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Russia seizes Japan fishing boat near disputed islands
Reuters January 15, 2020
TOKYO (Reuters) - Russian authorities have seized a Japanese cod fishing boat and taken it to a Russian-controlled island claimed by Japan, media reports and a fishermen's association said on Wednesday.
Six fishermen were on the boat but further details were not known, an official at Habomai fishermen's cooperative association in Japan's northern region of Hokkaido, said.
The boat was inspected by Russian border guards and was taken to a port at Kunashiri island, Kyodo news agency and public broadcaster NHK reported.
There was no immediate comment from Russian authorities.
Kunashiri island is one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, which Japan calls the Northern Territories, known as the Southern Kuriles in Russia.
The seizure of the Japanese vessel came after Russia last month released five Japanese fishing boats detained near Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.
(Reporting by Kaori Kaneko, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
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Wild Strawberries:
Fragaria Vesca. Sounds like a spell from a Harry Potter movie, but is in fact the botanical name for wild strawberries. The wild strawberry is a perennial herbaceous plant that belongs to the rose family grows all throughout the northern hemisphere. It flowers from April to June each year, and can be found in a plethora of areas from roadsides, embankments, hillsides, stone- and gravel laid paths, and meadows to forests, and clearings. It can grow up to 6 inches tall and has leaves that split into small leaflets which are considered ornamental and can still be seen on the crowns of English royalty today. Each leaf symbolizes perfect righteousness. Wild strawberry plants have runners which creep along the ground and sprout new plants along the way. What sets wild strawberries apart from their traditionally cultivated counterparts is their much smaller size. Don’t let that fool you though; their flavor packs a much bigger and sweeter punch that is comparable to none.
A favorite memory of mine is growing up in Germany and spending sunny spring days strolling through the country side with my friends hunting for these delectably sweet and succulent berries. We obliterated each and every patch along the way with no remorse, and no spoils to take home and share either. Each tiny bite was well earned and hard won.
Wild Strawberries in history:
Wild strawberries have been revered throughout history across many cultures for numerous reasons. They go from magical to whimsical.
“Doubtless God could have made a better berry, but doubtless God never did”. These were the words uttered by 17th century writer Dr William Butler who was referring to the wild strawberry which has always connoted purity, passion, healing, and perfection.
In Native American history it is said that not long after the first man and woman were created they were fighting and the first woman took off in anger. The Great Spirit then placed multiple delicious berries in the way of the first woman to stop her so that the first man could catch up and apologize. First blueberries appeared then raspberries, currants and blackberries. She didn’t even slow down. Then when the strawberry materialized in front of her and she slowed to taste it. It was so good that she stopped to pick more and the first man was able to catch up with her and apologize. It is said that this is why the strawberry is in the shape of a heart, to symbolize the love between the first man and woman.
Each spring in Bavaria country folk tie small baskets of strawberries on the horns of their cattle as an offering to the elves who are extremely fond of strawberries. All in the hopes that in return the elves will help produce healthy calves and abundant milk.
How did the strawberry get its name?
The English strawberry gets its name from the Anglo-Saxon “streoberie” which means strewn berry. Other theories of how the name came about are due to the practice of mulching strawberry plants with straw. Hence the ‘straw’ berry. Another theory of this word association is because various European peoples would string the berries together on a piece of straw to sell them.
Health Benefits:
Wild Strawberries are an excellent source of anthocyanins which is a class of flavonoids which are known to help reduce the risk of heart disease.
The flavonoid quercetin which is found abundantly in wild strawberries has natural anti-inflammatory compounds and may help lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of some cancers.
Wild Strawberries are an excellent source of potassium which may help lower blood pressure and reduce the risk of osteoporosis.
Strawberries are a great source of fiber and hydration which helps keep you regular and healthy. Fiber along with potassium is a fantastic way to help support heart health.
Quercetin and vitamin C in strawberries have anti-inflammatory and immune boosting properties which may help alleviate symptoms of asthma and allergies.
Folate among other properties in strawberries are known to help fight depression by regulating mood, sleep and appetite.
Strawberry Shortcake Recipe By Carrie Vasios Mullins
http://www.seriouseats.com/recipes/2014/05/best-quick-and-easy-strawberry-shortcake-recipe.html
For Strawberries
1 pound strawberries, stemmed, hulled, and sliced (about 2 cups)
3/4 cup cold heavy cream
For Whipped Cream
1 tablespoon confectioners sugar
For the berries:Combine strawberries and sugar in a medium bowl. Toss and set aside at room temperature. Let stand for at least 15 minutes.
Make biscuits: Adjust oven rack to middle position and preheat oven to 425°F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Make a well in the dry ingredients and pour in about 1/3 of heavy cream. Stir to start to mix in cream with a spatula or wooden spoon. When first 1/3 is almost incorporated, add another 1/3, followed by final third, at which point the dough should come together.
Divide dough into four equal portions and place on prepared baking sheet (see note above). Bake until golden, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Make whipped cream: While biscuits are baking, place heavy cream and confectioners’ sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a whisk attachment (see note above). Whip until stiff peaks form, but stop before mixture clumps.
For assembly: Split each biscuit in half. Top each bottom half of a biscuit with about 1/2 cup strawberries, followed by a few tablespoons of whipped cream. Top with biscuits halves and serve immediately.
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Emma Oliphant Douglas
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Reflections of Emma Oliphant Douglas
Emma Oliphant Douglas was born to the late Eddie and Mattie Mae Oliphant on June 24, 1938. She confessed her love of Christ at an early age and continued her Christian walk throughout her life. For the last two years, she was under Watch Care, at Ministry of Light Church Huntsville, Texas. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by three brothers; one sister and one grandson, Timmy Oneal Freeman.
Emma retired after thirty plus years at Mainland Medical Center Hospital in Texas City, Texas, where she was often recognized for her tremendous compassion and excellent patient care. A friend and giving person to all who knew her, Emma's style was unparalleled. When Emma walked into a room, all eyes were on her! An avid collector of stylish hats, no one could wear them or walk gracefully in a pair of heels like Boss, as she was affectionately known. Her unique talent of making everything she did look easy extended to her joy in cooking delicious meals, decorating her house, working in her yard, and shopping.
She was a beloved Mother to five girls, all of whom she worked very hard to provide for. She loved seeing them happy, could recognize their voice in a crowd, and always expected them to do what was right and look their best. Emma also loved spending time with her grandchildren who were her pride and joy! She enjoyed making each of them feel special. She often cooked their favorite foods and spent hours catching up on what was happening in their lives. She ended each visit or conversation with them by saying "I love you" and reminding them to "always keep your hand in God's hand."
After her illness caused her to slow down, she enjoyed talking on the phone and visiting with her friends and siblings. In her final years, she cherished the time spent visiting with her faithful and loyal sister, Eddie Mae Vaughn.
She is survived by her five daughters from a former marriage to Oneal Perry: Patricia Ann Phlegm (Michael), of Huntsville, Texas; Rev. Anne Perry Warren (Samie) of The Woodlands, Texas; Kay Fisher (Milton); and Fay Levias (Oscar), both of Huntsville, Texas; Vernell Perry (Mother) of La Marque, Texas; two sisters, Eddie Mae Vaughn; Mildred Handy (Bobby), both of Huntsville, Texas; two brothers, Lou Oliphant (Jodie), and Booker T. Oliphant (Joyce), both of Houston, Texas. Emma leaves a legacy of nine grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and a host of relatives and friends. Condolences to the family may be made at www.shmfh.com
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Love Live Series Merchandise
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Love Live! is a multimedia project co-developed by ASCII Media Works, Dengeki G’s Magazine, music label Lantis, and animation studio Sunrise. The project tells the story of fictional high school girls who start an idol group in order to save their school from closing down. The series launched in the August 2010 issue of Dengeki G’s Magazine and has gone on to encompass anime adaptations, manga adaptations, music releases, video games, and more. To date, the franchise has received two anime adaptations and a movie directed by Takahiko Kyogoku, written by Jukki Hanada, and produced by studio Sunrise: Love Live! School Idol Project, Love Live! Sunshine!!, and Love Live! The School Idol Movie.
The Love Live! School Idol Project anime is the first in the franchise and its two seasons aired on Tokyo MX, TVA, and BS11 from Jan. 6, 2013 to June 29, 2014. Its story follows main character Honoka and members of the newly formed idol group μ's as they try to save their school, Otonokizaka Academy, from shutting down and follow their dreams of winning the Love Live idol competition and becoming full fledged idols. The anime spans 26 episodes total.
μ's Members:
Honoka Kosaka (CV: Emi Nitta) - The main character of Love Live! School Idol Project. She has a bubbly, cheerful personality and is the leader of μ's.
Kotori Minami (CV: Aya Uchida) - Honoka’s childhood friend who’s a bit airheaded. She is the wardrobe designer and choreographer of μ's.
Eli Ayase (CV: Yoshino Nanjo) - The Otonokizaka Academy student council president who is friends with Nozomi. She excels at sports and academics and is the choreographer of μ's along with Kotori.
Hanayo Koizumi (CV: Yurika Kubo) - A shy and quiet girl with poor self-esteem prior to joining μ's who later becomes president of the Idol Research Club.
Umi Sonoda (CV: Suzuko Mimori) - Honoka’s childhood friend who has expertise in kendo, koto, nagauta, shodo, and nichibu, and is the lyricist of μ's.
Rin Hoshizora (CV: Riho Iida) - A tomboy with an athletic and cheerful personality who is best friends with Hanayo.
Nico Yazawa (CV: Sora Tokui) - An idol superfan and founder of the Idol Research Club. She is the wardrobe designer of μ's along with Kotori. Her catchphrase is “Nico Nico Nii!”
Maki Nishikino (CV: Pile) - A talented singer and pianist, Maki is the main composer and vocal coach of the group.
Nozomi Tojo (CV: Aina Kusuda) - The big sister of the group who is demure with a mischievous side and acts as the group’s spiritual leader. Her hobby is fortune-telling.
The members of μ's are also divided into three mini groups. BiBi is comprised of Eli, Maki, and Nico, and their singles include "Diamond Princess no Yuutsu" and "Cutie Panther." Printemps is comprised of Honoka, Kotori, and Hanayo, and their singles include "Love Marginal" and "Pure Girls Project." The third group, Lily White, is comprised of Umi, Rin, and Nozomi, and their singles include "Shiranai Love*Oshiete Love" and "Binetsu kara Mystery."
The second anime, Love Live! Sunshine!! began airing on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS, BS11, TVA, SBS, TVQ, and TVh on July 2, 2016. It tells a very similar story to Love Live! School Idol Project - girls banding together and forming an idol unit to save their school from closing - but its setting shifts to Uranohoshi Girls' Academy with a new lineup of characters who form the idol group Aqours. Its opening and ending themes are "Aozora Jumping Heart" and "Yume Kataru yori Yume Utao." Thirteen episodes of the anime are planned.
Aqours Members:
Chika Takami (CV: Anju Inami) - The main character of Love Live! Sunshine!! who has a complex about being too ordinary and looks up to μ's which leads her to form a school idol group of her own.
Riko Sakurauchi (CV: Riakko Aida) - A modest, down to earth transfer student and the group’s composer.
Kanan Matsuura (CV: Nanaka Suwa) - Chika’s childhood friend who takes care of her injured grandfather and has a hard time attending class.
Dia Kurosawa (CV: Arisa Komiya) - The Uranohoshi Girls' Academy student council president, Dia is prideful and joins the group after losing a bet to Chika. She is also a diehard fan of μ's.
You Watanabe (CV: Shuka Saito) - Chika’s childhood friend who has an energetic, positive personality. Her catchphrase is “Keep her steady!”
Yoshiko Tsushima (CV: Aika Kobayashi) - Yoshiko joins the group in an attempt to try and overcome her chunibyo. She refers to herself as Yohane, a fallen angel.
Hanamaru Kunikida (CV: Kanako Takatsuki) - A ditzy, talented singer whose family runs a local temple.
Mari Ohara (CV: Aina Suzuki) - A bright go-getter whose favorite music is industrial metal.
Ruby Kurosawa (CV: Ai Furihata) - Dia’s timid crybaby sister who has long dreamed of becoming an idol and has androphobia (the fear of men).
Just like μ's, the members of Aqours are also divided into three mini groups. The first, CYaRon!, is comprised of You, Ruby, and Chika, and their first single is "Genki Zenkai Day! Day! Day!" Azalea is comprised of Dia, Kanan, and Hanamaru and their first single is "Torikoriko Please!!" Yoshiko, Riko and Mari make up the third group, Guilty Kiss, whose first single is "Strawberry Trapper."
Being an idol franchise, there is a main focus on music. A total of 46 singles have been released for Love Live! School Idol Project including the first season opening and ending themes "Bokura wa Ima no Naka de" and "Kitto Seishun ga Kikoeru," the second season opening and ending themes "Sore wa Bokutachi no Kiseki" and "Donna Toki mo Zutto," and μ's final single “Moment Ring.” Other notable μ's singles include "KiRa-KiRa Sensation! / Happy Maker!," "Korekara no Someday / Wonder Zone,” "Susume→Tomorrow / Start:Dash!!," and “Snow Halation.” There have also been 14 original song CDs including those released with the Blu-ray volumes, 20 character albums, and 7 video albums of concerts including μ's final concert “μ's FinalLoveLive! 2016: μ'sic Forever.” Nine singles have also been released for Aquors, the idol group from Love Live! Sunshine!!, including "Kimi no Kokoro wa Kagayaiteru Kai?" and "Koi ni Naritai Aquarium" with their latest being "Yume de Yozora o Terashitai/Mijuku Dreamer," two insert songs used in the anime.
Aside from anime and music, the franchise also spans a wide range of other media. Three manga written by Sakurako Kimino have been published so far by ASCII Media Works in Dengeki G’s Magazine and Dengeki G’s Comic - these include Love Live! School Idol Project, Love Live! Anthology, and Love Live! School Idol Diary. A novel also titled Love Live! School Idol Diary written by Sakurako Kimino that remixes the anime series and is told from the perspective of different μ's members is published by ASCII Media Works and includes 11 volumes to date. Love Live! School Idol Festival, a collectable card and rhythm action game for the iOS and Android, was released by Bushiroad in Japan on April 16, 2013 and worldwide May 11, 2014. The game has since spawned the School Idol Festival Thanksgiving Festival, a competition held yearly in Japan since 2015 looking for the best School Idol Festival player. There have also been three rhythm action video games released on the PS Vita under the title Love Live! School Idol Paradise on Aug. 28, 2014, developed by Dingo Inc. These include: Vol. 1 Printemps, Vol. 2 BiBi, and Vol. 3 Lily White. There is also a board game called Love Live! Board Game: Fan Acquisition, School Idol Great Operation!, and radio web shows that include Love Live! µ's Public Relations Department ~NicoRinPana~ and RADIO Animelo Mix Love Live! ~NozoEri Radio Garden~. Love Live! characters have also appeared in four Bushiroad trading card games: Victory Spark Booster Pack "Baby Princess & Love Live!", Weiss Schwarz Love Live! School Idol Project, Fiveqross, and Love Live! School Idol Collection.
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Bruins End Two Wildcat Streaks With Pair of Nuveman Home Runs
TUCSON, AZ - UCLA ended two impressive Arizona softball streaks on Sunday afternoon at Hillenbrand Stadium with a 6-5 victory over the Wildcats. The Bruins snapped a 70-game home winning streak by UA, and a 60-game undefeated streak by Wildcat pitcher Jennie Finch. The game was played in front of a facility-record 3,161 fans at Arizona's Hillenbrand Stadium. UCLA is now 34-6 (2-3 Pac-10).
UCLA opened the game in style, batting around in the top of the first inning. After Natasha Watley walked, the bases were quickly loaded as Amanda Freed singled, Tairia Mims put down a sacrifice bunt, and the Wildcats pitched around Stacey Nuveman, bringing left fielder Stephanie Ramos to the plate. Ramos delivered, putting a 3-2 pitch over the left field fence for the team's first grand slam of the year. It was the second home run of the season for Ramos.
The Wildcats countered in the bottom of the first inning. Lovieanne Jung led off with a single up the middle, followed by a single to the left side by Courtney Fossatti. A fielders choice to Leneah Manuma loaded the bases for an RBI walk to pitcher Jenny Gladding. Mackenzie Vandergeest followed with a bloop single to right field that dropped between right fielder Crissy Buck and second baseman Monique Mejia, scoring one run. A third run was plated by Jackie Coburn, who lined a single to right to bring the Cats within one run with only one out.
Crystal Farley tied the game on a chopper that bounced over the left side of the infield into shallow left field, scoring Gladding, before the inning ended when Jung lined out to Mims at first base.
Both teams saw their offense cool off for the next two innings, before the Cats took their first lead in the bottom of the fourth inning. Jung led off with a walk, and was safe at second when the throw for Fossatti's fielders choice went into the outfield. Jung would then score an unearned run from second base on a single by Manuma, giving Arizona the 5-4 lead.
Nuveman countered in the top of the fifth, tying the game with one swing of the bat. She tagged a 1-0 pitch from Finch over the fence in right center field, hitting the scoreboard at Hillenbrand Stadium for her 10th home run of the season and 80th of her Bruin career. She now needs five homers to tie and six to break the NCAA career home run record held by Arizona's Leah Braatz and Laura Espinoza.
UCLA threatened in the sixth inning on a leadoff stand-up double by Buck, who was replaced by pinch runner Amanda Simpson. Simpson advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Toria Auelua, but the Bruins could not capitalize, as pinch-hitter Casey Hiraiwa struck out and Watley grounded out to Finch to end the inning.
Nuveman provided an encore performance in the top of the seventh inning, bouncing a Finch pitch off the top of the Hillenbrand Stadium scoreboard, her 11th home run of the season, 81st of her career and second of the day, giving the Bruins a 6-5 lead. The two-out rally continued, as Ramos chopped a single up the middle, but she would not advance past first base, as Sua lined out to end the half inning.
That second home run by Nuveman proved to be the difference, as Goerl recorded her seventh and eighth strikeouts of the game to seal the win in the bottom of the seventh.
The Bruins return to action on Friday, April 12 with a 2 pm first pitch at Easton Stadium against No. 3 Stanford. UCLA will complete the weekend schedule with games on Saturday and Sunday against No. 6 California.
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The Valwick Chronicles
Game Master Signore di Fortuna
The tales of a town.
Renard the Fox May 21, 2018, 09:56 pm
Renard finds a very inconspicuous set of doors outside. He barks to get Gashka and Chris' attention.
Christophe Debroux May 21, 2018, 09:58 pm
Male Human Witch 7 HP: 31/31; AC: 14(18), T: 11, FF: 10; Fort: +4, Ref: +7, Will: +6; Initiative: +1, Perception: +3
"Looks like Renard found something," Chris says.
Dillon Nivous May 21, 2018, 09:59 pm
Dillon smiles at Rajni as he eats. "Thank you for dinner."
Gashka May 21, 2018, 10:09 pm
Female Half-Orc Brawler 7 HP: 59/66; AC: 19, T: 14, FF: 15; Fort: +5, Ref: +7, Will: +3; Init: +3; Perception: +11, Sense Motive: +11, Intimidate: +16
She nods and lights the torch before handing it to Chris, "Here, can you hold this for me while I check out these doors that your clever friend found?" Once he takes the torch, Gashka looks over the doors more carefully.
Rajni May 21, 2018, 10:12 pm
Female Fetchling Ranger 6 HP: 51/51; AC: 20, T: 16, FF: 15; Init: +7; Fort: +7, Ref: +10, Will: +1
Looking up into his face she smiles, "You're welcome. I'm glad I wasn't asleep when you came by."
"You looked just about ready for bed," Dillon says. "I feel a little bad about bringing you out."
GM Henry Fortuna May 21, 2018, 10:16 pm
Gashka notices the doors open outward and have sturdy iron handles. They aren't barred or otherwise unable to be opened.
Chris takes the torch. "I guess I can also sleep down here if it's big enough."
She swallows another bite and shrugs, "It was a busy day and I ate lots of yummy cake. Nothing is better to me though than spending time with you, I don't care if I'm tired or not. I would always pick you over sleep...any..day..of..the..week." She says, gently caressing his hand with her thumb for emphasis as she draws out the last five words of the sentence. She gives him her crooked half smile before leaning in to give him a sweet kiss.
She pauses with her hands on the iron handles. Looking over her shoulder at him she shakes her head, "You are out your damn mind if you think for one second I'm gonna let you sleep in some dank, damp, dusty, and musty 'ol basement. You can sleep upstairs like the rest of us....unless you really don't want to be upstairs with the rest of us?"
Taking her hands off the handles she turns to face him, "Why do you feel like you always have to hide? Is it because of where we came from?" She asks, her voice full of concern for someone that she considered a close friend.
Is it a strength chedck to open the doors?
Jin Kobayashi May 22, 2018, 03:30 am
Female Kitsune Unchained Summoner/ 11 Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +10
Hitome Murakami wrote:
Hitome enjoys the sensation of utter calm that falls over her, as Jin plays, the beauty of her music soothing the midwife warrior. She smiles at the serene expression on Jin's face, glad to see her truly relaxed in a way she hadn't been before they got here.
Sorry, there's so much stuff going on I forget about some things. I'm trying to keep....I don't know. I just don't know. The dinging machines are keeping me awake though.
As she finishes her song, she just sits still with her eyes closed, enjoying the serenity of the moment and the stillness of the evening. After a few more minutes she exhaled a soft relaxed sigh before tending to her instrument. She uses a cloth to carefully clean it before putting it away. Closing her eyes again she takes three more deep cleansing breaths before standing again. Looking out across the water she smiles a little as the breeze gently blows her hair across her young face. Tucking some hair behind one of her ears she turns to face Hitome, "The air seems to be getting cooler, want to go insided and have a cup of tea?"
Christophe Debroux May 22, 2018, 07:31 am
"No, no, it's not that," Chris says. "I was just thinking it would give us all some space if I just stayed down here. If it's not really cold in there, of course."
GM Henry Fortuna May 22, 2018, 07:35 am
The doors just swing open.
Anyka Talia May 22, 2018, 06:13 pm
Female Human (1/2 Minkai) Rogue 7 (Knifemaster)
The tears stream down Anyka's face freely, but at Gashka sort of expected, she hold most of it in, the turmoil clearly there, beneath a mask of numb calm, though something dark an violent dances in her eyes. She nods when Gashka takes her parents to their new home, genuinely glad that at the very least, her sister was able to gain something out of it all.
When Derika asks if she needed anything she let's out a bitter little laugh."I'm willing to bet we don't have anything close to strong enough to help. I'm fine, but thanks." They meant well, she knew that, but there were very few people she shared her deep emotions with.....a hell of a lot fewer now.....And right now, she needed to be alone.
Going upstairs, she climbs out of the window, nimbly crawling up onto the roof. She welcomes the cold, the fading light, the solitude to truly understand the magnitude of what they'd lost.
Hitome Murakami May 22, 2018, 06:17 pm
Female Aasimar Paladin (Enlightened) 11
"Yes, that sounds good right now." Hitome replies quietly, taking a slow deep breath of the cool night air before standing up. "That was beautiful."
I wanted to give it a sad face but it won't let me do emoji's here, so here. :( I sorry and I'll be there with you just as soon as we get some other stuff settled.
She eyes him warily with that, 'I don't know about that', look. Sighing she opens the door, "Okay...if that's really the way you feel, but I don't want you getting sick. Got it?"
Jin Kobayashi May 22, 2018, 06:51 pm
Getting up she brushes the sand off of herself and stretches, several things popping and cracking as she does so. She kind of shrugs a little, "Thanks...for a long time, my music was all I had...and then there was Gyo. Yamamoto Sensei was always kind and nurturing in teaching me different things. He never discouraged me from following an interest in something, even if it didn't have to do with me being a summoner because he said everything makes me who I am, not just being a summoner...or something like that. He was always saying things like that." She gives kind of a shrug, but the tone of her voice speaks of her love and respect for the man who raised her.
Chris tosses his hair back and gives Gashka a wry smile. "Madam, I am a doctor. I don't get sick."
Gashka opens the door and sees nothing inside.
Chris lights the torch. "Any rats, snakes or demons in there?"
"Here let me take that you man you." She says with a laugh as she takes the torch and steps inside, "Let's see what's in here."
Going inside the empty space she walks around while holding the torch out in front of her to try and see what they were looking at.
Derika May 22, 2018, 07:08 pm
Female Half-Orc Bloodrager 7 HP: 84/84; AC: 17,T: 10, FF: 16; Fort: +9, Ref: +4, Will: +4; Init: +0; Perception: +10
Finishing the dishes she dries her hands and sighs a little.
The basement is a little smaller than the main room above and the stone walls make the room even colder than it is outside. Gashka doesn't see anything at all down here.
Putting one hand on her hip she turns to look at him, "You are not sleeping down here. You could probably use it as a work area, but that's it. We would need to get you some shelves and a work bench. I bet Papa could help with that...or maybe that other fellow where we got the furniture. You would also need to either dress really warm to be down here for any length of time, or we'd have to put some heat source down here. We'll figure it out. Right now it's empty and cold and you can use the kitchen table for tonight and then we'll get it fixed up when we get back from the mines for you to use as a lab. Sound good?" She says, though it sounds more like a statement and less of a question.
Chris sighs. "Alright."
Looking at him she kinda gives him a smile, "Okay look, how about if we can find a way to cover these walls and keep a little heat in here and you dress really really warm, we'll see if we can make it work for you sleeping if that will make you feel better. I just want you to be comfortable and I don't want you to get sick. I know you're a doctor, but you're still human too." She says, her words coated by the concern she has for his well being.
Sorry...I'm gonna have to give this up until after I've had some more sleep and have time and the ability to think things through. I don't think I'm making much sense right now.
"I'm fine with just working down here," Chris says. "When we've fixed it up. Maybe Barclay will help us with our own place after we deal with the spiders."
She nods, "Okay...that sounds like a plan. For now, let's close this up until we can get some stuff down here and get you set up in the kitchen. Okay? Any way we look at it, this is just temporary so it's alright for now. At least we're not sleeping in tents out in this cold." She says, rubbing her arms.
Vishanti May 23, 2018, 01:28 am
Female Human Shaman (Heaven spirit/ Life Spirit) HP:46/46 /46; AC: 14, FF: 12, T: 12; F: +2, R: +4, W: +10; Init: +2; Perception: +4
Coming up behind her Gashka as she's at the sink, Vishanti wraps her arms around her love's waist, leaning down to rest her chin against her shoulder. "How are you doing my love, now that you have time to process it all?"
Derika May 23, 2018, 05:11 am
Taking Vishanti by the hand, shed goes and sits down in a chair at the table, pulling her love into her lap as she does so. Thinking for a moment she kisses the back of her neck and her shoulders before wrapping her armsx around her and holding her close, "Honestly....it sounds a little crazy, but I really don't think someone could make up such a fantastic story. I guess....I can understand why they did it, and I feel better knowing that I wasn't just thrown away."
Chris heads back up, Renard right behind him. "Yeah, we are fortunate."
He looks off in the distance while waiting for Gashka.
Gashka May 23, 2018, 05:58 am
Coming out behind him she shuts the doors before walking over to him, "So...copper for your thoughts?"
"Why us?" Chris asks. "Well, not you so much. Lucato explained that, but why were Anyka and I spared as well?"
She shrugs, "I really don't know, but I'm glad you're here."
"I will thank the stars every day that you were not. " Vishanti replies caressing her cheek.
Chris nods. "I'm just trying not to think about all the people that are gone. Not just our friends and family, but just...everyone."
Putting her arms around her love, she leans into the caress. Resting her head against her shoulder she sighs, "It's been a really crazy day. Do you think we can go for a walk before making up our bed and turning in for the night?"
She nods, "I know....it's almost too much to think about. If you guys hadn't shown up with me though, I'm pretty sure I would have lost it completely."
Chris nods. "We better get inside. It's going to take a while to get those alchemist's fire ready."
Nodding as well she follows him inside, "I better go check on Anyka."
Knowing her habits from the times she had been upset at home, Gashka goes upstairs and manages to make it up on the roof, though not as nimbly as her sister. Giving her a little space, she just sits a door orf two from her. "I know this is a stupid question, but are you going to be okay?"
Chris goes to the kitchen and sets up his lab.
Craft Alchemy: 1d20 + 28 ⇒ (5) + 28 = 33
Chris finishes all twelve alchemist's fire in just about five hours.
Damn...get some rest. I guess you can sleep in while I'm taking my parents around to get what they need.
Dillon Nivous May 23, 2018, 11:20 am
Dillon returns the kiss and smiles. "Let me finish this up so we can get you back home."
She nods, "Okay." Having already finished her salad and bread, she sits quietly while he finishes his dinner.
Dillon finishes his meal. "I can pay if you don't mind."
She yawns, "Okay honey, if that's what you want to do."
Dillon chuckles and puts a gold down on the table. "Let's get you back home."
He stands up and offers his hand to Rajni.
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Safety evaluation of the safetyedge treatment for pavement edge drop-offs on two-lane rural roads
Craig Lyon, Bhagwant Persaud, Eric Todd Donnell
Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute
This study estimated crash modification factors (CMFs) for the SafetyEdge paving technique that is applied for the treatment of pavement edge drop-offs on two-lane rural highways. An empirical Bayes observational before-after evaluation based on installation data in Iowa, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida found that the SafetyEdge treatment was associated with statistically significant reductions in fatal and injury (FI), run-off-the-road (ROR), opposite-direction (head-on and sideswipe), and drop-off-related crashes. The ROR CMF was also statistically significant for both horizontal curved and tangent sections. A disaggregate analysis examined the variation of the CMF for ROR with factors such as the travel lane width, traffic volume, presence of a horizontal curve, posted speed limit, and the pre-treatment ROR crash frequency. The results of that analysis indicated, for example, that the SafetyEdge paving technique appears to have a greater ROR safety benefit on two-lane rural roadway segments with average annual daily traffic volumes greater than 3,000 vehicles per day, relative to roadway segments with lower traffic volumes. A crash modification function (CMFunction) was calibrated with expected pre-treatment ROR crashes as the independent variable to simultaneously capture the relationship of the CMF for ROR crashes to multiple factors. An economic analysis found that the treatment is highly cost-effective.
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Lyon, C., Persaud, B., & Donnell, E. T. (2018). Safety evaluation of the safetyedge treatment for pavement edge drop-offs on two-lane rural roads. Transportation Research Record, 2672(30), 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361198118758054
Lyon, Craig ; Persaud, Bhagwant ; Donnell, Eric Todd. / Safety evaluation of the safetyedge treatment for pavement edge drop-offs on two-lane rural roads. In: Transportation Research Record. 2018 ; Vol. 2672, No. 30. pp. 1-8.
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Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region inhibits the discharge of neurons in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn of cats
A. M. Degtyarenko, Marc Kaufman
In decerebrate cats, we found that stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region (MLR) attenuated the responses of neurons in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn to thin fiber muscle afferent input. The attenuation appeared to be more effective for group III afferent input than for group IV. These findings may shed light on the interaction between central command, (i.e. the MLR) and the muscle reflex, mechanisms which both contribute to the cardiovascular responses to exercise. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd.
Neuroscience Letters
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Degtyarenko, A. M., & Kaufman, M. (2000). Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region inhibits the discharge of neurons in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn of cats. Neuroscience Letters, 296(2-3), 109-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3940(00)01629-3
Degtyarenko, A. M. ; Kaufman, Marc. / Stimulation of the mesencephalic locomotor region inhibits the discharge of neurons in the superficial laminae of the dorsal horn of cats. In: Neuroscience Letters. 2000 ; Vol. 296, No. 2-3. pp. 109-112.
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Analysis / Union
Soumare trade gives Union a clean slate
Posted by Dan Walsh on May 24, 2013 at 12:00 pm
Philadelphia Union can finally start looking ahead and stop looking behind.
The last of Peter Nowak’s mistakes is gone. The slate is clean. You can now begin to forget that the 2012 abortion of a season ever happened.
First Diego Gutierrez’s ill-advised Latin American signings had to go, and they did.
Then Sebastien Le Toux had to return. And he did.
Freddy Adu had to leave. He’s gone.
And finally, Bakary Soumare has been traded.
Now if only Danny Califf returns at a cut-rate deal, the Union’s scales can balance again.
No, the Union didn’t get back as much as they traded last year to acquire Soumare in the first place. They gave up a first round draft pick and allocation money. They got back a second round draft pick and allocation money. Whatever. It’s done with. MLS draft picks are crapshoots anyway.
And yes, they’re still on the hook for part of Soumare’s salary. Not good.
But the Union can finally move ahead and be a normal professional soccer team. The Nowak albatross no longer hangs around the Union’s neck.
Soumare and the Union: Doomed from day 1
Soumare’s tenure with the Union was doomed from the beginning. Let’s recount, for those with short memories:
• The Union traded assets for an injured player and made him their second highest paid player before he recovered.
• He didn’t recover properly and missed almost the whole season.
• Soumare was brought in by Nowak and Gutierrez, who knew him from their shared ties to the Chicago Fire and planned to make him their defensive centerpiece.
• Nowak and Gutierrez got fired in the worst scandal in recent MLS history before Soumare played a single game.
• On top of all this, Nowak had forced out the Union’s popular captain, Califf, to make room for Soumare and lied about Califf wanting to return to Los Angeles after previously lying about some nonexistent injury, which only worsened the club’s reputation.
Soumare walked into just about the worst situation a player could enter, one so bad that it still leaves a bad taste in the mouths of Union fans. He then put his head down, worked hard, and competed to return to the starting lineup, to his credit.
If you watched his first two games starting for the Union this month, you saw why Union manager John Hackworth determined two and a half months ago that Soumare wasn’t one of his two best center backs on opening day. Hackworth was right: Amobi Okugo and Jeff Parke were both better players that day.
If only Soumare had been more patient, maybe things would have worked out in Philadelphia. Judging by his excellent performance in his third start, he is gradually regaining the fitness and form that made him an MLS all-star with Chicago. Given time, maybe he would have forced his way back into Philadelphia’s starting lineup next to Parke and nudged Okugo back to defensive midfield.
But Soumare didn’t give it time. He’s 27 years old. He had just missed almost an entire season. He didn’t feel that he had time. Right or wrong, it was his call.
Would the Union be a better team with Soumare? Maybe. And maybe a Parke-Soumare pairing would have been too slow to keep up with quick forward pairings.
Either way, Soumare didn’t want to stay with Philadelphia. Not when he was the third of three center backs. Not after his patrons Nowak and Gutierrez had left. Not when he knew Chicago needed a center back. Not when he knew Chicago was home.
Hackworth: Making the best of a bad situation
Hackworth has continuously tried to make the best* of an extraordinarily bad situation. His Union have a winning record and, if the season ended today, would make the playoffs. His coaching decisions turned two benchwarmers into two rising young American soccer stars. His locker room isn’t a poison factory. He isn’t a classless disgrace to his club like his predecessor. In fact, he’s even a nice guy. These are legitimate accomplishments for a club that had been on an unprecedented downward spiral on and off the field one year ago.
Are the Union a good team yet? No. They have won all their games against weak teams and typically done it by parking the team bus in front of goal. A fit Jose Kleberson could have a domino effect that transforms the team’s prospects. Brian Carroll and Michael Farfan look better with him. But Hackworth still lacks a single quality left-footed wide player at his disposal, and his team faces a murderous schedule starting in late June.
Many fans are frustrated because once again the Union have traded away a player and gotten nothing immediately tangible in return. A draft pick is a promise that doesn’t become a person till next year. Allocation money is a secret, the value of which is rarely revealed. Their frustration is perfectly understandable.
But there’s no point in going overboard and fulfilling every outsider’s lowest denominator stereotype of Negadelphia. In MLS, this is often how trades work. Trading someone for allocation money is the equivalent of selling a player in Europe. Now Hackworth can use the money to acquire a left-sided player.
It should not be overlooked that Hackworth accommodated players who wanted to depart or looked unlikely to get the playing time they felt they deserved. In a league with no free agency, that’s a big deal. Soumare, Gabriel Farfan and Chandler Hoffman all left in trades that brought them home, to places they would probably choose to go if they could.
That they were in those situations to begin with was due to different factors in each case.
Farfan wanted more playing time in midfield. He probably should have gotten it over Danny Cruz or Keon Daniel, but he didn’t. He’s gone, which isn’t a good thing, but the Union got decent value for him.
Hoffman was the Union’s fifth striker – deservedly so on a deep depth chart – with a contract that is currently paid by the league but, once he graduates Generation adidas, would leave the Union paying a bloated paycheck. He went to Los Angeles, where he also played in college.
And then there was Soumare.
Now there isn’t. The drama is over. Take a deep breath, and enjoy the soccer.
Author: Dan Walsh Dan Walsh started the Philly Soccer Page in 2009. He spent over a decade as an award-winning newspaper and magazine reporter and continues freelance writing on the side. He moved to Italy in 2014. See more at http://www.danielwalsh.net. Email him at dwalsh@phillysoccerpage.com.
Andrew 'Calm' Down says:
Also makes the bench ‘clean’
Earl Gardner says:
You forgot about one Nowak piece to the puzzle… Roger Torres. How soon til he gets sold for a Pizza and a six pack?
Dan Walsh says:
Nah, I didn’t forget him. Torres wasn’t a mistake. He was a great find. He deserves playing time. Gutierrez and Nowak didn’t do everything wrong.
AD22 says:
I think his sample size is too small to make an honest assessment either way.
Bleed Blue and Gold sopped up with Bimbo Bread says:
I don’t see Torres fitting into this team, good player or TBD. Kleberson will be selected over him. You also can’t play Torres with Danny Cruz on the field. Cruz’s deep runs mean someone has to back off for defense. Torres can’t do it(on account he can’t defend and is 5’5″), that means the LM has to thus a one sided attack.
kevinsetbingo says:
I think slotting in Torres (who is also left-footed!) on the left mid and bringing Farfan back to his preferred side could be an interesting choice, You still have Mike’s work tracking back.
My only problem is now you have Torres on Gaddis’ side, and that could be disastrous. Unless we use some of this cash to bring in a true left back.
sieve! says:
So much to criticize in this article… so much.
But putting all of that aside… how was the firing of Peter Nowak the biggest scandal in the history if the MLS?
Didnt you read all the rumors about him taking money under the table, subjecting his players to cruel tactics during practice and not even watching his new signings before signing them?
Was any of it proven? Any of it?
Nowak was a prick, but so is the Union front office. They gleefully threw Peter under the bus for PR, so who can say.
The only reason I know that Peter got fired was applying to the Hearts job while still at the Union. If Peter did all those things you mentioned the front office had no problem with it til then.
Fair point on the front office, Sieve. They empowered Nowak. And very good point about the Hearts job.
The scandal? All the things James wrote, the very sketchy trades of Califf and more significantly Le Toux. What did the Le Toux deal represent? When you consider Michael Orozco’s account of how Nowak tried to profit off his deal, there’s one very obvious scenario regarding Le Toux to Europe that should be considered. And when Le Toux wouldn’t play ball, the team’s best player was run out of town.
I didn’t deny Nowak was a prick. Hell I didn’t deny allegations, though my tone sure made it seems like I did. Clarification: I think Nowak did a lot of things they said he did.
As much as I believe Orozco’s account of what happened it hasn’t been proven and I I recall Nick S. denying that was an condition of his firing when questioned directly. (I seem to recall it being mentioned in the court filings tho) It leads me to believe 1.)That the Union can’t prove it. 2.) it is a widespread practice in international soccer and nobody wanted to open that can of worms.
BUT the trades of Califf and LeToux had a logic to them. You may disagree wit the logic but there was a logic. Letoux’s value was as high ass it would ever be, you have a bunch of promising strikers in the pipeline and you are bringing in a bunch of (admittedly sucky except for Gomez who I will argue mitigating circumstance) players getting added to the team. Califf well you had Baky coming in who, on paper, was better and younger than Danny(with the possible exception of drinking contests) with a comparable salary should he have traded these players? debatable. Should he have handled it the way he did? No.
But I don’t see how being an autocratic Aspergers megalomaniacal prick makes it the worst scandal in MLS. Considering the macho culture of sports his crime was being a losing autocratic Aspergers megalomaniacal prick. If he was a winning autocratic Aspergers megalomaniacal prick he would have self help books and speaking engagements.
Not that anything you wrote is wrong, I just disagree. Hackworth did NOT make the best of a bad situation. Making these best of this situation would be realizing Soumare has the #1 upside of any CB on this roster and finding a way to start him (which, as we’ve all complained 100 times was tailor made with Okugo being a natural Dmid and Carrol struggling).
Also, I just know I am going to repeat this hundreds of times before the trade inevitably happens but please NO Califf. We already have the “no where near MLS quality even as an emergency player but hey hes a great locker room presence!” roster spot locked up by Albright.
Bring back Shoele (?).
Well, maybe not the BEST of a bad situation, but pretty good. Bad on me for falling to a cliche in my writing. Edited accordingly.
As for Califf … I haven’t seen him play this season, but I know Toronto went 1-2-1 with him starting. They haven’t won a game since.
Eli Pearlman-Storch says:
I believe the player you’re thinking of is Eric Schoenle from West Virginia.
JohnC says:
Oh yes. A player who couldn’t make the starting 11 for Harrisburg is the bench answer for the Union. How’s that grass on the other side of the fence? Give me a proven veteran any day.
spudder says:
Eric has basically stopped playing soccer after Union release.
Any idea why? Was surprised to see him not on Harrisburg’s roster.
I work in management, usually the best way to get the most out of the team is to do what is best for the whole team, not individual parts that you piece together. It seems like soumare was not pleased that he had to compete for his spot. Then he asked to be traded. Hackworth for all of his faults has made it clear from day one that players must earn their spot by competing in practice for it. If he gives in to soumare, he loses the respect of the whole team. Once Someone asks to be traded you cant have them around, brings down the whole team. If Soumare didn’t fit into the culture that Hackworth was trying to create then he had to go. I don’t agree with everything Hack does and in particular I detest the style of soccer that they play, but he is getting results. The results may not be what we want them to be but the team has made strides up the table compared to last year’s postion.
frankswild says:
I think you make a pretty good point here. We will never know all the ins and outs but this seems to cleanly fit what happened
Kenso Josh says:
Soumare was the number three. No question.
So how is it Saomare’s fault that Hackworth never gave Baky time and starts in training camp for Baky to work off the rust? By Hackworth’s own admission if Williams hadn’t gotten red carded he never would have started. Hell he never would have gotten a chance to showcase what he could do to even get traded. Being patient with the Union will get you nowhere. Chandler Hoffman recognized that, Garfan recognized that, Baky Recognized that. All they have to do is to look over at Roger Torres and realize that if they don’t make moves for themselves they could end up like Roger… spending his entire career warming up in the 18 never gettingin the game.
Soumare DID get playing time games in training camp.
I didn’t — and don’t — criticize any of Soumare’s choices. I didn’t say anything was Soumare’s fault. He made choices, and his choices weren’t unreasonable at all. I might have done the same if I was him.
One thing to remember: Hackworth said early in the season that Soumare’s trade request changed how he viewed Soumare’s lineup status. Soumare would have been in the 18 every match had he not asked for a trade. When would he have started? I I don’t know, but it eventually happened for an extended stretch and he impressed.
To the best of my knowledge he started in 1 game. And besides one slip of the ball he played pretty well. That is way different than the commitment shown to players like Cruz and Daniel.
I think it is pretty well established that Hack won’t start players who aren’t his favorites unless there is a gun to his head. They had a returning All star caliber player I think he deserved the same commitment and resolved afforded to players like Cruz and Daniel.
-nickt.- says:
so much for that “putting the best 11 on the field” line. regardless of if one believes soumare was one of the best 11, if that’s reason for not getting minutes you lose the right to use that line in seriousness. seems to me i saw soumare act the pure professional in the games he got.
Yes, it is way different from Cruz and Daniel. Note my comments on that, re: Garfan’s trade.
I do hear a lot about the favorites thing. And yeah, you have to wonder. By season’s end, it should be pretty clear.
And re: Soumare … I’m not saying he didn’t play well in preseason. I’m saying Okugo and Parke were better. In the long run, Soumare may be better, so I agree with you about the flaw in all this. We’ll see.
I will say this Saoumare was probably overpaid and that is what more than likely doomed him to the sidelines. But if you play him you get the rust off and he gets into a form where he can get traded where we get an actual return for him as opposed to giving him away for essentially nothing like we did.
With 50/50 hindsight I don’t see how he could have made team play much worse in those opening couple of games.
Good points again, Sieve. One thing I didn’t mention in the column is something we batted around among the PSP crew not long ago, and that’s the fact that Hackworth manages the Union on game day like he’s holding on with a death grip to grab any points he can get. That probably contributed to Soumare not starting on opening day.
The real litmus test of the extra cap space is whether it is enough to be able to keep Jack and Amobi when their contracts are up and they need a hefty raise to stay in MLS rather than test the waters overseas.
Philly Cheese says:
Highly respect your point of view, Dan, but I think you are throwing a lot of rope to Hackworth. Clean slate sounds nice, but Union are a few injuries from being a cellar dweller in 2013. All of those “future” draft choices won’t mean much if the Union doesn’t make playoffs in 2013.
True. You’re spot on right. I might be throwing him too much rope. Time will tell.
(Although coming into the season, I didn’t think playoffs in 2013 were required for him to keep his job. He had an absolute mess to start with. I thought tangible, visible, and significant progress was enough. How do you measure that? Obviously playoffs are the best way, but an entertaining team that just misses the playoffs and is set up well for 2014 would be good too.)
IL says:
Nah,
If he misses the playoffs he has to go. Its not like the team is playing well anyway. If he has nothing to show for the ugliness that he puts forward then he has to be sacked.
Nice piece Dan. I agree. I think Hack deserves credit for keeping his locker room in good spirits with multiple players wanting out. I think some people might blame him for them wanting to leave but it is pretty obvious Parke and Okugo are better CBs and that if Gabe was unwilling to play LB then he probably isnt the type of player you want. No team in MLS can have a bench player making >300,000 and still compete. Also, the Kleberson move is looking pretty shrewd. Adu is forgotten, his contract gone and they got value in return. Hack made good moves this offseason bringing in Casey, LeToux and Parke and now next offseason will have >1,000,000 to upgrade contracts and sign new players. They also have two 1st round picks and two second round picks.
Great One says:
I don’t know (and I could be wrong) that anyone just gives an overall commentary that Hackworth stinks. And I think EVERYONE would argue he is better than Nowak, which is basically what you are saying here. It is clear, Hackworth is doing better than Nowak last year.
However, it’s really frustrating to be told I’m acting like a Negadelphian bc I don’t like something the manager did. He has done some good things, like finding a place for Amobi, unleashing Jack, and bringing in Casey and Letoux. But he has also done some bad things, like insisting that Keon and Cruz must touch the field or start every game, not even attempting a Soumare/Park back line even once, not bringing in a single quality left footed player, and of course banishing Torres to the Phantom Zone. All of those things he has a direct say in. I don’t even think he would have tried starting Kleberson if Keon wasn’t completely embarrassing lately, and that basically is looking like it’s saving Carroll’s career.
Bottom line is, I feel like people can acknowledge the good things Hackworth has done, AND have commentary on the bad he has done. While he is a significant upgrade over Nowak, his stubbornness with certain things is all too reminding of his predecessor.
Since I am on a devil’s advocating roll here I will argue that right now it is a wash between Hackworth and Nowak with no coach clearly better than another. Before Nowak lost his mind I would have given it to him. But he lost his mind and now here we are. I am not ready to give it to Hack yet as I have not seen a purpose, direction or an actual human Left Back for the current Union squad.
EllisCarver says:
But you have seen the best goalscorer the Union have ever had. A guy that Nowak refused to even put in his gameday 18. Not to mention a young centerback with great potential.
But my only reply to that is. Is the team better? Is there any evidence that the team will be better in the near future? it just seems like a revolving door of young players, allocation money and draft picks. Too soon to tell.
Yes, the team is clearly better. We had 3 road wins all of last season and we’ve already matched that total. Considering that most of the stars of the team are young and we’ll have a lot of cap space next offseason, I’d say the future is looking up.
I am comparing to the teams 2011 Peak. 2012 is a wash for both coaches.
Steve l. says:
Sieve in the devils advocate role, I would say Novak had a year to get them to that 2011 high so maybe we should give Hack a year and grade him next year. I’m not saying I agree with everything he has done (the draft was a mess, and I still think Garfan was out best LM and should be here unless we got offered a crazy package for him) but if we are playing devils advocate then he shouldn’t be graded till the end of next year.
If the Union and Hackworth finally have a clean slate I want to see what type of player Hackworth targets in the summer transfer window. What type of player or talent is he going to bring in when it’s his decision?
I would say I’m gun shy about people the Union get in the summer, they always seem to be scrambled choices to solve a problem, and then end up being the next high payed problem we have to deal with.
I’m not sure how anyone can think that Nowak’s behavior was anything but scandalous. His moves were so illogical as to defy common sense. One soccer-savvy friend of mine literally wondered if Nowak had a major drug or alcohol problem since that was the only way his moves could be explained.
In my 30+ years as an American professional sports fan, I have never seen any coach behave in such an outrageous manner. It is as though he were deliberately trying to terrorize and dismantle a team (that he had built himself!).
I would call that quite a scandal.
My theory was that Syphilis finally worked its way to his brain.
Southside Johnny says:
Good article, Dan. I need a little perspective to pull me back from the edge at times. As much as I have lamented a number of Hack’s decisions, I am still giving him credit for dealing pretty well with a nightmarish set of circumstances for a rookie head coach. There is always a steep learning curve when you move into upper management in any field under the best of circumstances. Inheriting a Philly fan base with unreasonably high expectations for a young franchise added to a challenge which already rivaled rebuilding a plane in flight. I am hoping that, as you suggest, we have survived the worst of it and are well positioned to move forward…finally. With all that said, if Keon freaking Daniel…
Yeah. It’s going to be okay. We can bring it more reasonable, affordable choices. BTW is Valdes back after this season?
Theoretically, he could be, but I doubt he’s ever coming back. Probably not before the World Cup, at least.
scottymac says:
So, what’s the direction? What are our reasonable expectations? Playoffs? Challenge in two years? What’s the plan? Is it being negative to ask that? We made an improbable second year run, and were even in first for a little while in 2011. 2012 hit like a bus. 2013, and thanks to the wonders of medioparity, we find ourselves once again challenging for playoffs in a league where 53% make them.So if we are the 53%, let’s shove our chips in and go for it. If we’re supposed to be happy with a one and done 5th seed flame out, say so. And if we should go for it, that means not trading away starting talent for magic beans just because they ask to be elsewhere. They ask to be elsewhere because the actions of the manager state to all and sundry they will never see the pitch. Not because they aren’t professionals or hate driving to Chester (though I’m sure they do), but because they want to play, somewhere.
The criticisms of Hackworth are valid. The positives he’s brought to the locker room are to his credit. If the goal is playoffs and we make moves that do not help the team this year, then he deserves criticisms.
Soumare doesn’t see the pitch because there are two centerbacks better than him. It’s that simple. Unless you want a 5 man back line I don’t see the controversy there.
And Dan kinda mentioned why a Parke/Soumare pairing doesn’t work: two slow centerbacks starting together would be a nightmare.
I don’t necessarily see Parke as better. More cost effective/better PR but we don’t have the sample size to say better
Oh don’t give me that cost effective nonsense. Parke’s been a quality player here. Soumare had one good game. Plus, if Soumare was better he would’ve started earlier in the season.
Okugo is no longer a better CB (if he ever was). We ALL drank the Okugo for NT CB kool aide when during his honeymoon. He is far from that discussion now and has been at fault plenty of times this season.
He loses track of his man too easily and doesn’t have the strength or size to be a dominate CB. He is great in possession. But you know where ELSE he would be great in possession? As a Dmid, cleaning up in front of the back line.
He has been quality. Don’t have a problem with him. But I saw qualities in Baky that Parke simply doesn’t have. Like organizing the back line. An d I believe the second Park made himself available Saomare was put onto the back burner for someone who was cheaper and could be marketed to the fanbase. Are you going to tell me crucial roster decisions on the team haven’t been motivated by PR and local ties? Are you gonna tell me this team hasn’t become moneyball oriented since Nowaks departure? Once we got Parke the writing was on the wall.
And the speed argument is weak. Plenty of world class CBs aren’t known for their speed. Soumare and Parke both have top positioning and awareness and soccer sense.
If speed is such a deal breaker how was Soumare able to wipe out Nyarko in this second game?
Hell, if speed is so dangerous why was Le Toux sniffed out for so many games over the past 3 years against CBs much slower than he was?
It would be a slow pairing, and they would be beat sometimes, but they are both top CBs regardless.
I think Soumare had two and a half good games. He got turned a couple of times in the first Fire game, but as I recall we had a clean sheet. He also cleared out Keane a few times in the LAG “we don’t get any respect” game. I hang more of that loss on how bad the left side was. How is it helping the team to have no depth with an older CB returning from hamstring issues?
Ivor Driver says:
I agree with much of the article but a few points:
1. Soumare’s performance in the last Chicago game was as good as any one that Parke has had this season – unfortunately for him, he was a Nowak/Gutierrez player on a higher salary and Parke is a local guy. Winner in Hack’s world – Parke
2. Nowak may have been a prick but he often did trade players to their preferred areas like Hack (Califf – Chivas, Mwanga – Portland, Nakazawa – LA, Le Toux – Vancouver [at least close to Seattle])
Dan, I’m a huge fan of your website, but there are lots of wrong facts in this article.
First, Hackworth is a inexperienced coach who has been given too much power in being able to trade guys in and out. Most clubs that have young/inexperience coaches have a technical director/president who deals with all the transactions. Philly has not only granted trades to players who wanted out, they have accommodated them in going places they wanted to go to. If I am a manager and a players tells me he doesn’t want to be there, I would shop him around the league and see where I can get the most value for him. Bad management all around by the club.
I think you have the whole Soumare fiasco twisted. First of all, I have been following the league for a long time and let me assure you that Parke is not better than Soumare. I have actually ask a couple of the guys on the team who live in my area and they all seem to rate Soumare a lot higher than Parke. That’s coming from guys who train with them everyday. Yes, Soumare was coming off an injury but as we saw in his last game, he just needed a few games to get his strides. Had he started right off the bat, he would have used the first couple of games to get the rust off, by now he would have been 100%. Parke came in and was handed the job and had Baky and Amobi fight for the starting spot, what did Parke do in this league or career to be handed a spot on the team.. Is it better value-wise because he makes close to half of soumare’s salary and is from here, yes… But is he a better player? NO
How can anyone have hard feelings towards a player who asked to leave because he felt he was getting paid too much to sit on the bench? At the end of the day, Soumare has gained lots of respect in my book because despite the whole thing, he still went out there and played his heart out when the team needed him.
Also, the Baky deal to Philly came months after the Califf trade. How can you assume that Peter was making room for Soumare? As a writer, you are obviously entitled to your opinion, but you can’t assume things.
Hackworth simply plays favorites in playing his crop of former national team players and refuses to have them compete for the guys who were already here or were signed from other places.
This team has no chance in making it to the playoffs!
I don’t have any facts wrong. The word you meant to use instead of “facts” was “opinions.”
Califf was traded in mid May 2012, and the Soumare deal was announced June 25 2012, and the international deal and trade with Vancouver for the top allocation spot (ouch, it still burns!) clearly didn’t transpire in just a day or two. It was reported at the time that the Union, previously still under Peter Nowak, were pursuing Baky for months before the deal actually happened, which makes sense given the complexity of a three-party international acquisition and needle-threading needed to meet the regulations of transfer windows.
The Baky deal was announced just before a transfer window opened (June 27th I think) and he wouldn’t have been eligible until that time, so I think (don’t know for sure) it could have been agreed upon even sooner, just not formally announced. Annnnnd on top of all that, this was the June of Doom in Chester, the month the Nowak firing/controversy was happening.
All those things considered, it might as well have been the day after Califf was traded it happened so [relatively] fast. I’m no expert and I have no inside knowledge, but at least to me, it appeared Califf was traded *after* the Baky pickup was all but literally inked, which was a small comfort to me as a Califf fan.
Jaap Stam says:
Can we trade our Front Office to Montreal for their Front Office? Montreal does not seem to need a 3 year plan to compete for a playoff spot. Build the best possible team each year with the assets you have. Go for it! Allocation money and draft picks are for losers in MLS.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made the announcement on Thursday, December 5th, that she has instructed that House Democrats draft articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The reason being she claims is he had abused his power as president.
“Sadly, but with confidence and humility … today I am asking our chairmen to proceed with articles of impeachment,” Pelosi stated in a bogus manner.
She went on to say that the facts were without contest and that the president breached our nation’s national security and abused his power for his own personal political benefit.
Her mellow dramatic showdown continued, “His wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our constitution,” she added. “Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act. If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so at the peril of our republic.”
In the weeks to come, a House floor vote will most likely take place. This would make President Trump the fourth president in American history to endure an impeachment vote and just the third to be impeached by the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
Pelosi continued to echo the statement that many top Democrats have adopted, saying, “no one is above the law.
Hillary Clinton continuously uses this phrase, which is beyond disturbing seeing her past of being above the law time and time again. The hypocrisy that drips off this serial lawbreaker is unacceptable.
In the United States of America, no one is above the law. https://t.co/DGBWf5U564
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 5, 2019
Let us take a look at what being above the law actually looks like and consists of. Clinton used a private email server to send emails while acting as secretary of State. She then denied publicly that she transmitted classified information, which was proven to be completely untrue. By doing this, she unequivocally violated government policy.
Then she and her lawyers had the audacity to delete tens of thousands of documents to prevent the information being turned over to government investigators. Not only did she delete 30,000 emails that were subpoenaed by Congress, but she also used bleach and a hammer to destroy the hard drive and other devices.
This is just one example of the crimes Clinton has gotten away with in her career of deception. Unfortunately, in our modern society, innocent people like President Trump are attacked relentlessly by fake impeachment agendas while people like Clinton roam free to offend again.
No one is above the law unless you are a Democrat.
After Pelosi’s assigning statements, President Trump warned the Democrats that attempting to impeach him over absolutely “NOTHING” would have the ability to set a dangerous precedent.
The Do Nothing, Radical Left Democrats have just announced that they are going to seek to Impeach me over NOTHING. They already gave up on the ridiculous Mueller “stuff,” so now they hang their hats on two totally appropriate (perfect) phone calls with the Ukrainian President….
Our Founders did not have impeachment in mind to routinely use it to attack future presidents or anyone the leftist mob deems dangerous to their power.
Trump is guilty of something. He is guilty of leading the American people to success, enabling our military to become stronger, and attempting to secure our nation’s sovereignty.
The impeachment act by Democrats is hindering the president from continuing to strengthen our country. It is preventing him from doing to the job the American people voted him in to do.
At the hearing held on Wednesday, three professors urged Democrats to use their majority to impeach Trump urgently. One of the professors took shots at the 13-year-old son of the president and first lady.
Pamela Karlan, who is a Stanford law professor, referenced Barron Trump while she was on a tirade about impeachment.
“The Constitution says there can be no titles of nobility, so while the president can name his son Barron, he can’t make him a baron,” Karlan said as applause followed in the hearing room.
First Lady Melanie Trump shot back at Karlan’s use of her son as a political prop. She said that minor children deserve privacy in the realm of politics.
Just imagine the outrage and media attention that would ensue if a Republican brought up Barack Obama’s daughters in a public political hearing. Once again, the hypocrisy shown by the left is staggering.
Keep in mind that while the president’s 13-year-old son was fair game to be used as public pandering, Hunter Biden was not to be spoken about. Even though Biden is at the forefront of the impeachment fiasco, none of the Democrats want to get to the bottom of actual crimes.
So Hunter Biden is off limits, but 13 year old Barron Trump is not?
This gets more unreal by the minute!
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After much scrutiny from the right, Karlan did eventually apologize for her inappropriate comments.
In her hearing, she continued to make hateful, false, and bizarre statements directed at Trump.
“Donald Trump has sexually assaulted more women than 99.99% of all of the people who have entered this country illegally. By himself, he’s done more,” Karlan vehemently stated.
It had been discovered that star witness Karlan has a deep hatred for the president. In 2017, she told an American Constitution Society panel that she was too sickened to walk past a Trump hotel, so she had to cross to the other side of the street.
Karlan gave her testimonies before Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell, who also has claimed that he would never enter into the Trump Tower. He stated that while it was snowing and he was desperate for coffee, he would never come into Trump Tower even though it was the closest coffee café.
But remember, there is no bias, just facts. This is what the Democrats tout, but sadly, this is so far from the truth.
Any person who is looking for facts, due process, and has common sense can see the impeachment for what it is, a partisan witch hunt against President Trump. It was undeniable by the released transcripts of Trump’s phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that there was no quid pro quo or bribery.
The spearheading leader of the impeachment, Chairman Adam Schiff, has been caught lying about his relationship with the whistleblower. Schiff continued his antics by denying Republican witnesses be allowed to testify in the circus of a court that has occurred.
The American people have two options:
Believe facts and evidence of the president’s apparent innocence or throw truth out the door and jump on the bandwagon of taking down Trump no matter the cost to the United States.
As the hearings continue, one thing is clear, the evidence speaks for itself.
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This policy provides guidance and an operating framework for the University to serve as fiscal agent for an associated organization (an "AO"), and certain other entities that are external to the University as defined under Board of Regents Policy: Associated Organizations.
The process of evaluating an AO or other entity for agency fund treatment must be in place to ensure the accuracy of the University's accounting for agency funds, and to facilitate effective stewardship of funds for which the University has a fiduciary responsibility. At the same time, the University must establish ongoing accountability and oversight for agency funds to minimize the University's financial exposure resulting from a third party's inability or unwillingness to pay.
The University may serve as a fiscal agent through departments, colleges, or administrative units for an AO or external entity if the following requirements are met:
the purpose for the agency agreement is related to activities dedicated to the mutual achievement of educational, research and public service goals that are consistent with and supportive of the mission of the University;
the AO is recognized by the University in Board of Regents Policy: Associated Organizations, and is in compliance with such policies;
the agreement is in the best interest of the University, taking into consideration its fiscal, human resource, risk management, facilities management, budget, tax, legal, and treasury implications; and
the approval of a chartstring operating out of an agency fund is appropriate, according to the accounting principles.
Fiscal agents must consider agency fund treatment only for entities whose activities relate to the mission of the University, but whose separate legal status requires that the operating results not be blended with the University.
Depending on the nature and extent of the services provided, the Office of the General Counsel may require a legal agreement governing the agency relationship. Accounting Services will make the final decision on the agency relationship in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
Each unit acting as a fiscal agent is required to:
hold resources provided by an AO or outside entity in an agency fund on the University's books and in the name of the AO or outside entity (the AO or outside entity will retain all its rights, titles and interests in and to such funds);
purchase goods and services on behalf of the AO or outside entity under agreements between the University and the supplier or provider of such goods and services, consistent with University policy and as permitted by law and contract;
and disburse funds to the AO or outside entity according to the University policy and procedures, Accounts Payable: Paying Non-Payroll Expenses Generally, the University will not disburse funds or make payments directly to a vendor, supplier, or other third party at the AO's or outside entity's direction or on its behalf.
AOs and outside entities are not entitled to:
automatic use of any University services;
use of the University's tax-exempt umbrella;
make the University liable for any of the AO or outside entity’s debts, liabilities, or actions;
automatic use of the University's payroll system;
use of the University's name, logo or trade and service marks; or
continue indefinitely.
Agency fund status is contingent on adherence to all University policies and contractual agreements, as well as applicable laws.
Accounting Services may, at its discretion, revoke a department’s ability to operate in an agency fund consistent with contractual agreements between the AO or outside entity and the University. Accounting Services will provide reasonable notice to the AO or outside entity prior to revocation.
Depending on the level of services provided to the AO or outside entity, the University Budget Office may charge organizations that have chartstrings operating in an agency fund an administrative fee for the cost of services (purchasing, payment of invoices, etc.) provided as a part of the agency agreement. Additionally, AOs or outside entities may be charged for the University's cost of funds, in the event that their agency fund’s chartstrings incur a deficit.
Prohibited Use of Agency Funds
No department is allowed to record transactions into agency funds to support the University’s own programs, or record resources typically held for the University itself (typically cash) into agency funds. Agency funds can only be used by departments that are fiscal agents and have been approved as specified above.
Agency funds in the University's general ledger are accorded special treatment because they represent amounts held on behalf of parties external to the University, and should only be used to report resources held by the University in a purely custodial capacity. Chartstrings operating in an agency fund typically involve only the receipt, temporary investment, and remittance of funds to individuals, AOs and outside entities. Agency funds are not trust accounts or banking accounts.
Each chartstring operating in an agency fund represents activity that is not part of the University, thus its revenues, expenses, gains and losses are not included in the University's financial statements; only assets and liabilities are reported. Notwithstanding this limited interpretation and use, all agency fund activity must use the accrual basis of accounting to recognize receivables and payables when revenues are earned and expenses are incurred, respectively.
Establishment and Use of Agency Funds
Forms/Instructions
UM 1652 - Agency Questionaire um1652.pdf
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Assignment of agency account numbers
Office of General Counsel 612-624-4100
Administrative Fee
The monthly fee charged to a chartstring operating in an agency fund. This fee is designed to reimburse the University for various services, including one or more of the following: payroll, purchasing, accounting, legal, tax, facilities, insurance, human resources, financial systems support, and treasury, if applicable.
A term used within this policy to mean an external entity that the University has established agency fiduciary relationship with and has agreed to serve as its fiscal agent.
Agency Fund
A type of fund held by the University, where it is acting as a custodian or fiscal agent for an external party or organization that has a close or affiliated relationship with the University, such as a student or faculty organization. Money is deposited with the University for safe-keeping, to be used or withdrawn by the depositor at will, thus not made available for spending in University operations.
Agency Questionnaire
A required document that must be completed by the fiscal agent. The Questionnaire is routed to Accounting Services for evaluation to determine whether a chartstring is approved to operate in an agency fund within the University of Minnesota's Enterprise Financial System. This questionnaire is used to evaluate compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, consistency with the mission of the University of Minnesota, and helps determine whether agency fund treatment is appropriate in accordance with the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
A department that is the liaison between the Agency and the University and provides financial oversight to the Agency chartstrings
An independent, private sector organization that establishes accounting and financial reporting standards for U.S. state and local governments that follow Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
In respect to the University’s accounting and financial reporting environment, it is a framework that governs the appropriateness of the GASB accounting standard pronouncements and other accounting guidance (e.g., GASB Technical Bulletins) and associated order of priority of application. Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) is a criterion that must be met before agency fund treatment will be considered.
An available balance that departments can draw upon to help facilitate its operations. Resources can be the result of revenues, transfersin, and/or an existing carryforward balance.
Decide on the appropriate use of an agency fund.
Review and approve requests for chartstrings to operate within an agency fund based on the fiscal agent’s completed Agency Questionnaire.
Notify department of agency fund approval.
Review and approve requests for chartstrings to operate within an existing agency fund by ensuring that the description of the activity matches the purpose of the agency fund in which the chartstrings will operate.
Determine when agency fund treatment is appropriate according to GAAP and GASB.
Review agency fund transactions to ensure they are appropriately recorded in an agency fund and in compliance with the Agency Fund Policy. Require departments to reclass transactions out of the agency fund, if applicable.
Revoke agency fund status if required
Associated Organization
Seek a University department to be the fiscal agent for its request for agency fund treatment. Request a chartstring to operate in an agency fund can originate from a University department acting on behalf of an external entity, or an outside third party. In either situation, the Agency must seek a University department to be the fiscal agent for its request for agency fund treatment.
Prepare an operating budget that identifies projected sources of funding and planned expenditures.
Sign contracts recommended by the Office of General Counsel and agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of the contract.
Initiate and submit financial transactions, in accordance with University policies, procedures, and business forms. Review monthly financial transactions and balances recorded in the Enterprise Financial System and all related modules for integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the activity. Investigate and correct inaccuracies, discrepancies, or errors timely.
Pay monthly administrative fee within 3 days of the calendar month end.
Forfeit any abandoned monies to general University nonagency funds. Funds will be deemed abandoned if, for a period of 18 months or more, no accounting transactions have been made (other than monthly administrative fees) and there has been no official notification by the agency fund owner of intent to renew the agreement.
University Budget Office
Monitor agency fund balances and receive responses from fiscal agents of agency fund chartstrings regarding sizable and/or continuing deficits, and the process by which the deficits will be resolved.
Charge a monthly administrative fee to chartstrings with agency funds.
Charge interest on chartstrings that operate in a deficit for longer than a specified period.
Approve agency fund usage that may result in financial liability, including cost of funds, to the University.
Agree to act in the capacity of fiscal agent for an agency fund chartstring requested by an entity. As a fiscal agent, the department is the liaison between the Agency and the University.
Either complete an Agency Questionnaire on behalf of an Agency, or review an Agency Questionnaire completed by an Agency for adequacy and completeness. Solicit approval from the appropriate RRC Chief Financial Manager and submit the completed request to Accounting Services for processing.
Fiscal agent ensures that the Agency will receive regularly issued University financial reports, so that it is aware of the balance receivable from or payable to the University and is afforded the opportunity to review transactional detail for correctness.
Fiscal agent explains sizable and/or continuing deficits and the process by which the deficits will be resolved.
Pay the administrative fee if the department has waived any assessed fees for the applicable agency fund’s chartstrings.
Monitor and oversee activities within the agency fund’s chartstrings. Advise the Office of General Counsel if the Agency is not adhering to University policies and procedures, or the terms and conditions in its contract.
Office of General Counsel (OGC)
Determine whether a contract is appropriate.
Develop a contract that governs the relationship between the University of Minnesota and the Agency.
Consult with Accounting Services regarding proper accounting treatment before agency fund designation is negotiated or becomes part of a contract.
Recommend appropriate action if the terms of the agreement are not being followed.
Verify compliance with the financial terms of the contract via an annual review of the status of the contract.
Resource Responsibility Center (RRC) / Chief Financial Manager (CFM)
Review and approve the Agency Questionnaire before submission to Accounting Services.
Respond to follow-up requests for information that could originate from either Accounting Services or the Office of General Counsel.
Review the proposed operating budget and confirm that the sources of funding are appropriate and consistent with University policies.
Monitor the agency fund’s chartstrings for deficits and appropriate usage.
Board of Regents Policy: Associated Organizations
Administrative Policy: Reconciling and Verifying General Ledger Accounts and Other Financial Information
The Framing Principles on the University's Relationship with and Oversight of Associated Organizations
The University's Chart of Accounts Manual
GASB 14, The Financial Reporting Entity
GASB 34, Basic Financial Statements - and Management's Discussion and Analysis - for State and Local Governments
GASB 39, Determining Whether Certain Organizations are Component Units
GASB 61, The Financial Reporting Entity: Omnibus—An Amendment of GASB Statements No. 14 and No. 34
November 2017 - Comprehensive Review: Wording clarification, edits to definitions based on wording in policy, procedure, and related questionnaire; change of order to the OGC and Accounting Services routing order of approval.
August 2012 - Comprehensive Review, Minor Revision: Clarifies that departments, colleges, and units may serve as fiscal agents, if approved by Accounting Services.
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← TRUMP, MISOGYNY & RACISM: TRUDEAU’S PECULIAR SILENCE
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TRUDEAU, HYPOCRISY AND THE REST OF US
Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing. — Edmund Burke
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent, it is hypocrisy. — Arthur Schopenhauer
If one were to ask a neophyte politician why he/she entered politics, we would likely hear something similar to the following: “I want to give something back”; “I believe I can make a difference”; “It’s time for a change”. From this we are to glean that he or she is just the one who can deliver.
These folk may even believe it and hope their supporters will as well. And if, years later, we were to revisit them, now seasoned politicos, no longer dewy-eyed, perhaps even a bit jaded after years on the hustings, we were to ask the same question, they would likely respond in a similar vein, no longer believing any of it this time but still hoping their supporters will — again and again. The voter seldom disappoints and, federally, never. He hears variations of the same promises from all sides looking remarkably alike, casts his vote which delivers the same outcome from whichever side wins and always, always, from the same two parties that have ever governed the Nation. The voter seems incapable of noting let alone giving credence to the third or fourth parties in the room. They will listen politely but will always be lured to those offering the shinier trinkets of vague promises promoted with unctuous bombast. That is how they have always voted and will likely always vote. Change? Come every election, voters are told they want change, will say they want change but, in the end, will do what they have always done, opt for one of the two heads on the same coin. All that changes is the name of party: Liberal or Conservative. The sad reality is the voter is too timid, too easily threatened or just too stupid to do any other than what he has always done: better the devil one knows.
It’s a filthy business. Everyone, with few exceptions, touched by politics, and that means everyone, are always on the look out for the main chance: what’s in it for me? One may enter the field as innocently as any lamb with intentions pure and noble but it doesn’t take much to turn him into another slavering wolf. There is no benefit to being innocent and even less a lamb. Besides, let’s face it, going into politics for any other reason than to grab power, to hold on to it and coming out ahead is a mugs game best left for idealists who, inexplicably, believe people are basically good and deserve good in turn. What a crock! Integrity, honesty, the ability to experience shame is for suckers. But don’t ask any successful politician, he’ll smile, pat you on the back oozing, simply oozing sincerity denying that that is so and may even point to himself as refutation of that canard, smiling, brazenly daring you to deny that he is an honest man. Of course he is, you’ll agree, you know the game, you’re a player as well. When he leaves, look to see if he’s rubbing his hands smiling, smiling, smiling. It might be wise to check for your wallet.
It is unlikely that no one believed this more than Stephen Harper and his gang, many of whom now sit in opposition denouncing what they once proselytized while the Liberals, sitting where the Conservatives once sat seek to do exactly what they previously denounced.
SURE, HE’S A HYPOCRITE BUT DOES ANYONE CARE?
In politics, hypocrisy is nothing from which to shy away and is, in fact, almost de rigueur. Decency and integrity, while noble sentiments are just sentiments and tend only to be hindrances to the main goal and chance. The reality is never as inviting as the promise. The promise need not be substantial, better it is not for, if broken, abandoned, or found impractical, it may come back to haunt one if too heavily invested in by the voting public; better the promise be flimsy, unimportant but shiny, glittery and easy to fulfill; if not, the one making the promises must be mostly handsome packaging and full of fervent offerings that need only be symbolic: declare oneself a feminist; call oneself a friend of the First Nations peoples; scream that Human Rights is a priority. The symbolic requires no real commitment, just a lot of hot button words, grand empty gestures, and more promises, perhaps a concrete move of little consequence, the removal of a name from a public building, say, but nothing big or costly yet reaping huge rewards while appeasing those whose votes you seek. Just keep to the grand and empty, to the loud and flowery; they’ll sound great to the dumb and dumber more easily moved to tears by the gorgeous, sweet-talking eye-candy politicos before them than by images of homeless, starving, brutalized, dying, or dead strangers half a world away.
If anyone in politics today knows that, it is Justin Trudeau and his gang. He is a winner in the world of phonies, but sadly, he is not alone.
I will not say “all” politicians are liars and hypocrites for that is too sweeping an indictment, but I daresay “most” would be accurate. Trudeau is more adept than most in both areas prone to loud pronouncements promising the moon which seldom seem to stand up, as with electoral reform which Trudeau, full of rodomontade, proclaimed would be the end of first-past-the-post elections while keeping to himself his preferred choice of reform and what steps he would take if the end result did not meet his wants and expectations. He is, in fact, a master of the dubious and empty follow through, committed to nothing but his own desires, wants and expectations. He did not fret the consequences of his betrayal nor was there need; he knew his fans, for that’s all they are and that was all he needed. Charm and smarm, of which he possesses in plentitude, will suffice he believed. He was right. He is the golden boy and, for now, untouchable. If his supporters see the cracks and smell the hint of rot, they ignore them or do not care. None of it matters. He breaks a key election promise; he accepts gifts in the way of a free helicopter ride from a wealthy family friend whose foundation receives millions from Canadians with promises of more; he and his ministers attend fundraisers put on by the very people who stand to benefit from their decisions. That’s real conflict of interest but, what the hell, who cares? Trudeau himself met secretly with wealthy businessmen from China at a private fundraiser and lied about it when he said there was no discussion of business interests before the government (only later did he admit there had been); he turns his back on Human Rights as a priority and, while declaring himself a feminist, fails to condemn another leader for misogynistic utterances and is disturbingly silent on what his own minister of international trade, Chrystia Freeland, has condemned as “ethnic cleansing” of the Rohingya people in Myanmar. None of this touches him or his legions of fans. They simply do not care.
Make no mistake: Trudeau is as closed, secretive, and hypocritical as the worst of politicians. The preceding paragraph clearly demonstrates how he even betrayed himself when he turned his back on his own mandate in the form of letters to his ministers when he declared:
I expect Canadians to hold us accountable for delivering these commitments, and I expect all ministers to do their part – individually and collectively – to improve economic opportunity and security for Canadians.
We have committed to an open, honest government that is accountable to Canadians, lives up to the highest ethical standards, and applies the utmost care and prudence in the handling of public funds. I expect you to embody these values in your work and observe the highest ethical standards in everything you do. When dealing with our Cabinet colleagues, Parliament, stakeholders, or the public, it is important that your behaviour and decisions meet Canadians’ well-founded expectations of our government. I want Canadians to look on their own government with pride and trust.
As Minister, you must ensure that you are aware of and fully compliant with the Conflict of Interest Act and Treasury Board policies and guidelines. You will be provided with a copy of Open and Accountable Government to assist you as you undertake your responsibilities. I ask that you carefully read it and ensure that your staff does so as well. I draw your attention in particular to the Ethical Guidelines set out in Annex A of that document, which apply to you and your staff. As noted in the Guidelines, you must uphold the highest standards of honesty and impartiality, and both the performance of your official duties and the arrangement of your private affairs should bear the closest public scrutiny. This is an obligation that is not fully discharged by simply acting within the law. Please also review the areas of Open and Accountable Government that we have expanded or strengthened, including the guidance on non-partisan use of departmental communications resources and the new code of conduct for exempt staff. – Excerpt from Trudeau Government Mandate
• Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries must ensure that political fundraising activities or considerations do not affect, or appear to affect, the exercise of their official duties or the access of individuals or organizations to government.
• There should be no preferential access to government, or appearance of preferential access, accorded to individuals or organizations because they have made financial contributions to politicians and political parties.
• There should be no singling out, or appearance of singling out, of individuals or organizations as targets of political fundraising because they have official dealings with Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries, or their staff or departments. – Excerpt from Trudeau Open and Accountable Government GuidelinesHigh-minded words rendered meaningless in light of the behaviour of Trudeau and a few of his ministers.
HE DID SO PROMISE A ROSE GARDEN
So why was Justin Trudeau, who has and continues to fail and disappoint at almost every level, elected in the first place? Surely it had to be for reasons more substantial than his good looks, his charm, his beautiful wife and children and the legacy of his father as an intellectual progressive that gave us our first taste of Trudeaumania that quickly waned with marriage and the stark reality of the October Crisis and imposition of the War Measures Act. It was not just the young who voted for the son enraptured by his youth and oozing, simply oozing sincerity, but also those old timers who where there when Trudeau père shone as his son now does, their memories, perhaps aided by the passage of time, offering a picture slightly burnished where Pierre’s popularity slipped from soaring adulation to bitter denunciation only to return a few years later to one of resigned acceptance: he was a familiar face that wasn’t the worst that was on offer at the time. Hardly a sufficient enough reason to pick one for the role of Prime Minister yet a far better justification than on display years later by the artful performance of the son when apparently good looks, lots of hair and too many feel-good grand promises, too grand to be convincing let alone believed, were, it seems, more than sufficient to elect a man who has proven himself a crafty phony time-and-again.
It is not only that he has turned, happily turned, his back on electoral reform and Human rights, though they play huge roles in my feelings towards him, it is that he won his victory through guile which, of course, one expects of politicians, passing himself not just as an anti-Harper personae but also as a progressive and someone who was truly different and for the better. He is none of these. Rather, Trudeau is a shell of light pleasantries and soothing blandishments, a husk of cloying sincerity that appears overdone, false, and, at times, of extreme bad taste. Symbolic gestures and hollow, high-minded words are emblematic of his character and his governance. That is the Trudeau the world sees. But under that benign smile and sickening sincerity is a cold, calculating, pragmatic, dishonest, manipulative, scheming, ruthless and opportunistic being who rivals anyone in the world of politics at its worst. The surface may be appealing, but it’s the content of the package that should really concern us. This is a man who finds little difficulty in shaking hands and doing trade deals with thugs and murderers; like Harper and the Harper gang, it is all about the wealth and health of Business and a few tokens to appease those to whom he devotes so, so many words: the First Nations peoples and the “middle class”.
AND DELIVERED A PILE OF…
In 2014, Trudeau suspended two Liberal MPs after allegations of sexual harassment in separate incidences were levelled against them. No charges were brought against the two who denied the allegations. Their careers in ruins, the two left the party in the expectation they would be permanently expelled. Compare that to Trudeau’s treatment of Calgary Liberal MP Darshan Kang recently faced with allegations of sexual misconduct which he has denied. Opposition members called on Trudeau to demand Kang’s resignation or to expel him from caucus until there was a complete investigation. Trudeau did neither and, when Kang finally did resign from caucus, Trudeau refused to say if he had pushed the MP to do so. Why was Trudeau’s behaviour so decisive in the first instance and less apparent in this? Alberta has elected only four Liberal MPs. Could the loss of one member explain Trudeau’s peculiar foot dragging?
Trudeau has made much of his “feminism” pointing to his cabinet. I question it. When given an opportunity (at least twice) to condemn the recorded misogynistic mouthings of Trump that came to light during the American campaign, Trudeau refused to do so.
Trudeau’s failure in Human Rights, which he claimed a priority during his campaign, is even more egregious, not only because of his signing off on the Light-Armoured trade deal with Human Rights abuser Saudi Arabia but also because of his eager, whole-hearted commitment to expand trade with China. No doubt the friendships he developed with many Chinese millionaire/billionaires during his many secret fundraising endeavours has gone a long way to smoothing the path of his courtship of China. As with Stephen Harper, all other considerations take a back seat when trade and Big Business are involved.
