for your interest in The Studio Museum in Harlem. Current available positions:
Director, Public Programs & Community Engagement
Special Events Associate
Archive Fellow
The Public Programs & Community Engagement department presents a wide range of free programs that are open to the public, and bring the Museum’s culturally-specific mission and world-class exhibitions to life. These adult programs—which include artist talks, panels, performances, hands-on workshops, thematic tours, book clubs, and more—demystify artistic practices, elevate creativity as an art form accessible to all, and open the pathways for direct engagement with contemporary art and artists.
As a key member of the Museum’s leadership team, the incumbent oversees the development and delivery of adult public programs and the coordination of community engagement initiatives. Serving as point of contact between the department and key internal and external stakeholders, s/he is responsible for nurturing strategic cultural partnerships, in Harlem and beyond.
The Director of Public Programs & Community Engagement’s primary responsibilities include, but are not are limited to:
1. To research, design, and deliver innovative adult public programs that engage a diverse cross-section of the Museum’s stakeholders, with a focus on impact:
Researching, designing, developing and coordinating public programs and community engagement strategies geared towards adult audiences, aged 19+
Implementing audience development strategies that nurture relationships with existing audiences, and developing alternative strategies that meet new or untapped audiences where they are
Building and nurturing relationships with a growing, city-wide matrix of partner organizations to strategically diversify our audiences and areas of expertise, and leverage resources
Developing entirely new public program models that forge closer connections to the local community, increasing access to, awareness of, interest in, and appreciation for contemporary art
Collaborating with the appropriate Museum departments to create information destinations and promotional materials across multiple platforms, including web, print, and social media
Reviewing and assessing the effectiveness of said platforms in ensuring community awareness
2. To manage the department’s operational, financial, and staffing infrastructures:
Managing junior staff and setting goals and objectives for all involved in the department’s work
Overseeing temporary or seasonal staff such as contract workers, teaching artists, program consultants and volunteers
Developing and monitoring the department’s budget and resources, and periodically conducting departmental audits, program evaluations and cost analyses to see how the department can operate more efficiently
Creating relevant professional development opportunities that weave together our rich network of Museum family, including AIR alumni, MEP students, internship/fellowship alumni, former staff, and our board
Assisting with fundraising as it relates to grant applications and reports
3. To deliver thought leadership in support of the Museum’s expanding goals and objectives:
Serving as co-lead of various Museum working groups and task forces
Analyzing, identifying, and developing new and existing content areas for programming in alignment with the Museum’s mission, values, and organizational priorities
Developing strong, strategic, cross-sector relations with government officials, community groups, and other CIGs to extend Museum services to a wider community
Keeping abreast of developments in the field and exchanging best practices with colleagues
Presenting at board, donor and cultivation events when appropriate, and publically representing the Museum at symposia, conferences, and on panels
Continuing to build the Museum’s presence and leadership in NYC and beyond
Master’s degree, preferably in Art History, Museum Studies, or related field
Minimum of eight (8) years of experience in the museum/art field with demonstrated experience in community engagement and knowledge of the New York art community
Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate with diverse groups required
Excellent written and verbal communication skills required
Excellent computer skills, particularly MS platforms, including Word, Outlook and Excel
Availability nights and weekends as required to facilitate public programs
Send resume and cover letter to:
job.director.public.programs.community.engagement@studiomuseum.org. No phone calls or faxes, please.
The Studio Museum in Harlem has earned an international reputation as a leader in the contemporary arts arena with its groundbreaking role in promoting the work of artists of African descent. Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the Museum will implement a series of initiatives aimed at enhancing its institutional capacity and augmenting its ability to manage both capital and operational projects. A new facility has been designed by architect David Adjaye, and construction will begin in 2019.
The Museum seeks a Capital Project Administrator. This position will support the Director of Capital Projects in the construction phase and closeout of the New Building Project, and other capital projects that may be implemented.
The Project Administrator is responsible for:
Create project budgets and forecasting and analysis reports for the Capital Project team.
Prepare Capital Project financial reports for funders, lenders and internal stakeholders.
Maintain cash flow projections for the overall project and specific portions of the budget.
Prepare and track monthly project requisitions and reimbursement submissions to lenders and government funders.
Ensure timely preparation, review and submission of financial reporting requirements to government, foundation, and financial institutions.
Maintain the financial files for capital projects, in accordance with standard procedures.
Manage revenue and expense allocations within a complex, multi-stakeholder environment.
Coordinate risk management and insurance needs.
Reconcile project accounts on a monthly basis; liaise with Finance Department.
Input appropriate budget information using the cost code structure in accordance with the Finance Department procedures.
Perform departmental responsibilities such as processing of invoices for Capital Projects.
Maintain direct cost entries as incurred by the project.
Ensure timely payment to contractor/subcontractors and vendors after approvals are obtained.
Provide year-end support of auditor requirements, which may include research and reconcilement.
Follow all policies and report any inconsistencies.
Provide any supplemental reports/documentation as may be required by the Director, Capital Projects.
Verify figures on the internal Project Status Report and complete Project Accounting section on a monthly basis.
Maintain full working knowledge of budget and contingency for Capital Projects
Additional responsibilities may be added by the department or project as necessary.
Able to adapt to a flexible, fast-paced and dynamic work environment consistent with The Studio Museum in Harlem core values and mission statement
Minimum of a two-year professional or technical degree is required with a minimum of two or more years of cost accounting or construction accounting experience. BS degree in Accounting or related business degree preferred.
Experience in Public grant funding and/or other grant management experience required
Experience with NYC Capital Funding process, Department of Cultural Affairs or School Construction Authority and New York State procurement requirements highly desired.
Experience in the cultural and/or not-for-profit sectors preferred.
Intermediate to advanced computer literacy, including experience in word processing, spreadsheets and accounting software. Adept at technology and able to quickly learn industry- and organization-specific software applications.
Effective communication of financial matters with all stakeholders; ability to translate complex financial concepts to individuals at all levels, including finance and non-finance managers.