Human Rights? Why is Trudeau’s response close to mute on the crisis taking place in Myanmar? Why is he refusing to call out Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor (similar to role of Prime Minister), Nobel Peace Prize winner and honorary Canadian citizen for her silence on what Chrystia Freeland, international trade minister, echoing the UN, has called “ethnic cleansing” of Rohingya Muslims in Burma? In September 21, while addressing the UN, he spoke only of domestic matters, condemning Canada’s role in the treatment of First Nations peoples and even, ridiculously, referring to his plans at tax reform. Again, offered the opportunity to condemn what was happening outside of Canada, the matter of the persecuted Rohingya, the war of words between Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jung-un, he kept mum. It was a peculiar performance unbefitting a world leader. While his comments on indigenous matters was accurate and blunt, that was solely for public consumption at home; why use that opportunity to speak on domestic affairs to which the UN plays no role? Besides, while big on talk, what has Trudeau’s Liberals accomplished these past two years regarding the indigenous community regarding housing, teen suicide, jobs, and infrastructure? Why are close to 200 First Nations communities without clean, let alone safe, drinking water? His appearance at the UN was about self-aggrandizement and symbolic platitudes and sound bites. Human Rights? While he offers a shameless display of babbittry for the folks at home, he reveals his concerns have everything to do with promoting and protecting trade, business interests and the Liberal brand. Immediately following his UN speech, he took time to respond to questions from the media. He was asked to comment on Trump’s threat in response to North Korea’s militaristic actions. “It is not my job to opine on the policies of the United States”! That was essentially the same answer he gave regarding the release of Trump’s vile utterances regarding the groping of women. This is not a leader speaking. That is man concerned with the preservation of his image and not making waves lest he disturbs and raises the ire of the red-haired loony south of us who might, just might, retaliate economically.
Feminism? Human Rights? Recently, Ralph Goodale, public safety minister, speaking for the government has outlined revamped rules regarding information obtained through torture. Canada will now embrace information gathered through torture while disavowing complicity to the torture by foreign, presumably allied, states if there is reason to believe Canada is a risk. Pretty broad guidelines with no clear terms of reference. “We were guided by the government’s commitment to keep Canadians safe and uphold Canada’s commitments to human rights and the rule of law,” he said (Kathleen Harris, CBC News, September 25, 2017). Typically, the Trudeau mob wants it both ways, keeping their hands clean while others do the dirty work. Not complicit? I don’t know. Seems to me a pretty clear sign of commitment if one remains silent regarding a criminal act and knowingly takes advantage to gain by it.
Different? Better? Open? Transparent? Well, that was the promise.
It is unfortunate that style over substance is the name of today’s game. During the last election, the NDP was clearly seen as a real contender. They could have, they should have, they didn’t. The Liberals and NDP pulled a switcheroo, the Liberals stealing from the left and the left surrendering as it raced to the centre. That worked well, didn’t it. Today, as the NDP is about to pick its new leader, it seems prepared to take a page from Trudeau, opting for charisma and vague utterances over substance. Jagmeet Singh looks good, speaks well and certainly presents himself as a contender as during his last appearance with his rivals before the leadership vote. He made his appearance running out from the wings and bouncing on stage waving his hands in the air as he jogged in place, a huge contingent of supporters behind him. My God, this was the great NDP hope. But what is his platform? For what does he stand? It is all vague,Trudeau light and I have had enough of Trudeau.
Politics has been reduced to a garish show of eye-candy and little more. Where are the big ideas and the big, fulfilled, promises? If the NDP picks Singh, the message is clear: the old guard, the stalwarts of the party are no longer needed or wanted. It is all about winning and if betrayal is part of the package, so be it. All those youthful and hopeful folks who voted for Trudeau were betrayed by an image and a promise never meant to be true or honoured. Will the NDP take that route? Looks like it.
There is no honour. There is no belief. There is no hope. There are only winners and losers and we, who put them in office, are just ancillary adjuncts wooed and stroked only to be ignored when the race is over until needed next election.
Trudeau and all the gang on all sides may be hypocrites but what does that say about the rest of us?
NOTE: I wish to thank all my readers and those who wrote me, in particular Pamela MacNeil, whose words, wisdom and support encouraged me to continue writing probably for much longer than I should have. I would have liked to have heard from more of you. I may return, likely will, but, for now, for a few months at least, I will take my leave. I have nothing new to say or to add and I haven’t, I believe, for some time. Thank you.
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thnkfryrslf | October 8, 2017 at 7:02 pm
I attended the first ballot count for the NDP leadership. I was greatly disappointed. It was not the NDP party members who for the most part voted for Jagmeet Singh. It was thousands of Sikhs, who were recruited as new members and thus could vote for Jagmeet. Patrick Brown did the same thing, by recruiting 40k new members from the Tamil and sikh communities he became the leader of the Conservative party. This is nothing short of rigging the leadership vote.The NDP leadership candidates of substance and experience, including in the House were sidelined.
The MSM is wrong. Jagmeet Singh is not a threat to Trudeau. He’s being held up as a progressive with charm and appearance that can challenge Trudeau. What was needed was a leader who understood the neoliberal policies that Trudeau implements behind closed doors. Trudeau needs to be confronted and exposed in the house about his turning Canadian governence over to special interest financial and military elites domestically and globally, putting the neocons who are Trudeau’s main advisors in charge.
Charlie Angus who really understands Trudeau’s neoliberal policies and the deception he is engaging in when he lies to Canadians about the true nature of these policies is who would have challenged Trudeau and in doing so may have become our next PM. As it stands now Trudeau may very well get another majority in the next election and if he does, our country is doomed. The real Justin Trudeau is a corporate lackey who has turned Canadian foreign policy totally over to the dictates of the U.S. He has betrayed the Canadian public on a scale never witnessed by any past prime ministers. By the time Canadians figure it out, it will be to late.
Frank A. Pelaschuk | October 8, 2017 at 9:38 pm
I agree re Singh & Trudeau. As to my preferred choice, well, it was a toss up but I preferred Ashton to Angus. The NDP has opted to winning over principles. That’s a losing strategy. Why go for Trudeau-light when voters can opt for the real deal if anything about Trudeau is real. Thanks again, Pamela. I’m taking time off for a few months at least.
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Man with diabetes had to have his leg amputated because of benefit sanctions
Written by Kitty S Jones
David Boyce
Photo courtesy of the Manchester Evening News.
David Boyce has diabetes. He was sanctioned for five months by the Department for Work and Pensions, which meant he had no money whatsoever to meet his basic needs. As a result, he had to sell his belongings, but couldn’t afford to eat properly and subsequently had to have his leg amputated, as his medical condition spiralled out of control. A healthy diet is essential as part of the management and treatment for diabetes.
David was a photographer who used to own a business, but was forced to give up his work because of ill-health. There was a dispute with the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) about his jobseeker’s agreement and he was sanctioned numerous times.
David said that his benefits were frozen fourteen times because of “issues with paperwork.”
However, it’s clear that the sanctions happened because of a flawed decision-making process on the part of the DWP and he won an appeal which successfully overturned every sanction, with support from Salford’s Unemployed and Community Resource Centre. He was eventually awarded the money that had been wrongfully withheld from him
The government have claimed that benefit sanctions are an “incentive” to “help” people like David into work. However, David has been pushed even further away from the job market, because he’s now been left with a greater degree of disability: horrifically, the sanctions have cost him his leg.
David said that by July, complications from diabetes had already caused irreversible damage. His health deteriorated because he had no money to live on: he couldn’t control his insulin intake and was unable to follow his strict diabetic diet.
Subsequently he suffered diabetic ulcers and was diagnosed with the flesh-eating infection, necrotizing fasciitis, and doctors were forced to amputate one of his legs.
He told the Manchester Evening News: “I suffered from depression and mental anxiety. I’m not a rich man. I had to sell everything to eat.
You don’t tell anyone, it’s embarrassing, that’s what they prey on.
You go into a depression. You lock yourself away.”
David Boyce’s tragic case was revealed as protesters gathered to demonstrate against the extremely punitive and irrational Jobcentre conditionality rules and welfare sanctions.
Campaigners gathered at Eccles Job Centre this week to protest against the immoral benefits sanctions. They said that scores of people were being left depressed and on the verge of suicide.
David’s horrific experience is not an isolated case, sadly. Many campaigners have reasonably demanded an inquiry since the death of former soldier David Clapson, who also had diabetes. David died of ketoacidosis because he couldn’t take his insulin. He was also starving, after being sanctioned for missing a single Job Centre meeting. The coroner said that he hadn’t eaten for at least three days prior to his death. David was unable to afford to maintain an electricity supply to keep his fridge running, where he ordinarily safely stored his life-saving insulin.
The government have been presented with many other cases of extreme hardship and suffering because of sanctions, but they simply deny there is any “causal link” between the negative impacts, distress and deaths and their policies, despite the ever-growing and distressing evidence to the contrary. There is no evidence that there isn’t a “causal link” either. To establish such a link requires an inquiry and further investigation of the already established correlation between the government’s policies and adverse impacts. If the government are so confident that their claim is right, then surely an inquiry would provide a welcomed verification of this.
As it is, the government’s refusal to research and investigate the link is simply oppressive, and their claims fly in the face of established research and longstanding empirical evidence which shows that punishing people who are already experiencing hardship cannot possibly “incentivise” them to look for work, since we know that if someone cannot meet their basic survival needs (such as the physiological necessities of food, fuel and shelter), then they cannot meet higher level psychosocial needs, including looking for work.
Salford Unemployed and Community Resource Centre manager, Alec McFadden, said the DWP had imposed “unachievable” requirements for those in receipt of benefits.
McFadden added: “Illegal benefit sanctions need to be stopped and we will continue to use the law against these dangerous and illegal actions that bringing stress and the threat of suicide to so many people.”
A DWP spokesman said: “Sanctions are an important part of our benefits system and it is right that there is a system in place for tackling those few who do not fulfil their commitment to find work.
They are only used in a very small percentage of cases, and the number of sanctions has fallen substantially in the last year.”
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30 thoughts on “Man with diabetes had to have his leg amputated because of benefit sanctions”
bad putty tat (@BadPutty) says:
“Sanctions are only used in a very small percentage of cases, and the number of sanctions has fallen substantially in the last year.”
Pull the other other one!
nld01 says:
Reblogged this on Nathan Lee Davies.
diabolicalme says:
Hi Sue, it’s ketone (not keytone – sounds musical!), and the life-threatening, body-poisoning state is called ketoacidosis. I’m Type 1 diabetic. Incidentally, I had my ESA stopped completely for a month with no warning recently, due to not returning my ESA50 by the original due date DESPITE my nurse (whilst in hospital whilst suicidal) AND my benefits advisor twice being assured by DWP my money would carry on being paid and I would be given a 2 week extension to return the form, after discharge from hospital. 3 separate promises to 2 different professionals, all documented at the time. On 2 counts I am a vulnerable claimant – high suicide risk and insulin dependent diabetic, all in my notes at DWP – and yet against assurances to the contrary on 3 separate occasions, the DWP just stopped my money completely. My welfare advice agency is putting in a formal complaint, they are absolutely disgusted at how I was treated.
Kitty S Jones says:
Thanks, I knew it didn’t look right, but couldn’t think why – that’s what happens when you write early hours of the day… and a little hypoglycaemic….
Yes, you were definitely treated disgustingly badly. I hope you get an apology and some compensation. Unfortunately you are far from alone in experiencing this kind of treatment.
mohandeer says:
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The employees at DWP must have hearts of stone to carry out such punitive sanctions, this like many of the other terrible cases makes for upsetting reading that turns the stomach, thanks for highlighting Kitty.
This makes me so angry. I’d bloody well like to go and amputate one leg from each cabinet minister. I hope this man can sue the DWP. Although no amount of money can bring his leg back or undo the stress this has caused.
Barry Davies says:
The whole idea of incentivising people who can’t work into getting a job by sanctioning them or refusing any help is ridiculous, all it does is lead to increased ill health, placing more stress on the NHS, and in some cases death, perhaps the latter is what the government want to cut the unemployment figures.
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Pro-Porn PhD’s Deny Porn-induced ED by Claiming Masturbation Is the Problem
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In the last year, an audacious red herring has insinuated itself into the tweets and blogs of some AASECT sexologists: the notion that PIED (porn-induced erectile dysfunction) is caused by masturbation. Without offering any scientific support, this band of porn-apologists has determined to persuade us that porn is not behind the recent rise of coital ED in online porn enthusiasts (Gotta be anything but porn, right?). So far off the mark is the suggestion that waxing the one-eyed wonder weasel is the culprit, that if you see anyone proposing it as the cause of youthful ED you can be confident that you’re dealing with a propagandist pushing a pro-porn agenda (or someone who has been misinformed by such a person).
Why is this claim so, well, fishy? First, true sexuality experts never claim that tugging the slug causes youthful ED. Certainly urologists, the frontline experts in men’s sexual health, don’t. The fact is, virtually no one in the history of modern sexology (save these few brash sexologists) has ever suggested masturbation causes chronic erectile dysfunction in young men.
While these propagandists are purposely vague in describing exactly how stroking the poker might produce chronic ED in otherwise healthy young men, the only logical conclusion is that they’re suggesting that masturbation is causing trauma so severe that those injured cannot achieve an erection. In effect, the propagandists are blaming the tremendous rise in youthful ED on traumatic masturbation. Trouble is, trauma so severe that young men cannot achieve an erection is a type of organic ED (easily diagnosed by healthcare givers). While there are several studies indicating a 500-1000% increase in ED in men under 40, no study suggests severe tissue damage is behind this tremendous rise. There’s absolutely no evidence for such a claim.
Most men with porn-induced ED can still get an erection with porn
Most men with porn-induced ED can achieve an erection and masturbate to climax just fine…as long as they’re viewing internet porn. This fact alone debunks the fairytale that traumatic masturbation habits are behind the tremendous rise in inexplicable ED. If a guy can achieve an erection with porn, but goes limp without it, that’s porn-induced ED. It’s not organic ED.
If you are wondering if your (or your partner’s) sluggish or absent erections during partnered sex are a consequence of porn use, try a test recently proposed by doctors for men under 40 with otherwise unexplained ED:
Observe your erection when masturbating alone with internet porn. On another occasion, try it without porn. If you can easily achieve your goals with internet pornography, but not without it, then your sexual dysfunctions may be associated with its use.
How could “masturbation habits” produce withdrawal symptoms or the “flatline”?
Nearly every man with porn-induced ED reports a similar constellation of physical and psychological symptoms when they stop porn use/masturbation. Most report varying degrees of withdrawal symptoms such as agitation, anxiety, insomnia, lethargy, depression, mood swings, brain fog, and severe cravings to view porn.
Within 1-2 weeks, most men experience what is called the “flatline”: severe loss of libido accompanied by perceived decreases in genital sensation or size. The flatline can last a few weeks to several months. In young men the flatline can be intermittent. In the last 2 years some young men have reported “flatlines” that linger for 1-3 years. How could such symptoms be caused by masturbation? They can’t.
ED isn’t caused by masturbation, but delayed ejaculation might be related to certain habits
Although many young porn users have never cranked the shank without porn, masturbation and porn use must be considered separately in order to reveal the correct etiology (cause) of particular sexual dysfunctions. Delayed ejaculation (difficulty climaxing with a partner), as contrasted with ED, may be partially related to masturbation style, such as edging for hours or death-grip without lube.
However, absent underlying organic or psychological problems, erections and sexual arousal are not problems in youthful masturbators unless they are using porn. Similarly, regardless of masturbation style, conditioning one’s sexuality to aspects of porn viewing can lead to difficulties climaxing with a partner.
It’s vital to keep separate the origins of today’s sexual dysfunctions, lest sufferers overlook the role of supernormally stimulating porn in their difficulties.
Although masturbation has been touted as beneficial for decades, 15 years ago erectile dysfunction rates (with partners) were negligible (2-5%) in sexually active men under 40. Since the advent of streaming porn, researchers report rates as high as 30% in this same age group. Rates of low libido and research correlating porn use with sexual and relationship problems have also soared.
Younger men, who presumably have been polishing the rocket for fewer years than older men, often need longer to recover normal desire for real partners and normal sexual function than men whose sexual template formed prior to the advent of streaming porn in 2007 (regardless of masturbation frequency). This suggests that porn-conditioning, especially in youngsters, is contributing to youthful sexual dysfunctions. A striking bit of evidence that internet porn is the key variable comes from an Italian study in which high school seniors were asked about low sexual desire. 16% of those who used Internet pornography more than once a week reported low sexual desire, compared with 0% in non-consumers.
When has masturbation ever caused a 9-month refractory period in twenty-somethings?
Never. Undaunted by reality, some porn-apologist sexologists assert that unprecedented youthful ED is “just a refractory period” (the brief, natural downtime after ejaculation). Really? Why then are some young men needing months and months without masturbation to porn to recover? Why are they reporting abnormally low attraction for real partners? Why can they get erections to internet porn, but not without it?
Still other sexologists doggedly parrot the outdated assumption that all youthful ED with partners is solely “performance anxiety.” Yet if a young man cannot masturbate without porn in private – but can perform just fine masturbating privately with internet porn, isn’t it a bit premature to conclude his issue is “anxiety about performance?” Is he “anxious when performing” with his own hand?
Where is the scientific evidence to support either of these bald assertions?
Yet another AASECT sexologist writes that to find out what’s really going on he, “would like to see a study where young men watch porn and don’t masturbate.” What can he be thinking? If the goal is to find out what’s really going on, wouldn’t a better study design compare internet porn users with ED to men who have never (or very rarely) used internet porn when masturbating?
Or even better, have young porn users with unexplained ED eliminate porn use for an extended time and monitor the results (compared with porn-using controls). If their ED remits, then porn is the cause. That’s what researchers did in the first few studies on this page. In line with these studies, YBOP has collected thousands self-reports by men who have healed sexual dysfunctions by giving up internet porn.
There is no support whatsoever for the claim that the “real” problem behind unprecedented youthful ED is masturbation rather than online (or VR) porn. Physiologically, how could good ole do-it-yourself pleasuring explain changes in some users’ sexual templates that are so profound that encounters with real partners are no longer arousing? How could they explain the alarmingly long recovery times some young men are reporting?
Stubborn, undesired alterations to biological arousal patterns indicate the presence of alterations to the sexual centers of the brain. Masturbation mechanics alone can’t account for them. Those affected have, in effect, inadvertently re-conditioned their sexuality (retrained their brains) by means of today’s supernormally stimulating streaming (and virtual reality) porn.
In contrast to the “masturbation causes ED” theory, there’s considerable scientific support for the “sexual template altered by supernormally stimulating porn” hypothesis. See the next section, and the list on this page.
What do responsible experts say?
Medical doctors around the world are addressing the reality of porn’s influence, reporting the difficulties their patients are facing, and theorizing about how such grave, unprecedented sexual dysfunctions could develop in men under 40. Consider the following:
In a 2016 paper published in Sexologies psychiatrist Robert Porto, MD, President of the European Federation of Sexology, stated (repeatedly) that masturbation is, “harmless and even helpful.” However, when excessive and accompanied by cyber-pornography use, it “has been seen to play a role in the etiology of certain types of erectile dysfunction or coital anejaculation.” Porto’s study reports on 35 patients with these severe sexual dysfunctions, 19 of whom regained satisfactory sexual activity after extensive treatment. Incidentally, porn users who are not addicted are also at risk for developing porn-related sexual dysfunctions.
Is Internet Pornography Causing Sexual Dysfunctions? A Review with Clinical Reports (2016), a team of doctors, including both urologists and psychiatrists, reviewed extensive scientific literature as well as three case reports. Citing internet porn’s unique properties (limitless novelty, potential for easy escalation to more extreme material, video format, etc.) they proposed that it may be potent enough to condition sexual arousal to aspects of internet porn use that do not readily transition to real-life partners. The doctors suggested further study of key brain changes associated with addition/sexual conditioning using comparisons of viewers with abstaining viewers. (Note: this paper also formally critiques two sexology papers purporting to “debunk” porn-induced ED.)
Urologist Tarek Pacha delivered a presentation to his fellow doctors at the American Urological Association’s 2016 annual conference in San Diego, CA, entitled, “Pornography induced erectile dysfunction (PIED): Understanding the scope, science, and treatment.”
To date, 100+ studies link porn use to sexual problems, lower arousal to sexual stimuli, and poorer sexual and relationship satisfaction.
In addition to the above studies, this page contains articles and videos by over 130 experts (urology professors, urologists, psychiatrists, psychologists, sexologists, MDs) who acknowledge and have successfully treated porn-induced ED and porn-induced loss of sexual desire.
Below this piece, you can see an excerpt and discussion about a review by a neuroscientist/MD, which demonstrates why “controlling for masturbation” is unnecessary.
Growing evidence suggests that men under 40 with unprecedented, otherwise unexplained ED have conditioned their climaxes to aspects of internet/virtual-reality porn that have little to do with partnered sex. Again, porn characteristics such as effortless escalation to more extreme material during a viewing session, unending novelty, hyper-arousing delivery formats and so forth, are altering some brains’ sexual templates in ways that cause major sexual dysfunctions, and are challenging to reverse.
There’s also growing evidence that heavy porn users show more evidence of “desensitization,” that is blunted sexual responsiveness. In fact, it’s not unusual for those who recover (by leaving digital porn behind) to report that orgasm and sexual activity begin to feel more pleasurable. Before they quit, it’s likely much of their arousal comes from anticipation of using (in response to cues associated with porn use) and seeking sexual novelty – rather than masturbation itself (which many report is easier to quit than porn-viewing). In addicts, dopamine rises higher for cues than it does for actual use. This can drive escalation in digital porn users.
In short, it’s the search for a buzz that drives overuse (and related problems). And that buzz increasingly comes from porn cues and porn-seeking – not from masturbation (in heavy users). This reality reveals the shortsightedness of the suggestion that “whacking it is the problem.”
Enjoy irony?
This current campaign to confuse porn consumers about the underlying cause of their ED is being carried out by pro-porn sexologists, including some trained at the Kinsey Institute. Ironically, it was Kinsey sexologists who first recognized and publicized the phenomena of porn-induced low desire and reduced sexual responsiveness!
In 2007, Kinsey researchers reported that half of subjects recruited from bars and bathhouses, where video pornography was “omnipresent,” were unable to achieve erections in the lab in response to video porn. In talking to the subjects, researchers discovered that high exposure to pornography videos apparently resulted in lower responsivity and an increased need for more extreme, specialized or “kinky” material to become aroused. The researchers even redesigned their study to include more varied clips and permit some self-selection. A quarter of the participants’ genitals still did not respond normally.
The researchers in that study certainly did not suggest that masturbation style or frequency explained the weak erections! They pointed instead to the omnipresent porn and variety – which was uniquely present in the bars where they gathered their subjects even before streaming online porn was widely available. Sadly, and irresponsibly, they chose not to investigate this unsettling, novel phenomenon further.
Were they and their colleagues so firmly persuaded that “sex positivity” requires pro-porn denial of severe sexual dysfunctions like chronic ED and abnormally low desire that they not only refused to research this phenomenon, but now try to mislead us by insisting that bopping the bologna, not porn use, causes sexual dysfunction?
Bottom line: Humanity urgently needs researchers who will use sound science (and neuroscience) to investigate human sexuality and the effects of today’s unique sexual environment. Not propagandists serving up red herrings.
For now, common sense (and the existing solid research) must serve. As a recovery forum member commented:
How are people so unaware of Porn-Induced ED? There are ads for boner pills all over every page of every porn website. The porn company profits on every click you make along the way to breaking your dick (and they KNOW you are breaking your dick, thus all the boner pill ads everywhere) and then they profit off your boner pill clicks as well. It’s rather like Philip Morris, while profiting off of your online cigarette orders, having ads for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease meds and lung transplants all over the same pages that are selling you the cigarettes, and then profiting again off the clicks you make on behalf of your ruined lungs.
The pro-porn PhD’s who concocted this unsupported talking point
It appears that this meme was created by David Ley and Nicole Prause. In this article Prause comments on a study by medical doctors correlating porn addiction with erectile dysfunction:
Plus, this study hasn’t been peer-reviewed or formally published yet, says Nicole Prause, Ph.D., founder of Liberos, a sex research and biotechnology company in Los Angeles.
And there really is no distinction between whether actual porn is causing sexual dysfunction or if the physical act of masturbation is, she points out.
“People aren’t eating popcorn when they watch porn—they’re masturbating. What that means is, whenever you have a behavior that always occurs with another behavior, you cannot separate the effects of the two,” she explains. “They have no reason to say that the effects they observed are due to porn. They could just as well be due to masturbation. They would have to study that specifically, either in an experiment or statistically remove the effects of masturbation.”
On the same day David Ley tweets the following about the same study:
Frequent use of Porn & masturbation CAN affect your Sex life. But cannot “take control” of you. YOU control you.
Ley followed up with another tweet normalizing chronic ED in young men. Ley was responding to a Guardian article about the tremendous rise in youthful erectile dysfunction (porn being alluded to a possible cause):
“Amen. When I treat ED I invite men to consider the world of sex that doesn’t revolve around their dick.”
Unfortunately for Ley’s clients he refuses to consider porn use as a possible cause of ED in young healthy men. Anything but porn.
What’s going on here with Ley and Prause?
Prause is a former academic with a long history of harassing and defaming authors, researchers, therapists, reporters, men in recovery, Journal editors, multiple organizations, and others who dare to report evidence of harms from internet porn use. Prause is obsessed with debunking PIED, having waged a 3-year war against this academic paper, while simultaneously harassing and libeling young men who have recovered from porn-induced sexual dysfunctions. See documentation: Gabe Deem #1, Gabe Deem #2, Alexander Rhodes #1, Alexander Rhodes #2, Alexander Rhodes #3, Noah Church, Alexander Rhodes #4, Alexander Rhodes #5, Alexander Rhodes #6, Alexander Rhodes #7, Alexander Rhodes #8, Alexander Rhodes #9, Alexander Rhodes#10, Gabe Deem & Alex Rhodes together, Alexander Rhodes#11, Alexander Rhodes #12, Alexander Rhodes #13.
She appears to be quite cozy with the pornography industry, as can be seen from this image of her (far right) on the red carpet of the X-Rated Critics Organization (XRCO) awards ceremony. (According to Wikipedia the XRCO Awards are given by the American X-Rated Critics Organization annually to people working in adult entertainment and it is the only adult industry awards show reserved exclusively for industry members.[1]). It also appears that Prause may have obtained porn performers as subjects through another porn industry interest group, the Free Speech Coalition. The FSC subjects were allegedly used in her hired-gun study on the heavily tainted and very commercial “Orgasmic Meditation” scheme. Prause has also made unsupported claims about the results of her studies and her study’s methodologies. For much more documentation, see: Is Nicole Prause Influenced by the Porn Industry?
Nicole Prause, by her own admission, vehemently rejects the concept of porn addiction. For example, a quote from a Martin Daubney article about sex/porn addictions:
Dr Nicole Prause, principal investigator at the Sexual Psychophysiology and Affective Neuroscience (Span) Laboratory in Los Angeles, calls herself a “professional debunker” of sex addiction.
In addition, Nicole Prause’s former Twitter slogan reveals that she lacks the impartiality required for scientific research:
“Studying why people choose to engage in sexual behaviors without invoking addiction nonsense“
In October, 2015 Prause’s original Twitter account is permanently suspended for harassment.
It should be noted that Nicole Prause offered (for a fee) her “expert” testimony against “sex addiction”.
It seems as though Prause has been selling her services to profit from the claimed anti-porn addiction conclusions of her two EEG studies (1, 2), even though numerous peer-reviewed critiques say both studies support the addiction model (Steele et al., 2013: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Prause et al., 2015: 1, 2, 3, 4. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9.).
David Ley religiously denies both sex and porn addiction, and has written 30 or so blog posts attacking porn-recovery forums, and dismissing porn addiction and porn-induced ED. In a blatant financial conflict of interest, David Ley is being compensated by porn industry giant X-hamster to promote their websites and to convince users that porn addiction and sex addiction are myths! Specifically, David Ley and the newly formed Sexual Health Alliance (SHA) have partnered with a X-Hamster website (Strip-Chat). See “Stripchat aligns with Sexual Health Alliance to stroke your anxious porn-centric brain“:
The fledgling Sexual health Alliance (SHA) advisory board includes David Ley and two other RealYourBrainOnPorn.com “experts” (Justin Lehmiller & Chris Donahue). RealYBOP is a group of openly pro-porn, self-proclaimed “experts” headed by Nicole Prause. This group is currently engaged in illegal trademark infringement and squatting directed toward the legitimate YBOP. Put simply, those trying to silence YBOP are also being paid by the porn industry to promote its/their businesses, and assure users that porn and cam sites cause no problems (note: Nicole Prause has close, public ties to the porn industry as thoroughly documented on this page).
In this article, Ley dismisses his compensated promotion of the porn industry:
Granted, sexual health professionals partnering directly with commercial porn platforms face some potential downsides, particularly for those who’d like to present themselves as completely unbiased. “I fully anticipate [anti-porn advocates] to all scream, ‘Oh, look, see, David Ley is working for porn,’” says Ley, whose name is routinely mentioned with disdain in anti-masturbation communities like NoFap.
But even if his work with Stripchat will undoubtedly provide fodder to anyone eager to write him off as biased or in the pocket of the porn lobby, for Ley, that tradeoff is worth it. “If we want to help [anxious porn consumers], we have to go to them,” he says. “And this is how we do that.”
Biased? Ley reminds us of the infamous tobacco doctors, and the Sexual health Alliance, the Tobacco Institute.
In addition, David Ley is being paid to debunk porn and sex addiction. At the end of this Psychology Today blog post Ley states:
“Disclosure: David Ley has provided testimony in legal cases involving claims of sex addiction.”
In 2019 David Ley’s new website offered his well-compensated “debunking” services:
David J. Ley, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist and AASECT-certified supervisor of sex therapy, based in Albuquerque, NM. He has provided expert witness and forensic testimony in a number of cases around the United States. Dr. Ley is regarded as an expert in debunking claims of sexual addiction, and has been certified as an expert witness on this topic. He has testified in state and federal courts.
Contact him to obtain his fee schedule and arrange an appointment to discuss your interest.
Ley also profits from selling two books that deny sex and porn addiction (“The Myth of Sex Addiction,” 2012 and “Ethical Porn for Dicks,” 2016). Pornhub (which is owned by porn giant MindGeek) is one of the five back-cover endorsements listed for Ley’s 2016 book about porn:
Note: PornHub was the second Twitter account to retweet RealYBOP’s initial tweet announcing its “expert” website, suggesting a coordinated effort between PornHub and the RealYBOP experts. Wow!
Finally, David Ley makes money via CEU seminars, where he promotes the addiction-deniers’ ideology set forth in his two books (which recklessly ignores hundreds of studies and the significance of the new Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder diagnosis in the World Health Organization’s diagnostic manual). Ley is compensated for his many talks featuring his biased views of porn. In this 2019 presentation Ley appears to support and promote adolescent porn use: Developing Positive Sexuality and Responsible Pornography Use in Adolescents.
The above is just the tip of the Prause and Ley iceberg.
Review by neuroscientist/MD demonstrates why “controlling for masturbation” is unnecessary
As the excerpt below explains neurologically, watching porn is the same as having sex – even if you are not masturbating. This debunks 2 major claims by Prause/Ley:
1) That “porn studies must control for masturbation.” No need to ask about masturbation frequency when watching porn is neurologically akin to masturbation.
2) That “watching porn is really a cue for masturbation.” This is the claim that porn viewing is not the addictive behavior in question; masturbation is the addiction. Why does this matter? Prause’s 2015 EEG study “debunking porn addiction” reported slightly less brain activation in the frequent porn users when viewing images of vanilla porn. Prause said this was the opposite of the addiction model, claiming that watching porn was a cue for masturbation. (Addicts typically have greater brain response to cues for using – e.g., cocaine addicts seeing white powder will respond with more brain activation relative to healthy controls than they will to actual use.) 6 peer-reviewed papers have disagreed with Prause about her conclusion, saying that viewing porn is the addiction, and that Prause’s frequent porn users were desensitized or habituated to vanilla porn – hence reduced brain activation. They were bored. One study disproved her theory directly: Can pornography be addictive? An fMRI study of men seeking treatment for problematic pornography use.
Excerpt from “Functional neuroanatomy of human cortex cerebri in relation to wanting sex and having it“:
In the current conceptual framework, where sexual arousal is part of sexual consummation, having sex does not require physical genital contact either with another individual or masturbatory. Take the example of pornography. Thinking about ways to gain access to it, or actively searching for it, and perhaps experiencing desire during the process, is considered sexual wanting. Watching selected pornographic material, even without masturbation, can be considered “having sex” when there is genital arousal. Likewise, when individuals achieve sexual arousal or even orgasm by sheer mental force (with no external physical contact), this also qualifies as “having sex” (Komisaruk and Whipple, 2011).
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A WWE Royal Rumble 2019 Preview – Who’s Going to Wrestlemania?
Fanboy Wonder
Everybody comes back for the Rumble.
Well, maybe not everybody. But a lot of fans who are turned off by whatever crap WWE starts shoveling at us after Survivor Series, will inevitably check in for the Royal Rumble. If you’re a longtime wrestling fan, it’s ingrained in you. We’re trained to anticipate the Royal Rumble. Specifically, the Royal Rumble Match.
This show could be damn good, all things considered. It’ll be at Chase Field, which could potentially make for a magical vibe. We’ve also got a hot card, including what many consider to be a pair of dream matches. Brock Lesnar vs. Finn Balor and Ronda Rousey vs. Sasha Banks.
So let’s dive in…
FATAL FOUR-WAY MATCH FOR WWE CRUISERWEIGHT TITLE:
Buddy Murphy (c) vs. Akira Tozawa vs. Kalisto vs. Hideo Itami
If it hadn’t been relegated to the pre-show, then this could easily have opened the Rumble. It’s got great car-crash potential. It also gives the challengers a well-deserved chance to shine on a big stage. Particularly Hideo Itami. The days of KENTA seem so very long ago…
Since Mustafa Ali is now getting a push on Smackdown, that throws a monkey wrench into my predictions for the Cruiserweight Title at Wrestlemania. Now it’s anybody’s ball game. A match like this presents a good opportunity to take the belt off Murphy without actually pinning him, which makes me think we’re getting a title switch.
With that in mind, I’ll go with Itami on this one. He seems like the best choice out of the three challengers. Also, I’d be curious to see when his current deal is up. With the big All Elite Wrestling announcement, he might be someone they want to keep happy if there’s a risk of losing him to a budding competitor.
PREDICTION: Hideo Itami
WWE UNITED STATES TITLE MATCH:
Rusev (c) vs. Shinsuke Nakamura
Last year, Nakamura wins the Rumble Match. This year, he’s on the pre-show. If that’s not a statement for how his big push went, I don’t know what is.
That’s really all I’ve got for this one. While I can certainly appreciate two immigrants wrestling for the United States Title in these turbulent times, Nakamura essentially spun his wheels with that belt. Here’s hoping he can find his footing again this year. In the meantime, I see no reason why Rusev should drop it back to him.
PREDICTION: Rusev
WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH:
The Bar (c) vs. Shane McMahon and The Miz
Aw hell, why not? Put the belts on Shane and Miz. It beats putting the Bar against the Usos and the New Day over and over again. Plus, this is obviously a means to an end. They put the titles on Shane and Miz so they can lose them, break up, and have a Wrestlemania match.
Also, giving the titles to Shane and Miz gives a less established team a great opportunity to take them via a screwjob finish. Heavy Machinery, perhaps? Maybe even SAnitY?
PREDICTION: Shane McMahon and The Miz
WWE SMACKDOWN WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH:
Asuka (c) vs. Becky Lynch
This is the match that threw a monkey wrench into a lot of Royal Rumble predictions, mine included. Common sense seemed to indicate that Becky Lynch would enter and win this year’s Women’s Royal Rumble Match, and go on to challenge Ronda Rousey for the Raw Women’s Title at Wrestlemania, possibly with Charlotte Flair in there to make it a three-way. But then they went ahead and put Becky in this match. A match that, creatively speaking, it doesn’t make much sense for her to win. Unless they want to move Ronda over to Smackdown as Becky’s challenger. Come to think of it, that might be easier than somehow moving both Becky and Charlotte over to Raw…
Granted, being in this match doesn’t mean she can’t compete in the Rumble later in the night. It’s certainly been done before on the men’s side of things. But this match has fans guessing, and all things considered, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
It would be a shame to see Asuka lose here, as they just got her back on track. But assuming she is indeed about to headline Wrestlemania, Becky doesn’t need to eat a pinfall either. So I can only assume this match ends with some kind of screwball finish. Maybe Charlotte comes out with a kendo stick and starts beating on people. Either way, I’m thinking this one ends in a disqualification and Asuka goes home with the belt. Where that leaves her at Wrestlemania is anybody’s guess. But I imagine she’ll be walking in with the title.
PREDICTION: Asuka
WWE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH:
Daniel Bryan (c) vs. AJ Styles
This one could go either way. Ever since Bryan got that WWE Championship back, it feels like the Smackdown title picture for Wrestlemania has been anybody’s ball game. There’s no reason AJ Styles can’t win it back, and walk into New Jersey as champion.
But somehow, I just don’t see it. With this new character, it feels like Daniel Bryan’s time. There’s a certain poetic quality to the idea of Bryan walking in with the WWE Championship five years after his big moment at Wrestlemania XXX. So one way or another, I think Bryan keeps the title. It’s just a question of who he defends against…
PREDICTION: Daniel Bryan
WWE RAW WOMEN’S TITLE MATCH:
Ronda Rousey (c) vs. Sasha Banks
It feels like Ronda Rousey is a lot bigger than Sasha Banks, doesn’t it? Physically, I mean. But she really isn’t. Ronda is 5’7, Sasha is 5’5. Ronda supposedly weighs 134, Sasha weighs 117. So while Ronda is indeed larger, I don’t necessarily expect her to chuck Sasha around like a rag doll.
That’s not to say Sasha won’t fly. I expect we’ll see her take more than a few wicked bumps in this match. For better or worse, they’ve become a trademark of hers. One way or another, she’ll pull out all the stops for this one. I don’t know if we should call this one of the biggest matches of her career. But it’s definitely the biggest one she’s had since all those wars with Charlotte.
My opinion about Ronda losing before Wrestlemania has not changed: It ain’t gonna happen. Mind you, it would be a lot of fun to see Sasha pull off a surprise win, possibly due to interference from Becky or Charlotte, and defend against Bayley at Wrestlemania. But in the end, I really think Ronda wins here.
PREDICTION: Ronda Rousey
WWE UNIVERSAL HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH:
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Finn Balor
They pulled a fast one on us here. For whatever reason, Braun Strowman is out and Finn Balor is in. Hell, I ain’t complainin’. This is a match people have wanted to see for a long time. And like Brock’s matches with AJ Styles and Daniel Bryan, I expect it will deliver.
But as it was with the Styles and Bryan matches, the outcome isn’t in doubt here. Brock wins. Still, this is a valuable opportunity for Balor. Since he came back after forfeiting the Universal Title, he’s been struggling to earn himself a full-time spot in that upper echelon of talent. He can use this match to take a giant step forward in that regard. This one should be good.
PREDICTION: Brock Lesnar
2019 WOMEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH:
Please, for the love of God, keep Stephanie McMahon off commentary this year. They actually put the Women’s Rumble Match from last year on YouTube, but I couldn’t force to sit through an hour of her piss poor attempt at announcing. Just put Michael Cole or Tom Phillips with Renee Young and Beth Phoenix.
I count 23 announced participants in this match so far. If you count Trish Stratus and Lita, who will likely be unannounced entries, that brings it to 25. I’m sure we’ll see a few women from NXT and NXT UK. Maybe an entry or two from the Mae Young Classic. And of course, let’s not forget about Becky Lynch. She’s a prime candidate for the number 30 spot.
One woman who deserves to win, but almost certainly won’t? Ember Moon. I wanted them to put her over in the Battle Royal at Evolution. But alas, her number simply hasn’t been called yet. But one day it will. And then she’ll show the world just how damn good she can be. Ruby Riott is in that same boat. With or without the Riott Squad, she’s capable of an amazing performance at a show like Wrestlemania.
As much as I think we’d all love to see Becky enter and win this match, in making my prediction I have to assume that’s not what’s going to happen.
PREDICTION: Charlotte Flair
2019 MEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE MATCH:
One of the caveats going into this match is that John Cena may not be in it anymore. Something about an ankle injury. Maybe it’s a work, maybe it’s not. Kinda sucks, but it’s not like he was winning it anyway.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Bray Wyatt pop up in this match. He’s been gone long enough that he’d qualify as a surprise entrant. Especially if he’s somehow the “new and improved” Bray Wyatt, with a freshened up look or something. Also, while he’s not listed as a participant, it would be a shame to leave EC3 out of this thing. A good performance in a Rumble Match would give him some nice momentum.
Interestingly enough, news broke this week that Abyss and Sonjay Dutt have left Impact Wrestling for WWE. While it doesn’t seem like he’s signing on to be a full-time wrestler, could the “Monster” of TNA wrestling wind up with a surprise appearance in the Royal Rumble Match? Sure. Why not? If AJ Styles can do it, Abyss can.
About a month ago I speculated about the winner of this year’s Rumble, as people do. The names I gave were Seth Rollins, AJ Styles, the Miz, Drew McIntyre, and the Rock. Out of those five men, only Rollins and McIntyre are actually in the match. Granted, Styles and Miz could end up in it, just like Becky could on the women’s end. But Rollins and McIntyre are apropos, as I wouldn’t be surprised if they were among the last four men in this match. Maybe the two of them, EC3, and…Rey Mysterio? Andrade? God forbid, Randy Orton?
In the end, Rollins is my pick. I would have loved for it to be Braun Strowman. But between the heel turn after Summerslam, and his frequent losses to Brock Lesnar, he’s simply not the guy right now. That doesn’t mean Strowman can’t wind up in the Rumble Match. In fact, I’d say it’s pretty likely he will be. But for my money, Lesnar vs. Rollins is the match.
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WWE Royal Rumble 2018 Predictions. Plus: This is the XFL…again.
He’s really going to try this, isn’t he? I can’t believe it…
As most of you reading this already know, Vince McMahon announced this week that the XFL will be revived in 2020.
This revamped version of the league, which hosted one season in 2001, will attempt to come at the game from a different perspective. McMahon noted the league will emphasize safety, be non-political, and exclude players with criminal records.
Professional football has never been my thing. But even I can see that Vince is once again aiming for disenfranchised NFL fans. He still doesn’t wish to compete directly, as the XFL season will kick-off after the NFL season has wrapped up. The league will supposedly not effect McMahon’s role as chairman and CEO of WWE.
As facepalm worthy as this is, I do give Vince credit. The guy wants a football league, and he’s going to try again regardless of the inevitable criticism and ridicule. There’s a lot to be said for that. He’s also not using WWE money this time. He’s started a new company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, specifically to pursue outside entertainment endeavors. Did we mention he’s 72 years old. That old catchphrase rings true: Vince really does have balls the size of grapefruits.
That said I have virtually no interest. I’m a pro wrestling guy. Vince McMahon is also a pro wrestling guy. WWE has always been his bread and butter, and almost every time he’s tried something else it’s ended badly. The original XFL obviously comes to mind. But he also tried the World Bodybuilding Federation in the early ’90s. In 1998 he bought the Debbie Reynolds Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas for $10 million, which nothing came of. WWE Studios hasn’t exactly set the movie industry on fire, though at least it’s still alive after more than 15 years. You might even lump Linda McMahon’s senate campaign in there. So despite what WWE would have you believe, Vince McMahon is not a genius.
But let’s not miscast him as a fool, either. At his core, Vince McMahon is a gutsy and stubborn entrepreneur who takes calculated risks and is willing to endure failure. Most of his greatest successes are things he’s willed into existence. The global expansion of WWE. The creation of Wrestlemania. His ratings war with Turner Broadcasting. Now he’s trying to will the XFL into existence once again.
Part of what makes Vince so successful is his penchant for both spectacular success and spectacular failure. So in the end, win or lose, this XFL resurrection will be a sight to behold. It’s hard not to root for the guy sometimes. Even when it seems like he’s stubbornly beating a dead horse.
With that, let’s take a look at the Royal Rumble. I’m skipping the kick-off show matches this year, as we’ve already got a lot to cover on the main show…
2/3 FALLS MATCH FOR WWE SMACKDOWN TAG TEAM TITLES:
The Usos (c) vs. Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable
I’m going with Benjamin and Gable on this one. The Usos have had the belts for awhile now. As babyfaces, it might do them good to chase a heel team. Benjamin and Gable have also been growing on me as complaining heels. Gable in particular has done some really nice mic work, which is a good sign as far as a potential singles run is concerned. So let’s give ’em the belts and see what happens.
By the way, do Benjamin and Gable have a team name? I was never a fan of the “World’s Greatest Tag Team” name. Nothing like that, please.
PREDICTION: Shelton Benjamin and Chad Gable
WWE RAW TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH:
Seth Rollins and Jason Jordan (c) vs. The Bar
A win for Sheamus and Cesaro might help everybody here. I’d wager the Bar are on their way to a babyface turn. The respect factor is getting tougher to ignore as the weeks go by. On the flip side, Jason Jordan is starting to come into his own as an annoying heel. A loss to the Bar can easily transition into a feud with Rollins, who could sorely use a program with some heat to it. An audience clamoring for Rollins to curb stomp Jordan doesn’t sound so bad.
I can’t say I’m any less tired of seeing Rollins wrestle Sheamus and Cesaro. But even so, this one could be the dark horse to steal the show.
PREDICTION: The Bar
HANDICAP MATCH FOR WWE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE:
AJ Styles (c) vs. Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn
If the Raw Tag Title Match doesn’t still the show, this one probably will. These three have all proven they can turn in epic pay per view matches. The 2-on-1 format also lends itself to good storytelling. So I’ve got high expectations.
I don’t see why Styles wouldn’t retain here. Though it doubt it’ll be without controversy. Expect to see Shane McMahon and Daniel Bryan during this one, leading to a confrontation or a dispute that allows Styles to pick up a win. Something is obviously going to happen with Bryan and Shane at Wrestlemania. It’s just a question of what, and whether it involves Bryan lacing up his boots again…
PREDICTION: AJ Styles
TRIPLE-THREAT MATCH FOR WWE UNIVERSAL HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE:
Brock Lesnar (c) vs. Braun Strowman vs. Kane
In terms of match quality, these three are fighting an uphill battle. Brock’s matches are hit or miss depending on who he’s in there with. His match with Strowman at No Mercy was a groaner. And despite his status as a WWE icon, Kane’s matches tend to be slow. It might be better if they got this one over with quickly.
On the other hand, Brock’s multi-man matches have historically been pretty great. The fatal four-way match at Summerslam, the triple-threat with John Cena and Seth Rollins a few years back. If Brock, Strowman, and Kane can pique the audience’s interest early, they could overachieve
Either way Brock wins, hopefully pinning Kane. He’d better pin Kane. So help me God, if he pins Strowman again…
2018 WOMEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE:
I was pretty excited for this until I read that Stephanie McMahon will be on commentary for it. From a publicity standpoint, I get it. They want her to be heavily associated with the “women’s revolution.” But I have no desire to hear that woman talk for an hour. Especially when there are multiple women they could plug in who’d be a better fit. Lita comes to mind, as she did commentary for the Mae Young Classic. But there’s also Renee Young. What about Charlotte Flair and Alexa Bliss? They’re the two champions and they’re not wrestling that night. So have them lend some insight to the match. Yes, a five person announce desk is overkill. But it beats having Stephanie out there.
You know who really deserves to win this match? Becky Lynch. Crowds love her, and she deserves a big match at a Wrestlemania. They’ve also played up her friendship with Charlotte for awhile now. That could set up a great reluctant opponents storyline. But I have very little faith they’ll do the right thing with her.
Nia Jax is a possibility. Notwithstanding the beatdown Asuka put on her, they’ve established her as a dominant force from the start. She and Alexa Bliss have been connected as far back to their NXT days. A match between them could be intriguing, but I don’t see it for Wrestlemania. More likely she gets ganged up on and eliminated, or someone surprises her.
The big favorite is Asuka. She’s finally starting to pick up speed on the main roster as an undefeated, unstoppable force. In that respect, winning the first Women’s Royal Rumble Match could be like tossing gasoline on a fire. But it seems so obvious. It feels like they want us to think it’s her just so they can swerve us.
There are 30 women in this match. As of this writing, only 18 have been announced. So I’m making this prediction with more than a third of the participants unknown. As I’ve said, I’m inclined to think some of the women we saw at Raw 25 will be here. Trish Stratus, Jacqueline, Nikki Bella. Maybe Torrie Wilson and/or Kelly Kelly. They need bodies in this thing. We almost have to see some NXT names. Ember Moon, Peyton Royce, Billie Kay, Nikki Cross, etc. Maybe Shayna Baszler.
It should be noted that Ronda Rousey has denied she’s in this match. That doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen. It just means she’s denying it.
In the end, I’ve got to go with Asuka. Yes, it’s obvious. But they’ve gone the obvious route with Rumble Matches before. Asuka vs. Alexa Bliss is one of the more intriguing matches they can do on the main roster right now. For that matter, so is Asuka vs. Charlotte. They really can’t lose with her.
2018 MEN’S ROYAL RUMBLE:
Oddly enough, there are only 17 names announced for the Men’s Royal Rumble compared to 18 for the women. You wouldn’t think that’d be the case, as they’ve obviously got so many more male wrestlers.
Like the John Cenas and Randy Ortons of the world, Roman Reigns is always a top contender for the Rumble Match. The buzz since Wrestlemania 33 has been about him headlining this year’s show with Brock Lesnar. So in theory, he could take this one home….*shudders*
I doubt it, though. I can’t see them wanting the Rumble Match drowned out by boos again. So we’ve got to look elsewhere. So with Lesnar occupied on the Raw side, we’re looking for a challenger for the WWE Championship on Smackdown. Going into Wrestlemania, your champion is probably going to be AJ Styles. Who do you put with AJ?
Finn Balor’s name jumps out immediately. Yes, he’s on Raw. But we’ve seen guys win the Rumble and jump ship before. Balor is with Gallows and Anderson now, and we’ve established that they have a history with AJ in Japan. And of course, AJ was with Gallows and Anderson in WWE for awhile. I’m not sure how much they’d want to go into all the New Japan/Bullet Club stuff. But they can always touch on it and then branch off into their own story. Remember, Finn pinned AJ in that throw-together match at TLC. Balor can be a marquee player for WWE. He just needs the right story. This could be it.
They could do AJ Styles vs. Randy Orton. But the match Orton had with Bray Wyatt left a bad taste in people’s mouths. Plus, Orton just won it last year. So I’d steer clear of him.
The only other name that makes sense is Shinsuke Nakamura. That’s a bigger risk than some would admit. Nakamura is clearly special and obviously a star. I can’t complain about most of his matches. (The Jinder Mahal stuff notwithstanding.) But I don’t know that he’s connecting with the audience at a level that justifies a Rumble win. The language barrier is part of it. But I still don’t feel like I know anything about this guy. Yes, he’s a legend in Japan. But why? What makes him such a “Rock Star” or an “Artist” or whatever they want to call him? I’d like to see Nakamura win the title. I’d like to see him work with AJ. But if they still don’t have a solid grasp on how to portray him, maybe now isn’t the time.
Then again, they put the title on Jinder Mahal. If they can take a risk with Jinder, they can take a risk with Nakamura. A win for him win would get a big reaction. It could also make for a feel-good story about the Japanese legend who comes to America and wins the title. I’m not overly confident with this pick. But Nakamura has a shot this weekend.
PREDICTION: Shinsuke Nakamura
MISCELLANEOUS RUMBLE MATCH PREDICTIONS:
I expect Elias to eliminate Cena, and going on to face him at Elimination Chamber. He’s essentially getting the role Samoa Joe was supposed to have.
There’ve been rumors about EC3 making his debut in the Rumble Match, now that he’s left Impact Wrestling. More power to him. It did wonders for AJ a few years ago. He went somewhere else and made a name for himself. He deserves another shot.
As they’re in Philadelphia again, a surprise ECW entrant seems likely. Tommy Dreamer, maybe? They could always throw Rhyno in there. But as an ECW fan, I’m still not over Rhyno dressing up like Mrs. Clause.
So does Tye Dillinger have to come in at number 10 every year now?
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Column: It's the Newby Awards, honoring best, worst of 2019
By Paul Newberry Dec. 30, 2019 03:16 PM EST
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July 6, 2016 - November 30, 2016
Li Chi-tak, Kongkee, Stella So, Kam Siu-man, and Cuson Lo
The Art Touring in the City @ Airport Flying Fantasy
Artist Li Chi-tak, Kongkee, Stella So, Kam Siu-man, and Cuson Lo
On Display July 6, 2016 - November 30, 2016
Materials Glass stickers; Presentation boards
Location Hong Kong International Airport
Specially and newly launched to celebrate the CHB 3rd Anniversary, the project comprises of two parts. For the first part, two local comics artists – Li Chi-tak and Kongkee – are invited to decorate the lift façades in the arrival hall of the Hong Kong International Airport, as well as the platform screen doors of the Automated People Mover system from 6th July. The second part which starts from 27 Aug, is an exhibition that features the creative process of all five participating local artists (Li Chi-tak, Kongkee, Stella So, Kam Siu-man, and Cuson Lo) in this campaign at the South and North wing of the arrival hall, together with information of Comix Home Base and the Ani-Com Park @Harbour “Fun”, both situated in Wan Chai.
Li Chi-tak published Wisely series in 1984 and rocketed to fame with his self-published Tong Men Shao Nian in 1987. Li is widely acclaimed in Japan and Europe for his highly distinctive style and is regarded as the most prominent Hong Kong comics artist on the Japanese scene. Through Hong Kong Arts Centre, he had his solo exhibition presented at Angoulême International Comics Festival in France in January 2016.
Kongkee has published numerous solo works including Rice Gas and co-authored Hijacking with Chihoi. His animated short film Howl the Mobile Fatty received the Best Digital Entertainment (Animation) Silver Award at Hong Kong ICT Awards 2013. Statues of his comics character Ding Ding Penguin have been displayed at Hong Kong Avenue of Comic Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui and Ani-Com [email protected] “FUN” in Wan Chai since 2016.
Stella So is a graduate of the School of Design of Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her debut project Very Fantastic, an animation illustrating the life in old districts, has impressed many viewers and received numerous awards. Claiming it is all because she cannot draw straight lines, she often draws with curves, recording and re-creating the daily scenes of the community with paints and a sketchbook. So never loses her childlike sense of wonder and would call herself “old girl”. She wishes she could become a fighter, one who saves everything from disappearance with every single line she draws.
KAM Siu-man Writing under the penname Kam Siu-man since 1981, Kam Kin-man shot to fame with his Tai-kung Pao, which appeared in Jademan Comics (Yuk-long Manhua Biweekly) and was known for its biting satire. Kam further earned his reputation with his first self-published comics Highest Goal and such works as Funny Unbeatables. Kam’s comic strips also appear in newspapers, magazines and comics periodicals.
Lo Chi-kong, more commonly known as Cuson, is a well-liked Hong Kong illustrator and comics artist. Cuson used to publish his comics on his Facebook page, enjoying incredibly huge popularity on the Internet. He drew political comics simply for fun in the beginning. His comic strips now appear in various media. His publications include: Lo Siu Kong and Little Kitten, My Hong Kong Wife series, A MAN AND A PEN and more.
Presenter Airport Authority Hong Kong, Comix Home Base, Hong Kong Arts Centre
Artistic Partner Public Art Hong Kong
Sponsor Create Hong Kong of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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OHL Report: Guelph Storm Stockpiling Players Before the Trade Deadline
January 9, 2019 January 9, 2019 by Tyler Kuehl, posted in Guelph Storm, OHL
It is that time of the year, the last opportunity for teams across the Ontario Hockey League to add players that could play key pieces for their postseason success. One team that has been the busiest this past month has been the Guelph Storm. Guelph is currently second in the Midwest Division, and fourth in the Western Conference. Guelph General Manager and Head Coach George Burnett knew he had to bolster his lineup if the Storm wanted any chance of making it to the Robertson Cup Finals, and made a few phone calls around the league. Let’s take a look at the moves Burnett has made over the past week.
MacKenzie Entwistle from Hamilton for five draft picks
One of three trades Burnett made on January 5th, Guelph received a member from Team Canada’s World Junior team. Entwistle comes over from a Hamilton team that has greatly taken a dip from last season. The Georgetown, ON native was key player in Hamilton’s run to the Memorial Cup Championship Game last spring. Before joining the Storm, Entwistle had scored 27 points in 29 games, and had two assists for Guelph in Tuesday’s win over London. He’s reliable to win the battles in the corners, and is hard on the forecheck in the offencive zone. His toughness and scoring touch in front of the net will help the Storm down the stretch.
The Bulldogs received a good number of picks from Guelph. Hamilton gained Kitchener’s second and third-round picks in 2020, along with North Bay’s second pick in 2020. Windsor’s third pick in the 2021 draft and Guelph’s third-round pick in 2023 were also heading to the Bulldogs.
Markus Phillips from Owen Sound for six draft picks
After trading Ryan Merkley back in early December, the Storm knew they would need a veteran defenceman added to the lineup. Enter Markus Phillips. The Los Angeles prospect has only 11 points this season, but that does not reflect his puck moving abilities. Phillips is capable of clean zone exits, and clean zone entries. However, his reliability in his own zone is what attracted Burnett in making this trade.
“Markus will be an excellent addition to our back end,” said Burnett. “He plays heavy minutes in every situation, and is one of the premier all-around defencemen in our league.” -Guelph Storm
Owen Sound took Peterborough’s conditional second-round pick in this year’s draft from Guelph. Also included was Mississauga’s second round pick in 2020, Erie’s third-rounder in 2021, North Bay’s 2022 second-round pick, and a third-round pick in 2024 and conditional fourth-round pick in 2023 from Guelph.
Fedor Gordeev from the Flint Firebirds for four draft picks
The Flint Firebirds have really struggled this season, and still with rumours of moving Ty Dellandrea, GM Barclay Branch sent the Toronto draft pick to Guelph. Gordeev has been by far the best d-man in Flint this season, and has produced steadily despite the play of his team around him. He has 16 assists (19 points) in 32 games with the Firebirds before the transaction. His hands and shot are exceptional coming from the back end, and his size makes him a threat in his own end. He’ll be most likely used as a penalty killer for the Storm, as he will be able to move players out of the sight of goaltender Anthony Popovich.
Guelph sent Mississauga’s second-round pick in 2021 and their own second-rounder in 2024 to Flint. A conditional third-round pick in 2022 from Sudbury and a conditional fifth from Guelph in 2022 was also included in the deal.
Nick Suzuki, Sean Durzi, Zachary Roberts from Owen Sound for Barret Kirwin, Zach Poirier, Mark Woolley, and four draft picks.
In arguably the biggest move made this trade deadline season in all the CHL, the Storm went out and snagged three big pieces from Owen Sound. The odd part about this trade, is that, currently, Owen Sound is only two points behind the Storm, and can still make a run in the playoffs. Nevertheless, the Attack still get a good return for what they are giving up.
Zachary Roberts is one the most underlying pieces coming to Guelph. After missing the first two months of the season with an injury, it has been tough for Roberts to come back to form. However, a new location may result in better production from the Stouffville native.
Durzi is another defenceman that Burnett has added to deepen is blueline even more. A very capable asset in his own zone that can produce in the offencive end, Durzi can play anywhere in any situation that he is asked to. The Toronto prospect loves to use his legs to create offencive rushes from his own end, and his abilities with the puck are some of the best in the ‘O’.
There is no question Nick Suzuki is the best prospect the Montreal Canadiens have. Just getting back into the swing of things following the World Junior tournament, Suzuki will be a needed scoring piece for the Storm. When he was traded, Suzuki was second on the Attack in scoring with 45 points in 30 games. He’ll be almost immediately placed on the power play, and paired up with Guelph leading-scorer Nate Schnarr. Suzuki’s presence on the Guelph roster throws Guelph from simply a playoff team to a contender for a Memorial Cup birth.
Three players are packing their bags and heading to Owen Sound. Barret Kirwin has put up 20 points in 36 games, while Zach Poirier has scored 15 points in 38 games. The defenceman Mark Woolley heads over to the Attack with a much improved defencive game. Last season he was -13 with Guelph, but in 29 games this season, he is a +13.
The Storm also sent their fourth-round pick in this year’s draft, a third-rounder in 2021, and a second and a conditonal third in 2022 as apart of the trade.
All stats found on ontariohockeyleague.com
Tagged Barret Kirwin, Fedor Gordeev, Mackenzie Entwistle, Mark Woolley, Markus Phillips, Nick Suzuki, Sean Durzi, Zach Poirier, Zachary Roberts
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Quo Vadis? Jack's Blog
Category Archives: Politics and government
August 4, 2019 · 7:01 pm
Lil’ Rhody Part 2
“Be thankful we’re not getting all the government we’re paying for.” Will Rogers
Senate President Ruggerio and House Speaker Mattiello (from WPRO 2015)
The last post ended with Rhode Island’s colorful rogue, Buddy Cianci, long time Providence mayor and failed gubernatorial candidate. This time up, the current gray denizens inhabiting the Rhode Island statehouse make their appearance. Long dominated by the Democrat Party, Rhode Island politics are inbred and clubby on a need to know basis. Outsiders and voters don’t need to know.
Much has been written about ‘deep state’ bureaucracy in Washington: privileged, secretive and shielded from view, intensely ideological, entitled, entrenched, metastasizing relentlessly and ruthless in its self-regard and self-preservation. Each state has its own version; Rhode Island is no exception.
When Rita worked as Executive Director of Rhode Island Right to Life, she was a registered lobbyist and stalked the corridors of the statehouse discussing pending legislation relevant to her organization with state reps and senators and occasionally governors and Federal reps and senators. On one of her first visits to the Statehouse, Rita was anxious to learn the ways of the labyrinth. She went to the office of a friend, who was office manager to the Democrat Senate Majority Leader, who eventually quit under a cloud. Under a cloud is how many incumbents reluctantly fade away in Rhode Island.
While she was there, a confidant of her friend and recently in her probationary period as a new state employee, rushed through the door and breathlessly exclaimed, “I got my benefits!” She had the enthusiasm of someone who just hit the lottery. And in a way, she had. Lifetime health care and pension benefits, and even though grossly underfunded by a legislature reluctant to disclose the full costs of employee sinecures to the voters, the promise was at least there for permanent security. “I got my benefits!” translated as “I am now deeply ensconced in the elite cadre of protected forever state workers!” Or in short, “Hallelujah, hallelujah, there is a God!![i]”
After Rita left her friend’s office, she made her way down the stairs past another public employee sitting at a naked desktop in an empty corridor waiting for his benefits. On his desk was nothing: no phone, no computer, no paper, not even a magazine. He did not look embarrassed or bored or apologetic to be doing absolutely nothing. He was friendly in an offhanded, distracted way and seemed confident that there would be no negative repercussions for his lack of productive work. These things will work themselves out. Eventually. No one had asked him to do anything or defined his job for him, but his paycheck would clear on Friday – the reward for shoe leather expended in some key office holder’s campaign no doubt. Thus, were Rita’s first lessons in Rhode Island state governance completed.
Please understand there are many highly skilled professionals who work hard every day as public employees, and we are fortunate they do, especially in jobs protecting the environment, clean air and water, health and safety. But there are others who tarnish the great ones, which should offend the productive workers and the voters.
“One who deceives will always find those who allow themselves to be deceived.” Niccolo Machiavelli
Last post Rhode Island was lauded as the ‘Most Peaceful’ state in the country. Lil’ Rhody shows on some other lists. It ranks sixth highest in total tax burden on its citizens[ii], not a great surprise as all the others at the top are similarly Democrat controlled. Democrats are the party of coercive government solutions to social problems, irrespective of evidence that the state can positively influence them. The Law of Unintended Consequences is as real as gravity, especially when complicated with vote pandering and political posturing. Rhode island is well situated as well in the top tier of public employees per capita[iii].
In a couple of other categories, though, Rhode Island does not sit on the top of the pyramid. In the annual CNBC study of the states that grow jobs and induce new businesses to move in, Rhode Island climbed a notch or two out of the cellar a year ago, but for 2019 dropped into its accustomed spot, fiftieth out of fifty.[iv] We bleed jobs in Rhode Island, and subsequently we hemorrhage population and are in danger of losing one of our two House of Representative seats. More alarming, what we are losing is our young people, so the population demographic is aging. The state spends lavishly to educate our young and hosts several excellent universities, but their graduates head to Texas, Arizona, North Carolina or even neighboring Massachusetts for far better job prospects.
Anyone who has driven Rhode Island potholed roads and over or under its rusted steel and pitted concrete bridges is not surprised at another national ranking. Again, fiftieth out of fifty for infrastructure[v]. That’s right. Sixth in tax burden, fiftieth in infrastructure and business development. Taxpayer money is sucked into the spongy conduits of government: nepotism and connected public jobs, underfunded and unaffordable pension plans for public employees and underwriting bonds for ill advised, but politically attractive private businesses like Curt Schilling’s sports video games debacle. The black hole at the center of our Milky Way galaxy is more attractive as an investment.
The legislative session for 2018-2019 slowly ramped up after the fund-raising gatherings called “times” and the election furor subsided. Obviously, the most urgent priority for legislators must have been lowering taxes for its beleaguered constituents and addressing the sorry business environment and dangerous bridge situation. Maybe in a happier parallel universe. In Rhode Island, this past session was dominated by authorizing open season on our tiniest and most vulnerable human beings. Urged on by prominent media outlets in the state like the Providence Journal and local TV stations, after several months of contentious hearings, and through the contrivance of previously professed pro-life Speaker of the House Nicholas Mattiello, Senate President Dominick Ruggerio and enthusiastic abortion advocate Governor Gina Raimondo, the Reproductive Privacy Act was passed. Pink shirted screaming bullies shouted down committee hearings and briefly invaded the Senate President’s office. They picketed the homes of swing committee members and with van mounted loudspeakers called them out as hating women to their neighbors and children.
The various backroom Machiavellian maneuvers are beyond the scope of this post. Attached is a more detailed history for any more curious (or masochistic) readers.[vi] Some brief clarifying notes:
The bill mimics one written by lawyers hired by NARAL and Planned Parenthood, which funded and organized pink shirted assault and publicity. It mirrors similar bills passed in Vermont and New York. The Reproductive Privacy bill had little to do with privacy (it couldn’t have been more public) and nothing to do with reproduction. On the contrary; its singular focus was on violently inhibiting it.
It allows abortion for any reason in any form up to the moment of birth. 73% of voters oppose such late term abortions, but the supporters want no restrictions. The bill prohibits any rules regarding abortion clinics, including authorizing some who are not doctors to perform them.
Several times the bill was stopped in committee votes, only to be resurrected by its proponents in backroom manipulations. At one point, in violation of Senate rules, the chairperson of the Senate Judiciary Committee which heard all the late-night testimony, when it became apparent the bill would be defeated again, unilaterally switched it to another committee stacked in its favor that heard no testimony. That was only one instance of several similar moves that kept the bill alive.
After a Senate hearing killed one version of the bill, the pink shirts stormed the Senate President’s office demanding that he intervene despite his long professed pro-life stance. Viewers of the evening news were treated to the sight of him with face frozen in fear being escorted from his office by Capital Police[vii].
In my youth a young Democrat Senator, John F Kennedy, launched his career with his wartime heroics and the publication of his Pulitzer Prize winning book about major political figures in American history from all parties who risked their political fortunes and lives to stand up for what was right. “Profiles in Courage” once defined what Democrat politics stood for. There were very few profiles in courage in the Rhode Island statehouse this year. Cowards who feared losing their privileges and influence or their gavel collapsed under pressure and sanctioned sacrifices of babies to a culture obsessed with pleasure and irresponsibility regarding its consequences.
“The promise given is a necessity of the past; the word broken is a necessity of the present.” Niccolo Machiavelli
[i] Retiree benefits were altered for those retiring after 2008, capping state reimbursement for health care after 65 to 80% of costs. Prior to that, retired state employees with long service would receive 100%.
[ii] https://wallethub.com/edu/states-with-highest-lowest-tax-burden/20494/
[iii] https://www.governing.com/gov-data/public-workforce-salaries/states-most-government-workers-public-employees-by-job-type.html
[iv] https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/why-rhode-island-is-the-worst-state-for-business-in-2019.html
[v] https://www.forconstructionpros.com/asphalt/news/21017738/all-50-states-ranked-by-worst-crumbling-infrastructure
[vi] See the attached synopsis of the history of this bill. Link to document.
[vii] https://www.facebook.com/WPRI12/videos/watch-senate-president-dominick-ruggerio-had-to-be-escorted-from-his-office-as-p/442724003171604/
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Tagged as Democrat Party, Mattiello, Rhode Island, Ruggerio
Lil’ Rhody
“Louisiana loses 30 miles off our coast a year. We lost 100 miles last year off our coast thanks to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We have lost a size of land equivalent to the entire state of Rhode Island.” Bobby Jindal (former governor)
Rhode Island has its own miles of beaches and estuaries. Through a series of circumstances that were in retrospect fortuitous, we have recently retired on Aquidneck Island near some sublime geography like mile long Sachuest Beach (Second Beach), Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge, Norman Bird Sanctuary, and over the Mount Hope bridge into Bristol an Audubon refuge with an adjacent bike path through estuary and coastline that runs fifteen miles along Narragansett Bay. Although smaller than some ranches in Texas, Rhode Island is a lovely place to live.
One of the original thirteen colonies, tiny Rhode Island possesses the cockiness of a persistent undaunted underdog. Nearby to us, Newport was occupied for a time by British troops during the Revolutionary War after they defeated a small contingent of colonials in our town of Portsmouth on the north end of Aquidneck Island. Mansions were commandeered by British officers and are still gainfully inhabited by locals; one is now the Newport Art Museum. The International Tennis Hall of Fame is located on Bellevue Avenue along with its “cottages” like The Elms and The Breakers. Newport is on the south end of Aquidneck with a long history and many homes from the early eighteenth century and a few from the seventeenth. The oldest still open tavern in the country, the White Horse Tavern, is in Newport, built in 1652 and a tavern since 1673. The Declaration of Independence was read from the balcony of the Old Colony House (Original Rhode Island State House) a few hundred yards away. Fine dining, lively pubs and sailboats in the harbor abound. The America’s Cup races have been held in the waters here.
Rhode Island was just recognized as the most peaceful state in the union by USA Today[i], based on its lowest composite violent crime rate. We have come a long way since Raymond Patriarca[ii] ruled New England organized crime from his lawn chair on the sidewalk outside his vending machine distribution company on Federal Hill. Very little, if any, violent street crime, at least crime not authorized by Raymond, occurred on Federal Hill then, but for different reasons. Muggers may or may not have been successful in their felonious intent towards some Rolex wearing out of state patron of one of the fabled Federal Hill Italian restaurants, however no second attempts by the perpetrator were recorded. Nor were their bodies usually identified, even if scattered pieces were discovered in the Johnston landfill.
Irony is the mother’s milk of Rhode Island. The long list of governors, congressmen and mayors of at least four cities that went to prison just since we have lived here rivals any collection of woeful miscreants in the country. But a few were memorable and contributed to Lil’ Rhody’s ambiance. One of the Federal prosecutors who put Raymond Senior away for good was a young firebrand, Vincent “Buddy” Cianci. Buddy eventually rode his hard charger reputation to become Mayor of Providence for multiple terms. Twice he lost his mayoralty, both for his own felony convictions. The first time was for straightening out a contractor who had slept with Buddy’s wife during the separation, but before the divorce. This correction was aided by a fireplace implement and (perhaps) a lighted cigarette extinguished on the face of the guy who made Buddy a cuckold. Buddy served no time but lost his job. He took advantage of his temporary ineligibility for office to become a hugely successful radio talk show host while he waited for his parole to wind down: witty, charming, quick and funny, he knew where all the political bodies were buried. His regular callers ranged from shock jock Don Imus and experts on government waste and budgets to Joe the Barber who knew everyone worth knowing among Rhode Island’s panoply of fascinating characters.
When his parole was completed, he easily won reelection swatting away the neophyte pretenders like annoying horseflies on Salty Brine Beach. During his tenure, the city was transformed from potholes and litter into a show place. The Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck Rivers, long imprisoned by concrete and steel conduits and buried by pavement, were dug out and exposed to the sunlight after a century. The confluence of the reborn rivers merge into the Providence River and now play host to gondolas and Waterfire events with music in the adjacent streets. The roads were well maintained, the schools were highly rated. The fire department was one of the best small city units in the country, all while keeping the tax rates low for longtime residents. Mayor Cianci loved his city; his politicking skills and reading of crowds that frequently gathered at his events were legend. We have a picture of him with his arm around our youngest daughter in her baseball uniform at an opening day event. Meg said he was nice and smelled of cigars. He was dressed in pressed jeans and a Providence sweatshirt, managing another city event picking up winter litter along the city roadsides. Ironically, he often held court at one of the Federal Hill restaurant’s sidewalk tables talking to anyone who stopped by. Everyone called him Buddy. His enemies called him Vincent. No one called him Vinny that I ever heard.
His second felony conviction for criminal corruption ended his string of terms after new Federal prosecutors investigated the Mayor’s office for a variety of offenses like cash in envelopes for parking lot permits, liquor licenses not renewed after the Mayor was blackballed by an exclusive and snooty East Side brandy and cigar men’s club and sweetheart snow plowing contract deals. No specific bribe was ever credited to Buddy, but his city hall administrators were knee deep. He rewarded personal loyalty with appointments and trust, and his courtiers profited. The RICO conspiracy due to the stench of his associates brought him down. He spent five years in a Federal prison without public complaint (don’t do the crime, if you can’t do the time) and then was almost reelected to a third set of mayoral terms. Now in full disclosure with his famous toupee discarded, his luck ran out, and his independent run after the Republican Party disowned him fell short in a three-way race.
Back at the radio station to much acclaim and enthusiastic welcome from his loyal constituents, Buddy fell ill while on the air and died shortly thereafter to be mourned by most of the city. Despised by the progressive politicians who circled him constantly like a pack of jackals stalking an aging lion, he reveled in ridiculing their pretentions and hypocrisy. A particularly egregious representative of their ilk, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, a doctrinaire and unctuous progressive, was always referred on the air as Weldon Shitehouse[iii] whenever Buddy would eviscerate him for some profoundly stupid ideological remark the hapless Senator solemnly opined. I still miss Buddy. The annual oldest in the country Fourth of July parade in Bristol will never be the same without him riding by in the convertible pointing to and greeting those he knew at every turn. The world is less interesting without him.
“Political corruption is to Rhode Island as smog is to people who live in Los Angeles: nobody complains of its absence, but when it rolls around everyone feels right at home.” Phillip Gourevitch, “The New Yorker”
Space and the beleaguered reader’s patience and attention span prohibit more for this post. The next one will address the soulless landscape of the current batch of more sinister and cowardly politicians who this year enacted some truly despicable legislation with a series of backroom power moves. More adventures in the Ocean State to follow.
[i] https://patch.com/rhode-island/newport/rhode-island-named-most-peaceful-state-u-s
[ii] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L._S._Patriarca
[iii] https://legalinsurrection.com/2018/09/senator-sheldon-whitehouse-grilled-brett-kavanaugh-about-a-yearbook-fart-joke-seriously/
Filed under Background Perspective, Politics and government
Tagged as Buddy Cianci, Rhode Island, Rhody, Sheldon Whitehouse
“In the groves of their academy, at the end of every vista, you see nothing but the gallows.” Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke, 1790
In the seventeenth century the French author Francois de La Rochefoucauld famously wrote that hypocrisy is the tribute vice pays to virtue. I wonder if the hypocrites who prompted the quote cared whether they were caught out. Recent events in the Rhode Island legislature indicate that the current batch of hypocrites want only to avoid a memorable line that will make the Providence Journal or WPRI in the five o’clock news and show up in their opponent’s talking points in the next election. Little heed seems to be paid to how conspicuous is their cynical hypocrisy to listeners, only matters if it will cost them votes. Hypocrisy is expected, even celebrated, if it’s sufficiently clever and the goals align with the progressive vision.
A Providence legislator, Dan McKearnan, speaking on the floor of the House said that his “deep faith” (Catholic} informed his advocacy and that he trusted women to “make holy choices.” Holy choices. The choices they would make when the legislation passed would be to kill or not to kill their offspring, to “terminate” their pregnancy, which the legislation (H5125a,) sanctioned up to the moment of birth. Forty weeks. Full term, a full four months past viability. A fetus one second, someone’s baby the next. Or someone’s tiny corpse.
In a television news debate on the bill that has passed the House and is waiting Senate action, Rabbi Sarah Mack stated that the bill was a victory for freedom and rightly favored “existing life.” Existing life. Must have cut those boring embryology courses in school. Every major embryology text marks conception as the beginning of human life. So, science was not her strength, but did she sleep in when they covered Jeremiah 1:5? “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born, I set you apart.” Perhaps Rabbi Mack stayed too late at lunch playing bridge in the dining commons when her professor taught Isaiah 49:1. “The Lord called me from the womb, from the body of my mother He named my name.” Or returned late from Fort Lauderdale on spring break when they reviewed the exegesis on Psalm 139:13. “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” She said, and rightly so, that it was not right that religion should dictate legislation. However, when legislation first ignores science and then fails to make a moral judgment informed by a conscience formed by faith or justice or reason or protection of the most vulnerable, well, that’s a sadder tale.
“We have obligations to mankind at large, which are not in consequence of any voluntary pact. They arise from the relation of man to man, and the relation of man to God, which are not matters of choice.” Edmund Burke
The bill was named the Reproductive Privacy Act, which is a further irony in that it is concerned with not with “reproduction,” but with its lethal inhibition. The “privacy” allusion is a tip of the hat to Roe v. Wade, which cited privacy as the foundation for usurping every state’s authority and instantly negated all legislation controlling abortion. The slippery ground for a privacy foundation was created by citing the Griswold v. Connecticut contraception case. One of the most infamous passages in Supreme Court history proposed this nonsense: “The foregoing cases suggest that specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance. Various guarantees create zones of privacy.” So, the Supreme Court decision that has spelled doom for sixty million pre-born Americans is sustained by a gauzy contrivance of emanations, penumbras and zones of privacy, suspended on a spider’s web.
A second spider’s web, upon which hangs the first, is the blind certainty that supports the progressive enterprise: the myth of human perfectionism – that progress is linear and will always move us closer towards some ideal future where human frailty and tendency towards prejudice, violence, using others for personal gain or pleasure will diminish to nothing as enlightened (and coercive) governance leads us to the promised land. Just the history in our own times, especially in the century immediately preceding this one, when various Utopian ideologies delivered the bloodiest hundred years in human history. The twentieth century alone provides the evidence that such beliefs are at best naïve, and at worst deliberate utilitarian delusions in pursuit of a totalitarian agenda.
The natural heir to that bloody century is our own. War, oppression, human trafficking are obvious and persistent horrors. Far worse is the dehumanization of a whole class of human beings, and it has wrought the highest tally, the single highest cause of death in the world and in our country last year that overwhelms the toll of any other. Disease, war, murder, terrorism, cancer, starvation, unclean waters are eclipsed in their body counts. Simply pronounce that yet-to-be-born humans are not human, and we contrive a cardboard culture that promises human fulfillment based on the lie of autonomy. We will secure economic futures built on killing our own children, feed our worst self-absorbed selves, and let it metastasize[i]. The largest single cause of death in the world in 2018 was abortion – 42 million, with over a million of those tiny victims in our own country. Eleven million and counting rapidly year to date this year.[ii] We masquerade it as medical care, yet once exposed to the light sickens all who see it.[iii] Set up the kill and call it freedom, call it liberation, even call it virtue. “Weep not for me, (mothers of Jerusalem), weep for yourselves and for your children.”
“The Future is, of all things, the thing least like eternity. It is the most completely temporal part of time—for the Past is frozen and no longer flows, and the Present is all lit up with its eternal rays. Hence the encouragement we have given to all those schemes of thought such as Creative Evolution, Scientific Humanism, or Communism, which fix men’s attention on the Future, on the very core of temporality. Hence nearly all vices are rooted in the Future. Gratitude looks to the Past and love to the Present; fear, avarice, lust, and ambition look ahead.” C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters, (New York: Macmillan Co.,1943), p.xv
[i] For a good article on the metastasis, see in this week’s Public Discourse, the article by Anthony Esolen: When Reason Does Not Suffice: Why Our Culture Still Accepts Abortion https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2019/04/50665/
[ii] From the Worldometers site.
[iii] From the true story of Abby Johnson, former employee of the year and director of a Texas Planned Parenthood facility. In “Unplanned” she tells her story. Here is the pivotal scene that changed her life. Watch it reflect. https://youtu.be/Z9bMwP2CLP8
Tagged as abortion, Reproductive Privacy Act
Milk Run
“There is no better way to understand an animal than to milk a cow twice a day. Every day.” Anonymous
Ray Hall was a spare, reticent, tall man, slightly stooped with practical plastic framed sturdy eye glasses and a baseball cap. He was a dairy farmer on the North Road in Mount Vernon, Maine, who, when he chose to deploy it on necessary occasions, had a warm smile. His farm was clean, well-organized, closely scheduled and had many cows with breeds I can’t remember; I think Guernsey and Holstein. They decorated the fields and hills behind the barn in paintable pastoral beauty.
The Halls were generations deep in Mount Vernon; Ray’s son built a ranch house on the property with his wife, preparing to continue the traditions. Milk was collected each day in a separate small room off the big barn into a spotless chilled stainless steel tank that had an interior slowly rotating mixer to keep the cream from separating. Fresh cold milk has the improved character that new eggs with tiny feathers stuck to them have for those who have raised hens (as we have) or have had the good fortune to live near an egg farm. The taste, the color, the wholesomeness is qualitatively better than the stored, pasteurized, homogenized factory product.
Several of us might gather in Ray’s milk room and catch up on gossip while we waited our turn to refill our bottles. In a town like Mount Vernon, we enjoyed every opportunity to stay current with the goings on of our neighbors; most of the talk was benign. Folks wanted to be able to help if needed, or at least be aware of the sensibilities.