Have keen analytic, organization and problem-solving skills which allow for strategic data interpretation versus only reporting.
Strong interpersonal and time management skills.
Ability to work well with others under deadline situations and respond to changes in priorities.
Acute attention to detail, highly organized, and ability to see the big picture.
Ability to make systems as efficient, organized, and accurate as possible.
SALARY RANGE: Salary will be commensurate with experience, skills and knowledge.
Send cover letter, resume and writing sample to: job.project.administrator@studiomuseum.org
Please note that while careful consideration will be given to each submission, the Museum will only be able to contact those applicants whose knowledge, skills and work experience best fit the requirements of the position. No phone calls or faxes please.
The Studio Museum in Harlem is an equal opportunity employer and considers all candidates for employment regardless of race, color, sex, age, gender identification, national origin, creed, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or political affiliation.
The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society. The Studio Museum in Harlem was founded in 1968 by a diverse group of artists, community activists and philanthropists who envisioned a new kind of museum that not only displays artwork but also supports artists and arts education. In celebration of its 50th anniversary in 2018, the Museum has bolstered its programming and fundraising to honor the occasion and is actively working on the institution’s vital next chapter, which includes utilizing community spaces and resources through the inHarlem initiative, as the Studio Museum awaits its new home being built on its current site.
The successful candidate will be a consummate professional who will support the Museum’s two high-profile and highly regarded annual fundraisers which raise approximately $2 million each year and are managed in-house. In addition, the role will support multiple and varied Institutional Advancement cultivation and stewardship events throughout the year, as well as other internal activities.
The Special Events Associate supports all Studio Museum’s special events and also supports Development with major gift and campaign cultivation events. S/He provides comprehensive support to the Special Events Manager and handles all administrative activities for the team.
Assist in the coordination of annual fundraising events, including the Fall Gala and the Spring Luncheon and other fundraising events that management establishes;
Support the execution of Development cultivation events, onsite and off, in coordination with other Development Department colleagues.
Support the Special Events Manager with exhibition openings, corporate and cultivation events and other institutional events as scheduled.
Support Director of Institutional Advancement and Special Events Manager with communications with Volunteer Leadership; including coordinating meetings to generate ideas and identify new event prospects;
In coordination with Special Events Manager and the Communications department, manage the design, copy and production deadlines for event collaterals including invitations (electronic and hardcopy), program, signage, etc.
In coordination with Database Manager, maintain accurate mailing lists and design segmented strategy for all outreach; also ensure that new prospects and contact info is properly uploaded back into the database;
Develop and execute with key staff follow-up communications including donor acknowledgments, cultivation materials, and other collateral;
Develop and maintain event timelines and task lists;
Manage related budgets; prepare check requests, invoices, etc.;
Compile and maintain seating plans; interface with donor database;
Recruit and manage event volunteers as needed;
Assist with the development and implementation of strategies to grow corporate membership and rentals;
Prepare progress and summary reports for senior staff.
Key Competencies:
Organizational and planning skills; attention to detail
Professional dress and demeanor
Bachelor's Degree,
3+ years of event management experience, preferably in a cultural organization
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and impeccable follow-up
Some evening/morning/weekends required.
Superior organizational skills, accuracy and precision in handling timelines and details
Ability to prioritize and work in a fast-paced environment and to juggle multiple projects
Computer proficiency with Microsoft Office programs and database management systems such as Raiser's Edge and Social Tables. Advanced Excel preferred.
To apply: Please email cover letter and resume in one PDF to: job.spcl.events.asst@studiomuseum.org.
Please place “Special Events Associate” in the subject line.
No phone calls or faxes, please.
The Studio Museum in Harlem is the nexus for artists of African descent locally, nationally, and internationally and for work that has been inspired and influenced by black culture. It is a site for the dynamic exchange of ideas about art and society. The Studio Museum has earned a reputation as a leader in the contemporary arts arena and is internationally known for its catalytic role in promoting the work of artists of African descent.
Reporting to the Studio Museum's Registrar and working in close collaboration with the Lead Consulting Archivist and Museum Archivist, the Archive Fellow will support the processing of The Studio Museum in Harlem's estimated 850 cubic feet of institutional records and assist in the creation of an Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aid. The Archive Fellow will work in consultation with the Museum Archivist to follow processing standards and plans, create standardized descriptions, and ensure consistency and quality for the overall project.
This is a full-time, grant-funded position funded through June 30, 2020.
In close conjunction with the Museum Archivist, coordinate the organization of a large, complex, multi-format manuscript collection
Assist in inputting, assigning, tracking, and systematizing archive material metadata, following archival metadata standards
Assist in establishing a work-flow for archive processing
Prepare and distribute monthly reports to track progress
Collaborate with Registrar (and relevant Studio Museum departments) to support the archive’s emerging role in all database and digital asset management systems
Coordinate digitization, as needed
Support reference requests from Studio Museum staff and external institutions
Aid in the supervision of Archive Intern(s)
Recent graduate or current student pursuing an MLS or MLIS, preferably with an Archives Certification
Familiarity with different DAMS and/or similar type Digital Asset Management Software
Demonstrated knowledge of working with collections of contemporary art
A general understanding and knowledge of the principles of archival appraisal, survey, arrangement, description and preservation, with particular familiarity with MPLP methodology
Direct experience with processing collections and establishing an EAD finding aid
Consistent accuracy and attention to detail
Expertise in the use of a broad range of information systems, services and databases relevant to archives and special collections
Effective written and oral communication skills
Familiarity with digitization projects
Team orientated individual, with a focus on flexibility, versatility, and an ability to work collaboratively
Must be able to lift up to 40 pounds, climb a ladder, stoop and reach in a variety of physical locations
To apply: Please email cover letter and resume in one PDF to job.archive.fellow@studiomuseum.org.
Please place “Archive Fellow” in the subject line.
Please note that while careful consideration will be given to each submission, the Museum will only be able to contact those applicants whose knowledge, skills and work experience best fit the requirements of the position.
Click here to learn about seasonal internship opportunities.
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The Rose reduces deaths from breast cancer by providing access to screening, diagnostics, and treatment services to any woman regardless of her ability to pay.
In October SukiShufu donated a percentage of proceeds from the sale of all pink items to the Rose, which provides access to screening, diagnostics and treatment services to any woman regardless of her ability to pay.
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The Alliance for Housing and Healing provides the basic necessities of life – food and shelter – to people struggling with poverty, homelessness and HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.
SukiShufu donated 40 yoga mats for VIP donors and also donated Suki oils and drybags, towels, etc. The events raise thousands every summer for the Alliance for Housing and Healing, which provides the basic necessities of life – food and shelter – to people struggling with poverty, homelessness and HIV/AIDS in Los Angeles County.
"Caroline White, please except our deepest gratitude and thanks for supporting #yogaintheparkweho with your large donation of yoga mats, yoga towels, water bottle insulators and more. Sukishufu has supported www.YogaintheParkWEHO.com efforts to raise as much money as possible for AIDS in LA County since the beginning! I ❤️❤️❤️ #sukishufu" - The Alliance
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We want to unite the fashion industry and ignite a revolution to radically change the way our clothes are sourced, produced and purchased, so that what the world wears has been made in a safe, clean and fair way.
Sukishufu has joined the revolution. Learn more about why we need a fashion revolution and how you can join us in the effort for slow fashion.
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G whizz – mid term report
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England was gripped by Gareth Southgate’s young team exceeding expectations in the World Cup. In the process Harry Kane was backed down to as short as 1.44 and Jordan Pickford into 6.0 for his goalkeeping heroics.
Croatia spoilt the party in the semis and England were outclassed by Belgium in the 3rd/4th playoff. So there was an inevitable feeling of anti-climax, although Kane won the golden boot, emulating Gary Lineker in Mexico 86. There was no airport homecoming celebration like the one that greeted Paul Gascoigne after Italia 1990 but the general feeling was that England football fans could feel pride about their team again.
Kane settled as clear SPOTY favourite after the tournament fluctuating just above evens on Betfair.
A challenger has quickly emerged from the pack in the form of Geraint Thomas, who on Sunday became the first Welshman to win the Tour De France. It was his first grand tour win coming in the autumn of a stellar career but one that many assumed would see him fall short of a major.
Wales is proud of its son and well wishers have been out in force for someone who clearly has the full respect of his fellow professionals and is very popular. He’s been front page news and has been happy hitting the breakfast and daytime TV and radio circuit in the glow of his victory. I hope followers managed to pick up some of the 14/1 advised on the spotybet Twitter feed.
At this stage the bookies have Kane at 11/10 v Thomas at 5/2 (2.1 v 3.8 on Betfair).
My feeling is that the prices should be much closer than that, possibly with Thomas as favourite. It’s really Southgate who was the darling of England’s campaign in Russia (but managers/ coaches have historically not been eligible for the main SPOTY award). Winning the golden boot is a great achievement but is that in itself enough to drive enough people to vote. Lineker didn’t make the top three in 1986 and nor did Euro 96’s top scorer Alan Shearer. These were a long time ago though and with different competition but it’s worth noting.
England footballers have done better on other occasions – Gazza won SPOTY in 1990 and Michael Owen in 1998 when he scored that mesmerising goal in the classic match against Argentina (he was also joint Premier League top scorer for the 97/98 season). David Beckham won in 2001 for that last minute winner at Old Trafford against Greece to take England to the World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
These examples all had stand out moments when the stakes were high that live long in the memory. That doesn’t seem to be quite the case with Kane this year. When club rivalries renew and the football season approaches the key festive fixtures there must be some doubt whether fans can collaborate enough to get him over the line on SPOTY night. The main hope would appear to be if there’s plenty of goodwill for England during the show (Southgate could win coach of the year) and viewers want to reward them through Kane.
Cycling’s popularity has been weakened by the Lance Armstrong admissions, Team Sky’s controversial TUE usage and the case against Chris Froome for using too much of his inhaler (the case was dropped just before the Tour). Thomas’s price may be holding up as a reflection of this and that Froome has won the Tour four times previously but not even made the SPOTY podium.
The key and obvious difference is the Wales factor. And this is arguably the country’s greatest sporting achievement. Welsh votes would have been important in Ryan Giggs (1999) and Joe Calzaghe (2007) winning the award. Perhaps most strikingly they lifted Leigh Halfpenny to 2nd in 2013. The message to be read from social media in the last week suggests that Wales will be willing to show masses of support for G on SPOTY night. Significant multi-voting could be in play.
When Froome first won the Tour in 2013 it was in the shadow of Armstrong’s doping confession’s on Oprah in the January of that year and also came hot on the heels of Wiggins the year before. After that the novelty factor in his wins had gone. He won the Vuelta last year as well as the Tour and indications were that he was set to poll very well but the salbutamol case leak put paid to that.
Thomas appears to connect more warmly to audiences and for those who have followed his career from Olympic gold in 2008 there could be a wider willingness in the UK to vote for him not just for his Tour win but in recognition of his career as a whole. Thomas regularly played the role of super domestique on the road so there is an underdog feel to his win which also appeals.
As ever this far out there is still plenty of opportunity for leftfield challengers to emerge and campaigns to build. It’s difficult though to envisage a stronger candidate coming out of the Ryder Cup or the European Championships coming up in Glasgow and Berlin. Boxing is still bubbling away yet to really explode. A Tyson Fury win over Deontay Wilder in December could be entertaining and interesting in its timing but it remains to be seen. Anthony Joshua fights in September but any unification bout is still stuck on the horizon.
Lewis Hamilton is odds-on to win a 5th F1 title but his popularity appears to have peaked. Of the rank outsiders Tai Woffinden of speedway may be worth keeping an eye on.