Ray sold his milk to Cumberland Farms, which would send the tank truck to haul off the day’s production for processing and bottling. For the locals, however, who brought their own clean bottles, there was a spigot on the tank and an honor system cash box nearby. Seventy-five cents a gallon, as I remember, but it was a long time ago. The milk had to be shaken before pouring to blend the cream back in unless we let it rise to the top and skimmed some for coffee or whipping or recipes. We’ve never had better milk before or since.
“My father..liked to be a farmer. He enjoyed his dairy farm and felt the calling. So there was a dedication. I was dedicated as a child to the service of God, and so there was this continual centering of a greater purpose than your own.” Phil Jackson
In the spring of 2010, armed federal marshals and state troopers raided the Amish dairy farm of Dan Allgyer called Rainbow Acres. Almost a year of expensive investigation preceded the raid. The customers were not deceived, understood the potential risks, trusted the farmer and made the informed decision that raw milk unprocessed by machinery was healthier and tasted better; some people cannot drink milk that has been heated, bagged and tagged in a factory. The Federal government thought differently, showed up with a warrant, then bagged and tagged Dan instead.
Two aspects of this struck me; they are closely related, perhaps ‘inextricably entwined:’
We have been distanced incrementally from the sources of our food and consequently from authenticity. We are increasingly an X Box, artificial intelligence (oxymoron?), virtual reality culture. Rita’s grandparents on both sides raised their own vegetables and fruit, made their own wine, raised, slaughtered and dressed chickens and an annual pig, making sausage, bacon, hams and the thin sliced cured ham miracle called prosciutto; neighbors would line up at their house for it. The skills commonly known to our grandparents to milk cows, grow gardens, hunt or raise our own animal protein or merely wander at leisure in fields and forests are being stripped away to be replaced with LED screens and speakers. Much time and energy is spent to entertain and distract ourselves from the human contact, work and real life dirt, calluses and sweat necessary to sustain us.
Secondly, we surrender ourselves and even welcome a self-perpetuating huge bureaucratic Federal apparatus which has been granted more and more free rein to rein us in. The monolith desires to protect us from any freedom that could possibly cause us harm as perceived by a progressive nanny state. We far too frequently don’t get to decide what level of risk we are willing to pursue to live more closely in touch with real things, events and places. In this usurpation of liberty, we drift ever closer to the Borg and distance ourselves ever further from the vision of the Founding Fathers for an independent, virtuous and knowledgeable electorate.
Journey down to Washington, DC and walk past the astonishingly large gray office buildings housing the minions and machinery of the bureaucracy. It just might give you pause.
“The greatest evil is not now done in those sordid “dens of crime” that Dickens loved to paint… But it is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried and minuted) in cleaned, carpeted, warmed and well lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy…” C.S. Lewis, “The Screwtape Letters.”
Filed under Maine Tales, Politics and government
Tagged as bureaucratic, dairy farm, nanny state
“Good sense is the most evenly distributed commodity in the world, for each of us considers himself to be so well endowed therewith that even those who are the most difficult to please in all other matters are not wont to desire more of it than they have.” Discourse on Method, Rene Descartes
Surveys taken during the mercifully terminated election cycle concluded that fifty nine percent of us believe the economy is getting worse, sixty four percent are convinced the American Dream of working hard and getting ahead is dead, and for eighty nine percent of us, at least once a week something in the news makes us truly angry. Yet the overall unemployment (those without jobs who want them and those who have given up looking) stands at 9.5%, down from 17.1% during the depths of the Great Recession. Inflation adjusted median income (not average, so it is not skewed by the ultra large and small) has fallen to $56,516 from its peak in 2000 of $57,909, and is up substantially from 1985, when we got along with less ($48,720). By inflation adjusted, we mean the annual income is stated as if costs had remained par with the beginning of the tracking, so that the numbers reflect a true increase in median buying power. While a slight decrease in sixteen years is not good, neither is it disaster: we have stayed about even with increasing costs, and greatly improved our situation in the last thirty years.
Just a few more statistics. Please keep your eyes from glazing over if you can. The middle class has shrunk from 59% to 50% from 1981 until 2015 (oh my, the middle class is dying). Are the inhabitants of the lost nine percent living under bridges and rummaging in dumpsters as the twenty-four-hour news cycle may have you believing? The reality is a bit different. Although the so called lower middle class has grown from 26% to 29%, the higher income upper class has grown from 15% to 21%. The rich have gotten richer, and there are more poor, but again the news is mixed. Two thirds of the diminishing middle class moved up a notch, while one third went backwards. Not that statistics make those who have fallen behind feel any better (perhaps even worse), but as John Adams famously said, “Facts are stubborn things.”
Difficult challenges remain ahead: promised benefits to those who contributed much for their whole working lives like Social Security and Medicare are in jeopardy, and while annual deficits began to diminish, overall national debt has doubled yet again in the last eight years to a daunting $18 trillion. Undocumented immigrant workers must be resolved; they came here illegally, but without them not much would be constructed, mowed, cleaned or harvested. An implacable murderous cadre derived from a worldwide huge, heretical sect that preaches conversion by the sword and a brutal unforgiving sharia law enforced to the death. Radical Islam wants us dead. The political courage and will to fix these has not been apparent of late, but that does not preclude the rise of necessary leadership and the willing compromises of the rest of us from remedies. However, our immediate prospects are not as dire as most believe.
So why are we so angry and depressed as a culture? So divided? So unwilling to participate in reasonable problem solving and positive communication? And so entrenched in shouting across an unbridged chasm with vitriol, condemnation and accusations of stupidity expressed as superficially clever bumper sticker slogans and insulting memes? Neither side of the chasm is guiltless in this regard as we all Facebook and Twitter away, while congratulating our associated true believers with “Likes,” laughing emoticons and clichéd internet shorthand acronyms.
“A nation divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln
Too many aspects of this destructive phenomenon to explore in a blog post, but we can look at one: what the shrinks call “confirmation bias “– that damnable tendency to filter new information per our preconceived ideas. We believe readily everything negative about those whom we judge harshly and remain resolutely tone deaf to everything negative on our side of the big chasm. The converse also applies: we believe nothing positive of the devils on the other side and every scintilla of remotely encouraging news about our guy (or girl).
In short we believe ourselves to be right (or else why would we believe it?), but we lose our way and become mired in the sludge of our willingness to demean those with whom we disagree. They are morons, evil and better off dead. We not only disagree, we condemn in the basest terms possible. If Benjamin Franklin, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, who disagreed on many issues about the structure of a new nation, had not worked so very hard to overcome profound differences, we might still be singing “God Save the Queen.”
Why can’t we sit down with a cup of coffee or an adult beverage or break some bread, put on our big boy pants as Tom Hanks recently suggested and be willing to engage in rational polite discussion to present and defend our side and to listen in good faith to those with whom we differ? No vitriol, no accusations of imbecility or demonic possession, just a conversation. Maybe we can all expand our little gray cells and comprehension, and while we may not end up in agreement in every regard, there is a chance we can understand the other a bit better. In that we may begin to forge a way ahead we can all live with. To yell from the sidelines and hope our leaders of one stripe or another fail us once again is like hoping the driver of the bus we are all on drives off a cliff. Can we leave behind our compulsion to please our likeminded fellows, and stop poisoning political speech? Perhaps we can find both useful discourse and real solutions.
“Persuasion is achieved by the speaker’s personal character when the speech is so spoken as to make us think him credible. We believe good men more fully and more readily than others: this is true generally whatever the question is, and absolutely true where exact certainty is impossible and opinions are divided.” Aristotle
Filed under Culture views, Politics and government
Tagged as confirmation bias, divided nation, election
Spiders and Such
“He fancied he had seen the festering truth that lies at the heart of all bureaucracies: his report, he decided like all reports and all decisions could probably wait until next week. Bureaucracy, Fyodor Dostoevsky
Walking into an unlit, dank, dirt floored cellar brings with it an irrational foreboding. When my face runs into several spider webs, the distasteful sensation of clinging suffocation comes with an urge to panic, to abandon my exploration and frantically rub off the sticky filaments. My imagination jumps unbidden to a twitching in unseen regions of the webs, movement with weight and purpose, significant arachnids – fetid with predatory fangs, and my eyes feel vulnerable.
Walking into the Department of Motor Vehicles for a simple transaction like registering a vehicle and picking up license plates brings with it a sense of foreboding as well. How long will this take? How much will it cost? How unpleasant will the experience be? Can I wipe away the clinging after effects without getting bitten? This week, an experience reinforced the dread, emblematic of what entrenched bureaucracy can inflict upon the innocent. Well, pretty much innocent.
The first step was positive: five minute wait to the check in desk, then the unraveling began. A pleasant woman looked over my prepared paperwork and declared it complete and ready to get in line for a take a number wait. Then she checked her DMV records and discovered a tax block on new or renewed registrations from my old hometown–speed bump. I went back to my truck and unsheathed my trusty smartphone. A quick search got me the phone number for the City of Providence Tax Collector’s Office; I called it four times. Each time it rang fifteen times or so with no capacity for voicemail and hung up on me. Undaunted, I went on their website. Found my records, and they showed back excise taxes due on my old car from 2015 and 2016. Apparently when I changed my address for the registration, the DMV hadn’t notified the City of Providence. They had done so for Rita’s car, but not mine. The Post Office had stopped forwarding my mail, and I was unaware of the problem.
Since I had lived in Middletown for those years, I didn’t owe the taxes, but if I was to get my plates that day, which I needed to do, the easier course was to pay them, release the block and fight it out another day. Back on my phone on the website, I was maneuvering to pay the bill with a credit card on my phone. I entered my address as asked, but it would not accept the payment because it wanted my old Providence address. Joseph Heller wrote about this bureaucratic predisposition and named it for our times: Catch 22. My old address would qualify me to pay, but my credit card required my current address. Tried calling them again-same result. Put my smartphone away and started my truck to drive the forty five minutes to Providence. One must maintain commitment to the task.
Three visits to two offices and a trip to my bank to get a certified check later (the City of Providence accepts credit cards on their website, but has no machines in the collector’s office), I was able to pay the bill. I was told there was one more line to endure, so I brought the paid receipt ten feet to another caged station, waited again and begged for the release from the tax block at the DMV—actually I sang a couple of lines from the old Engelbert Humperdinck recording, “Please Release Me.” The clerk laughed, indulged me and worked her magic on their operating system. Dunkin Donuts drive through for sustenance fortified me for the forty five minutes back to the DMV in Middletown.
I stood in the line this time for ten minutes at the check in booth. A new clerk stamped her imprimatur on my paperwork, found no tax block and issued my number: A342. With a heart full of hope, I consigned myself to the oak benches cleverly designed for discomfort with fifty others, heard them announce A328 and judged myself nearing the finish line. As it turned out there were “C” and “E” numbers too. Two hours later, my number was called. With hat in hand and with bated breath, I went to yet another stand up booth with a barrier and presented myself with a clean slate. It took another fifteen minutes or so while she left to search for the right plates, took my sales tax and fees and printed out my new registration. I dragged myself home six hours after I ran to the registry to get my plates. Talked to my daughter and her beautiful girls out in the yard under the old sugar maple tree and began my recovery.
“The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.” Eugene McCarthy
My brother has been trying to help my ninety five year old mother obtain some help with her ever increasing need for nursing care from Mass Health (the model for Obamacare). He had to fill out a thirty eight page form. I called him, thinking that in his email he had to be exaggerating for effect. Nope. Greg tried three times over two days to fax it to them. He got receipts certifying thirty eight pages had gone through without error each time. When he called them time after time, they said they never got it. He persisted (necessary family trait dealing with government agencies) and held someone on the phone while he faxed it again, and they acknowledged that they had it. Over eighty years of paying taxes (her Social Security benefits are taxed), and she would need thirty eight pages to get some help. Without assistance from her family, she would not have a chance.
All the functionaries in my tale were courteous, most with smiles and wanting to help. No doubt the various managers and government agencies spent hugely on mandatory customer service training for their clerks after years of bad press about arrogant and unresponsive bureaucrats. Not the people anymore, but the fault is in the nature of the institution. Bureaucracies are terribly good at a few things: self perpetuation and clothing themselves in myriad rules that once set are holy; making new rules, arcane and impossible to understand; propagate like lab mice the detailed, redundant forms with jot and tittle pitfalls; and metastasizing like a malignancy.
The failures and flaws of Obamacare[i] reveal themselves as it settles in: one third of the country with only one or no ACA exchange options in 2017; 16 to 23% increases in premiums in many regions this year; doctors retiring or cutting back due to the bureaucracy and rules to see more patients for whom they can possibly give quality care. I lost my doctor of over fifteen years because he ended his PCP practice to limit his work to cardiology. Joe told us he couldn’t see as many patients as the enforced standards mandated and still personalize, make more human and competently care for them without fear of making a terrible error. He is a superb care provider. I told him I would see him again when my heart gives out. Of course, not to worry, the government solution is what will invariably be the progressive government solution: more government bureaucracy and a single payer system. To be assured medical care will be less responsive, will engender multiple lines of the vacant-eyed disconsolate, and deliver poorer care with stacks of forms. Picture the DMV with physician assistants, computer diagnosis of our symptoms and clerks—lots of clerks with smiley faces and customer service certificates of training in their booths.
“If you’re going to sin, sin against God, not the bureaucracy. God will forgive you but the bureaucracy won’t. Hyman Rickover
[i] Experts Predict Sharp Decline in Competition across the ACA Exchanges. Avalere, Health care analysis and think tank.
Tagged as government;bureaucracy;Obamacare
The Blare of the Brass Trump
“There are two sides to a trumpeter’s personality. There is the one that lives only to lay waste to the woodwinds and strings, leaving them lying blue and lifeless along the swath of destruction that is the trumpeter’s fury. And then there’s the dark side.” Anonymous
Much has been written of the Trump phenomenon, about ignorant, angry, racist voters who have taken more than enough and can’t take anymore. Far deeper and more intransigent than that, I’m afraid. The glib Donald proposes no real or even thoughtful solutions – only simplistic pandering, and he displays little depth of knowledge in any of the subjects about which he harangues. How is a privileged narcissist, a vain bully whose signature is insult and schoolboy humiliation of anyone who voices even minor criticism, successfully pretending as a “tell it like it is” savior of the common man? What vein is he mining?
Peggy Noonan this weekend starts the conversation best, I think, in her Wall Street Journal column, and I recommend it to you: “Trump and the Rise of the Unprotected.” She writes that the divide between the “protected” (well to do, influential, comfortable and safe) and the “unprotected” (everybody else) has widened to nearly unbridgeable and is intolerably frustrating to those on the vulnerable side. Noonan suggests that the protected includes most politicians, academia, the majority of both conservative and progressive media, the educated and the wealthy – defined as anyone not constantly worried about paycheck to paycheck necessities for their families.
The protected have no insight into what the majority of people deal with on Monday morning or in middle of the night sweats; the unprotected are in frigid water without a lifeboat while the Titanic goes down. The elite have for the most part abandoned public schools for their own children except for lip service to the teacher’s union. They converse smugly among themselves about the witlessness of the average person along with some occasional painless and riskless tsk, tsking about minorities and the disadvantaged, who need to be rescued by the government or free enterprise or some combination thereof. The protected and unprotected stand on the precipices of opposite sides of a canyon and shout bumper sticker slogans at each other.
Trumpism is not a joke, much as we wish it was, and neither is it an eruption without a cause. We can see it as the other side of the same coin as Obamaism. We long for a demagogue to lead us out of the bewilderment of our own inability to grasp what’s really going on. We are awash in information and immediacy of communication and bereft of understanding and wisdom, overloaded with bits of knowledge, and unable to piece together a meaningful picture of the whole. So we grasp at the self-serving kindness of strangers and fantasize that the expert, the manager, the technocrat can pick their way through the obstacles that no one else understands and bring us safely home.
“The vast accumulations of knowledge – or at least information – deposited by the nineteenth century have been responsible for an equally vast ignorance. When there is so much to be known, when there are so many fields of knowledge in which the same words are used with different meanings, when everyone knows a little about a great many things, it becomes increasingly difficult for anyone to know whether he knows what he is talking about or not. And when we do not know, or when we do not know enough, we tend always to substitute emotions for thoughts.” T.S. Eliot, from the essay, “The Perfect Critic”
G.K. Chesterton wrote over a century ago in his brilliant short essay on juries, “The Twelve Men,” [i] “The Fabian argument of the expert, that the man who is trained should be the man who is trusted would be absolutely unanswerable if it were really true that a man who studied a thing and practiced it every day went on seeing more and more of its significance. But he does not. He goes on seeing less and less of its significance. In the same way, alas! we all go on every day, unless we are continually goading ourselves into gratitude and humility, seeing less and less of the significance of the sky or the stones.”
Our culture is in great danger of intellectual and moral surrender to the expert, to the manager whom we believe knows all and can fix all, like Donald Trump, or for that matter, Barack Obama. We retreat from an overwhelming onslaught of data and information and cede authority to those longing to assume it. We flee into distractions, entertainments and the frivolous because we fear we cannot bear or understand what it is we need to understand and to bear. Mistaking management for leadership, we willingly turn over our governance to those we hope see the light that we do not.
“Trumpet players see each other, and it’s like we’re getting ready to square off and get into a fight.” Wynton Marsalis
[i] See free online version of Chesterton’s collection, “Tremendous Trifles” from the Gutenberg Project: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8092/8092-h/8092-h.htm#link2H_4_0012
Tagged as Chesterton, donald trump
A Wilderness of Error
“The right thing can seem so wrong and the wrong thing seem so right that we easily become lost, to use Poe’s exquisite phrase, in a wilderness of error.” A Dancer in the Dust, Thomas H. Cook
Unless you have been visiting abroad, say in the Galapagos, you read about or watched Jonathan Gruber, an author of Obamacare. If you have been in the Galapagos, here is a two minute synopsis: Grubergate in Two Minutes from “American Commitment.” Former Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, crowed once that the bill would have to be passed before we knew what was in it. This was not due solely to the closed door machinations and deals, cobbling together a bill meant to be ironed out in joint committee, but frozen, partially done, by the election of Scott Brown. Nor was it due entirely to being over 2,500 pages long and spawning tens of thousands of pages of regulations. The great majority of Americans and American legislators didn’t know what was in it because a.) Obamacare ACA was calculated to obfuscate, and b.) We were “too stupid” to understand it anyway, which was, after all, just as well. As Dr. Gruber clarified to his elite colleagues in academia, “Lack of transparency is a huge political advantage.”
“Speak boastfully no longer, nor let arrogance issue from your mouths.” 1 Samuel 2:3
Obamacare with all its errors in design, the subterfuge in its passage into law and its flawed implementation is a model of progressive mischief, but the ACA is also a metaphor for far more dangerous myopia. Lest we be mistaken, the hubris of the progressive “expert” knows few boundaries. The progressive is willing and able to take us where we ought to go, whether, or perhaps especially, when we do not know enough to want to go there. From their perspective, a stupid and ignorant electorate is best able to be led by those fully prepared to lead them. “Progressive” has become a self-contained oxymoron.
“The trouble is that we always define ‘forward’ as moving in our direction…but not everyone can, and not everyone should.” A Dancer in the Dust, Thomas H. Cook
Norman Angell wrote “The Great Illusion” in 1909 and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in 1933. His premise was that large scale war in modern times was futile because of the complex economic interdependence of all the major nations; the cost even for the winners would be too great. His work particularly influenced English leadership, convincing them that even the “Hun” would not be so foolish. They remained in hope almost to the day German troops invaded Belgium and headed towards Paris. Treaty bound to Belgium, the United Kingdom watched as they were inexorably drawn into the beginning of World War I, the bloodiest war in human history until that time. The infirmity of purpose that encouraged the Kaiser was repeated with Neville Chamberlain’s vacillations twenty five years later prior to World War II. Adolph Hitler read the signs of his enemy’s hopeful delusion and warmed up with Austria and Poland before striding down the Champs–Élysées. The butchery exceeded its predecessor. And so it goes.
For leaders to misunderstand their enemies by trusting optimistic and irresolute illusion kills faith in that leadership as well as the best of the youth under its stewardship.
“In the month of August 1914, there was something looming, inescapable, universal that involved us all. Something in that awful gulf between perfect plans and fallible men that makes one tremble.” Barbara Tuchman, “The Guns of August”
This week we were entertained with the administration’s attempt to placate the offended leaders of almost all major nations. The president once again led from behind by failing to send an appropriate level of representation to the solidarity march of those leaders in Paris after the Charlie Hebdo radical Jihadist attack. To make up for the gaffe, Secretary of State John Kerry gave a stiff hug to Francoise Hollande, the French Premier, and Kerry doubled down by bringing along a grinning James Taylor to sing his sappy “You’ve Got a Friend”. Bad sixties coffee shop folk singing to sooth all insults. If we hadn’t been inured to such awkwardness with six years of this tomfoolery, it would be embarrassing. Now it seems like just another day at the White House. One wag suggested in lieu of Taylor, it should have been Judy Collins with “Send in The Clowns.”
The relevance is not only the tone deafness, but the worldview, the progressive desire to see things as they would hope them to be, irrespective of how they are. Whether Hillary is entreating us to empathize with the Jihadists, Howard Dean denying that the Paris murders were carried out by Muslims or Barack Obama persisting in calling the Fort Hood killings “workplace violence” and Jihadist butchery as “radical extremism” not necessarily unlike Timothy McVeigh or the demented Jim Jones.
Jihadist violence is inherent, and if we refuse to acknowledge that there is a war, we are probably losing. Releasing Gitmo Islamists who immediately resume killing us or negotiating with Iran over their nuclear ambitions are all of a piece. To the committed Jihadist, there is one dichotomy: dar al-Islam (The House of Islam) and dar al-harb (The House of War), the realm of peace and Islam, and the realm of war: that is everybody else. Leaving the rest of us alone, peaceful coexistence and religious tolerance is as impossible and foreign to them as government by, of and for the people, as constitutional law is to sharia, as democracy is to the Caliphate. Conversion or the sword are the options.
“And fight with them until there is no more fitna (disorder, unbelief) and religion should be only for Allah!” Quran (8:39)
“And kill them wherever you find them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out. And Al-Fitnah [disbelief] is worse than killing… Quran (2:191-193)
Tagged as delusion, Gruber, Jihadist, progressive
Ponderings and Conundrums – musings on a cold winter day
“To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.” Things That Matter, Charles Krauthammer (reprinted from the Washington Post, July 26, 2002
When we discuss economics, politics or social trends at family gatherings, in the coffee break room or with friends during holiday gatherings, the polarity seems more intense every year, not less. Talk flows back and forth with hammer blows of conflicting facts and less and less listening from either side. How do we resolve the seemingly irresolvable? How do we compromise on issues built on inviolate, but contradictory core values?
The progressive decries the widening gap between the rich and the poor, which is undeniable. But over nine million formerly well paying industrial blue collar jobs have fled to emerging second and third world countries, and with production goes innovation. Those nine million jobs have been replaced for the most part by service sector jobs or retail, and rare is the instance that those relatively low skill jobs pay anywhere near as much as a trained machine operator or union car assembler. The gap grows, but it is facile to make the assumption that the exploitive business owner shoulders all the blame. We who benefit from lower prices at the cash register vote with our wallets and with the unintended consequence of hurting the highly paid, middle class blue collar worker.
Demonstrations at Walmart to pay its workers more than the current average $17,500 sound rational on MSNBC. The underlying economics that drive the decisions by management to set wages are more complicated. Stocking shelves at Walmart with made in China or Mexico sweaters cannot pay as much as practiced loom operators knitting those sweaters once made in the former textile mills of the Blackstone River Valley in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Raising the minimum wage reduces hiring and harms the opportunity of those with few skills entering the workforce, where they will learn how to show up on time, to work diligently and improve their proficiency.
If Walmart decided tomorrow to raise the pay and benefits of all their workers $6,000 per year, it would no longer produce a profit for its owners and would not be viable as an ongoing business, having insufficient resources to compete, replace trucks and pay the light bills. If they raised their prices to accommodate the higher pay, the customers would soon be over at BJ’s or K-Mart buying their Chinese made sweaters and jeans where shelves are stocked and cash registers staffed with lower paid workers. Or consumers would buy fewer sweaters because they can’t afford the higher prices.
Raising the minimum wage to a “living wage” is terrific as a campaign slogan, but implementation without repercussions is a tricky business. NAFTA is a two edged sword.
“Cowboys games at AT&T Stadium can consume up to 10 megawatts of energy, more than is used in three hours by the 3.7 million residents of Liberia.” Kevin Kerr, Sports Illustrated 12/30
American “exceptionalism” is a commendable slogan and core belief as well, but can our citizens reasonably expect that having 4.5% of the world’s population and consuming one-third of the world’s paper, a quarter of the world’s oil, 23 percent of the coal, 27 percent of the aluminum, and 19 percent of the copper is sustainable in a global economy with the other 95.5% wanting their fair share of resources? Do we believe it is prudent governance to hinder development of domestic sources of oil through fracking while continuing dependence for oil on those who hate us? Does it make sense to hinder a pipeline from our closest neighbor and ally, which own of the third largest reservoir of oil reserves in the world? Do we really believe this will prevent Canada from selling this oil? The oil will be sold, and likely to those who burn it far less efficiently and cleanly than our more closely regulated industries and vehicles. Does this truly advance the cause of fewer hydrocarbons poisoning the atmosphere?
“I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Under the flag of “diversity,” the personal freedom in Western culture and in the United States has been under attack for nearly fifty years: especially the freedom to live out religious beliefs that do no harm. Jack Phillips, a baker in Colorado, politely declined the business of a same-sex couple who wanted to buy a wedding cake. The Left espouses diversity of belief and practice except when it comes to anyone who disagrees with the tenets of their own secular faith. Rather than simply going to another baker (of whom there are many), the couple sued Mr. Phillips and received a court judgment. He was fined. If he refuses to pay the fine or bake a cake, he can be sent to jail. This is not discrimination in the workplace or hiring practices or bullying or any of the other injustices that have been redressed in the courts. Jack Phillips chose not to participate by baking a cake and was punished by the court. How soon will churches be forced to perform marriages that violate their core beliefs? Will those churches have to get out of the civil marriage business, as the Catholic Church was forced out of the adoption business, closing down the largest adoption provider in the country?
The American Civil Liberties Union recently sued a Catholic hospital to force it to perform abortions. The Left for years had a mantra stating that, “If you don’t like abortion, don’t have one.” Apparently that doesn’t hold true if a hospital chooses not to perform one.
“I’ve always felt that a person’s intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting points of view he can entertain simultaneously on the same topic.” Abigail Adams
Mrs. Adams was a superb communicator married to a superb communicator. Their letters to one another are a priceless legacy. She was also a lot smarter than most, including most especially me. I have a difficult time, as do many, trying to “entertain simultaneously conflicting points of view.” – More than ever when those points of view are almost fundamentally irreconcilable. Compromise may not be possible. e.g. How do we reconcile an issue when one group sees only “women’s reproductive rights” (who can oppose someone’s constitutional rights?), and the opposition sees murdered babies who merited protection and nurture? A Solomonic solution is not possible.
How do we reconcile political viewpoints when the Attorney General lets slide Black Panthers caught on video tape intimidating voters at polling places, and then goes hard after the Little Sisters of the Poor for upholding their rights of personal conscience against the Obamacare monolith mandating abortifacient drug coverage? How do we find compromise when one side is convinced the opposition is naïve and a little stupid, and the other side sees their opponents as evil incarnate? How do we reconcile opposing views in which one side perceives exponentially expanding government both in size and scope as a grave danger and the other envisions it as the road to Utopia? There remains little common ground upon which to stand.
This post started with a Charles Krauthammer quote, and it will end in one from a 2012 Washington Post column reprinted in “Things That Matter.” Read the book.
“(President Obama and progressives are) equating society with government, the collectivity with the state. Of course we are shaped by our milieu. But the most important influence on the individual is not government. It is civil society, those elements of the collectivity that lie outside government: family, neighborhood, church, Rotary club, PTA, the voluntary associations that Tocqueville understood to be the genius of America and source of its energy and freedom.
Moreover, the greatest threat to a robust, autonomous civil society is the ever-growing Leviathan state and those like Obama who see it as the ultimate expression of the collective.”
Tagged as Charles Krauthammer, Jack Phillips, Walmart
“The only way to be sure of catching a train is to miss the one before it.” G.K. Chesterton
Throughout my nearly forty years in the lumber business, I have taken on many responsibilities from time to time. One of the sidebars that intrigued me was my industry’s sometimes shaky marriage with railroads. Demurrage charges accrue when the local railroad sets a car of freight on our siding to be unloaded, and the receiving yard takes too long to unload the product and release the car back for pickup. Demurrage fines can be dear, railroads are enthusiastic to assess them, and the owners of lumber companies hold managers accountable for expediting unloading to avoid them.
Western fir plywood is still a frequent rail traveler, although in times past before manufactured engineered wood products came to the fore, Canadian or West Coast Douglas Fir timbers rode the rails and landed in one yard or another every day. Now like most things, the set and release are done on line, but I remember often calling a bored dispatcher in some remote dingy railroad office to let them know to pick up their empty. We kept a careful log in a three ring binder tracking car numbers, dates in and out, product and related purchase orders to the mills to document not infrequent disputes over charges — especially during the reign of the late, unlamented federally run Conrail.
“If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer (Lutheran theologian and member of German Resistance, murdered by the Nazis)
When diesel was cheap in the seventies, many small railroads lost a lot of business to more flexible trucking companies. In bankruptcy or near bankruptcy, some of the well connected owners of these railroads lobbied the government hard to bail them out, which, of course, it did, nationalizing the operations of poetically nostalgic names like Erie Lackawanna and Lehigh & Hudson River. $7.65 billion later and losing nearly a million dollars a day, it was privatized by President Reagan and sold to Norfolk Southern and CSX. Both companies to this day are chugging along with multibillion dollar annual profits. Shares for both are trading near their all time highs.
The complexities undergirding their success are beyond the scope of a blog post, the obvious point is that private business out performs the bureaucratic, cholesterol clogged arteries of government run enterprises. Profit, necessary cost efficiencies and the capital magnet of profitable companies drive success. Self perpetuating bureaucracy, less than accountable cost structures and the ability to either print or borrow unlimited funds drive more Kafkaesque fiefdoms.
As the rollout of Obamacare continues to make bad news, we are reminded of other train wrecks of Federal programs. We have yet to see the “rest of the story” when the mandate for small businesses is finally allowed to kick in. The administration illegally breaks off pieces of the unmanageable bill and postpones other parts time and again to time the next disaster until after the election cycle. But I suppose pain delayed and deferred is better than immediate suffering.
“Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run him over.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
What has me worried next is the nationalization of medical records set for October go live, part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the irony in the bill’s name is beyond imagination). The story this week of Target’s insecure records that resulted in somewhere between 70 and 110 million customers gives us pause. Credit card numbers, PIN authorization codes, names, addresses and even email addresses were hacked. Presumably Target has the most up to date security for these records available, but…..
Another story this week told of the vulnerability of offsite access to databases through Virtual Private Networks. In recent weeks we’ve read of NASDAQ and Snapchat being hacked. None of these companies lack Information Technology sophistication or concern for the privacy of their records. Target is thought to be an inside job. As Edward Snowden showed with his million plus record theft of our country’s deepest secrets, all it takes is one person with an agenda and a grudge.
Do we think that every county hospital and doctor’s office with access to a national database will have the security and IT capability of NASDAQ or Target? The national database of medical records will tell who has AIDS, who has been treated for STDs, who has struggled with depression or bulimia or had an abortion or breast enhancing surgery, which job applicant has an expensive history of drug use or cardiac problems, members social security numbers – all of it will be there. The intention to make more accessible and easily transferable all of our health records may or may not be benign to our brave new world, but it will undoubtedly leave us vulnerable.
“Concentrated power is not rendered harmless by the good intentions of those who create it.” Milton Friedman (Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist)
This week we are told that the administration finally chose not to renew the contract to the Canadian company, CGI Group, which was hired to oversee key aspects of the egregious healthcare.gov rollout. Nobody got fired, including the inept Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sibelius. Hundreds of millions were spent with CGI, who’s Executive Vice President, Tony Townes-Whitley, went to Princeton with Michelle Obama, belonged to the Princeton Black Alumni association with her and donated to the Obama campaign – a fortuitous coincidence no doubt. Now after one of the most visible IT debacles in history, they don’t get their contract renewed. No penalties, no claw back, no anything.
The House of Representatives on Friday passed the Health Exchange Security and Transparency Act with all Republicans and 67 Democrats. The bill would require the health exchanges to notify victims of identity or information theft within the exchanges. The administration lobbied Democrats hard to vote against it. The self proclaimed most transparent administration in U.S. history opposes the Security and Transparency bill and threatens to veto it if enough Democrats in the Senate are persuaded by their nervous constituents to join their House colleagues.
As dear Alice wondered after going down the rabbit hole, it gets curiouser and curiouser!
“This train don’t carry no con men, this train;
This train don’t carry no con men,
No wheeler dealers, here and gone men,
This train don’t carry no con men, this train.” This Train is Bound For Glory, Woody Guthrie
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Two reasons why Victoria will never be a brown coal export hub
A $90m government fund to develop brown coal processing technology doesn’t alter the fact the Latrobe Valley will never export coal in bulk. Here’s why.
Rob Campbell Posted on 8 August 2012 9 August 2012 3 Comments
Last Friday, the Victorian and federal governments announced a $90 million fund to develop brown coal processing technology in the Latrobe Valley.
The fund is called the Advanced Lignite Demonstration Program (ALDP) and, according to the brochure, its main goal is the “development of low-emission coal products for export”.
Media coverage of the announcement so far has focused on two predictable points of view: that the program will either shore up the “long-term viable future for the Latrobe Valley based on the sustainable use of brown coal”, or alternatively, it will “waste time in the fight against climate change”.
To date, however, no one seems to have pointed out that there are two simple reasons why Victoria will never export coal in bulk.
Firstly, Victorian brown coal is of lower quality than any coal offered on world markets.
Secondly, Victoria is the worst place in the entire Asian region from which to export coal, except maybe Tasmania.
Straight out of the ground, Latrobe Valley coal has a moisture content that exceeds 60% and an energy rating of under 9 megajoules per tonne (2,150kcal/kg). By way of comparison, the moisture content of NSW benchmark Newcastle coal is around 2% and its energy rating exceeds 28 megajoules per tonne (6,700kcal/kg).
Worse still, when Latrobe Valley coal is dried it is volatile and tends to explode. There just is no market for coal of such low grade and high volatility, other than the power stations located next to the mines.
So if we’re going to export it, we first have to turn it into something there is a market for. That’s where ALDP and the $90 million come in. The plan is to develop technology to turn our coal into something we can sell. But any technology that is sophisticated enough to do this must add significantly to the cost of putting a tonne of our product onto a ship. Our competitors don’t have this cost.
Even if we could magically make it cost-free to turn Latrobe Valley coal into something as “good” as, say, Indonesian sub-bituminous coal (which has a moisture content of 24 per cent and an energy rating of 20 megajoules per tonne (4,780kcal/kg)), the companies that develop this technology will presumably deploy it in Indonesia (or South Africa, or Russia, or Mongolia, or Queensland) as well.
Reducing our comparative disadvantage in coal quality is therefore contingent upon the technology being developed strictly to suit our coal in particular, in a way that could not be transferred to competitors. But the program is open to multi-national companies and there is no indication that the intellectual property could be made to stay in Victoria.
With our coal magically transformed into a similar product to those of other producers, we would next have to overcome our disadvantageous location.
Transport costs routinely account for over half the delivered price of coal. Because of high transport costs, the world seaborne coal market is split into two segments – the Pacific Basin and the Atlantic Basin. Victoria is clearly limited to the Pacific Basin and its major markets in Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and India. Victoria is further from these markets than all of our competitors and therefore faces the highest transport costs.
The ALDP brochure enthusiastically proclaims that Latrobe Valley lignite could be turned into liquid fuels, gas or fertilisers. However, all these commodities face similar problems: existing supplies are relatively cheap, local markets are small, and transport costs are expensive. Processing in Australia might reduce shipping volumes and transport costs, but will likely incur a carbon cost.
In 1899, the Great Morwell Coal Mining Company went broke due to competition from higher quality NSW coal. Ever since, Latrobe Valley coal has been used for little else except local power generation. In 2002, the Victorian government tried again to entice developers with coal allocations, but 10 years later none of the winning projects have become operational.
Exporting Latrobe Valley coal will never be viable unless world prices reach, and remain at, levels high enough to offset our processing costs and extra shipping costs. Because other suppliers do not incur these costs, Victoria will always be the most marginal producer in the market.
In 1776 the founder of economics, Adam Smith, wrote that “the value of a coal-mine to the proprietor frequently depends as much upon its situation as upon its fertility.” Our coal mines are not situated well for export, nor are they fertile in terms of quality. Federal and state governments are ignoring the lessons of both economics and history in funding the ALDP.
Roderick Campbell is an associate economist with Economists at Large
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Ross McNeilage 7 years ago
I hope both Federal and Victorian State government departments and ministers read and understand this. Faint hope
howardp 7 years ago
Yes, faint hope.
The ALDP is a waste of taxpayers funds.
There are good reasons to think that those funds could acheve far more if they were made available for research and development of battery technology.
Advances in battery technology are required to harness renewable energy and Australia should be putting far more resources into doing its part – not wasting resources on white elephants such as the ALDP.
David Rossiter 7 years ago
Thoroughly agree with the article – this is not the first attempt to find a better solution for brown coal combustion.
For roughly every three tonnes of LaTrobe brown coal used in a boiler, in effect two tonnes of water has been placed in the boiler with one tonne of mainly combustible material.
That one tonne of combustible material has to boil off the two tonnes of water and then warm up the water in the boiler walls to create steam it is amazing it even works!
Generations of scientists and engineers have tried to improve on this crudest of systems – will another $90 million solve this problem???
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Opportunities for trade and investment between Latin America and Asia-Pacific: the link with APEC
NU. CEPAL
Perú. Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo
RELACIONES ECONOMICAS INTERNACIONALES
INTEGRACION ECONOMICA
ESTRUCTURA DEL COMERCIO
INVERSION EXTRANJERA DIRECTA
ESTADISTICAS COMERCIALES
COMERCIO DE SERVICIOS
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC RELATIONS
TRADE STRUCTURE
Includes bibliography
Although trade and investment between Latin America and the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacifi c region have recovered since the Asian crisis and are continuing to expand, thanks especially to the upsurge in trade fl ows with China, biregional economic links generally remain weak and show little diversifi cation. For most of the countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, the Asia-Pacifi c region is still a largely unexploited market despite its impressive record in areas such as growth, international trade, foreign direct investment (FDI), technology upgrading and innovation capacities, as well as its continuously expanding foreign reserves. The present dynamic aggregate demand of the countries of the Asia-Pacific region, especially China, offers Latin America and the Caribbean unprecedented production and export opportunities, both in commodities and in manufactures and services. The Latin American and Caribbean region's authorities should thus redouble their efforts to identify and capitalize on such new opportunities to enhance their countries' potential complementarities with the Asia-Pacific region. A number of important events have been organized in recent years to address the nature and scope of cooperation between the two regions. However, these initiatives have stopped short of institutionalizing high-level political talks or implementing plans and programmes aimed at strengthening economic, political and cultural ties. There is a lack of awareness about the importance of biregional trade and investment, and there have been few coordinated strategies between countries or regional groupings for seeking closer trade and investment links with the Asia-Pacifi c region. Approaches to that region by Latin America and the Caribbean have thus far been sporadic and piecemeal, and have chiefl y been confi ned to the conclusion of bilateral free trade agreements. Until recently, Asia-Pacific regional integration has centred around its burgeoning intraregional trade flows, which are being driven by the increasing production and trade complementarities of the different countries' manufacturing sectors. Intra-industry trade (i.e., cases where a country both imports and exports similar but not identical products) has expanded signifi cantly as the specifi c advantages of production and marketing chains are exploited more effectively. This de facto (market-led) integration process in the Asia-Pacific region is now being reinforced by de jure (government-led) integration, and strong production and trade relations are being complemented by free trade agreements of various types that aim to consolidate such links. To take full advantage of Asian trade-cum-investment dynamics, Latin America and the Caribbean must, as a matter of urgency, reorient and realign its relations with the Asia-Pacific region in order to sustain its commodity exports while producing more value added and more technologically complex manufactures for that market. The strategy in this regard should be to: (i) promote the Latin American and Caribbean region's participation in Asian supply chains with a view to boosting the value added and technology/knowledge content of its exports (including its exports of resource-based products; and (ii) forge closer trade relations by such means as joint export promotion campaigns, trade alliances among enterprises in the two regions and free trade agreements in order to address market-access problems. Latin American and Caribbean companies should endeavour to build ties with successful Asia-Pacific firms and to form part of the supply chains for their production and distribution units, including those of the natural-resource-based manufactures that are currently being exported to the Asia-Pacific region. The call for greater biregional business alliances also applies to Asia-Pacific countries, which are global players in the market for technology-intensive goods and labour-intensive sectors such as footwear, textiles and apparel, and some segments of electronics. In these sectors, Asia-Pacific competes directly with North American, European and Latin American firms in the Latin American and Caribbean market. The strategic position of the Asia-Pacifi c region in relation to other suppliers suggests that, in order to secure an even larger share of the Latin American and Caribbean market, these countries need to strengthen their links with Latin American and Caribbean economies by building up alliances and promoting various forms of mutually benefi cial business cooperation.
APEC in the world economy .-- Latin America and the Caribbean and the Asia-Pacific region in the world economy .-- Trade and investment links between the Latin American and Caribbean and Asia-Pacific region .-- De facto (market led) integration between Latin American and the Caribbean and Asia-Pacific region .-- De jure (government led) integration in and between the two regions.
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LC/L.2971-P
Regional Trade Agreements
Freund, Caroline; Ornelas, Emanuel (2012-03-19)
This paper reviews the theoretical and
 empirical literature on regionalism. The formation of
 regional trade agreements has been, by far, the most popular
 form of reciprocal trade liberalization in the past 15
 years. The discriminatory character of these agreements has
 raised three main concerns: that trade diversion would be
 rampant, because special interest groups would induce
 governments to form the most distortionary agreements; that
 broader external trade liberalization would stall or
 reverse; and that multilateralism could be undermined.
 Theoretically, all of these concerns are legitimate,
 although there are also several theoretical arguments that
 oppose them. Empirically, neither widespread trade diversion
 nor stalled external liberalization has materialized, while
 the undermining of multilateralism has not been properly
 tested. There are also several aspects of regionalism that
 have received too little attention from researchers, but
 which are central to understanding its causes and consequences.
Integration of Markets vs. Integration by Agreements
Aminian, Nathalie; Fung, K.C.; Ng, Francis (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2008-03)
This paper provides an analysis of the
 two channels of regional integration: integration via
 markets and integration via agreements. Given that East Asia
 and Latin America are two fertile regions where both forms
 of integrations have taken place, the authors examine the
 experiences of these two areas. There are four related
 results. First, East Asia had been integrating via markets
 long before formal agreements were in vogue in the region.
 Latin America, by contrast, has primarily used formal
 regional trade treaties as the main channel of integration.
 Second, despite the relative lack of formal regional trade
 treaties until recently, East Asia is more integrated among
 itself than Latin America. Third, from a purely economic and
 trade standpoint, the proper sequence of integrations seems
 to be first integrating via markets and subsequently via
 formal regional trade agreements. Fourth, regional trade
 agreements often serve multiple constituents. The reason why
 integrating via markets first can be helpful is because this
 can give stronger political bargaining power to the
 outward-looking economic-oriented forces within the country.
A Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of a Ukraine-EU Free Trade Agreement on Agriculture
von Cramon-Taubadel, Stephan; Hess, Sebastian; Brummer, Bernhard (2010-04-01)
Agriculture including food products is
 of particular interest for Ukraine. However, in free trade
 agreements involving the European Union, agriculture is
 always given special treatment and subject to less and
 slower liberalization than other sectors. This paper employs
 the standard Global Trade Analysis Project model in order to
 assess how World Trade Organization accession affects
 agriculture in Ukraine, and how potential bilateral tariff
 cuts may interact with potential productivity gains within
 Ukrainian agriculture. The results indicate that, due to
 trade liberalization, Ukraine can expect gains from a more
 efficient allocation of its resources in line with
 comparative advantage, leading to an increase of production
 and exports of wheat, other grains, and oilseeds, but also
 of several processed food products that benefit from less
 expensive intermediate inputs. However, Ukraine's
 exports are concentrated on a small number of destinations,
 especially Russia and some other Former Soviet Union
 countries because they fail to meet quality standards
 elsewhere. When Ukrainian production of these products
 increases due to increased allocative efficiency, exports to
 Russia increase further and prices there fall, generating
 negative terms of trade effects that largely offset the
 allocative gains. Ukrainian imports of agricultural products
 increase as well, partly because Ukrainian consumers switch
 to higher quality imported goods even though domestic
 production increases. Regarding free trade agreement
 negotiations with the European Union, these results
 highlight for Ukraine the fact that improved agricultural
 productivity will help to get most out of improved market
 access. However, the results also highlight for Ukraine the
 great importance of adopting internationally accepted
 quality standards in order to diversify its export structure.
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AuthorBerumen, Michael L. (2)Bowen, Brian W. (2)DiBattista, Joseph (2)
Rocha, Luiz A. (2)
Coleman, Richard R. (1)View MoreDepartmentBiological and Environmental Sciences and Engineering (BESE) Division (2)Marine Science Program (2)Red Sea Research Center (RSRC) (2)JournalMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2)KAUST Acknowledged Support Unit
Coastal and Marine Laboratory (1)KAUST Reef Ecology Lab (1)KAUST Grant Number
CRG-1-2012-BER-002 (2)
PublisherElsevier BV (2)SubjectCoral reef fish (2)Acanthuridae (1)Biogeographic barriers (1)Cryptic diversity (1)Genetic structure (1)View MoreType
Surgeons and suture zones: Hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes
DiBattista, Joseph; Whitney, Jonathan; Craig, Matthew T.; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.; Rocha, Luiz A.; Feldheim, Kevin A.; Berumen, Michael L.; Bowen, Brian W. (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier BV, 2016-05-01) [Article]
Closely related species can provide valuable insights into evolutionary processes through comparison of their ecology, geographic distribution and the history recorded in their genomes. In the Indo-Pacific, many reef fishes are divided into sister species that come into secondary contact at biogeographic borders, most prominently where Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean faunas meet. It is unclear whether hybridization in this contact zone represents incomplete speciation, secondary contact, an evolutionary dead-end (for hybrids) or some combination of the above. To address these issues, we conducted comprehensive surveys of two widely-distributed surgeonfish species, Acanthurus leucosternon (N = 141) and A. nigricans (N = 412), with mtDNA cytochrome b sequences and ten microsatellite loci. These surgeonfishes are found primarily in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, respectively, but overlap at the Christmas and Cocos-Keeling Islands hybrid zone in the eastern Indian Ocean. We also sampled the two other Pacific members of this species complex, A. achilles (N = 54) and A. japonicus (N = 49), which are known to hybridize with A. nigricans where their ranges overlap. Our results indicate separation between the four species that range from the recent Pleistocene to late Pliocene (235,000 to 2.25 million years ago). The Pacific A. achilles is the most divergent (and possibly ancestral) species with mtDNA dcorr ≈ 0.04, whereas the other two Pacific species (A. japonicus and A. nigricans) are distinguishable only at a population or subspecies level (ΦST = 0.6533, P < 0.001). Little population structure was observed within species, with evidence of recent population expansion across all four geographic ranges. We detected sharing of mtDNA haplotypes between species and extensive hybridization based on microsatellites, consistent with later generation hybrids but also the effects of allele homoplasy. Despite extensive introgression, 98% of specimens had concordance between mtDNA lineage and species identification based on external morphology, indicating that species integrity may not be eroding. The A. nigricans complex demonstrates a range of outcomes from incomplete speciation to secondary contact to decreasing hybridization with increasing evolutionary depth.
Regal phylogeography: Range-wide survey of the marine angelfish Pygoplites diacanthus reveals evolutionary partitions between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean
Coleman, Richard R.; Eble, Jeffrey A.; DiBattista, Joseph; Rocha, Luiz A.; Randall, John E.; Berumen, Michael L.; Bowen, Brian W. (Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Elsevier BV, 2016-04-10) [Article]
The regal angelfish (Pygoplites diacanthus; family Pomacanthidae) occupies reefs from the Red Sea to the central Pacific, with an Indian Ocean/Rea Sea color morph distinct from a Pacific Ocean morph. To assess population differentiation and evaluate the possibility of cryptic evolutionary partitions in this monotypic genus, we surveyed mtDNA cytochrome b and two nuclear introns (S7 and RAG2) in 547 individuals from 15 locations. Phylogeographic analyses revealed four mtDNA lineages (d = 0.006 – 0.015) corresponding to the Pacific Ocean, the Red Sea, and two admixed lineages in the Indian Ocean, a pattern consistent with known biogeographical barriers. Christmas Island in the eastern Indian Ocean had both Indian and Pacific lineages. Both S7 and RAG2 showed strong population-level differentiation between the Red Sea, Indian Ocean, and Pacific Ocean (ΦST = 0.066 – 0.512). The only consistent population sub-structure within these three regions was at the Society Islands (French Polynesia), where surrounding oceanographic conditions may reinforce isolation. Coalescence analyses indicate the Pacific (1.7 Ma) as the oldest extant lineage followed by the Red Sea lineage (1.4 Ma). Results from a median-joining network suggest radiations of two lineages from the Red Sea that currently occupy the Indian Ocean (0.7 – 0.9 Ma). Persistence of a Red Sea lineage through Pleistocene glacial cycles suggests a long-term refuge in this region. The affiliation of Pacific and Red Sea populations, apparent in cytochrome b and S7 (but equivocal in RAG2) raises the hypthosis that the Indian Ocean was recolonized from the Red Sea, possibly more than once. Assessing the genetic architecture of this widespread monotypic genus reveals cryptic evolutionary diversity that merits subspecific recognition.
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Tag Archives: nukes
Born to Fight: Dan Chupong, Tony Jaa’s Contemp.
So there’s this guy. Dan Chupong. And he’s pretty good at Muay-Thai boxing. He’s been in a few films and definitely poses a threat to Tony Jaa. Interesting? ou bet he is. Like his fellow Muay-Thai fighter, Dan Chupong changed his first name for a more international appeal and should be hitting it big any day now. Little known fact, he was in Ong Bak 2 and 3 as Tony Jaa’s main antagonist, the crow creature/master fighter (?). But not to be outdone by Tony, Dan Chupong has begun his own career in the action film business in Thailand. His first big hit? Born to Fight.
So, in this film, Deaw (Dan Chupong) is a policeman, investigating a illegal trading syndicate headed by General Jang Sei
This could be... painful.
Yang (Nappon Gomarachun). In the ensuing fight, Deaw’s partner, Lowfei (Santisuk Promsiri) is killed and Deaw swears revenge against the evil General, who is subsequently arrested and placed in a high security jail.
Years later, Deaw has decided to accompany his sister and her olympic team of Thailand to a small village to help relieve their poverty and poor livings. All seems well (and the creepy dad of one of the girls completely agrees) until SUDDENLY… A militant terrorist group swarms into the small village (of all the damn villages) and begins mercilessly destroying the villagers, men, women, and children alike. Once they’ve done slayed about half the villagers, they round up the rest, excluding Deaw, into the center of the village. Their reasoning? They want the general released in exchange for the villagers. Fair trade? Dan Chupong would beg to differ.
Ever think you'd see an ass-kicking this way?
And from this point on, a bunch of olympic athletes, along with Deaw, begin to work and twirk every. last. soldier. At this point it’s guns versus buns (of steel) and you know the soldiers stand no chance. If this movie speaks to any horrific disaster of the last 50 years, this movie says that ordinary people can destroy the shit out of any armed and dangerous terrorist group that makes the mistake of attempting to invade their shanty town. And with what you may ask? The natural landscape of rubbery tin roofs, hardened wicker balls of steel, and a plethora of soccer balls kicked yards away with deadly 3-D accuracy.
What is nice about this movie is that Dan Chupong isn’t the main stunt actor in this battle of sports. Although he lays low with the village idiot who is a master of California Knockout, he obtains some guns. Which, in fact, is this movie’s letdown. Tony Jaa doesn’t need guns. Dan Chupong does. Is that cheap? Well, Dan is his own man, and can decide if he wants to be unfair for himself. But I have to give him credit, he can really use a gun with supernatural deadly accuracy.
But yes, the stunts are good and real (as Panna Rittikrai shows at the end of every film, his stunt actors getting rather horridly injured) and the action is intense, although the special effects may lack that pizzaz. I gotta say that nuke is rather a bust. But, other than that, there is some actually decent acting from the
It just. gets. insane.
villagers that inspires true tears, or, at least, with me. That is definitely something lacking in Tony Jaa’s films, other than Jaa himself. He is a regular Greg Kinnear. With a jam packed action scene once all the plot has been laid out and all seems lost, then this movie is really worth the watch. And guess what? Another Dan Chupong review is on the way. 7.5 out of 10.
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THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare.
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Final clutch of performances for Nicholas Hytner’s brilliantly perceptive Shakespearean romance.
Leontes, King of Sicilia, has everything; luxury penthouse, beautiful wife, a son he dotes on, a second child on the way. His best friend Polixenes of Bohemia’s visiting: a photo of the two as children dominates one wall.
Then he blows it. Hytner’s first triumph is to chart the origins of Leontes’ jealousy in his personality; it’s a virus to which he’s susceptible. The interpretation brilliantly explains his obstinacy in the face of oracles and common sense.Alex Jennings charts Leontes’ decline in an unheeding rage matched by sartorial degeneration. By the trial he’s a living-dead wreck. It’s Claire Skinner’s condemned Hermione who is more alive, her truthfulness signalled in her determination to speak directly, not through the court microphone. When news comes of their son’s death, Hermione is horrified, Leontes merely confused.
Childhood pervades the production; without a sense of its vulnerability the adult is condemned to the prison of his personality. Leontes’ abandoned baby is found by John Normington’s Shepherd in the Bohemian mountains. It’s the first act of kindness in the play, but nothing to the explosion of peace and love at the Bohemian New Age Sheepshearing Festival held 16 years on. Even the faithful courtier Camillo (Joe Dixon) is nearly turned by a joint. Phil Daniels’ Autolycus, rogue and trader, turns up selling T-shirts and ballads on CD, before launching into a number with a Complete Works riff full of Shakespeare’s greatest bits.
We’re whisked from this hilarity to a conclusion that’s unusually tense. Hermione cannot easily throw off the past; for a long time it seems she is set in stone. When she eventually shows her humanity it’s not to greet her husband but her daughter (Melanie Clark Pullen). The final image of mother and daughter seated silently together is as much challenge as resolution.
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← 1907 – When Scientists Did Science
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Someone Just Volunteered To Debate!
136 Responses to Someone Just Volunteered To Debate!
I’m making popcorn in anticipation of this!!!
Best preparation anyone on Your side can do?
No argumentation needed , the science is settled.
Muhahahahahaha…
Best thing climate alarmists could do?
Put their (loads of grant) money where their mouths are and actually step into the ring and debate Tony.
They all criticize from afar and then when Mr. Heller challenges them to debate, they disappear. If the “science is settled”, they should be licking their chops and lining up for the chance, once and for all, to put a skeptic out to pasture.
Panosyan could be a hero for the alarmist side.
I have to ask the famous “Spaceballs” question…”What’s the matter, Colonel Sanders?…Chicken?”
Science is never settled.
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/08/newly-discovered-organ-may-be-lurking-uinder-your-skin-senses-pain/
Anyone who claims the science is settled, is hiding something.
John Francis says:
Marxists have been given an agenda .
Helps them gain control of various nations.
Firmly believe this.
No b.s.
Theyouk says:
Why do I think I already know his response? Fingers crossed he summons the courage to say ‘yes’—and follows through on it.
Looks like another green freshman who desperately wants a seat on the gravy boat!
GW Smith says:
Dave N says:
Sad that this “Climate Researcher” attempts to equate whether or not something someone says is true with how much they’re being paid. Apparently if you do it for free, it’s not garbage?
Wonder how much they’re paying Henrik to be a complete idiot?
Freddy Boom-Boom says:
Colorado Wellington says:
Henrik knows where the money is. He’s researching “climate”. It’s hard to get a federal job in plants and soils.
Plants, Soils and Climate
The Climate Science integrates basic and applied principles of meteorology, climatology and environmental physics, which are concerned with how natural laws determine the climate. Physical oceanography and land surface physics are also part of climate science because the Earth’s climate variability is strongly coupled to the oceans and land surface. In addition, interactions between land ecosystems, water and climate are studied. This includes understanding and measurements of the atmosphere, soil, water and plants, and how the data are used to address practical issues related to climate change.
Climate and climate change sciences are among the most rapidly growing topics in research, crossing physical science and social science. These are quintessential interdisciplinary studies, involving not only the physical aspects of earth science, but also the science of climatic impacts to natural systems and humanity, and mitigation of rapid change in natural systems. In Utah, these subjects are facing future planning not only for energy and agriculture, but also for water, soil, economics, recreation, and air pollution.
Graduates will be well prepared to pursue graduate education in atmospheric science, climatology, hydrology and most other physical sciences, but especially suited for interdisciplinary science programs. The skills instilled in the graduates will qualify them as research technicians in federal, state and university laboratories. They will also be qualified to work with private sectors to design and conduct observations and data analyses for tasks related to weather, climate, water, and energy.
http://psc.usu.edu
R Shearer says:
Shouldn’t “teat” be gender neutral these days?
David Jay says:
Depends on how it self-identifies. In Connecticut, athletes with man-parts are competing in women’s high school events. So I guess anything goes…
They will be able to study anything related to climate science, except for the possibility that climate alarmism is hogwash.
Gamecock says:
‘Earth’s climate variability’
This has no meaning. It is gibberish. Indeed, the whole thing is word salad.
I think some sympathy is needed for these people, in the same way as those who get involved in other doomsday cults. They have bought into a story, and been convinced by rhetoric, cult leaders and twisted facts.
If you ever talk to someone who has escaped a cult, or wierd sect, they can explain how it works. There is not the freedom to think when they are bombarded by the same reinforcing messages, and forbidded to see anything else or risk isolation from the group.
Even when these poor folks have started to see behind the curtain, and realise their error, they still continue with the charade until they can make a sure escape.
It is better to assume that this guy is searching for truth because he knows something is wrong in his camp.
ColA says:
….. crickets …… crickets!!!!
Look forward to seeing the result here.
I have never found any “warmist” who can actually reference facts. Instead they will just say “x happens” or “NASA says”. They have no grasp of the actual facts or research. That is where your fact based posts are so important.
I work in factories and frequently I have people tell me about a problem on one of the lines. A lot of the time when you get there and actually do the investigation the problem is nothing to do with what you have been told.
Warmists are the same, they make casual observations based on information (frequently false, incomplete etc) received but never bother to actually look at things themselves. If they did they would see what we see – no case for CO2 based warming.
Bingo, and B O O M !
Bob Hoye says:
I’m a financial researcher and writer. After completing a degree in geophysics got into the investment business. From so long ago, that I recall the description of a promotion from the old and wild Vancouver Stock Exchange:
“At the beginning of the promotion, the promoter has the vision and the public has the money. At the end of the promotion, the public has the vision and the promoter has the money.”
And with the climate thing the money amounts to $Trillions.
The biggest promotion in history.
fhsiv says:
One question for Henrik.
How much taxpayer money is he being paid to advocate for this pop culture theory?
Good question, I suspect respecting Henrik a number of sources are shriveling up, if Sonny Perdue has anything to do with it they will. Sounds like he’s been listening to Tony, good on him.
quote “Climate change, we’re told, is responsible for heavy rains and drought alike. Whether temperatures are unseasonably low or high, global warming is the culprit. Snowstorms, hurricanes, and tornadoes have been around since the beginning of time, but now they want us to accept that all of it is the result of climate change,” he wrote in the National Review in 2014. “It’s become a running joke among the public, and liberals have lost all credibility when it comes to climate science because their arguments have become so ridiculous and so obviously disconnected from reality.”
Analitik says:
And this includes any grant money he has received to fund his climate “research”
Sounds to me like this is a young guy, very naive, very gullible, poorly prepared, and angry as hell that he might not get all that gub’mint climate hysteria research money with which to purchase a battery powered Dodge Hellcat.
The fact that there are people in institutions of higher learning believing and teaching others that 0.04% atmospheric CO2 is controlling the planet’s climate is truly scary and sad. Science is dead. It’s just another religion now.
Mac said, Sounds to me like this is a young guy, very naive, very gullible, poorly prepared, ….
Bingo! (The rest of your conjecture is just that.)
This should be interesting! Back in 2016, after teaching AGW at university for about 20 years, I would have confidently and naively agreed to debate Tony on this. But what I would have quickly realized, upon doing my debate preparation, was that I had a very limited fund of knowledge regarding the fundamentals of the AGW hypothesis… as we never questioned them. From experience, most people on the AGW side operate/ begin with a set of axioms and build the science from there. They just take the Charney climate sensitivity or the latest NOAA temperature data set as the “word of God” and proceed forward, relying on peer review. When is the last time (or has there ever been a time) when a climate scientist questioned the latest iteration of a NOAA temperature data set, or showed doubts about the climate sensitivity? Panosyan will get an interesting education when he begins looking under those rocks, as happened with Judith Curry, Lindzen, Christy, Soon, Pielke, etal…
Likewise, I would have accepted a debate defending the notion that fats and not sugars caused heart disease, naively thinking I would just need to read up on the literature before the debate.
Robert B says:
The sugar industry stopped paying their tithes.
Actually been to North Pole many times says:
A graduate student at Utah State who prostitutes himself as a research assistant/ teaching assistant asks how much someone’s paid to spread facts?
The grad student is a prostitute. He will say whatever he’s been paid to. He’s also in the center of the brainwashing institutions educating climate morons.
A graduate student is incapable of debating facts.
It would be an entertaining display of academic incompetence by this grad student.
Prostitution is illegal in Utah, going to graduate school is not, and I’m sure that this student could debate the facts as he knows them however incorrect they might be.
If he’d spent even a few minutes actually researching the many posts on this blog he would have challenged the data Tony is putting out with his own. He didn’t. Instead he just went right to ad hominem and THAT is all I needed to see to be skeptical that he would take up Tony’s challenge. But I don’t have much doubt that he is what he says he is and THAT says a lot about the program he is in and how little he has been taught or learned about science and the scientific method.
Indeed, going by his response we can safely assume he is gainfully employed converting tax payer $$$ into garbage. Tony’s revelations threaten to undermine that scheme, hence his attack on Tony’s integrity.
Paul in Longmont says:
Excited to hear/see the debate.
Keep up the fantastic work.
Kurt in Switzerland says:
Hey Paul –
There is no “debate”, period.
Seems our climate researcher friend Henrik got a case of cold feet. If he can truly do more than toss insults, I’d be surprised. Somebody once said it’s difficult to understand something if your salary depends on not understanding it. Sadly, this is a fairly good reflection of the state of “Climate Science” Anno 2019. Confirmation bias / cognitive dissonance in spades.
Prove me wrong. :)
I’m going to suggest you not hold your breath. I’ve yet to see anyone actually take you up on your offer(s) to debate.
I really need to quit sugar.
gregole says:
Keep us posted on time and place.
Wonder why Mr. Panosyan hasn’t commented here yet?
My bet is that the “Climate Researcher” will not take up the gauntlet for a face to face debate. I imagine he is already talking to associates that are advising against it.
Louis Hooffstetter says:
Oh please, oh please, oh please…
BTW Tony your challenge is your typical straight up pull no punches style and I Love it. It is the primary reason why have been frequenting this blog and your previous one for the last 7 years or so. In that time, except during your bout of illness, the blog content has only gotten better.
In my experience. true ‘believers’ refuse – point blank – to discuss, let alone look at and examine REAL FACTUAL information, resorting instead to denigration. It will be fascinating to see if Henrik is brave enough to take you on.
My guess is that he won’t!
And many thanks for your ongoing, UNPAID fantastically good work.
Dave Ward says:
“In my experience. true ‘believers’ refuse – point blank – to discuss, let alone look at and examine REAL FACTUAL information”
A perfect example is our local Green & Extinction Rebellion spokesperson:
This is the real reason Rupert would (could) not debate…
Read studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at Balliol College, Oxford, before undertaking postgraduate studies in the United States at Princeton University and Rutgers University (where he gained his doctorate). Influenced by Ludwig Wittgenstein’s philosophy, his PhD involved “a Wittgensteinian exploration of the relationship between Kripke’s ‘quus’ problem and Nelson Goodman’s ‘grue’ problem.”
It is beyond insulting to have such a naval gazer calling science a “charade”. His entire academic career has been studying charades, he should know better.
Jimmy Haigh says:
A lot of what Tony posts is from old newspapers and weather records. Does Henrik think these were all part of the” deniers” grand plan?
Jason Calley says:
Alarmists have amazing powers of insight. They are absolutely certain that “deniers” are idiots who do not understand settled science, and yet at the same time, deniers are so cunning that they salted false weather reports into newspapers and historical documents going back for hundreds of years.
Crispin in Waterloo says:
Jason, that is brilliant. There is cunning, and then there is science denier cunning that is able to to master time travel, but not weather forecasting.
On the other hand are the catastrophists who have the amazing ability to clearly see the future, but not the past. Amazing.
toorightmate says:
Henrik,
Do I have a red hot tip for you!!!
Do a bit of research on the sun sunshine and you might just work out that it has a major bearing on weather AND 9surprise, surprise) CLIMATE.
Regard this red hot tip as a godsend dear Henrik, dear Henrik..
The Sun? Hardly….he probably hasn’t seen it from his white ivory tower!!
Jimmy Cole says:
How dare you question the narrative? Must be funded by someone
(the same guy who is behind the government in albania which is now,as usual,drowning in corruption and organised crime and pushing hard for EU=easier centralised controle()
Russg says:
How would someone come to dispute archived records and newspaper articles?
Tony is showing history here, he isn’t spreading anything that can’t be verified.
It’s the strongest argument possible.
How would someone come to dispute archived records and newspaper articles? Tony is showing history here, he isn’t spreading anything that can’t be verified. It’s the strongest argument possible.
Mindless drones like Henrik are clearly not smart enough to deal with such complexities.
Henrik is a postgraduate student!
https://psc.usu.edu/directory/graduate-students/panosyan-henrik
mddwave says:
Henrik Panosyan
Plants, Soils & Climate
I have a BS in Atmospheric Science from the University of California, Davis, and started pursuing an MS in Climate Science in Fall 2018. My general interests revolve around the North American Dipole and its intensification in recent years, which has been linked to anomalous weather and climate extremes such as flooding and drought in the Western States. With my research, I hope to shine a better light on potential short and long-term consequences that may arise as the dipole evolves in tandem with our warming planet.
https://climateadaptation.usu.edu/students/students/
Maybe the debate should start on his understanding on “drastic and rapid temperature changes near the Earth’s poles”. Perhaps, he should present where his money comes from?
http://www.usu.edu/today/index.cfm?id=58311
Climate systems student researcher Henrik Panosyan is working to understand drastic and rapid temperature changes near at the Earth’s poles as Arctic amplification is heating up the polar regions 2-3 times faster than the rest of the globe.
“We really don’t have a good idea after all on what is going to happen even years from now,” Panosyan said. “We try to make the best predictions we can, but Arctic amplification is one of the examples of proof that we really don’t know. Things may happen a lot faster than we can predict or things can happen a lot slower than we can predict. There is a ton of work to be done.”
Panosyan said impacts of rapid polar warming are being recorded in Siberia, eastern Asia, Eurasia and Europe. He is working to discover how polar temperature changes may also impact the United States.
is heating up the polar regions 2-3 times faster than the rest of the globe.
Except it isn’t happening
Apart from the El Nino effect in 2015, (nearly back down to the pre El Nino level), there has been no warming in the Arctic this century
https://i.postimg.cc/RFc62pr0/UAH_NoPol_2000-2018.png
These cowards just have big mouths with no facts. Remember all liberals lie, cheat and steal.
Or founders were liberals. Don’t let the liars fool you, they are not liberals, they are hard core leftists.
Tel says:
Oh have a heart … the kid is only a postgrad … he’s still only learning how to lie, cheat and steal.
After he’s invested six or seven years of his life dedicated to the cause … he will become fully dependent on the climate bandwagon and might have moved up in the priesthood to the point where he can be the boss of other people who lie, cheat and steal for him.
Awwwwww. What a precious millennial snowflake. I’ve got underwear older than this brat.
None of your beewax says:
Reading the comments on this page doesn’t necessarily infuse me with a lot of trust in the debate – whether it’s gonna happen or not. And that has nothing to do with being right or wrong or somewhere in between, but simply because of human psychology: cognitive dissonance is a strong urge, and the mean thing is that people are most often unable to recognise it as such.
If Henrik would actually agree to argue I suggest that this be done in private. Otherwise it’s just gonna be like Bill Nye vs Ken Ham, where it was more about Ham’s virtue signaling than actually finding some sort of point to agree on. And most important of all; people need time to stomach new arguments. Reading stuff on a website, when you can dictate your own pacing, is completely different from a one or two hour meeting with no pauses. Rushes help no one accept anything.
If only there was some method by which we could use the data in a systematic manner that didn’t depend on personal opinion or individual judgement. We would need to have some rules in place to ensure no one got away with any sneaky tweaks or twiddles.
We could build a whole discipline around this to help us understand the world … call it Empirical Method Science!
>that didn’t depend on personal opinion or individual judgement
And that has never been the case. “A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.” – Max Planck, 1948 in his scientific autobiography.
Scientists think that they’re above these things, but the shameful truth is that human beings are simply wired as such. See also Backfire effect.
As the pilot never said to the copilot … flying deep over enemy territory in 1945, “But what happens if the Japanese don’t believe in nuclear energy?”
Unfortunately his first question makes him an idiot so don’t expect an intellectual debate.
Tim Spence says:
I notice that Greta isn’t making much headway against the Atlantic winds, perhaps it’s time to switch those diesel engines on if she wants to make it to New York on time.
MrGrimnasty says:
In the world Greta thinks she wants, the wealth and resources and materials woulnd’t even exist to build the boat she is on. I hope they are not using any modern satellite navigtion. And I assume she will decline fossil fuel powered air sea rescue if they get into trouble?
Steven Fraser says:
Been tracking Greta. They turned WNW earlier today. I think they are positioning to catch the northerly circulation around a high pressure system in a few days, and to ride the tailwinds around the high on the east and southern sides of the circulation.
Position and windpatterns at https://tracker.borisherrmannracing.com/
I have no doubt that they have the advantage of modern weather forecasts.
EternalOptimist says:
Plants and soils, he must ‘know his onions’ as my dear old dad used to say.
He had another saying as well. for someone who was all talk – ‘gob sh1te’
D. Boss says:
So, let me get this straight: Henrick directly implies that the truth or veracity of data or results is not relevant or lies if they are paid for???
OK “actual climate researcher” Henrick, then does this logical argument mean everything published by the AGW/Climate Change Cult, is therefore false? It has been funded to the tune of billions of dollars per year for a couple decades…
These bozos can’t even make a coherent argument when trying to denounce actual facts or data!
Whether Tony is paid or is not, cannot be the yardstick for the truth of the data he presents, else that same yardstick could refute everything the IPCC and AGW cult followers proclaim!
Oh I forgot, being arbitrary regarding rules or laws of physics etc., is the way the loony Left operates. (Left’s rule = If our proclamations are funded they are true and worthy, but if a skeptic has data that refutes those claims, and the skeptic was funded, it is untrue and unworthy) (I doubt Tony is funded but that is not my point)
What I love is that little Henrik believes that data is garbage. Just like the rest of the thermometer deniers, little Henrik believes that data is worthless, but that contrived sets of fake numbers are the gold standard. He believes in models rather than his own lying eyes.
He has clearly earned his BA-aaa-aaa in Climate Science.
In fairness to Henrik, “Plants, Souls & Climate Researcher” from USU, his post suggesting that Tony was ‘being paid to spread garbage’ was a comment to a post on sea ice extent in 2019 vs. 2012 (lowest rot the past 40 y, per satellite record). Tony had suggested that the boys in Boulder were getting creative [again], since the curve for 2019 appears to track 2012 very well, although a snapshot of arctic sea ice from 14 August 2019 appears to give evidence of more ice than 14 August 2012.
Two individuals, repeat commenters Griff & Phil, appears to disagree.
Neither had much coherent to offer. Perhaps Henrik does?
Phil. says:
Actually as usual Tony didn’t have the guts to back up his claim with data.
“Neither had much coherent to offer.”
You claim that NSIDC’s maps show 5% more ice without any evidence, care to justify that? Perhaps you don’t know how to calculate it.
You claim that “Arctic sea ice is melting very slowly, there has been almost no change in extent over the last three days”, whereas loss rate is about average for the date.
As usual Tony failed to respond.
Poor PHAIL, can’t see that the areas were taken from the NSIDC charts and show a discrepancy.
Basic maths and comprehension PHAIL from Phil.
When you post ignorant comments, why should TH bother to respond.
Ignorance is your only trait, which is why you continue to Phail after phail after phail;. !!
OK, care to outline the basic math you believe should have been used?
OMG , you are SO DUMB.
You must be MOCKING yourself. !!
Tony showed you the basic area calculations from NSIC charts,
and you STILL are too dumb to comprehend
You really are going down the path of WILFUL and DELIBERATE IGNORANCE in your bid for utter and complete PHAILURE.
Do you dispute that the 14 April sea ice snapshot shows a greater extent than that for the same date in 2012?
He has to close his eyes and his brain so that FACTS cannot get in. !
Wilfully blind, and wilfully DUMB !!
Shhhh! The whole intent of his post was to talk around and avoid that FACT!
I assume you mean 14th Aug since that was the date of the snapshot in question? Yes I do dispute Tony’s statement that 2019 shows 5% more ice than 2012 which has made no justification for. He implies that he has made a calculation but refuses to say how.
A minor point is that NSIDC compare with Aug 13 2012 to allow for the leap year but the difference is less than 1% in any case.
If you are SO IGNORANT that you don’t know how to do a calculation from an area..
That is entirely expected.
It is totally irrelevant if you “dispute” TH’s calculation if you haven’t go a clue how to do it yourself.
Now phail, let’s see if you can admit to some actual truth.
State after me….
1. “Current Arctic sea ice extent is HIGHER than it has been for most of the last 10,000 years.”
2. “The only periods it has been higher were during the Little Ice Age and the period from the late 1970s , which was up there as an extreme anomalous extent equal to the LIA.”
Waiting for some HONESTY from you.
Or are you a LIAR and a climate change denier.
Yes, but you’re the one who doesn’t have a clue how to do it. Tony miscalculated the area and came up with the ‘5%’ claim, but of course won’t admit it so we won’t get a response from him. Perhaps you could explain how you would calculate the seaice extent from those maps?
Poor phail, simple maths is beyond you
Poor phail, simple HONESTY is beyond you.
Try again.. or PHAIL as is you name.
You just CANNOT bring yourself to face the truth, can you. !
Hey Phail,
Did you know that the Russian Ice charts are currently showing some 15% MORE thick sea ice than in 2012 !!
The fact that you think it’s ‘simple math’ to calculate the sea ice area from those maps indicates that you don’t know how to do it!
Which charts are those? And where do you get those numbers from?
Poor phail,
.. if you are SO INCOMPETENT that you don’t know how to find the Russian ice charts..
.. and don’t know how to do the calculations for thick ice from those charts….
.. then why are you bothering to comment????
Only reason I can think of is to display your ABJECT IGNORANCE.. !!
You just keep on doubling down on that slap-stick display of your innate DUMBNESS…
PHAILure after PHAILure
Let’s watch as phil PHAILS to tell the truth , yet again
You just CANNOT bring yourself to tell the truth, can you. !
Slither and slide little worm.
Missed a bit this morning…. pre coffee.
Its around 10% more thick sea ice on this date as there was in 2012, not 15%
You will have to figure out how to do it, won’t you, poor mindless twerp.
No use us explaining anything to you, in one ear out the other, with nothing to catch it in between.
The Russian ice charts with which I am familiar with are at http://www.aari.ru however during the summer they show concentration not thickness so you must be referring to different ones. Most of the ice was First year ice at the end of May (less than 2m). The supporting information for those maps states: “traditionally this information is stored in the form of ice charts for operational purposes. for statistical or climatological use the chart format is however not convenient and the information needs to be digitized”.
So apparently the math isn’t so simple!
See above. If those are not the charts you are referring to then perhaps you could give your source rather than throwing around insults.
Admitting you are clueless how to find the area of thick ice is not helping your cause, little PHAILURE.
Your slithering and sliming as you refuse to admit the main truth is quite hilarious.
Wilful IGNORANCE, no doubt.
Repeat after me.. ADMIT the facts, or PHAIL !!!
I guess that’s your admission that the Russian Ice charts you spoke of don’t exist.
Triple PHAILURE from Phil
LYING through his ass.
IGNORANT as well
And totally incapable of basic HONESTY and TRUTH.
Truly a sick deceitful little POS. !!
Barry Sheridan says:
So wrapping articles around contemporary newspaper reports and other data produces garbage. I think not, this is honest research, rather a contrast to the endless reporting based on the use of models about how the climate is going to react. A tide that hardly ever produces anything like an accurate idea of what may happen a few weeks down the road, never mind several years hence.
Gerald Machnee says:
Sort of like Michael Barnard on Quora to the question:
How has public opinion regarding anthropogenic climate change shifted from when if first became an issue to the early 2000s to today (2019)?
He gives some fake responses falsely accusing accusing the fossil fuel industry then ends with the comment:
**Note: my personal policy is to block and mute climate change deniers. Yours should be too.**
And blocks responses.
Truly a coward.
It applies on so many levels in science . Once the establishment is threatened through science especially funding , the knives come out . Learning in the fall of my life that so much of my education has been fabrication has led me to a better understanding of who i truly want to be : and some of his papers on the discovery were ‘lost.’ ‘I was hounded from my
Canadian government position by certain American citizens on both sides of the
border and driven into eight long years of blacklisting, and enforced
unemployment,’ Lee wrote.”63
Michael A. Cremo and Richard L. Thompson describe what happened to Lee
“In the early 1950’s, Thomas E. Lee of the National Museum of Canada
found advanced stone tools in glacier deposits at Sheguiandah, on Manitoulin
Island in northern Lake Huron. Geologists John Sanford of Wayne State
University argued that the oldest Sheguiandah tools were at least 65,000 years
old and might be as much as 125,000 years old. For those adhering to standard
views on North American prehistory, such ages were unacceptable. Humans
supposedly entered North America from Siberia about 12,000 years ago.
“Thomas E. Lee complained: ‘The site’s discoverer [Lee] was hounded
from his Civil Service position into prolonged unemployment; publication outlets
were cut off; the evidence was misrepresented by several prominent authors . . . ;
the tons of artifacts vanished into storage bins of the National Museum of
Canada; for refusing to fire [Lee] the discoverer, the Director of the National
Museum who had proposed having a monograph on the site published, was
himself fired and driven into exile; official positions of prestige and power were
exercised in an effort to gain control over just six Sheguiandah specimens that
had not gone under cover; and the site has been turned into a tourist resort . . .
Sheguiandah would have forced embarrassing admissions that the Brahmins did
not know everything. It would have forced the rewriting of almost every book in
the business. It had to be killed it was killed.”64
In commenting on Cremo and Thompson’s book, Bradley T. Lepper admits:
“Cremo and Thompson are right about the extreme conservatism of
many archaeologists and physical anthropologists. While an undergraduate at a
prominent southwest university, I participated in classroom discussions about the
claims for a very early [prior to 12,000 B.P.] occupation at the Timlin site (in
New York) which had just been announced. The professor surprised me when
she stated flatly that if the dates were correct then it was ‘obviously not a site’ [of
early man]. The dismissal of the possibility of such an ancient site without an
63Vine Deloria, Red Earth White Lies, (New York, 1995) p. 73. See also, Thomas Elee, “Sheguiandah
as Viewed in 1974.” NEARA Newsletter, Vol. 9, (1974), pp. 34-37.
64Michael A. Cremo, Richard L. Thompson, The Hidden History of the Human Race, op. cit.,
Interesting. The gangrene has spread everywhere.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OY7nHb505XY&list=PLqr9nMYd4QLn95YA2ZcSHJcXl08PB0pWY&index=4
Would Henrik hand in a thesis if it didn’t have the ‘right’ conclusion. Would Henrik publish a paper that didn’t have the ‘right’ conclusion. Would Henrik apply for a grant for a research project that might undermine the consensus. Would Henrik whistle-blow on his fellows if he knew they were being dishonest.
The entire cash-pot swilling around the ‘denial-sphere’ is a fraction of GreenPeace’s budget alone. In contrast the climate alarmist industry has $Trillions to waste on junk science and pushing propaganda.
Contrarians have tiny resources, are starved of publicity, publicly denigrated, and still alarmists can’t win an honest argument – I wonder why!
Windsong says:
Tony, if Henrik is available for a debate, I suggest you meet him half-way (assuming he is in Logan) in a neutral location, which would be about Rawlins, WY. If you are both agreeable and can pinpoint a time/place, I will be honored to cover the cost of a hotel conference room or public space there to do the meet-up. Anywhere between Ogden and Cheyenne is fine.
Gummans Gubbe says:
But who would pay Tony Heller for the work he is doing?
I can see ordinary people that knows about the climate fraudsters doing that, but what industries?
Tony , Thank you for your knowledge and truth through science.
As it snows today in Western Canada in August the concern is for the youth going forward that have been deceived as we approach ECOLOGICAL GENOCIDE on a Grand scale based on propoganda and false models ( idols ) all for 30 pieces of silver & U.N. AGENDA 30 .
Billyjack says:
One would have an easier time debating the veracity of the virgin birth with an Evangelical. In the Church of Warming, the post graduate is hoping to become one of the clergy. The climate scientist of today are little different than the educated clergy of the monarchs who provided the “science” of the king’s right to rule by divine providence.
Looking down at the Boulder NOAA complex as I write. Great work Tony. I have been doing independent climate research for the last year. I have a 30 year science background and have been involved in several worldwide corporate mis information campaigns.
Global warming is the best mis information campaign in history. Based on the NOAA’s own data, the U.S. has been magically cooler than most of the world for 140 years.
NOAA is a hold over, ultra extreme, political organization that needs a good kick in the ass. Based on my estimations, NOAA can just as easily show global cooling and blame it on the grand solar minimum.