I’m keen to know what people think on Kane v Thomas and whether I’m being too optimistic about the latter – please let me know in the comments if you get the chance.
2014 the story so far..
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Normally an even numbered year would see the English footballers featuring fairly prominently in the SPOTY betting markets. The last couple of years though has seen a long overdue sense of realism take over about the prospects of the home grown players.
So, at the start of the year, it was left to last year’s landslide winner Andy Murray to head the market at about 5.0. Chris Froome, the impressive 2013 Tour De France winner, was second favourite. Other than that though, the markets suggested that people could not really think of anyone else. And the market leaders would always be vulnerable once the year got underway and British sportspeople started putting top performances in the book.
Lizzy Yarnold was first up in February, winning gold in Russia. She traded as short as 4.2 on Betfair.
She was then followed by .. well we’re still waiting really. But that’s not to say there hasn’t been plenty of activity in the SPOTY markets..
Mo Farah was originally priced up as the favourite for the London marathon in places before the market corrected. Mo eventually finished in 8th and any prospect of him being SPOTY appeared to vanish.
Last weekend Ronnie O’Sullivan gave up a healthy lead in the world snooker final to foil another SPOTY gamble (traded as big as 500 into 8.4 in Betfair).
By far the biggest story of this SPOTY year so far though has been Steven Gerrard. He was heavily backed into as short as 1.74 (from a high of 150) on the back of Liverpool’s ten game winning streak that took them to within touching distance of their first English title since 1990. The dream now appears to be over and Gerrard has drifted off again as quickly as he came.
The consistent Lewis Hamilton is the solid favourite having got off to a very good start in his shiny fast new F1 car.
The above illustrates just how so much can happen, yet nothing much at all. And how, to my mind, it is one of the most interesting betting markets, providing entertainment and many varied trading opportunities.
Here I aim to dissect and report on the market throughout the year, as well as the different sports and events that shape it. At the same time building up a profitable portfolio trading in the SPOTY market itself and in the sports markets involving the (perceived) potential protagonists.
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About Clinical Trials Find a Clinical Trial
VNS Therapy Automatic Magnet Mode Outcomes Study in Epilepsy Patients Exhibiting Ictal Tachycardia (E-37)
Trial ID or NCT#
Obtain baseline clinical outcome data (Stage 1) upon which to base a subsequent study (Stage 2) of the Model 106 VNS implantable pulse generator
VNS Therapy Automatic Magnet Mode Outcomes Study in Epilepsy Patients Exhibiting Ictal Tachycardia
Ages Eligible for Study: Older than 12 Years
- Patients with a clinical diagnosis of medically refractory epilepsy with partial onset seizures suitable for implantation with the VNS Therapy System.
- Patients willing to undergo an EMU evaluation for a period of at least three days with activation of the AMM feature during that time.
- Patients must be at least 12 years old.
- Patients must be in good general health and ambulatory.
- Patient or guardian must be willing and able to complete informed consent/assent.
- Patients have had a bilateral or left cervical vagotomy.
- Patients currently using, or are expected to use, short-wave diathermy, microwave diathermy, or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy.
- A VNS Therapy System implant would (in the investigator's judgment) pose an unacceptable surgical or medical risk for the patient.
- Patients expected to require full body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
- Patients have a history of implantation of the VNS Therapy.
- Patients with an IQ known or estimated to be < 70, history of depression requiring hospitalization, or suicidality as defined by DSM IV-TR that in the investigator's judgment would pose an unacceptable risk for the patient or prevent the patient's successful completion of the study.
- Patients with a history of status epilepticus within 1 year of study enrollment.
- Patients with known clinically meaningful cardiovascular arrhythmias as well as patients with clinically meaningful cardiovascular arrhythmias determined by a 24-hour Holter recording obtained during the baseline period.
- Patients dependent on alcohol or narcotic drugs as defined by DSM IV-TR within the past 2 years.
- Patients with a history of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures.
- Women who are pregnant. Women of childbearing age must take a pregnancy test and agree to use an approved method of contraception during the study.
- Patients currently enrolled in another investigational study.
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Investigator(s)
Robert Fisher, MD, PhD
Epilepsy specialist, Neurophysiologist
The Maslah Saul Professor in the Department of Neurology and Professor, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery at the Stanford University Medical Center
Contact us to find out if this trial is right for you.
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Beyond the Purple Sun
by Jim Ottaway
© Copyright - Jim Ottaway / Jim Ottaway (0721802179328)
A floating, intriguing and often haunting space ambient album from international award winning Australian composer and musician... Jim Ottaway. This is the 7th album in Jim's space ambient series.
Genre: Electronic: Ambient
1. Celestial Rainbows
2. Lavender Moons
3. Dark Spaces
4. Birth of a Violet Quasar
5. Space Lightning
6. Secrets of the Hidden Stars
7. Beyond the Purple Sun
'Beyond the Purple Sun' is a floating, ambient, intriguing and often haunting space album. It is the 7th in a series of space ambient albums produced by international award-winning Australian composer and musician... Jim Ottaway. If you like the early works of Tangerine Dream and Edgar Froese you will love this album. Space ambient music at its best! Keep an eye out for the other albums in the series... 'Aurora', 'Orion', 'Centauri', 'Liquid Moon' and the international award-winning albums 'Southern Cross' and 'Deep Space Blue'.
The album features 7 mesmerizing tracks ranging from 6:34 to 10:06 in length, which takes the listener on a journey beyond the purple sun... to the far reaches of the universe, where you will learn the secrets of the hidden stars, pass through majestic celestial rainbows and see the beautiful lavender moons. You will also feel the raw energy of space lightning and witness the birth of a quasar. Enjoy this celestial journey!
'Beyond the Purple Sun' is Jim's first space ambient album since the release of the international award-winning albums 'Deep Space Blue' and 'Southern Cross'. 'Deep Space Blue' was awarded Best Ambient Album at the Zone Music Reporter Awards held in New Orleans, USA in May 2018. It was also nominated for Album of the Year. 'Southern Cross' was awarded a Silver Medal at the 2016 Global Music Awards and was nominated for Best Ambient Album in the Zone Music Reporter Awards held in New Orleans in May 2017. 'Southern Cross' was also nominated for Album of the Year and Best Electronic Album in the 2016 One World Music Radio Awards.
Since 2010 twenty-one of Jim's instrumental electronic/synth tracks have been chosen as a finalist in various Australian music/songwriting awards.
Jim Ottaway is an Australian composer, producer and studio performer of original instrumental music covering many genres including electronic, ambient, space music, dance, new age and music for film and television.
The inspiration for Jim’s music stems from his love of nature and his spiritual connection to the beautiful environment of the Gold Coast hinterland of Queensland, Australia.
Jim’s major musical influences include Tangerine Dream, Edgar Froese, Vangelis, Pink Floyd, Enigma, Johannes Schmoelling, Loom, Christopher Buckman, Tony O'Connor, Christopher Franke, Lisa Gerrard, Code Indigo, Gary Wright and Radio Massacre International.
'Beyond the Purple Sun' is Jim's 12th international album. He has released over 25 independent albums in his homeland, Australia.
Official release date: 12 April 2019
Contact Jim at jim@jimottaway.com.
Kathy Parsons
From MainlyPiano
In the works for 8 1/2 years, Jim Ottaway’s "Beyond the Purple Sun" is a sonic journey to the far reaches of the universe. Ottaway’s thirteenth international release follows his multiple award-winning "Deep Space Blue" (2017), which was named Best Ambient Album by Zone Music Reporter and was nominated for their Album of the Year award. It also received a Silver Medal in the Global Music Awards (ambient) and was nominated for Best Electronic Album by One World Music. His 2018 release, "Yesterday Passing," was nominated by ZMR as Best Electronic Album. In addition to releasing almost thirty albums, Ottaway is a Australian composer, producer and studio performer of original instrumental music covering many genres including space ambient, electronic, dance, new age, relaxation and music for film and television.
The seven tracks on "Beyond the Purple Sun" were recorded, mixed and mastered by Ottaway and all are live improvised studio recordings with minimal overdubbing. The sound quality of the album is incredible and the ambient music evokes visual images in mostly shades of deep blues, blacks and purples with occasional flashes of light. The music also gives the feeling of traveling through vast open space with a steady propulsion on some tracks and slow, free-floating movement on others. The album is a fascinating listening experience that will undoubtedly earn Ottaway a new set of awards for 2019!
"Beyond the Purple Sun" begins with “Celestial Rainbows,” a new arrangement of a piece that has appeared on previous albums under the names “MFF2-Scene 28” and “Rainbow Bridge.” Slow and majestic, it suggests hurtling through space, likely in a vehicle of some sort, taking in the magical sights and sounds of deep space. “Lavender Moons” takes us even deeper into space where we see the shimmering beauty of the lavender moons. This piece moves very slowly, giving us time to observe and study these mysterious orbs. The eerie “Dark Spaces” doesn’t feel like a good place to be with its odd sounds and scary atmosphere. “Birth of a Violet Quasar” and “Space Lightning” are aural expressions of what it could be like to experience these outer-space phenomena first-hand. “Secrets of the Hidden Stars” takes us to a magical place few humans have ever visited, allowing us to fully observe and begin to learn things most have only wondered about while looking up at the sky from Earth. The closing track is the 10-minute title track which is more rhythmic and melodic than any of the other tracks. It is still very definitely ambient and “spacey,” but it is also much lighter and more playful. It is also my favorite track on the album.
"Beyond the Purple Sun" is quite an amazing listening experience that will sound different each time you listen to it. Jim Ottaway is a master of this style of music (and several other genres!).
Steve Sheppard
A tapestry of brilliant compositions
There are few musicians who can take you to the edge of infinity and beyond, one of the few is Australian space supremo Jim Ottaway, whose brand of electronic space styled music, literally paints the sectors of the galactic emporium as we listen.
The opening offering sees us breaking free of our space port and manoeuvring into a high orbit of our home world, as we prepare to break free and enter deep space at a slow, but determined speed. Ottaway on Celestial Rainbows perfectly illustrates for us the beauty of space and its vast realms with some sublime synth work that draws into view for us the miracle of the universe.
The mastery of Ottaway’s modus operandi, is that each track is live and improvised, that talent is a rare gift and on the track Lavender Moons we can hear that methodology in full flow, the stylish construction using synths and keyboards gifts us a stunning sight of twin lavender moons to marvel at.
A completely different colour and texture of dimension now greets our eyes as we drop from warp, the ominous deep and mysterious region of the galaxy that is known to but a few wary travellers as the Dark Spaces. Ottaway’s musical database tell us that this region has barely been mapped and the tones of the performance are ones that warn, there is more here than the eye could ever see. Here lies a powerful and atmospheric offering, one that crackles and rumbles with the intent of a black hole manifesting itself, these swirling synths are absolutely perfect for drawing a musical narrative of a final frontier, perhaps the borderlands of space and time itself!
Now one must bear in mind that the artist has had these compositions in his grip for nearly 10 years now, as they were recorded from 2009 to 2019, but space music is timeless and the production quality on each and every track is faultless.
As we approach the half way buoy, our space beacon tells us we have the opportunity to witness the Birth of a Violet Quasar. This long form offering allows us the room and time to explore this expansive opus. There can be no doubt that this piece is genius, I have listened several times now and I am still in awe of its arrangement. The pulsating motif in the first few minutes could well be the actual birth of the quasar, as the feminine divide finally expels the quasar from her galactic belly; the peace that follows is simply sublime. Ottaway on this track has truly excelled, and I am right there on the bridge of our ship watching this occurrence happen.