I asked for parsed rural temperature data from NOAA yesterday. We’ll see what happens.
tonyheller says:
are you at NIST?
Douglas Hay says:
No. We live and work in Boulder. We own two private companies.
Robertv says:
” and have been involved in several worldwide corporate mis information campaigns.”
Were you a believer ?
When did you see the light ?
That’s disappointing to be honest considering he is supposed to be scientific
I can call up Tony when I think he is wrong, from my armchair, and do a lot, and I get a bit of a bashing on here from the brainless, but at least I would attempt to put forward why I think Tony is wrong, or not yet proved.
Obviously the above just tends to be in the polar regions
No Andy Andy, you get bashed for being brainless.
I know, our current epoch is damned inconvenient for trolling alarmists, but that still doesn’t mean that you can ignore its entirety, and then cherrypick the parts that you like.
Sorry that butt hurts you Andy Andy… OK, really not sorry.
Quit whining like a ninny, and start reasoning like an adult.
Poor little-andy
You are so brain-hosed that all that remains of your feeble little mind is a PUTRID GREEN SLUDGE. !!
Never once have you presented anything to prove TH wrong.
Everything you present is baseless anti-science NONSENSE, because that is all you have available to you.
“when I think he is wrong”
Which seeing you have the mentality and brain-hosing of a 10 year old greta, is totally irrelevant and laughable.
@Gator and @spike55: What the *hell* is wrong with you? Instead of explaining things and linking to sources you fling ad hominem attacks at people who’re skeptics – a trait that people here seem to have no problem with whatsoever as long as it’s *them* who’re the skeptics – and then you’re expecting climate scientists to still be willing to debate you?!
Seriously, what sort of kindergarten show are you pulling off here? There is absolutely no need to get emotional over this. Simply state the facts, link the sources, give people a chance to change their mind instead of them immediately refusing your claims because you’re a bunch of immature twats.
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/believe
Or maybe you simply do not convince people. Maybe you just want to bask in the glory of your perceived righteousness, and that would be fair, but you’re doing TH a disservice with this. If Trump’s election is proof of *anything*, then that the facts don’t matter as long as you don’t present them properly.
So start learning to present them properly or remove yourself from the presentation.
You must be new here. We tried reasoning with Andy Andy for years, and it was a complete waste of time. In case you missed it, he just told me that the Holocene is irrelevant. Care to take a crack?
Before you go about making judgements on those whom you do not know, you should maybe ask “why” first.
This subject of this whole thread is about a ad hominin attack by a “climate researcher” that offers one shred of data.
@Gator:
>You must be new here.
No, *you* must be new, then. Very new. So new that you completely missed the Uesnet era, because that’s when the phrase “Don’t feed the trolls” emerged.
If Andy *is* a troll, then what he wants are your emotional reactions; and you just hand them to him.
If he is *not* a troll, then you leave a bad shine on the entire scene. Either way you’re making a bread out of yourself; not in particular in front of me, but of people who see your immature reactions and think: “Well, if they *had* arguments they would’ve brought them up first; *clearly* Andy is in the right here”.
>you go about making judgements on those whom you do not know
You either haven’t read or haven’t understood my post. You shouldn’t care about *my* judgements, but about the judgement of those who’re going to read your posts and just *wait* for an excuse to scream “ad hominem”. What Andy is doing is the equivalent of giving you guys enough rope to hang yourselves in front of everyone.
@rah:
Yes, and that’s great. For *you*. Seriously. When someone gives you such a basis it’s ridiculously easy to ask “Seeing as you went for ad hominem directly I don’t suppose you have any data on that point?”.
With that the ball lies in the other court. Mission accomplished. Even if they’re a troll any reader will now assume that *you* are the rational one here, and not the other side.
@spike55:
>And who TF do you think you are to tell me what to do !
Based on your orthography I’d say that I’m someone severely more conscious of their presentation than you are, which is why you should listen doubly to what I have to say.
Or, y’know, you can just continue to act like an immature brat, and convince no one with your act. People are simply going to think: “Oh, another denier nut. Great. Whenever it comes to show facts and data they throw an autistic fit”.
>this fool called “None of your beewax ” thinks we should lie back and take it.
Are you … actually implying that what a troll calls you *bothers* you? Like, seriously?
What others say about you says more about them, so you shouldn’t even acknowledge it. So, yes, I’m telling you to *take* it, because that makes you the bigger person in the eyes of an observer. Because, again, the facts don’t matter at all if you cannot properly present them.
What a mindless SJW rant from beeswax.
So sad, so pathetic
Grow a backbone, and stop being a clown.
“You either haven’t read or haven’t understood my post.”
Neither of us gives a stuff about you or your posts.
Why should we, you are not in the least bit as important as you think you are. !
“why you should listen doubly to what I have to say.”
ROFLMAO..
… so I can catch the full HILARITY of your arrogance?
You are a meaningless non-entity and a waste of space, beeswax.
“the facts don’t matter at all if you cannot properly present them.”
And you haven’t presented any facts, just mindless self-aggrandising gabble.
You are not important to anyone except yourself, little boy. !
Great slap-stick comedy act , though. :-)
I was referring to the very subject of this thread. An ad hominine attack tweet from a supposed “climate researcher” presenting not one shred of evidence or data to back his claims or to justify the grounds for his question. I have no idea what your rambling about. Quite frankly it was just happenstance I even saw you included me in your long spiel.
Sorry New Guy, but Andy Andy does not raise my blood pressure, he is a child in need of reprimand, but not my child. I will correct bad behavior no matter where I am, or whose child it is. That is how proper societies stay proper.
Your verbose attempt at psychoanalysis was like trying to educate Andy Andy, it was a waste of effort. As I said, correct it and move on. You go ahead and see if time outs work for you, maybe try and reason with him, waste more of all of our time.
Guess why we are still discussing Andy Andy’s latest outburst?
Frankly I don’t give a damn about anyone’s judgement anymore, I am way past that juvenile and needy concern. But you clearly still do, so when I said to look before verbally leaping, it was advice meant to make you look less foolish on the future. More wasted time.
Next time keep your PC advice to yourself, and mind your own damn business. The only person encouraging more of Andy Andy’s crap, is you.
Not one shred of data
We have xplaied MANY MANY times,.
They refuse categorically to even try to comprehend basic facts.
They come here to just spread the same LIES and FALLACIES time after time.
They deserve all the derision they get.
If you don’t like it.. join the ranks of the SJW. !!
And who TF do you think you are to tell me what to do !
Odd isn’t it, little andy calls us “brainless” and this fool called “None of your beewax ” thinks we should lie back and take it.
Beeswax doesn’t realise that little andy has NEVER proven TH wrong about anything. Gets shot down every time.
Little-andy just cannot face facts that go against his brain-washing, and yaps endlessly about unproven irrelevancies he really is totally clueless about.
LOVE the work you do. THANK YOU!!
I keep hearing that the oceans are warming. Are they lying about that data, too? I’ve seen you do lots with the land data, and I’ve heard an Australian researcher describe the same lying and change of data going on there as here in the US. I’ve seen researchers debunk the rise in sea level, but I can’t recall seeing much debunking of the ocean temperature data that is being reported. Can you find any info on that?
Again, thank you for all you do.
EdB says:
This thread must rank amount the worst I have seen. TH does not need his good work sullied by the comments ofvSpike55.
I am just now finding out about the request from Tony Heller to debate me. The thing about a debate on this topic, is that it would have to be entirely evidence based and couldn’t possibly be done properly on the spot, in a one on one setting. We’d have to hear each others arguments, then spend adequate time to fact check each other and properly respond, and not through claims of our own, but through data and evidence presented through the scientific peer reviewed research and literature.
Now I understand that many of you have a problem with the peer review process, but it’s the best thing we got in understanding the world around us through implementation of the scientific method.
Formally and respectfully, I will have to decline the debate for the reason stated above, and for the fact that potholer54 already had this debate with Tony Heller not 1 year ago, and the results were very clear for all who watched. But don’t take my word for it, for any of you interested in seeing this debate, please go check out their back and forth on YouTube.
In other words, you know you would lose
potholer lied and lost, producing a load of unsubstantiated BS.
Your point is ?
You are just a scared little zero-science twerp.
Henrik, we have no issue with peer reviewed science. It backs our point of view 100%. There is zero proof in the peer reviewed literature that man is responsible for global climate changes.
You know you will lose. What a pathetic little snot nosed chicken shit brat.
IF a consensus of Youtube viewers approve of p-hole’s lies, that’s good enough for Henrik.
I understand. You’re doing your very best to keep the cognitive dissonance as far away from you as possible. Your career and your funding depend on you believing and supporting the CAGW house of cards. Trying to support it ultimately became too tiring for me.
Hoipolloi says:
Tony. Big spread in the NYT about page 17; “Swollen Great Lakes Are Engulfing Beaches and Seeping into Towns.” Any comments?
https://thinkprogress.org/the-great-lakes-go-dry-how-one-fifth-of-the-worlds-fresh-water-is-dwindling-away-e9efe2c72891/
It was just an acorn, and still is just an acorn.
Massimo says:
Actually, from a climate researcher ( a “real scientist” then, I suppose), some better argument would be expected.
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Ray Kelly's 'Extraordinary Job'
Obama wants to talk about racial profiling in Florida, but not in New York City.
Jacob Sullum | 7.24.2013 7:00 AM
Three days before President Obama seized upon George Zimmerman's acquittal as an opportunity to talk about racial profiling, he offered effusive praise for New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, long a target of criticism for law enforcement practices that discriminate based on skin color and ethnicity. The juxtaposition of these comments suggests Obama would rather attack an easy target than confront issues with much clearer implications for equality under the law.
While Zimmerman surely deserves criticism for the rash actions that led to his deadly fight with Trayvon Martin, the evidence that he considered the teenager suspicious because of his complexion is meager. The subject of race was not mentioned during the trial, and a juror interviewed by CNN's Anderson Cooper last week said it did not come up during deliberations either. She was persuaded that Zimmerman "would have reacted the exact same way" if Martin had been white, Hispanic, or Asian, because "he profiled anybody who came in and acted strange."
Yet Obama implicitly portrayed Zimmerman as racist. "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago," he said on Friday, recalling his own encounters with fearful motorists, suspicious department store clerks, and nervous, handbag-clutching ladies in elevators who viewed him as a potential criminal based on nothing more than his African ancestry. Such experiences, he explained, "inform how the African-American community interprets what happened one night in Florida."
Perhaps so, but that does not mean the interpretation is accurate. By contrast, there is no mistaking the racially disproportionate impact of the "stop and frisk" tactics championed by Kelly, whom Obama talked up in a Univision interview on Tuesday as a possible secretary of homeland security, calling him "one of the best there is" and "very well qualified for the job."
In contrast with Zimmerman, who has never been credibly accused of shooting Martin because of his race, Kelly is named in a federal lawsuit that charges the NYPD with routinely violating the Fourth and 14th Amendments through a program of street stops that target blacks or Hispanics 87 percent of the time. The number of such stops septupled during Kelly's first nine years as Mayor Michael Bloomberg's police commissioner, from fewer than 100,000 in 2002 to almost 700,000 in 2011; last year there were 533,000.
Although the stops, most of which involve pat-downs, are supposedly based on "reasonable suspicion" of criminal activity, nine times out of 10 they do not result in an arrest or even a summons. They almost never discover guns, although that is the official goal of the pat-downs.
More often the searches find small amounts of marijuana, possession of which is ordinarily a citable offense. But in a tricky maneuver Kelly concedes is illegal, cops will often claim marijuana pulled out of pockets or bags during a stop was possessed "in public view," a misdemeanor that justifies an arrest. Not surprisingly, pot busts have skyrocketed along with street stops, and 87 percent of the arrestees are black or Hispanic, even though surveys indicate whites are at least as likely to smoke marijuana.
As Obama noted on Friday, "there is a history of racial disparities in the application of our criminal laws—everything from the death penalty to enforcement of our drug laws." In New York City under Ray Kelly, that history is still being made.
While Kelly's defenders argue that the racially skewed impact of "stop and frisk" is a side effect of sending cops where the crime is, the NYPD's program of spying on innocent Muslims in the name of fighting terrorism explicitly discriminated based on religion and national origin. As the Associated Press revealed in 2011, the NYPD "put American citizens under surveillance and scrutinized where they ate, prayed and worked, not because of charges of wrongdoing but because of their ethnicity."
Last week Obama declared that "Ray Kelly has obviously done an extraordinary job in New York." That's true enough, but not necessarily in a good way.
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Trayvon Martin Stop and Frisk Race Police Fourth Amendment
Live Free or Diet
July.24.2013 at 7:05 am
They almost never discover guns, although that is the official goal of the pat-downs.
Maybe the suit should include not just the 14th and 4th Amendments, but also the 2nd?
July.24.2013 at 12:31 pm
Because the fear of the patdowns deters the thugs from carrying their guns. See, tiger-repelling rocks work!
kateson08
July.24.2013 at 1:20 pm
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Generic Stranger
It’s not racist when we do it! /progtard
Ted S.
What’s publicly stated isn’t necessarily what the real goal is.
Getting people used to being groped?
Almanian!
See also: “TSA”
Now, if Ray Kelly profiled people who back-date Brickbats, I might be OK with that.
“While Zimmerman surely deserves criticism for the rash actions that led to his deadly fight with Trayvon Martin”
Like getting punched in the face. Rash, so so rash.
Dude, he observed a guy with a hoodie in his neighborhood who didn’t belong there, where there had been a series of brglaries, and he called the cops and tried to keep track of him.
That’s just gotta be the rashest thing thing since the Rash monster came to rash town.
I know that beating hurt like eight bitches on a bitch boat.
Except Martin did belong in the neighborhood. He was returning to the house of a family friend.
And so what if he was wearing a hoodie? It was raining.
We’ll never know how aggressively Zimmerman acted towards Martin or how far he followed him. We’ll never know if Zimmerman followed Martin after the dispatcher told him he didn’t need to do that. The main fault lies with Martin, but Zimmerman clearly made some mistakes that contributed a little bit to the tragedy.
Oh, if only God had not made it rain that night!
Or if only Zimmerman had stayed in his vehicle. Or if only Martin had stayed at inside. Or if only Martin had not gone back outside. Or if only Martin had not slugged Zimmerman. This tragedy had a long string of contributing factors, as most tragedies do.
Zimmerman said before the trail there’s wasn’t a thing about that night he would have done differently knowing how it ended. I wonder if he still thinks that after the trial?
“Everywhere, in all the realms of existence, the noble disciple sees only mental and corporeal phenomena kept going through the concatenation of causes and effects.”
Heroic Mulatto
SADHU! SADHU!
*** blushes ***
You know, HM, I almost dropped your name in that comment.
According to my local paper, it was the gun’s fault. The knowledge that he had a gun emboldened Zimmerman, while not knowing that he had a gun emboldened Martin. If Zimmerman hadn’t had a gun then he wouldn’t have followed Martin, and if Martin had known that Zimmerman had a gun then he wouldn’t have attacked him. So it’s all because of the gun.
Your local paper is written by idiots. But so it my local paper… and everyone else’s local paper.
Actually, it’s a great argument against gun control…
“…if Martin had known that Zimmerman had a gun then he wouldn’t have attacked him…”
That was the only thing they needed to say.
Rufus J. Firefly
Yes, but we can also say it could have motivated Martin to get a gun himself – which apparently he was considering.
I don’t think mine even has an editor anymore.
It’s hard to tell sometimes.
Eduard van Haalen
“We’ll never know how aggressively Zimmerman acted towards Martin or how far he followed him”
If so, how can Jacob Sullum *know* that Zimmerman is to blame? Why not say, “while we don’t know for certain whether Zimmerman did anything wrong” etc.
July.24.2013 at 10:08 am
I think it’s clear Zimmerman profiled Martin based on how he looked (not necessarily his race) and also took actions that he should have expected to lead to a confrontation (not necessarily violent). Personally I think those actions were wrong, though not illegal. And these actions certainly contributed to Martin’s death. Sullum didn’t say Zimmerman was to “blame”, only that his rash actions contributed to the tragedy and he deserves to be criticized for them.
If someone in my neighborhood started following me because I was out at night wearing a hoodie I would criticize him for doing so.
MJGreen
I would criticize him as well, until he explained that there have been burglaries recently and he’s part of the neighborhood watch to deter such crime. In that case, I’d say I get it, chuckle at the misunderstanding and move on peacefully.
Ann N
how is it wrong to carry a gun into an intentional confrontation?
if we are not within our legal rights to confront someone then we have already lost.
confronting someone is not a crime.
if there exists behavior which is legal without a gun but not with, then the right to be arms is not a right after all its just a priviledge.
taking your own selfdefense into your own hands cannot put more duty or responsibility upon you. its unalienable and innate.
But, but, but Martin was only exercising his right to self defense when he attacked Zimmerman! If Zimmerman had stayed in his car like he’d been ordered, then none of this would have happened? Why do you hate black people?
Zimmerman hunted Martin like an animal, tracking him for hours before finally springing his trap.
We all know the results – RACISM AND DEATH.
Why is it so hard for everyone to understand this? #troof
It was an insidious plot on Zimmerman’s part. He went out looking for a black person to kill. TO cover his tracks, he called the police so he’d be mistaken for a concerned anti-crime citizen. Before targeting Trayvon, he walked past a mob of white skinheads who were looting a neighbor’s house. He ignored the skinheads because they were all good Aryans, and shouldn’t be hassled. Then Z saw Martin with his Skittles, and was angry that a black kid would presume to eat a candy which ought to be reserved for whites.
Z got out of his car, whipped out his gun, and chased Martin, who pleaded for his life. Ignoring the pleas, Z told Martin to stand in such a way as to look like he was in an aggressive posture. He shot Martin dead, then bashed up his own head as part of his cover story.
The people need to know the truth!
Nonsense. I have a hard time believing that; Zimmerman isn’t a cop yet.
creech
The fable that Mumia’s supporters tell is just as preposterous.
The OTHER part of the truth (Martin threw away the sword and the pistol by his side, before he died, and the cops never found it, bumbling fools that they were), but here is the REAL truth:
Martin went a fartin’,
And he did ride,
With a sword and a pistol
By his side,
Lookin’ for a “creepy ass cracker”
To help him eat his skittles,
So when he couldn’t find his spittoon,
He spit instead in his shittooon,
And shit instead in his spittoon,
While the cow jumped over the moon,
And the dish snorted coke with a spoon,
And we’ll all know the truth real soon!
I for one blame that witness for not breaking up the fight. Cue the FBI to investigate that cracka who watched a messican and black dude beat each other without lifting finger to stop it. I’m sure we can find something to prove he violated both Martin’s and Zimmerman’s civil rights by not preventing the shooting.
…that cracka who watched a messican and black dude beat each other
Maybe he just thought he was at an impromptu amateur boxing match?
invisible furry hand
why was this story illustrated with a picture of Popeye?
Because Obama will gladly pay you on Tuesday for the money he borrows today.
Because Obama will gladly never pay you on Tuesday back for the money he borrows today.
Messier, but FIXED
In my mind, Congress and the Fed are doing the borrowing. Obama is just an enabler and figurehead. Even on his own “signature” legislation he took a back seat and just let Democrats in Congress construct the bill. Which is as it should be. Obama’s problems have been with all the executive actions he’s taken. His problem is how he spends the money that Congress steals.
wareagle
there is no “juxtaposition” here, there is just Obama once more in the act of being himself, knowing that no one is going to call him on it.
Obama declared that “Ray Kelly has obviously done an extraordinary job in New York.”
Words cannot express the quality of his work, and I cannot recommend him too highly.
Wah, don’t trash New Yorkers you flyover state mouth-breathing trash!
dinkster
I hope it sinks.
Shitweasel has a problem with the principle behind ‘stand your ground laws’. He has no problem with New Yorkers not standing their ground against the cops. It is all about people being submissive.
Once you understand that it is easy to see that there is no contradiction here. He is being very consistent.
He really is a post-racial president. He wants to oppress everyone equally.
He wants to oppress everyone equally.
When progressives talk about equality, that’s exactly what the mean. Except for them, of course.
The juxtaposition of these comments suggests Obama would rather attack an easy target than confront issues with much clearer implications for equality under the law.
More and more, these things suggest to me that Obama’s a puppet.
Would you rather have a woman clutching her purse on the subway, or get grabbed and felt up by a New York cop? I suppose you should prefer the latter, because the New Professionalism.
Alice Bowie
As a BIG LIBERAL, I’m offended by Obama’s Silence to the Stop-and-Frisk program in NYC.
However, as a former resident of Washington Heights, I must say I’m really glad that people are afraid of walking around with guns. Perhaps in Idaho I would not be afraid of a local packing or carrying hunting weapons. But in the South Bronx, Harlem, Inwood, and Washington Heights, Stop-and-frisk did discourage the “non-hunter” types that carry guns from carrying guns.
However, I do feel that the criminal records that young black/latino youths obtained while a stop-and-frisk occurred should be wiped clean.
It’s simple really: if the government does something (theft, fraud, coercion, racial profiling, etc.) it’s good. If a private citizen does those same things, it’s bad. And if a KKKORPORASHUN does it then it’s evil incarnate. If you understand that then everything makes sense.
MikeJL
You’re doing a heck of a job, Brownie…er..I mean Ray!
and why the hell won’t Reason let me post strike-through??
How is it rash to follow a suspicious person? It does include risk but its entire focus is to further the cause of justice.
Calling it rash is tantamount to a “precog” telling him to not get out of the car.
It’s a reasonable choice while in the ‘pursuit of happiness’.
I have yet to see it rationally explained that getting out of the car has any blame whatsoever. You could make the exact same argument about him getting out of bed that morning. He simply should never have done it. His morally innocuous decision must bear the culpability of murder!
I can understand a crushing game of ‘whatif’ whenever something truly tragic occurs, the problem is when you put the weight of a legal system behind that and society morally compels one side to have prevented the tragedy.
If the gunhaters can make gun possession a legally different position, with legally different responsibilities/culpability, then they have already won the issue. This is why they drive so hard on the innocent skittles angle: to downplay the violence of fists and concrete.
All men should be treated equally and should not be discriminated for exercising their rights. Holding a man with a gun to a higher standard isn’t really having a 2nd amendment. Its creating unequal grounds where people are put into castes based on which rights they want to exercise.
melpee
Stopping and frisking those thugs who commit 90% of the muggings and break-ins will end when the savages learn to behave.
coma44
That is because Obama’s little butt buddy Bloomburg is “running” that show.
Obama and Bloomburg eat out of the same dish.
JD the elder
But in a tricky maneuver Kelly concedes is illegal, cops will often claim marijuana pulled out of pockets or bags during a stop was possessed “in public view,” a misdemeanor that justifies an arrest.
In all fairness, the NYPD has been ordered, internally, to stop the bogus practice of manufacturing “public display” charges by telling a detainee, “If you have anything, you might want to show it to me,” and then calling it “public display” when the poor sap complies.
That said, I still don’t trust the “public display” charges as far as I can kick them. Part of the problem is that judges and juries seem to take a cop’s word as some kind of evidence, when in fact it’s nothing of the sort. “So you’re charging him with openly displaying the marijuana…what evidence do you have for this? Oh, you saw it, OK. Did anyone else see it? No? Then get the fuck out of my courtroom with your no-evidence charges, idiot,” is how I’d love to see things go…
Kelly should adopt the Hillary Clinton / Col. Jessup explanation and just say, “Yes I believe in stop and molest without PC. Look at this city. It’s full of animals – murderers, drug dealers, sex criminals, deviants, and minorities: the kind of people who vote for Bloomberg 3 times in a row. You’re God Damned right I ordered Stop and Molest.”
Then throw in some Hillary: “At this point, what difference does it make?”
Boom. Instant confirmation with 103 votes from the Senate.
So, their goal is to violate the second amendment?
Mr. Sullum writes that “the NYPD with routinely violating the Fourth and 14th Amendments through a program of street stops that target blacks or Hispanics 87 percent of the time.” According to data compiled by the New York Times, found at this link, http://projects.nytimes.com/crime/homicides/map, Blacks commit 61% of the murders in New York City. Hispanics commit 29% of the murders, Whites 7%, and Asians 3%. That means blacks and hispanics commit 90% of the murders in New York City. So if they are getting targeted 87% of the time by the NYPD, maybe they should be getting targeted 90% of the time! Statistics don’t lie.
BrendaMitchell
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I don’t think it’s a “rash action” to walk up to someone on my private property and say “what are you doing here?”. That’s the “worst” that Zimmerman may have done. It’s dangerous (I wouldn’t do it), but not rash.
The cause of the fatal conflict seem to have been Martin’s racist attitudes (“crazy-ass cracker” = “crazy-ass white slave driver”), racially motivated fears and sense of offense, and erroneous belief that violence was the correct response.
It is up to the crime fighting cop to stop and frisk those who he suspects of being a potential criminal. If most are black or Hispanic the cop should be given an award for good police work.
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Yale Law Professors Cancel Classes So Students Can Protest Brett Kavanaugh
"For civil disobedience to be praiseworthy and serious, protestors must be willing to bear the costs of the then-extant sanctions."
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Newscom
At least 30 Yale law professors cancelled classes Monday to allow students to travel to Washington, D.C. and protest Brett Kavanaugh, a graduate of the law school and President Trump's nominee to the Supreme Court.
More than 100 students took advantage of the opportunity, and others protested on the campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Not all students were happy about this: Yale law student Emily Hall told Campus Reform she disagreed with the professors' decision to humor the protesters.
"It effectively encourages students to participate in the protests and penalizes those who choose not to by disrupting the class schedule," she said.
Nicholas Christakis, the former dean of Yale's Silliman College who was furiously denounced by activists for refusing to humor their demands for intellectual safe spaces, wrote that cancelling classes in this case "seems hard to defend."
For civil disobedience to be praiseworthy and serious, protestors must be willing to bear the costs of the then-extant sanctions. Cancelling class so that students can protest, and doing so only for one end of political spectrum, seems hard to defend. https://t.co/Ya9P2lqIW6
— Nicholas A. Christakis (@NAChristakis) September 25, 2018
Despite so many Yale professors making it easier for students to protest Kavanaugh, this was still not good enough for at least one activist: Dana Bolger, a Yale law student and co-founder of Know Your IX, an advocacy group for sexual assault victims. On Twitter, she accused Yale of institutional "complicity," presumably because the school's administration has failed to denounce Kavanaugh.
Heather Gerken, dean of Yale Law School, has refused to take an official position on the nomination—and has maintained this would be inappropriate, given her position—but said she is proud of the Yale community for calling attention to issues of "fair process, the rule of law, and the integrity of the law system."
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Robby Soave is a senior editor at Reason.
Brett Kavanaugh Campus Free Speech
Don't look at me.
September.25.2018 at 11:21 am
No wonder everyone hates lawyers.
Derp-o-Matic 6000
It’s not really “disobedience” if you have permission…
“protestors must be willing to bear the costs ”
what costs?
These protestors haven’t borne any cost unless they’re kicked out of school, beaten into a coma by counter-protestors or the police, or shot by National Guard troops. Being enabled by your college professors in your political activism with no consequences after the fact is having the roads of life paved for you; it’s not costing you a damn thing.
September.25.2018 at 12:59 pm
What is the cost of those classes, for the paying customer? $800-1000?
Fk_Censorship
September.25.2018 at 8:07 pm
At Yale? A lot more. At Georgetown an introductory course in linguistics at the grad level (stuff you could learn from Wikipedia in a few weeks if you knew where to look) went for about $5000 a semester. I chose the wikipedia approach and don’t regret it.
But that’s not one class. That’s maybe 40 classes.
Ah, I see. I thought it was the idea that an entire course would be compromised.
Say a single day is worth 1/50 of $5000, or $100. If 10 snowflakes go to DC to protest, that’s $1000 down the drain – still not too much…
On another hand, I wonder who covers their travel and hotel and per diem costs, I doubt they earn that much as full time students.
FlameCCT
They attend Yale, I’m sure most of them were white privilege snowflakes.
OldCurmudgeon
The refund should be about $350/day.
$60K/yr tuition / (2 semesters x 90 days/semester)
I think their parents are the ones footing the bill in most cases. Yes they really don’t bear the costs unless they receive an “absent” and suffer academically. BTW is it possible there is testing going on?
UnrepentantCurmudgeon
In the 1960s and 70s the costs included having fire hoses turned on you, sometimes being attacked by police dogs, arrest, being beaten with clubs (my first concussion), and arrested, held without bail and being arraigned on various misdemeanor charges. Everybody knew this going in, and accepted civil disobedience and passive resistance as the appropriate tactics to meet these tactics. ‘These pampered “resisters” face no real consequences and therefore put nothing real at stake.
Sigivald
It’s certainly not “Civil Disobedience” when you’re not even breaking the law.
The whole point of civil disobedience is to force The Man to either enforce an unjust law as a display to The People, or to admit it’s unjust by refusing to enforce it while the world watches, after all.
Midwest Lawyer
It’s more like a grade school field trip.
More than 100 students took advantage of the opportunity, and others protested on the campus in New Haven, Connecticut. Not all students were happy about this: Yale law student Emily Hall told Campus Reform she disagreed with the professors’ decision to humor the protesters.
Given that they wasted your time and money for this, sue the fucking school for this bullshit.
And, remember, going to Yale insures that the FACULTY will protest you if they do not like what you do. Their claim of teaching kids to think for themselves is still bullshit.
And, also, it wasn’t that long ago we were asked to be more civil, like John McCain. Good times.
Its a lesson for kids that not matter how much their Lefty professors bitch and complain about nonsense, they wont get their way.
Kavanaugh will be confirmed.
Wrong again. Kavanaugh won’t get confirmed, and neither will anyone else Drumpf nominates.
“Nobody nominated will be confirmed”, is, in English, “only Democrats get to nominate judges, because partisan politics”.
The namecalling only makes that extra special and precious.
(Disclosure: I think the President is a shit, but that’s irrelevant to this.)
He’s a troll account
I didn’t vote for him but his SCOTUS picks have been more than satisfactory. I hate progressives with zeal and find most of them including family members to be ignorant, duplicitous and cancerous. The reason is that progressive policies run to command and control governance from which totalitarian tyranny is the end result. I would argue that Trump is probably better than most of the establishment Republicans candidates who were for the most part progressives in red. This idiot troll you responded to is just a preview of what we can expect once the House is handed over to the left. The country had a chance perhaps with much of the Trump agenda .. With left back in power the Republic is lost. I take some comfort in knowing that my life on this planet will come to an end soon (maybe not soon enough) The insanity that now runs rampant through Washington and the blogosphere is staggering and yet is accepted by all. Your comment is likewise silly. I don’t care for Trump’s personality but calling him a shit without context is a rather worthless statement and speaks volumes about your bias
MAGA!
You do realize that “America” does not mean your penis, and “great” does not mean “bigger than it is”?
Great obviously means “white” as you well know.
mad.casual
Make your penis white again?
What race are Americans, Tony?
Quo Usque Tandem
#STILLBUTTHURTABOUTMERRICKGARLANDANDALWAYSWILLBE
Like right-wingers would just take that in stride.
In this new divided America, your party has to have both the Presidency and the Senate to have any chance of getting a SC nomination through. The Democrats didn’t have both at the time of Scalia’s death so they didn’t get to replace him. Yes, it didn’t used to be like that, but that was then and this is now. End of story.
Yes, it didn’t used to be like that, but that was then and this is now. End of story.
Lefties weaponized the judiciary to act as a de facto law-making body, and then act shocked when the other side follows in turn.
I see far less whining about Bork than I do about Garland.
Bork got a hearing.
Deelerious
Bork got Borked…he should have seen it coming.
Bork got slandered by a dude who left a woman to die.
You know, an ICON for the Left who had few qualms sexual assaulting numerous women.
DesigNate
Maybe Reid shouldn’t have been such a piece of shit and not gone nuclear.
The world is never going to be put aright until morons like you stop taking right-wing propaganda as the absolute truth of the universe.
Freedom does not equal the Republican Party. Say it until it sinks in.
Jack Klompus Magic Ink
September.26.2018 at 9:04 am
You are the biggest fucking retarded moron on the planet, you drooling Okie rube.
Kirk Solo
So, so, soooo stupid. Tony, you are just stupid.
Fuck them asshole asshat fucking losers.
Fuck them all,
them..
fuck you and fuck your fucking professors of communism
How Rockabilly wasn’t the nominee instead of Kavanaugh, I’ll never know!
I like how quick the establishment gets on board with these things.
Michael S. Langston
They’ve learned the lessons their brethren have disseminated for decades: you either fully agree and push the correct narratives or you’re the enemy, subject to their wrath.
IF any of these idiots could think for themselves or had the courage to go against the establishment narrative, they would have never been admitted to Yale in the first place.
I wonder if these professors who cancelled classes have covered “breach of contract” yet?
Yale is in our cherished libersal/libertarian tradition. They by definition always obey the law, because they are the experts in what the law is.
Who’s going to challenge them – some lawyer from Liberty University where they sometimes force students to listen to people (like Bernie Sanders) whom they disagree with?
Kinda fascinating that law professors would oppose an alumni’s ascension to the supreme court with the evidence that’s currently available. Says a lot about the state of higher education and the rule of law.
esteve7
Democrats, sore losers since 1860.
Seriously could you imagine a Republican cancelling class so their students can protest planned parenthood?
I need a safe space from the mere thought of it
CDRSchafer
What utterly worthless jackasses. “Law” students on the side of making a mockery of due process. Scum.
It’s no longer due process. According to the Sheila in charge at Yale, it’s now “fair process”.
Which is why I encourage men, after fucking a co-ed at college, IMMEDIATELY file a Title IX complaint.
Paulpemb
I read about a recent survey of current law students, most of them were studying law to go into politics. So this is about what you should expect from now on.
MikeP2
Yup. This will surely increase voter turnout in November. Nothing gets the moderate middle pushed towards the right more than a bunch of preachy Ivy League losers who need to ‘protest’.
Trump’s election was due in no small part to Obama’s aloof attitude to middle America, coastal elite disdain for anyone right of the middle-left, Occupy wallstreet, BLM, etc, etc. It’s easy to pull the lever from Trump when the other side actively hates you.
This has gotten so ridiculous from insane decades old rumors preached as gospel to Cruz and his wife harassed out of a restaurant that the GOP couldn’t ask for better GOTV efforts leading up the midterms.
Maybe Crazy Maxine will go on another tirade about getting in people’s faces.
It’s easy to pull the lever from Trump when the other side actively hates you.
I’m fine with active hate, it’s the near omnidirectional spray of venomous incoherence that bugs me.
Communist college students ought to be disappeared.
meh college-me would be trying to get laid – whether went to protest or not
most guys protest just to impress the female protesters to do exactly that, get laid. It is funny because they are protesting sexual acts and most likely went home and had sex.
You go around carrying pictures of Chairman Mao,
You’re not gonna make with anyone anyhow.
NashTiger
Its’ not gonna be alright, Alright
*most likely wanted sex but didn’t get any
I’m sure they had sex, or did you mean with a partner?
Velvet Thunder
Reminds me of the It’s Always Sunny episode when the gang goes to a Planned Parenthood protest, where Dennis decides to be pro-choice because he thinks there will be more hot girls there. Then, after being rebuffed a few times he decides to climb the fence and see if he can score with the pro-lifers.
All of their political episodes are great. Dee and Mac are always yelling at each other from opposite sides of the political spectrum, while Dennis is just trying to get laid and Frank is trying to make money. As always, Charlie is the wildcard.
WILDCARD!
very funny episode.
Dana Bolger, a Yale law student and co-founder of Know Your IX, an advocacy group for sexual assault victims L. Frank Baum study group.
MJBinAL
This never ending intimidation practiced by the left, is going to provoke a response eventually. It is going to be a violent response, and is going to end up in a full on civil war that will put an end to the US as we have known it.
Unfortunately, I believe the left is going to continue to escalate until there is no turning back. I am afraid the “winners” will not restore a constitutional representative democracy. This is not the future I want for my children and grandchildren.
For me, I am willing to do what it takes to keep the socialists/leftists/progressives from getting their way. I hope it does not come to violence, although I can do that too … if left with no other choice.
The country, democratically speaking, wants what “the left” is selling. They just happen to not have gerrymandering, the electoral college, and the courts on their side. So stop bitching about representative democracy. You would have long lost everything if our government were representative.
You would have long lost everything if our government were representative.
We wouldn’t have gotten to where you assume bedrock to be if the country were straight-and-pure representative.
Sure we would. The undemocratic parts of our government do not stray too far behind the will of the people. Except lately, when they’re broken the system so much and are so short-term focused that we’re on the verge of bona fide tyranny instead of mere checks on majoritarianism. I’m talking about basic policy stuff. Majorities do not want Republicans in power or anything they’re trying to push through. They didn’t want that on election day either.
Poor Tony has had a rough few years.
‘Racist’ slur doesnt work like it used to; Americans are okay with rolling back Socialism; Trump wont be impeached and will actually be more popular than all Democrat Presidents in the last 100 years….
I doubt I’m the only one tired of reading your repetitive masturbatory fantasies about a politician.
But we’re never tired of the entertainment you provide by revealing what a pathetic, low IQ, one-dimensional retarded dope you are.
Hank Phillips
Forgive my perplexity, but are you chaps speaking of Obama or OJ Simpson?
I’m talking about basic policy stuff.
And I’m talking about hard-and-fast representative democracy. Assuming we got to where we were, it’s pretty obvious that however you propose getting rid of gerrymandering and/or the electoral college would significantly affect the end of reconstruction and the War on Drugs. If he would’ve lost everything because the government were ‘truly representative’ you would’ve lost just as much if not more.
And yet….the majority of governorships are Republican, the majority of state legislatures are Republican.
Almost as if Democrats aren’t selling anything the people are wanting.
Get To Da Chippah
Majorities do not want Republicans in power
33 states wanted Republican governors, compared to 16 states that wanted a Democrat in power.
Tony. Read some fucking history for once in your dull, ignorant, life.
bvandyke
calling BS on this. The country as stated many times is overall very middle of the road. The problem is that most don’t take the time to actually look at who their representation is and vote appropriately, The media hypes both ends (it sells), not the middle. Almost no one (generally speaking) wants far left or far right.
Protecting the environment and not chopping up public institutions and giving the loot to the 1% are not “far left” positions.
Fringe American positions. Lefty positions that are not the majority.
MarkLastname
Substituting moronic slogans for critical thinking, however, apparently is a far left position.
The Last American Hero
So it’s poor and middle income people buying those Teslas? Is it the poor that are crying about having their state property tax deductions capped at a measly $25k/year?
sparkstable
No… they are the ones crying about not always being able to take 100% of other peoples money for their own selfish ends.
The left actually is about taking, through taxation, and giving to the one percent. It’s what they do. See Soros, steyer, Gore, clintons., And hundreds of others. All fat off government contracting.
Note to foreign readers: the pet communist sockpuppet is providing needed comic relief
They just happen to not have gerrymandering, the electoral college, the Constitution and the courts on their side.
No I have the constitution on my side! So there!
Tony thinks the Constitution is his coloring book that he uses daily.
But he doesn’t draw within the lines.
And his crayons are half eaten.
That must be why leftists are winning so many state and local elections. /sarc
You know how easy it is to gerrymander a governor’s seat?
Sooooo…. how did Oklahoma go red? It was a full-on bastion of socialism in the 30s. It was near 100% blue until 2000. Why didn’t the gerrymander protect them? Seriously… check out the state gov history… the GOP was an afterthought for almost the whole of the state’s history.
LarryA
The country, democratically speaking, wants what “the left” is selling.
Which is why so many people are voting with their feet, and moving out of blue states to red states. They’ve discovered they can’t afford all the free stuff “the left” is selling.
TrickyVic (old school)
The country, democratically speaking, wants what “the left” is selling
Is that why Sanders couldn’t get past the primary?
To be fair, his wife kept slapping an “I’m with her” sticker on his Prius
The Senate has been gerrymandered so that even in the year of the historic BlueWave, the will of the people will not return it to the Democrat Socialists. #SAD
California’s courts had to declare gay marriage bans unconstitutional after, democratically speaking, the people of the state voted it down three times.
I am afraid the “winners” will not restore a constitutional representative democracy.
As much as I hate the notion of a living constitution, I think this may be an antiquated notion. I don’t have a better solution, but if the nation tears itself apart in the manner you suggest, there are clearly some parts of our constitution that have distinctly not worked or whose time and age may have passed.
Specify?
First, the FF didn’t entirely believe in an unfettered representative democracy. The checks-and-balances layer cake that is our federated republic clearly indicates that. Second, and more specifically, while the Constitution laid out rights and them being intrinsic to the people as a bit of a novelty, I think the novelty has long since worn off. I think any new constitution could reconstruct the layer cake differently and write in more or even better protections for negative rights and even protections against positive rights and potentially come out better.
Again, I don’t have *the* better idea. I just refuse to believe that the Constitution could never be outdone, that the minds that survive the (hypothetical) Identity Wars may have some insights into representative democracies that the survivors of The Revolutionary War didn’t.
RBG, is that you?
Mr. JD
Government is a social contract. It requires contractees to agree to it.
No, it’s a mafia. It just required might on one side and complacency on the other to keep it going. There’s no social contract. Might makes right.
ShotgunJimbo
If we could just open up one of the shit hole states (i’m thinking WV, Nebraska, Illinois) and invite all the fringe americans to a cage match and put it on TV; that would be great. Let the pussy ass little lefties in their ski masks charge at the fat out of shape alt-right queers that think they are SWAT because they have an AR-15 and a chest rig with a shirt that says “freedom”. The political pundits go in the middle of the two groups, armed with their microphones. Let that battle play out. Winners get shiny medals.
Then let the US military come in and “clean up” the winners.
Then we can get back to letting the majority, independent, mostly centrist crowd get back to fixing the country.
Oh I forgot the best part. Both Trump and the hag have to fight with their respective knuckle-dragging teams. They both have to be in the vanguard, on horses (Trump’s is gold plated of course). Neither get armor.
Hey! I live in Illinois. But yeah you’re right. It is a shithole.
wingnutx
“is going to provoke a response eventually.”
It sure will.
If I were a professor, we’d be having a pop quiz that day which was worth 15 percent of the student’s grade (not enough to fail someone but enough to deterimine their final grade and class rank) with no option for making it up.
Fortunately, Yale Law has abandoned such bourgeois concepts as “grades.”
Law students are now protesting because a man’s career might not be ruined by a completely unproven and un credible allegation. That is straight out of Nazi Germany.
If he’s not guilty, why would someone accuse him? Seems pretty open-and-shut, really.
That right. Just like cops never arrest innocent people or kick down the wrong doors.
Just throw him in the river. If he is lying the water will reject him and he will float.
I was thinking Communist China, but tomato, tomahtoe.
Hey, Yalies, you almost got it; stretch out your hands flat in that pose and you are showing your allegiance to your true political masters.
Yeah, that’s the Glorious Panty-fa Resistance for ya. Can’t resist unless it’s totally risk-free.
Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland
Emily Hall sounds like a stale-thinking dope.
The conservatives and Republicans can have her (maybe conservative young women dream of being mentioned, in another life, in Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook). If not, I suspect Fox will take her.
Arthur Kirkland tried to grab me by the pussy at a high school party in 1982.
WJack
Doubt it, wrong organ to attract Kirkland.
It is in alignment with stories I have heard before.
That’s how the parties were back then so of course he’s guilty.
I woke up in a drunken stupor at a party in college and he tried to put his junk in my face. I was like EWWWWW! Or coulda been some other guy. I contemplate for 6 days and get back to you.
“maybe conservative young women dream of being mentioned, in another life, in Brett Kavanaugh’s high school yearbook”
So you think they can’t separate politics from other areas of their life, like sexual attraction? Because it’s not conservatives that do that. You’re confused again
Buy a gun and shoot yourself in the face.
Liberal-libertarian schools: Yale, Harvard, Berkeley, Penn, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Michigan, Reed, Williams.
Conservative-controlled schools: Wheaton, Biola, Franciscan, Hillsdale, Regent, Liberty, Grove City, Dallas, Utah State, Ozarks.
Which group should be providing pointers on campus operations?
No one cares, you pussy-grabbing shitlord. Take your privilege elsewhere
Yes, when I think Libertarianism, the first thing that jumps to mind is Yale and Harvard. And Columbia. Ad Michigan. All well known for their teaching of limited government and devotion to Milton Friedman
Does this not make you Libertarians beam with pride?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMc8pczn-hs
Ivy leagues are not libertarian. What piss do you drink?
Rev. Arthur L. Kirkland|9.25.18 @ 1:47PM|#
Fucking lefty ignoramus.
After you couldn’t get into any decent college, you’re still miffed about the money you put down for Trump University, aren’t you?
Gilbert Martin
Well it’s not like those students would actually have been learning anything about the law if they’d stayed in class anyway.
“Liberal ? libertarian” . . . did you read what you typed? Liberals, libertarians, and conservatives like goldfish, dogs, and cats have features in common (two eyes and a tail for example) but are completely different. Most people can see this at a glance . . . there are no known hybrids
The catfish…. the mic is now dropped.
Ablutomania
And Catdog.
And the Dogfish.
The circle is complete.
Don’t forget Dogfishcat. Half dog, half cat, half fish.
I agree with that , 150%!
Don’t feed the trolls
Liberals, libertarians, and conservatives like goldfish, dogs, and cats have features in common
They don’t call fish sea kittens for nothing.
Professors, students, and Kirkland among others . . . all victims of progressive educators.
tlapp
If any of them are in Yale Law School they should fail for supporting a trial of public opinion instead of due process.
Well. . . .a bunch of Yale profs and students are spoiled adolescent assholes. What else is new?
The future of law is in good hands.
Makes me glad I am an old man with no children. With luck, my wife and I will die before things really go to hell. It will be tough on my nephews and grandnieces and grandnephews.
Those darn conservative snowflakes on campus are as bad, eh Robby?
What would happen if a group came out to defend Kavanaugh on the grounds of due process?
Sort of reminiscent of 11/9/16 when the *union* government school teachers emptied their classes so the kids could ‘spontaneously’ march against the election of someone who at least some of their parents voted for.
Every one of them should have been summarily fired; one woman we know didn’t know where her kids were until she saw them on the news.
It’s for the kids; the children.
Always remember that.
Dude hates children. Probably puppies too.
snowhawk
I’ll be looking at future lists of graduates to insure they, and those that would hire them, never ever work for me.
fiadesin
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Uncle Jay
You should care because it is one more sign that our institutions are being filled with idiot leftists who, in this case, should know better, but are so full of their progressive spirit that they willing to completely ignore what they are supposed to be doing. And by ending these students on to the important positions in government, they are intending the make it so that all other institutions are destroyed.
JMatt
Eh…. slow news day I guess.
I never thought I’d type the phrase “So let me get this straight” but so let me get this straight ? do we have law students protesting Judge Kavanaugh’s conservative jurisprudence, which would be OKwithin the realm of political/judicial differences or do we have law students protesting him because he’s the subject of unsubstantiated sexual misconduct allegations which would be mindnumbingly idiotic even for a non law student to do?
What is the exact point in the culture where accused = guilty? Where we can actually lobby publicly to disenfranchise another citizen ? deprive jobs, income, reputation ? if we get enough irrational people to scream at him? This is the type of ravenous amoral beast that just keeps wanting to get fed.
The long form of their argument is, “Trump bad.” By this standard, the Hulk from THE AVENGERS would excel at oral arguments.
Know Your IX, an advocacy group for sexual assault victims.
You misspelled “lynching proponent”.
Nicholas Christakis: Soon to find that his membership in the Left has been revoked and that he will be denounced as a right-winger and anti-revolutionary – despite his persistent claims to the opposite.
Welcome to the club my friend.
I will never forget the eye roll of my math professor when I went to his office hours after I bombed an exam because I was at a protest instead of at the study session. Granted, the protest was for a worthier cause than this (against the first Gulf War) and I went to it primarily because a girl I was interested in was going, but when the prof asked me why I didn’t make it to the review session and I told him, I thought he would be more sympathetic, since I was at a pretty leftist university, and I always had thought professors were hippy-dippy anti-war types. He told me off real good though when he said “your parents are not spending their hard-earned money so you can go to a protest.” No doubt, he would have been fired nowadays for violating my safe space.
Echospinner
Old joke
Four students day before the final decide to take a road trip and study jam.
They get into the case of beer instead and miss the exam.
The next day one of them shows up to the prof and explains they had a flat tire.
Prof says OK show up at 5 pm in my office for the makeup.
The students show up. He directs them to separate rooms with a sealed exam book.
There is one question.
Which tire?
Did you get anywhere with the girl?
Yale professors are lazy f—ks that see this as another opportunity to do nothing.
They do have pass/fail. Fail means you have not demonstrated enough effort to learn on your own and challenge me.
At the post graduate level ABCDF grades are not relevant.
Amazing. It is rather expensive to go to YLS. These students would rather protest than get their money’s worth (and really learn something). Not to worry. They are the elite and future employers care more about the certificate than they do about whether these young innocents really know anything.
So courageous to take a stand that EVERY ONE of your friends and colleagues supports and even your teachers approve of. Not.
skunkman
I thought I would never see the time when the left was easier to hate than the right. Elitist, self center scum.
TxJack 112
Do they plan to also refund the tuition for the cancelled classes for students who do not want to protest? The problem with this move is they assume that all the students agree with their political agenda. Sorry, but if I were attending college today and a Prof cancelled a class for a protest, I would be pissed off and in the Dean’s or Bursar’s office demanding a prorated refund. Cancelling a class due to illness or other emergency is one thing, but if they want to protest, they need to do it on their own time.
The professors are doing us a favor. If even a few change majors to something productive, there’ll be fewer parasites developing into looter politicians and rights-destroying prosecutors.
Rock Cowles
What rule of law? If this happened over thirty years ago the statute of limitations passed decades ago. Why would a law enforcement organization like the FBI be involved with investigating it now? Why would you demand a he said/she said hearing with taxpayer dollars? She has a crisis of conscience now, but just having him be a judge was a-okay?
Law professors are, for the most part, victims of progressive educators as are their students.
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Declutter your life with Cecilia
You can think of Cecilia Macauley as a connector; she describes herself as an edge dweller. Cecilia is both of these — a connector between Japanese and Australian culture and a woman who lives on the edge where those cultures meet.
Edges are important to Cecilia because she is also a practitioner of the permaculture design system. Permaculture sees edges in human society as potentially productive places where new ideas form. It's just like edges in nature — the ecotones where two ecosystems meet — they are productive places supporting species from both ecosystems.
It was a fresh approach to applying the principles of permaculture design to the overabundance of stuff that accumulates where the edges of organisation and disorganisation meet that Cecilia brought to the Eastern Suburbs 3-Council's 'Declutter Your Life' workshop on a fine morning in October this year.
Cecilia is a petite, stylishly dressed young woman with well coiffured blonde hair and a light, outgoing personality. "You never forget the powerlessness of being a child", she said in explaining that, as a daughter in a large family she learned to cook and look after herself at a young age. Now, she continues to do that as a designer of small urban gardens and redesigner of cluttered urban lives.
It was mostly females who sat in the circle at Barrett House at the workshop that day. Most wanted to declutter. A couple had already started. Some had attended other workshops that council's sustainability educator, Fiona Campbell, had organised. Others were new to the Barrett House community centre.
DEFINING THE TOPIC
Fiona started the workshop by exploring the meaning of 'permaculture' for it is the principles of that design system that Celilia applies to decluttering homes and lives. One of the participants thought it was self-sufficiency; another thought it was about sustainability; was it about working with nature in the garden, asked another?; one thought it was about gardening but the philosophy of permaculture could be applied to anything.
"For me, it's more self-reliance than self-sufficiency", explained Cecilia. "Permaculture is about linking things up, about maximising options, about using design-power. It is about the ethic of care of people, about the way you live and about caring for the Earth. For me, the principles of permaculture are like goals.
"You don't have to be a gardener to do permaculture. Instead, you can support the lady who sells at the farmers' market", she said.
ZONING OUR HOMES
"Permaculture is essentially putting the right things in the right place", said Cecilia about organising our home space to bring order to the excess of stuff that can clutter the places we live in.
"I like to co-locate things with where they are used. That way everything is at hand. Permaculture is like playing chess with the world, putting things where they are valuable. I make use of permaculture's idea of placing things in our home according to zones".
Elements in design in permaculture are placed according to the frequency at which they are used or visited. Applied to a home garden, for example, fruit trees are located further from the dwelling because they are visited less often for maintenance and harvesting. This is known as Zone Two. The kitchen garden is placed close to the dwelling in Zone One because it is visited frequently to pick herbs and vegetables for cooking.
Applied to our homes, Zone One can be considered the places where we put things we need more often. "Things like work in progress", explained Cecilia. "This is the high-attention zone and we make places for things that change, such as our fridge door and kitchen shelving.
Kitchen shelving. Hearing that, my mind threw up an image of the kitchen at Seli-Hoo, at more than 30 years one of Australia's longest running share houses. An owner-occupied premises in Adelaide, the kitchen features an array of open shelves with foods stored in clear glass jars so everything can be seen and found easily. Cooking utensils are co-located with the stove where they can be easily reached. There's none of that hiding stuff away in dark cupboards where it is out of sight, out of mind and out of use. Seli-Hoo is a fine example of logical order. It is uncluttered. It is attractive. It works. I thought that it must be what Cecilia was talking about.
"Turn the kitchen sink into a shrine of beauty and love", Cecilia advised. "Aim for zero dirty dishes on the sink although you can put them aside and do a single washup later in the day. "It's about setting up to do a task so you're ready to go. A place has to be clear to work in".
ZONES MORE DISTANT
Applying the permaculture zoning system to the home, Cecilia explained that zones Two and Three were for things used less frequently. Zone Four might be a location for stuff from the past "...that is still loved, stuff that might be used only once a year and that is stored in clear boxes in the garage".
A FEW TIPS
Here's a few tips on decluttering and reorganising your home:
Put a use date on things you can't decide whether to keep or dispose of. "If you don't use it by that date then you don't need it", Cecilia advised.
Group stuff — store your watering can near the plants it waters, for example.
You need to make things visible in storage. Use square, not round, clear storage boxes as these waste less space.
Declutter your refrigerator every Friday.
Put tasks into their own box.
Put your spare room into boxes and rent it out.
Give yourself permission to throw things away.
Declutter your papers.
Have a decluttering party.
SIMPLIFICATION THROUGH ABANDONMENT
If a decluttered mind is reflected in a decluttered house, then Cecilia's workshop made clear the logic of making the effort to shrug off all of that accumulated, unused stuff so as to clear our physical as well as our mental space.
Interestingly, her workshop takes permaculture design into an aspect of life it seldom ventures into and in doing so shows the versatility and universality of the design system's zoning concept.
As someone who is in the process of decluttering I have learned in a practical way the wisdom of following Cecilia's ideas. It's a form of simplification of possessions and, in giving ourselves permission to abandon and pass on possessions we make limited or zero use of, there comes a clearing of the mental as well as the physical space, a mental lightening.
When it comes to the stuff we own, there's the confusion of clutter... and then there's the having of enough, enough that is well organised and, somehow, seemingly all the more valuable for being so.
Coming up for National Recycling Week 2013
The Big Aussie Swap Party is a great opportunity to hand on those possessions we no longer need, an incentive to get bust decluttering. The next swap will be held at:
Randwick Community Centre, 27 Munda Street, Randwick
Saturday 17 November
3:00pm registration of items begins
4:30pm registration of items closes
4:45pm Swap Party starts
Find out more at http://reduceyourfootprint.com.au/events/the-big-aussie-swap-party/
Story by Russ Grayson, 1 November 2013. Images courtesy Cecilia Macaulay.
Nice idea for traditional permaculture ideas. I wonder how such an approach can also be used for people on their own psychology (i.e. dealing with negative states, nurturing virtue, etc. ).
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Pickleball vs Tennis: Everything you need to know
Last updated on September 24, 2019 by Julian Leave a Comment
Pickleball’s popularity is increasing at a tremendous rate. It’s an easy to play sport which isn’t as demanding as tennis and thus has attracted a lot of suitors from different demographics.
1 Pickleball – Is it a good progression for tennis?
2 Is pickleball competitive?
3 Is pickleball easier than tennis?
4 Will playing pickleball hurt my tennis game?
5 Ex Tennis Players Playing Pickleball?
6 Differences between Pickleball and Tennis
Pickleball players are mostly over 50-years old, however, that doesn’t mean that there’s a lack of young players. Pickleball’s simplicity has attracted a lot of young people towards it as well.
Especially for tennis and badminton players who prefer lower intensity are increasingly leaning towards pickleball in an attempt to stay fit and make it big.
Rise of Pickleball as observed on Google Trends between 2004-2019
In our previous blog titled, “Pickleball vs Tennis”, we covered all the aspects which separate the two sports. From balls and paddles to the net surface and court size. In this post, we’re going to answer a few key questions that we’re being bombarded with. These include:
Is pickleball a good progression for tennis?
Is pickleball easier than tennis?
Will playing pickleball hurt my tennis game?
Is there any ex-tennis player playing pickleball?
Pickleball – Is it a good progression for tennis?
The simple answer is, Yes.
Many intermediate and advanced tennis players who are at the tail-end of their career have benefited a lot from playing pickleball primarily because pickleball isn’t as demanding as tennis. Furthermore, the cross over from tennis to pickleball is much simpler.
While the paddles are smaller, the balls don’t bounce as high, and the court is smaller, the same basic principles of movement from tennis apply in pickleball.
A lot of people see their shots in tennis become a lot better by playing pickleball first. Pickleball is very easy to pick up and is easy on your joints. That gives you the perfect introduction to tennis.
Strokes: Strokes in pickleball are quite similar to that of tennis. However, it’s more of a placement than power. In tennis, you need to strike the right chord between power and balance but in pickleball, placement can get the job done nine times out of ten. If you’re a pickleball player who wants to progress towards tennis, this is perfect! You’ll have the control over shot placement you need in order to win match after match.
Volleys: One of the most beloved shots in both pickleball and tennis is the volley. Players love to serve and rush towards the net in an attempt to hit a volley. Hitting volleys in pickleball and tennis are remarkably similar.
Dropshots: Pickleball’s favorite shot is the drop shot. It’s aesthetically pleasing as well as more than capable of helping you earn some points. Especially when playing singles game, your tennis dropshots will considerably improve through pickleball.
Angled shots: Since the pickleball playing surface is much shorter, the shots need to be more precise and well-timed. Playing on a pickleball court allows you to hit angled shots with precision. If you loved angled shots in tennis, you’ll love executing them in pickleball as it’s more challenging.
Lob shots: If you’re familiar with hitting lob shots in tennis, you’ll certainly enjoy hitting those while playing pickleball. Since the pickleball court is smaller, you have to be precise and cheeky at the same time. Unlike tennis, the chances of losing points due to a mistimed lob is much more in pickleball.
Low shots: Another aspect where you’d find a considerable challenge is when you hit those low shots. Since tennis balls have higher bounce as compared to pickleball ball’s getting under the ball and executing a shot is less tricky. However, if you do have a hang of it then using pickleball to progress towards tennis won’t be a problem for you at all.
Is pickleball competitive?
Many people looking to jump ship from tennis think that pickleball doesn’t have the competitive aura. Little do they know that this sport is backed by TV contracts, international tournaments, and professional endorsements. Over 2000 athletes compete in a single event and a seven-day National Tournament in the US alone is witnessing 40% rise each year in terms of participation.
Interest in pickleball based on sub-region in the US
In the US alone, there are 6 major competitions such as the World Pickleball Open, US Midwest/Southern series, Minto US Open Pickleball Championship, Hawaii Open, California Indoor Championships, and Margaritaville USA Pickleball National Championships.
Out of these competitions, the Minto US Open Pickleball Championship has live coverage and is inarguably the most popular tournament alongside World Pickleball Open.
The reason why I’m sharing these details is that you can rest assured that at any given age, you can kickstart your dream to become a professional pickleball player.
As for prize money, a winner of the national tournament can bank up to $50,000-75,000 and if we add sponsorship bonus, the sum can rise up to over a $100,000. These prize purses aren’t small and the incentive pools they come with can make any tennis player rethink their decision about retiring or playing tennis just for fun. Switching to pickleball makes more sense than ever.
At the end of it all, they are different sports and so they should be judged across different aspects of each sport. I chose to answer this question by dividing it up into several criteria and then asking the question again: is pickleball easier than tennis (at these criteria)?
Movement: Personally, if by easy, you mean less movement, then yes, pickleball is easier. However, when it comes to promptness and overall agility, it’s required to be on the same level as that of tennis.
Tennis boasts a bigger court which demands more movement as compared to pickleball. Furthermore, back and forth shots are more frequent in tennis as compared to pickleball where rallies don’t last longer than 5-6 shots.
Power: Many people have a misconception that power-hitting is all there in pickleball. That’s not true. Again due to the smaller court, shot placement matters much more in pickleball than tennis. Yes, the back and forth is less as compared to tennis but simple well-placed shots can win to points overpower hitting which often results in unforced errors.
Physical Fitness: Pickleball courts are smaller than tennis court thus you can save a lot of energy. However, when it comes to servers, shot placement and overall technique, it’s not simple. Especially, when you’re playing a singles game, you have to be on top of your toes since you’ve to cover the distance. Similarly, if you’re involved in the doubles game, your net game should be strong.
Overall though, tennis clearly requires more physical fitness than most pickleball matches.
Complexity Level: Remember, games in pickleball are often lost due to unforced errors. Thus, mentally it’s much more frustrating than tennis in my opinion. In tennis, you are required to avoid double faults but in pickleball, you also have to contend with the no volley zone requiring you to stay a certain distance from the net when hitting the volley.
All said though, pickleball and tennis are almost equal in complexity with pickleball perhaps having the slight edge.
Intensity and Injuries: This one is easy. Pickleball isn’t as physically as demanding as tennis meaning play is generally less intense and there are definitely less injuries. Pickleball requires less movement and is often played at the same pace except the forward movement. Contrastingly, tennis players are required to run in all possible directions and often have the risk of outstretching trying to hit a shot which is distant. Across the board, it’s consistent. Pickleball definitely results in fewer injuries than tennis.
Based on my experience, the answer to this question is definitely no. While playing pickleball, certain aspects of your game will improve whereas others will get affected. A lot of the basic movement and shots are very similar to each other. Moving from pickleball to tennis and back and forth means you simply have to change your power output. Because pickleball has a smaller court, you have to hit lighter. When you grab your tennis racquet though, remember POWER so that you can smash the tennis balls and drive your opponent back.
Areas where pickleball can hurt your tennis game
Stamina: As a tennis player, you’re required to cover the ground for each point. Moreover, the larger court size helps to build a considerable amount of stamina. When you start to play pickleball extensively, you aren’t required to cover as much ground and thus if you’re thinking to return to tennis from a hiatus, you’ll initially feel lack of stamina. However, that’s not a major concern, as, within a few weeks, you’ll be back in full swing.
Positioning: Pickleball, especially doubles game is generally played at the net. Pickleball encourages the players to move closer to the net so you can attempt half volleys and command the proceedings. However, this practice doesn’t work in tennis as the court size is larger. We’ve seen the likes of Federer, Djokovic, and Nadal chipping the ball over their opponent’s heads and win points by putting them in a difficult position.
Power: Pickleball is more of shot placement rather than power. While you often see tennis professionals serving in the range of 80-110mph, that’s not the case with pickleball. Thus, if you play pickleball over an extended period, you’ll need time to adjust yourself when you get back to tennis. That’s because in pickleball emphasis is laid on placing the serve to avoid an unforced error.
Areas where pickleball can strengthen your tennis game
Precision: Paddles are much smaller in size as compared to a tennis racquet. Even the pickleball balls are smaller and lighter. Thus, hitting a shot in pickleball and scoring a point with it is fairly difficult as compared to tennis. When you learn shot placement techniques and execute shots such as dinks, you improve your overall precision which can help your tennis game.
Balance: Inarguably, one of the toughest aspects of pickleball is abiding the kitchen. Understanding the No Volley Zone and keep your body off of it. The Kitchen Rule has helped me improve my overall balance when trying to hit half volley shots in tennis. It made me much more comfortable moving forward whenever I played tennis. Becoming proficient with dinking shots in pickleball has helped my tennis game considerably.
Shot Selection: Playing pickleball helped me understand the difference between soft, drop, finessed and angled shots. Not only did I learn these shots but I also started to place these efficiently on either side of the net.
Ex Tennis Players Playing Pickleball?
As far as professional tennis player switching is concerned, Wimbledon Doubles Champion JoAnne Russell and Cammy MacGregor alongside Enrique Ruiz and Kaitlyn Christian are few well-known tennis players who’ve switched from tennis to pickleball. Apart from these players, there’s Dan Curry, who made it to the Australian Open in 1978.
Differences between Pickleball and Tennis
As mentioned earlier, we have a detailed blog on the Differences between Pickleball and Tennis. However, if you don’t have the time to read that, you can read the summarized points below.
Element Pickleball Tennis
Double Fault No Yes
Serves Each player in the team gets to serve at least once Each player serves in a particular game
Scoreboard Has three numbers: Your team’s score, opposing team’s score and whether you’re serving or returning. Has three numbers: Sets, Games, and Points
Court Dimension Similar in both singles and doubles competition Different for both singles and doubles competition
Serve Overhand serve not allowed Only overhand serve is allowed
Atmosphere Loud play, cheers accompanied by music Focused, Silent accompanied by claps upon points scored
Playing Area Can be played indoors and outdoors Generally played outdoors
Shots Body shots are intended Generally, shots are aimed away from the player
Intensity Pickleball isn’t as intense as tennis Tennis requires a great amount of conditioning
Apart from these general points, there’s a considerable difference between tennis racquets and pickleball paddles, pickleball and tennis balls, court size, net size, shot execution and overall speed of the game.
Regardless of which sport you decide to play, I hope this blog helped clarify the biggest differences between pickleball and tennis. If you’re new to pickleball and are keen on learning in-depth about the sport, feel free to browse our website to drive home some valuable points.
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The Westgate Nairobi Attack: A Sign of the Diversified Threat from Al-Qa’ida
Posted: October 5, 2013 in Royal United Services Institute
Tags: Africa, Al Qaeda, AQAP, AQIM, ayman al zawahiri, counter-radicalization, counter-terrorism, Kenya, shabaab, Somalia, terrorism, UK
My contribution about the Westgate attack for my home institution RUSI. Tries to put the incident within the bigger context of trends we are seeing within al Qaeda and terrorism internationally. I did quite a bit of media around the Nairobi attack, a lot of questions about the mythical ‘White Widow’ Samantha Lewthwaite: the New York Times, ABC, NBC, New Statesman, Guardian, Daily Beast, Sky News, BBC, Times, as well as others I cannot find and a video for RUSI.
RUSI Analysis, 4 Oct 2013
By Raffaello Pantucci, Senior Research Fellow, Counter-Terrorism
The locus of countering Al-Qa’ida style terrorism has now shifted overseas, with Western governments facing a new and complex set of issues that have been brought into particular focus by recent events at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi.
Al-Shabaab’s audacious attack in central Nairobi came in the wake of Al-Qa’ida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri’s latest message entitled ‘General Guidelines for Jihad.’ His communication laid out an attack plan for his global movement which focused on two main themes: the growing geographical diversity of the struggle that he is trying to lead and the need to be more careful in targeting. Neither is a particularly new. But the message seems all the more salient following a year that so far has seen large-scale operations at In Amenas in Algeria, a scare against Western targets in Yemen, a brutal massacre at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, and all alongside a constant patter of death in Syria, Iraq and Pakistan
The threat from international terrorism is one that has become more diverse and complicated, posing Western security officials with a growing array of risks and dangers across a wider geographical space. Complicated terrorist plots no longer solely emanate from Pakistan’s badlands targeting Europe or the United States.
Regional Al-Qa’ida affiliates instead seek Western targets near their home bases, focusing on the subsequent media attention. Places such as In Amenas, Western Embassies in Yemen or the Westgate Mall in Nairobi are the future of terrorism. For Western security officials, the problem is to develop strategies to protect, prepare and prevent terrorist attacks that are targeting nationals and interests abroad. They will have to deal with a complicated basket of issues that will require developing local capacity and ability, as well as improving regional and international coordination, in particular within the European Union. The locus of countering terrorism has now shifted overseas and developing capacity to address this new and complicated threat will be the focus for the medium term future.
Al Qa’ida Diversifying
As is his wont, Zawahiri talked at length about the confrontation with the ‘far enemy’ the United States, but also focused in some detail on the numerous live jihadi battlefields where his group has some connection. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Algeria, the Arabian Peninsula, Somalia, Syria and ‘the environs of Jerusalem’ – an interesting allusion to one of the most active Sinai based groups that has been responsible for the attack on the Egyptian Interior Minister in Cairo on 5 September 2013. He also voiced sympathy for ‘brothers’ in Kashmir, Xinjiang, the Philippines and Burma, where al-Zawahiri sees potential supporters, but no specific allied groups and so restricts himself to simply calling for support for these people in their struggle against their oppressors.
The signal is that Al-Qa’ida is diversifying its branches and regions of influence. Since the Arab Spring, Al-Qa’ida core has found itself preoccupied less on the West and more on the Muslim world, where there seems to be more room for rallying support and potential inflection points for social change. Whether this is a sign of the movement’s weakness in the West, or an inability of the centre to control its branches, the strengthened development of its networks and ideas in an increasingly diverse geographical space presents a clear and present danger to Western interests in the regions.
From being a relatively monolithic beast, Al-Qa’ida has evolved into a complicated beast with branches, affiliates and sympathisers around the globe. From a counter-terrorism perspective, this presents a more dangerous creation in many ways, though one that seems to have less ability to reach directly into Western capitals except through the tool of uncontrolled ‘lone actor’ terrorists. The threat to Western capitals continues to exist in Al-Qa’ida rhetoric and aspiration, but in practice they find it easier to hit targets full of Westerners closer to home.
Al-Zawahiri’s missive also emphasised the need for caution in the Jihadi struggle, reflecting a broader ongoing internal debate within Al-Qa’ida. Ever since the debacle of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s brutality in Iraq and the public backlash this led to in the mid-2000s, al-Zawahiri has sought to rein in more savage acts. This particular aspect was seen on display in both the In Amenas and Westgate attacks where the groups made efforts to avoid killing Muslims. These may have been more demonstrative than practical (and Muslims perished in both incidents), but at the same time, some effort was made and this was publicised, with the affiliates responsible for those attacks keen on overtly implying that they seem to have learned some lessons from others experiences.
Drawing on lessons learned during the grim struggle in Algeria during the 1990s, al-Zawahiri realises that in order to be an effective vanguard you need to have a potential pool of support behind you. A message he further hammered home in his emphasis on the importance of educating and creating awareness within the masses, and of conducting ‘dawa’ (preaching) and spreading their message throughout Muslim lands and beyond. He emphasises a basic principle: ‘to avoid entering in any conflict with them [so-called proxies of America], except in countries where confronting them becomes inevitable.’
The New Locus of Threat
It is within this context that Western counter-terrorism officials will see recent events in Nairobi and what this means for the threat from international terrorism. No longer are Al-Qa’ida or its affiliates targeting the West, but rather they are pursuing Western interests in their near neighbourhoods.
The centre of gravity as fragmented away from the West itself. Regional groups like al-Shabaab, Al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb, Al-Qa’ida in the Arabian Peninsula or Boko Haram now seek to attack Western interests in their immediate surrounding. Hence, the choice of attacking a Western company site in Algeria, the Westgate Mall, Western embassies or kidnapping individuals in the broader Sahel. In all of these instances, Westerners were part of the thinking in target choice, but the action was carried out abroad. It remains attractive to attack Westerners given the international focus and attention that it brings and westerners can increasingly be found in almost every corner of the globe. It is worth highlighting that these target choices are not that new, but increasingly they seem the focus.
The dilemma is two-fold: how far can Western security forces push the boundaries of the security umbrella under which nationals can operate? And on the assumption that it cannot extend universally, what can be done to either strengthen locals to respond to the threat or to work with locals to eradicate the underlying problems that provide a fertile ground for extremist ideas to grow. In other words, how do we develop and successfully implement counter-terrorism strategies across the board far from national borders?
At one level, the response to this can be found by forging stronger local relationships between relevant security officials. This needs to be through training in response, but also in the preventative aspect of counter-terrorism. Fostering a culture of observance to questions of justice and human rights can be just as important as strengthening technical capability to respond to an incident. Furthermore, encouraging greater cooperation at an international level with European or other international partners to coordinate local efforts, while at the same time fostering regional cooperation (for example through AMISOM in Somalia or the African Union effort in Mali) are all going to be key in controlling the threat.
Learning Lessons?
Perhaps Al-Zawahiri’s approach in diversifying Al-Qa’ida’s efforts to vulnerable geographies and proceeding cautiously and with due regard for local issues should be mirrored by the West. The complexity of Islamist extremist networks and their ability to draw on local issues to strengthen their narrative makes them difficult to understand and counter. The circumstances under which they manage to thrive are different. A one-size-fits-all approach to countering them is headed for failure.
At the same time, international cooperation to counter the development of these terrorist networks overseas requires caution as it is linked to issues of sovereignty, human rights and local legitimacy, to name a few. Unintended consequences such as the strengthening of resentment against the West is a constant concern, as many counter-terrorism efforts are still deemed to be a form of imperialism rather than a genuine effort to improving human and community security and justice.
In that sense, a partnership with legitimate local actors is a requirement for success, but identifying the correct ones and finding effective ways to working with them presents difficulties for policymakers. An additional layer of complexity is that assessing ‘illegitimate’ local actors and their intent is also problematic: the number of worldwide groups and individuals affiliated with or potentially influenced by Al-Qa’ida is vast. Some may be more proximate to thresholds of legitimacy than others. New movements and mergers within Syria as well as so-called lone wolves who might emerge present a further challenge.
How an adequate response to the transnational influence of this group can be formulated is an on-going debate. The trend towards transnationalism, ‘globalised’ local partnerships and disaggregation is something that al-Zawahiri has recognised and is eager to harness. It remains uncertain that he has been successful in this. But in countering this strategy, tackling the feeling of local anger that the Al-Qa’ida’s narrative continues to be able to tap into remains a challenge for more nuanced and sophisticated counter-radicalisation and counter-extremism work. Managing this work across broad geographies presents as complex a management challenge as al-Zawahiri faces.
Twelve years after Al-Qa’ida’s keynote attack on the West, the organisation continues to survive and, in some battlefields, thrive. Attacks like the incident in Nairobi highlight that often it is not the core that is the biggest threat, but the regional affiliates that might be discounted as simply local problems. No longer the monolith it once was, it has latched on to local narratives and anger on a global scale, initiating bottom up dynamics that are far beyond Al-Qa’ida core’s ability to control or even influence. Al-Zawahiri’s message is a call for coherence. Coherence coupled with caution may also be what’s needed at the core of policymakers’ and practitioners’ approach to countering the Islamist extremist threat across the globe.
Rachel Banks says:
Mr.Pantucci great blog. The best part of the blog is the lessons learned segment. Policy makers have a very hard job.I’ll continue to read your work and learn as much as i can from you. Thanks.
Raff,
The white Kenyan journalist, Aidan Hartley, who has visited Somalia and reported on Al-Shabaab before had two articles in The Spectator recently (linked below). One describes the attack and ended on an optimistic note: ‘Both Simon and Amanda stress to me repeatedly that they are proud to be Kenyans. Their origins are British, but Simon’s family arrived here in 1908. ‘Everybody has been so good to us. We are Kenyans, whether we’re Hindus, Christians or Muslims. And we are not blaming Muslims.’
Link: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9034771/surviving-nairobis-westgate-mall-siege/
The second likens Al-Shabaab to ‘African Khmer Rouge’. A point that after Westgate is all too apparent, although I am wary that the unexplained murder – after the attack – of a Kenyan extremist preacher may not have helped – what we in the UK call ‘community cohesion’.
Link: http://www.spectator.co.uk/features/9034791/the-growth-of-al-shabaab-by-the-one-westerner-to-meet-its-founder/
Interestingly Professor Steve Metz, based at the US War College, comes to a similar conclusion: ‘The threat today comes less from al-Qaida as an organization than from the ideas it popularized by disguising sociopathic violence with a religious veneer to appeal to the world’s extensive supply of lost, disillusioned and angry young men. It is extraordinarily difficult to kill ideas. But Americans and the citizens of other nations victimized by terrorism must understand that an occasional attack, however tragic, does not demonstrate that the extremists are undergoing a revival. Violent Islamic extremism, like other forms of barbarism, will eventually fade, but it will continue to kill both Muslims and non-Muslims as it does so. Al-Qaida and its allies can murder, but they cannot manage, produce or govern. And those latter qualities are the benchmarks of a truly dangerous enemy—one that begins small and fractured and, over time, grows more organized and better able to administer and undertake centrally controlled, coordinated political and military efforts.
Al-Qaida and its affiliates are moving in the opposite direction, becoming less organized, more fractured and less able to exercise political power. Thus they are more reliant on terrorism, particularly terrorism in highly populated areas, which is more likely to get the attention the extremists so crave’.
Link, alas no behind a ‘wall’: http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/13264/strategic-horizons-al-qaida-s-resurgence-like-its-demise-is-greatly-exaggerated
What puzzles me watching Somalia a little is where are the Somali people? It is obvious that the land under Al-Shabaab’s “enlightened” rule is mainly rural, with a few towns and many of the population have fled to the towns and in particular Mogadishu – where better, not perfect security is provided by ANISOM’s various contingents and just maybe some Somali soldiers. Plus some access to refugee support. A recent BBC News report stated Kismayo had no such support.
In my opinion Al-Shabaab in Somalia are a movement without people.
Their cause and that of AQ remains vulnerable to Muslims learning what they do – when they attack and where they “rule”. Sadly our counter-response has yet to find a ‘narrative’ that is effective where they are, that reduces sympathy further afield and makes coercive action the ‘last resort’ not the first.
Meantime keep up the good work!
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Grunts echoed off the paneled walls.
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Ellie Swift’s breath stalled in her throat. From the look of things, the boxing match would soon be over. In the center of the large room was a square ring roped off with stakes anchored to the hardwood floor at each corner. In the ring, the two opponents circled each other, rocking back and forth with nimble footwork. Both men were bare-chested and bare-fisted. One fighter was huge, a towering hulk of a man—a well-known pugilist aptly called Bear. The other’s back was to her, smooth muscle and bronzed skin glistening beneath the blazing candlelight of the chandeliers. He was tall, just over six feet, but standing in the same ring with Bear seemed to diminish his size.
The crowd cheered, and one could feel the vibrant energy among the gathered spectators as wagers were swiftly made and money exchanged hands. As far as Ellie could discern, most of the wagers were in favor of Bear.
“Who is he?” Ellie strained to see the mysterious fighter’s face from her vantage in the crowd. Her fingers itched to remove her feathered mask to get a better look. But her mask shielded her identity. All the women who attended the Raven Club wore them, especially the wives of wealthy aristocrats who frequented the casino or had a preference for the boxing matches in the back room adjoining the gaming floor. She was drawn to the fights even though her brother, the owner of the club, did not always approve.
She watched, enthralled, as sweat glistened on their brows and backs and ran into the band of their trousers. She’d observed matches before and had seen men’s naked chests. She’d roamed the gambling floor and seen her fair share of the pugilists in the boxing room. At twenty-three, she was five years past her first Season, and she’d heard many whispers that she was on her way to becoming a spinster. The whispers hadn’t bothered her. She’d much rather spend time in her brother’s club than at a ball. Still, despite attending more matches than any young lady should have, she found herself studying the unknown fighter.
“He’s a blue blood,” a man with a gold front tooth, standing to her right, said.
Nobility? Ellie shifted, but she still couldn’t make out his face through the throng of people. Something was familiar about the way he moved—powerful, purposeful…elegant, but she couldn’t place him. He had dark hair and broad shoulders. Not uncommon.
“A marquess who likes adventure. Bad that he chose Bear to challenge,” a bearded man to her left said.
Bad indeed.
Yet, as she watched, the man’s footwork was as swift as his fists. He ducked and wove and avoided blows that would surely have felled any man if Bear’s fists had made contact.
The nagging in the back of her mind continued. What was it about him?
Determined to find out, Ellie wove through the crowd to get closer to the ring. Just as she reached the front, a gasp and shout arose among the crowd. Bear’s uppercut connected with his opponent’s chin. The dark-haired man’s head whipped back, and he staggered, then stumbled forward to catch himself on the ropes.
For a heart-stopping moment, he was inches from her face.
Recognition jolted through her.
Along with a deep-seated dread and a maddening pounding of her heart. The vibrant green of his eyes, the divot in his chin, the full lips, and—
“A kiss from a lovely lady for luck,” he said, breathing heavily.
Before she could blink, those perfect lips pressed against hers. Hot. Swift. Over in seconds, he turned to face his opponent.
Ellie, on the other hand, was not as quick to recover.
It was the devil returned.
Her only consolation was that he didn’t recognize her with her mask.
She turned and fled into the refuge of the casino.
There was something about her.
Hugh Vere, the Marquess of Deveril, did not consider himself a superstitious man. But the lady’s kiss had surely turned luck in his favor.
He’d defeated the monster of a man named Bear soon after he’d kissed the lady. Landing a blow to Bear’s right temple, his opponent had dropped like a stone.
Hugh wiped his brow with a towel and dipped a dented metal cup in a bucket of water. The cool drink eased his parched throat. He hadn’t been in the best position to study the woman closely. His teeth had rattled in his skull after Bear’s fist had made jarring contact with his jaw. She’d worn a peacock-feathered mask, and he hadn’t made out the color of her eyes. But he had glimpsed her hair. Had it been as vivid a red as he’d thought?
Could it be her?
He’d only known one female who’d had that hair color. The young girl from his past would be a woman now. His brow creased as he tried to recall the details of the masked female he’d kissed moments ago.
He remembered her lips. Soft and inviting. His daring kiss had paid off in a win. Had she stayed to watch?
He tossed the towel to a boy, one of many he’d noticed working at the Raven Club. “The lady with the peacock mask. Who is she?”
The lad shrugged slender shoulders. “No one asks at the Raven, me lord. The ladies wear masks to gamble and watch the fights.”
Hugh knew secrecy was prized at the club. It was one of the numerous reasons the place took in a fortune in coin every evening.
“Where did she go?”
The boy pointed to a set of doors at the far end of the cavernous room. “Back to the casino floor.”
Hugh had business to conduct at the casino. If he was lucky, he’d spot her on the way and offer his thanks.
The doors led from the boxing room to the main casino floor. It was an ingenious design, in Hugh’s opinion. Every vice resided beneath one roof. Almost every vice. From what he’d been told, the Raven Club did not offer demimondes. Only bored widows looking to gamble and some seeking to engage in a night of physical pleasure.
Not much difference in Hugh’s estimation. He’d enjoyed the attentions of willing widows and actresses since his return from war months ago.
The casino was busy tonight. Every table on the floor was filled with gamblers hoping to win at a game of chance. The crack of the dice across the green baize of the hazard table drew his eye. The sound of the roulette wheel as the little white ball spun and spun combined with the excited shouts of the players and the call of the croupiers. Men and women gazed at their cards in avaricious intensity at the whist, faro, and vingt-et-un tables. Liveried servers with an embroidered R on their waistcoats delivered tumblers of amber-colored alcohol on trays to the gamblers. The scent of cigar smoke wafted to him.
He recognized many of the spectators from the boxing match, now eager to spend their winnings on games of chance. Most would lose. Another efficiency of the club he admired. Have them wager on the fights, then pass through the doors and turn around and give their money back to the club at the tables.
“Lord Castleton is waiting for you upstairs,” a tall, broad-shouldered man with a brick-like chin said. Hugh had learned his name was Brooks and he was the head guard on the casino floor.
Hugh scanned the room for the red-haired woman in the peacock mask, but she was nowhere to be found. He followed Brooks up a winding staircase to a second floor. The man opened the first door on the right.
It was a spacious room with an oak desk, matching leather chairs, and a thick Oriental carpet. Papers beneath polished stone paperweights and leather-bound ledgers were piled upon the desk. A globe rested on an end table in the corner.
Hugh turned at the sound of a throat clearing to find the earl and his countess standing at the sideboard in the corner of the room.
“Welcome, Lord Deveril. It is a pleasure to see you again.” Lady Castleton came forward and curtsied. She was an attractive woman with dark hair and blue eyes. She was also large with child. Her husband, Ian Swift, the Earl of Castleton and the owner of the Raven Club, stood beside his wife.
Hugh hadn’t expected the countess to be present. He’d just stepped out of the ring, so he hadn’t bothered with a waistcoat and cravat. He wasn’t properly attired to meet her.
Hugh bowed. “Thank you, my lady.”
“Congratulations on defeating Bear,” Lord Castleton said.
Hugh didn’t try to hide his surprise. “News travels that quickly?”
“I know everything that happens in the Raven soon after it occurs.” Lord Castleton waved toward a window overlooking the casino floor. “I may not be able to see the boxing room, but my workers below deliver messages with simple hand motions. See for yourself.”
Hugh walked to a window in the paneled wall that overlooked the casino floor. He could see everything clearly from this vantage point—the flurry of the dealer’s hands, the slight sheen of sweat on the gamblers’ faces as they placed their wagers, the painted lips of the masked women as they coyly smiled and flirted, and even the satisfied expression of a waiter who received a gold coin after delivering a whisky to a lucky winner.
He was fascinated. It was like a play, the most absorbing performance of human behavior and emotion he’d ever witnessed. It was intoxicating to gaze down and simply watch. No wonder Castleton was considered one of the most powerful men in all of London before he’d inherited the earldom.
Hugh coveted the man’s good fortune. As well as his dark reputation. Hugh had forsaken his own reputation years ago. After learning of his father and brother’s deaths from pneumonia, he’d resigned his army commission and returned to town. He may have taken his place as the Marquess of Deveril, but he no longer cared what others thought, including his miserable mother who currently resided in the country and whom he’d long ago dismissed from his life. When he’d heard rumors that the Raven Club was for sale, he’d reached out to Castleton straightaway.
The door opened, and Hugh turned away from the window.
He froze as the lady with the peacock mask entered. He was able to study her in detail now. Her eyes were a piercing blue from behind the mask. His initial guess had been correct.
Ellie Swift was here. And her ringside kiss had given him the luck he’d needed to defeat Bear.
“Ellie,” he said aloud before he could stop himself. He experienced a tumult of emotions—joy to see her again, an ache of desire that had never dulled, even through the years, and a heaviness in his chest for all that was lost between them.
Her reaction wasn’t as pleasant. She stiffened and shot him a hostile glare. “Good God! What is he doing here?”
“Ellie,” Lady Castleton said, in an admonishing tone. “Is that a proper way to greet the marquess?”
Hugh was quick to intervene, and he stepped forward and bowed. “Please, do not make amends. It’s lovely to see you again, my lady.”
He hadn’t been a marquess when they’d first met five years ago. He’d been a second son, untitled and without a shilling to his name. The irony was not lost on him that he’d had to give her up because of his lack of fortune, only to unexpectedly inherit the title and the wealth that accompanied it years later.
Ellie glared at him, then reached up to remove her mask. It was like a punch to the gut. She had changed, grown even more beautiful. Porcelain complexion, red hair the color of a bright sunset, and blue eyes that could devastate a man. The sprinkling of freckles on the bridge of her nose remained. She’d hated them; he’d thought they only added to her perfection.
The last time he’d seen her they had both been eighteen. He’d broken her heart, and she’d fled the gardens of Lady Something-or-other’s home with tears in her eyes.
It was a moment he’d relived for years.
“We’ve asked Lord Deveril here to discuss the future of the Raven Club,” Lady Castleton said.
“The future of the club?” From the confused look on Ellie’s face, it was clear she had no idea. Why should she? She’d seen him in a boxing ring minutes before and now he was in her brother’s private office.
“Lord Deveril seeks to buy the Raven,” Castleton said without preamble.
A gasp escaped Ellie, and she pressed a hand to her chest. “You cannot be serious!”
“Ellie,” Lord Castleton said, his tone harsh.
She appeared panicked now, and Hugh could not grasp why she had such a strong physical reaction to the news. He knew she hated him, and for good reason, but the Raven Club was business, surely nothing that she should be concerned with.
Ellie’s gaze homed in on her brother. “You know I want a chance to take over the Raven. You promised.”
The Earl of Castleton raised a hand. “I made no such promise.”
Lady Castleton touched her husband’s hand. “We said we’d consider it. We know you are more than capable, and with Brooks’s continued help to oversee the casino floor, we know the Raven Club would succeed.”
Hugh’s brow furrowed, and he looked from Ellie to Castleton, then back to Ellie. He was shocked by this turn of events. The earl and countess couldn’t possibly consider allowing a young woman to manage London’s most notorious gambling club. “You cannot be serious,” he said, repeating her phrase. “Ellie is a…is a…”
“A what?” Ellie snapped.
“A lady.” The thought of her running the place was ludicrous. How long before someone recognized her behind the frivolous mask? It would be the scandal of the year. Her future would be ruined.
“Our first child is expected in a little over a month’s time. Once, we never thought to sell the Raven Club, but the years have changed our opinion. I wish to spend time with my wife and child, not a casino,” Castleton said.
“I understand,” Hugh said.
He didn’t. Not really. His parents had been distant to their children and cold toward each other. They had never shared a bedchamber. As far as Hugh knew, the old marquess had visited his wife twice, to have two sons, and never again.
“Whoever takes over must continue the charitable works from the profits,” Castleton said.
Hugh knew about the anonymous donations. At first, the earl didn’t seem charitable, but as Hugh became better acquainted with the man, he’d realized there was much more to Ian Swift than met the eye. The earl had secrets—deep-seated ones—but what was clear was the fact that he adored his wife.
Hugh had assured the earl and the countess that he had no qualms about continuing to set aside a portion of the profits for the orphanages and asylums for women as had been established. His reasons for wanting to purchase the Raven Club were twofold: he had a strong interest in boxing, and he had a sharp business mind and knew he could successfully manage the establishment. He valued control, to be in charge. His years as an officer in the military had been regimented, and he’d discovered he was a natural leader.
It hadn’t always been this way for him. As a young man, his disciplinarian father had rigidly dictated his future. As a result, Hugh had left for the army, swearing never to allow another to control him. Since inheriting the title and returning from war, he had little patience for high society and had taken on a devil-may-care attitude when it came to the ridiculous rules of the beau monde. He wanted more out of life than to simply be a marquess and was determined to choose his own path.
“As I’ve assured you, I have no protest to donating to the charities. I still want to purchase the establishment.”
“No!” Ellie said.
To Hugh’s surprise, it was the countess who spoke. “We have considered both of you and have decided to see who would prove the ‘best man’ for the club. For one month, you will both run the Raven Club. Whoever is most successful will have the establishment. If Ellie wins, she will have the freedom to manage it with Brooks’s aid. If Lord Deveril wins, then our solicitors will draw up purchase papers. Your endeavors will be recorded in separate ledgers.”
“You think to hold a competition?” Ellie asked in surprise. “That’s ludicrous!”
For the first time, Hugh was in agreement with Ellie Swift. He found it hard to believe the earl and countess would even consider such an idea. One look at Castleton’s tense expression and Hugh knew it was the countess who had convinced the man to agree to a competition.
Fine. Hugh’s gut tightened with a conviction. He’d always been soft where Ellie was concerned. But not in this. It was for her own good.
He would win.
“I accept,” Hugh said.
As soon as Hugh left, Ellie faced Ian with fists clenched at her sides.
“How could you do this?” she demanded as indignation swamped her. “You are my brother.”
“I wanted to say no. I still do. Grace convinced me otherwise,” Ian said.
Again, Grace placed a hand on her husband’s sleeve. The effect was remarkable. Ian calmed and smiled down at his pregnant wife.
A knot twisted inside Ellie. Once, she thought she’d found a man who had adored her as much as her brother loved her sister-in-law.
That man had been Hugh Vere, now known as the Marquess of Deveril. She’d dubbed him the devil marquess, for certainly that was an apt name.
What a fool she’d been. Only eighteen, she’d just had her debut into Society and attended her first ball. She’d met an equally young and handsome Hugh, second son to the Marquess of Deveril. He hadn’t minded her red hair, freckles, or her love of books. They’d been drawn to each other and had quickly fallen in love.
Or rather, she’d fallen madly in love with him.
“You know about our past,” Ellie said.
Her brother and sister-in-law knew most, not all. She could never confess every humiliating moment. She’d cried in private for over a year. Her younger sister, Olivia, had attempted to comfort her during many dark and lonely nights, but Ellie had wept until she’d been exhausted and fallen into a restless sleep. Even Ian and Grace had tried to cheer her on more than one trip to Gunter’s for ices but had been unable to pull Ellie out of her melancholy.
It had taken years to harden her heart.
“You are no longer eighteen. You’ve rejected suitor after suitor ever since,” Ian said.
“I will only marry for love. Just like you with Grace.”
It was an excuse. She didn’t want to marry. She wanted to run the Raven Club and become an independent woman. Only then could she continue to use her good fortune to help others—women who were at the mercy of men who were sworn to protect and cherish them, not hurt them. If she ever chose a husband, then she preferred one who could be easily managed and fooled, who would never be a risk to her heart.
“I support your decision to choose your own husband, but not in this.” Her brother waved his hand to the window overlooking the casino floor. “This is no life for a young lady.”
Grace cleared her throat. “Contrary to my husband’s opinion, I do believe a woman has what it takes to run the Raven Club.”
“I knew you would take my side,” Ellie said, hope lifting her spirits.
Grace was talented with figures and took over the bookkeeping soon after she’d wed Ian. She’d also been teaching Ellie, who much preferred numbers and books over balls and dandies.
And rogues like Hugh.
She’d heard rumors of him in the ladies’ retiring room since his return from the army and his ascension to the title. He rarely attended the same events she did, so she hadn’t seen him. But his reputation for scandal preceded him. Widows. Actresses. Dancers. The salacious rumors had confirmed everything he’d done to her.
Grace shook her head. “I haven’t taken anyone’s side yet. But Ian and I have reached a compromise. A test, if you prefer. Whoever is most successful in one month’s time shall have the Raven.”
“You would choose Deveril over your own flesh and blood?”
Ian let out a puff of air. “Cease the dramatics, Ellie. This is business. If not for my wife’s urging, I would have had my solicitor draw up the papers a week ago. Now do you accept or not?”
“Fine,” Ellie snapped. “I accept.”
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A Season of African Cinema – Film Africa
Posted by sapellestyle · October 05, 2018
If like us you’re interested in African cinema, you’ll be looking forward to the eighth Film Africa, the annual London-based film festival hosted by the Royal African Society. The film extravaganza showcases the best films from across the continent and the diaspora from both established and brand new directors from 2 to 11 November 2018. Since its launch in 2011, more than 22,000 people have watched 388 diverse films from directors across Africa.
Yes Film Africa is about bringing a mouthwatering buffet of African films to audiences in UK, but it’s also so much more than that: Director Q&As, talks, debates, school outreach programmes, family events, live music shows, professional workshops and a selection of master classes are all on offer during the festival.
What’s on at Film Africa 2018?
Not that we’re biased, but this year’s festival line-up is looking awesome. Shorts, documentaries and feature films – take your pick or better still mix and match! The opening gala which takes place at BFI Southbank is the UK premiere of The Burial of Kojo by Ghanaian musician and film director Blitz Bazawule.
The closing gala on November 11th, at Rich Mix, will feature Kasala by Nigerian director Ema Edosio. In between, a trawl through the eclectic selection reveals films by directors from countries as diverse as South Africa, Tunisia, Kenya, Egypt, Sudan, Gabon, Burundi and Somalia.
For more information on this year’s programme, go to http://www.filmafrica.org/full-programme/
Whether you’re in London or not, you can still get involved in upgarding your African cinema repertoire. Thanks to global streaming sites and online DVD sellers, we’ve found more (not enough!) African cinema available for global viewing.
We’re making this our season of African cinema, and this is our top 10 to watch – from across the continent and covering different genres. Join us!
1. I Am Not A Witch (Zambia, 2017) – “Approaches real-life injustices with a beguiling blend of sorrow, anger, and humour, marking debuting writer-director Rungano Nyoni as an exciting new talent.” (Rotten Tomatoes, 97%)
2. Moolaade (Senegal, 2004) – From legendary author and film director Ousmane Sembene, “A vibrant, powerful, and poignant glimpse into the struggles of women in modern Africa.” (Rotten Tomatoes, 99%)
3. Tsotsi (South Africa, 2006) – Directed by Gavin Hood. With Presley Chweneyagae, Mothusi Magano, Israel Makoe, Terry Pheto. Six days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang member who is beyond redemption…or is he?
4. Yeelen (Mali, 1987) – (Bambara for “brightness”/”light”) It is filmed in the Bambara and Fula languages, and is based on a legend told by the Bambara people. Cissé presents a thirteenth-century legend seemingly from the perspective of its characters, for whom the supernatural realm, the domain of divine powers realized concretely on earth, is demonstrable, evident, and visible.
5. Waiting for Happiness (Mauritania, 2002) – The film pictures Mauritania as a kind of limbo, where everyone is waiting, watching, dreaming of going to France or elsewhere. A boy tries to install an electric light. A rootless man’s shirt is the exact same material as his curtains and sofa. As these people drift and dream we see, through their eyes, street scenes of utter beauty, and we hear, through their ears, Malian Oumou Sangaré’s gorgeous score.
6. Touki Bouki (Senegal, 1973) – Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty, the film tells the story of Mory a cowherd who rides a motorcycle mounted with a cow’s skull, and Anta, a university student as they try to make money in order to go to Paris and leave their boring past behind.
7. The Gods Must Be Crazy (South Africa, 1980) – Written and directed by Jamie Uys. Financed only from local sources, it is the most commercially successful release in the history of South Africa’s film industry. Set in Botswana, the poignantly insightful comedy follows the story of Xi, a San of the Kalahari Desert whose tribe has no knowledge of the world beyond, Andrew, a biologist who analyzes manure samples for his PhD dissertation, and Kate, a newly hired village school teacher.
8. Hyenas (Senegal, 1993) – A quirky but visually decadent film from director Djibril Diop Mambéty. After being banished from her village three decades earlier for getting pregnant out of wedlock, and finding great fortune on her travels, Linguere has returned home intent on punishing Dramaan the man who made her pregnant.
9. Teza (Ethiopia, 2008) – Intellectual Anberber returns to his native country after several years spent studying medicine abroad, he finds the country of his youth replaced by turmoil. Seeking the comfort of his countryside home, Anberber finds no refuge from violence. Anberber needs to decide whether he wants to bear the strain or piece together a life from the fragments that lie around him.
10. Half of a Yellow Sun (Nigeria, 2013) – Based on the novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and directed by Biyi Bandele. Sisters Olanna and Kainene return home to 1960s Nigeria, where they soon diverge on different paths. As civil war breaks out, political events loom larger than their differences as they join the fight to establish an independent republic.
Why is Film Africa and contemporary African cinema such a big deal?
To fully appreciate the significance of Film Africa, one needs to look at the history of film-making. At best, most films about Africa in colonial times (and beyond) showed Africans as exotic, living in outlandish places. At worst, they were depicted as savage, primitive, or as submissive and childlike, with little to no agency, dependent on the mercy of western masters for their survival.
Post independence, African filmmakers started to emerge, vigorously challenging the narrow portrayals of the continent and its inhabitants. The themes were overtly political and social in nature, representing characters as dignified, intelligent, articulate people who felt love, hatred, greed, ambition, fear and joy as deeply as all humanity. These films show Africa unapologetically, threading cultural context and music, costume, ritual into the telling of the stories.
Sembène Ousmane, the Senegalese director is widely regarded as the founding father of African cinema – an ever-growing list of directors, both men and women have been inspired by him and followed in his pioneering footsteps.
Hence the massive importance of Film Africa to set the records straight and help give African cinema a platform – African culture, African history, African stories related by African directors.
Words: Yvonne Lloyd & Daphne Kasambala
Countdown: CALLEFI Premium Lifestyle Event 20-22 July
Posted by sapellestyle · July 09, 2018
Counting down to London’s CALLEFI Lux Weekend & Investment Forum on 20-22 July, 2018, supporting Premium and Luxury Lifestyle Brands of African & Caribbean heritage for tangible social impact.
Come and enjoy art, fashion, dining, music & culture.
Sapelle will be showcasing our new ‘Sapelle x Adire’ fashion collection.
Venue: One Horseguards, London SW1
Click here for details and tickets: https://www.callefi.com/
22 Reasons To Come to the B.Creatives Christmas Popup on 9th December
Posted by sapellestyle · December 02, 2017
We’ve partnered with a team of quality independent brands to create a day of feel-good shopping in the heart of London’s East End. It’s an all-day event that’s warm, cosy and fun, with curated gift options they’ll actually love. So come and indulge in complementary treats on us, festive music, workshops and craftmaking, hot drinks and cakes…oh and a bit of Christmas shopping!
Whether it’s stocking fillers or more substantial presents you’re after, come find gifts for young and old, ladies and gents, and treat yourself too to lovely stationery, books, modern art and prints, natural skincare, haircare and cosmetics, handcrafted jewellery, fashion and accessories – all made with love from the B. Creatives.
All the brands’ founders will be there to help you make the right choices, especially if you need advice on skincare, haircare and cosmetics – and all the brands are ethically made and tested. There’ll be demonstrations and workshops for Christmas cooking, kids’ crafting and headwrap styles. Here are the 22 reasons why you should not miss it:
1. Jim + Henry’s Paraben-free vegan lab-tested hair products for babies, kids and adults, made from only EIGHT natural ingredients
2. Love Rems luscious natural, vegan, chemical-free luxury skincare for sensitive skin and all skin types, with demonstrations by the founder
3. Real B Cosmetics offer makeup tips and indulgence with PETA-approved glamourous cosmetics that look and feel good
4. The Study Room London’s range of super-sleek stationery and productivity products make great gifts for him
5. Vitae London’s timeless high quality timepieces won’t break your bank, and for every watch sold, a child’s education is sponsored in disadvantaged communities in Africa
6. Sapelle’s range of gift items, including men’ accessories gives you stocking filler options that look great and are unique
7. House of Loulee’s large range of funky kids’ clothes and toys that will definitely put a smile on their faces on Christmas morning
8. Wildsuga is inspired by indigenous life, the sacred ancient, geometrical patterns, foliage and spirit life and this comes through in everything they make
9. Bonita Ivie Prints gives much-loved classic African prints and popular sayings a new life with their stationery and gift line
10. Dorcas Creates graphic art celebrates sisterhood, and the many shades of women, making their products the perfect gift for her
11. Mochi is the creation of visual artist and animator Nyanzi D, and is a series based on contemporary women and vintage pop art
12. Streetwear brand Meen keeps its finger on the pulse of young fashion, fusing it with touches of African influences
13. For the vintage lovers, Hand Me Down Glam has been saving gorgeous seasonal jummpers and more glam pieces
14. From the identical twin chefs who are currently crowdfunding to open their own vegan cafe, Twinz Cupcakes will be serving up delicious treats for the day and to take home
15. Line & Honey was launched as a stress-reliever while the founder was completing her post-graduate thesis, and now the brand continues to illustrate versatile zip pouches with images of strong, beautiful women
16. Biloko is an ethical and sustainable brand that collaborates with Congolese artisans to create beautiful, timeless jewellery pieces
17. Own Brown was born in Switzerland, and offers women of colour luxurious tone-matched tights, with a lingerie line coming soon
18. Jacaranda Books is an independent publisher of ethnically, socially & culturally diverse fiction and non-fiction – time to stock up!
19. Boite Luxury makes gift-giving and home storage extraordinary. Whatever goes into one of their boxes becomes even more special.
20. Creative maker Akua Ofosuhene will be running a head scarf and head wrapping workshop, plus selling some of her lovely hand-made crafts
21. Betty Vandy, otherwise known as Bettylicious Cooks, an African, Creole and Soul Food chef and blogger will be giving us a Christmas cooking demonstration
22. Kids get to make fun and fantastic crafts with the multitalented artist and educator Sarina Mantle
Don’t miss it, we open from 11am to 8 pm at Hanbury Hall, 22 Hanbury Street, London, round the corner from Truman Brewery, Spitalfields market and Brick Lane. Follow us on social: Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Sapelle Collaborates in Christmas PopUp
Posted by sapellestyle · November 10, 2017
We love to get out there and present our Christmas gift options, so when we were invited to join a cooperative of like-minded unique independent brands with a Christmas Shopping Pop Up in the lovely, cosy, luscious Hanbury Hall in the heart of London’s Spitalfields/Brick Lane area…we said yes! And so B. Creatives promises to be one of the best unique gift-shopping events in London.
From 11am until 8pm on Saturday 9th December, 12 specially curated upcoming brands selling natural cosmetics and skincare, vintage and contemporary African-inspired fashion, ethical jewellery, colour-toned hosiery and unique stationery and stocking fillers will host you with drinks, nibbles, music and crafts at Hanbury Hall.
Mark your diaries: 11am to 8pm, SAturday 9th December, 2017. Spread the word and bring the whole family for a day of rewarding gift-shopping.
Follow the event on Instagram, Facebook and Eventbrite.
Q&A Interview with Eloli
Posted by Kelly Braffond · June 28, 2017
Our Summer of pop ups continues with a one-week event by Eloli, an exciting fashion brand that embodies sisterhood across the oceans. Kelly from Team Sapelle sat down and asked Dibo, one of the founders of Eloli for a quick-fire interview. Read on…
-Tell us about you and your brand, to start… who is Dibo?
I am a creative director of Eloli, a fashion brand which I run with my two sisters. I am based in London while Fese is based in Yaoundé, Cameroon and Sume is based in Toronto, Canada. We are all self-taught in fashion design however we are from a family of creatives and grew up in a household where we learned how to sew early on and developed an interest in fashion and retail. As children, we restyled and designed our clothes and having our mum’s machines and amazing fabrics at home made experimenting, an everyday part of our lives.
-What is Eloli ?
Eloli is an award-winning contemporary fashion brand which showcases African design.
Eloli means “it is beautiful” in Bafaw, a language spoken in Cameroon. We wanted a name that was rooted in our heritage evocative of the feeling you get when you wear one of our pieces. Through countless conversations with our mum and aunts, we landed on Eloli. It has proved to be the right choice – beautiful is the most common descriptor we hear. It makes us smile each time.
We currently have a handbag line, and a collection of men’s and women’s clothing available in our boutique in Yaoundé, our website and through other select retailers and e-commerce.
-How would you describe the style of your brand ?
The Eloli woman and man stands out from the crowd with their adventurous and confident nature. A man and woman of the world, they are glamorous with a chic and unique style allowing them to revel in being the centre of attention. They are free and confident, living life on their own terms while caring for the world around them. They are curious, adventurous and comfortable in their own skin.
The brand incorporates our love for vibrant colour and pattern. Through Eloli we channel our shared passion of introducing an African aesthetic to contemporary design.
Our brand promise is to help our girls and guys live life boldly – in colour, texture and print.
-Are your inspirations coming from all over Africa or from a particular country?
Our inspiration is global with our aesthetic firmly grounded in our Cameroonian heritage. We live in 3 different cities on three different continents, we love to travel and discover different cultures. We are very influenced by our heritage and remain forward looking in our designs.
We are inspired by the people we design for: adventurous and fearless women and men.
-What motives you as a fashion designer ?
As a fashion designer I am motivated by a sense of beauty and style which is heavily influenced by the glamorous men and women who I grew up around. My sisters and I have a huge appreciation for African fashion and aesthetics and try to incorporate that in our designs.
We are keen to contribute our culture into the fabric of contemporary design and tell our own story so to speak.
Seeing our designs on people in everyday life is a great reminder of why we decided to start the brand in the first place and keeps us going.
Working with talented people and seeing how we are contributing to their families and the local communities in our own small way keeps us driven.
We have also been very blessed with some recognition for our work which is amazing for such a young brand. We were featured in British Vogue last year and also named one of the ‘4 Canadian Start-up Companies You Should Know’ by The Kit Magazine, Canada. We have also won a few awards and all of this helps us focus knowing that that voice in our heads telling us we can achieve just about anything if we keep going, is not so crazy after all.
Plus, having sisters to rely on keeps us pretty motivated!
-What are your greatest strengths, and how will they help you as a fashion designer ?
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This track represents one part of the two-fold heart of the main character’s ultimate saga, in my musical interpretation of it. Essentially, this track is comprised of an increasing hodge-podge of melodic fragments — ripped violently from the original works in which they are first found (from “I Know What Death Sounds Like,” “Faces in Foam,” and The Everyman and Her Majesty themes at the beginning of this present track) — that swirl into an angry and frustrating mass of sound and angular textures, up until the very end, when they merge together into The Whiteness of Teaston’s mind. My next track will strive to illuminate musically the flip-side of Teaston’s disjointed thoughts, and the ways in which he attempts to come to terms with his schizophrenia….
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Phillipy is Fragmented (Book of I) I Am Water (Book of I)
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NaNoWriMo Day 20, Pt 3—Riot of Purple Profanity
This is the last bit I’ll be publishing of nano today unless some weird inspiration and dynamic writing creativity take over (pretty sure that’s not going to happen).
I’m caught up with about 40 words extra; maybe they’ll procreate when I walk away, one can but hope.
Current Word Count: 33,386
After the band left the kitchen, tension sizzled from the off-handed remark Aurora had tossed out on her arrival. Aunt Philo smacked her hand on the table as if she had been trying to hold back a flood of words, but couldn’t. Her riot of red curls danced around her face. Immediately everyone’s face turned toward her. But she eyed only the woman who she had thought was her mother.
“What kind of woman just enters another person’s house and then drops a bombshell like ‘I’m not your mother?’” Aunt Philo asked, her voice deceptively steady.
Aurora stood and walked to the kitchen counter where she poured herself another cup of tea from the ornate china tea pot. She took a very long time adding sugar and milk, lightly stirring it with her teaspoon. “Oh, please, Philomena. Is this the time for dramatics?”
Aunt Philo guffawed. “You’re kidding, right? I can barely think about anything else right now. And, yes, I do know that’s selfish. After all we’re surrounded by bloody red fog, literally. But, do you have any idea of what an announcement like that does to a person?”
“No. But I’m sure you’ll enlighten us. You always do.”
“What is wrong with you? All that I’m asking is for a little, I don’t know, kindness? Is that too much to ask?”
Aurora rolled her eyes. “Priorities, Philomena. Don’t lose sight of the red fog.” Obviously evading the issue.
Phoebe shook her head. “You and I share the same mother,” she said to Philomena. “Gran said you were my sister yesterday. Remember?”
“What? That’s crazy? How can that be? Caroline would have said something,” Philomena said. “Not to mention the fact that Alex mostly acted like I didn’t exist. You know, when I think about it, I’m lucky I function as well as I do.”
Raymond cleared his throat, held his hand up as a silent wave, and quickly left the kitchen, understanding that though he had always been a part of the situation, it was very much beyond his assistance now. Chloe looked torn between following the drama or following her grandfather. She stood, but then quickly sat back down, placed her elbow on the table and then rested her chin in her hand.
Aurora stared at her cup and saucer and then raised her eyes to Philomena. “It’s true. Alexandra is your mother.”
Philomena laughed without humor, her mouth open as she scanned the faces of Phoebe and Chloe before returning her indignant and disbelieving gaze to the woman she had always thought was her mother. “That’s impossible. She would have been sixteen when she had me.”
“And that’s impossible how?” Aurora asked dryly. “Make no mistake. I was there. Well, not actually for the giving birth part. Or the part where she became quite large. We thought it best if she went to cousins in the mountains for that. And, let me assure you it is quite possible for a sixteen year old to give birth. Ill-advised or not.”
“But Caroline has never said anything,” Philomena said, her voice taking on a hint of disbelieving sadness. Her face red.
“I confess to using a spell,” Aurora said.
“A spell,” Philomena repeated softly. “To make her forget. Did you use one on Beatrice and Alex?”
“Oh, I didn’t have to, but Caroline has always been one for talking and she was younger so it seemed necessary.”
So many questions rifled through Phoebe’s head. Who was Philomena’s father? Why the pretense? How had Aurora pulled off that she was Philomena’s mother for so many years, and why? Finally, Phoebe just asked, “Why?”
“Why, what, child?” Aurora asked.
“Why the pretense? Why not just let it be known that Aunt Philo…er…Philo is your granddaughter and not your daughter?”
“We had a bit of a situation at the time,” Aurora said.
“There’s always a situation,” Chloe said. Which was undeniably true.
“Suffice to say that Alexandra was part of a Romeo and Juliet situation if you’ll excuse the drama,” Aurora said, then stopped.
“Go on,” Philomena said.
“Your grandfather and I thought it would not be safe if it came out that your father was a Brewster,” Aurora said to Philomena.
“A Brewster?” Phoebe asked. “What in the world is a Brewster?”
Aurora sat down and her usually stiff shoulders slumped ever so slightly. “Well, obviously they’re witches.”
“Well obviously,” Philomena muttered. “Because that makes sense.”
“Now, now. Don’t be disgruntled,” Aurora said.
Philomena raised her eyebrow. “Really? You take the cake, grandmother,” she said. “I can also see that you’ve shut down on the subject. So I guess we move on to dealing with red fog.”
Philo glanced at Phoebe and Chloe. “You realize that in the matter of a day I went from being a little sister to being the big sister. This freaking family.”
“Fog, Philomena.” Aurora set her cup and saucer on the table.
“I don’t guess you know how I can get my visions back?” Philo asked, her voice softer.
“Ah, that’s better. You’re getting your priorities straight again. Of course, I know how you can get your visions back again.”
“Well, the quickest and most unpleasant way is to take Phoebe’s boyfriend out of the picture,” Aurora said waving her hand.
Phoebe leapt up. “What? That’s crazy.”
Suddenly a plate that was sitting on the table went skittering to the other side. All four women watched until it stopped just before it went over the edge.
“Which is why I wouldn’t suggest taking that approach,” said Aurora still watching the plate. “Telekinesis isn’t usually one of our powers.”
She eyed Phoebe thoughtfully. “Have you ever done that before?”
Phoebe wrinkled her nose. “That wasn’t me.”
Aurora laughed. “It was. I could feel the power coming off of you.”
Chloe nodded. “Me, too. It went with you getting mad.”
“I just love this,” Aurora said. “Red fog. New powers. Returning old powers. That’s what makes Thanksgiving week so wonderful.”
Philomena folded her arms across her chest and stared at her grandmother. “Yeah, I’m sure that so many people across the country say thanks for just those exact things on Thanksgiving.”
end of day 20 (unless a miracle occurs–we like miracles)
Categories: Week 3
Tagged as: nanowrimo, NaNoWriMo 2016, riot of purple profanity
Stronger Than You Know, #November Notes, Day 20
Covert Novelist says:
Cliffhangers personified …. facepalm so many unanswered questions sigh loved the story awesome
This looks interesting! Maybe I should read the whole thing – someday 🙂 Your wishful thinking (about words procreating while you were away) had me rofling 😀
thanks! which reminds me…I haven’t checked (on words procreating). I hope they have, I hope they have, I hope they have…..
Amen 😀
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September 3, 2018 September 29, 2018 Friends of The Hurons Why Not Wind?, Wind Turbines - Birds and Bats, Wind Turbines | Wildlife
Duke Energy Pleads Guilty Over Eagle Deaths At Wind Farms (2013)
November 23, 2013 | Eyder Peralta | The Two-Way, NPR
In a settlement reached with the Department of Justice, Duke Energy Renewables pleaded guilty in the deaths of 14 golden eagles and 149 other migratory birds at two of its wind energy facilities in Wyoming.
“We deeply regret the impacts to golden eagles at two of our wind facilities,” Duke Energy President Greg Wolf said in a statement. “We have always self reported all incidents, and from the time we discovered the first fatality, we’ve been working closely with the Fish and Wildlife Service to take proactive steps to correct the problem.”
The AP reports that more enforcement could follow:
” ‘Wind energy is not green if it is killing hundreds of thousands of birds,’ said George Fenwick, president of the American Bird Conservancy, which supports properly sited wind farms. ‘The unfortunate reality is that the flagrant violations of the law seen in this case are widespread.’
“There could be more enforcement. The Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating 18 bird-death cases involving wind-power facilities, and about a half-dozen have been referred to the Justice Department.
“Wind farms are clusters of turbines as tall as 30-story buildings, with spinning rotors as wide as a passenger jet’s wingspan. Though the blades appear to move slowly, they can reach speeds up to 170 mph at the tips, creating tornado-like vortexes. Eagles are especially vulnerable because they don’t look up as they scan the ground for food, failing to notice the blades until it’s too late.”
via Duke Energy Pleads Guilty Over Eagle Deaths At Wind Farms : The Two-Way : NPR
Tagged eagles, What Will Be Lost, Wind Turbines | Avian Deaths, Wind Turbines | Dangers, Wind Turbines | Wildlife
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Home News Government Town to Acquire Land Where Remains Were Discovered in Shinnecock Hills
Town to Acquire Land Where Remains Were Discovered in Shinnecock Hills
Kathryn G. Menu
The area of Southampton Town where skeletal remains were found on Monday, August 13, on a wooded lot. Image via Google Maps
The Town of Southampton announced Tuesday night it has agreed to purchase the property on Hawthorne Road where remains were found on what is believed to be an ancient burial ground for the Shinnecock Nation. The owners of the property, KB Southampton LLC, have agreed to sell the property to the town for $450,000.
A public hearing on the purchase, which the town hopes to complete through its Community Preservation Fund, will be held October 9 at 1 p.m. at Southampton Town Hall.
“I want to thank the owners of the property and the contractor for doing the right thing and stopping work upon discovery,” Supervisor Jay Schneiderman said at the town board meeting on Tuesday.
The remains were found during excavation of the construction site on August 13 and the property owners immediately stopped work. The remains are being examined by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s office and could take some time before it is determined whether they are from the Shinnecock Nation. An archeological study may also be required of the property to determine whether there are other remains at that location.
The findings may also prompt formal procedures when ancient remains are found at construction sites in the future, according to town officials.
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Official source: Using chemical allegations in Douma is blatant attempt to hinder army’s advance
Damascus, SANA – Official source asserted on Saturday that Jaish al-Islam terrorists positioned in their last bastion of Douma are in a state of dramatic collapse before the Syrian Arab Army.
The official source told SANA in a statement that media affiliates of Jaish al-Islam terrorists are repeating the allegations of using chemical weapons in order to accuse the Syrian Arab army, in a blatant attempt to hinder the Army’s advance.
Some media outlets, known for their support to the terrorists, claimed that the army used chemical weapons in the city of Douma during its military operations in response to the attacks carried out by the terrorist organization on several Damascus neighborhoods and its surroundings.
The same source went on to say that the Syrian Arab Army, which is making a swift and determined advance, does not need to use any chemical materials as claimed by terrorists’ media affiliates.
The chemical fabrications, which did not serve the terrorists and their sponsors in Aleppo and Eastern Ghouta, will not serve them today either, as the Syrian state is determined to end terrorism in every square inch of Syrian territory, the official source added.
Jaish al-Islam terrorists breached Douma agreement by attacking with mortar and rocket shells several residential areas of Damascus, claiming the lives and injuring dozens of civilians, including women and children.
The Syrian Arab Army units targeted Jaish al-Islam positions in Douma area in response to their mortar and rocket attacks, inflicting heavy losses upon the terrorist organizations.
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Engines & Equipment
How Trains Work
Full Steam Ahead: Locomotives and Train Technology
When we say train, we don't just mean a Thomas the Tank Engine. Rather we're referring to the whole package: railroad cars, railroad track, switches, signals and a locomotive, although not all trains rely on locomotives to pull them, but most of the trains we'll mention do.
With the locomotives leading the way, coupled-together railroad cars follow, filled with freight and passengers -- even circus animals in some instances. The railroad track steers the train and does a few other things that we'll talk about later. Because many trains operate on the same track, switches and signals control the traffic. Let's break it down.
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Mouse over the part labels to see where each is located on the diesel engine.
The job of the locomotive is to change the chemical energy from the fuel (wood, coal, diesel fuel) into the kinetic energy of motion. The first locomotives did this with a steam engine, which you can read more about in How Steam Technology Works. The steam locomotive lasted for about a century, but was eventually replaced by the diesel locomotive, a mighty mechanical wonder that may consist of a giant engine along with electric alternators or generators to provide electrical power to the train. In fact, diesel locomotives have their very own article -- How Diesel Locomotives Work. Many trains intersperse multiple locomotives throughout their lineup to increase and distribute the power.
Besides steam- and diesel-powered locomotives, many trains operate solely on electrical power. They get the electricity from a third rail, or electrical line, along the track. Transformers transfer the voltage from the lines, and the electrical current drives the motors (AC or DC) on the wheels. Electrical locomotives are used on subways and many commuter rail systems.
Operators control the train by using the throttle, reversing gear and brake. The throttle controls the speed of the locomotive. The reversing gear enables the locomotive to back up. The brake allows the locomotive to slow and stop. Regardless of the type, locomotives use air brakes and hand brakes to stop the engine. Air brakes use high-pressure air to drive the brake foot against the wheel. The friction between the brake pad and the wheels slows the wheels' motions. The operator also throttles the engine back to slow the train, like when you take your foot off the gas pedal when stopping your car. A mechanical hand brake is also used in case the air brakes fail (usually when there's insufficient air pressure to drive them).
All railroad cars have an undercarriage that contains wheels and a suspension system to buffer the ride. On each end of the undercarriage, couplers, which are like hooks, connect the cars.
What's on top of the undercarriage depends upon the type of railroad car, and there are several.
A boxcar is a basic box into which crates of goods can be piled up.
An ore car has an open top and carries coal or other mineral ore such as bauxite.
A tank car holds liquids, usually chemicals such as chlorine and ammonia.
Flat cars can hold bulky irregular items on them, such as construction equipment or spools.
Trailer cars can transport automobiles.
Container cars are filled with boxed containers of various materials. Often, containers can be double-stacked on these cars.
Passenger cars, of course, hold people. Some have glass-enclosed viewing areas on top, and some may even be sleeper cars for long trips.
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Unity Vision
22 Oct 2019 by Christopher Noessel
One of my favorite challenges in sci-fi is showing how alien an AI mind is. (It’s part of what makes Ex Machina so compelling, and the end of Her, and why Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation always read like a dopey, Pinnochio-esque narrative tool. But a full comparison is for another post.) Given that screen sci-fi is a medium of light, sound, and language, I really enjoy when filmmakers try to show how they see, hear, and process this information differently.
In Colossus: The Forbin Project, when Unity begins issuing demands, one of its first instructions is to outfit the Computer Programming Office (CPO) with wall-mounted video cameras that it can access and control. Once this network of cameras is installed, Forbin gives Unity a tour of the space, introducing it visually and spatially to a place it has only known as an abstract node network. During this tour, the audience is also introduced to Unity’s point-of-view, which includes an overlay consisting of several parts.
The first part is a white overlay of rule lines and MICR characters that cluster around the edge of the frame. These graphics do not change throughout the film, whether Unity is looking at Forbin in the CPO, carefully watching for signs of betrayal in a missile silo, or creepily keeping an “eye” on Forbin and Markham’s date for signs of deception.
In these last two screen grabs, you see the second part of the Unity POV, which is a focus indicator. This overlay appears behind the white bits; it’s a blue translucent overlay with a circular hole revealing true color. The hole shows where Unity is focusing. This indicator appears, occasionally, and can change size and position. It operates independently of the optical zoom of the camera, as we see in the below shots of Forbin’s tour.
A first augmented computer PoV? 🥇
When writing about computer PoVs before, I have cited Westworld as the first augmented one, since we see things from The Gunslinger’s infrared-vision eyes in the persistence-hunting sequences. (2001: A Space Odyssey came out the year prior to Colossus, but its computer PoV shots are not augmented.) And Westworld came out three years after Colossus, so until it is unseated, I’m going to regard this as the first augmented computer PoV in cinema. (Even the usually-encyclopedic TVtropes doesn’t list this one at the time of publishing.) It probably blew audiences’ minds as it was.
“Colossus, I am Forbin.”
And as such, we should cut it a little slack for not meeting our more literate modern standards. It was forging new territory. Even for that, it’s still pretty bad.
Real world computer vision
Though computer vision is always advancing, it’s safe to say that AI would be looking at the flat images and seeking to understand the salient bits per its goals. In the case of self-driving cars, that means finding the road, reading signs and road makers, identifying objects and plotting their trajectories in relation to the vehicle’s own trajectory in order to avoid collisions, and wayfinding to the destination, all compared against known models of signs, conveyances, laws, maps, and databases. Any of these are good fodder for sci-fi visualization.
Source: Medium article about the state of computer vision in Russia, 2017.
Unity’s concerns would be its goal of ending war, derived subgoals and plans to achieve those goals, constant scenario testing, how it is regarded by humans, identification of individuals, and the trustworthiness of those humans. There are plenty of things that could be augmented, but that would require more than we see here.
Unity Vision looks nothing like this
I don’t consider it worth detailing the specific characters in the white overlay, or backworlding some meaning in the rule lines, because the rule overlay does not change over the course of the movie. In the book Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Sci-fi, Chapter 8, Augmented Reality, I identified the types of awareness such overlays could show: sensor output, location awareness, context awareness, and goal awareness, but each of these requires change over time to be useful, so this static overlay seems not just pointless, but it risks covering up important details that the AI might need.
Compare the computer vision of The Terminator.
Many times you can excuse computer-PoV shots as technical legacy, that is, a debugging tool that developers built for themselves while developing the AI, and which the AI now uses for itself. In this case, it’s heavily implied that Unity provided the specifications for this system itself, so that doesn’t make sense.
The focus indicator does change over time, but it indicates focus in a way that, again, obscures other information in the visual feed and so is not in Unity’s interest. Color spaces are part of the way computers understand what they’re seeing, and there is no reason it should make it harder on itself, even if it is a super AI.
Largely extradiegetic
So, since a diegetic reading comes up empty, we have to look at this extradiegetically. That means as a tool for the audience to understand when they’re seeing through Unity’s eyes—rather than the movie’s—and via the focus indicator, what the AI is inspecting.
As such, it was probably pretty successful in the 1970s to instantly indicate computer-ness.
One reason is the typeface. The characters are derived from MICR, which stands for magnetic ink character recognition. It was established in the 1950s as a way to computerize check processing. Notably, the original font had only numerals and four control characters, no alphabetic ones.
Note also that these characters bear a style resemblance to the ones seen in the film but are not the same. Compare the 0 character here with the one in the screenshots, where that character gets a blob in the lower right stroke.
I want to give a shout-out to the film makers for not having this creeper scene focus on lascivious details, like butts or breasts. It’s a machine looking for signs of deception, and things like hands, microexpressions, and, so the song goes, kisses are more telling.
Still, MICR was a genuinely high-tech typeface of the time. The adult members of the audience would certainly have encountered the “weird” font in their personal lives while looking at checks, and likely understood its purpose, so was a good choice for 1970, even if the details were off.
Another is the inscrutability of the lines. Why are they there, in just that way? Their inscrutability is the point. Most people in audiences regard technology and computers as having arcane reasons for the way they are, and these rectilinear lines with odd greebles and nurnies invoke that same sensibility. All the whirring gizmos and bouncing bar charts of modern sci-fi interfaces exhibit the same kind of FUIgetry.
So for these reasons, while it had little to do with the substance of computer vision, its heart was in the right place to invoke computer-y-ness.
Dat Ending
At the very end of the film, though, after Unity asserts that in time humans will come to love it, Forbin staunchly says, “Never.” Then the film passes into a sequence that is hard to tell whether it’s meant to be diegetic or not.
In the first beat, the screen breaks into four different camera angles of Forbin at once. (The overlay is still there, as if this was from a single camera.)
This says more about computer vision than even the FUIgetry.
This sense of multiples continues in the second beat, as multiple shots repeat in a grid. The grid is clipped to a big circle that shrinks to a point and ends the film in a moment of blackness before credits roll.
Since it happens right before the credits, and it has no precedent in the film, I read it as not part of the movie, but a title sequence. And that sucks. I wish wish wish this had been the standard Unity-view from the start. It illustrates that Unity is not gathering its information from a single stereoscopic image, like humans and most vertebrates do, but from multiple feeds simultaneously. That’s alien. Not even insectoid, but part of how this AI senses the world.
Posted in Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). Tagged augmentation at the periphery, augmented reality, computer vision, firsts, fuidgetry, fuigetry, MICR, robo cam
Glossary: Dunsels, Nurnies, Greebles, Gundans, and Fuidgets
4 Jun 2014 by Christopher Noessel
No I am not randomly typing on the screen. I’m taking a pause from the Starship Troopers review to establish some much-needed vocabulary. Oftimes in science fiction, details are added to things for the sake of feeling more real, but that don’t actually do anything and, more importantly to our interests in scifinterfaces, aren’t even guided by a design philosophy. They’re the equivalent of “bullshit” in the H.G. Frankfurt sense. They don’t care about the diegetic truth of themselves, they only care about their effect.
Collectively, I call these things dunsels. But don’t thank me. Thank the midshipmen in the Star Trek TOS universe.
Dunsels appear in three major places in sci-fi.
The surface of objects: Nurnies and greebles
When they appear on spacecraft or futuristic architecture, they’re called greebles or, interchangably, nurnies. These terms come to us from the folks at ILM, who coined the term while developing the style for Star Wars.
I think I’d also apply these terms to props as well, that get covered by details that may not do anything or have much design logic behind them. That means weapons and gadgets, too.
The walls: Gundans
When this suface detailing is applied to sets, it’s called gundans. This after the Star Trek TOS pipes that got labeled “GNDN,” for “goes nowhere, does nothing.” Hat tip to Berm Lee for pointing me to this term.
Interfaces? Fuidgets
Not surprisingly, we need to have a word for the same sort of thing in screen interfaces, and I’ve never heard a word to describe them. (If a competitor’s already out there, speak up in the comments.) So after some nerdy social media talk amongst my Chief Nerds and Word People, my friend Magnus Torstensson of Unsworn Industries (and long time supporter of the scifiinterfaces project) suggested combining Mark Coleran‘s acronym “FUI” for “fictional user interfaces” and “widgets” to produce fuidgets, which is pronounced FWIDG-its. I love it. I’ll high-five you when I get to Malmö in November for Oredev, Magnus.
This neologism appropriately sounds as awkward as “nurnies,” “greebles,” and “gundans,” and simultaneously conveys their abstract, fantasy, digital nature. It’s a tough thing to wrap into a single word and I’m in awe that my Swedish friend beat me to it. 🙂
Using “fuidgets”
The spirit of apologetics (which is, perhaps, the core of this project) asks that you don’t dismiss details as H.G.Bullshit. You try as hard as you can to find sense in them. That way we don’t get caught up in a spiral of second-guessing an author’s intent, and moreover, that’s where some of the niftiest insights of this sort of analysis come from. But try though we might, sometimes there is just no explaining odd details that litter sci-fi displays, surfaces, and gadgets, other than to admit that they mean nothing and are there only to give a sense of truthiness. So, now we have that word. Fuidgets. You saw it in Monday’s posts, and I’m sure you’re going to see it again.
Posted in ~ Glossary, ~ Site news. Tagged best of, fuidget, fuidgetry, GNDN, greebles, gundans, nurnies, vocabulary, widgets
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In Review: Insexts #7
Insexts is one of the best books of the year. Highest possible recommendation.
by Patrick Hayes August 20, 2016
The cover: I must note before I begin, the cover image used in this review is not a bright as the actual cover. I was unable to find an image that was as dynamic as an actual, physical copy of the book, so be prepared for much, much brighter coloring. One one of workers from the House of Madame H greets potential readers on this cover by Ariela Kristantina. Her body may be that which gets men’s attention, but they should be looking at her face, which is partially covered by a golden mask. From that covering, blood is pouring from the eye sockets. She raises a drink to those who wish to see what she can bring them. Another great, creepy cover from Kristantina. In addition to the figure, the reader should look at the chair she’s in: it’s crawling with insects. Combined with the figure, this respresents Insexts‘ title well. The window in the background is also gorgeous with terrific shapes and colors. Horror, thy name is Kristantina. Overall grade: A+
The story: “Creeping Things” is the conclusion to the first arc in this series. All the heroes in dire straits, at the mercy of the Hag, who revealed her otherworldly self last issue. Lady Lalita Bertram holds dying Sylvia in her arms as the Hag raves behind her. “You have killed your companions, lady…laaady…You have reached and wanted, and grasped for things you could not hold…You were spiteful, dissatisfied, covetous…For such is the nature of women.” As Sylvia passes, a whip bearing many barbs flays the Hag’s back. Mariah has come to her lady’s rescue and she shelters her from an attack. Again, the Hag rails, “Women are for serving. Women are for f***ing. Women are for killing. Women are for dying. You are not the heroines. You are not a grand romance. You are an aberration. There is only one way your story can end–” and then someone is killed. This death is a shocking moment from Marguerite Bennett, but it is justified by a speaker on Page 5; as horrific as it is, everything said about this character is true. The result of this killing sparks a change in one of the heroines and she is seen in a form never before shown in this series. The dialogue that comes from the battle between this character and the Hag is outstanding with the lines that end the fight on 9 and 10 outstanding. If one were expecting this to be the end of surprises from Bennett, there’s an outstanding turnabout on 11 with a magnificent, though bloody, moment on 12. The final seven pages deal with the fallout from the battle with the antagonist. Page 14 is an extremely strong page to begin the coda, with a conversation between two characters packing some gut wrenching emotion; there is no violence, there is no gore, but there is something discusses that is still, sadly, occurring today. As the father of two daughters, Wow. After this moment, a character is buried, new paths will be taken, and one character…ah, that would be telling. A fantastic conclusion to a fantastic first arc. Overall grade: A+
The art: Beauty and horror are expertly created by Ariela Kristantina. The first panel of the book shows her wonderful ability to create Gothic imagery, as the surviving women of the bordello and one of the werewolves are held prisoner by the vines of the crumbling home, as Lalita cradles Sylvia, with the Hag too close to the pair. The close up of the Hag’s mouth in the third panel is a Lovecraftian nightmare and is in complete visual opposition to the characters of the second panel. The large panel on 2 is an explosive image, not just for the action that’s taking place, but for the size of the antagonist and the creature’s look, which is its first full reveal for this issue. The next shock is Page 4, which is a splash. This contains the death of a character and it is a grotesque moment because of the creature. As a character cradles this now-dead individual to the ground, it is illustrated in the most loving style. Yes, there’s blood, there has to be given what’s taken place, but Kristantina has made this moment so full of emotion it’s impossible for the reader not to feel as heartbroken as the characters. The transformation that starts 6 is as terrible to look upon as was Page 4; a body should not be able to do that, yet it does. The full paged splash on 7 is magnificent. The design of the character is exceptional, and I spent a good time taking it in, trying to discern every aspect of this individual. This is exactly what this type of character should have a reader do; but if a reader were to linger too long, he or she may become a victim. The battle is brief, gory, and very satisfying. The story then has another character die, but not in the way a reader would expect, and the lead up to this death is great, with the second and final two panels on 11 excellent portents of things to come. As delicious as the shocking scenes were, it’s 14 that will be remembered by readers; Kristantina perfectly matches the text, with one character’s gesture in the final panel provoking a similar response in me. 16 has a beautiful setting as two characters part, with Kristantina again combining the ancient and the beautiful. This setting is revisited on the final page, which is a splash. What a beautiful final image. Overall grade: A+
The colors: Jessica Kholinne also does a terrific job on her second issue of Insexts. The first panel has the colorist using a sickly, moldy green for the interiors of the now hellish setting, the characters are strongly colored to have them stand apart from their surroundings, while the characters in the foreground are dark, so as to keep them hidden from the reader until the second page. The rusty coloring on the Hag’s close up is the perfect way to make this character demonic, while the pinks of Sylvia’s flesh show her to be full of life, which is deceiving considering her fate. The violets used on the second page give an unearthly air to the proceedings and the crimson used for the blood is the perfect horrific splash for the action that occurs. Take note of the background color in the final three panels on Page 3; this foreshadows the ghastly event that occurs on 4, which has the background turning a vivid orange-red to intensify the art. The lime greens used for the character on 6 and 7 are beautiful. I love the mixing of beautiful imagery with the horrific and the colors do that in this book. With evil vanquished, the colors become warm, endowing the characters with a strong life force. The pinks and greens on 16 and 20 are a wonderful, fanciful flair to the visuals. I’m hoping that Kholinne continues on this book in future issues. Overall grade: A+
The letters: Scene settings, dialogue, dying words, sounds, yells, screams, a song, and the tease for the next story are crafted by A Larger World. The scene settings are constant visual reminders to the reader of the time period of this tale and they look fantastic. The yells and screams, and there are several, suit their dramatic moments and put the required punch into the story. And the song lyrics look as beautiful as they must sound. Overall grade: A+
The final line: Outstanding story. Outstanding art. Insexts is one of the best books of the year. Highest possible recommendation. Overall grade: A+
To purchase a digital copy of this book go to https://www.comixology.com/Insexts-7/digital-comic/372008
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SSC CHSL 2017 Tier 2 result declared at ssc.nic.in
A total number of 1427 candidates have qualified for the skill test, 229 for document verification, and 33,967 for typing test.
Staff Selection Commission has declared the Combined High Secondary Level (CHSL) 2017 Tier II result on May 10th, 2019. After a go ahead from the Supreme Court on Thursday, the Commission has declared both the CGL and CHSL 2017 Tier II results. All the candidates who had appeared for the CHSL 2017 Tier-II examination can check the result at ssc.nic.in.
In a notification released along with the result, the Commission said that all the candidates who have cleared the Tier-II now qualify for the Tier-III round. A total number of 1,427 candidates will appear for the Skill Test in Tier 3, 229 will go through document verification, and 33,967 candidates will appear for the typing test.
The notification also has the category-wise breakdown of selected candidates and the category-wise cut-off marks, which can be accessed in this direct link.
How to access SSC CHSL 2017 Tier-II result:
Visit the SSC official website.
Click on the ‘Results’ tab on the home page and click on the ‘CHSL” tab.
Click on the link under the ‘Result’ column against the CHSL 2017 Tier II row.
Alternatively, click on this direct link to access the results page.
A PDF will open which will have details of all the candidates who have passed the CHSL Tier II stage.
On May 10th, in a separate notification, SSC had also released the tentative vacancy for the 2017 SSC CHSL recruitment drive. The exam is being conducted to fill 5895 vacancies in various government departments. The tentative vacancy details can be accessed in this direct link.
SSC CHSL Tier II exam was conducted in early half of 2018 but the result could not be declared as the Supreme Court had put a stay on it. The SSC CGL Tier-II paper had been leaked in social media putting a question on the process of examination conducted by SSC. On Thursday, SC allowed the commission to declare the results of CGL and CHSL 2017.
SSC CHSL 2017 final result to be declared today; check at ssc.nic.in
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Wayne Thiebaud: Draftsman
Exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum running May 18–September 2, 2018.
Best known for his luscious paintings of pies and ice-cream cones, American artist Wayne Thiebaud (born 1920) has been an avid and prolific draftsman since he began his career in the 1940s as an illustrator and cartoonist. This book of 116 drawings—compiled with the full cooperation of the artist to accompany a major new exhibition at the Morgan Library Museum—explores the wide range of Thiebaud’s production on paper, including early sketches, luminous pastels, and watercolors, and charcoal drawings made in connection with his teaching. In subjects ranging from deli counters and isolated figures to dramatic views of San Francisco’s plunging streets, Thiebaud’s drawings endow the most banal, everyday scenes with a sense of poetry and nostalgia.
Fully illustrated and beautifully designed, with illuminating texts, including an extensive interview with the artist, Wayne Thiebaud: Draftsman is the first major publication devoted to his lifelong engagement with drawing. Hardcover, 160 pages.
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Using the 2014 Verizon DBIR to review information security controls
The Verizon DBIR has a wealth of information on enterprise threats, but how can the average organization put it to good use? Nick Lewis explains.
Nick Lewis
The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report has brought numerous insights over the last 10 years, and 2014's...
report was no exception. If you haven't read it yet, you should take the time to read the full report and understand how it applies to your industry and enterprise.
One of the most compelling statistics of the report is right on the front cover: "The universe of threats may seem limitless, but 92% of the 100,000 incidents we've analyzed from the last 10 years can be described by just nine basic patterns." This year's DBIR offers further insights into cybercrime and how enterprises can better protect themselves.
In this tip, I will cover how to interpret the industry-specific analysis of the 2014 Verizon DBIR and explain how to make the necessary changes to defend against the attacks that really matter.
Interpreting industry-specific analysis
The DBIR does much of the heavy lifting for enterprises, offering a vast amount of data and recommendations to improve security programs and reduce the number of security incidents.
To achieve its 2014 report results, Verizon collected and analyzed data from 1,367 data breaches and 63,437 security incidents from 50 contributing global organizations across 95 different countries. Fortunately for organizations today, the 2014 Verizon DBIR could derive more detailed and in-depth findings for the industry verticals than years before, mostly because of the increased sample size.
The DBIR broke the attack methods and trends into 19 industry verticals -- from education and finance to entertainment and transportation. For each target industry, the report provides statistics on how often it was victim to nine different categories of attack. These nine categories range from point-of-sale intrusion and theft/loss to Web application attacks and crimeware. A tenth pattern, titled "everything else," is a catch-all for anything not covered in the previous patterns.
After a brief overview of the frequency of incident patterns per victim industry, the report gets into the anticipated details: descriptions of the attacks, frequency of attacks, key findings and much-needed recommendations that will help organizations know which controls can help best thwart issues.
A victim industry, take a real estate organization for example, can look at Figure 19 and see that the incident classification pattern for insider misuse has the highest frequency. The company can then look up details in the "Insider and Privilege Misuse" section where it breaks down potential incidents even further. For this particular pattern, the top threat action is privilege misuse at 88%. The report then recommends controls to identify ways to prevent insider misuse. An enterprise in real estate now has actionable advice and can identify the four recommended controls to consider including in its information security program.
Changes to defend against the attacks that really matter
Using industry trends and reports and news on security incidents can be highly beneficial for fine-tuning an enterprise's information security program. Since defending against each and every attack is impossible and most likely an inefficient use of information security resources, using such publications to determine and focus on defending against the attacks that matter the most helps organizations prioritize how resources are used.
The 2014 Verizon DBIR report has tried to make this task a little easier, especially for any organization that fits in its list of victim industries. Using the report, enterprises can identify which attacks are likely to target companies in their industries and pinpoint new controls or ways to improve existing controls to either prevent or mitigate potential attacks. For those not represented in this list, using the top nine basic attack patterns in a regular review of an information security program can prove extremely advantageous.
Enterprises can also review the recommended controls to determine if they have systems in place that reduce their risk based on the industry attack data. Two charts at the end of the report (figures 69 and 70) break down the critical security controls, listing how they apply to the incident patterns and target industries. Enterprises pick charts in their own industry to see which critical security controls they may wish to consider putting in place (if they haven't already) to achieve protection from incidents.
For example, an enterprise in the healthcare sector could use the incident classification chart to identify its three biggest threats: theft/loss (46%), insider misuse (15%) and miscellaneous error (12%). These three patterns account for 73% of the threats the organization is likely to face and should help it determine potential controls to put in place or improve upon. In this example, each threat has slightly different recommendations for critical security controls with little overlap. Enterprises can then check to see how each critical security control is addressed in its information security program. If there are any gaps in the controls or if it is inadequately addressed by a technology or process that may not be effective anymore, an enterprise can use the report as the driver to update its security program by either proposing new policy or making the case to purchase and/or implement new technology.
There's no question that the DBIR is an invaluable tool for evaluating existing industry-specific controls to prevent these top incident patterns from becoming critical risks.
A number of enterprises today receive more information security-related data from their security tools than they could possibly ever use. On the other end of the spectrum, some enterprises don't have enough data to come up with any analytical results whatsoever.
In either scenario, a significant amount of money and man-hours must be invested to achieve usable results. If your organization doesn't have these resources to invest, reports such as the Verizon DBIR come in handy. The DBIR does much of the heavy lifting for enterprises, offering a vast amount of data and recommendations to improve security programs and reduce the number of security incidents. It's now up to the enterprises to take advantage of this information.
Nick Lewis, CISSP, is the information security officer at Saint Louis University. Nick received his Master of Science degree in information assurance from Norwich University in 2005 and in telecommunications from Michigan State University in 2002. Prior to joining Saint Louis University in 2011, Nick worked at the University of Michigan and at Boston Children's Hospital, the primary pediatric teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School, as well as for Internet2 and Michigan State University.
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Still on their journey to Lilycove but awfully close, Ash and co are yet again in the wilderness of the woods. Pikachu seems to be more excited, and is trudging a few yards ahead of the group. Suddenly, their current adventure starts as the earth beneath them begins to rumble, and a tree is falling directly on that happy yellow rat! With barely any time to move out of the way, it crashes… and before Ash can realize whether he's safe or not, let alone where the heck he is, he realizes that Team Rocket are messing with him once again in one of their mechanical walking robot thingamabobs. Gripped in its fingers is… you guessed it, their number one target, Pikachu. Do they ever learn? Ash has probably figured out by now that their machines always are, have been, and will be electricity-resistant, but he decides to give the Thunderbolt a shot, failing once again. Sure, metal is a good conductor… but although it seems the machine is made of metal, it's actually recyclable plastic.
Suddenly, one of the machine's legs sinks into the ground, because unfortunately for Team Rocket, they've put too much weight on one side. Quickly, they run to the other side to save the balance, but that leg just scrunches up instead of going in with the other… eventually it gets too low and they run to the other side. This routine is repeated a couple more times as things get really chaotic with it, smushing it more into the ground. Eventually the machine can't take all that weight, and explodes, blasting them off… and the explosion happens to be so big, that the twerps and Pikachu blast off with them! However, they all land in different places in the area, and while Ash makes a desperate grab in the air for Pikachu, he fails as he slips out into the woods.
Ash opens his eyes to find himself hanging on a branch, and his friends with him. He feels like something's missing, so he looks around… yes, May, Max, and Brock are there, but no Pikachu!
Team Rocket, on the other hand, have landed face-flat against a tree! As they all collapse, and Wobbuffet does its aerobics (yes, I'm serious), they also realize someone's missing, and no later do they realize it's Meowth. At first they think about looking for him, but like at times, Jessie is reluctant since he messes a lot of things up. James, however, convinces her that it's best.
Pikachu and Meowth have landed near each other in an open grassy meadow. As soon as they wake up from their unconsciousness, Pikachu slowly greets Meowth with a dazed look, but Meowth is too quick to think about falling for it again. As soon as he notices who he's standing next too, and afraid of being shocked, he starts threatening what will happen if he shocks, and ranting about the twerps and whatnot, and finally calling for Team Rocket, as if he captured it. However, after 5 seconds of silence, to his surprise, Pikachu is looking at Meowth as if he's some kind of stranger. Meowth still thinks he's just playing dumb, and warns him not to mess with Team Rocket, then dives at him for a slashing! However, realizing that Pikachu isn't being harmful, he stops just in time. Perhaps it wants to reason like it tried to in the Orange Islands? A bit later, Meowth manages to pick up from Pikachu that he doesn't have a clue where he should be, who he is, and where he is. Meowth then offers to help him, but by "help" he means deep down inside make it seem he's from Team Rocket, and use that to lure him to the boss… So, Meowth then "reminds" Pikachu that he's an old friend of his from a while ago, and he will help him return to his trainer, Giovanni. After that, he tells him about how he was a part of Team Rocket, then goes over the whole motto and teaches it the poses (as if he's reteaching). Slowly, Meowth is going to teach him the evil ways of Team Rocket!
In other parts of the woods, Ash's group sends out Swellow and Mudkip to search for Pikachu. Mudkip's fin can detect things from far away, so it may prove useful. Team Rocket are still calling for Meowth, from their area…
As Meowth and Pikachu are walking, Meowth is more than excited to be promoted by the boss. Suddenly, Pikachu hears some rustling in the bushes, so they both freeze. Out comes a very scared-looking Zigzagoon, who tries hiding behind them. Then, out of the bushes comes a Beedrill, and they realize that must have been what was attacking Zigzagoon. As Meowth and Zigzagoon both hide behind Pikachu, he Thunderbolts it and scares it off. They both thank him, and Zigzagoon runs off. Meowth, however, is worried about the case of him making friends with Pikachu, and what it would be like in the end when he gets it. Sure he values his status, but friendship is important too…
While Team Rocket are calling for Meowth, they start to think he might be hiding from them. After all, Jessie knows there is a Team Rocket hideout lodge somewhere in this area, so it's possible they are waiting there. While Pikachu and Meowth are now walking alongside a mountain, suddenly the ground collapses under Meowth's feet! Luckily, Pikachu grabs him by the tail, saving his life.
Mudkip seems to have found something, so Ash and co follow it. It leads them to a bunch of footprints! There are three different kind, and Ash easily recognizes Pikachu's. Brock then notices Zigzagoon tracks, and… Meowth tracks! Team Rocket must be nearby.
Pikachu and Meowth have reached the river, and while Meowth is pondering about how he'll find Team Rocket and make it to the Team Rocket hideout, Pikachu distracts him, offering him a fresh apple! Sure, it happened before… but Meowth is rather surprised he's being nice, after all they've been through again. After gladly thanking him, it's Meowth's turn to repay the favor. Remembering what Pikachu did last time, Meowth split the apple… but unfortunately one half is bigger than the other, so being a gentleMeowth, he offers Pikachu the bigger half! Aww…
The twerps have passed the place where Pikachu saved Meowth, but as they see the tracks go on, they figure Meowth must be chasing him! Swellow, on the other hand, has spotted the two and is going back to report it.
While our two critters are still walking up the mountain, Pikachu trips and starts rolling downhill! The following is self explanatory, Meowth saves it, returning the favor. Together, they continue their journey up the mountain, towards the Team Rocket hideout.
Team Rocket have finally arrived at the hideout lodge, so they figure this must be where Meowth is. As they scramble in, Swellow catches a quick glimpse of them, and makes its way back. Pretty soon, Pikachu and Meowth arrive at the hideout, thinking Team Rocket may be there. Surely enough, as they call, they both come out. However, Pikachu may have lost his memory, but Team Rocket sure do look familiar to him. As he gets ready to shock them, Meowth blocks him and tells him that they're his friends, and to wait a second. Seeing as Team Rocket have no clue what's going on, Meowth runs and whispers it to them, while Pikachu is utterly confused. James almost spills the beans, but Meowth stops him.
While Swellow has returned to lead Ash's group to the whereabouts of the hideout, Team Rocket are working on getting Pikachu's affection. As they gush over his cuteness, they both introduce each other, and warmly welcome him to the group. As it jumps on James' shoulder, he gets a bit nervous after what it's done before, but manages to keep his cool knowing that it means he likes him. Suddenly, the twerps arrive at the area, and Pikachu turns around… hmm, for some reason they look familiar as well. Ash, seeing Pikachu running free and all, calls it back… but nothing happens. As Team Rocket call it back, nothing happens either, and while Pikachu thinks about who to trust… slowly, he turns to Team Rocket. Speechless, Ash watches as he joins Team Rocket in the motto!
Max is especially surprised at Pikachu switching sides so quickly. Before anyone has time to think, Ash tries telling him to attack, but just gets glared at, to which Jessie chuckles. James then commands a Thunderbolt from Pikachu, and… he listens, knocking Ash back and shocking the heck out of him! Meowth then commands it as well, and is successful. Brock then thinks for a sec, and remembers what happened when he last saw Pikachu on their own side… and finally realizes that the machine thingamabob must have knocked its memory out cold. Team Rocket then laugh and say they have been brainwashing it, and now it's theirs. As they make a getaway in the balloon, Ash manages to grasp the wicker and climb in and take them on. James has gotten too excited, that the idiocy got to him as he told Pikachu to shock Ash, exploding the balloon and blasting them off. However, Ash nearly manages to catch Pikachu… but then they realize how far they're falling from, and how there's a river under them. Pikachu is a few feet below, but Ash makes a dive, and manages to grasp it just before they make a splash. As they drift through the river, Ash and Pikachu remember the times they had together in Hoenn, but before Ash remembers he's under water, he passes out.
A little later Ash washes up on a rock with Pikachu. As he licks him, Ash wakes up and is surprised to see it having switched back so quickly. Guess it must be thankful for saving him, and remembered. As he hugs it, Brock and the rest of them find him, but at the same time Team Rocket land in the river themselves. At first they're excited to see the rat, but then when they think too soon, the twerps have it Thunderbolt them back into blast-off land.
And in the end, Ash and Pikachu stayed together HAPPILY EVER AFTER as they make their way to Lilycove City.
Thanks To Zak For Writing this for us
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365: Pikachu...Joining Team Rocket??
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What Device Connects the CPU to a Computer System's Other Hardware Devices?
by Andrew Aarons
The CPU connects to the motherboard, but other devices help a computer function too.
1 Clean out an HP Pavilion A1217N Tower
2 Components of a Computer System
3 Change the DC Power Jack in a Toshiba Satellite
4 Identify Laptop Motherboard Parts
In your small business, you may not have enough resources to have a full-time technical support employee. That might make you the default tech support, but don’t worry -- getting to know the inside of a computer isn’t that complicated. Computers are like any machine: a series of moving parts connected together to perform a task. The parts that connect the central processing unit (CPU) to the rest of the hardware are called the motherboard, power cables, and information cables.
The Motherboard
Your computer’s brain is the CPU: that’s where all of the programming and computing happens. But its nervous system is the motherboard, which uses circuits to connect the CPU to the other pieces of hardware, including the memory, the hard drive, the CD/DVD drive, and all of your peripherals. The motherboard is a complex piece of technology, with thousands of circuits to manage the transfer of information and electricity between the other component parts. Most motherboards are green, flat, and take up the entire base of a computer.
Both laptops and desktop computers have power cables on the inside as well as the outside. In day-to-day use, you’ll only even encounter the external power cable, which runs into a part of the computer called a power supply. The power supply gives power to the motherboard, which in turn powers the CPU. Power connectors also run from the motherboard to the hard drive and optical drives. On a laptop computer, an additional power cable connects to the display.
Information Cables
A computer is nothing if it can’t transfer information between the CPU and the rest of the hardware. Again, the motherboard plays an essential role here, but the actual transfer of data occurs in information cables called IDE cables. These connect the drives -- the hard drive and CD/DVD drive -- to the motherboard, which communicates with the CPU along a built-in information conduit called a bus.
Working Inside of A Computer
If your computer or any computer at your office has stopped functioning correctly, and if you’ve identified the problem as a hardware issue, you may need to work inside the computer to make sure everything is connected to the motherboard properly. Unplug the power cord from the back of the computer and press and hold the power button for a few seconds to let any captive electricity out of the circuits. Then open the computer’s case and look for the power cables and grey information cables. Lift each one from the motherboard and then place it back where you found it, pressing firmly to make sure it’s connected properly. In the case of a laptop computer, consider returning the computer to the shop from which you bought it -- working inside a laptop requires a lot of manual dexterity and very small screwdrivers.
Living in Canada, Andrew Aarons has been writing professionally since 2003. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in English literature from the University of Ottawa, where he served as a writer and editor for the university newspaper. Aarons is also a certified computer-support technician.
Aarons, Andrew. "What Device Connects the CPU to a Computer System's Other Hardware Devices?" Small Business - Chron.com, http://smallbusiness.chron.com/device-connects-cpu-computer-systems-other-hardware-devices-68549.html. Accessed 19 January 2020.
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Flying can be a traumatic experience for humans, so it’s not hard to imagine how disconcerting it can be for pets — they suddenly find themselves in an airport with a stint in quarantine, along with an eight hour flight ahead of them. Luckily for those passing through New York, JFK is set to build a new USD 48 million terminal named The ARK, which will provide luxury pre-flight hospitality for 70,000 animals a year.
The 16,500 square-meter quarantine facility is set to open next year, replacing the airport’s old Vetport. It will provide climate-controlled stalls for horses and cows, an aviary and trees for cats to climb. Beloved dogs can enjoy a luxury resort run by Paradise for Paws — who already have three other locations in the US — complete with flat screen TVs, massage therapy and a bone-shaped pool to splash around in. The terminal is designed in such a way that animals can be transported directly to and from aircrafts, reducing stress and risk of injury. Owners will be charged to house their animals in the facility, with varying prices depending on the animal and the services required.
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President Julius Maada Bio has met with the Chairman of Elite Agro, Sultan Alshamsi, to discuss possible
ways of investing in food cultivation in Sierra Leone.
Elite Agro is the leading producer and distributor of agricultural commodities in the UAE, engaging in growing, sourcing, importing and marketing a wide range of high-value agricultural products through world-class technology and effective distribution chain with the most economic use of natural resources. The company operates in several countries in Africa and around the world.
President Bio said that food security was an important part of his human capital development priority, adding that adequate food productivity was integral to the country’s overall developmental plans. He said his government was encouraging investment in the agricultural sector to be able to produce more food, create jobs, and reduce the importation of foodstuff, particularly rice – the staple food of the country.
He noted that Sierra Leone was a perfect place for agricultural activities because of its fertile land and added that with the required modern technology, the country would return to its past glory of being a rice exporting nation. He also mentioned that he was looking at possible ways of
transferring modern skills to locals, saying that that was the best way of taking people out of poverty.
“We want to produce more food to feed our people and reduce rice importation and as well begin to export food items to other parts of the world. We have landed the African Free Trade which means we also have a big market of 1.2 billion to sell our products. We also want improved
technologies because that will help us get improved variety of crops,’’ he said.
Chairman of the Elite Agro, Sultan Alshamsi, said that they were interested in investing in Sierra Leone because of the favourite climate they had seen. He said they were ready to help the West
African nation grow its own food to feed its people with enough to export, which would help boost the local economy.
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Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the men’s singles second round without playing a shot after his opponent Kento Momota pulled out.
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Kidambi Srikanth advanced to the men’s singles second round without playing a shot after his opponent Kento Momota pulled out. While, Sourabh Verma entered the main draw of the Hong Kong Open after clinching straight-game wins in his two qualifying clashes here on Tuesday.
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A few days back, the 24-year-old Momota had beaten Taiwan’s world number two Chou Tien-chen to claim his 10th title of the year at the Fuzhou China Open.
World No. 10 Srikanth will now face either compatriot Sourabh or Frenchman Brice Leverdez, who will clash in the second round on Wednesday, to reach the quarterfinal.
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Manchester as the modern start-up city: From textiles to tech philes
Visiting a wide range of co-working spaces, accelerators and laboratories, we present our ‘boots on the ground’ report of Manchester’s start-up cluster
by Shane Donnelly
“This is Manchester, we do things differently here”, once said Tony Wilson – record label owner and man behind some of the city’s most successful bands during Manchester’s music heyday.
While actually not the most popular Mancunian during his lifetime, this famous quote now adorns a whole manner of pubs, clubs, shops and working spaces – and has come to have added meaning in recent times.
A city divided by football, united in tragedy and powered by industry, Manchester has been at the forefront of innovation for the best part of 250 years – and shows no signs of stopping anytime soon.
The birthplace of the industrial revolution and home to the first stored computer programme, Manchester’s creative Northern soul has endured through thick and thin – and has been reinvigorated through the city’s formidable tech sector.
A genuine hive of start-up activity (see our guide on why you should start a business in Manchester), the symbol of the worker bee, which long represented its world-famous textile sector, has also experienced renewed usage as a badge of the city’s unity, defiance and continued entrepreneurial drive.
So, we know why you should start up in Manchester, but beyond all the cultural and historical hype, what is it really like to start a business there today?
What workspaces can entrepreneurs start their business in?
What unique services do they offer and which sectors do they suit?
And, who are the most exciting emerging start-ups in the city?
Dusting off his parka, and rooting out his old bucket hat, Startups’ roving reporter Shane Donnelly travelled to four very different corners of Manchester to find these answers, and more…
The Northern Quarter: Home to the big horn, where start-ups are born
As Ian Brown, lead singer of The Stone Roses and one of city’s most adored sons, once put: “It’s not where you’re from, it’s where you’re at” and at Manchester’s core is a sense of togetherness combined with an underdog spirit that has seen the city historically punch above its weight in a whole manner of industries.
Not solely reserved for techies or suits, the entry level to starting your own business in Manchester is virtually non-existent, particularly in the area’s Northern Quarter which has been dubbed, by some, the ‘Shoreditch of the North’.
Co-work in focus: Ziferblat
Based in the Northern Quarter, pay-per-minute co-working space Ziferblat, which models itself on a sitting room, is definitely proud to be part of the more alternative area of Manchester.
“It’s nice that something as independently-minded as the Northern Quarter takes up such a large portion of the city.” says Ben Davies, head of marketing at Ziferblat.
Located on Edge Street, Ziferblat Manchester is open weekdays 8am-10pm and 10am-10pm at weekends.
Charging entrepreneurs 8p a minute, there’s no requirement to sign up or even provide any details – with visitors allowed to start working on their business idea straight away.
All food, teas, coffees and Wi-Fi are also included in this price which is capped at four hours or £19.20 per day.
A £149 per person monthly membership is also available as well as a £125 a month membership per person for a start-up of four or more people. The monthly rates give business owners access to printing facilities, storage options and 20% off all meeting rooms.
Priding itself on being “one thing to all people” and with huge emphasis placed on creating a homely and comfortable environment, head of operations Gareth Harold is keen to stress that both budding entrepreneurs with bags of business acumen or complete newbies are equally welcome:
“There’s zero barriers to entry. We cater literally for everybody from mother and baby through to a business which is turning over a decent revenue but doesn’t yet have an office. We have everyone in between. We like to think of ourselves as something for everybody.
“If you’re a new mum who’s got her own business, there’s no such thing as maternity leave because there’s no such thing as maternity pay when you’re working for yourself potentially. We often get young mums in here working and they’ve actually got their baby with them.”
Seeing itself as an alternative to a more formal-based membership co-working space, the diverse demographic of businesses located in Ziferblat is something Harold is keen to stress:
“A really good example is if you take a look around the room, what’s going on? We’ve got a guy over there working, we’ve got a mother and her baby, we’ve got a couple sipping coffee, two guys working on their laptops, two big groups at the back who are clearly having a meeting and some students. You’ve gone full spectrum on the type of people you’ll meet in Ziferblat.”
What makes Ziferblat stand out?
Fully accommodating to mumpreneurs, Ziferblat Manchester recently signed up to the Breastfeeding-Friendly Manchester scheme – allowing new mothers to breastfeed their baby on the spot without fear of reproach – and regularly holds a ‘Mums in business’ networking group.
Not just a space for resident start-ups to ‘sound off’ against or supply each other services (a tenant called Bamboo is currently redesigning their website), the space also invites external groups and speakers to provide insight and advice to its members.
The likes of the Guardian, TED and the Business Growth Hub have all held workshops and talks in Ziferblat, while Freelance Folk, a freelance community group, hold an event every Friday where they offer advice on raising finance and connect businesses who may be able to offer each other their services.
“It’s quite difficult being a start-up, often funds are tight, you’re on your own and with a lot of co-working spaces there is that entry point. There’s no entry point with us.” says Harold.
Who is Ziferblat for?
More an environment for fledging start-ups than established small businesses, Harold acknowledges that businesses who scale fast will soon outgrow Ziferblat.
“I think there’s a logical step for how you work with us, you come into us when you want to start off and then when you get to a certain size you start looking for alternatives.”
“I think there definitely is a progression. We’ve had some businesses that have had up to six people before they’ve moved on – but that’s probably about it.”
Straight from the start-up's mouth
Specialising in creating websites for fellow small businesses, web design agency Bamboo has been based in Ziferblat Manchester for just over a year now:
“There are kind of only two rules here really, one is respect everyone else and the other one is clean up after yourself. So that kind of creates a nice relaxed atmosphere.” says Mark Butler, one of its directors, who knows all too well of the diversity of his fellow tenants.
“It varies quite a lot from day to day, that's kind of what we like about it. The closest thing I can equate it to is a hotel lobby – there's always different kinds of people coming and going.
“You get students, groups of mums with kids, obviously you get people co-working, it's a good mix.”
Operating in the ever moving and grooving Northern Quarter, Butler says Bamboo really has opportunities right at their front door:
“You are right in the heart of it. You are surrounded by potential customers, potential suppliers, there is just so much going on all of the time. There's always a new bar or new restaurant open.
“It kind of evolves week-by-week. There's always something going on, which means there's always new business to be had really.”