We explore the deeper regions of what we are told are the Badlands of space, bright flashes in this region of the sector are picked up on our scanners and even via our view screen, as we watch Space Lightning. Jim Ottaway beautifully narrates this galactic area brilliantly with some simply incredible synth work; his textures are matched with some startling effects, ones that add a layer of tension to the whole composition.
Our mission to explore, record, witness and enjoy the mechanics of space is nearly complete, we must prepare to make the jump to hyperspace, but before we do so, we manoeuvre slowly to port to watch the Secrets of the Hidden Stars reveal themselves to us. One by one, with a twinkling of the eye, stars are born and then disappear; as if in a micro second, life and death have been in a simultaneous and symbiotic partnership. This is portrayed to me with such skill and aplomb; the talents of Ottaway and his composure gift us a piece that is the ultimate arrangement of excellent synth work, and a harmonious rhythmic performance that is sheer class to listen to.
We end our voyage now with the title track Beyond the Purple Sun, this is the blank canvas that the artist will paint for us the over view of the concept of his entire work, this lush and colourful pastiche is a marvel to behold and at times one feels a little energy of a David Wright composition here, the pulsating onward musical movement mixed with sublime eddying synths, manifest the perfect composition to dock our musical space ship with.
Beyond The Purple Sun in my view is one of the best albums I have heard from Ottaway, it’s a tapestry of splendid arrangements are all weaved together in an absolutely beautifully produced collection of quite brilliant compositions. If you’re a fan of electronic space music, you would be remiss in not snagging a copy of this for your collection; it is a true masterpiece of just how good this style of music can be, from an artist who clearly knows his own musical soul.
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Listen to Apple Music in apps and on websites
With an Apple Music membership, you can turn on additional music features in apps or on websites.
Some apps and websites1 offer more ways to interact with the music that you love—from discovering the next best artist to finding a new up-tempo playlist for a workout.
Give apps and websites permission to access your Apple Music membership
Apps might ask your permission to turn on Apple Music features. When an app prompts you for permission, tap OK to allow access to your library, playlists, and personal recommendations.
On iOS devices, you must also have the Music app installed for these features to work. If you removed the Music app, you can redownload it for free. Go to the App Store, search for Apple Music, then tap the Download icon to the right of the app's name.
If you're using a third-party website, open your account settings and look for an option to connect your membership. You might have to first log in to the account that you use with the website.
Turn access to Apple Music on or off
On your iOS device, you can individually control which apps have access to your Apple Music Membership: Go to Settings > Privacy > Media & Apple Music. You'll see a list of each app that has asked for permission, and you can turn an app's access to your membership on or off.
For some services, you might have to remove the app from Account Access instead. On your iOS device, open the Music app, tap For You, then tap your photo or in the upper-right corner. On your Android device, tap , then Settings. If you have apps that use this method, you'll see an Account Access section. Tap Apple Music, swipe left on the apps that you want to remove, then tap Delete.
About explicit content
If you can't play explicit songs, you might have restrictions (parental controls) turned on for music on your device. To listen to explicit songs, turn restrictions off on any of your devices.
If restrictions are turned off on all of your devices, but you still can't play explicit songs, you might need to turn restrictions for music on then off again.
Learn more about using restrictions on your iOS device or in iTunes on a Mac or PC.
Apple Music Digital Rights Management for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer
Content owners use Microsoft PlayReadyTM content access technology to protect their intellectual property, including copyrighted content. This service uses PlayReady technology to protect certain content. If the PlayReady technology fails to protect the content, content owners may require the service to restrict or prevent the delivery of protected content to specified devices or PC software applications. In certain cases, you may be required to upgrade the PlayReady technology to continue to access the service’s content. If you decline such an upgrade, you will not be able to access content that requires the upgrade.
1. You might not be able to use this feature on some web browsers, such as Internet Explorer 11, or with older versions of some operating systems.
Apple Music features might vary by country or region. Learn more about what's available in your country or region.
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Raghuram Rajan Looking For A Political Career? ‘Should Announce It Soon’, Says Union Minister Piyush Goyal
by Swarajya Staff - Dec 14 2018, 2:05 pm,
Piyush Goyal, Union Railways Minister. (K Asif/India Today Group/Getty Images)
Union Minister for Railways, Piyush Goyal, has hinted that the former RBI (Reserve Bank of India) Governor, Raghuram Rajan, harboured political ambitions and said that Mr Rajan should be more forthcoming about it.
The minister said this in response to the statement made by Raghuram Rajan on the resignation of his successor Urjit Patel as RBI’s governor earlier this week. He had said, “We need to ask what was the circumstances that led to Dr Patel resigning and the government must take extreme care in how it proceeds further in its relationship with the RBI. I think this is something all Indians should be concerned about because strength of our institution is really important both for growth and sustainable growth in equity and the economy.”
Also Read: Raghuram Rajan Did What He Did, And The Modi Govt Did What It Had To
The Union Minister, in an interview with the TV news channel, Times Now, said that the former RBI governor (Mr Rajan), was looking at a ‘political career,’ after his stint at India’s central bank. Mr Goyal also noted that the stock markets, which usually reveal a marked downward trend following such sudden exits, have performed remarkably well in the aftermath of the resignation. He added that the markets went up by ‘around 1100 points over three days,’
Echoing the minister's words, many media reports have also expressed surprise at the lack of negative reaction from the market. The Minister also pointed that this positive response of the markets was all the more astonishing since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is seen as pro-business, lost in the recent assembly elections in the three major states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Raghuram Rajan,
Piyush Goyal,
Reserve Bank of India,
RBI Governor,
Urjit Patel's Resignation,
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Blank stare, Compulsive behavior, Confusion and Delusions
WebMD Symptom Checker helps you find the most common medical conditions indicated by the symptoms blank stare, compulsive behavior, confusion and delusions including Schizophrenia, Medication reaction or side-effect, and Bipolar disorder.
There are 55 conditions associated with blank stare, compulsive behavior, confusion and delusions. The links below will provide you with more detailed information on these medical conditions from the WebMD Symptom Checker and help provide a better understanding of causes and treatment of these related conditions.