MediaCity UK: Where start-ups stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the big boys of broadcasting
When the BBC decided to uproot several of its production strands and move them from London to Manchester in 2003, the decision turned many heads – but also helped turn the wheels of change and innovation.
Based in what once was the banks of Manchester Ship Canal, MediaCity is perhaps the shining light of the city’s digital and creative scene, with the waterside development now home to the likes of the BBC, ITV and the University of Salford.
Once upon a time referred to as Cottonopolis, up until the latter stages of the nineteenth century 32% of all global cotton production still took place in Manchester, and while its world-famous textile industry lives on only through Underworld in Weatherfield, its ‘tech-stiles’ sector ensures the tradition remains.
Today, MediaCity is home to a vast array of clubs, hubs and workspaces including two co-working and production spaces that work in tandem to compliment Manchester's emerging position as a broadcasting powerhouse, with its history and renewed passion for more ‘hands on' production.
Truly the heirs of ‘warehouse city', today, product-based tech businesses and emerging digital media start-ups alike head to The Landing and Barclays Eagle Lab.
Co-work in focus: The Landing
Standing tall among some of the world’s biggest media companies is The Landing – which opened in 2012.
The resident tech hub for Manchester scale-ups, over 116 start-ups currently inhabit the seven-story building in MediaCity, Salford.
Offering co-working and office space to entrepreneurs working in a range of tech sectors such as digital media, VR, AI, digital health and IoT, it’s The Landing’s impressive user testing facilities and strong partnerships that allow resident businesses to finetune their ideas and scale fast.
Currently, around 20 professional advisers are on-hand to share their expert knowledge to Landing-based businesses and come from a range of commercial and corporate firms.
Services include legal expertise, investment and banking support, business planning, recruitment guidance and advice on tech and infrastructure.
Partners within its network include:
Brabners and Slater Gordan
Accelerated Digital Ventures (ADV)
CLOS Consultancy
There Be Giants
The Sales Way
Digital Media Stream
Galibier PR
Auburn Rose
Complete Resourcing
Vespertec
For start-ups looking to join The Landing, there are four types of membership packages to choose from:
Build (12 months): For £1,999, start-ups get 24/7 access as well as the “Prove package” (incubator, specialist, lab use) plus ongoing bespoke and 1-2-1 support as required.
Prove (six months): For £999, start-ups get 24/7 access as well as the “Test package” incubator programme plus further specialist workshops and complimentary use of the UX Labs and Eagle Labs for up to one day each.
Test (three months): For £499, start-ups get 24/7 access and a specially curated incubator programme to “health check” scaling.
Monthly Unlimited: For £199, start-ups get 24/7 access plus incubator, specialist support, lab use, and ongoing bespoke and 1-2-1 support as required.
An additional benefit to The Landing is its interactive media and user experience (UX) labs, SPACE, based on the sixth floor.
The pay-as-you-go service allows tech start-ups, at almost any stage, to test products they’ve built or games they’re about to launch. SPACE labs are available from £500 per day.
Not just offering a place for businesses to work hard, The Landing’s membership club on the seventh floor (eponymously titled On The 7th), provides start-ups with a place to eat, drink, relax and network to their heart’s content.
With a modern, upmarket feel and overlooking the rest of MediaCity, On The 7th also provides businesses an impressive venue in where they can invite clients too – and proudly call it home.
Given the variety of businesses all under one roof, Maya Dibley, head of programmes and partnerships at The Landing, is in no doubt of the variety of valuable connections, start-ups and services you can come across in just one day:
“Over the last five years The Landing has been developing a ‘plug and play’ business ecosystem designed to give tech scale-up and start-ups a platform to grow rapidly. The whole building is about connectivity, between both people and technology.
“In our offices, labs or social areas you can meet a front-end designer, a super sharp sales person or someone researching the latest augmented reality technology in the space of just five minutes.”
“Simultaneously you can be developing a physical prototype on a 3D printer, testing your newest products on the latest eye tracking user testing setups, or be hooking up to your own on-site data centre.”
What makes The Landing stand out?
Having access to SPACE is one of The Landing's key highlights – serving around 1,000 entrepreneurs annually.
Helping brands understand user experience, the UX labs can be dressed up and re-designed like a real-life living room, complete with a one-way mirror, to gauge an as-authentic-as-possible reaction from a potential consumer – while test subjects can also be given a special headset to track eye movement while using apps or browsing websites.
SPACE’s 10-seater dedicated games console laboratory also helps gaming start-ups sample their games, whether it's to test it on certain demographics for their response or to find flaws in the game before it's released to the general public.
What's more, its digital workflow labs allow businesses who work in the broadcast industry and in software development to invite products teams to test workflow and software.
Screening rooms, essentially a small cinema, are also on-hand for production start-ups who want to watch rough drafts and edits of their videos.
A sign of the fast connectivity on offer, The Landing's file sharing capabilities mean start-ups can watch their work on the big screen – regardless of where they create it.
Who is The Landing for?
A dedicated technology incubator hub for high-growth technology and digital start-ups, scale-ups and small businesses, The Landing is best suited to innovative tech start-ups looking to disrupt their chosen sectors and challenge the corporate giants within those industries.
Admitting it was pining for an “office with a view” for years, specialist tech providers HEInventions moved to The Landing in February 2017.
Founded by Dr. Carl Ellis and Dr. John Hardy in June 2013, HEInventions's flagship product, sold through the Swiss company BOBST, is a digital inspection table that is used by packaging manufacturers to check their product is printed correctly.
Receiving an InnovateUK grant early on in its start-up journey, The Landing-based business has already been recognised within its industry – winning an innovation award from EFIA (a printed packaging association).
For Ellis, The Landing's impressive location in MediaCity, coupled with its growing reputation for housing innovative start-ups, has allowed HEInventions to make some serious strides:
“The gravitas of the address lets us punch above our weight in terms of our customers and partners.
“The difference in attitudes when bringing people to our old office (a warehouse) compared to bringing them to The Landing is incredible.”
“It immediately helps us get past the “small company” stereotypes that are present in larger corporations.”
Co-work in focus: Barclays Eagle Labs
Situated on The Landing’s fourth floor, Barclays Eagle Labs is The Landing’s hi-tech fabrication studio and maker workshop – and the first of its kind in the North of England.
Helping businesses grow through rapid prototyping capabilities and business support from Barclays, both residents of The Landing and external businesses can use Barclays Eagle Labs.
Some of the equipment in its Maker Lab includes:
Single-nozzle, fused deposition modelling (FDM) desktop 3D printers
Dual-nozzle, FDM desktop 3D printer
MultiJet (UV-curable plastic) plastic printer (3D Systems ProJet MJP 2500)
Full-colour (CMYK) powder 3D printer (3D Systems ProJet CJP 660Pro)
High-speed CO2 laser cutter (Trotec Speedy 100)
Vinyl cutter (Roland GS-24)
Its membership packages include:
Co-working desk: £199+ VAT per month per person
Private office for two-20 persons: From £350 per month
Boardroom: £30.00 p/h (max 16 people)
Lab: £300.00 (full day)
Lab: £180.00 (half day)
Workshop: £300.00 (full day)
Workshop: £180.00 (half day)
Floor 7: £20.00 – £195.00 p/h (capacity 10 – 200)
Laser cutter: £20 p/h (20% Barclays customer discount)
Vinyl cutter: £10 p/h (20% Barclays customer discount)
3D printer per cm3: £0.33 (20% Barclays customer discount)
High resolution 3D printer per cm3: Quote on request (20% Barclays customer discount)
A real modern-day maker's workshop, Barclays Eagle Labs ensures entrepreneurs with a penchant for working with their hands are by no means left behind in the 20th century.
James Medd, the manager of The Eagle Lab, explains:
“There’s no other place in Greater Manchester like the Eagle Lab where you can design and build a product prototype, print off a short-run of bespoke components, or mould a one-off widget for a specific purpose.
“We have some of the best 3D printing kit in the North West, together with industry-standard design software and laser cutters. This, combined with a workshop full of traditional hand-tools and crafting equipment, means we have everything you need to turn an idea or concept into a working model.”
What makes Barclays Eagle Labs stand out?
Its two special 3D printers can produce large scale objects and highly detailed models in both curable plastics and composite powder format.
A sure sign of the manufacturing strength on offer, one has even been calibrated to ‘print’ copies of body parts from hospital CT scans that can allow surgeons to study fractures in 3D before picking up a scalpel.
Who is Barclays Eagle Labs for?
Developed to help local businesses and entrepreneurs take ideas for new physical products, gadgets and devices and turn them into working prototypes and proven concepts via rapid prototyping, the labs are equipped with advanced 3D printers, lasers cutters and more traditional handheld tools.
Stockport-based BaDoom, who produce edtech devices for children with severe learning difficulties, used the Lab’s 3D printing machine to repeatedly recreate and refine intricate and bespoke pieces – a process that otherwise would have had to be done by hand.
Accommodating all types of ideas, from rough notes scratched down on paper, all the way to fully formed blueprints, Eagle Lab’s eco system manager Darren O’Brien explains the low level of entry point:
“Eagle Labs are a community resource available for everybody. Whether you’re an inventor, an innovator or a mentor, our spaces are conducive to nurturing and growing your idea with support from Barclays and our network.”
“From accelerating UK business to enabling collaborative innovation and digital empowerment for all, our Eagle Labs are a space to create, innovate and grow.”
For HEInventions, its the help and practical advice on offer, as well as the arsenal of tools, that makes Barclays Eagle Labs stand out.
“Eagle Labs is a fantastic resource for equipment, but it really shines in terms of its expertise. The team who run it know exactly what they’re doing, and their advice has helped lower our costs for some of our products and they make the sometimes-frustrating process of iteration a good day out.”
Originally having their light bulb moment after a two day start-up bootcamp at Lancaster University, what do HEInventions think of Manchester as a start-up city?
“It’s growing, more every month. It feels that the past few years Manchester’s start-up network has been finding its feet and has settled down into its own rhythm.
“It’s a different city than London and I think initially it tried to emulate the capital too much – but we have less-people, a more-family orientated outlook, and a lot of us commute.
“Events are covering more diverse topics, are starting to fill out more, and are earlier in the evening – meaning those that need to brave the M60 have a chance of attending.”
Newton Heath: On the outskirts of the city, at the forefront of digital production
Sponsoring Manchester United for nearly 20 years, including their famous treble winning season in 1999, Japanese electronics multinational Sharp became one of the most recognised brands in the UK and wider world.
Inescapably synonymous with both Manchester and technology, Sharp said goodbye to the city in 2006 – selling its Newton Heath warehouse to Manchester City Council for £6.1m.
In typical Mancunian fashion, the gaping hole left by Sharp’s departure was filled by looking to the future – with one eye firmly on the city’s past. As, in 2011, The Sharp Project was officially launched to house some of the city’s most innovative digital entrepreneurs – rather than a foreign, faceless multinational.
Co-work in focus: The Sharp Project
A 200,000 sq ft building based on Thorp Road, The Sharp Project is home to over 60 digital start-ups who are housed across over 70 converted shipping container glazed offices in its Red, Gold and Blue zones.
Resident start-ups at The Sharp Project pay £60 plus VAT for a single shipping container and £100 plus VAT for a double – with connectivity and electricity extra.
A day rate is also available for entrepreneurs who just want access to The Campus.
Two networking and event spaces, The Campus and Winter Garden, are the main focal points of the building and can accommodate up to 1,000 people in total for a variety of internal and external events such as large-scale launches, conferences and film screenings.
Situated in the Gold area, The Campus is a 5,000 sq ft communal social space with an onsite restaurant, which is run by a tenant.
While The Winter Garden is a self-contained five metre high 4,780 sq ft annex to the main building and is used for workshops, auditions and exhibitions.
Despite the building’s industrial interior, there’s certainly a community feel among its businesses.
So much so, that over £21m worth of business has been passed between Sharp Project tenants since the site's inception.
Resident operations manager Claire Hinds explains:
“A lot of tenants love being here because of the other tenants that are based here. There’s this really unique ecology here with lots of collaboration – businesses pass customers onto each other and outsource to each other.”
With monthly events held for tenants and the general public alike, on everything from R&D tax credits to table tennis tournaments, the Sharp Projects positive and inclusive atmosphere ensures businesses have no trouble getting to know their fellow tenants.
What makes The Sharp Project stand out?
Central to The Sharp Project is its impressive TV and film production space which includes four production stages and a green screen for businesses looking to create content both for the small and silver screen.
Designed to meet the needs of even the smallest production company, the production studios have 24/7 access and can be hired in conjunction with related back stage facilities – including dressing rooms, make up, wardrobes and catering on request.
Prices for the production space start at £500 plus VAT per day, while on-site tech and production support is also available.
In total, there are four production stages of various sizes and capabilities:
Stage One: 3,700 sq ft
Stage Two: 10,000 sq ft with covered vehicle access
Stage Three: 6,200 sq ft with covered vehicle access and acoustic folding partition door
Stage Four: 29,800 sq ft production stage, with access via a service lift from a large prop/storage area below
Rather than relying on portable greenscreens, start-ups based at The Sharp Project can make use of its four purpose built green studios.
Ranging in size, the studios are available to hire for voice-overs, photography, advertising and the creation of digital content.
Studio 005: 453 sq ft green screen studio
Studio 008: 1,275 sq ft green screen studio
Testament to the production services on offer at The Sharp Project, global giants Nike have no looked no further than Newton Heath to film some of its commercials – while television series Fresh Meat and Casualty 1909, which aired on Channel 4 and BBC One respectively were both shot there.
Who is The Sharp Project for?
With a focus on digital businesses, Hinds summarises what The Sharp Project means by ‘digital'.
“A digital business could be anything from a photographer to a PR company, to a forensic business to a gaming start-up. Anything that focuses on the creation of digital content.
“We have a tenant admission policy that states that all businesses involved in The Sharp Project have to be in the business of making and manipulating digital content.”
With tenants required to stay for at least 12 months, and given the resources on offer, start-ups in the Sharp Project can grow quite quickly – and Hinds is reminded of a recent start-up who scaled so much, they soon outgrew their surroundings.
“A success story for us would be a business coming in small and growing to a point where we can’t fit them anymore. An example of this would be a company called Northcoders – they’re a coding bootcamp.
“They moved in about 18 months ago and maybe within a year they had taken two additional offices, and last month they moved off to bigger premises.”
“That for us is a real success story because that’s what we set off to do – help them grow and develop.”
Moving to The Sharp Project back 2010 as a brand new agency, ABF Pictures specialises in the production of commercials- and have filmed for the likes of MandM Direct, Virgin Bingo and Hello Fresh.
Often shooting on far off locations, Ghalia Khan explains just how lucky ABF is, to call this former factory home:
“As a creative agency who create TV adverts we do a lot of work off on a location somewhere, but there are some areas where we need to film with a green screen and that’s where the space at The Sharp Project is so handy!
“We recently finished an ad with Peacocks, which was filmed at Delamere manor and had a couple of scenes filmed at The Sharp Project.
“The space is great as has loads of room for the whole crew, and close enough to our offices so that we can go back and forth if the need arises! The other open space is great for meeting with clients and communal team meetings.”
Spinningfields: Manchester's answer to Canary Wharf
Designed and built only in the 2000s, Spinningfields was created specifically to give Manchester’s its own dedicated central business district.
Still reeling from the Provisional IRA bomb that had caused £700m worth of damage a year previously, its proposal originated in 1997 when Allied London purchased a number of buildings around the John Rylands Library.
Dominated by commercial office developments, The Financial Times once noted:
“London has Canary Wharf and Paris has La Défense, Manchester has its own modern financial centre in the form of Spinningfields.”
Co-work in focus: Entrepreneurial Spark
The world’s largest free business accelerator, Entrepreneurial Spark’s Manchester branch is situated in Spinningfields, on the first floor of RBS bank – though it is officially sponsored by NatWest.
Working with entrepreneur development managers from NatWest, RBS, as well as Ulster Bank, Entrepreneurial Spark helps start-ups utilise their local ecosystems to help make their business more credible, backable and investable.
They have also partnerships with the likes of KPMG Enterprise, Dell Technologies, Harper Macleod and Pinsent Masons.
Offering four different phases of its programme, Sprint, Enable, Grow and Scale, inhabitant start-ups can receive up to 18 months’ worth of fully-funded training and mentoring.
Admitting that tenants “never experience the same day twice” entrepreneur manager Libbie Mowbray is quick to point out that E Spark accelerators are as much a “people accelerator” as anything else.
A fast-paced environment combined with the array of workshops and cross-collaboration between resident start-ups, businesses are continuously striving to meet ambitious goals in order to scale quickly.
With goal setting an imperative part of the E Spark process, businesses are often taught to focus on three targets per month and to make each other accountable for their actions – ensuring a competitive yet collaborative environment.
With all residents based on the same, open-plan floor, all computer desks circle a series of glass door meeting rooms where start-ups regularly meet with the hands-on enablers who keep a firm yet attentive eye on tenants – ensuring they're reaching the levels of growth expected of them.
What makes Entrepreneurial Spark stand out?
Placing a super strong emphasis on the power of pitching, E Spark enablers routinely ask start-ups to repeat and refine their elevator pitch – with all start-ups required to deliver an demand 60 second pitch of their business idea to new visitors.
An indispensable skill to possess when meeting investors, potential partners and other businesses, entrepreneurs are equally well-trained to know their real time financial data at all times, so that they're ready for any potential situation.
Who is Entrepreneurial Spark for?
Sprint (three months): For entrepreneurs with just an idea or in the early stages of starting their business, the Sprint phases helps start-ups develop and validate their idea – with a view to developing it further. Or if the idea doesn’t work – they fail cheap but fast.
Enable (six months): For entrepreneurs who have successful passed through the Sprint stage, Enable lasts six months and offers more “hands-on” mentoring to aid continued acceleration – as well as helping further develop of the mindset of the business owner.
Grow (six months): For businesses already turning over £100,000, or having raised more than £25,000, the Growth stage aims to put in place all the requirements needed to allow the start-up to scale quickly.
Scale (six months): Designed for businesses on a scale trajectory with an annual turnover of £200,000 or investment of £150,000 or more, the end goal is for the business to be fully equipped to scale fast.
Start-ups that want to gain a place on the Entrepreneurial Spark need to complete an online application form outlining their business idea, progress to date and plans for the future.
Applicants are then invited to attend an interview at the Manchester where they their business idea to the programme’s enablers
If accepted, start-ups initially attend a two-day boot camp before joining the full programme
Straight from the start-up's mouth:
Having launched in December 2016, engagement photography start-up Captured Proposals has been in E Spark for the past nine months and entered through the ‘Sprint’ phase of the programme before progressing to ‘Enable’.
Utilising its network of over 200 former paparazzi photographers, the start-up helps clients secretly and discreetly capture the moment they offer their hand in marriage to a loving partner – and have successfully snapped wedding proposals all over the world, from San Francisco to Santorini, London to Paris.
Having partnered with a host of major brands including the Coca Cola London Eye, Tower Bridge and jewellers David M Robinson – the start-up has also teamed up with some of the world’s leading venues, bridal shops and wedding planners to help clients get on one knee before heading down the aisle.
Based in Entrepreneurial Spark Manchester for over nine months, founder Rob Illidge is in no doubt how the E Spark Enabler's fine-tuning has helped his business:
“I've learned in incredible amount. Going in-front of investors is one of the key components to supporting our business growth.
“If I am able to portray that I understand business numbers, and the needs of those numbers, it’s easier to have conversations and secure deals. In addition, I have gained valuable contacts, opportunities, mentors and business enablers to help ensure the growth of Captured Proposals.”
Continuing to help hopeless romantics around the world, does Illidge have a soft spot for Manchester as a start-up city?
“Manchester is a wonderful city to start and develop a business, where we have a booming start-up and tech scene.
“We’re fortunate to have access to businesses of all types and sizes, which is imperative for an entrepreneur, whether it’s accountants; lawyers, digital agencies, investors or collaborators, we have it all.
“The people of Manchester really make our city what it is. We’re a friendly bunch, and always looking to help each other. That’s the feeling you get throughout our accelerators, events and businesses.
“With a such a diverse range of start-ups there’s almost a one degree of separation.
“Our weather is not the world’s finest, but we don’t let that beat us. We’re used to it and it’s always something to talk about.”
Once described by singer Morrissey as a “docklands without the docks”, recent inward investment, coupled with its innate creativity, has seen Manchester truly become a start-up city of the 21st century – no matter what area you visit.
However, with over 9,000 businesses starting in 2016 alone, in truth, Startups' one man mission to Manchester barely scratched the surface.
So, we want to know, what have we missed?
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Funeral Hospitality
Funeral Visitation
Volunteers provide hospitality to family and friends of the deceased during the hours of visitation before the funeral. Refreshments such as coffee, juice, and donuts are provided in a caring atmosphere. The families of the deceased have expressed appreciation for this ministry.
Funeral Luncheons
As part of our funeral ministry, St. Edward’s has a rich tradition of providing funeral luncheons after the Mass. A group of wonderful men and women generously give of their time serving the grieving families and friends. This is truly an extension of Jesus’s table fellowship towards those who are hurting.
Grief Follow-Up and Support
Grief Follow-up
St. Edward’s Grief Ministers (trained Stephen Ministers) provide one-on-one telephone support to grieving family members following the funeral of one of our parishioners. The ministers provide options to the grieving and can direct them to additional support if needed.
Grief is a universal experience. St. Edward is part of the Bloomington-Richfield Grief Support Coalition which provides support and education for adults who are grieving the death of a loved one. Group meetings are held on Thursdays from 4:30-6:00pm. Each session includes an educational presentation followed by small group sharing of concerns and experiences. Find more information including a current schedule of sessions at brgriefcoalition.com.
Homebound Eucharistic Ministers
The Homebound Eucharistic Ministers visit parishioners who are hospitalized, homebound or in a care facility and bring them Holy Communion. The ministers have completed VIRTUS training and passed a background check. If you are unable to get to Mass and would like Holy Communion brought to you, please call the parish office at 952-835-7101.
Hospitalization can be a lonely or difficult experience for people and we extend our caring ministry to parishioners there. Due to privacy regulations, we are unaware you are at the hospital unless we are informed by you. If you or a family member are hospitalized, please contact the parish office to let us know. Upon notification that a parishioner is hospitalized, a trained Stephen Minister can visit, bring Communion as well as provide spiritual and emotional support.
Prayers for the Sick
The St. Edward‘s community supports parishioners and family members of parishioners who are sick. You may have your name read aloud during the Prayers of the Faithful at Sunday Masses, printed in our weekly bulletin and/or entered in our Book of Prayer. St. Edward’s ministers follow up with parishioners by phone. Please contact the parish office at 952-835-7101 to be lifted up in prayer.
Prayers For Those Who Have Died
Our community supports family members of parishioners who have died. If desired, they are remembered by name during the Prayers of the Faithful at Sunday Masses. Please contact the parish office at 952-835-7101 if you have a loved one you would like remembered at Mass.
If you would like to request a Mass intention in honor of a person, or for someone who is ill or has passed away, please call the parish office at 952-835-7101 to schedule.
Anyone in need of solace can be provided with a hand-knit and blessed shawl by a group of knitters. Each knitter begins each shawl with prayer and a blessing for the recipient and continues to pray with each stitch that is made until the shawl is completed. It is our hope that the shawl will be a tangible expression of the care St. Edward‘s community has for each recipient. Prayer shawls may be picked up at the parish office.
Caps for Soldiers
Part of the Prayer Shawl Ministry, Caps for Soldiers was started in 2008 and is a nation-wide ministry that has sent over 10,000 caps to our military all over the world including 2,500 caps that our Bloomington National Guard took with them when they deployed in 2011. More information on Caps for Soldiers can be found at www.capsforsoldiers.com
Senior Living Facilities Ministries
Mass is celebrated twice a month, on the 1st and 3rd Thursday mornings at 10:00am, at the Masonic Home assisted living and skilled nursing care facility in Bloomington. Catholic residents of the Masonic Home are invited to Mass in their chapel. Volunteers from St. Edward‘s escort residents to the chapel, visit with them, and offer care and assistance during the Mass. Music is also provided.
During the alternate weeks, specially trained Eucharistic Ministers bring Communion to individuals in their rooms on Monday morning.
Twice a year (Spring and Fall), all Catholic residents receive the Anointing of the Sick for strengthening and healing. Residents of the Masonic Home may also call the parish office if they would like the Sacrament of Anointing at any other time.
Founders Ridge
Mass is celebrated at Founders Ridge Senior Living Community in Bloomington on the second Thursday of the month at 10:00 am in their chapel. Eucharistic Ministers hold a Communion Service on the fourth Monday of every month at 10:30am in their chapel.
Separated and Divorced
It is our desire to share the love and healing of God with those who are involved in marital dissolution. Our goal is to provide support by promoting acceptance of self and situation, fostering personal and spiritual development and challenging persons to grow.
Divorce Series
Anyone who is either going through divorce now or is still struggling with certain issues is invited to participate in a divorce series at the Church of St. Edward. Sessions will include a presentation from facilitators who have personally experienced divorce, followed by discussion and reflection. Participants will have an opportunity to write and reflect on their personal journey and even share their stories, if they wish. Please contact the parish office at 952-835-7101 if you are interested in an upcoming series.
Stephen Ministry is a confidential, one-to-one caring ministry through which a layperson provides caring support to someone who is experiencing an unexpected or on-going life challenge.
A Stephen Minister IS a Caring Christian who listens and offers encouragement and support. They are a non-judgmental person with a deep personal commitment to provide confidential care and they receive training, continuing education, and supervision.
A Stephen Minister IS NOT a counselor or therapist, casual visitor or problem solver.
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WEEKEND MASS (CHURCH) Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:00pm Sunday Masses: 8:30am & 10:30am WEEKDAY MASS (CHAPEL) Tuesday* & Thursday: 6:30pm Wednesday & Friday: 9:00am *Anointing of the Sick following Mass last Tuesday of the month
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Few regions have experienced such an intertwined relationship with the West as the Middle East, which has also had a bumpy road to modernization. This lesson looks at how the Middle East became increasingly nationalistic, often due to Western actions.
Usurping Sultans
By the late 18th century, Europe was looking for new places to expand. Most famously, the 13 American colonies had successfully won their independence from Great Britain, forcing the British to shift much of their colonial ambitions to India and Australia. Always eager to get under the skin of their cross-channel rivals, the French saw an opportunity to weaken the British, as well as grow their own empire.
By now Napoleon had a great deal of power in France, and it was time to demonstrate what he could do with that influence. He organized that by moving against the Ottoman Empire in Egypt and Syria; he could provide for a stable base for French ships to attack routes leading from Australia and India back to Britain. As such, in 1798 Napoleon invaded Egypt. While he faced a much larger Ottoman army, Napoleon's skill and the training of his troops meant that the French were only pushed out by the arrival of a British army.
While Napoleon was unsuccessful, he did prove that the great powers of the Muslim world were ripe for subjugation. Of course, such subjugation required diplomacy—getting bogged down in a war with a massive enemy would drain a country's resources. Instead, the Europeans tried to influence sizable areas of the Middle East to accept advice and financing, both of which came at a price.
Attempts at Modernization
The first country to accept such advice on the terms of the Europeans was actually a province within the Ottoman Empire: Egypt. While technically not independent, Egypt's ruler, Muhammad Ali, was determined to make his province much stronger, with an eye to being stronger than his Ottoman masters.
By the middle of the 19th century, high cotton prices had convinced Ibrahim Pasha, Muhammad Ali's son and successor, to take the risk of helping to finance the construction of the Suez Canal, linking the Mediterranean Sea and the Indian Ocean. Needless to say, he knew he could make a great deal of money off of tolls for using the canal from British shipping, as it would save them almost a month of sailing around Africa. What he didn't know was the instability in the price of his main export: cotton.
During the 1850s, political instability in the United States caused cotton to have an artificially high price. By 1861, that instability had resulted in the American Civil War. While Union ships blockaded Southern cotton, Egyptian cotton could not be exported fast enough! Egypt made fortune upon fortune until 1865. Then, with the resumption of trade with the American South, the price of cotton plummeted. Suddenly, Egypt could no longer pay its bills, causing it to borrow money from the West. In exchange, the West took full ownership of the Suez Canal.
Two other countries had notable attempts at modernization, although both were some years later. Both Turkey and Iran had been the centers of great empires, namely the Ottoman and Qajar Empires. By the 1920s, those empires had disappeared, leaving the modern Republic of Turkey and the Pahlavi dynasty in Iran.
Both countries modernized heavily through the 1920s and 1930s, working to be on par with Western European states. In fact, Ataturk, founder of the modern Turkish state, went as far as to use the Latin alphabet to bring his country to modernity. However, Turkey and Iran ended up taking completely different routes.
By the outbreak of World War II, Turkey was frightened by the German advance and offered to enter the war on the side of the Allies. However, the Allies agreed that a Turkish defeat would threaten oil supplies in the Middle East and, therefore, urged neutrality. Meanwhile, the leader of Iran, Reza Shah, felt that Hitler had all the answers. Needless to say, this made his Soviet neighbors, as well as the Western Allies, very nervous.
As a result, Iran was invaded in the middle of the war from all sides, Reza Shah was deposed, and instead his son was named king. The younger king, Mohammed Reza Shah, spent more of his time and money in the pursuit of becoming a wealthy playboy than the leader of a developing country. As a result, he was eventually overthrown in the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Mandates and New Neighbors
Remember, until the end of World War I, the Ottoman Empire ruled much of the Middle East, and not all those regions had been as proactive about development as the Egyptians had. With the fall of the empire after the war, the new League of Nations decided to establish mandates to help the new territories become viable states. These countries with training wheels were under the supervision of another major power.
Ironically, given attitudes today, many of these countries begged for American oversight. However, isolationists in America kept the U.S. out of the League of Nations, meaning that the new mandates of Iraq, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan were assigned to the French and British. These colonial powers saw their new mandates as essentially new colonies, although a greater level of local control was given to the local governments. That said, European garrisons stood by in case anything got out of hand.
One of the most hated aspects of these mandates for the local Arabs was the implementation of immigration from Europe, especially Jewish immigration. For decades, Jewish intellectuals had been campaigning for a homeland of their own. On the top of their wish list was the biblical Promised Land, which happened to be much of the British Mandate of Palestine. The rise of Nazi Germany and its persecution of the Jews made the situation even more acute.
However, there were conflicts on the ground in the British Mandate. The British were trying to hold together a population of natives, which was around 80% Muslim, 10% Christian, and 10% Jewish, with a quickly expanding European Jewish population. Those new arrivals were of a very different culture than the existing Jews, who had lived in the region for hundreds of years. Needless to say, this led to frictions.
British attempts to maintain the peace were generally opposed by all. The newly arrived Jewish immigrants began a campaign, often violent, to secure Palestine as their own state. Meanwhile, native Arabs, especially Muslims and Christians, launched attacks against the newly arrived populations. Native Jews were caught in the middle of the situation, but as the tension continued, it became less about natives against immigrants and more about Jews against Arabs.
Lesson Summary
In this lesson, we looked at how the Middle East underwent modernization during the 19th and 20th centuries and how the effects of that modernization continues today. We saw how the Europeans originally arrived in the Middle East under Napoleon in 1798, and how rather than building colonies, they instead offered advice. This advice was heavy-handed, and best demonstrated in the mandates.
Turkey and Iran, however, were not subject to the mandates and as a result took different approaches to modernity. This ultimately led to the invasion of Iran during World War II, as the Shah was too friendly with the Germans. In one mandate, however, new Jewish immigrants from Europe planted the seeds of what would become the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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Emphasize the rising power and influence of Egypt, Turkey and Iran
Recognize the tensions in the region after WWII with the influx of European Jewish immigrants
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Trio tied for lead in Italy
Thursday, 31 de May de 2018 22:25
Robert Rock of England tees off on the 13th hole during day one of the Italian Open at Gardagolf CC on May 31, 2018 in Brescia, Italy. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)
Robert Rock, Laurie Canter and Richard Sterne made the most of the scoreable conditions at Gardagolf Country Club to share the lead after the first round of the Italian Open.
Canter and Rock capitalised with rounds of 63 to set the target at eight under and after an hour and 19 minutes was lost in the afternoon due to storms in the area, it looked like none of the afternoon starters could catch them.
Enter six-time European Tour winner Sterne, who carded a total of ten birdies – including three on the bounce at the end of his round – to make it a three-way tie at the top.
There was then a group of nine players with 22 European Tour wins between then at six under, made up of Englishmen Ross Fisher, Charlie Ford, Matt Wallace and Danny Willett, Spaniard Rafa Cabrera Bello, American Daniel Im, Dane Thorbjørn Olesen, Belgian Thomas Pieters and South African Erik van Rooyen.
Canter is looking for his first European Tour title after coming through the Qualifying School the last three seasons, while Rock is seeking win number three at the event where he claimed his maiden victory seven years ago.
Home favourite Francesco Molinari – a two-time winner of this event – is three shots off the pace at five under in the chasing pack as he searches for back-to-back Rolex Series titles.
Robert Rock: “I had a provisional ball off the second tee, both were in trouble and casual water saved me with the first one, turned into a bogey, and then nine holes I think in possibly 26 shots, which I’ve not done before.
“So any time you do something like that, you feel a bit lucky, and managed to progress on after that and make a couple more birdies and we end up at eight under.
“The course is soft and fairways are playing a bit wider because it’s just landing and stopping, and on the greens you have to hole some putts. I holed some sort of the usual, solid birdie putts and holed a couple of bonus ones as well, so that was pretty cool.
“It’s nice to come to a tournament that’s got a lot of history to it and nice to see your name on the board somewhere. It means a lot. Ten years to win my first event, so hopefully I get to play this for a few more years, anyway, but I’ll always remember this one best I think.”
Richard Sterne: “It was lovely. The course is playing nice, giving a lot of opportunities, so you’ve got to take them. I saw a lot of guys shoot quite low this morning. The greens were a bit bumpy this afternoon but it was probably one of the best putting days I’ve had in many a year, so it was nice.
“It makes the course a bit more accessible. The greens could be pretty quick here if it was firm, but as I said they are pretty soft, so you can get close, and the par fives are reachable. So it takes the long hitters out of play and everybody can attack this week.
“Last week was unfortunate. This week, I’ve just putted a lot better. It’s a strange game, you make a couple of putts here and there, and you have a good day like today and last week hopefully is all forgotten.
“I haven’t done well in any of the Rolex Series to be honest. It would be nice to put in a couple solid rounds. It’s a long way to go, only day one. Hopefully put some solid rounds together.”
Laurie Canter: “I just got the shots really close, and then a nice shot from the left semi into the par five seventh, a straight forward eagle putt, and kind of just happened. Nothing was forced. It was there, and I hit some nice shots and it kind of just all happened.
“I’ve had times in the past where I’ve got two under, three under, four under par and as good as that is out here, that doesn’t often make that much of a dent. I think you’ve got to just try and stay out of your own way as much as possible, and you know, keep focusing on that next shot, the old clichés, everyone falls back on them and that’s all I try to do.
“I just got a call Sunday night, a Member of the European Tour staff was up late on a bank holiday Sunday and he gave me a ring and said, “You’re into the event.” That was a nice bonus. I was just putting some meat on the barbeque. I was over the moon.
“It is a great opportunity for the guys in the Q-School category to get into those Rolex Series Events. You try and play your best every event, but obviously it’s nice if you do get into an event like this and you put yourself in a position to play well and have a good finish come Sunday.”
Round One Scores
63 L Canter (Eng); R Sterne (RSA); R Rock (Eng);
65 M Wallace (Eng); D Willett (Eng); C Ford (Eng); E Van Rooyen (RSA); T Pieters (Bel); R Fisher (Eng); R Cabrera Bello (Esp); T Olesen (Den);
66 W Ormsby (Aus); M Manassero (Ita); D Im (USA); J Donaldson (Wal); C Shinkwin (Eng); L Westwood (Eng); M Lorenzo-Vera (Fra); G McDowell (Nir); D Fichardt (RSA); M Fitzpatrick (Eng); F Molinari (Ita); L Slattery (Eng);
67 C Wood (Eng); R Evans (Eng); R Ramsay (Sco); D Frittelli (RSA); D Brooks (Eng); J Smith (Eng); J Kruyswijk (RSA); A Sullivan (Eng); I Poulter (Eng); H Tanihara (Jpn); E Pepperell (Eng); A Romero (Arg); M Schwab (Aut); A Rai (Eng); J Morrison (Eng); A Chesters (Eng); J Scrivener (Aus);
68 T Fleetwood (Eng); J Campillo (Esp); G Havret (Fra); J Lagergren (Swe); H Li (Chn); M Jiménez (Esp); C Syme (Sco); O Fisher (Eng); L Gagli (Ita); L Bjerregaard (Den); M Kaymer (Ger); A Levy (Fra); A Otaegui (Esp); J Dantorp (Swe); A Saddier (Fra); P Hanson (Swe); J Geary (Nzl); S Hend (Aus); M Warren (Sco); D Lipsky (USA); D Drysdale (Sco); B Dredge (Wal); P Waring (Eng); J Wang (Kor); M Korhonen (Fin); R Jacquelin (Fra);
69 A Johnston (Eng); C Sordet (Fra); N Bertasio (Ita); A Connelly (Can); D Howell (Eng); S Jamieson (Sco); S Gallacher (Sco); S Horsfield (Eng); T Detry (Bel); N Elvira (Esp); J Winther (Den); L Cianchetti (Ita); F Zanotti (Par); P Khongwatmai (Tha); B Stone (RSA); P Larrazábal (Esp); J Norris (Aus); R Fox (Nzl); T Aiken (RSA); A Pavan (Ita); T Immelman (RSA); P Dunne (Irl); P Widegren (Swe); M Kinhult (Swe);
70 S Brazel (Aus); R Karlsson (Swe); G Fernandez – Castaño (Esp); F Aguilar (Chi); A Wu (Chn); G Bourdy (Fra); P Oriol (Esp); S Lee (Kor); D Burmester (RSA); A Noren (Swe); G Coetzee (RSA); R McGowan (Eng); J Guerrier (Fra); L Jensen (Den); S Kjeldsen (Den); A Bland (Aus); B Rumford (Aus); R Bland (Eng); H Porteous (RSA); B Hebert (Fra); M Ilonen (Fin);
71 M Southgate (Eng); R Wattel (Fra); M Kieffer (Ger); F Bergamaschi (Ita); S Gros (Fra); S Heisele (Ger); J Choi (Kor); S Fernandez (Esp); M Foster (Eng); F Laporta (Ita); R Cho (Kor); C Hanson (Eng); G Green (Mas); A Quiros (Esp); T Jaidee (Tha); S Brown (Eng); P Harrington (Irl); A Björk (Swe); C Paisley (Eng);
72 C Koepka (USA); M Siem (Ger); A Dodt (Aus); D Horsey (Eng); R Gouveia (Por); G Migliozzi (Ita); T Hatton (Eng); C Pigem (Esp); J Heath (Eng); M Pavon (Fra);
73 P Angles (Esp); R Paratore (Ita); B Neil (Sco); S Chawrasia (Ind); C Bezuidenhout (RSA);
74 N Colsaerts (Bel); J Vecchi Fossa (Ita); N Geyger (Chi); E Di Nitto (Ita); T Pulkkanen (Fin); M Fraser (Aus);
75 F Maccario (Ita); M Baldwin (Eng);
76 E Molinari (Ita);
77 O Farr (Wal);
78 Z Lombard (RSA);
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Business picking up along Durban harbour after sewage spill
tgcomnews24 June 4, 2019
Business is slowly picking up along the harbour after being affected by the sewage that was flowing into the port of Durban.
Millions of litres of garbage and effluent flowed into the port after an eThekwini municipality pump station malfunctioned.
It has affected the harbor, the local yacht club, Wilson’s Wharf and the Durban Point area.
Point Yacht club Manager Darrel Williams says businesses only re-opened their restaurants last week after it was closed for three weeks.
“A lot of people still perceive the area to be still full of sewage which is not the case, it’s getting a lot better but the city has informed us that pump station is fully functional, everything’s working. We unfortunately still have a bit of spill still coming out from the creek and obviously through the drainage system of the city. We don’t have too much smell coming through at the moment except when it’s low tide. So we’ve asked the city to assist us in maybe just washing that down because it’s still above the water line.”
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Fort Wayne Dwenger’s Garrett relishes fatherly roles
January 29, 2019 stvkrh905 6 Comments
Jason Garrett relishes being a father and a father figure.
He and wife Sharon have 11 offspring “running around on the earth. Two lived briefly in the womb.
Emily (24), Dominic (23), Louis (21) and Grace (19) all attended Fort Wayne (Ind.) Bishop Dwenger High School where Jason is pastoral minister and head coach for football and baseball.
Senior Michael (18), sophomore Cecilia (16) and freshman Simon (14) are current Dwenger students. Xavier (13), Lydia (10), Blaise (8) and Jude (4) are future Dwenger Saints.
A 1988 Dwenger graduate, Garrett saw a chance to impact many young lives and came back to his alma mater in 2012 after serving in several jobs and coaching his kids in youth sports.
“I’m constantly in a fatherly role,” says Garrett, who saw the Saints go 14-1 and win the 2018 IHSAA Class 4A state football championship in his first season in charge after six seasons as offensive coordinator and heads into his sixth season as head baseball coach this spring. “When I say these guys become like my sons it’s genuine.
“It’s something I love to do. I’ve been given some blessings and graces to be able to manage.”
How does he manage all his roles?
It’s a matter of balance.
“It comes back to my faith and believing what I do is something the Lord created me to do,” says Garrett. “I believe it’s my vocation. My work is an opportunity allows me to grow as a husband and father.
“My wife is a tremendous support for that.”
Garrett maintains a close relationship with his baseball coaches.
“We made an agreement to see this through,” says Garrett, who counts Steve Devine as assistant head coach and Todd Ellinger, Brad Brown, Mick Steele and Chad Kahlenbeck as assistants. Kahlenbeck is heading into his fourth season. The others are going into their sixth.
Devine is a former Indiana Tech head coach. He works with the varsity and JV squads with a concentration on pitching and base running. Fort Wayne Snider graduate Ellinger and Dwenger grad Brown both played baseball at Purdue University and are Dwenger football assistants.
In baseball, Ellinger works with both varsity and JV and serves as hitting coach. Brown spends most of his time with the varsity and works with catchers and the defense. Dwenger alum Steele is head JV coach and helps with fielding. Fort Wayne Concordia grad Kahlenbeck assists with the JV.
“In this role — as the head coach — I need to be the visionary and let guys coach,” says Garrett. “The time investment is not much different than I was used to. You’re managing and insuring the relationships and element of team are in place.”
The Saints play an aggressive brand of baseball. Dwenger stole 133 bases in his first season and have pilfered at least 100 bags each year since, using many of the principles of graduate Matt Talarico (who is assistant coach and player development director at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio, and the founder of StealBases.com).
“We’re aggressive,” says Garrett. “Some would say more of a small ball team — Get ‘em on. Get ‘em over.
Get ‘em in.”
Garrett and his players are well aware that the team that scores the most runs wins, so they will use the bunt, squeeze bunt, push bunt and slash to fuel their offense.
“It goes back to my years as a (Dwenger) player under coach Lance Hershberger,” says Garrett of the man who now heads up the baseball program at Ivy Tech Northeast in Fort Wayne. “Everybody on the team was expected to know how to bunt.
“We are certainly willing and able.”
By stealing home, Dwenger clinched the 2017 Summit Athletic Conference title. The SAC also includes Fort Wayne Carroll, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, Fort Wayne North Side, Fort Wayne Northrop, Fort Wayne Snider, Fort Wayne South Side, Fort Wayne Wayne and Homestead. Conference foes meet twice, either in a home-and-home series with day in-between or in a doubleheader.
The Saints are part of an IHSAA Class 3A sectional grouping with Luers, Concordia, Garrett, Leo, New Haven and Columbia City. Dwenger has won 11 sectionals — the last in 2016.
Dwenger hitters take pride in taking pitches or getting plunked by them to get on base for scoring opportunities.
Garrett notes that the high school season goes by pretty quickly (batters are lucky if they get 100 at-bats) and there’s no time for a prolonged slump. Dwenger’s style usually helps it get around that offensive lull.
Garrett likes to have 30 to 32 players in the program, which allows players to get enough repetitions to continuing development.
The recent advent of pitcher-only players has opened up the roster a little bit.
“It creates opportunities for some guys,” says Garrett. “That’s been a really good thing for us. We’ve had guys have the chance to pitch in college.
“If you want to play baseball at the next level, you certainly will have that opportunity through our program.”
Since 2014, Dwenger has sent Dan Connolly (2015) to Hanover College, Noah Freimuth (2016) to the University of Saint Francis, Jack Harris (2016) to Saint Francis, Louis Garrett (2016) to Ave Maria University, Parker Noll (2016) to Wabash College, Dalton O’Boyle (2016) to St. Petersburg Junior College, Andrew Rolfsen (2016) to Anderson University, Eric Doyle (2018) to Ivy Tech Northeast, Eddie Morris (2018) to Ivy Tech, Michael Sundahl (2018) to Mount St. Joseph University and Jake Vanek (2018) to Heidelberg University. Grant Richardson played at Dwenger from 2015-16 and played his senior year at Fishers High School before going on to Indiana University. There are no current college commits for the Saints.
Dwenger graduates to be selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft as pitchers include left-handers Andy Helmer (New York Yankees in 1996 and Cleveland Indians out of Purdue in 2000) and Terry Kieffer (Montreal Expos out of Indian Hills Community College in Centerville, Iowa, in 1973 and St. Louis Cardinals out of Louisiana State University in 1974) and righty Ben Norton (Arizona Diamondbacks out of the University of Evansville in 2007). Norton is now the pitching coach at Butler University.
While it varies from year to year, Garrett estimates that 25 to 30 percent play both football and baseball at Dwenger on average. Of 92 football players last fall, 35 are in a winter sport and many will be three-sport athletes.
The multi-sport athlete is common at this institution.
“The culture, coaching and school, we encourage that very strongly,” says Garrett. “Why do we play sports? What’s the purpose of it? We see sports as a vehicle to grow in virtue. It’s a way they learn tremendous lessons in life. We want them to find as many competitive opportunities as possible.
Not only do they get the chance to stay healthy through engaging in physical activity, they get the chance to embrace and battle through adversity.
Dwenger football has a tradition of excellence and that translates to the baseball diamond.
Is there pressure?
“I believe there’s accountability to herald the great traditions in this school,” says Garrett. “It’s how we play, who we are and how we respect the opponent. The wins and losses take care of themselves.
“We have a deep spiritual component, a style of football that’s tough and gritty and are strong academically.
“Our motto is: Trust. Unity. Toughness. We genuinely care for each other.”
Dwenger shares Shoaff Park with Ivy Tech Northeast. Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation owns the facilities and the teams manage it. The relationship was initiated by former Dwenger head baseball coach Larry Windmiller.
Garrett played football for head coach Andy Johns at Dwenger then played four seasons of football for head coach Bill Reagan and two of baseball at Saint Joseph’s College in Rensselaer, Ind. Heading the Pumas in baseball were Dennis Stitz in 1990 and Mike Moyzis in 1991.
After graduating SJC in 1992, Garrett went to Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., to get a masters in guidance and counseling and served a graduate assistantship in the school’s counseling department.
Garrett helped form Conquest Clubs and Programs, a leadership program for fathers and sons. He was executive director of Redeemer Radio in Fort Wayne and worked as a pastoral associate at Saint Mary’s in Decatur, Ind., before returning to Dwenger. He ran the St. Charles middle school program before joining the high school staff.
The main feeder schools for Dwenger (which has an enrollment of about 1,020 in Grades 9-12) includes St. Charles Borromeo, St. Jude, St. Vincent de Paul, Our Lady of Good Hope and Queen of Angels in Fort Wayne as well as St. Mary of the Assumption of Avila, Ind., and St. Joseph of Garrett, Ind.
The Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger Saints baseball team celebrate another run crossing the plate.
Father Jason and son Louis Garrett share a moment on the baseball field with the Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger High School Saints. Jason Garrett is also pastoral minister and head football coach at the school.
The Garrett family includes father Jason, mother Sharon and children Emily, Dominic, Louis, Grace, Michael, Cecilia, Simon, Xavier, Lydia, Blaise and Jude.
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FILE - In this Dec. 6, 2018, file photo, Japan's Coast Guard ship, top, and U.S. military plane are seen at sea off Kochi, southwestern Japan, during a search and rescue operation for missing crew members of a U.S. Marine refueling plane and fighter jet. The U.S. Marine Corps have declared that five crewmembers dead after their aircraft crashed last week off Japan’s southern coast and that their search has ended. (Kyodo News via AP, File)
5 missing Marines declared dead in warplanes crash off Japan
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Kiev pledges to respond to Russia’s unveiling of railroad bridge to Crimea
Russia will launch regular rail services to Crimea across Crimean Bridge in late December 2019
© Sergei Malgavko/TASS
KIEV, November 13. /TASS/. Kiev will respond in kind to the coming opening of a railroad bridge connecting mainland Russia and Crimea, Anton Korinevich, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's permanent envoy to Crimea whose office is located beyond this geographical district, in Ukraine's Kherson Region, said on Wednesday.
"We will definitely respond to that," he said. "The state occupant has no right to do what it is doing," he added but did not elaborate on Kiev’s retaliatory steps.
Railway section of Crimean Bridge to be among Russia’s safest
Korinevich recalled that entry to Crimea and Sevastopol through other checkpoints, but the official Ukrainian ones located in the Ukraine-controlled Kherson Region, "is unlawful and in breach of Ukraine’s Criminal Code."
Russia will launch regular rail services to Crimea across Crimean Bridge in late December 2019.
Earlier the Grand Service Express company announced that the first train from St. Petersburg to Sevastopol will leave on December 23 and the travel time will be 43.5 hours. On December 24, the first train will depart from Moscow to Simferopol and the travel time will be 33 hours. The train from St. Petersburg will be the first to cross the Crimean Bridge. Ticket price starts from 2,966 rubles ($46.5).
The 19-kilometer Crimean Bridge, the longest one in Russia, links the Taman Peninsula (Russia’s Krasnodar Region) and the Kerch Peninsula (Crimea). It will provide uninterrupted transport link between Crimea and other regions of Russia. It features parallel automobile and railway sections. The automobile part of the bridge was launched in May 2018. Passenger traffic along the railway segment is to open at the end of 2019 while freight traffic — in June 2020.
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At TAZ Trucking, accessible from http://taztrucking.net, https://taztrucking.net http://www.taztrucking.net or https://www.taztrucking.net, one of our main priorities is the privacy of our visitors. This Privacy Policy document contains types of information that is collected and recorded by TAZ Trucking and how we use it.
If you have additional questions or require more information about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us through email at admin@vedadk.ba
TAZ Trucking follows a standard procedure of using log files. These files log visitors when they visit websites. All hosting companies do this and a part of hosting services’ analytics. The information collected by log files include internet protocol (IP) addresses, browser type, Internet Service Provider (ISP), date and time stamp, referring/exit pages, and possibly the number of clicks. These are not linked to any information that is personally identifiable. The purpose of the information is for analyzing trends, administering the site, tracking users’ movement on the website, and gathering demographic information.
Like any other website, TAZ Trucking uses ‘cookies’. These cookies are used to store information including visitors’ preferences, and the pages on the website that the visitor accessed or visited. The information is used to optimize the users’ experience by customizing our web page content based on visitors’ browser type and/or other information.
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TAZ Trucking does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13. If you think that your child provided this kind of information on our website, we strongly encourage you to contact us immediately and we will do our best efforts to promptly remove such information from our records.
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Investor boards Michael Grade-backed indie
By Jesse Whittock
21st August 2015 @ 07:35
A venture capital group has acquired a 20% stake in UK production studio Infinity Creative Media, which Michael Grade (pictured) chairs, for £2.6 million (US$4.1 million).
Gate Ventures’ investment in Infinity values the company at £13 million, and comes as the firm looks to international and Chinese markets. Dr Johnny Hon becomes a company director and board member after his Gate Ventures company became a shareholder.
Infinity is behind UK terrestrial Channel 5’s Classic Car Show, for which Sony Pictures Television has take international sales rights.
Former Simon Cowell and Ant & Dec manager Russ Lindsay founded Infinity, with ex-Channel 4 CEO, BBC chairman and ITV executive chairman Grade heading the board as chairman.
Investor Hon is best known as executive producer of George W. Bush biopic W and successful Chinese 2006-7 drama series Da Ren Wu. He will bring to Infinity “a wealth of new connections in China, Hong Kong and across Asia more widely”, the company said.
“Infinity Media is a business with fantastic global potential and an expert management team to turn that into reality. I am very excited to be joining them,” said Hon, who is considered an expert in the arts.
“I know from first-hand experience just how great an opportunity the Chinese entertainment market represents – and what it takes to ensure a film or TV production finds success in China. I believe there are some fantastic opportunities for Infinity Media in Asia and look forward to working with Mr. Lindsay, Lord Grade and the team to capitalise on those.”
“Dr Hon has fantastic connections in China and Hong Kong and the potential of that region can hardly be over-estimated in our industry,” said Grade. “The synergy between his experience and our vision offers huge potential for the growth of Infinity. We are delighted to welcome Dr Hon on board.”
Tags: Classic Car Show, Dr. Johnny Hon, Gate Ventures, Infinity Creative Media, Michael Grade, Russ Lindsay, Sony Pictures Television
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Kids round-up: Xilam appoints Disney acquisitions exec; Sky names commissioners; South Korea's Asiana agrees Cottonwood deal
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Dennis Gundersen
Nashville, TNRogers, ARAtlanta, GAWaco, TXMobile, AL
Dennis Gundersen is President and owner of Grace and Truth Books, a Christian publisher of over 100 books, with a primary ministry focus on reprinting 19th century children's stories with a character building emphasis. Dennis has served as a pastor for 26 years, is author of four books (most notably, "Your Child's Profession of Faith" and "Courtship and Dating - So what's the Difference?") and is a visiting professor at Tlapaneco Bible Institute in Mexico.
Workshops from Dennis Gundersen ( may vary by event location )
Faithful and Flawed Fathers: Abraham and You, Dad
There are no perfect Biblical fathers. All had flaws, but some were still regarded as faithful. Abraham is called the father of all who believe, even though he's far from a model of perfection. Just like Abraham, you can be a faithful father to your children, despite the flaws. A man needs to know his calling from God, be willing to sacrifice for it, and have patient faith through trials.
Homeschooling with a Broken Spirit
We all get discouraged, burned out, even go through times of depression. What's a mom to do when such a season of life comes upon her? You're still committed to homeschooling the children - that resolve hasn't changed. But you've changed. You can live in a way that honors God even while you're depressed. And there are well-trodden pathways out of that wilderness. You just need help seeing them again. Come for the encouragement.
Courtship and Dating: So What's the Difference?
Families hear much about courtship these days, but often lack clear ideas as to the differences between a dating approach and the courtship concept. We want to spare our children the pitfalls of the modern dating tradition, but often don't know how to explain to them how courtship works! This seminar gives six easily-understood differences between the two approaches, to help any family apply the old approach in a modern era, but without arbitrary, Pharisaical rules. Dennis gives parents principles they can apply in varied households.
A Hebrew Boy's Education in the Time of Christ
Most Westerners don't understand how Hebrew families viewed the essentials of education and what a dose of freshness it might add to your day to consider the schooling the boy Jesus would have received in His times. Take a journey back to Nazareth's school and see the unique perspectives and goals which would have been included. We can learn a lot from an ancient Hebrew schoolhouse!
Serving with Love and Loving to Serve
A child who learns to serve others with joy is sure to become the kind of husband or wife who brings genuine joy into their own family. The servant spirit, which Jesus said makes a person “the greatest of all”, is better caught than taught— that is, one must pick it up by being around people who love serving others! Dennis and Naomi have raised four sons who find great delight in serving others and they know how that outlook and attitude is passed on to children.
Kindling A Passion for Missions in a Child’s Heart
Dennis has led over a dozen short- term missions trips into Mexico and other nations, showing how to minister cross-culturally and even communicate in significant ways with people whose language you do not and cannot speak. Should your children or your family go on such a trip? How can you prepare them? Not everyone is meant to be a missionary, but we can all form a heart for the peoples of the world and use our gifts to serve them.
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New Report Exposes Shocking Working Conditions in Port Trucking
As the War on Workers in American Wages On…
February 19, 2014 – The Big Rig Overhaul, a report released today by the National Employment Law Project (NELP), Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy (LAANE), and Change to Win Strategic Organizing Center (CTW), exposes an illegal business model that pervades the U.S. port trucking industry – misclassification of drivers as “independent contractors.” This industry-wide scam has transformed once good, middle-class union jobs into “sweatshops on wheels,” whereby so-called “independent” drivers are victims of massive wage theft and systematically denied bedrock labor protections and workplace benefits.
More than 75,000 U.S. port truck drivers haul goods such as Skechers shoes, Walmart televisions, and Home Depot lumber from U.S. seaports to railheads and retailers’ distribution centers. The research presented in The Big Rig Overhaul confirms with startling clarity that the “dire working conditions” of port truck drivers are directly related to their misclassification as “independent contractors.” The authors conservatively estimate that misclassified drivers are victims of wage theft “amounting to $5,072 per driver per month,” concluding that “total quantifiable costs of misclassification nationally – tax losses plus wage and hour violations – run to $1.4 billion annually with non-quantified costs likely exceeding the figure significantly.”
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters’ Port Division has been leading the fight to stop the war on America’s port truck drivers. In California alone, the Teamsters have helped more than 100 drivers file individual claims for wage theft with the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE), and supported misclassified drivers at one company – Pac 9 Transportation – who engaged in an historic Unfair Labor Practice strike in November 2013, claiming harassment and intimidation related to their DLSE claims. Two misclassified drivers who haul shoes for Skechers were unlawfully fired in January for filing claims for wage theft and have filed Unfair Labor Practice charges against their employer.
“Port trucking companies that misclassify their drivers are facing huge liabilities for their illegal schemes and are desperate to reduce their exposure,” said Fred Potter, International Vice President at Large and Director of the Port Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters. “In desperation, they are harassing, intimidating, and even firing drivers who have filed claims with the government. The industry will be held accountable; the days of a lawless industry are over.” We look forward to the day when the port trucking companies that misclassify their drivers modernize their business practices to comply with local, state, and federal laws and respect the rights of their employees.”
The Big Rig Overhaul blows the lid off the port trucking industry-wide scam that amounts to billions of dollars in stolen back wages and lost tax revenue. As a result of the misclassification scam, port trucking companies are currently liable for an estimated $850 million in stolen wages per year in California alone. Nationally, the total cost of lost tax revenue, compounded with violations of wage and hour laws soars to $1.4 billion annually.
A collaboration of the National Employment Law Project, the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy and the Change to Win Strategic Organizing Center, The Big Rig Overhaul calls for the passing of the Payroll Fraud Prevention Act, the Clean Ports Act of 2013, and the Fair Playing Field Act of 2012, believing the legislation will in part, remedy legal conditions of employee misclassification and the resulting toll on working people in America. The report details the legal and economic ramifications of misclassification in port trucking, but also profiles working port truck drivers, taking a closer look at the impact on hard working families.
“We work long hours for these companies and we put our life on the line for low pay while they are accumulating millions in profits,” said Daniel Linares, a misclassified port truck driver working for Pac 9 Transportation in California. “I’m tired of the injustice of the industry. We are the future homeless because we get nothing for retirement. They are getting their money and leaving us behind.”
Eric Tate, Secretary-Treasurer, of Teamsters Local 848, a Teamster local that is entrenched in the fight for justice for port drivers, often hears of the harsh reality for port drivers. “We represent port truck drivers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach who work for the Toll Group,” said Secretary-Treasurer Tate. “Since becoming the first group of port drivers to win a union contract at our ports in over 30 years, unionized Toll drivers are not only better able to provide for their families, but have increased productivity at Toll. Our members are proof that treating hard working people with dignified working conditions with employee status is better for both business and working families.”
The Big Rig Overhaul is officially released to the public February 19, 2014, with a forward by Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former Chief Economic Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden. The report’s authors and Mr. Bernstein held a national press conference announcing the report’s release, including an inside-the-industry look from misclassified drivers from the ports of Los Angeles and Savannah, and a visual presentation provided on the web.
For more information, log onto www.JusticeforPortDrivers.org.
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Russia Preps to Completely Block Foreign Internet
Tom Fogden February 15th 2019 11:14 am
Russia has a complicated relationship with the internet. The Kremlin’s internet censors are swift at removing content and blocking websites such as Linkedin.
Every day, Russians search the web using Yandex instead of Google, and talk to friends on VKontakte, rather than Facebook.
Now, the Kremlin is preparing to take things a step further and cut Russia off from all non-Russian content online. It’s only for a day, admittedly, but it's all part of a contingency plan to disconnect the country from the internet in case of a cyberattack.
How Will Russia Disconnect The Outside Internet?
Following a series of bills passed by the Duma, the country’s parliament, Russian authorities are planning to run a test, in cooperation with internet service providers. This test will stop all foreign traffic coming into Russian sites, and prevent all Russian traffic from accessing sites with foreign IP addresses.
The bills, as noted by The Register, are light on technical detail. But, given that Russia currently holds ISPs directly responsible for illegal content reaching the computers of Russian citizens, it seems clear that they will be willing to work with the Kremlin.
Interestingly, the project is being overseen by Natalya Kasperskaya, the ex-wife and co-founder of Kaspersky antivirus software. The Kaspersky brand has had a rough ride of things in past years, with its reputation tarnished by alleged close links to the Russian government.
Apparently, ISPs in Russia will be responsible for building the infrastructure to make the great disconnect happen. The Russian state will reimburse them for their troubles, however.
The ISPs will have to work quickly, though, as the test is currently planned to take place before April 1.
Why Is Russia Doing This?
Ostensibly, Russia is prepping for a severe cyber attack, or even a real world attack, carried out by a foreign power. By disconnecting itself from the wider internet, Russia could effectively pull up the cyber drawbridge and separate itself from the outside world.
However, given Russia’s history of state censorship, it seems as though this might be an attempt to exert even more control over the information its citizens can consume.
But – whisper it – could the Russians be justified in their thinking? As pointed out by The Register’s Gareth Corfield, the British defence secretary announced in a speech this month that the UK would increasing its budget for “offensive cyber capabilities.”
What’s more, Trump’s recent AI initiative announcement highlighted the need for the US to catch up with Russia and China on the tech.
Perhaps it’s not paranoia if they really are coming for you.
Read more about the uneasy relationship between tech and politics on Tech.co
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Tom Fogden
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Tom Fogden is a writer for Tech.co with a range of experience in the world of tech publishing. Tom covers everything from cybersecurity, to social media and website builders when he's not reviewing the latest phones, gadgets, or occasionally even technology books.
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Watch Any Anime and Shows For Free Using GoGoAnime
October 19, 2019 Movies Venu
One of the best things coming out of Japan, is Anime, with millions of fans from all around the world. Most of the people like to watch Anime primarily for its colorful and fluid graphics which you won’t find elsewhere. On an average, there are over 40 Anime shows are released on Television every week in Japan. Unfortunately, most of these do not make their way outside of Japan due to various reasons. Therefore, it’s difficult to catch up with all the newly released Anime shows.
As of now, there is no way you will be able to watch all the Anime shows on your Television since they’re exclusive to Japan only. However, there is a website named GogoAnime which brings most of the Anime shows from Japan to its users for free of cost. Yes, you read it right, it’s absolutely free and you won’t be asked to sign up in order to use the service.
What is GogoAnime?
GogoAnime is quite a popular website where one can find various types of Anime shows to stream and download over the internet. As a user, you can get started and start watching your desired anime show right away without any Sign up or Registration. It features all the popular and classic anime shows in their native resolution, you may change the quality of the stream if you wish. Or, you could simply download your favorite Anime show and binge watch it anywhere without internet connectivity on your device.
GogoAnime has been in the market from a long time ago, it has always received positive reviews from its regular users. The site receives millions of viewers from all over the world to watch their desired Anime shows without any hassle. What’s more impressive is that you will find on-going anime show episodes within a few hours after they’re aired in Japan. Go ahead with the article to know more about the GogoAnime and how you can use it.
GogoAnime Features
There are a lot of useful features available on the GoGoAnime that are bound to enhance your anime watching experience regardless of what you’re device using. You may check out the following list to know more about its features.
You will find both anime Tv shows and Movies on the GoGoanime site for free.
Browse through thousands of Anime shows or Movies and watch them at your comfort.
Download your desired Anime Tv show episodes or Movies and save it on your local drive.
Start watching any Anime title as soon as you land on the official website of GogoAnime.
Request for any specific Tv shows or Movies to be added on the website.
You can access the GogoAnime website from anywhere in the world without any hassle.
Why GoGoAnime Is So Popular?
Well, there are a lot of reasons that puts GoGoanime ahead of its competitors in the market. The major reason behind its enormous popularity is because of its simple and easy to navigate interface on the website. Additional, you won’t be bombarded with annoying advertisements every now and then like other Anime websites out there.
GoGoAnime provides an interruption free anime watching experience to your users. You should consider checking it out, you won’t regret. However, there are a few alternatives available to GoGoAnime to try in case you don’t like the website.
GoGoAnime Alternatives
There are a few websites available on the internet that can compete with GogoAnime in terms of user experience and content. In fact, a couple of them actually outclasses the GoGoAnime website. Go ahead and check out the below list of Best GoGoAnime Alternatives for watching Anime Tv shows and Movies for free of cost.
KissAnime:- Probably the best anime out of all the options available on the website in Today’s date. In fact, KissAnime actually has more Anime Tv shows compared to GoGoAnime. Consider checking it out if you’re looking for an all-in-one anime website.
Crunchy Roll:- Crunchy Roll is a premium Anime streaming platform where you will get to watch a wide range of Anime shows. Please note that you will need to have a subscription in order to stream the content over there.
AnimeUltima:- Another well known website in the Anime world, it’s quite an old website that’s been known for bringing various unique anime shows from Japan’s Television to its users. You will be able to watch or download your desired Anime shows for free.
9Anime:- If you’re looking for a community based Anime website where you can interact with other anime fans and discover new shows to watch, then 9Anime is the best option. Go ahead and join their discord server to become a part of their community.
Animeland:- You’re just one step away from entering into the world full of Anime Tv shows and popular anime Movies. AnimeLand is known for providing the best in class viewing experience to its users with multiple servers to choose from the list.
Is it safe to watch Anime on GoGoAnime?
Yes it is absolutely safe to use the GoGoAnime to watch your desired anime Tv shows and Movies. However, they’re not the official broadcasting partner. In a way, this is basically going out of the way to watch the Anime shows for free. But, if you’re worried about the safety, then don’t be. It’s very safe and you will not be asked to enter your personal details anywhere on the site.
Nonetheless, GoGoAnime is quite a good website and should be more than enough to fulfil your anime streaming needs without any hassle. However, feel free to check out its alternatives if you wish to discover other Anime shows that aren’t very popular outside Japan. Make sure to let us know your favorite section in the comment.
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Transgenic Mouse Model of Human Basal Triple Negative Breast Cancer
NIH scientists created and characterized an excellent mouse model for TNBC that shares important molecular characteristics of human TNBC making it highly useful for preclinical testing of drugs and novel therapies. This model may provide a valuable means of identifying new drugs and therapies that could be translated to human clinical trials.The NCI seeks parties interested in licensing this mouse model of prostate and triple-negative breast cancers to study cancer biology and for preclinical testing.
Tumor Samples Harboring Novel Stem Cell Factor FOXD3 Variants
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Endocrinology & Genetics Section seeks parties interested in licensing tumor samples harboring novel stem cell factor FOXD3 variants.
Tumor Tissues Harboring Mutations in cAMP-specific Phosphodiesterases
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), Division of Intramural Research, is seeking statements of capability or interest from parties interested in collaborative research to further develop, evaluate, or commercialize clinical samples with genetic mutations associated with endocrine tumors.
UOK 268 Cell Line for Hereditary Leiomyomatosis and Renal Cell Carcinoma
The National Cancer Institute’s Urologic Oncology Branch seeks parties to co-develop the UOK 262 immortalized cell line as research tool to study aggressive hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell carcinoma (HLRCC)-associated recurring kidney cancer.
Zirconium-89 PET Imaging Agent for Cancer
This technology is a new generation of rationally designed chelating agents that improve the complexation of Zirconium-89 for PET imaging of cancers.
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A Sensitive, High Throughput Pseudovirus-Based Papillomavirus Neutralization Assay for HPV 16 and HPV 18
This invention is a research tool for measuring protective antibody responses against Human Papilloma Viruses (HPV). The invention is available for non-exclusive license.
Design and Biological Activity of Novel Stealth Polymeric Lipid Nanoparticles for Enhanced Delivery of Hydrophobic Photodynamic Therapy Drugs
Scientists at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed a novel stealth lipid-based nanoparticle formulation comprising phospholipid, DC8,9PC and a polyethylene glycol-ated (PEGylated) lipid – such as DSPE-PEG2000 – that efficiently package a high amounts of hydrophobic photodynamic drug (PDT) – such as HPPH – in stable vesicles. This HPPH-loaded liposome system demonstrates higher serum stability and ambient temperature stability upon storage. It exhibits increased tumor accumulation and improved animal survival in mice tumor models compared to the formulation in current clinical trials. The NCI seeks co-development partners and/or corporate licensees for the application of the technology as an anti-cancer therapeutic.
Device for selectively removing cells from a biological sample
The NICHD seeks licensees for a new a device that automatically identifies cells by reacting with a light sensitive immunoreagent(s) (e.g., antibodies labeled with a light sensitive tag).
Efficient Cell-Free Production of Papillomavirus Gene Transfer Vectors
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) developed cell free methods for efficiently producing high titer, papillomavirus virus-based gene transfer vectors. These vectors can potentially be used for vaccines and/or cancer therapeutic applications. NCI seeks licensing and/or co-development research collaborations for further development of these vectors.
Functionally-Interdependent Shape-Switching Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have developed nucleic-acid-based nanoparticle that can be adapted for RNA interference (RNAi), molecular imaging, or a combination thereof. The invention nanoparticles can be used as therapeutics in the treatment of cancer, whichthe NCI seeks parties to license or co-develop.
HIV-1 Therapeutic Inhibits Viral Entry
The National Cancer Institute seeks parties to co-develop soluble forms of CD4 as potent HIV-1 therapeutics.
Methods for Producing Stem Cell-Like Memory T Cells for Use in T Cell-Based Immunotherapies
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) seek research & co-development and/or licensees for a novel, ex vivo method by which stem cell-like memory T cells (Tscm) can be generated by stimulating naïve T cells in the presence of inhibitors of GSK-3beta, which are capable of activating the Wnt pathway. These Tscm cells, generated using GSK-3beta inhibitors, display enhanced survival and proliferation upon transfer, have multipotent capacity to generate all memory and effector T cell subsets, and show increased anti-tumor activity in a humanized mouse tumor model.
Methods of Producing Thymic Emigrants from Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells
Pluripotent stem cells are a promising source of T cells for a variety of clinical applications. However, current in vitro methods of T cell differentiation result in the generation of cells with aberrant phenotypes. Researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have now developed methodology for generating induced pluripotent stem cell thymic emigrants (iTE). Antigen-specific CD8αβ+ iTEs exhibited functional properties in vitro that were almost indistinguishable from natural naïve CD8αβ+ T cells, including vigorous expansion and robust anti-tumor activity. iTEs recapitulated many of the transcriptional programs of naïve T cells in vivo and revealed a striking capacity for engraftment, memory formation, and efficient tumor destruction. The NCI seeks licensing and/or co-development research collaborations for this invention.
Multifunctional RNA Nanoparticles as Cancer and HIV Therapeutics
The promise of RNA interference based therapeutics is made evident by the recent surge of biotechnological drug companies that pursue such therapies and their progression into human clinical trials. The present technology discloses novel RNA and RNA/DNA nanoparticles including multiple siRNAs, RNA aptamers, fluorescent dyes, and proteins. The National Cancer Institute sees parties interested licensing this technology or in collaborative research to co-develop RNAi-based nanoparticle therapeutics for cancer and HIV.
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RNA interference (RNAi) is a naturally occurring cellular post-transcriptional gene regulation process that utilizes small double-stranded RNAs to trigger and guide gene silencing. By introducing synthetic RNA duplexes called small-interfering RNAs (siRNAs), we can harness the RNAi machinery for therapeutic gene control and the treatment of various diseases. The National Cancer Institute seeks partners to license or co-develop RNA, RNA-DNA, and DNA-RNA hybrid nanoparticles consisting of a DNA or RNA core with attached RNA or DNA hybrid duplexes.
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SIMMONS: Marner's dad wanted nothing to do with Babcock
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Mitch Marner’s father chose to stay home rather than attend the popular Maple Leafs’ parent trip in the winter of 2018 because he didn’t want anything to do with then-coach Mike Babcock.
Marner’s father, Paul, has told people he was concerned he would not be able to be cordial to Babcock – and maybe quite the opposite – considering the way the coach had dealt with his son in a number of different ways.
The biggest issue became public recently when the Toronto Sun reported that Babcock asked a player, Marner, to list the slackers on the Leafs roster in order and then confronted those on Marner’s list letting them know where the information came from. That angered and embarrassed Marner and his family and Babcock has since apologized and admitted to the mistake he made.
It is a tribute to Marner’s strength of character and immense talent that he has worked and excelled after being singled out by Babcock, who wasn’t a fan of the drafting of Marner in the first place, and had banished the player to the fourth line early in his career. Those around Marner were telling him at the time that he was being mismanaged and mistreated by Babcock and the Leafs. But Marner hasn’t just survived with the Leafs under Babcock, he has thrived where lesser players or lesser people may have been beaten down by circumstance.
Marner has led the Leafs in scoring in each of the past two seasons. He won’t this year after signing a giant contract because of injury.
Questions still not answered on the Bill Peters resignation/firing front: Why didn’t Peters apologize directly to Akim Aliu? Where is Stan Bowman, the Chicago general manager, and why hasn’t he addressed the Aliu story in any way? And where, please tell, is Ron Francis, general manager of the new Seattle franchise, who wasn’t just Peters’ boss in Carolina but offered him a contract extension after his violent incidents on the bench. Why is Francis saying nothing when something needs to be said? … And good for Rod Brind’Amour, the current Carolina coach, for not doing the hockey thing and denying what happened on the Hurricanes bench with the Czech defenceman Michal Jordan and at least one other player. And the same for former Carolina owner, Peter Karmanos, who said if he had known about Peters’ actions he would have fired the coach back then … Yes, these are hockey stories, but abuse in coaching seems to be just about everywhere in sports. In researching degrees of abuse in coaching in recent times, I came across the following sports: swimming, tennis, taekwondo, equestrian, gymnastics, skiing, figure skating, speed skating, volleyball, wrestling, track and field, rugby, baseball and basketball. And I’m probably missing a whole lot more. This isn’t a hockey culture problem in my view although hockey has much to answer for: This is a societal problem … What’s missing from the resume of interim coach Geoff Ward in Calgary – the nine games he coached for Don Cherry with the Mississauga Ice Dogs. He left the team after going 0-9. He never said why … Yes, Cherry was fired from Hockey Night and Mike Babcock was fired by the Leafs but there is no connection in the first two stories to the Peters blowup in Calgary. And in a way, I felt terrible for Flames’ general manager Brad Treliving. The first incident with Peters took part in the Chicago organization. The nasty bench business happened in Carolina. Treliving and Flames lawyers had to put out the mess they were only party to because they had hired Peters to coach the Flames without knowledge of previous incidents … This makes me uncomfortable: Daniel Carcillo, voice of reason.
HEAR AND THERE
Nick Nurse after 100 games as Raptors head coach: 72 wins, 28 losses. Winning percentage .720. And all kinds of television commercials … Nurse is not necessarily the runaway choice for coach of the year in the NBA at the quarter-mark, although he’s in the running. Erik Spoelstra in Miami is doing surprisingly great things with the Heat … This is weird: Heading into Saturday night, the Raptors, Heat, Celtics and Sixers were a combined 31-0 at home … Serge Ibaka is expected back on Sunday against Utah after missing 10 games. In the 10 seasons prior to this one, Ibaka has averaged less than seven missed games a season … You don’t naturally think of O.G. Anunoby as being an elite three-point shooter. But he’s hitting 47.7% from three. Which means he needs to take more threes … Bet you don’t remember that Masai Ujiri picked up Norman Powell and the draft pick that turned into Anunoby in exchange for Greivis Vasquez, who is currently the associate coach of the Erie BayHawks of the G-League …. The Clippers record is 14-6, 11-3 when Kawhi Leonard plays, just 3-3 when he’s off doing the load management thing … Pascal Siakam is not yet a Top 10 player in the NBA, but when you start counting, he’s hovering right around the 11-12-13 mark and on the rise … I love the fact that many of our best NBA players have committed to Team Canada for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Victoria. I’ll be even more impressed to see who shows up in June.
Old story: When Frank Mahovlich played for the Leafs, coach Punch Imlach would intentionally mispronounce his name. He would call him: Ma-hall-ov-ich instead of Ma-hov-lich. It bothered Frank but more than that it bothered his father. One day his father confronted Imlach on the pronunciation. It wasn’t pleasant. But it was the last time Imlach ever said it wrong … When Maple Leafs Sports decided it would bid for an MLS franchise, it asked Gary Bettman for advice. Bettman told them not to pay a cent for the franchise. They wound up paying $10 million for the expansion team. According to Forbes Magazine, Toronto FC is now worth $395 million U.S. … Can there a college football season in Canada? Did I miss it? … This should be a wild off-season for the Canadian Football League with coaching openings in Ottawa, Edmonton, British Columbia and should be Toronto. There’s also a prominent list of free agents come February, that includes Winnipeg quarterbacks Zach Collaros, Chris Streveler and Hamilton and Argo starters Jeremiah Masoli and Mcleod Bethel-Thompson … It may not happen this year but it will happen soon: Dallas defenceman Miro Heiskanen, Norris Trophy candidate. He is that good … The puck possession system Sheldon Keefe is emphasizing with the Leafs plays right into the strengths of William Nylander … How crazy of an NHL season is this going to be. There are currently seven teams in the Western Conference within four points of each other, with one playoff spot available? In the East, there are eight teams within five points battling for the final playoff spot. Who said the regular season was meaningless?
Jason Spezza won’t say how many tickets he purchased for the Maple Leafs home opener that he was eventually scratched from but I was told 16. “Not that many,” he said. But he admitted it was a lot … Pittsburgh has a goalie the Maple Leafs want – either Tristan Jarry or Casey DeSmith – both of whom are being paid $650,000. The trouble is, as the Leafs problems get more acute in goal, the cost of acquiring a backup gets higher. GM Kyle Dubas needs to fix the mess he created and soon. But at what price? … Highly recommend the Russian Five documentary produced by Ilya Mikheyev’s agent, Dan Milstein. You think you know the stories of the Red Wing five. You find out you don’t …. My parents used to have a neighbour in Florida, a friendly lawyer from Detroit named Bill Bufalino. Ray Romano plays him in the new movie, The Irishman … Babcock coached the Red Wings for 10 seasons. He had Nick Lidstrom on defence for his first seven years there and Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg for all 10 seasons. That’s three Hall of Fame players. I once asked Scotty Bowman why he was so successful as a coach. His answer “Great players.” … Winnipeg won three road playoff games in winning the Grey Cup. Most impressively the Bombers gave up 14-13-and-12 points in the three wins. That is historical … When will a woman from a country other than Canada or the United States be inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame? … Happy birthday to Jim McKenny (73), Bo Jackson (57), Larry Walker (53), Chase Anderson (32), Sylvie Daigle (57), George Foster (71), Curt Giles (61) and DeSean Jackson (33) … And hey, whatever became of Joffrey Lupul?
It is disgraceful, what happened to Akim Aliu in his rookie professional hockey season. The now public act of racism that partially cost Bill Peters his coaching job with the Calgary Flames.
But just as horrible and maybe worse was the hazing incident in which he was targeted while playing for the Windsor Spitfires and the eventual on-ice fight with teammate Steve Downie that followed with both leading to the firing of coach Moe Mantha back in 2005.
Downie, who knocked three teeth out of Aliu’s mouth in practice with the Spitfires, went on to play 434 NHL games for five different teams, with almost half those games with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Aliu went on to play seven NHL games for the Calgary Flames.
What you can’t know or ever quantify is what part Peters’ nasty words and the prior difficulty in Windsor had in the rather wayward career of Aliu’s that followed. He would play 10 professional seasons for 21 teams and 23 coaches and seven leagues, bouncing from place to place, while trying to find himself and take advantage of his gifts of size and speed.
What’s next for Aliu after dropping this bomb on the hockey world, long after the bombs were dropped on him? Quite possibly a lawsuit. He thinks someone should pay for his lost career. He’s already paid his price.
Sometimes you write a column that is relevant on the day or night it is constructed. Two days later, it doesn’t always hold up. Two months later, sometimes worse.
When the Raptors played the Philadelphia 76ers in the playoffs last May, I wrote a column about Masai Ujiri leaving the Raptors without a strong enough bench to win the series. Against the giants of the Sixers both Fred VanVleet and Norman Powell seemed rather lost. And it looked like the lack of bench, which contributed largely to victories later against Milwaukee and Golden States, would cost them the Sixers series.
The rather remarkable VanVleet was not remarkable against the Sixers. He scored 14 points in all – in seven games. That included two games without scoring, two games with just one point.
Powell averaged 3.5 points a game against the Sixers, but when the Raps really needed him against Milwaukee in Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals, he scored 19 and 18 points. He averaged over 12 in the series. He was a difference maker.
VanVleet got a single Finals MVP vote for his performance against Golden State. In his four NBA seasons, he has gone from averaging three points a game, to 8 to 11 to just over 18 this season. That’s remarkable development, personal and professional.
Even recently, after a slow start to this season, Powell has become a large factor for Toronto. In his first four games of the season, he scored 23 points. In his last four games, he’s scored 70.
To use a few baseball analogies, Ken Fidlin hit .300 in the 30-plus years he covered the Blue Jays for the Toronto Sun. He didn’t just do it once, he did it every year. He did it with a certain grace and there’s nothing easy about that at all.
He hit .300, and he hit to all fields, and he scattered the ball around, and he never threw to the wrong base and he was always so sound fundamentally. He wasn’t a slugger. He wasn’t a power hitter. He was just there every day, doing his job, doing the job, doing it right, doing it well covering baseball for the Sun.