Schizophrenia is a serious, chronic mental illness that causes delusional or hallucinogenic thoughts.
Botulinum toxin (Botox) injection
Botulinum toxin side effects may include pain and tenderness at the injection site, headache, nausea and more.
Encephalitis is swelling and inflammation of the brain from an infection causing sleepiness, fever, and more.
Epilepsy (absence or petit mal seizures)
Petit mal or absence epileptic seizures cause staring spells or chewing motions.
Epilepsy (simple partial seizures)
During simple partial epileptic seizures, people remain fully conscious, able to respond to external stimuli.
Epilepsy (temporal lobe)
Epilepsy is a condition marked by seizures.
Phencyclidine use
Phencyclidine is a man-made illegal drug that that causes include numbness, slurred speech, seizures, and more.
Transient global amnesia
Transient global amnesia is a sudden loss of memory. Symptoms usually last for hours and then memory returns.
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder
Obsessive compulsive personality disorder causes a person to be preoccupied with order, rules and control.
Vitamin B12 deficiency
Vitamin B12 deficiency symptoms include fatigue, pale skin, weakness, sleepiness, numbness, weakness, and more.
Porphyria is a condition that can affect the nerves and skin, making the skin extremely sensitive to sunlight.
Thyroid storm
A thyroid storm, dangerously high levels of thyroid hormone, causes fever, racing heartbeat, sweating, and more
Atrial fibrillation is a heart condition that causes heart palpitations, confusion, dizziness and more.
Intracranial hematoma
An intracranial hematoma occurs after a head injury and causes headache, drowsiness, confusion, and more.
Asperger syndrome is an autism spectrum disorder often associated with social and communication difficulties.
Autism represents a range of neurological disorders that cause social and behavioral problems.
Benzodiazepine abuse
Benzodiazepines are prescription medications that cause drowsiness, dizziness, blurred vision, and more.
Anorexia is an eating disorder associated with low bodyweight developed to cope with emotional problems.
Barbiturate abuse
Barbiturates are a type of prescription sedative in which even a slight overdose can cause coma or death.
Bulimia is an eating disorder that involves binging on large quantities of food then purging it by vomiting.
Chagas disease is caused by a tropical parasite and can cause fever, ill feeling, and swelling around the eye.
Pellagra is a late stage of vitamin B3 deficiency; it causes dermatitis, diarrhea, dementia, and death.
Methanol poisoning
The symptoms of methanol poisoning include trouble breathing, blindness, headache, dizziness, and more.
Cyanide poisoning
The symptoms of cyanide poisoning include headache, weakness, confusion, nausea, and seizures.
Signs of endocarditis, an infection of the heart, include swelling, rash, sinus congestion, nausea, and more.
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Movie Recos (Indian), Recommendations
Movie Recommendation: Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke (1993)
As far as ‘Bollywood’ goes, films usually don’t reach the stage of badass here – they just reach ‘bad’ and disintegrate after that. So there are no badass children films… instead, there are just bad children (Tusshar Kapoor), very bad ones (Uday Chopra) and the downright ugly ones (Mimoh!!!).
Except for a rare Masoom or a Taare Zameen Par, films about children don’t do too well in India – everything from a Makdee and Rockford to Raju Chacha and Waah! Life Ho To Aisi! all failed to hold up. That is particularly ironical because directors like Anees Bazmee with the IQ of children and actors like Salman Khan with skills not half as good as them seem to be thriving (damn you, Bollywood).
Mr India is perhaps the only cult children’s film in India, but there’s easily another mainstream movie that deserves to be right up there with it. 1993’s Hum Hain Rahi Pyaar Ke, directed by Mahesh Bhatt, is one of those few Hindi movies that is well directed, well acted, has a great script, and that actually ended up doing pretty well too! In short, it was a miracle!
The film, starring Aamir Khan and Juhi Chawla in the lead roles, but supported with everything from eggs to tomatoes by three brilliant kids (Kunal Khemu, Shahrokh and Ashrafa), is one of those few comedies that are less slapstick and more heart. About a bachelor forced to take upon responsibility of the three troublesome kids of his brother, who passes away in an accident along with his wife, the movie has some of the finest writing you’d see in any Hindi film ever.
The supporting cast, from the rolly-polly lawyer Tiku Tulsania to the Sindhi villains Dilip Tahil and Navneet Nishan to the Japan-return Mushtaq Khan, is out-and-out hilarious, but of course, it’s the three kids (who’ve now grown into wannabe actors and failed actors) who bring the script alive with their pranks, their fantastic acting and their dazzling chemistry that lights up the screen like its Christmas!
Watch this film because it’s a genuinely crazy movie made from a genuinely remarkable script, featuring genuinely badass children who’ll not stop until you genuinely enjoy. Ok, I should genuinely stop writing now.
Starring: Aamir Khan, Juhi Chawla, Dilip Tahil
Written By: Robin Bhatt, Aamir Khan, Sujit Sen
Directed By: Mahesh Bhatt
Note: This recommendation first appeared in MTV Noise Factory, November 2011 issue
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Review: Hangover III (2013)
February 1, 2014 tanejamainhoon Leave a comment
Hangover III is best watched when drunk
When the sequel to the awesome and fiercely original The Hangover released in 2011, only a certain kind of audience actually *enjoyed* watching it: the audience that hadn’t seen The Hangover. And since that’s basically no one, The Hangover Part II was a downer to fans because of director Todd Phillip’s philosophy (or should we say… Philliposophy?) regarding sequels. Someone should’ve told him that the answer to “How do you make a sequel as massive a blockbuster as the original comedy” is NOT “You basically remake the first one and add a horny monkey to it.” (For those who haven’t seen the movie, ‘horny monkey’ is *not* a reference to Zach Galifianakis)
While Philip’s Philoposophy towards the threequel may be independent of that towards Part II (and THANK GOD for it, you know?), the fact remains: You’re probably still going to enjoy The Hangover III only if you haven’t watched the first part. It’s not that the Hangover III is not a decent-ish movie, it’s just that it’s a different-ish movie… it’s not so much the annoying identical twin you secretly wish wasn’t born, that was the second, but more the really, really distant cousin who is cool only because of association with *you*, and would otherwise have been growing up inside a dumpster.
The synopsis of The Hangover III reads, ‘This time, there’s no wedding. No bachelor party. What could go wrong, right?’ Well, something did go wrong: They forgot to add the sentence, ‘This time, there’s also no comedy.’ Yes, the biggest difference between the original Hangover and it’s threequel is that this time, not only is there no hangover, there is also no drunken debauchery, no madness, no flashing, no tigers, and – I don’t know why this made me want to cry from deep down inside – no Mike Tyson. So basically, no fun.
Instead, what we get is a storyline in which Leslie Chow breaks out of jail and is on the run from a rival criminal (there’s actually a really smart storyline regarding who the criminal is and how he connects to this series) whose gold he stole. The crime lord, Marshall (John Goodman, in a uniquely unfunny cameo) catches The Wolfpack (Bradley Cooper’s Phil, Ed Helms’ Stu, Justin Bartha’s Doug and Galifianakis’ Alan) to catch Chow instead of finding him on his own, because, you know, international criminals who steal gold from Middle East Sheikhs are cool like that, since it’s only 21 million dollars we are talking about.
So the entire movie is then a Tom-and-Jerry chase between The Wolfpack and Chow, and just like the cartoon, it’s literally something we have seen a bazillion times before. It’s all pretty swell that Phillips wants to go ‘dark’ (WHAT IS WITH HOLLYWOOD THESE DAYS!!) and starts killing people (and a giraffe) randomly and for some reason thinks this is hilarious, but the problem is that as an action flick, there’s not enough action in the film, and as a comedy, there’s not enough comedy in it.
To be honest, The Hangover Part III may have even been a cult-ish indie action comedy had it not been preceded by two R-rated comedy prequels. But coming with the weight of the expectations from the first part, the fact that people are rooting for it to be bloody awesome considering the damage done by the second, and maybe just a liiiiiiitle bit the fact that it’s called ‘THE HANGOVER part III’, so people *assume* there to be drunken mayhem, it just fails to live up.
The limited laughs do work, mostly due to the ‘majestic giraffe-like’ Galifianakis, who is so insanely talented that you crack up simply because he has that face. Cooper and Helms do well enough in their roles, but their characters were designed to be at their funniest only when they had no idea what had happened the night before, and without hangovers, they are about as interesting as my repeated use of the term ‘Philoposophy’. Ken Jeong (Chow) gets the same amount of airtime as The Wolfpack in this instalment, and that’s the biggest failing of this movie: you don’t elevate a ‘Ramu Kaka’ to a ‘Lion’. There was a reason you cast him in a tiny role (pun fully intended) initially, and that’s where he belonged.
You’ve got to give credit to Phillips for going into such a different, unexpected direction with this part, and it may even have worked had he not forgotten that HE WAS MAKING A COMEDY. But where it stands, The Hangover Part III is a decent-ish action comedy that’s probably only going to seem hilarious when *you* are drunk.
Note: This review first appeared on Firstpost.com on May 31, 2013
Link: http://www.firstpost.com/bollywood/movie-review-the-hangover-iii-is-best-watched-when-drunk-831283.html
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This Minnesota Security Startup Is Ready To Unlock The Market
The number of online services and apps requiring login credentials these days is only expanding. The old methods of using one consistent password, writing them all down or putting into a spreadsheet are no longer scalable or secure.
“Everyone needs a password manager,” says local entrepreneur Steve Wise, full stop.
A longtime tech consultant, Wise recognized this growing need a few years ago. After some preliminary research, he discovered that less than 10 percent of individuals across the country actually use an app specifically to manage their login info for websites.
Furthermore, the existing options within this space, he found, were mostly geared toward technical users rather than the average consumer — perhaps contributing to the lack of widespread adoption.
“Other products seem to be built by techies for techies, and their product marketing approach reflects this,” he says.
So he went to work developing a password manager with a heavy focus on accessibility and simplicity. After almost two years of development, Password Boss is born.
Wise says his timing as ripe, “The market is hitting an influx where password managers will be the new norm,” he says, pointing to high-profile security breaches and identity thefts that have been rampant in the news as catalysts.
“At the end of the day, you shouldn’t have know any of your passwords except for one master password.”
That is the very premise behind Password Boss, which houses all of your credentials under one login. Once you’ve signed into the app, which runs on Windows, iOS and Android, you’ll be able to access and — if desired — share your sensitive info securely across device.
Self-funded and built from scratch with the help from a team of dozen developers, Password Boss utilizes a system wherein encryption and decryption of data occurs locally on the user’s device itself, meaning that no one other than that user — not even the company itself — would be able to view someone’s stored passwords. You can synchronize data across all devices that the app is set up on, making it easy to access your information from your phone, computer or tablet.
Password Boss is available for free and allows users to store an unlimited number of passwords. There is also a Premium (paid) version with features such as online backups, 2-step verification and unlimited password sharing available for $29 per year.
Wise wants Password Boss to capture market share in a space currently led by brands such as LogMeIn and LastPass (which interestingly merged earlier this month), and believes that differentiating Password Boss by it’s ease of use is the key to long term success.
“We’re trying to put more of a human face on it and make it more appealing to the 90 percent of users who don’t have a tool…yet.”
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http://www.localledge.com jerdei
Very cool. I’ve used a number of password managers over the years and currently on Roboform. I strongly dislike the Android version of Roboform and there are strong aspects that annoy me on the PC end as well. Looking forward to giving this one a try.
Have you tried Enpass Password Manager? Enpass has a very clean UI. For PC the app is totally free. I think it will fulfil all your requirements. https://enpass.io/
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