It’s not an easy beat. It can be draining mentally and physically. The season basically starts in February and ends in October. Most of the games are at night. Most of the writing is against the clock, right on deadline. And you need an even keel, to manipulate through winning streaks and losing streaks and high-strung personalities and travel and the daily grind of doing it at the highest level.
When you hit .300 for a career what usually follows is Hall of Fame attention. And so it came this week for Fidlin, the easiest edit in the business, when he was named winner of the Jack Graney Award for media recognition in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. An award well deserved.
The only time I saw Fidlin rattled was at Royals Stadium in Kansas City, when he unknowingly left his rental car running in the parking lot while the playoff game was on and after the game he frantically searched for his keys. Eventually we got back to the hotel.
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Former Town Hall Programing Director Katy Sewall and children’s author and travel writer Tiffany Parks invite you to a special live installment of The Bittersweet Life podcast. The episode centers on Tiffany Parks’ new book for young readers Midnight in the Piazza, an all-ages adventure following a young girl in Rome racing to solve a centuries-old unsolved mystery and navigate a world of unscrupulous ambassadors, tricky tutors, and international art thieves!
The Bittersweet Life podcast explores the streets and culture of Rome and the wonder and frustration of living as an expat or repat, contrasting the hosts’ two very different points of view on the bitter dolce vita. Sit in with Sewall and Parks for a live recording of The Bittersweet Life, as these two stellar hosts trade insights about Rome, uproarious personal stories, and previews of Parks’ exciting new family-friendly mystery thriller!
Katy Sewall is a radio producer and host, as well as a journalist and a podcast consultant. She has worked at KUOW Public Radio, NPR Seattle, since 2003—spending nine of those years as the Lead Producer (and occasional host) of “Weekday” with Steve Scher. She has also worked with RadioLab and A Prairie Home Companion. She’s the creator and editor of The Bittersweet Life podcast, which she’s been co-hosting with Tiffany parks since 2014.
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Editorial: Locavore politics
Brian Clarey
All politics is local.
Remember that when you’re watching the Democratic National Convention this week, or listening to the latest bile coming from Donald Trump.
Trump didn’t give us HB 2. Hillary Clinton didn’t lock up the footage from police body cameras.
Our own state legislators did that.
And that’s not all they did.
In the legislative session that recently ended, they made it easier for people to survive heroin overdoses. They quashed a medical marijuana bill. They meddled in city government. They made it easier to pollute the environment.
Our local delegations — seven from Forsyth County and nine from Guilford — sponsored hundreds of bills, a fraction of which made it into law. Their greatest hits are documented in this week’s cover story, “Ball hogs,” beginning on page 14.
Remember, as you read about their work in the last seven months, that each one of them is up for re-election in the fall.
It says much about the state of North Carolina politics that even in blue counties like Guilford and Forsyth, where Barack Obama won in both 2008 when he won the state and 2012 when he lost it, the delegations are majority Republican.
But let’s put presidential politics aside for the moment — because, really, no one has any idea who is going to take North Carolina, which is shaping up to be one of the most important swing states in the election. NC’s 15 electoral votes loom larger than ever before.
The closer you get to home, the more it matters. Your city council has more effect on your day-to-day life than the president of the United States. And your state senator and reps will intrude much more effectively than anyone we send to Washington, DC.
In this election season, candidates will talk a lot about values and other abstractions designed to appeal to our emotions: fear, outrage, charity, fear again.
But we don’t elect politicians to make us feel good. We elect them to do a very specific job: Write and pass laws that will help their constituents — the voters, not the special interests that finance their campaigns.
So forget the stump-speech hype in these heady months before the election and concentrate on how your representatives did their jobs this term when you decide whether or not to replace them. Do your own research and make up your own mind.
Your homework begins on page 14.
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Song title 420 - If
This page lists the chart runs for songs called "If" in order of success. This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.
If, alternately, you are looking for songs which have the word "If" somewhere in the title a better alternative would be to look up the word in the site index for i.
1 Janet Jackson If 1993 France 2 - Sep 1993 (4 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 3 - Jul 1993 (15 weeks), US Billboard 4 - Jul 1993 (27 weeks), US Gold (certified by RIAA in Sep 1993), US Radio 8 of 1993 (peak 2 12 weeks), Holland 10 - Jul 1993 (7 weeks), ARC 12 of 1993 (peak 1 19 weeks), Sweden 13 - Aug 1993 (4 weeks), UK 14 - Jul 1993 (7 weeks), US BB 19 of 1993, Poland 21 - Jul 1993 (10 weeks), Belgium 22 - Aug 1993 (4 weeks), US CashBox 23 of 1993, ODK Germany 25 - Aug 1993 (11 weeks), Canada 25 of 1993, Switzerland 27 - Aug 1993 (3 weeks), Scrobulate 40 of r & b, Holland free40 90 of 1993, Japan (Osaku) 93 of 1993 (peak 9 15 weeks)
2 Bread If 1971 US Billboard 4 - Mar 1971 (12 weeks), Record World 6 - 1971, Keener 15 - Mar 1971 (5 weeks), Canada 15 - Apr 1971 (4 weeks), Holland 19 - May 1971 (4 weeks), Brazil 22 of 1971, POP 31 of 1971, Japan (Tokyo) 52 - Mar 1991 (7 weeks), US Radio 54 of 1971 (peak 4 8 weeks), US BB 61 of 1971, Canada 82 of 1971, US CashBox 89 of 1971, DDD 98 of 1971, KQV 112 of 1971, RYM 48 of 1971
3 Telly Savalas If 1975 UK 1 - Feb 1975 (9 weeks), Eire 1 for 1 week - Mar 1975, Switzerland 4 - Apr 1975 (9 weeks), Belgium 5 - Apr 1975 (6 weeks), Springbok 5 - May 1975 (12 weeks), Germany 6 - Apr 1975 (3 months), Holland 12 - Apr 1975 (7 weeks), Austria 14 - Jun 1975 (2 months), Germany 315 of the 1970s (peak 4 13 weeks), UK Silver (certified by BPI in Mar 1975)
4 Chage & Aska If 1992 Japan 1 for 2 weeks - Jun 1992
5 Triceratops If 1999 Japan (Tokyo) 19 - Aug 1999 (11 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 52 of 1999 (peak 6 16 weeks)
6 Sissel Kyrkjebo If 1993 Japan (Tokyo) 70 - Nov 1993 (4 weeks)
7 Bluetones If 1998 UK 13 - May 1998 (5 weeks)
8 Dolly Parton If 2002 UK 73 - Oct 2002 (1 week)
9 The Paragons If 1961 US Billboard 82 - Jul 1961 (5 weeks)
10 Yin & Yan If 1975 UK 25 - Mar 1975 (5 weeks)
11 Etienne & Charlotte If 2004 Poland 35 - Jun 2004 (17 weeks)
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If & If (They Made Me A King)
Per Wikipedia the following (3) recordings should be removed from here andtransferred to Song Title 907 - If (They Made Me A King). #6 - Billy Eckstine; #8 - Dean Martin & #14 - The Paragons. I'm pretty sure the remaining (4) 1951 songs also should be.
We agree, we think we've changed all the entries, thanks
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Crab Trap
Director: Oscar Ruiz Navia
2009, Colombia
Spanish, with English subtitles
Narrative feature / 88 minutes / 18+
Daniel is a young man looking to flee the country. He makes his way to the coast, where he encounters an Afro-Colombian community. While waiting for a boat, he is drawn into the languid rhythm of life and the village intrigues. He also comes into conflict with a fellow outsider, who is in this remote area intent on building a tourist resort. An atmospheric and poetic film, told with an almost documentary-like realism.
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Oscar Ruiz Navia was born in Calí, Colombia, and studied at the National Film and TV School of Colombia. He created his own production company, Contravía Films, in 2006. Crab Trap, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, is his first feature film.
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Distributed intraclot thrombolysis: Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators
Jonathan K Leach, E. Patterson, Edgar A. O'Rear
Background: The delivery of encapsulated plasminogen activators has demonstrated enhanced thrombolysis in vivo in several models. The mechanism of such improvement has not previously been established. Objectives. We explored in vitro the mechanism by which microencapsulation of streptokinase in polymeric microparticles accelerates clot digestion and reduces reperfusion times by as much as an order of magnitude in vivo. Methods: The efficacy of microencapsulated streptokinase (MESK) was directly compared with identical dosages of unencapsulated streptokinase (FREE SK) at three initial pressure drops using clots formed of plasma or whole blood in 0.2-cm inner diameter glass capillary tubes. Results: MESK demonstrated accelerated flow restoration compared with FREE SK for each condition in plasma (23.8 ± 4.5% faster) and whole blood clots (17.2 ± 9.2% faster). Images collected by fight microscopy show sites of thrombolysis internal to the clot only with MESK while the spatial distribution of fluorescently labeled streptokinase by confocal microscopy confirms greater penetration of the encapsulated agent compared with unencapsulated streptokinase. Digestion thus proceeds in three dimensions rather than restricted to a two-dimensional lysis front. Conclusions: The improved clot penetration with MESK establishes enhanced transport with encapsulation and the concept of distributed intraclot thrombolysis as a basis for the accelerated dissolution observed with encapsulated plasminogen activators in vivo.
Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
Streptokinase
Plasminogen Activators
Leach, J. K., Patterson, E., & O'Rear, E. A. (2004). Distributed intraclot thrombolysis: Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, 2(9), 1548-1555. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00884.x
Distributed intraclot thrombolysis : Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators. / Leach, Jonathan K; Patterson, E.; O'Rear, Edgar A.
In: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, Vol. 2, No. 9, 09.2004, p. 1548-1555.
Leach, JK, Patterson, E & O'Rear, EA 2004, 'Distributed intraclot thrombolysis: Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators', Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis, vol. 2, no. 9, pp. 1548-1555. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00884.x
Leach JK, Patterson E, O'Rear EA. Distributed intraclot thrombolysis: Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators. Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2004 Sep;2(9):1548-1555. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-7836.2004.00884.x
Leach, Jonathan K ; Patterson, E. ; O'Rear, Edgar A. / Distributed intraclot thrombolysis : Mechanism of accelerated thrombolysis with encapsulated plasminogen activators. In: Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. 2004 ; Vol. 2, No. 9. pp. 1548-1555.
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N2 - Background: The delivery of encapsulated plasminogen activators has demonstrated enhanced thrombolysis in vivo in several models. The mechanism of such improvement has not previously been established. Objectives. We explored in vitro the mechanism by which microencapsulation of streptokinase in polymeric microparticles accelerates clot digestion and reduces reperfusion times by as much as an order of magnitude in vivo. Methods: The efficacy of microencapsulated streptokinase (MESK) was directly compared with identical dosages of unencapsulated streptokinase (FREE SK) at three initial pressure drops using clots formed of plasma or whole blood in 0.2-cm inner diameter glass capillary tubes. Results: MESK demonstrated accelerated flow restoration compared with FREE SK for each condition in plasma (23.8 ± 4.5% faster) and whole blood clots (17.2 ± 9.2% faster). Images collected by fight microscopy show sites of thrombolysis internal to the clot only with MESK while the spatial distribution of fluorescently labeled streptokinase by confocal microscopy confirms greater penetration of the encapsulated agent compared with unencapsulated streptokinase. Digestion thus proceeds in three dimensions rather than restricted to a two-dimensional lysis front. Conclusions: The improved clot penetration with MESK establishes enhanced transport with encapsulation and the concept of distributed intraclot thrombolysis as a basis for the accelerated dissolution observed with encapsulated plasminogen activators in vivo.
AB - Background: The delivery of encapsulated plasminogen activators has demonstrated enhanced thrombolysis in vivo in several models. The mechanism of such improvement has not previously been established. Objectives. We explored in vitro the mechanism by which microencapsulation of streptokinase in polymeric microparticles accelerates clot digestion and reduces reperfusion times by as much as an order of magnitude in vivo. Methods: The efficacy of microencapsulated streptokinase (MESK) was directly compared with identical dosages of unencapsulated streptokinase (FREE SK) at three initial pressure drops using clots formed of plasma or whole blood in 0.2-cm inner diameter glass capillary tubes. Results: MESK demonstrated accelerated flow restoration compared with FREE SK for each condition in plasma (23.8 ± 4.5% faster) and whole blood clots (17.2 ± 9.2% faster). Images collected by fight microscopy show sites of thrombolysis internal to the clot only with MESK while the spatial distribution of fluorescently labeled streptokinase by confocal microscopy confirms greater penetration of the encapsulated agent compared with unencapsulated streptokinase. Digestion thus proceeds in three dimensions rather than restricted to a two-dimensional lysis front. Conclusions: The improved clot penetration with MESK establishes enhanced transport with encapsulation and the concept of distributed intraclot thrombolysis as a basis for the accelerated dissolution observed with encapsulated plasminogen activators in vivo.
KW - Drug delivery
KW - Ischemia
KW - Streptokinase
JO - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
JF - Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis
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Effect of treatment period on outcomes after stereotactic radiosurgery for brain arteriovenous malformations: an international multicenter study
Mohana Rao Patibandla, Dale Ding, Hideyuki Kano, Robert M. Starke, John Y. K. Lee, David Mathieu, Jamie Whitesell, John T. Pierce, Paul P. Huang, Douglas Kondziolka, Caleb Feliciano, Rafael Rodriguez-Mercado, Luis Almodovar, Inga S. Grills, Danilo Silva, Mahmoud Abbassy, Symeon Missios, Gene H. Barnett, L. Dade Lunsford and Jason P. Sheehan
The role of and technique for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) in the management of arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) have evolved over the past four decades. The aim of this multicenter, retrospective cohort study was to compare the SRS outcomes of AVMs treated during different time periods.
The authors selected patients with AVMs who underwent single-session SRS at 8 different centers from 1988 to 2014 with follow-up ≥ 6 months. The SRS eras were categorized as early (1988–2000) or modern (2001–2014). Statistical analyses were performed to compare the baseline characteristics and outcomes of the early versus modern SRS eras. Favorable outcome was defined as AVM obliteration, no post-SRS hemorrhage, and no permanently symptomatic radiation-induced changes (RICs).
The study cohort comprised 2248 patients with AVMs, including 1584 in the early and 664 in the modern SRS eras. AVMs in the early SRS era were significantly smaller (p < 0.001 for maximum diameter and volume), and they were treated with a significantly higher radiosurgical margin dose (p < 0.001). The obliteration rate was significantly higher in the early SRS era (65% vs 51%, p < 0.001), and earlier SRS treatment period was an independent predictor of obliteration in the multivariate analysis (p < 0.001). The rates of post-SRS hemorrhage and radiological, symptomatic, and permanent RICs were not significantly different between the two groups. Favorable outcome was achieved in a significantly higher proportion of patients in the early SRS era (61% vs 45%, p < 0.001), but the earlier SRS era was not statistically significant in the multivariate analysis (p = 0.470) with favorable outcome.
Despite considerable advances in SRS technology, refinement of AVM selection, and contemporary multimodality AVM treatment, the study failed to observe substantial improvements in SRS favorable outcomes or obliteration for patients with AVMs over time. Differences in baseline AVM characteristics and SRS treatment parameters may partially account for the significantly lower obliteration rates in the modern SRS era. However, improvements in patient selection and dose planning are necessary to optimize the utility of SRS in the contemporary management of AVMs.
In Volume null: Issue null: Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 130: Issue 2 (Feb 2019): Pages 337-673
Stereotactic radiosurgery for cerebral arteriovenous malformations: evaluation of long-term outcomes in a multicenter cohort
Robert M. Starke, Hideyuki Kano, Dale Ding, John Y. K. Lee, David Mathieu, Jamie Whitesell, John T. Pierce, Paul P. Huang, Douglas Kondziolka, Chun-Po Yen, Caleb Feliciano, Rafael Rodgriguez-Mercado, Luis Almodovar, Daniel R. Pieper, Inga S. Grills, Danilo Silva, Mahmoud Abbassy, Symeon Missios, Gene H. Barnett, L. Dade Lunsford and Jason P. Sheehan
In this multicenter study, the authors reviewed the results following Gamma Knife radiosurgery (GKRS) of cerebral arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), determined predictors of outcome, and assessed predictive value of commonly used grading scales based upon this large cohort with long-term follow-up.
Data from a cohort of 2236 patients undergoing GKRS for cerebral AVMs were compiled from the International Gamma Knife Research Foundation. Favorable outcome was defined as AVM obliteration and no posttreatment hemorrhage or permanent symptomatic radiation-induced complications. Patient and AVM characteristics were assessed to determine predictors of outcome, and commonly used grading scales were assessed.
The mean maximum AVM diameter was 2.3 cm, with a mean volume of 4.3 cm3. A mean margin dose of 20.5 Gy was delivered. Mean follow-up was 7 years (range 1–20 years). Overall obliteration was 64.7%. Post-GRKS hemorrhage occurred in 165 patients (annual risk 1.1%). Radiation-induced imaging changes occurred in 29.2%; 9.7% were symptomatic, and 2.7% had permanent deficits. Favorable outcome was achieved in 60.3% of patients. Patients with prior nidal embolization (OR 2.1, p < 0.001), prior AVM hemorrhage (OR 1.3, p = 0.007), eloquent location (OR 1.3, p = 0.029), higher volume (OR 1.01, p < 0.001), lower margin dose (OR 0.9, p < 0.001), and more isocenters (OR 1.1, p = 0.011) were more likely to have unfavorable outcomes in multivariate analysis. The Spetzler-Martin grade and radiosurgery-based AVM score predicted outcome, but the Virginia Radiosurgery AVM Scale provided the best assessment.
GKRS for cerebral AVMs achieves obliteration and avoids permanent complications in the majority of patients. Patient, AVM, and treatment parameters can be used to predict long-term outcomes following radiosurgery.
In Volume null: Issue null: Journal of Neurosurgery Volume 126 (2017): Issue 1 (Jan 2017): Pages 1-345
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Netflix Released the Trailer for Its Teen Movie About a Severed Penis
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Netflix has a movie coming out on August 10 called The Package, and it’s about a group of five teenage friends who go camping in the woods for spring break (okay, sure) and the havoc that ensues. The havoc, in fact, includes one of the teen boys apparently cutting off his own dick in an unfortunate incident involving the mishandling of an insanely sharp knife. (Yes, this is the previously announced severed penis eggplant emoji movie).
Watch the implied severing happen at 1:09 in the trailer above; there’s no visual, though I get the sense they’re saving that for the movie. There is other stuff: underage drinking, falling into lakes, crushes, and condoms, and boners, and the pursuit of boning. You know, good wholesome teen fun. The Package seems hilarious in a Blockers or Jackass kind of way, in that the humor stems from smart dialogue and stupid stunts. The movie stars Daniel Doheny from Alex Strangelove and Geraldine Viswanathan from Blockers, and I can’t wait to see it and be five percent more grossed out than I’d like to be. God bless the teens.
Seth Rogen: Yeah, Superbad Was 'Blatantly Homophobic'
We Don't Need This Severed Penis Eggplant Emoji Movie
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Firewatch Joins the Xbox One Family This September
Kate McEnroe September 5, 2016
Firewatch joins the Xbox One family after quite a wait. The adventure game developed by Campo Santo came out in February but it is currently only available for some gamers. While it has been made available for PC and Playstation 4 players, users of other consoles have yet to be provided with a solution. Xbox One gamers, your wait is ...
Samsung Is Shutting Down Milk Music This Fall
Kate McEnroe August 22, 2016
Samsung is shutting down Milk Music this September. Milk Music was debuted for the U.S. market alone as a free music, ad-free streaming service. Milk Music was introduced by Samsung back in 2014 for exclusively for its devices. The app differentiated itself through the free music and the refreshing user interface. People could stream over 13 million songs across thousands ...
Nikon D3400 – The Latest Entry-Level SLR
Nikon D3400 is the latest addition to the entry-level family from the Japanese manufacturer. The company announced their latest product on August 17. Let’s see what it’s all about. The D3400 is an DX-format DSLR that enables aspiring photographers to connect to a smart device. This means that whatever style of photography you may prefer (street, culinary, portraits, for example) ...
Facebook Brings Express Wifi to India
Kate McEnroe August 9, 2016
Express Wifi is an initiative by Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg to enable affordable broadband in remote areas of the world. The social networking service is reportedly in the talks with local internet service providers to bring the program to India. Customers of Express Wifi can buy data packets starting at INR 10 ($0.15). India is regarded as a huge growth market ...
Apple Acquired AI Startup Turi for $200 Million
Rumors have it that Apple acquired AI startup Turi. The “machine learning platform for developers and data scientists” is said to be a $200 million investment. Why the sudden move and why is artificial intelligence so important to Apple? Turi, an artificial intelligence company, was founded three years ago. It started out under the name of GraphLab, moved on to ...
Xiaomi Mi Notebook – A New Alternative to Macbook Air
Kate McEnroe July 27, 2016
Xiaomi Mi Notebook is the new slim notebook on the market. And it is also the first laptop to come out of the Chinese company’s factories. The electronics corporation based in Beijing is long famous for its affordable smartphones. Now, Xiaomi also gets in the notebook game with its new tech product that very much resembles a Macbook. Speaking of ...
More Details on Moto E3 Revealed
More details on Moto E3 have been leaked, while we are patiently waiting for the full specs. Motorola had previously revealed some of the specifications and a few pictures of the new smartphone, but there are still a few things we need to know. The company has officially announced the E3 later this month, on July 14th. It is reported ...
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge – The Olympic Games Limited Edition
Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge will be delivered in a special limited edition to Rio 2016 Olympians, according to a recent announcement. The company is a long-time sponsor of the Olympics and has provided athletes with phones ever since 1998. And there’s more. Along with the impressive offering, Samsung has also launched the Rio 2016 app. The app will provide information ...
Bumble Will Find You a Job on BumbleBizz
Kate McEnroe July 9, 2016
Bumble will find you a job on BumbleBizz because it grew tired of playing Cupid. The popular dating app is set on finding its users a job to pay for those dinner dates. Puppy love doesn’t last forever, so it’s time to set foot in the real world and also make some money to support our significant other, we gather. ...
Asus Launches ZenPad Z8 on Verizon
Kate McEnroe June 17, 2016
Asus launches ZenPad Z8 and you just might want to buy it. Forget about the pricey tablets that dig a hole in your pocket. The ZenPad Z8 is quite affordable while still being equipped with impressive features for its price range. Asus has announced that the new tablet will become available for shipping starting June 23, 2016. The Asus ZenPad ...
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Where to Start: Finding Self-Awareness
Welcome to Divine Hustle We are all about pursuing your God-Given Greatness in Faith, Business, Creativity and Relationships. If you are new here, We just want to say Welcome to the community. We are starting a brand new series called "Where to start" and in this second episode of the new year we are talking about how to start finding your self-awareness! We have a special guest, host of Creator's Therapy, DJ Acevedo. DJ is a licensed therapist and in this episode we have conversation...
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"Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the hit parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those were the days!
And you knew where you were then
Girls were girls, and men were men
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again
Didn't need no welfare state
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee, our old LaSalle ran great
Those were the days!"
A groundbreaking and controversial CBS sitcom from Norman Lear, based on the British sitcom 'Til Death Us Do Part. It aired from 1971 to 1979 (and on to 1983, if the run of Archie Bunker's Place is counted). The show has consistently been rated one of the greatest television shows of all time. It was the highest-rated show in the U.S. for five consecutive seasons between 1971 and 1976, and earned multiple Emmy and Golden Globe awards (as did each of its lead actors) as well as a Peabody during its run.
The show was, at its heart, a Dom Com focused around the Bunker family of Queens, New York and its titular head, Archie Bunker (Carroll O'Connor), an Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist of the highest order. Archie was a blue-collar dock worker with conservative and broadly bigoted views which he was unafraid to voice at any opportunity. Archie's major foils were his wife Edith (Jean Stapleton), his daughter Gloria (Sally Struthers), and his son-in-law Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner). Mike, not-so-affectionately nicknamed "Meathead" by Archie ("You heard me. Meathead. Dead from the neck up. Meat... head."), was every bit as opinionated and vocal as Archie, but liberal and socially active. This usually resulted in a verbal sparring match between the two, with Mike's solid, intellectual, but sometimes idealized arguments clashing with Archie's stance, usually full of malapropisms and wayward logic but also with a closer personal relationship to the situation at hand and an ability to be so cleverly obtuse that Mike was unprepared to answer him. Around this, Edith simply wanted to avoid conflict, trying her sweet best to defuse the frequent conflicts and to just keep a peaceful home — no easy task when two of the people thrive on conflict.
From the start, All in the Family broke a large number of unwritten network rules, particularly with the issues which were considered acceptable to air on public TV. Archie's language was laced with epithets common on the street but never heard on television. Mike and Gloria, the Bunkers' daughter, made it clear that they had an active and healthy sex life. Even the Bunkers' toilet was the first one heard actively used on air. As the show continued, it tackled a wide variety of taboo topics, either directly, or through the medium of Archie's debates with Mike and others. These included race relations, gender roles, homosexuality, war, economy, political current events, abortion, rape, child custody, and other issues that, if not new in the 1970s, were most certainly not brought up in a comedy show.
The impact of the show was such that it became the focus of a heated national debate on whether the use of comedy was an appropriate means by which to combat prejudice and social inequality. Never before had a situation comedy, light family fare for the most part, ever treaded such heady waters. Very few shows had tried to combine controversy and comedy before.
The show's success inspired quite a few spinoffs directly or indirectly resulting from the show or characters appearing during its run, and several of them were critical and commercial successes in their own right.
Maude (1972-1978)
Which spun off Good Times (1974-1979)
The Jeffersons (1975-1985)
Which spun off Checking In (1981)
Archie Bunker's Place (1979-1983), an After Show focusing the location on Archie's bar.
Gloria (1982-1983), a spin-off starring only Gloria, the premise being that Mike left her to live in a hippie commune so she takes their kid and goes on a journey to find herself... In the Big City.
704 Hauser (1994), about an African-American family living in the former Bunker residence.
This show provides examples of:
'70s Hair: Mike and a number of his hippie friends.
Absentee Actor:
George Jefferson was kept offscreen until season 3 due to actor Sherman Hemsley's commitment to a Broadway show.
A three-part story arc in season 5 had Archie disappearing due to a salary dispute with Carroll O'Connor.
Sally Struthers was absent from four season 6 episodes due to her (unsuccessful) attempt to break her contract so she could star in the film The Day of the Locust.
Abusive Parents: In the "Two's a Crowd" episode, a drunken Archie reveals details of his abusive father to Mike.
Affectionate Nickname:
Archie usually addressed Gloria as his "Little Girl".
While "Meathead" certainly wasn't one of these, it arguably became at least somewhat of an Insult of Endearment over time. Ditto "Dingbat".
Affectionate Parody: "All in the Family: The Opera", performed on The Sonny & Cher Show. The skit included Caroll O'Connor himself as The Censor. Archie defeats him by singing, essentially, Screw the Rules, I Have Ratings.
Angry White Man: Archie may be the prototypical example on screen.
Animated Adaptation: It inspired several of these.
The Barkleys, the 1972-73 story of opinionated bus driver Arnie Barkley, his wife Agnes, daughter Terri, son-in-law Roger, and son Chester. All played by different breeds of dogs.
Also indirectly inspired the syndicated 1972-74 series Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.
The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Sax" parodies the opening, with Homer and Marge in place of Archie and Edith.
The Family Guy opening credits sequence is a Shout-Out to the show, and one episode ("Stewie Loves Lois") parodies the Closing Credits sequence.
The Netflix original animated series F is for Family is essentially a new version of the series set in 1973, though with some differences such as the cast being younger and having three young children rather than an adult daughter and son-in-law, and the wife searching for an identity outside the home. Despite this, the show hits all the marks, the father even has the same clothes as Archie!
Seth Macfarlane has often said that the original idea behind American Dad! was to have "All in the Family in the 21st century", with the ultraconservative Stan and the die-hard liberal Hayley taking Archie and Mike's places respectively. (However, the show lost that idea relatively early on.)
South Park was semi-inspired by the show, Matt and Trey mentioned that Eric Cartman was inspired by the idea of how one could adapt Archie Bunker's character to the 1990's. They eventually concluded that an adult character like him would no longer be acceptable, but that a kid spouting a stream of ignorant garbage would be fine. They were right.
Attempted Rape: Happens to Gloria in "Gloria the Victim" and Edith in "Edith's 50th Birthday".
Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other:
Every now and then in each season they need to make an episode that reminds the audience that yes, Archie is an asshole and gets frustrated with Edith a lot, but for all their squabbles, he loves her just as much as she does him, if not even more so.
Archie always considered Gloria his "Little Goil" ... and meant that with pride and the love only a father could have. Gloria, for all she disagrees with her father, dearly loves her father, too and can unfailingly count on him in time of need.
Archie and Mike get one of these just before the Stivics leave for California.
Back to School: An episode revealed Archie had secretly been working toward his high school diploma, since The Depression forced him to drop out of school.
Bank Toaster: Edith explains to Archie that there's money in the bank that can't be used for a time, as she took it from the main account and opened several new accounts just to get a heating pad, an electric blanket and a radio.
Beware the Nice Ones: Several examples:
Edith, in "Edith's Problem." Framed around Edith going through the early stages of menopause, this classic episode became known for Jean Stapleton's comic timing and portrayal of Edith's irritability and mood swings as she deals with the symptoms. Her attempts to put Archie in his place – "Stifle, stifle, STIFLE!" – made this episode.
That all said, there were times where Archie – and more than once, even Mike – pissed Edith off. Archie's cases came when he too often opened his mouth, going on tirades about how certain things were "God's business" ... to which Edith would throw it right back at him and say, "Then you let God tend to that business" (and in essence, you butt out). Mike would do it when he either wasn't thinking or when he'd go on the occasional tirade about Archie and how life is better for him than he – this hateful, ignorant racist asshole – truly deserves; Edith, while admitting she doesn't always see eye-to-eye with her husband, would set her son-in-law straight very swiftly and decisively.
Lionel Jefferson, the young black neighbor of the Bunkers who most of the time put up with Archie's brow-beating and ill-educated attempts to deal with racial harmony. However, in "Lionel Steps Out," he puts Archie in his place (and none too gently) when he crosses the line and tries to stop him from dating his white niece.
Big Applesauce: Turning into The Big Rotten Apple.
Big Eater: Mike. Archie often mocks him over it.
Bigot vs. Bigot:
Archie vs. Mike.
Archie vs. Henry/George Jefferson.
Near the end of Archie vs. the KKK [Part 2], after Mike learns that Archie was involved with the KKK, gets livid and tells Archie that he is no longer welcome in their apartment. Archie, remembering that his blood donor was African-American, turns Papa Wolf on the KKK.
Biting-the-Hand Humor: Early episodes tended to throw jabs at CBS' Standards and Practices, most famously by metaphorically flushing the warning that preceded the very first episode.
Blowing a Raspberry: Archie Bunker had this as his Catchphrase.
The Board Game: Yep, the show had one. It was a party card game that asked people how they would honestly react to various social situations. The slogan: "Is there a little Archie in all of us?"
Born in an Elevator: One episode features Archie stuck in an elevator with several people, including a pregnant woman, who eventually gives birth.
Both Sides Have a Point: Inverted with Archie and Mike. Both characters were deliberately written as stealth parodies of each side of the political spectrum, and neither character was meant to illicit much sympathy. It was frequently implied that Edith was wiser than both men despite her tendency toward literal mindedness.
Bottle Episode: You'd be hard pressed to find an episode from season 1 that left the Bunker home. Heck, the living room for that matter.
Butt-Monkey: Archie, frequently; Mike, occasionally.
Buxom Is Better: Bobbi Jo Loomis and Mildred "Boom Boom" Turner , two different characters played by Gloria LeRoy.
Catchphrase: Archie had a few.
"You're a pip, Edith."
"Stifle yourself, Edith."
"Dummy up, you".
"Whoop-de-do, whoop-de-doo, whoop-de-doo!"
"Aw, geez."
Censorship by Spelling: In "Gloria's Boyfriend", Archie does it in front of George, a mentally disabled stock boy: "I know how to talk to a D-U-M-M-Y!". George, however, knows how to spell and he gets upset.
Cerebus Syndrome:
The first seasons treated issues more lightly (almost bordering in farce, such as the Dream Sequence in "Writing the President") while later seasons tended to be closer to a comedy-drama. Also Archie progressed from being a total Jerkass to just a Grumpy Bear, while Mike's hypocrisy was increasingly played up.
Archie Bunker's Place often looked more like a drama with humorous undertones than a sitcom with a lot of "very special episodes".
Chain Letter : The season 6 episode "Chain Letter" has Archie experiencing a run of bad luck after throwing one of these away.
Characterization Marches On: Although the show is remembered as one of the earliest sitcoms to have its characters undergo real Character Development over time, it also indulged in this:
Archie in the early seasons is depicted as prudish in the extreme, to the point of not even being able to say the word sex, and even the other characters (including Edith) wonder how he was ever able to conceive Gloria. In the later seasons he and Edith are much more readily depicted as having a healthy sex life - one episode ends with him propositioning her (which she accepts) and in another she comments that they were already sexually active when they were only engaged. She tells a friend that being with Archie is less like the 4th of July and more like Thanksgiving.
In fact, in "Gloria's Shock" (season 5), during a discussion about when or if couples should have children, Michael points out that lots of babies are born simply because somebody forgot to go to the drugstore. Edith and Archie exchange a meaningful look. We're not sure if they were married or just engaged when this happened.
Christmas Episode: Several, perhaps the most famous being "The Draft Dodger", in which Archie invites a friend who lost his son in the Vietnam War for Christmas dinner while Mike invites a friend who is a draft dodger...with completely unexpected results.
Chuck Cunningham Syndrome:
Frank and Irene Lorenzo, an Italian Catholic couple who moved into the neighborhood, began appearing in season 4. Frank was phased out without explanation after one season; Irene hung on a couple more years before vanishing without a trace herself.
Maude would feel like one if you'd never heard of her spin-off. After the Poorly Disguised Pilot where the Bunkers visit her, she's only mentioned once, in the episode "Mike and Gloria Meet." However, she never appeared again in the Bunkers' world, and they never made an appearance on her series. Even the Jeffersons appeared again after being spun-off.
Cigar Chomper: Archie.
Clip Show: There were two of them, both titled "The Best of All in the Family". The first was hosted by Henry Fonda midway through season 5, while the second was hosted by Norman Lear toward the end of the ninth and final season.
Color Me Black: Played With in a couple of episodes. In one episode Archie has a gallbladder operation and ends up getting blood donated from a black person, much to his consternation. The next season when the KKK move into Queens he invokes the transfusion as having made him part black, so he can call on his black brothers to protest the KKK meeting house.
Compressed Abstinence: Archie and Mike have a bet over who can last longer (of a 48 hour limit): Archie without a cigar or Mike without eating. (Mike's a Big Eater.) They start taunting each other: Mike starts smoking in front of Archie and Archie eats in front of Mike. They decide to call it a draw, with Archie lighting up & Mike eating on the count of three; but Archie pulls the lighter away from his cigar just as Mike starts eating, therefore he wins the bet.
Construction Catcalls: Gloria's near-rape in "Gloria the Victim" apparently started out as this before escalating.
Content Warnings: This was read before the first episode:
"The program you are about to see is All in the Family. It seeks to throw a humorous spotlight on our frailties, prejudices, and concerns. By making them a source of laughter we hope to show, in a mature fashion, just how absurd they are."
Following that, we hear a flushing noise and out steps Archie with a newspaper tucked under his arm. How's that for a series opener?
Cool Old Guy: Justin Quigley, the octegenarian troublemaker whom Edith befriends in "Edith Finds an Old Man" and whom Gloria thereafter adopts as a surrogate Grandfather. He appears in three further episodes, usually to give Archie advice about aging or his health.
The Couch: More like "The Armchair".
Courtroom Episode: When Archie gets mugged.
Cousin Oliver: Stephanie, Edith's young grandniece who was adopted by Archie and Edith in season 9 after being left at their doorstep by Floyd, her mooching, alcoholic deadbeat father.
She becomes a regular cast member in Archie Bunker's Place, the continuation of the original series.
The Ditz: Edith, much of the time.
Does Not Like Shoes: Robin from "Mike's Hippie Friends Come to Visit" is perpetually barefoot, being a hippie girl.
"Do It Yourself" Theme Tune:
The opening credits featured Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton singing (with Stapleton also playing the piano) in character as Archie and Edith, in front of the live studio audience (who would applaud at the end). Several different versions were used throughout the show's run. The first season's version is the only one to feature audience laughter during the song (when Edith shrieks on the high note "And you knew were you weere theeen"). Ironically, it's the version where she draws it out the least; each new version of the song has her drawing it out more and more. Each new version also places ever-greater enunciation on certain Mondegreen lyrics, particularly "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great". Archie and Edith are increasingly affectionate with each other in each new version, to reflect their growing affection for each other in-series: in season 1 they barely look at each other, in season 5 they lean into each other, and in season 9 Edith embraces Archie as he leans into her.
This was a very literal example... CBS didn't want to waste money on an opening title sequence for a show that wasn't likely (in their opinion) to go past 13 weeks (if it even aired at all). Lear created this now-classic opening since it was all he could afford.
Carroll O'Connor is credited as co-writer for the closing theme, a piano instrumental called "Remembering You".
Domestic Abuse:
Archie constantly criticized and insulted Edith. However, he never physically assaulted her.
Edith slapped Archie (and once, Gloria) in very serious situations. Gloria slaps Mike in a similar fashion in a couple of episodes. She also pulls Archie's hair and Mike's moustache, mostly to stop more intense arguments.
Downer Ending: Some episodes that were more serious wouldn't have a happy ending, if any proper conclusion at all, only fading to black.
Dream Sequence: "Writing the President" (the second episode) had one.
Driven to Suicide: Mocked. Archie would pantomime killing himself whenever Edith went on a long Motor Mouth rant.
Drop-In Character:
The Jeffersons (particularly Lionel), in the early seasons; and then the Lorenzos (particularly Irene), after the Jeffersons' departure.
Mike and Gloria sort of became this after they moved next door.
Early Installment Weirdness: In the first couple episodes Jean Stapleton used her actual voice when portraying Edith, and the character was just as brusque and sarcastic as Archie.
Elective Mute: Robin can speak, but she believes that "words are a waste of time", so she only speaks with her eyes and facial expressions. Her boyfriend Paul translates for her.
Embarrassing First Name: "Archibald"
Embarrassing Nickname:
"Shoebooty", what the other kids called Archie when he was little because his parents could only afford to give him a shoe and a boot to wear as a pair of footwear, according to the Bottle Episode where Archie and Michael are locked in the cellar.
Archie: They used to holler, "Tooty fruity, here comes Shoebooty." And they kept calling me that until they found out my name was Archibald, and they thought that was funnier. And then I wished they'd go back to "Shoebooty".
"Boom Boom" Turner note who was called that due to the way her breasts bounced while walking on the loading dock where Archie worked in her first appearance, though she doesn't seem to mind as much when we see her again.
Enemy Mine: One episode had Archie and Henry Jefferson teaming up to try and keep a Puerto Rican family from moving into the neighborhood.
Everyone Has Standards: Archie may be quite racist, but he was completely abashed when he joined what he thought was a Brotherhood of Funny Hats with some other people who shared his views only to realize that they were in fact The Klan. Mortified, Archie told them off and quit the club.
Expensive Glass of Crap: An old friend of Archie's is coming over, he likes an expensive scotch. Archie gets an empty bottle of the expensive stuff and fills it with a cheap scotch instead, saying his buddy won't know the difference. When the friend comes over, he mentions that he's been having money trouble and is forced to drink substandard scotch; his taste buds have gotten so used to it that even the fine scotch Archie is serving him tastes like the cheap stuff now.
The Food Poisoning Incident: After potentially being served bad mushrooms, Archie gets taken to the hospital for a painful anti-toxin shot. Of course, it's only after the shot that Edith realized the mushrooms she served didn't match the recalled brand.
Forgotten Theme Tune Lyrics: In 1972, a full single version of "Those Were the Days" was released, containing three additional stanzas, which were never used on the show. In addition, the original, unaired 1968 pilot contains lyrics that don't even appear on the single.
The closing theme "Remembering You", played as an instrumental for piano by its composer Roger Kellaway, actually has lyrics; Carroll O'Connor wrote them, earning him co-author credit for the song despite his lyrics never being heard on the show itself. O'Connor sang his lyrics in live performances on several occasions.
Former Bigot: Archie Bunker became this over the course of the series. While he still held some outdated views, he became more accepting of others. He actually quit a club he was part of who held similar racist views when they insulted Archie's black maid.
Fox News Liberal: In-universe. When Archie complains to a local TV station about their pro-gun-control editorial, the station manager gives him airtime to present a rebuttal, thus cynically satisfying the letter of the then-extant Fairness Doctrine while violating its spirit by putting on a "pro-gun-rights" advocate who undercuts his side with absurd arguments (such as a suggestion that airlines "pass out the pistols" to the passengers to prevent hijackings).
The Gambling Addict: Archie used to be one, and only could quit when Edith threatened to leave him.
Gender-Blender Name: Actor Lori Shannon, a gay female impersonator (he was a man), who played the role of Beverly La Salle.
Getting Crap Past the Radar: Literally. Was the first television show to feature a toilet flushing (albeit offscreen).
The Bunkers' minister is named Reverend Felcher .
Grumpy Bear: Archie was this to an extent.
Guilt by Association Gag: After a news report about a protest Mike is attending indicates that things are starting to turn ugly, Gloria inveigles Archie into going to find Mike and bring him home. A bit later, Mike returns home and describes what went on up to the point where he left just as the cops were starting to arrest everybody in sight. Cue horrified realization and a cut to Archie in jail along with a bunch of hippie protestors.
Heat Wave: The season 4 opener ("We're Having a Heat Wave") and its followup ("We're Still Having a Heat Wave").
Heroic BSoD: Edith has one after she's almost raped.
He Who Must Not Be Seen: George Jefferson, for the first couple of seasons. Also, Henry Jefferson's wife (and Lionel's aunt), Ruby.
Reverend Felcher is frequently mentioned but only appears onscreen once, in "The Saga of Cousin Oscar".
Hollywood Atheist: Actually averted with Mike. He does have a problem with religion and is outraged when Archie baptizes his son behind his back, but in the long run Archie's the one who always picks fights with Mike about it. And in an episode where Edith has a Crisis of Faith, Mike of all people is the one who helps reaffirm her belief in God.
Hollywood Tone-Deaf: Edith is not by any definition pleasant to hear when singing. But that doesn't stop her from carrying out one of her favorite tunes at any given moment.
Homoerotic Subtext: In Season 8's "Cousin Liz" episode, Archie and Edith go to a motel to attend the funeral of Edith's cousin Liz. Archie is hoping to receive the silver tea service set which has been in Edith's family for 100 years. Veronica approaches Edith, asking to keep the service, stating that she and Liz had afternoon tea from the service for 25 years. Veronica struggles to explain her relationship with Liz, saying it was "more like a marriage". An understanding Edith reluctantly gives the tea set to Veronica, much to Archie's chagrin. If Archie were to publicize Veronica's lesbianism, she would have lost her teaching job and been ostracized by the community. Edith tells Veronica to keep the tea set and Archie ultimately relents and suggests that she should go and find herself a man.
Iconic Outfit: Archie's white shirt, dark brown pants, white socks and black shoes.
Ignore the Disability: When Sammy Davis Jr. visits, Archie repeatedly warns Edith not to mention his glass eye, then promptly does so himself.
Informed Judaism: In "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye", Archie is invited to the funeral of his co-worker Jerome "Stretch" Cunningham. Archie and Edith arrive... at Stretch's synagogue, where he learns (to his surprise) that Stretch's birth name was Jerome Cohenheimer, and he proceeds to deliver the eulogy.
Insane Troll Logic:
In "Henry's Farewell", Archie tricks George Jefferson into entering his house by claiming that standing on his stoop counts as being inside his house. George, caught up in the argument, chases him into the house, thus breaking his vow.
Archie's explanation to Mike of what a "balanced meal" was.
The argument between Archie and Henry over whether God is white or black.
In-Series Nickname: Meathead. Archie also calls Gloria "little girl" and Edith "Dingbat" while Mike calls him "Arch".
Irishman and a Jew: Caroll O'Connor and Rob Reiner, though the characters they played were not written to match their real-life ethnicities (Bunker was a WASP and Stivic was Chicago Polish). Viewers picked up on a lot of subtext, however; O'Connor based many of Archie's speech patterns and mannerisms on blue-collar Irish-Americans he had known growing up, while Reiner made no attempt whatsoever to sound like a Polish-American from Chicago.
Ironic Nursery Tune: Played with in "Edith's 50th Birthday," the episode where Edith is almost raped. At the end of the episode, Edith rushes over to the Stivics, where a surprise birthday party (that she knew about) gets started for her. Hearing everyone sing "Happy Birthday" and "For She's A Jolly Good Fellow" when we know what's just happened to her fits this trope.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold:
Archie gradually developed into one of these as the years went by. While he was a bigot, his attitudes came about more due to the society he grew up in, rather than genuine malice or racism. Once he actually got to know other cultures and peoples better, he was able to accept them at least a little more easily.
When he turned down an invitation to join a Ku Klux Klan-like lodge and burn a cross in "commie" Michael's front yard, he told the group he was black because he had once had a blood transfusion from a black woman.
Kansas City Shuffle: In "Beverly Rides Again", Archie hopes to get the better of Pinky Peterson, who has been pulling pranks on Archie, by having him go out on a date with Beverly La Salle, played by Lori Shannon, a male transvestite who was a female impersonator, only to have Pinky get wise to the scheme [or so he believes]:
Pinky: So, you're Beverly La Salle from out of town, huh? Is that your real name, or your stage name?
Beverly: My God, you know!
Pinky: I recognized you the minute you came in! I saw them putting up your picture today.
Beverly: I'm so embarrassed, Mr. Peterson! I would never have done anything like this on my own.
Pinky: Bunker put you up to this, didn't he? I knew he was up to something.
Beverly: I'm glad you know; now we can go out to dinner and have a good time, and I can go back to the motel and change.
Pinky: No, no. Since Archie lined this up, let's let him think we're pulling this off.
Later on, the Bunkers, Pinky, and Beverly go out to dinner at a Chinese restaurant, and Pinky pretends to warm up to Beverly while two-timing his wife, Doris:
Pinky: I really want to thank you, Arch. This is something new. I never felt like this before.
Archie: Yeah, but... look, isn't it a shame about poor Doris, you know, your sweetheart who loves you? She's gonna be broken-hearted.
Pinky: Oh, Doris is the same old thing. Beverly is something different.
Archie: In every way, buddy.
A little later on, unbeknownst to the audience until later on, Archie has secretly made a phone call to Doris, and Beverly has to take off his wig to clear up the misunderstandings:
Edith: Mr. Peterson, I got something to tell you! You see, Archie is playing a joke on you! Go on, tell him, Archie.
Archie [slightly annoyed]: All right, Edith, yeah. All right, it's a joke. That's right, Pinky, it's a joke, and the joke is on you for a change, and a helluva joke it is.
Pinky: You mean that Beverly's a guy?
Archie: Beverly- [Pinky laughs hysterically, Archie turns to Edith] Did you say something to him? I can never catch this guy at nothin'-
Pinky: I got you again, Bunker!
Archie: Aw, jeez!
Beverly: You told me you wanted him to have his revenge. You rat! [Beverly punches Pinky]
Pinky: Beverly, sweetheart, you're the only dame I ever loved! I love you! [Pinky's wife Doris enters the restaurant just as Pinky starts to hug her and hits Pinky with her purse] Doris!
Archie: Doris, I thought you was never gonna get here!
Doris: Is this what you mean by "going bowling with the boys"?
Pinky: Oh, Doris, I can explain everything!
Doris: Oh, Archie, you were so right! Thank you for calling me and tipping me off to this philanderer!
Archie: Doris, I couldn't do nothing else.
Edith: Archie, that was a terrible thing to do!
Archie: I had to stand by Doris.
Pinky: Doris, you don't understand! Beverly, explain it to Doris.
Beverly [deniably]: I don't know what you're talking about. [teasingly] Same time tomorrow night, Pinkums?
Pinky: Doris, Beverly isn't a lady!
Doris: Not if she's out with you, you crumb!
Edith: Oh, no no no, he means that she- I mean he- ain't a woman.
Pinky: Yeah, show 'em, Beverly.
Beverly: Should I, Mr. Bunker?
Archie: Yeah, go ahead, but be careful of the things you show, 'cause we could get locked up here.
Beverly: All right, showtime! [Beverly takes off the wig, revealing him to be a man in drag]
Doris: What is wrong- It's a man!
Archie: Yeah.
Pinky: You see, Doris, I wasn't out with a woman, I was out with a man!
Knight of Cerebus:
The aforementioned Klan.
Stephanie's alcoholic father.
The assaulter on Edith's birthday, even compared to the man who tried to attack Gloria.
The unseen kids who assault Mike and Beverly, beating the latter to death, are indirectly responsible for Edith (temporarily) losing her faith in God.
Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Archie, and occasionally Mike.
Late-Arrival Spoiler: The episode where Archie "meets" George Jefferson, only to learn at the end that he's actually met George's brother, Henry, since George refused to go into Archie's house. Late-arrivals can figure this out if they saw later episodes with Henry, or if they saw episodes with George Jefferson. And if not that, they just might figure it out if they see this episode after being familiar with the spin-off.
Less Embarrassing Term: Mike's "shoulder bag for men".
Like a Son to Me: Subverted in "The Stivics Go West", after Mike thanks Archie for the years he gave him a home and says he's "been like a father to me."
Archie: Well hey, you know, you've been just like a son to me. You never did nothin' I ever told you to do.
Like Father, Like Daughter: When Gloria stands up to Archie, she gives as good as she gets, even using some of his pet phrases and blowing him a raspberry.
Local Hangout: Kelsey's Bar, which Archie purchased in Season 8 and renamed Archie's Place.
Locked in a Room: "Two's a Crowd" has Archie and Mike locked in the storeroom at Archie's bar. The episode comes late in the run and is the fullest attempt to explain Archie's attitudes.
Long-Runners: Counting the continuation Archie Bunker's Place Carroll O'Connor played Archie for an astounding 13 seasons and 300 episodes between the two shows. Almost unparalleled for a live action American sitcom character.
Love at First Sight: Double Subverted with Mike and Gloria. When they first meet, they instantly find each other unsympathetic, and it only gets worse when they start to talk. However, they still eventually bond over a shared love of ballroom dancing, and they end up having sex (which is the first time for Gloria).
Lowered Recruiting Standards: Archie's lodge is in trouble for not having any black or Jewish members. So he suggests that they invite one black to join - Solomon Jackson. And one Jew - also Solomon Jackson. At the end of the episode Jackson accepts their invitation to join, and promises to invite all his black friends and all his Jewish friends to join too.
Malaproper: Archie, leading to many Funny Moments. If he uses a big word, pretty much every time he uses it incorrectly.
Manchild: Mike often comes off as one of these. Gloria even calls him out on it a couple of times.
Mathematician's Answer: When Mike asks Archie a rhetorical question.
Mike: Why'd you go out and fight the Nazis?
Archie: I was drafted!
Miss Conception: Led to a Very Special Episode.
Moral Myopia: This is how Archie judges himself. In his mind it is totally okay to lie and cheat ("a bit") just to get his way and he'll take great offense at being called on it, to the point where it seems he's forgotten he's lied in the first place.
Mouthy Kid: Stephanie, in season 9.
Moving the Goalposts: One of Archie Bunker's favorite fallacious debating tactics. If anyone ever comes up with solid counter to his arguments, he'll get a look of disgust and try to steer the conversation in a different direction entirely. He only ever admits he's wrong when he's well and truly cornered.
Mr. Vice Guy: Most of the family members or their friends and neighbors are very much like normal, real people you would most likely meet, or at least in the 1970's. They all have either deep flaws or moments of stubbornness but everyone, even Archie, as been portrayed as rather decent or well-meaning to some extent.
My Friends... and Zoidberg: After learning of Gloria's infidelity in "California, Here We Are", Archie angrily confronts Gloria: "How could you do a thing like this to your family?" Then, jerking a thumb at Mike: "And him."
Never My Fault: One of Archie's other major character traits: he was lighting-quick at diverting blame.
New Parent Nomenclature Problem: We never see a flashback episode about how they arrive at this, but Mike calls his mother-in-law "Ma" (as does his wife/her daughter) while he calls his father-in-law by his given name.
New Year Has Come: "New Year's Wedding"
Nice Hat: Archie's brown fedora.
Nobody Poops: An historic aversion, as this show was the first instance ever of a toilet being heard flushed on network TV.
Not Even Bothering with the Accent: Rob Reiner makes no attempt at sounding like a Polish-American from Chicago; he pretty much talks like a New Yorker all the way through.
Not So Different:
Mike, for all his liberal attitudes, is shown in a few episodes to be just as bullheaded and chauvinistic as Archie. One episode in particular — "The Games Bunkers Play" — is more or less built around pointing this out. However, he's (usually) much more willing to admit his mistakes once he's made aware of them.
What's more, over the course of the show it becomes clear a few different times that Mike is bigoted in his own way. Namely, he believes that women and minorities cannot succeed without the help of liberal white males like himself.
George Jefferson, and before that his brother Henry, are expressly characterized as being the black equivalents of Archie, leading not only to the expected Bigot vs. Bigot arguments but occasional moments when Archie and Henry/George actually find themselves in agreement over things like the undesirability of interracial marriage. Or women's lib. Or Puerto Ricans.
Obfuscating Stupidity: Lionel used to pretend he was much more stereotypical and dumb in front of Archie, solely because it amused Archie and Lionel had fun trolling him.
Odd Friendship: Maybe "friendship" is too strong a word, but all things considered, Archie got along pretty well with Lionel and vice-versa.
One Head Taller: Mike and Gloria (Rob Reiner is 6'2, Sally Struthers is 5'1). It made their first kiss rather awkward.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The only time Archie seemed genuinely angry over a political disagreement, rather than just annoyed or disgusted, was when he was confronted with a draft dodger.
Person as Verb: Archie Bunker became a cultural phenomenon so rapidly that as early as 1972, sociologists and pundits were discussing the "Archie Bunker vote" (otherwise known as the White Working Class; later called "Reagan Democrats") in that year's elections. It turns out the show accurately predicted that "Archie Bunker" voters would overwhelmingly break for Richard Nixon. He even won Archie's native Queens, the last time to date that a Republican presidential candidate has done so.
Pie in the Face:
Or birthday cake, rather. Into the face of an attempted rapist.note More effective than it sounds, due to the fact that this particular cake had just come out of the oven.
Archie pushes Mike's face into the Mortgage Burning cake when he finds out Mike rented the Jeffersons' old house next door.
Poorly Disguised Pilot: For both Maude and The Jeffersons.
Porn Stache: Mike had one. Though every time he shaved it off everyone would comment that he looked ridiculous without it. Fans agreed.
Protagonist-Centered Morality: One of the few sitcoms to invert the trope. Archie, the main character, is clearly written to be a buffoon, with supporting characters Mike and Gloria supposedly providing voices of reason.
Put on a Bus:
Henry Jefferson moves upstate in season 4; the rest of the Jeffersons "move on up" to Manhattan (and their own series) in season 5; Mike, Gloria and Joey depart for California at the end of season 8.
The Bus Came Back: George Jefferson appears in a season 8 episode, as does Louise Jefferson in season 9. The Bunkers travel West to visit the Stivics for Christmas in season 9. A grown up Joey (played by yet another actor) appeared in the pilot episode of 704 Houser.
Quietly Performing Sister Show: For all intents and purposes, this is what Sanford and Son is: both shows were developed by Norman Lear, and Fred is essentially a black Expy of Archie.
"Rashomon"-Style: In one ep., Archie and Mike have two radically different impressions of a young minority worker doing a job for them at the house: Archie sees him a threatening hoodlum, Mike as a harmless goofy kid. The truth, as usual, is somewhere in between.
Reaction Shot: Seen constantly, especially when Archie is shown reacting to one of Edith's long-winded speeches.
Required Spinoff Crossover: Surprisingly averted. None of the Bunkers or Stivics ever appeared in an actual episode of The Jeffersons (save via old footage in a Clip Show) or Maude. Archie did have a cameo in the original, unaired pilot for Gloria, however.
Running Gag:
"Reverend Fletcher..." "Felcher." "Whatever!"
Mike and his empty pit of a stomach.
Seinfeldian Conversation: Archie and Mike have several conversations — or, rather, arguments — like this, which are treated (especially by Archie) as very Serious Business indeed.
In "Gloria Sings the Blues", they argue about whether you should put on your socks on both feet and then your shoes, or your the sock and the shoe on one foot, then the other one.
In "Archie's Raise" they argue about whether it's okay to put mustard on a pretzel.
In "Mike and Gloria Split", they argue whether it's a better idea to tuck both sides of a sheet into the bed and slide in through the top, or fold over a corner and lay down through the untucked side.
Series Fauxnale: The season 8 finale "The Stivics Go West", which sees Mike and Gloria leave for California, became this after it was decided to continue the show for another year.
Shout-Out:In "Archie's Chair", Archie mentions a junk shop with minority people.
Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: For a show about two opposing sides constantly opposing and bickering at each other, the shows heart, love, humor, and family dynamics surprisingly make this a more idealistic show. Probably one of Norman Lear's most optimistic shows come to think of it.
Smarter Than You Look: It was apparent that Edith was much more intelligent than she let on, she just had a tendency to ramble and was a Cloud Cuckoo Lander.
Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome:
A really weird example with Justin Quigley, the Bunker's adopted Grandfather. In his first episode, he claimed to be 82. In "Archie's 50th Birthday" he turns 83. Then in "Archie's Weighty Problem" he suddenly claims to be 92 (without a change in actor; Mustin was 91 when this last episode was filmed and had been playing younger than he was before).
Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson, also undergoes this, though it spans four different series:
Joey was born in "Birth of the Baby", which aired in December, 1975. Like most infant characters on television, he was initially played by twins (Jason and Justin Draeger). His lone appearance on All in the Family after his parents depart the series as regulars (in "California, Here We Are") sees him played by Cory R. Miller, born August 15, 1975 (four months older than his character).
When Joey returns for the "Thanksgiving Reunion" two-parter on Archie Bunker's Place in 1979, he is played by Dick Billingsley, born January 6, 1975 (just about a year older than his character).
The actor most closely associated with the role of Joey is Christian Jacobs, who played him in the short-lived Gloria spinoff. He was born on January 11, 1972, and the character of Joey was aged up to make up for this four-year gap (depicted as a preteen instead of the seven-year-old child he should have been).
Joey made one final appearance on 704 Hauser, a failed spinoff set in the Bunker home (after Archie had sold it to a new family), reminiscing about his childhood in the Bunker home. This childhood must have taken place before his parents even met, because he was played by Casey Siemaszko, born in early 1961 (almost fifteen years before Joey Stivic). The character, who should have been barely out of high school, looked and acted like a man in his thirties. He also had a drastic change in appearance and temperament: all previous incarnations of Joey took after his mother in looks, whereas Siemaszko's Joey was essentially a carbon copy of his father (ironically, unlike Rob Reiner, Siemaszko actually is Chicago Polish).
Something Something Leonard Bernstein: The classic performance of the theme song ("Those Were the Days" by Charles Stouse and Lee Adams) by O'Connor and Stapleton was infamous for a couple of mumbled/garbled lines (most notably "Gee, our old LaSalle ran great"), which left viewers arguing about them for years.
Special Guest: Sammy Davis Jr., in the classic Season 2 episode "Sammy's Visit".
Stay in the Kitchen: Invoked many times over the course of the series by Archie towards Edith. One episode in particular, "Edith Breaks Out", has Archie essentially try to force her to stay at home after she tells him of her volunteer work at a senior citizen's home. When he threatens to call the man in charge of the home and tell him that Edith won't be going over there any more, she blows a gasket and calls him out for trying to pigeonhole her into the role of a housewife, and storms out the front door while the audience hollers in appreciation.
Stealth Insult: Archie was frequently on the receiving end of these, most often from Mike.
Sammy Davis, Jr. gives a fantastic one to Archie in his episode:
Sammy: If you were prejudiced, you'd walk around thinking that you're better than anybody else in the world. But I can honestly say, after having spent these marvelous moments with you... you ain't better than anybody.
Archie: Can I have your hand on that, Sammy?
At his going-away party, Henry Jefferson gives a toast to Archie:
Henry: It's been a great experience, living on this street and watching this wonderful family of Edith, Gloria, and Mike. I want to thank you, Bunker, for letting me know and letting me see that some white folks are better than other white folks.
Archie: Well, I wish the whole world could learn that.
Stock Lateral Thinking Puzzle: Gloria's riddle — 'A man and his son are in a car accident and the man is killed. The boy is rushed to hospital. The doctor takes one look at him and says "I can't operate on this child, he's my son!" How is that possible?'note The doctor is a woman - it's his mother. Edith is the one who figures it out. While it's to be expected that Archie wouldn't guess it, this solution doesn't occur to Mike either, though Mike at least gets the point after being told the answer.
Strawman Ball: In one episode, Mike inherits $200 upon the death of a relative and decides to contribute all of it to the George McGovern campaign. While $200 may seem a drop in the bucket to modern audiences, for the time period (and some like Mike with limited income), it was far from nothing and many viewers were irked by Mike contributing the whole amount to a politician, rather than, say, buying a month's worth of groceries for the Bunker family or repaying Archie for some of the freebies he's had along the way.
Studio Audience:
Lampshaded in the closing credits, with a voiceover by Rob Reiner: "All in the Family was recorded on tape before a live audience."
Averted in Season 9 at Carroll O'Connor's behest. Instead, episodes were shot on a closed set and then screened after completion for audiences attending live tapings of One Day at a Time so that their reactions could be edited in. The closing-credits voiceover, now given by O'Connor, was rephrased to reflect this: "All in the Family was played to a studio audience for live responses." (This setup was continued for Archie Bunker's Place.)
Suddenly Ethnicity:
In the "Archie in the Hospital" episode (but only for Archie, not the audience).
A more straight example happened in "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye", where the titular recurring character dies and both Archie and the audience discovers he was Jewish.
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: Edith was used sparingly in the first season of Archie Bunker's Place before dying of a stroke offscreen.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: George Jefferson, for Henry Jefferson. It's inverted, though, because George was always intended to be on the series, but Sherman Hemsley had to fulfill other contractual obligations and Norman Lear didn't want another actor. Henry was created as a substitute until Hemsley was free to appear.
Take That!:
Against politics in general, with both Archie and Michael embodying aspects of conservatives and liberals respectively.
Another one was done against the Moral Guardians of the FCC,note which forced the show to move from its Saturday 8 p.m. timeslot to Mondays at 9 in 1975 as part of a mandated "Family Viewing Hour" with the core foursome singing a modified version of "Those Were The Days".
Jean Stapleton: Let's all sing the 1975 version of "Those Were the Days"! [hurries over to the piano; Carroll O'Connor joins her on the bench, while Sally Struthers and Rob Reiner stand behind her] We call it "These Are the Days"!
Sally: Oh, goody goody gumdrops, and other Family Hour expressions of delight.
[Jean plays an introductory flourish, then the four begin singing]
Carroll, Jean, Sally, Rob: Television's grown up now
No-one needs a marriage vow
Folks go to the terlit now
These are the days!
Jean: Single girls can take a pill...
Carroll: Robert can propose to Bill...
Carroll, Jean, Sally, Rob: And we all can say "prune juice" and "tush" and "potty" out loud...
Sally: We can show my pregnancy...
Rob: And John-Boy can have VD...
Carroll: Plus a quick vasectomy...
Jean, Sally, Rob: After nine o'clock!
Carroll: [spoken] Yeah!
Carroll, Jean, Sally, Rob: These are the days!
The Talk: The wedding flashback episode has a very flustered Edith trying to give one of these to Gloria.
Thanksgiving Episode: "The Little Atheist"
Thematic Theme Tune: "Those Were the Days", a longer version of which was issued as a single and became a minor radio hit in 1972.
The Oner: "Edith's 50th Birthday" was shot all in one long take because the director believed (rightly so) that doing so would heighten the tension amongst the studio audience and that it would then be felt by the audience at home. There ultimately had to be one edit (aside from the ones for scheduled commercial breaks) because the episode's climactic moment caused the studio audience to cheer so loudly and for so long a good chunk had to be cut for time.
This Is My Chair: Arguably the most famous application of the trope.
Toilet Paper Trail: Used only semi-comedically in one episode: Archie and Edith visit Mike and Gloria in California. One night during their stay, Gloria talks to her mother: the marriage isn't going well, and they might divorce. They use the bathroom for privacy during their talk. They both cry, and Edith in particular uses some toilet paper to wipe her eyes. When they leave Edith has a trail of toilet paper in her hand; when Archie calls her on it she says she was "using it for Kleenex" without going into details.
Transatlantic Equivalent: Till Death Us Do Part, which came before this show.
Trans Equals Gay: Beverly LaSalle, a recurring gay character, is a cross-dresser. The show also averted the trope with an earlier episode featuring one of Archie's pals as a Manly Gay man.
20 Minutes into the Future: In one 1978 episode, Archie correctly names the next President as he yells after Mike "...and you're getting Reagan in '80!"
Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist: Archie Bunker. Aside from being bigoted, he's also highly selfish and abrasive, constantly putting down everyone around him. At least this is how it started out, until the show gained solid footing … and then several episodes did attempt to show Archie's better sides.
Very Special Episode: Averted, in a way, in that while a large majority of the episode plots could qualify as "very special episodes," none of them were branded as such. The 1977-1978 episode was especially prevalent with adult-themed episode plots, including the attempted rape of Edith, Archie becoming hooked on amphetamines, Archie unwittingly joining the KKK, Edith witnessing a deadly robbery, and – while locked in the storeroom with Mike – letting slip that he was abused as a child. The final episode of that season, "The Stivics Move West," was also "very special" in a different way: it was the Tearjerker episode where Mike and Gloria say their farewells to Archie and Edith and, with little Joey, move west.
Whole Episode Flashback: One involved Archie and Mike meeting for the first time, another revisited Mike and Gloria's wedding.
Wholesome Crossdresser: Beverly LaSalle, the female impersonator whose life Archie saves. He later appears in two more episodes. It's made clear he's actually a drag queen rather than a cross dresser, not generally going out in public in drag and making a living performing as a female impersonater.
Beverly is never stated to be gay, just a drag queen (someone who dresses as a woman as part of an act but not necessarily in their personal life) and his effeminate mannerisms could be explained by spending so much time in character (or just not breaking character; Beverly is pretty much only ever seen in drag, which is somewhat at odds with the "not going out in public in drag" part).
Will They or Won't They?: Variation - just whether or not Mike and Gloria get back together or go through with their divorce is unclear. It simply gives a vague closing scene of everyone calmly sitting by the Christmas tree. The Gloria spinoff says that he does leave her, but how canon that was is up for debate.
Actually the two reappear in the first season of Archie Bunkers Place, back together with no mention of their previous marital problems. Then Gloria reappears a couple of seasons later with Mike having left her, but this was explained as his having a breakdown over the state of society and moving to a couples commune with a student when Gloria refused to join him rather than being related to the issues present in aitf season 9.
Women Are Wiser:
Edith in some ways. She was, indeed, as Archie often called her, a "dingbat", but she was also much more socially sensitive and moral than him.
Perhaps the best example of all comes from the season 4 episode "The Games Bunkers Play"; while playing "Group Therapy", Edith confides to Mike that she doesn't like the way he makes fun of Archie, calling him ignorant. When Mike tries to defend himself, she said "If you really was smarter then Archie, you'd be smart enough to not let him see that you're smarter than him." The audience actually applauded that, it was so brilliant.
There's actually a somewhat famous quote about the difference between intelligence and wisdom that compares Edith (wise but unintelligent) to a contemporary public figure who was the reverse, said figure being Richard Nixon.
Xtreme Kool Letterz: The local chapter of the KKK calls themselves the Kweens Kouncil of Krusaders.
You Talk Too Much: Archie often regarded himself as the family spokesman and often told others — Edith in particular — to "shaddup" or "stifle yourself" when they began to say something he didn't want them to say.
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History, Monuments and Memorials of Tylers Green Church
A collection of articles documenting the history and heritage of St Margaret's Tylers Green
St. Margaret’s
Our Ecclesiastical Boundaries
Mrs Becher’s History
Ghosts of Tylers Green and Penn
Kindertransport 1939-1945
WW1 War Memorial
Vicars and Church
Sir Philip Rose’s Chapel at Rayners
Mrs Becher’s Diary
Penn & Penn Street
Heritage websites
Village Life in Tylers Green
Violet Isobel Becher (née Todd)
Transcribed by her grandson, Anthony Ainslie, 21/1/1995
I enjoyed a local historian’s windfall recently when Christine Hathaway, a former neighbour, called with some neatly printed stories by Mrs Violet Becher of life in Tylers Green between 1916 and 1938, transcribed by her grandson M.P.A. Ainslie. I first came across Mrs Becher’s name when I was writing the history of St Margaret’s Church in 1983/84. She had also written a short but useful history up to 1936 and her name appears frequently in the records of the time.
Miles Green, Village Voice 53, Winter 1996
This entry was first published October 5, 2018 by tgweb.
Stories – 1916-1938
The stories are handwritten in ink in notebooks and except for the two poems are not contemporaneous, but written in the late 1930’s, illustrating life in Buckinghamshire villages, fifteen and twenty years before.
The youngest of three children, V.I.B. was brought up in St Andrews, Fife in a house called Wayside, (built for her father by the Scottish architect Lorimer) and educated in St. Andrews at St Katharines, (1894-1899) and St Leonards (1899-1904 senior 1904-1907), where she excelled in sport. A good watercolourist, she studied art firstly at the Chelsea Art College and later in Florence. She married Maurice Andrew Noel Becher in St Andrews in 1912, honeymooning in Menton. In 1913 they joined her husband’s battalion then stationed at Lucknow in India also staying during the hot weather at the hill station at Mussoorie. Her first daughter Frances Isobel was born in Lucknow on Tuesday the 16th of December 1913. Her husband a Captain in the Kings Own Scottish Borderers was killed in action at Gallipoli on April 26th 1915, attempting to bring back some of his battalion’s Indian muleteers who had become isolated outside a re-formed front line. Their second daughter, Anne Violet was born on Sunday the 26th of September 1915. V.I.B.’s father, Charles Edward Todd helped her buy an house, Claremont in New Road, Tylers Green, Buckinghamshire to which she moved in 1916; in 1918 she moved to Pitlundie in the same village and in 1937 to Barlows in Frieth. From Frieth she moved between late 1941 and early 1942 to Cherry Cottage, Stokenchurch, then about 1950 to Star Cottage, Lane End and finally in 1959 she built and moved to Middle Way House, Frieth where she died. She is buried in the upper cemetery of Hambleden Parish church.
Throughout her life she worked actively for the church, the W.I. and the Red Cross. She was a fine needlewoman and examples of her work are still in use in some churches in south Buckinghamshire. She herself told a story, not included in the notebook, of a Colour guard from a K.O.S.B. battalion in France, bringing a shell damaged Colour to her in 1917, the guard camping on Penn village green, while she repaired the torn fabric.
The Col Arthur Becher referred to in the story of the Penny Bank Slate Club, lived in Hammersley Lane, Tylers Green and was the brother of V.I.B.’s father in law – General Becher. When young, Arthur Becher had been ADC to the Duke of Connaught, (one of Queen Victoria’s sons) and his wife Kate, Lady in Waiting to the Duchess. In his later years Col Becher is thought to have enjoyed the bottle (a Becher failing) and is remembered as ‘a dashing old dog’, fond of escorting a wealthy local lady – Editha Lancaster Rose. It may have been his residence in Tylers Green or that of V.I.B.’s second cousins the Soames, parents of Christopher and grandparents of Nicholas, who also lived there and were regular visitors, the children playing together; which brought V.I.B. from St Andrews to Buckinghamshire.
Mr Sugg, who ran the bus company mentioned in ‘To London Town’, prospered further, eventually buying both the manor and Lordship of Fingest.
Lord Dawson of Penn, who features in the tale of ‘The Bucks Enquiry’, was the well known physician to King George the V, ennobled for his services to the Crown and now thought to have hastened King George’s death in order to meet the deadline for the following morning’s ‘Times’.
Sources: M.P.A.A., A.V.B, F.I.T-W – Anthony Ainslie, 21/1/1995
Tylers Green
It would be difficult for many of the people now living in the village to realize just how small a place Tylers Green was before the War. [1914-1918]. I came there in 1916 & excluding the Vicarage, there were but 4 people of substance living there.
The Vicar was serving as Chaplain to the navy but was at home for short periods. They were very poor financially & either picnicked in a couple of rooms in the house or lodged with Mrs Rolfe at Beechwood just opposite the Church. I remember walking up one morning from Claremont for an early service. As I passed Beechwood, Mrs Spencer put her head out of the upper window calling out to me that the Vicar was in bed & that there would be no service. She was dressed only in a frilly cotton nightdress & her coarse white hair was hanging all over her face. When he died I went along to offer my sympathy. She met me at the door with a stony & insolent stare, listened to my halting words & then showed me out saying she did not know what I had come for. The door slammed behind me.
During the Vicar’s absence with the fleet, we had relays of parsons to take duty! One young curate of the type common to the comic stage was reported to have proposed marriage to Mrs Lancaster Rose. No doubt her riches & the luxury of her house appealed to him as being of use to the cause of the Church. She used to tell the story of his undignified exit in her own inimitable way.
Another one was a German, (German Swiss he was described by the kind & tolerant). There was quite a crowd one Sunday morning at 8.0 a.m. & he passed so infinitesimal a moment as he turned with the invitation to the people, that we found ourselves repeating the second Our Father without anyone having left their seats.
Mr & Mrs Spencer were tragic failures, she was the wreck of a beautiful woman brought about by indulgence in what sd never be allowed in a woman – he was kindly and spruce to the last & I think that his religion was very real to him. What his sufferings were or perhaps their joint sufferings together, can only be partially imagined; but I think they must be held in extenuation over the last tragic years.
Two memories in connection with the Church come to my mind – which happened just after I came. It was Holy week & I took my little daughter to the advertised Children’s Service at 10.0 a.m. on Good Friday. After the bell had stopped ringing the Vicar came into the Church & as we two were the only congregation he told me that there would be no Service. Next morning I arrived with a few flowers to help with the Easter Decorations. I waited for quite a long time but no one came. Then Mr Spencer walked in, & said that as there were no flowers or greenery or gifts of any kind it was impossible to do anything, & his wife was in bed. Only the Altar vases would be done. Joyfully I held out my bunch of flowers & offered to arrange them. ‘Oh no thank you – my wife always does them & I will take them over to her bedroom presently.’ I and my little bunch of flowers went sadly home again.
Miss Robertson
Miss Robertson lived where the Vicarage now is – Westbury in those days. – She was an elderly lady living alone with a young but very devoted maid. I used to go and read to her when her eyes began to get bad, & sometimes I would go for hours on end while she slept peacefully – not daring to stop in case she woke. The Idylls of the King and Paradise Lost were her favourites. Then as time went on, I wrote her letters for her & read out to her all those that arrived.
One day there came an appeal from a nephew for advice upon his matrimonial venture. Miss Robertson turned to me: ‘you are a far more suitable adviser and you must write in your own words a reply for me to sign’. Near the end she became very incapacitated & she arranged that I should have power of attorney so that I might sign her cheques.
This was very helpful after her death, as the fact of my having the power to draw money, the estate could be wound up in a very short space of time.
One morning her maid sent me a message to come & see her. I found that her mind had become very deranged & she was obsessed by the idea that she and she alone knew of a plot to murder the King as he stepped off the boat on his visit to Ireland. She was beside herself with worry and anxiety & would not rest till the King’s advisors had been told of the danger. I said I would hurry out and send a prepaid telegram & she must wait as patiently as possible. I went out into the garden with a book. Presently I hurried in, rushed up the stairs & told her joyfully that the reply had come & that the Plot was known and prepared for. It was as if a bubble had been pricked, her mind became calm and she fell asleep like a little child.
The maid was goodness itself & never left her tiII she died. Once I offered to take part of the night so that she could have a few hours of uninterrupted sleep. I remember that I sat on a stool by the fire and embroidered a fine linen Pall which I expect is still being used at Tylers Green Church.
The Holy Three
We called them that because their pursuits were ‘holy’. Lettice was an artist at arranging church flowers in uncompromising brass vases & took hot nourishing dishes to the sick and the poor. Emmie dealt with the choir. She rattled them and bullied them into singing but her own magnificent voice had more to do with it than anything else. Of wonderful volume, purity and compass, it nevertheless had not one ounce of sympathy or tenderness; & to hear her singing the Indian love lyrics was an astonishing experience.
She was a grand figure of a woman, but manlike in the simplicity of her life and dress. A wonderfully sweet smile redeemed the severity and ruggedness of her countenance & her crowning glory was in very truth her hair – Five silken tresses of a glorious golden colour were wound in thick plaits round her head. Sometimes I would ask her to undo it and it would float around her like a cascade of golden light to below her knees. She was the man of the party and the other two Nevins sisters used jokingly to be called her two wives.
Emmie Tatham, the youngest of a large family lived with her aged mother. Miriam and Lettice Nevins looked after their widowed mother in a small cottage in Hammersley Lane. In 1916 Mrs Nevins died & these two unmarried daughters went to live with the Tathams. The death soon after of Mrs Tatham made no difference to the menage, & the three women continued to live together. Emmie and Lettice were inseparable & shared a bedroom and a bed. Lettice ran the house – busy, narrow minded and thin lipped, she was not a favourite but she was extraordinarily capable and good at her job, loyal and possessed of a heart of gold. Miriam, the odd man out, was loved by everyone and Emmie was always very tender towards her.
She, of all of them could have rightly been called a Holy Woman, for she was goodness itself. She kept the household sane and sweet, for all her self effacement & humility. & her own innate sweetness gave a dignity to the difficult position she filled so happily. Miriam’s share of the household duties was to act as scribe & help in the garden – they all gardened, but Emmie did the lion’s share.
Occasionally they would ask me to spend an evening with them. The 2 ‘wives’ would be sitting sewing or mending, while Emmie, snug in a velvet jacket would enjoy her evening pipe. Presently she would read to us from a book on Italian travel or from a criticism on the pictures of the Italian school.
I missed Emmie most. She was a strong healthy creature – Downright in thought & word, honest in all her doings & with a gift of comradeship which she gave to those who had won her affection.
Henry Cakebread
Henry Cakebread had ‘Bats in the Belfry’ & he had them badly. Schoolmaster and Church warden for many years, he was now living in retirement in the house next [to] the schools; with his wife & daughter. He was a short bald little man, with red cheeks and a long nose & he attended morning service in Church very regularly.
One Sunday, a stranger was preaching. There was terrible storm of thunder and lightning & shattering peals broke over our heads at intervals. Suddenly, during a moment of quiet, there was an ominous sound just above & for a moment many of us thought that a part of the roof was falling in on us. It must have been several loose slates clattering down at the same time. To stress a point in his sermon, the preacher used it as a parable: ‘The hand of the Lord upon the sinful’ – loudly came the immediate reply from Henry Cakebread ‘You are a liar’. Consternation reigned and a breath-taking silence. Then Mrs Prynne, lately come to the village & understanding the circumstances not at all, rushed in where angels would have feared to tread. She rose in her place & pointing a finger at him shouted: ‘you naughty man, leave the Church at once’.
Fortunately Mr Long, who knew Mr Cakebread & his weaknesses, went quietly to the old man & with one of his sweet smiles, gently led him down the aisle & out into the storm.
Note: Henry Cakebread was elected Churchwarden eighteen times from 1892.
Our Water Supply
We had of course no telephone, no gas, electricity or WATER. If our rain water tanks ran dry, it was sometimes possible to buy water at a £1 a cart load, if one lived in that part of the village which paid its rates to Amersham. The other part of the vilIage, (on the other side of the road), came under Chepping Wycombe & this Authority had rights in the matter of supply of water to those houses in its district. Amersham had laid on a water main for their district, but was not permitted to supply water to anyone else. It was a case of ‘dog in the manger’. Chepping Wycombe would neither supply us with water nor allow anyone else to do so.
After a long and fierce battle and questions in Parliament, they were finally forced to bring up a water supply. Their mains and those of Amersham RDC lie in some cases almost side by side and some of the houses are partly in one district and partly in another. When the water at last came, there was a drought & we watched the pipes coming nearer each day to our houses. In two days they told me, mine would be connected & there was only barely an inch left in my tank.
Then out of the blue, came a disagreement. The water Coy had dug up the Common to lay their pipes without permission & all work must stop. The rights of the common land were vested in another authority & in spite of entreaties and appeals red tape ruled that permission must be obtained through the correct channels before the work could go on.
There – a few yards from my empty tank was the end of the pipe & I had not a drop of water. In the meantime, they tested the work & rushing into the earth came a stream of water which I was powerless to make use of! When finally the mains were connected, we turned on all the taps, (I had five lots) just for the sheer joy of hearing the water running in abundance.
See also: When the Village Pond was our only Water Supply (opens in new tab)
To London Town
Going to London from Tylers Green was not so easy – The railway fares were small, 2/6 return, but the station was the difficulty – 4/5 miles distant.
One could bicycle, but the roads were muddy & it was necessary to carry an extra pair of shoes & stockings to change into at the station. The station could be reached in 1/4 to 1/2 an hour, but there was the long ride uphill home after a long day.
The alternative was the horse bus & that left Reid’s stables by the pond at 8.0 a.m. It was necessary to give notice the day before, as if there were no passengers the bus did not run. If the weather was very bad, it did not run either. I have known it actually start & get as far as Penn and then turn back again.
At first it was an open wagonette & we sat on either side facing each other. Then it became a closed bus & always, whatever the vehicle the horses stopped for a drink at the water trough at Knotty Green. The next luxury to be provided was an inside light on winter nights. This public conveyance made the two journeys daiIy. It took passengers to the early morning train & then back in the evening. It was also possible to hire a pony and trap and this was driven by Mr Reid’s niece – Violet as she was known to everyone. Young, dark & pretty she was excellent with horses and had a slight stammer.
Reid finally gave up his business and Sugg started a motor bus in his stead. Fares had increased & then came the railway concession of a cheap return once a week, providing one did not travel by a train leaving Beaconsfield before 10.0 a.m. Each Wednesday therefor the new bus made a second journey to the station. As the population of the village grew & houses were built, so the bus service increased, & there was an excellent service to meet all convenient trains throughout the day. Sugg’s venture became a limited Coy. & a great financial success. He sold his business & rolling stock to the Thames Valley Bus Coy, & lived in Tylers Green as a man of substance.
Sugg himself was a personality; shrewd & with a clever brain he was a hard master, but a fair one. He ran his business with a rod of iron & any slackness by his men or disobedience to his rules, was met by immediate dismissal. His green buses were kept in beautiful condition & were a model of punctuality & were never late. He himself must have been of German antecedents. His English was not pure & he spoke with a gutteral accent. When I first came to Tylers Green & lived at Claremont, New Rd., he used to call as a very humble person, for my pigspail with a light hand cart. He also ran a coal business & had a wonderful capacity for work which brought financial success for himself and his family.
Later articles →
Penny Bank, Slate Club, Mrs Spicer
The Bucks Enquiry
Allan Freemantle
Willie Luttman
Mrs Winslow
Dora Brooke Clarke
Granny Rogers
The Cook Family
Bob Wigram
The Ex-Servicemen’s 1st Dinner
Michael Rolfe
Jessie Dixon – April 1934
Penn Fair 1934
Birds – Summer 1934
Rogues – September 1933
Harold Bond
Sam Taylor, Carrier, October 1935
Charles Jesse Wheeler
Psalms, October 1936
Richard Lacey, January 1937
Pheobe Hazell, January 1937
King the Butcher
Sergeant Major Simms
Mrs Elborn
Miss Devereux
Old Man Grove
Mrs Editha Lancaster Rose
Armistice Sunday 1937
Julia Biggs
Hodges and Mrs Hodges
Miss —
Two Memories – Services in the Scout Hut
Two Memories – The Reserved Sacrament
Helen Dunn
Arthur Jagger R.I.P February 8th 1938
More Incidents – Visiting Vicars
The Old Blind Parson
Prayer for an infant not likely to live
Miss Kearsey and Jack Piggott
Fetes Etc.
Stanley Bridges
Alice Tiffin, July 1938
Vignettes – The Boutwoods, Charlesworths and Soames
Vignettes – Sarah Lacey, Mrs Newton, Sir Philip & Lady Rose
Rayners – The LCC School for the Deaf
Mr Cumberland
The Besting of the B.C. Council
Mrs Bunford
Mr Middleton’s Felt Pad
E. Roy Bird
Mrs Oldmeadow
Mrs Broadmead
Frieth 1938 – Scouts and Guides
October 3rd 1938 – (*The Munich Agreement 29.9.1938).
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Phuket | Phuket Sports: Twenty20 season opener sees old rivalries resumed
Phuket Sports: Twenty20 season opener sees old rivalries resumed
PHUKET: THE Outrigger T20 league kicked off at the ACG cricket ground last Sunday with an action-packed double header.
In the first match, The Village took on last season’s finalists Island Cricket Club (ICC) while the second match saw defending champions Laguna take on arch rivals Patong.
After a disappointing showing in the recently completed senior league season, the Village team had been hard at practice, keen to prove themselves. After being put into bat, all the hard work seemed to pay dividends, with the Village posting 176-6 from their 20 overs. Openers Martin Foster (30) and captain Paul Stamp (69) posted an impressive 99 run partnership, with Stamp particularly punishing, smashing five sixes and five fours from just 42 balls.
The momentum slowed shortly after this, with ICC fighting back to claim several more wickets cheaply until Diwan Mydeen (28 not out from 14 balls) came into the middle to bring the innings home. The hard-to-beat total of 176 runs was aided by some wayward bowling from ICC which included 20 wides.
After the break, ICC knew a run-rate of more than eight runs per over was going to be a difficult but not impossible task. However, they got off to a shaky start, losing opener Ravi Naik (7) in just the third over with the score at 15. Stalwart Surender Kumar (19) and Vikram Sharma (26) steadied the innings until Kumar fell.
Apart from Deepak Mehra (13) and A Mushtaq (10) no other ICC batsmen managed to reach double figures and could only manage 122-9 in return, with Diwan Mydeen and Craig Murphy both claiming a treble of wickets each. The Village claimed a decisive victory.
In the afternoon session, Patong took on defending champions Laguna, keen to redeem themselves from their loss to Laguna in the JLL Hotels league final.
After winning the toss, Patong elected to bat first hoping to set a high-scoring total to defend. They got off to a solid start with openers Mike Khan (17) and Seemant Raju (37) putting on a 38 run partnership before Khan fell in the seventh over.
However, none of the remaining Patong batsmen managed to reach double figures as they limped to post a total of 100-9 from their 20 overs. This was mainly due to an impressive bowling display from Sami Ullah (four wickets for eight runs), who was well supported by the other Laguna bowlers which was also backed up in the field.
When Laguna took to the crease, they got off to a quick start with openers Darren Shaw (26) and captain Stuart Reading (20) scoring at 10 runs an over until Reading fell with the score on 44 in the fifth over.
Roly Cooper (18) also looked impressive until he was bowled by Raju with the score on 80. Val Guiraud (10 not out) and Damian Clowes (nine not out) then guided the innings home to reach 101-4 in 16.1 overs.
Tomorrow (July 14) sees another double-header of T20 cricketing action with the Village taking on Patong and ICC taking on the Phuket youth team mainly comprising young Thai cricketing talent.
Play commences at 10:30 am and all are welcome to come along. For more information please click here.
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CROW'S REST, by Angelica R. Jackson
Long ago, Angelica was kind enough to critique a novel of mine that wasn't ready for prime-time--and her feedback really showed me where it needed work.
In exchange, I got to read CROW'S REST in its earlier stages, and when I did, I knew it would reach publication one day. That day will come in May 2015, but until then, here's a premise and some pretty cover art to entice you:
Avery Flynn arrives for a visit at her Uncle Tam's, eager to rekindle her summertime romance with her crush-next-door, Daniel.
But Daniel’s not the sweet, neurotic guy she remembers—and she wonders if this is her Daniel at all. Or if someone—some thing—has taken his place.
Her quest to find the real Daniel—and get him back—plunges Avery into a world of Fae and changelings, where creatures swap bodies like humans change their socks, and magic lives much closer to home than she ever imagined.
Here are Angelica's answers to some interview questions!
According to your bio, you dabble in a lot of creative mediums. What originally drew you to writing, and what about it gives you the most joy?
Hmm, I have to go back pretty far to think what originally drew me to writing—I was nine when I wrote and illustrated my first book for a fifth grade assignment. But even though it was schoolwork, I quickly learned I was onto something fulfilling. I was already an avid reader who had left behind chapter books in favor of novels (sci fi, fantasy, animal stories, and classics like A Wrinkle in Time) and wanted to take part in the storytelling I found in books.
I enjoyed writing from then on, even crafting some stories for the school literary magazine in junior high. Those were an interesting collaboration (battle?) between my partner's determination to write the gritty story of a troubled war veteran—and my enduring belief that every story is better with smart-aleck shapeshifters. In high school, a few other geeky girls and I formed a tight group where we exchanged artwork (mine was heavily of the unicorn variety) and stories (again, unicorns figured prominently—along with werewolves).
But those sharing sessions were where I first became aware that despite me having a very clear story and picture in my head, how I put the words down on the page determined what story and picture the other person actually received. That was a revelation to me—that even words like "tree" and "red" don't mean the same thing to each person.
If I could put on one of those science fiction helmets to let me experience other people's dreams and points of view, I'd likely never take it off. Instead, I'll have to settle for living in my characters' heads.
So I'm going to say that's what gives me the most joy—when I get the words right and I'm able to show what's in my imagination to other people, and yet it's still transformed and complemented by their own vision.
You do it really well! I loved CROW'S REST when I read it, especially the characters. What tips, if any, would you give to writers looking to improve their character development?
Thank you! I wanted all the characters—major or minor—to feel like genuine human beings (or Fae beings). It was originally the Fae who gave me the most trouble because their morality can be so fluid. As a race, they are inherently selfish and narcissistic, so having a Fae character who has become somewhat humanized made me think a lot about how his actions would differ from a less "enlightened" Fae. And how those differences might exhibit themselves in ways that seem contradictory to an observer, but make perfect sense to him and his worldview.
Once I started thinking in those terms, I realized that this doesn't just apply to one Fae character—humans are full of contradictions too. So I would advise spending some time thinking about places where there may be contradictions in the character's own belief system. What lies do they tell themselves to rationalize these breaks from their values? Or are they even aware of them? If another character "calls" them on a seemingly-hypocritical act, how do they react—with soul-searching or blame-shifting? These questions can help you round out your characters in unexpected ways.
I'll have to try that. And I love your book cover! What was the design process like?
Thank you, I love it too! The design process was, in a word, complicated. But you probably won’t let me get away with a one-word answer, so here’s a longer version:
My editor, Owen Dean, and I had talked about what we envisioned for a cover before we even started formal edits. We agreed that we wanted it to have a fantasy feel, with some tension or suspense also in the mix. The first cover mockup we saw was a compelling design but not quite a match for the book.
So I gathered some examples of covers I liked, along with artwork and models on Shutterstock which captured the feel of Crow’s Rest and Avery. We even got permission for me to do a test photoshoot with some models to see if they would be suitable for a custom shoot at Preston Castle (the real-life castle which inspired the setting of my book).
Then I submitted all those images and…waited. It should not be news to any of you, but publishing involves a lot of waiting! But on a day where I needed to feel like I was doing something, I stumbled upon NataliaMuroz’s artwork and the lush, surreal-looking forest with a dark bird flying through it. I was so excited—it was perfect!—that I created a mockup utilizing it as the backdrop for a seated girl.
Well, the higher-ups loved my concept, and for a while it looked like I was going to be able to do the complete design myself. But once I found out about the very tight timeline we were working with (one for me that also included appointments and commitments I couldn’t get out of, copyedits on the way, and work on the sequel that has its own schedule) I had to admit that I wouldn’t be able to come up with a cover we would all be happy with by that deadline. It was a hard lesson in acknowledging my limitations, but I don’t regret it—much better to fess up than cause delays.
Fortunately, I’d been in contact with Kelley York, another author who also has a visual-artist side with X-Potion Designs, and she let me know she could squeeze my cover into her schedule. We worked very closely on getting the main elements right (such as, it turned out the bird in the original backdrop was a vulture and not a crow—but it was only discovered once we downloaded the hi-res version, lol). So I ended up with a cover which I love—and like a new mother I find myself just staring at it, eclipsing the memory of the labor that came before!
What a great learning process--thanks for sharing! Speaking of sequels on their own schedules, what are some of your current projects?
I’m starting to compile video footage and photographs (some from my first-ever visit to Ireland and the UK) to use in the Crow’s Rest book trailer. I’ve already written the music for it, so now all I need to do is find the time to put it all together into a coherent whole. I also have some ambitious plans for a Crow’s Rest book launch at Preston Castle—anybody up for a tour of an abandoned reform school while they wait for me to sign their copy?
The sequel to Crow’s Rest, with the working title No Man’s Land, is coming along and I’m loving the opportunity to get back into Avery’s head. The events page on my website has some upcoming dates, including a spot on a fantasy-writing panel in January that I’m really looking forward to. Joining me on the panel will be some writers who might sound familiar to your blog readers: Jessica Taylor, Heather Marie, and Christina Mercer.
Thanks so much for having me, Karen, and for spreading the cover love for Crow’s Rest! And thank you too, Angelica! *Raises hand for abandoned reform school tour*
Angelica R. Jackson, in keeping with her scattered Gemini nature, has published articles on gardening, natural history, web design, travel, hiking, and local history. Other interests include pets, reading, green living, and cooking for food allergies (the latter not necessarily by choice, but she’s come to terms with it). Ongoing projects include short fiction, poetry, novels, art photography, and children’s picture books.
In 2012, she started Pens for Paws Auction, which features critiques and swag from agents and authors to raise money for a no-kill, cage-free cat sanctuary where she volunteers, Fat Kitty City.
She’s also been involved with capturing the restoration efforts for Preston Castle (formerly the Preston School of Industry) in photographs and can sometimes be found haunting its hallways.
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We Must All Keep Our Lights Burning
Like many, I was shocked and saddened when I heard about Robin Williams' passing. I'd only met him once, and when I did, I was so in awe I barely spoke. And even though he didn't know me from a hole in the wall, I felt like I'd lost a kindred spirit--someone who understood what we all face.
It's even harder for his family, particularly his daughter, who, adding insult to injury, had to deal with these asshats on Twitter. I hope wherever she is, and whatever she's doing, she's able to do what she so eloquently stated here:
She's right. In the darkness, we have to find the light. Build. Create. Renew.
While I've been knee-deep in edits, I've wrestled with a maddening shroud of darkness that tries to convince me there's no point to it. It's a voice that gets even louder when tragedy occurs. It laughs, and says, "See? Look how awful things are."
But there is a point, in everything we do. If we nurture our own lights within, and shine them brightly on others, we can perhaps keep the brightness burning. Interrupt the sadness, as Russell Brand so eloquently put it.
So that is what I am going to try to do. Find the good, the poignant, the important, and try to share it. And hopefully, in the process, make someone's day a little brighter. It's what all us writers do, whether we know it or not.
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SERVANTS OF THE STORM by Delilah S. Dawson
There's a possibility I'll be going dark for the first few weeks in August. We planned a trip to Hawaii, so barring any hurricanes, hopefully I'll be on a beach somewhere then.
But now, to business...
Long ago, Delilah S. Dawson was one of my first blog interviews. And after I saw her at Phoenix Comicon, I knew I had to interview her again, especially since she has a new book out, SERVANTS OF THE STORM. And speaking of hurricanes, the premise is fantastic:
A year ago Hurricane Josephine swept through Savannah, Georgia, leaving behind nothing but death and destruction — and taking the life of Dovey's best friend, Carly. Since that night, Dovey has been in a medicated haze, numb to everything around her.
But recently she's started to believe she's seeing things that can't be real ... including Carly at their favorite cafe. Determined to learn the truth, Dovey stops taking her pills. And the world that opens up to her is unlike anything she could have imagined.
As Dovey slips deeper into the shadowy corners of Savannah — where the dark and horrifying secrets lurk — she learns that the storm that destroyed her city and stole her friend was much more than a force of nature. And now the sinister beings truly responsible are out to finish what they started.
Dovey's running out of time and torn between two paths. Will she trust her childhood friend Baker, who can't see the threatening darkness but promises to never give up on Dovey and Carly? Or will she plot with the sexy stranger, Isaac, who offers all the answers — for a price? Soon Dovey realizes that the danger closing in has little to do with Carly ... and everything to do with Dovey herself.
And here are Delilah's answers to some updated questions!
Since our last interview, you've finished two other novels in the Blud series: WICKED AS SHE WANTS, and WICKED AFTER MIDNIGHT. How have the characters developed throughout the series, and did the overall story evolve in ways you expected?
Well, since Pocket wanted a different romantic couple in every book, Tish and Criminy haven't evolved as fully as one might see in a series that follows the same two main characters. But the series does follow a universal timeline, so you get to see what happens to Casper, first at a low point in The Peculiar Pets of Miss Pleasance (an e-novella), and then in Wicked as She Wants. The third e-novella, The Damsel and the Daggerman, takes us back to Criminy's caravan, where Wicked After Midnight starts.
As I'd originally planned a 3-book arc for Tish and Criminy, I had to change modes and explore the world in new ways. It's been such fun, designing strong heroines and the men perfectly designed to sweep them off their boots--and, in many cases, frustrate the heck out of them first. Luckily, I just sold Blud 4, WICKED EVER AFTER, which will follow Tish and Crim to their inevitable conclusion...
Sounds like you've really expanded on the world you've built! Your forthcoming YA novel, SERVANTS OF THE STORM debuts August 5. Where did the idea come from, and what do you want readers to take away when they're finished?
The idea came from the photo set of Six Flags New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. But I had never been to New Orleans and didn't want to dishonor the victims of a real tragedy, so I made up Hurricane Josephine and moved the story to Savannah, a place I know well. I wanted to write a creepy Southern Gothic that was a paean to the darkness of the South, but the story is just as much about the friendship between Dovey and Carly and how love makes Dovey willing to fight. I want readers to come away satisfied but wanting the next book. :)
Very intriguing! Your new website, www.whimsydark.com, looks fantastic. What recommendations do you have for authors wanting to build (or rebuild) an online platform?
Aw, thanks! With my YA debut this summer, I wanted to make a site that highlighted the whimsical darkness that connects all my different genres… um, because I'm too lazy to keep up with separate sites for adult and teen work. I did what I always do when I'm stumped: went straight to Twitter and asked for recommendations for someone who wanted a simple way to build a sharp-looking site without a lot of fuss or fees. My dear friend Karina Cooper suggested Squarespace, which has worked wonderfully.
Seems like a great solution for writing in multiple genres. In our last interview, you mentioned were-narwhals as a possible "trend". What do you think a were-narwhal would do in its spare time?
I imagine they work as they hired muscle for were-walruses too bulky and lazy to do their own dirty work.
I bet they would! If stuck on a desert island, what books (or devices) would like to have with you?
Definitely my iPad Mini with the Kindle and Nook apps utterly stuffed with books. And a solar panel to charge it. And my gigantic leather Jane Austen compendium for reading and crushing coconuts. And also my laptop. And… well, I'm glamping now, aren't I?
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BioShock Fan Art That’s as Good as the Game Itself
Paul 5 years ago
BioShock has been one of the defining game series of this generation, and it’s one of the few that have propelled games into “art,” though the definition of that word can be debated to death for all eternity. But BioShock was one of the most prominent series to take on serious literary and philosophical concepts in a way that manifested themselves in both the worlds of Rapture and Columbia. We will probably see another BioShock game at some point, but with Irrational mostly scattered to the winds, it won’t be the same, and the original game and Infinite will be the two lasting memories of the series for years to come. Probably not BioShock 2. We don’t talk about Bioshock 2.
Naturally, the game has spawned legions of fans over the years, and as such, there’s a huge community producing fantastic fan art related to the series. The art deco style of the game is simply gorgeous and lends itself to imitation. Or at least it would if I knew what “art deco” meant. (Googles). Oh yeah, that’s pretty accurate.
In any case, I’ve scoured the internet for a few of my specific favorite pieces from the game which you can check out in gallery form below. And trust me, I had to sift through far, far too many Elizabeth hentai adaptations. The first time is funny, the seven hundredth time is gross. But yeah, much respect to all the talented artists who managed to restrain themselves to produce actual art.
By ReborkFX
This computer-assisted piece if one of the best I’ve seen to date, even if I said we don’t talk about BioShock 2. I can’t deny that the “Big Sisters” of the game weren’t terrifying and awesome in their own ways, a more mobile, agile version of the original game’s Big Daddies.
by Nonobot
Our first Big Daddy is a beautiful painting from Nonobot. I remember thinking for the longest time that these things were just giant hulking robots programmed to love little girls. Errr wait, that sounds wrong. But then the game takes you to a point where you can actually step inside one for yourself, and that’s probably one of my favorite sequences across any game ever.
by Fenner
Sometimes being a bodyguard is messy business, and there’s no hidey-hole for the little girls to go into when there’s danger. I really love this piece which shows a Big Daddy taking out what I imagine is a rogue splicer, unless that’s what my body looked like in the original game and I just forgot.
by Sunstark
Now we’ll hop into the parallel universe of BioShock Infinite for this excellent comic book-ish look at Booker and Elizabeth. I remember where I first saw that gun I thought I would be shooting spiral blades into people’s heads rather than using it to fly around on cables. And I thought Elizabeth would be annoying to escort around too, rather than being consistently adorable and helpful.
by Felitomkinson
And what if Infinite was a Disney movie instead? I actually remember this piece and I think I may have featured it by itself previously, that’s how much I like it. Here we see the full cast of the game, which is more or less five people and one giant mechanical flying Big Daddy. I mean Bird Daddy. I mean Songbird. Have you guessed the connections between Infinite and the original yet?
by Eddy-Shinjuku
Oh my god Elizabeth, I love your shoes. Where did you get them? Err right, toss me that mana potion already. This is probably one of my favorite renditions of your little helper in the game. Got to love mission escorts who give you stuff and don’t constantly need protection. “Elizabeth can handle herself in battle” the game reminds you as you play. I mean, she doesn’t like actually fight per se, but “not dying” is more useful than even that, given video game’s consistently complicated relationship with escort missions.
Those are some of my favorites, but if you have any more you think I should see, please link me in the comments!
First pic by Xerovas
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Honestly, looking back on the series at this point in time, I actually like Bioshock 2 more than 1. Back when the Rapture titles were relevant, 1 was seen as an artistic cultural milestone (rightfully so) and 2 was given a hard time for basically riding in on 1’s coattails (also rightfully so).
Now, however, the gaming scene has moved on and 1 doesn’t have the same impact it used to (although still an awesome game). Nowadays, when I play the games and compare them, I enjoy 2 more because it has funner gameplay mechanics. The story isn’t as good as 1 but is still pretty good. Plus Minerva’s Den is fantastic.
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Playing Should be Replaying
By David Shimomura • January 23rd, 2017
Portal 2 is one of the funniest games I’ve ever played. In many ways, it’s one of the sharpest written and acted too. Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant and J. K. Simmons get some of the best lines in any game and deliver them in almost unforgettable ways. But I did forget.
To be honest, it’s easy to forget precisely how great something is after 10 years. It’s been over five years since I’ve had steak bake from Greggs and I can’t even tell you what they taste like except that they’re great. Time does that.
So it was surprising to me how funny the game was when I played it earlier this week. It shouldn’t have been, it was my favorite game of 2008. The only reason that I even bothered to play it again was because my kid cousin wanted to see what it was. He’s seen ads for the Portal Lego Dimensions add ons.
This lead to a lovely morning playing Portal 2. Honestly, I’ll probably play it to completion again because it’s so great. Memories are fragile things and stepping back into Portal 2 was like being reacquainted with an old friend.
This isn’t nostalgia. It’s probably closer to fear. Meeting old friends generally ends with losing touch again. Maybe forever this time.
In the world of games these moments are, nowadays, spurred by rereleases or sequels. But that aegis isn’t evenly applied. It’s hard to sell something that people love if they already own it. Portal 2 still runs fine on my PC. As Valve moves away from games to larger ideas about systems and marketplace, it’s likely that we may never see a Portal 2 rerelease, not to mention “Portal 3.”
To fix this, we need to replay games in the same way we reread books. We need to revisit games time and time again. We need to be reminded of their value and we need to revisit them with the intellectual baggage of everything we’ve played since.
Portal 2 is different once you know the general trajectory of the story. It’s also different coming back to a game about rogue AI after playing Thomas Was Alone or even Headlander. Or consider the way Aperture and GLaDOS tests you and how you perform live experiments with Kerbals in Kerbal Space Program.
That’s not to say that any or all of these games are even particularly similar. Instead, like books, every game you play leaves an impression. Going back and playing games once you’ve been impressed upon by other games is crucial to developing new understandings.
We can grow in new and exciting ways by replaying. But we also must oversee it. We cannot only do it when someone asks us to or a rerelease is, well, released. It doesn’t even have to be as purposeful as grouping games thematically as I did. We just need to replay games, anyway we can.
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What is language? What can we do with it, and what does it do to us?
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In Orwell’s 1984, INGSOC’s totalitarian control of Oceania ultimately depends on Newspeak, the language the Party is working hard to develop and implement. Once in common use, Newspeak will eliminate the possibility of thoughtcrime, i.e. any idea that contradicts or questions absolute love for and devotion to Big Brother. Newspeak systematically scrubs away all those messy, gray areas from the English language, replacing them with a formal, logically-rigid system. For example, instead of having to decide whether to use ‘awesome,’ ‘fabulous,’ or ‘mind-blowingly stupendous’ to describe a situation, you would algorithmically deploy the Newspeak formula, which reduces the plethora of synonyms you could use to ‘good,’ ‘plusgood,’ or ‘doubleplusgood.’ Furthermore, all antonyms are reduced to ‘ungood,’ ‘plusungood,’ or ‘doubleplusungood.’
Syme, a Party linguist, tells Winston, the novel’s rebellious protagonist, that the ultimate goal is to eliminate conscious thought from the speaking process altogether. The Newspeak term for it is ‘duckspeak‘—a more mechanical form of communication that doesn’t require higher-level cognitive functions, like having to pick the word that best expresses your feelings or creating a new one. That sense of freedom and creativity will simply cease to exist once Newspeak has finally displaced ‘Oldspeak.’ “The Revolution will be complete,” Syme tells Winston, “when the language is perfect.” The Proles and the Outer Party (95% of Oceania’s population) will become a mass of mindless duckspeakers, the linguistic equivalent of ‘philosophical zombies’.
Newspeak implies that cognition depends on language—that symbolic communication isn’t merely a neutral means for sending and receiving thoughts. Instead, the words and sentences we use actually influence the way we think about and perceive the world. While Orwell was obviously inspired by the propaganda techniques used by the dictators of his day, perhaps he was also familiar with Nietzsche’s “On Truth and Lying in a Non-Moral Sense” or the work of anthropologists like Boas and Sapir, all of whom embraced some form of what is now called linguistic relativism, a theory which argues for the reality of what Orwell proposed in fiction: we experience the world according to how our language lets us experience it.
Linguist Lera Boroditsky
Linguistic relativism is on the rise in the contemporary study of language. The work of, for example, Lera Boroditsky and Daniel Everett provide strong empirical data that supports (at least the weak version of) linguistic relativism, challenging the Chomskian paradigm, which posits a universalist account of how language is acquired, functions, and, by extension, relates to cognition and perception.
In my previous essay on the Uroboric model of mind, I asked about the connection between neuronal processes and symbolic systems: how can an abstract representation impact or determine the outcome of tangible physical processes? How can ionic thresholds in axons and the transmission of hormones across synaptic gaps depend upon the meaning of a symbol? Furthermore, how can we account for this in a naturalistic way that neither ignores the phenomena by defining them out of existence nor distorts the situation by positing physics-defying stuff? In short, how do we give an emergent account of the process?
First, we ask: what is language? Most linguists will say it means symbolic communication: in other words, information exchanges that utilize symbols. But what is a symbol? As you may recall from your grade school days, symbols are things that stand for, refer to, or evoke other things—for example, the red hexagonal shapes on street corners provokes your foot to press against the brake, or the letters s, t, o, and p each refer to particular sounds, which, when pronounced together, mean ‘put your foot on the brake.’ Simple enough, right? But the facility with which we use language, and with which we reflexively perceive that usage, belies both the complexity of the process and the powerful effects it has on our thinking.
Cognitive linguists and brain scientists have shown that much of our verbal processing happens unconsciously. Generally speaking, when we use language, words just seem to ‘come to mind’ or ‘show up’ in consciousness. We neither need to consciously think about the meaning of each and every word we use, nor do we have to analyze every variation of tone and inflection to understand things like sarcasm and irony. These complex appraisals and determinations are made subconsciously because certain sub-cortical and cortical systems have already processed the nonverbal signals, the formal symbols, and decoded their meaning. That’s what learning a language equips a brain to do, and we can even identify parts that make major contributions. Broca’s area, for example, is a region in the left frontal lobe that is integral to both language production and comprehension. If a stroke damages Broca’s area, the sufferer may lose the ability not only to produce speech, but to comprehend it as well.
Left-brain language regions
Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor
One of the most publicized cases of sudden ‘language-less-ness’ is that of Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, the Harvard brain scientist who, in 1996, happened to have a stroke in her left hemisphere, which impacted both the Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas of her brain. She couldn’t remember who she was. She couldn’t use language. Taylor compares it to dying and being reborn, to being an infant in a grown woman’s body. Her insights into a language-less reality shed light on how words and sentences impact cognition. She says she lost her inner voice, that chatter that goes on ‘in’ the head. She no longer organized her experiences in a categorical, analytic way. Reality no longer showed up to her with the same fine-grained detail: it wasn’t divided and subdivided, classified and prejudged in terms of past associations or future expectations, in terms of self and other, us vs. them, and so on. She no longer had an ‘I’ at the center of her experience. Once the left-brain’s anxious, anal-retentive chatter went offline, right-brain processes took over, and, Taylor claims, the world showed up as waves of energy in an interconnected web of reality. She says that, for her at least, it was actually quite pleasant. The world was present in a way that language had simply dialed down and filtered out. [Any of you who are familiar with monotheistic mysticism and/or mindfulness meditation are probably seeing connections to various religious rituals and the oceanic experiences she describes.]
This has profound implications for the study of consciousness. It illustrates how brain anatomy and neural function—purely physical mechanisms—are necessary to consciousness. Necessary, but not sufficient. While we need brain scientists to continue digging deep, locating and mapping the neuronal correlates of consciousness, we also need to factor in the other necessary part of the ‘mystery of consciousness.’ What linguistic relativism and the Bolte Taylor case suggest is that languages themselves, specific symbolic systems, also determine what consciousness is and how it works. It means not only do we need to identify the neuronal correlates of consciousness but the socio-cultural correlates as well. This means embracing an emergent model that can countenance complex systems and self-referential feedback dynamics.
Orwell understood this. He understood that rhetorical manipulation is a highly effective form of mind control and, therefore, reality construction. Orwell also knew that, if authoritarian regimes could use language to oppress people [20th century dictators actually used these tactics], then freedom and creativity also depend on language. If, that is, we use it self-consciously and critically, and the language itself has freedom and creativity built into it, and its users are vigilant in preserving that quality and refuse to become duckspeakers.
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SPOILER WARNING Mythic heroes are supersized embodiments of a society’s highest values, and their struggles represent its deepest fears. One way or another those fears revolve around our anxieties about death and the problem of nihilism, the belief that life is devoid of intrinsic meaning and ultimately pointless. In The Denial of Death, anthropologist Ernes […]
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What is language? What can we do with it, and what does it do to us? September 20, 2013
In Orwell’s 1984, INGSOC’s totalitarian control of Oceania ultimately depends on Newspeak, the language the Party is working hard to develop and implement. Once in common use, Newspeak will eliminate the possibility of thoughtcrime, i.e. any idea that contradicts or questions absolute love for and devotion to Big Brother. Newspeak systematically scrubs away […]
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The Gremlin is a Gremlin that Bugs fought in the cartoon "Falling Hare". In the end he actually succeeds at defeating Bugs Bunny. This makes him one of only three characters to do this, the other two being Cecil Turtle and Elmer Fudd (only in certain shorts). Unlike Cecil, though, the Gremlin is clearly the antagonist, similar to Elmer. Even though he defeated Bugs, by the end of the "Falling Hare" cartoon, they somehow called a truce.
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The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia
Season 2019 Episode 13 | 1h 54m 48s
A year after the murder of columnist Jamal Khashoggi, FRONTLINE investigates the rise of Saudi Arabia's crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman. In a two-hour documentary, Martin Smith — who has covered the Middle East for FRONTLINE for 20 years — examines the crown prince's vision for the future of Saudi Arabia, his handling of dissent and his ties to Khashoggi's killing.
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Vagabond (1985) Sans toit ni loi [The Criterion Collection]
Vagabond (1985)
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Director: Agnès Varda
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Stars: Sandrine Bonnaire, Macha Méril, Stéphane Freiss
Sandrine Bonnaire won the Best Actress César for her portrayal of the defiant young drifter Mona, found frozen to death in a ditch at the beginning of Vagabond. Agnès Varda pieces together Mona’s story through flashbacks told by those who encountered her (played by a largely nonprofessional cast), producing a splintered portrait of an enigmatic woman. With its sparse, poetic imagery, Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) is a stunner, and won Varda the top prize at the Venice Film Festival.
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There are many different reasons to watch a film. I personally enjoy casual get out the six pack of beer type movies and I appreciate sincere great film art. Vagabond is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. I was drawn into this deeply tragic tale from the very opening scene with the wonderful music and cinematography. The documentary style used as a device to tell the story of Mona was bold and very appropriate to convey the depth of the impact this person had on the other characters in the film.
The acting of Ms. Bonnaire convinced me to care about this deeply troubled character and the isolated existential life she led. I personally have met in my own life people living in this way and I am always perplexed that I can not understand what is going on in that person's head. This film is and example of what makes great art. It tells a story that is universal and yet very personal. See this film. (10 out of 10).
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Retro Express – Survivor Series 2006
Survivor Series 2006 was the 20th anniversary of the annual Thanksgiving event. This was the first of its kind that featured the RAW, SmackDown! and ECW brands. The emphasis was on the Survivor Series elimination matches and WWE had to put on a show for a Philly crowd that was difficult to please. Could they give us a Survivor Series to remember?
Date: November 26th 2005
Brand: RAW and SmackDown!
City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ric Flair, Sgt. Slaughter, Dusty Rhodes and Ron Simmons w/Arn Anderson vs Kenny, Johnny, Mitch, Nicky and Mikey in a Survivor Series elimination match
Flair and Simmons both got big pops when they were coming out. Arn Anderson was in the legends’ corner wearing one of his vintage golf shirts. Ron “cleared house” until he was tripped by one of the members of the Spirit Squad. This lead to a very strange “spot” which gives us the first two eliminations. Ron Simmons followed Mitch around the ring which led to Ron and Arn trapping him. Arn threw Mitch into the ringpost which led me to believe that Ron would be disqualified for what Arn did to Mitch. Instead, Ron was actually eliminated because he was COUNTED OUT alongside Mitch. I thought this was an absurd ruling because surely Arn did the illegal move before the referee finished his count. Also, I don’t even remember the referee finishing his count while the Ron/Mitch/Arn spot was going on. I may have to go back and watch the match again but I SWEAR that I never heard the referee finish his count. I guess he could have whispered it to himself!
Jim Ross was trying to explain all of this on commentary but I think even he was baffled by all of this. To add to the confusion, Arn Anderson was thrown out as the Legends’ manager. Arn sold this ruling tremendously by the way! This led to the fans chanting “bullshit” as this took up a good two minutes of the match to sort all of this out. Not a great start.
Every member of the Spirit Squad was wearing their overalls except, if I recall, Nicky. As mentioned in past editions of the Retro Express, Nicky ended up becoming Dolph Ziggler. In this match though, Nicky was in full Ziggler-mode with his selling! After a spot with Sgt Slaughter, where the veteran fooled the youngster with a handshake, Slaughter began body-slamming Nicky over and over. Slaughter locked on the Cobra Clutch but Johnny ended up dropping him from behind with a kick. This lead to Nicky PINNING Sgt Slaughter.
Dusty Rhodes then pinned Nicky with an elbow drop. When watching this now in 2016, it seems a bit funny to see someone lose to a simple elbow drop. I know The Rock’s finisher is the People’s Elbow but surely one standard elbow drop shouldn’t beat people right? However, Dusty beat people all the time with this in his prime! It’s just also funny that Nicky lost to an elbow drop when as Dolph Ziggler, he hits wrestlers with ten repeated elbows as signature moves and can only get a two count!
Kenny pinned Dusty when he ducked the Bionic Elbow and rolled him up for the pin. This left Ric Flair alone to face Johnny, Mikey and Kenny. Flair pinned Mikey with an Atomic Drop and a pin which saw him with his feet on the ropes. Ric then pinned Kenny with the Small Package and made Johnny submit with the Figure Four Leg Lock and won the match for his team. The Spirit Squad beat up Ric Flair after the match. My biggest question was WHERE WERE THE LEGENDS when this happened? Not a fan of this match. I guess when you combine bad booking with five old wrestlers that could barely move and the Spirit Squad, you shouldn’t get your expectations up.
Match Rating: *1/2
Chris Benoit (c) vs Chavo Guerrero w/Vickie Guerrero for the United States Championship
This was a fine match. Benoit worked very hard and Chavo looked really good as the heel getting the heat on him. Vickie Guerrero kept getting involved. Benoit made the comeback with the triple German suplexes. Chavo got some serious height on these suplexes. JBL began giving us a analogy on cheating in matches which he was able to somehow relate to picking up women in a bar. Chris Benoit kicked out of Chavo’s Frog Splash to a surprisingly big reaction. Vickie got knocked off the apron and the key to the finish was that Benoit was showing care for Vickie on the outside. While he was doing this, Chavo rolled him up. Benoit countered this into a Crossface and made Chavo tap out.
Match Rating: **3/4
I have to really give JBL some credit for being so great in 2006 as a commentator. You wouldn’t think it by hearing him in 2016, but he was fantastic during this pay-per-view. He would go on some of the greatest rants while on commentary and was allowed to just go completely nuts. It was tremendous to hear him when he could just unload like this.
Edge and Lita were backstage being interview by Todd Grisham. Lita was wrestling her last match that night, defending her Women’s title against Mickie James. Lita told Todd that she wasn’t going to change her mind about retiring. She said she was going to beat Mickie James and gave some spiel about wanting respect from the fans. Edge cut a promo about Team Rated RKO’s match against Team DX. He talked about beating up the Hardy Boyz for years and called CM Punk an ECW reject. As this was going on, Cryme Tyme went into Lita’s locker room. When Edge was done, they came out with a box. JTG told Todd that he never saw anything and left.
Lita (c) vs Mickie James for the Women’s Championship
Having watched this match back again, I think it’s safe to say that this will be one of my most memorable women’s matches of all time. The sad thing is, I will not be remembering this match in a positive way. The match itself was pretty decent and there were some good aspects to this match which really made it stand out. However, I will never forget just how badly Lita was treated by the WWE and the WWE fans on this night.
Now a lot of people will say that this was fitting considering the characters of everyone involved. I understand all of that. However, this was still Lita’s last night with the company. WWE’s idea was to have the fans get as much abuse in as they can on Lita before she left and she was a trooper for putting up with this. Jerry Lawler actually said on commentary that he was going “to get in all that he could” about Lita and he was making jokes throughout the match about her. My biggest issue is that not every fan in the company remembered Lita for the gimmick she had during the last few years of her career. There were fans who were generally going to miss Lita and there was even a big “Thank You Lita” sign which I saw. I saw one at least but there were probally more.
As it turned out though, the WWE had been CONFISCATING signs which gave Lita praise that night. The idea that WWE wanted Lita to be remembered in such a fashion and was willing to get rid of any signs which gave her some credit for the many years of blood, sweat and tears that she gave for them is one of the most disgraceful things WWE has ever done. Jerry Lawler made a point later on in the show about how the fans should chant and cheer for whoever they wanted. In reality, it honestly looked liked they were punishing the fans for thinking in ways that they didn’t want them to think. I think that is just wrong, especially considering that you saddled Lita with this gimmick for well over a year.
Anyway, there were some awful chants from the crowd. Lita and Mickie actually had a decent match, which I don’t think many fans would remember. They had a decent little women’s match. There was an interesting spot when Lita locked on the sleeper hold and jumped on Mickie’s back for a while. Lita’s pretty tall compared to Mickie, so this looked unique. Mickie pulled off a nice barrage of kicks including a sweet-looking roundhouse. Mickie went for an hurricanrana but Lita dropped her on her face. Mickie kicked out of Lita’s moonsault to a big reaction. Lita went for an Impaler DDT but Mickie countered, which saw Lita land pretty hard. Considering her previously neck problems, that was worrying. Mickie hit the Mickie-DT to win the title. Good match considering everything that happened.
Lita told Lilian Garcia to give it up for the “greatest women’s champion of all time.” Nobody did which upset Lita. Lita called the fans disrespectful. This lead to Cryme Tyme coming out. They were selling all of Lita’s stuff. They were selling things like dildos, bras and vaginal yeast infection medication. I’m not making this up. They were actually selling all of this on WWE pay-per-views ten years ago. Then we got a pretty disgusting moment when JBL wanted to buy a pair of Lita’s panties RIGHT AFTER Cryme Tyme just sold yeast infection medication. JBL paid $100 but didn’t get any change, with Cryme Tyme throwing her panties into the crowd. JBL was angry and wanted his money back.
That was the end of that. It’s so astonishing when looking back on this in hindsight. Obviously all the stuff with Lita and Cryme Tyme was all horrible and disgusting. The funny thing is that if you showed these fans in 2006 a segment from the “divas revolution” ten years later, they’d be begging for Lita to not retire. Thankfully for Lita, she would be given a much better send off years later. She did wrestle again at RAW 1000 and she was even inducted into the Hall of Fame. Thank you Lita indeed.
They showed a clip of Michael Cole interviewing Batista backstage. Batista was scheduled to wrestle King Booker in a title match. Cole asked Batista about having to relinquish his World Heavyweight Championship at the start of the year but Batista didn’t reply. Cole asked a bunch of other questions and got no response. They showed a replay of Booker hitting Batista with the “Royal Scepter.” Batista eventually broke his silence, simply saying “I am leaving tonight World Heavyweight Champion.” A few minutes with questions by Cole and a clip from SmackDown! lead to seven words from Batista to build up the main-event of the show. Lovely.
Team DX (Triple H, Shawn Michaels, CM Punk, Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) vs Team Rated RKO (Edge, Randy Orton, Johnny Nitro, Mike Knox and Gregory Helms) in a Survivor Series elimination match
CM Punk got a really big reaction when he came out, as did DX. I made the point earlier about all the Lita signs that were taken down. Keeping that in mind, there were some signs which I couldn’t believe were allowed to stay up. The first I noticed was not a bad one or anything. However, it simply read “Nitro = Ratings.” Apparently, there were some big Johnny Nitro fans in the crowd or some old WCW Nitro fans! Whether he was a ratings grabber will be left up for debate.
Team DX were having fun with the crowd before the match started. The Philly crowd was great for this match which really did help. There were some BIG chants for CM Punk. CM Punk even asked the crowd if they were ready. DX did their spiel and told everybody to suck it. Then the heels came out. I couldn’t stop laughing during Gregory Helms’ entrance and it was for his entrance theme. This version of his theme saw Gregory Helms say his name first in such a great way, putting a lot of emphasis on the “Helms” part of his name! I don’t know why I found this to be so funny!
Rated RKO came out with a really cool sounding mash-up theme, as Orton did his pose on the apron. Triple H tried to get Kelly Kelly to show her breasts but Mike Knox got all mad. Shawn super-kicked Knox and quickly eliminated him. This lead to Shawn asking “Who was that?” Triple H simply replied by saying that “He was in the match.” This was a tremendous burial of poor Mike Knox!
There was an awesome spot with Shawn Michaels and Johnny Nitro, with leapfrogs and stuff. Shawn then slid out of the ring and cuddled Melina, who was not aware that he was cuddling him and thought it was Nitro. They both turned around, with Melina shrieking and Shawn yelling “aaaah.” Shawn’s reaction was magnificent!
It was pointed out that Nitro and Jeff had been in a ladder match on RAW a few days before. Despite this, both men were wrestling in this match and were apparently fine. They weren’t selling that previous ladder match one bit. On the same night that Lita retired, they apparently had to get in a spot with Matt Hardy fighting Edge. Matt Hardy got busted open early. Punk got the hot tag to a big reaction. Punk tapped out Nitro. This saw Team DX have a two man advantage at this point. Jim Ross referred to the Chicago-born Punk as “Young Mr CM Punk.” This made me laugh.
Randy Orton hit the RKO on someone but Shawn Michaels broke up the pin. Triple H got the hot tag. Shawn Michaels and Jeff Hardy did a double dive to the outside with JR referring to the both of them as “Team Extreme.” Matt Hardy eliminated Helms with the Twist of Fate/Swanton combination from the Hardyz. Rated RKO tried to walk out but the Hardyz brought them back into the ring. Shawn superkicked Edge and pinned him. Orton tried to escape through the crowd but they brought him back to the ring. DX hit the Superkick and Pedigree to eliminate him. It was a clean sweep for Team DX.
This was a squash match but it was a pretty entertaining squash match. I think the only man that was really buried following this was Mike Knox. Nitro and Helms at least put up a fight of some sort. Rated RKO were main-eventers anyway, so it wasn’t like it killed any careers or anything. Thumbs up from me. I enjoyed this match.
Match Rating: ***
In case anyone was wondering, this was not the first time where there was a complete clean sweep in a five-on-five Survivor Series elimination match. There were a few in the 1990s. In 2014, there was actually a clean sweep when Team Alicia Fox defeated Team Paige.
Mr Kennedy did an interview with Kristal. Kennedy was scheduled to face the Undertaker in a first blood match. Kennedy said that this was the biggest match of his career. His interview was cut off by MVP. MVP noticed that Kennedy had vaseline all over his face. MVP bragged about beating Kane in a steel cage match. MVP said that he had Kennedy’s back.
Mr Kennedy vs Undertaker in a First Blood match
Kennedy undid three of the turnbuckles during the entrances. Taker beat up Kennedy and they brawled for a while. There was a lot of head-based offence at the start of the match, which made sense with the stipulation of the match. I remember watching a number of first blood matches were the two wrestlers would just do move after move during the match until the last few moments of the match where they would start target the head! Undertaker and Kennedy were trying to bust each other open early.
With that being said, there was one spot where Kennedy was dropped groin-first onto one of the exposed turnbuckles. One of my major complaints about Kennedy was the fact that he took this move and Kennedy sold by yelling “ooooooh” with a low-pitched voice. I was not a fan of his selling.
Kennedy was busted open in the mouth but MVP came out and wiped his mouth with a towel before the referee noticed. Despite doing this, MVP threw Kennedy back into the ring. Kennedy yelled “oooh” again and he yelled this as if he were Tarzan. MVP came back in and went to hit Kennedy with the chair but he hit Undertaker and busted him open. The referee noticed and called for the bell.
Think about this for a moment. MVP wanted to screw over Kennedy (which was apparently revenge from SmackDown!, when Kennedy screwed over MVP) by initially throwing Kennedy into the ring and then trying to bust him open with a chair. So if MVP’s goal in this match was for Kennedy to lose, why didn’t he simply rat him out for bleeding from the mouth when he came out with the towel? Why did he wipe away the blood when he could have just told the ref that Kennedy was bleeding?
So the fans were booing. MVP ran away as Kennedy beat up Undertaker after the match. Kennedy’s winning announcement was cut off by the Dead Man. Undertaker smacked Kennedy with a chair and “wrapped the chair around the skull” of Kennedy. Taker hit the Tombstone Piledriver and took off his glove to beat him up some more. JBL, being as awesome as ever, then began to berate Teddy Long for what Undertaker was doing!
There were some really bad portions of the match but I can’t hate it or anything as they at least gave us a good post-match beatdown from Undertaker.
Match Rating: **
King Booker was backstage with Queen Sharmell. He vowed to beat Batista and acted all kingly.
Team Cena (John Cena, Sabu, Rob Van Dam, Kane and Bobby Lashley) vs Team Big Show (Big Show, Umaga, Finlay, MVP and Test)
What’s funny about this show was that despite the ECW announcers not being there, the ECW referee was there and officiating this match! Test looked jacked in this match. There were a few beauties in terms of signs that I noticed. There was a sign which said “Umaga ate my turkey” which was followed up with a “RVD and Sabu are innocent” sign. I guess they were referring to the DUI incident that the two of them had in July 2006. I don’t know how much impact that sign could have several months after the incident!
The SmackDown! referee took Finlay’s shillelagh. There were big pops for Cena and RVD. Kane’s pyro scared Sabu. Cena took it to Umaga early on. This upset Umaga who went crazy and attacked all of Team Cena with a television monitor. This caused Umaga to be DQd. The heels took over and Rob Van Dam was busted open in the mouth. RVD and MVP seemed to mess up an enziguiri. Kane chokeslammed MVP as Cena was arguing with the referee. RVD hit the Frog Splash and pinned MVP. Test pinned RVD with the big boot to eliminate him.
Lashley speared Test on the outside and Sabu pinned Test with a springboard DDT in the ring. Big Show pinned Sabu with a chokeslam. The crowd popped for a showdown between Kane and the Big Show. The chokeslam struggle between the two of them was interrupted by Hornswoggle, who I believe was going by “Little Bastard” at this time. Finlay hit Kane with the shillelagh and Show capitalised to pin Kane. Big Show got a pop for powerslamming Cena. Jim Ross mentioned that Finlay had a “PhD in cheating.” Having studied and worked at a university, I’m curious to see if such a course exists!
Lashley got the hot tag while Cena got boos. Hornswoggle was thrown into Cena, with Lashley spearing Finlay. Lashley pinned Finlay which meant it was down to Cena and Lashley taking on the Big Show. There was an awkward looking double DDT on Show by Cena and Lashley. They followed it up with a much better looking double suplex. Lashley shoulder barged Show which led to Cena FUing Show for the win. Lashley and Cena were the sole survivors.
This was slightly better than what I was expecting. One of the commentary highlights from this show was Jim Ross saying that “We will see a lot more of Lashley at Survivor Series down the road.” It was funny because this was the last time that Lashley ever appeared at Survivor Series! Lashley had left the company by the time that Survivor Series 2007 rolled around! Sorry JR. You were wrong this time!
There was one more sign I noticed before the World Heavyweight title match which said “Discharge the Marine!” I wonder who that is directed to!
King Booker (c) w/Queen Sharmell vs Batista for the World Heavyweight Championship. If Batista lost, he would not get another world title match as long as Booker was the champion.
There was actually a really good video package for this match, with the exception of the fact that they didn’t mention the “last chance” stipulation in it at all. Fortunately, Teddy Long explained it before the match started. He also ruled that if Booker got himself DQ’d
or counted out, Batista would win the championship. Why this was announced on the pay-per-view and not on SmackDown! beforehand is a mystery. I guess it’s for the best, as they probably wouldn’t have mentioned that on the video package either!
There were some more great crowd signs, with a big “BOB” sign being hard to miss. There was also a sign which I noticed that said “Santa isn’t real.” I could only imagine what’d happen if you tried to get this sign into the arena if this was in 2016! You’d be ruffling some serious feathers!
King Booker made his entrance, to which JBL told Michael to “look at the pinkie.” During this long intro, JBL compared King Booker to William Wallace. Batista finally cut off the entrance by attacking him on the entrance ramp. There were “let’s go Booker” chants. Batista went for an early Batista Bomb but Booker rolled out of the way. Booker tried to leave but Sharmell reminded him that he couldn’t get counted out. Booker then took over.
I felt that there were some weird pacing issues between Batista and Booker. Batista was very slow and it seemed that Booker was too quick for him at times. Not the smoothest of matches.
King Booker gave Batista a side-kick which knocked him off the apron. Batista did the comeback to some boos. There was a “We Want Lesnar” sign. Batista did a top rope shoulder barge. Batista hit the Batista Bomb but Booker got the bottom rope. Sharmell threw the belt to Booker. Batista went for a Batista Bomb on Sharmell. As the referee was distracted, Booker tried to hit Batista with the belt but Batista ducked. Batista hit Booker with the belt and won.
It was a very boring match but Batista had a hell of a celebration! It’s hard to believe that this match was picked as the main-event and the fans really weren’t invested into the match until Batista won. This gets a thumbs down for me.
This show was pretty darn boring at times. Even with a world title change, it seemed like nothing special really happened on this show. The crowd was great for the majority of this show but the show itself just didn’t live up to their expectations. The World title match was underwhelming and there was not one match that I would consider to be really good. The most entertaining match of the night was essentially a squash match! I would not want to watch this pay-per-view again. Not one of the stronger Survivor Series events in the now 30-year history of the pay-per-view.
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Undertaker Vs Brock Lesnar III Announced For Hell In A Cell – Thoughts and Reactions
At Night of Champions, Brock Lesnar’s “Go To Hell” tour was announced for the month of October. It was revealed that it would first start with Brock Lesnar’s appearance at Madison Square Garden to wrestle against the Big Show. As I mentioned on my Night of Champions review, this had been announced for some time. It now appears that this event will be televised live on the WWE Network, so a lot of big names might be added on the card. Chris Jericho is already set to take on Kevin Owens, which will be quite a match. They’ve been doing matches on a few house shows but it’ll be cool to see them lock up again at the Garden.
It was also announced that Brock Lesnar would be Stone Cold’s next guest on his podcast, which will be on the WWE Network. Sting was expected to be the guest but I’m guessing with Brock’s appearance at Hell in a Cell, Brock was brought in to hype up that match. It’ll be interesting to hear what he has to say. It’s often been said by the likes of Paul Heyman that Brock’s not really much of a people person! So to see him go on Austin’s podcast and open up will be something. I don’t think Heyman’s appearance on the podcast a few months ago will be followed up on. Reportedly, Vince McMahon got very upset at Heyman for teasing Austin vs Lesnar for Wrestlemania 32. I doubt Lesnar will challenge Austin or something.
The third announcement is the big one. It was announced that Brock Lesnar will be appearing at Hell in a Cell in Los Angeles this October. He will be competing in a Hell in a Cell match against THE UNDERTAKER!
This was quite a shocker as I, along with many including the likes of Steve Austin and Jim Ross, all predicted that the third match would take place at Wrestlemania 32. To bring it forward to Hell in a Cell is a pretty bold decision. From a continuity standpoint, it’s kind of fitting that this third match would take place in a Hell in a Cell match in the month of October. The reason it’s fitting is because it’s a rematch from the Hell in a Cell match between Lesnar and Taker in October 2002. In that match, Lesnar won.
It’s taken a lot of us off-guard and there’s a lot of speculation already as to why this match has been brought forward. Lesnar is a big ratings grabber. Whenever he’s on TV, people tune in. Brock brings so much to the table and he brought so much to WWE programming from June to August. It’s also been speculated that this might have something to do with the WWE Network.
The chances are, in order to really boost the subscription numbers, WWE might have decided to get the match done sooner rather than later. It’s often been said that fools rush in, so Taker vs Lesnar III taking place just two months after their last match might seem like an impatient move by WWE just to get the numbers up. That’s also considering that their last match at Summerslam took place 15 months after their match at Wrestlemania 30. However, I think there’s no way Vince would have agreed to this unless he had some other plan in mind for Taker and Lesnar at Wrestlemania 32. You can say a lot of things about Vince McMahon, but his handling of the Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar storyline has been spot on so far. He cares a lot about both men so I don’t think the decision to bring their third match forward was made lightly. Having their third and final match being at Wrestlemania seemed like a no-brainer, so I wonder what Vince’s plans are now that it’s taking place at Hell in a Cell.
Of course, Hell in a Cell might have been Vince’s plans all along and that he’s got something else planned for the two of them at Wrestlemania. Maybe it’s going to be a best of five series that’ll end at Wrestlemania. However, I REALLY don’t see that last one happening unless Lesnar and Taker came up with some kind of deal.
I’m also curious about Undertaker’s health and well-being going into that match. Undertaker has actually been advertised for a tour in Mexico in October and still is. There was the video of Undertaker collapsing before he got to the back at Summerslam. I personally think that the collapse was actually a work. I think Taker got rocked. Considering what Undertaker went through at Summerslam, I wouldn’t be surprised if he got a little banged up. However, I think it was just a call-back to Wrestlemania 30 when he ACTUALLY collapsed. So I think he might be good to go for this match.
I think it’s going to be a phenomenal match and I’m VERY much looking forward to it. Their Summerslam match was awesome, one of my favourite matches of the year. I never really did it enough justice in my Summerslam Review last month. I’m not really sure who needs the win the most. Undertaker won the last match but it wasn’t a decisive win. Brock’s not won a PPV match since Wrestlemania 31, so he might need the win. It’s really up in the air. However, I’m really looking forward to it.
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WWE Night Of Champions 2015 Predictions
Welcome to the Armbar Express’ Night of Champions 2015 predictions. This is very important PPV for WWE. Coming off Summerslam, the pressure is on for WWE to deliver. It’s not that they’re lacking in star power either. Usually, it’s the case where the WWE programming takes a hit as all the stars are off television. While WWE are without the likes of Undertaker and Brock Lesnar, they’ve got the talent to put together a quality show. The Dudley Boyz have returned to take on the tag team champions and they’ve got a legend in the running for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
Many questions will be answered in Houston on Sunday. Will Nikki Bella’s historic title reign come to an end? Will the Dudleyz end the glorious title reign of the New Day? Will Kevin Owens capture his first title as part of the main roster? Will the Rusev and Dolph Ziggler rivalry finally come to an end? Who will Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose’s partner be for their six man tag team match against the Wyatts? And lastly… how many titles will Seth Rollins have by the end of the night? Will Sting make history at Night of Champions?
Rusev w/Summer Rae vs Dolph Ziggler
Background: Dolph Ziggler returned on RAW to challenge Rusev for a match at Summerslam. The match ended in a double disqualification as a brawl developed between Summer Rae and Lana. Their rematch on RAW eight days later ended pretty much the same way, except that Dolph Ziggler won by disqualification. After the match on RAW, Summer Rae would go into Dolph Ziggler’s locker room and come out screaming as Dolph Ziggler had his towel on. Summer claimed that Dolph had come onto her but Dolph denied it. This led to a MizTV segment on SmackDown! where Lana and Summer brawled once again. Lana ended up getting a legitimate injury as Rusev forgave Summer Rae and blamed Ziggler on television. This would lead to a rematch being announced for Night of Champions.
What Should Happen?: I’ve talked about this angle so many times. I’m not a fan of it AT ALL. If you want to read my thoughts on it, click on this link. The biggest issue is that it’s not helping the careers of Ziggler or Rusev. Therefore, there’s not good reason for having it on television anymore as no one is benefiting from it (well except Summer Rae I guess). I’d pick Rusev to win this match and I hope this storyline is wrapped up. If it were me, I’d have it somehow revealed that Ziggler and Summer didn’t do anything. If Lana will be at the PPV, I hope it’s revealed that LANA actually had an affair… with RUSEV! That way, Rusev and Lana are back together and Lana gets a load of heat off the turn.
What Will Happen?: I don’t think this storyline will end at Night of Champions… sadly. I heard that WWE are planning to keep this storyline going until Lana comes back. I REALLY hope that’s not the case. If that’s the case, then WWE would have to try and keep this storyline going for an additional FOUR MONTHS (which is how long Lana is expected to be out for). I have no idea how WWE could possibly be able to keep this storyline interesting for four months until Lana returns. After all, the storyline started… BECAUSE OF LANA! I think Rusev will win but I think it will be by cheating of some sort.
Ryback (c) vs Kevin Owens for the Intercontinental Championship
Background: Ryback retained the Intercontinental Championship at Summerslam while Kevin Owens defeated Cesaro. Kevin would then begin to target Ryback on an episode of SmackDown! Following a few confrontations and an actually decent segment last week on RAW, Kevin Owens vs Ryback for the title was announced for the PPV.
What Should Happen?: Ryback’s title reign has been hurt for a few reasons. He started feuding with the same people for three months when he first became champion. He was also injured in the middle of that program so Ryback’s really not had a chance to really establish himself as a top champion as he’s not had many challengers. I’d like to keep the belt on Ryback but Kevin Owens is going to look so bad if he loses clean to Ryback at Night of Champions. If it were up to me, I’d have Ryback pin Kevin but with Kevin’s foot on the ropes. This could lead to a nice little No Holds Barred match at Hell in a Cell where Kevin could win the title. If Kevin were to win, I’d like to see him actually chase the title. I think it’d make Ryback look crap if he were to lose to Kevin in his first title defense against him. Ryback wins, but due to a bad referee call.
What Will Happen?: Kevin Owens wins. I think that’s what WWE’s plans are for him in Houston.
The New Day (c) vs The Dudley Boyz for the WWE Tag Team Championship
Background: The Dudleyz returned on the RAW after Summerslam and took out the new WWE Tag Team Champions New Day. The New Day would begin a campaign to “Save The Tables”! The Dudleyz would beat the New Day in a non-title match and would tell the group that they’d defend the titles at Night of Champions against them… if they retained the titles against the Prime Time Players on RAW. The New Day retained, meaning that the Dudleyz vs the New Day was set for the PPV.
What Should Happen?: THE NEW DAY WIN! I don’t care if it is the Dudleyz they are up against. The New Day are the hottest thing going in WWE right now and it would be a shame to see that title reign end at Night of Champions. I love the Dudleyz but they really came back at the wrong time to be in line for a tag title run.
What Will Happen?: The New Day retain. I sense a DQ finish in the works, because I don’t think the WWE want the Dudleyz beaten clean in their first PPV match back.
Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns and ??????? vs Bray Wyatt, Luke Harper and Braun Strowman
Background: Dean Ambrose and Roman Reigns beat Bray Wyatt and Luke Harper at Summerslam. However, Bray brought in the Wyatt Family’s “Black Sheep” in order to turn the tide in their favour. Braun Strowman was introduced and attacked Reigns and Ambrose. A six man tag team match was made for Night of Champions with Dean and Roman needing to look for a partner. On RAW, Roman confirmed that they’ve found their partner and that they were going to kick their asses.
What Should Happen?: It’s been rumoured that WWE are planning on rushing Erick Rowan back so he can be the mystery partner. I hope that’s not the case. Firstly, I’d rather Erick come back when he’s 100% rather than him coming back and working hurt. Secondly, it wouldn’t make any sense for Dean and Roman to pick Erick as their partner. The last time Erick was on TV, he was teaming with Luke Harper. Wouldn’t Dean and Roman suspect that Erick could turn on them if he was the partner? If I had to pick who I think should be the third man, I think it should be someone from NXT like Finn Balor, Samoa Joe or Sami Zayn if he’s ready. Sami would be a great pick.
Regarding the result, I think the Wyatt Family need to pick up the win. They lost at Summerslam and it wouldn’t make them so weak if they were to lose two PPVs in a row.
What Will Happen?: I don’t see the Wyatts picking up the win with this mystery partner business. Roman and Dean’s team win.
Nikki Bella (c) vs Charlotte for the Divas Championship
Background: Stephanie McMahon called for a Divas Revolution in July, as the NXT women Charlotte, Becky Lynch and Sasha Banks were called onto the main roster. Charlotte and Becky teamed up with Paige to form the PCB and won a three team elimination match at Summerslam. According to Michael Cole, Stephanie McMahon said that the winners of the three team elimination match would get a chance at the Divas title. I can confirm that Stephanie never said anything like that. However, all three members of the PCB took part in a Beat The Clock challenge on RAW. Charlotte won the match to earn a title shot. She was given a title shot on RAW but lost via DQ. The Bella Twins had tried Twin Magic which ended up with Charlotte pinning Brie. However, Steph reversed the decision and Nikki retained the title. This meant that Nikki Bella would break the record for the longest Divas title reign of all time. However, Charlotte still has a title match at Night of Champions. If Nikki Bella gets counted out or disqualified, she will lose the title.
What Should Happen?: Nikki Bella retains and read my article on Charlotte at this link to see why.
What Will Happen?: Charlotte wins the title. From what I can gather from online reports, I think the plan still is for Charlotte to win the title. If that’s the case then WWE should have Nikki retain and make Charlotte chase for the title. However, I don’t see WWE doing that. I don’t think they have the patience to do that.
Seth Rollins (c) vs John Cena for the United States Championship
Background: Alright, here we go. Match #1 for Seth Rollins. WWE World Heavyweight Champion Seth beat John Cena for the United States Championship after interference from Jon Stewart… which still annoys me to this day. John Cena would come out two weeks later on RAW to invoke his rematch clause for the US title. This announcement meant that Seth would have to defend both the WWE World and US titles at Night of Champions.
What Should Happen?: John Cena wins. I left a comment on an article for SLTD Wrestling about this. John Cena is best served reigning as US Champion. If he regains the title and the John Cena invitational begins again on RAW, then it’s going to benefit everyone that challenges him for the belt. Cena needs the US title a lot more than Rollins.
What Will Happen?: Cena wins. No doubt in my mind that if Seth’s going to lose a championship, it’s going to be the US title.
Seth Rollins (c) vs Sting for the WWE World Heavyweight Championship
Background: Sting returned on the RAW after Summerslam, declaring his intention of winning the WWE World Heavyweight Championship. Almost immediately, Triple H announced Seth vs Sting for Night of Champions. Sting talked about the WWE World title being the one title that has he’s never won. Sting also stole a statue dedicated to Seth Rollins and ended up breaking the statue. On last week’s RAW, Sting would make Seth tap out in a tag team match and gets all the momentum heading into Night of Champions.
What Should Happen?: Sting wins… via disqualification. Seth Rollins retains the title. I think Seth should be champion for a long time. It’s not going to hurt Seth that much if he loses. However, I think WWE have to build to the moment of Sting winning the WWE World title if that’s what is going to happen.
What Will Happen?: If Seth retains the US Championship, Sting wins the title. If Cena wins the US Championship, Seth retains the title.
That wraps things up for the Night of Champions prediction. I expect this to be a big PPV for WWE. I really hope this does well as it has all the ingredients needed to being one of the best PPVs of the year if done right. If not, Houston… WWE might have a problem.
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14/09/2015 RAW Review – Sting And John Cena Team Up On RAW’s Season Premiere
It was the Season Premiere of RAW. Considering last week’s Season Finale, the WWE had to really step up their game this week. Triple H and Stephanie McMahon started off the show. They talked about NXT and the two Night of Champions main events. Stephanie McMahon talked about the Divas Revolution and the Divas title match tonight. Triple H announced that STING would be competing on RAW tonight. I’m surprised that they didn’t announce that in advance because that’s a pretty big deal. That whole announcement was going great… until it was announced that Sting would be facing Big Show. Great.
The New Day vs Prime Time Players for the WWE Tag Team Championship kicked off the show. Before the match started, the New Day danced with the Authority. Stephanie was busting out some great moves but then things got even better, when Triple H jumped into the ring and started dancing! I loved it!
The match started off well. Xaiver Woods was awesome on the outside with his trombone. The highlight was Xaiver playing the Pink Panther theme! The New Day retained in a standard little TV tag match. It was still good for what it was but I do wonder what’ll happen to the Prime Time Players now that they’re seemingly out of the tag title scene.
Seth Rollins talked to the Authority backstage. Seth was worried about Sheamus and John Cena, so the Authority made Sheamus vs John Cena for RAW. Stephanie was trying to get Triple H to dance again and I REALLY wish he’d actually done it!
Renee Young interviewed Charlotte and Ric Flair backstage. Ric Flair sold the Divas Revolution better than anyone in WWE has done before! He cut an awesome promo and was just Ric in true Flair mode! I wish he could come out every week to cut promos on behalf on Charlotte! Nothing against Charlotte’s promo skills but… it’s Ric Flair!
Paige took on Sasha Banks… again. I think Sasha and Paige are both GREAT wrestlers. However, how many times can we see this these two wrestle in one month? They wrestled during the Beat The Clock, they wrestled last week and they wrestled on last week’s SmackDown! One of those matches lasted less than two minutes and one of them ended in a no contest! When you have Sasha being the only one out of Team B.A.D. competing every week, it just diminishes this “Divas Revolution” so badly. You can’t have Paige and Becky Lynch vs Sasha and Naomi? I think with Sasha being the only one that wrestles, it just makes Naomi and Tamina seem meaningless.
Paige delivered a naughty German Suplex to Sasha, who landed hard. Paige tried a rolling senton onto the outside but Sasha moved out of the way, so Paige landed on the floor. Sasha won by making Paige tap out and this was followed by Team B.A.D. beating up Paige and Charlotte. The announcers teased that Paige could have a claim for a Divas title shot during the match. That’s all great but if you want to promote Paige as a contender for the Divas title, HAVE HER WIN SOME MATCHES! In all of these matches with Sasha Banks, Paige has not won any of them. If anything, shouldn’t SASHA get a title shot over Paige? This logic just infuriates me because Sasha is the only one in the division that’s really over, and she’s nowhere near the Divas title scene. She’s not in the title picture despite BEATING Nikki Bella on RAW 4 weeks ago! She didn’t even get a shot! It was a short but sweet match between Paige and Sasha. A few hard-hitting spots and it was fine.
They played a very heart-warming video for Connor’s Cure just before MizTV. MizTV’s guests were the Wyatt Family. Wyatt says that he wanted Miz to suffer, as well as Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. He wanted people to pay for their sins and wanted everyone to fall down. Roman and Dean interrupted. Dean beat up The Miz and then there was a big stare down. Roman cut a promo and said that Bray was gonna pay for attacking Jimmy Uso on SmackDown! Roman said that they found a third partner and they were going to whoop their asses at Night of Champions. Nobody was revealed, so I’m guess we’re going to have to wait until Night of Champions to find out.
John Cena vs Sheamus was next. We got a small “John Cena Sucks” chant as Cena made his way down to the ring. JBL called Sheamus a “certifiable badass”. It was a pretty slow paced match. It was very hard to get into it for me. Cena did the clobbering blows on the ropes that Sheamus usually does. They didn’t look NEARLY as effective as Sheamus’. Some times, you just can’t top the original. There was one spot which I really liked. Sheamus looked like he was going for the Brogue kick but Cena countered it. He got him into a powerbomb position and then was able to transition it into an electric chair. I liked the concept of that but it was very hard for Cena to switch it into the electric chair. It looked a bit like he was struggling and it didn’t look like Sheamus was in a position to help him out all. I wouldn’t have bothered if they had just had Cena powerbomb Sheamus off the counter, because at least it would have looked more effective and wouldn’t have slowed the pace of the match down. It was an alright match which Cena won with the Attitude Adjustment. If Cena had lost, I’d guess he’d look bad heading into Night Of Champions. Of course, a US title contender shouldn’t be beating the holder of the Money In The Bank. Then again, it’s Cena so what are you going to do?
Ryback was in the ring to cut a promo. Ryback did a REALLY BAD Elivs Presley impression! What I found annoying was JBL blatantly talking during Ryback’s promo! Kevin Owens interrupted him and mentioned Ryback talking about a book called “Secret”. Ryback asked “Can you read it?” which I found to be funny! Kevin and Ryback had a good little exchange on the mic. Ryback actually cut a good promo about how Kevin had to take the long road to the WWE and how Ryback got an “elevator” to the top. Ryback told the story about how he fell flat on his face and he had to pick himself up. Ryback announced that it would be Ryback vs Kevin Owens for the Intercontinental title. I thought this was a great segment actually and good build for Night of Champions.
We were supposed to have Stardust vs Neville. It descended into a brawl between Neville, the Lucha Dragons, Stardust and The Ascension. Again, Neville and Stardust only get a minute of time on WWE’s flagship show…
Next up was Charlotte vs Nikki Bella for the Divas Championship.
Nikki worked on Charlotte’s arm to start off the match. Nikki tried to lock on the armbar and Charlotte countered it into a slam. The Bella Twins tried to pull off Twin Magic but it backfired as Charlotte pinned Brie with the roll-up. Ric Flair ran down excitedly losing his marbles. Stephanie McMahon came out to clear things up. She declared that since Brie got involved, Charlotte was the winner VIA DQ. Therefore, still the champion was Nikki Bella. Stephanie declared that Nikki vs Charlotte was still going to happen for Night of Champions. If Nikki lost by ANY MEANS necessary, she would lose the title. I thought the ending to this match WAS RIDICULOUS.
At Money In The Bank, Nikki Bella defended the Divas title against Paige. When Paige pinned Brie Bella in similar fashion to this match, the referee reversed his decision and the match was restarted. Nikki took advantage to retain the title. The Twin Magic screw-up spot happened here, but the consequences were changed! If Steph were to follow precedent and made things fair for Charlotte, she would have restarted the match. To be fair, the Money In The Bank should have ended in a DQ win for Paige anyway. However, you should stick to the precedent you set before rather than just changing it on the fly. I thought this was pretty insulting to the viewers because WWE wrote this, assuming that the fans would have forgotten what happened at the Money In The Bank PPV 3 MONTHS AGO!
I thought when Stephanie came out, she was going to strip Nikki off the championship. If she had done that, then at least there would have been serious consequences for the Bellas BLATANTLY breaking the rules in the SAME way they had before! Instead, it was just declared a DQ and Steph just re-announced the Night of Champions match!
Despite the finish, I thought it was a good match. It was legitimately on its way to being a really good match until the finish. I just hope that there’s a clean finish for Night of Champions.
Rusev took on Cesaro. It was a very short match which was interrupted by Dolph Ziggler. Ziggler tried to give Summer Rae a gift which led to Cesaro rolling up Rusev for the pin. Thankfully, this storyline only got about 3 minutes of television this week! It was announced that Stardust and the Ascension would take on Neville and the Lucha Dragons on the pre-show of Night of Champions.
Next was Sting vs Big Show. It’s good to see Sting getting to wrestle on RAW. Stephanie and Triple H were at ringside. I found it funny that Sting and Big Show got a championship match introduction for just a regular singles match! Sting looked good for the few minutes him and Big Show actually wrestled until Seth Rollins came out to cause the disqualification. John Cena made the save as the good guys stood tall. Triple H then immediately announced Sting and John Cena vs Big Show and Seth Rollins for the main event instead.
Sting made Seth Rollins tap out in the tag team match and he looked very good in this match. The tag match itself was pretty boring. However, Sting looked good in the finish. I can only assume that Sting winning here could be WWE’s way of keeping Sting strong if he loses at Night Of Champions. However, you never know. Sting could be winning at Night Of Champions and this was done just so Sting can win his first match on RAW. However, I think Seth Rollins has been hurt by not getting ANY momentum in at all against Sting during this program. However, that could be a sign suggesting that Seth is going to retain. Seth hardly got any big victories in the build up to his match with Brock Lesnar (he got one week where the Authority dominated Lesnar, but that’s it). Whenever WWE does that, it always seems like the heel is going to win at the PPV. We’ll just have to wait and see.
A good RAW and I think WWE did an OK job in promoting Night Of Champions itself. The PPV will be a very interesting one and I’m expecting a few title changes.
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Why Cesaro And Kevin Owens’ Feud Has Hurt Both Of Them
Kevin Owens and Cesaro are truly phenomenal in-ring performers and have had a nice little feud in the last month. They’ve had some great matches with each other, stemming from Kevin Owens’ program with John Cena which saw Cesaro getting some main event spotlight. On paper, that would seem like the perfect way to build up this feud. Cesaro would become next in line to face Kevin after getting involved with the angle involving Cena, and that would elevate HIS position on the roster. Everything should be rainbows and sunshine for these two. Except, it isn’t.
Let me explain the issues with this feud. The first issue I have with this feud was down to something that wasn’t Cesaro or Kevin Owens’ fault. This issue comes before the feud even began. It comes from Battleground, where Kevin Owens TAPPED OUT to John Cena.
I went on a tirade about this decision on my Battleground review back in July, so I’ll keep this short. If the plan all along was for Owens to go on to face Cesaro, surely WWE could have came up with a storyline which could switch Owens’ target from Cena to Cesaro in such a way that it could have protected Owens. Cesaro and Owens had been messing with each other in their pursuits for John Cena’s US Championship in the weeks before Battleground. Owens has cost Cesaro the title before so it would only be fitting that Cesaro pays Owens back. Paying him back would be costing Owens the match with Cena and getting Cesaro over by having him interfere in the second biggest match of Battleground. However, the Battleground ending with Cena tapping out Owens already damaged Owens’ upcoming feud before it even began.
When Owens debuted on the main roster, he became a star in a matter of weeks. He beat John Cena in his first match. He’s done some incredible things in the ring and on the mic. In a perfect world, Owens would have taken the US Championship at Battleground and his stock as a main event heel would have risen tremendously. Therefore, when Cesaro begins his feud with Owens, the feud means a lot more with the title being on the line. However, considering that Owens beating Cena reportedly “hurt” Cena’s merchandise sales, WWE probably wanted to protect Cena by having him win the feud. FINE! However, the feud ending was done in such a way that Owens seemed to receive no protection and there was no way for him to save face.
Owens could have simply passed out and the next night on RAW, Owens cuts a promo on how “Cena was never able to beat him”. That didn’t happen and Owens didn’t even say anything about his loss. Owens’ promo skills is one of his key attributes and he was not able showcase it by addressing his loss the night before. He could have also began his storyline with Cesaro THAT NIGHT rather than starting it on SmackDown!, a show which is vastly inferior to RAW in terms of viewership. That didn’t happen either. There were so many little things which the WWE could have done to get this feud over quickly and they didn’t do it. If the WWE were truly interested in getting this program off on the right tracks, they wouldn’t have booked it for Summerslam.
Let me explain why. At Summerslam, Owens vs Cesaro was considering an afterthought by WWE. With so many stars on the show that night as well as the co-main events of Rollins vs Cena and Lesnar vs Undertaker, Cesaro and Owens seemed lost in the shuffle. Therefore, their match went on in the middle of BOTH of those main events basically as a cool-off match before the big main event. This hurt their match as the majority of fans were really just waiting for Undertaker vs Lesnar. Only the hardcorest of hardcore fans would have been hugely pumped for this match (even though “hardcorest” is not a real word). That’s a problem because, to be fair, Cesaro and Owens had a decent match. However, the fans weren’t paying attention nearly enough for it to be a huge hit. These two men were victims of the timing of this show, which basically meant that their match served as a filler match just before the main event.
Therefore, the momentum that Owens had built up with Cena beforehand and the momentum Cesaro had built up with the “Cesaro Section” were effectively meaningless in the end, as all eyes were on Taker vs Lesnar. Building up this match for Summerslam was going to be problematic itself, with the amount of stars and big matches they had been planning. However, a star could have been made with the finish…
Cesaro has been in WWE since 2012. He’s had a lot of ups and downs. Cesaro’s been so close to breaking into the main event scene. Hell, Cesaro was actually IN the main event of 2014 PPVs like Elimination Chamber and Money In The Bank. He was a part of multi-man matches, but he was still one of the stars of the shows in both those main events. With the Cesaro Section and how well Cesaro was “connecting” with the audience, WWE had a great opportunity to build on that. All they had to do… was have him beat Kevin Owens.
When I wrote my Summerslam predictions, I was undecided on a finish. However, after Summerslam itself, I had a realisation. Kevin Owens would have lost a huge amount of stock by losing in his third PPV in a row. However, Kevin Owens was only just starting on the main roster. In the future, they’ll probably will be other ways in which they could get Kevin over as a big star. However, this was CESARO’S big chance to be elevated to a main eventer. What’s hurt Cesaro in the past is the fact that WWE rarely had Cesaro beat anyone big which hurts him, because he needs to look strong by getting wins once in a while. The Cesaro Section and the support of the WWE Univerise leading to Cesaro pinning Kevin Owens, would be the moment that could make Cesaro a main event star for years to come. This could have kept the momentum up and would help him develop a streak that could possibly lead to a main event title program with Seth Rollins. If Cesaro beat Owens, Cesaro would have been made. It was so crucial for Cesaro to win that much… but he lost.
Kevin Owens had lost a great deal by losing his feud to John Cena. His win over Cesaro did claw back some credibility for Owens. However, what it also did was CRUSH the momentum Cesaro had worked so hard to build. While Kevin Owens has now moved onto a feud with Ryback for the Intercontinental Championship, Cesaro is stuck. He is floating around in that mid-card to upper mid-card sea of irrelevancy, waiting for a break. Look what happened on RAW, when he was basically an extra in the feud between Big Show and The Miz. The WWE didn’t even give Cesaro a win over The Miz in their match on Monday. It was ruled a double count out and the Big Show KO’d Cesaro. What a missed opportunity, just so Kevin Owens could save face.
If the WWE wanted Kevin Owens to save face, they didn’t need to have him beat Cesaro CLEAN. Why not have Cesaro BEAT Owens first and continue to develop the feud? If Owens was supposed to go after Ryback and the Intercontinental Championship, no problem. Why not throw Cesaro into the mix as well, since he did beat the guy that’s challenging the “Big Guy” for the title? Therefore in a triple threat match at Night of Champions, Owens sneaks away with the Intercontinental Championship by pinning Ryback. What this would do was get Cesaro over as a big star and get Kevin Owens over as a champion. It’s simple. You can elevate both these guys.
Now though, Kevin has just been shot in this feud with Ryback with little promotion. Hell, they had one little backstage confrontation on RAW and that was that. Cesaro is in the middle of nowhere and it’s all because of the lack of planning which has led to both these men being in a worse of position than they should be.
People can go on about what a great program this was between Cesaro and Owens. However, this storyline has done little to help the careers of both of these gentlemen. Kevin MIGHT be able to develop a fantastic run as Intercontinental champion. That’s a big might, because I don’t think WWE will put enough effort into Owens’ feud for it to really stand out. Cesaro, on the other hand, is back to square one with all of his momentum being squash because of one fateful night in Brooklyn. Maybe I’ll be wrong about WWE’s treatment of Cesaro and Owens. Maybe, this will lead to both of them being main-eventers in a few months. However, in order for that to happen, WWE have a lot of work to do to make main-eventers out of these top talents?
A bit of an announcement as well. I’ve begun writing for an awesome wrestling website called SLTD Wrestling. You can check out their website at http://www.sltdwrestling.com and truly appreciate some of the other writers involved with that site. Down below are links to the two articles I’ve done for them so far as part of the “Armbar Analysis” and I’ll be contributing for them every week. So be sure to follow them on Twitter at @SLTDWrestling as well for updates and follow @ArmbarExpress as well for updates on content from this blog!
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How I Would Book… The nWo 19th Anniversary Special [2002] [Part Five]
WARNING: Please read the first four parts of this series first if you haven’t already. They will clue you up on the storyline for this particular “How I Would Book…”.
Last time, things picked up for the nWo. After kicking Shawn Michaels out of the group, the nWo started to assert their dominance on RAW under the reigns of World Heavyweight Champion Hollywood Hogan and RAW general manager Eric Bischoff. Hogan had to contend with HBK’s best friend Triple H at Unforgiven and No Mercy, but the Hulkster walked out with the title still in his grasps. The group rolled into the Elimination Chamber match at Survivor Series, with Hogan, Big Show and Kevin Nash representing the nWo. But returning to the WWE in the Elimination Chamber match would be Shawn Michaels, who was able to pull off on hell of a comeback to win the World Title. Needless to say, the nWo have just suffered a huge loss.
Hollywood Hogan would come out on RAW and address the losses of the nWo at Survivor Series. On RAW, he would do a similar deal that Wade Barrett did after Nexus lost at Summerslam. He would give an ultimatum to everyone in the group. Big Show finds out he’s been booked in a inter-promotional match against a SmackDown! guy for Armageddon. If he doesn’t win that match, he’s out of the group. Knowing the heat between Scott Hall and X-Pac from Part 4, Hogan tries to get everybody on the same page. Therefore, it’s announced that Nash, Hall and X-Pac will team up in a six man tag team match against Kane, Rob Van Dam and Triple H. If they don’t get the job done, the one that gets pinned or submitted is fired. Not just fired from the nWo, but from the WWE as well. Since Bischoff and McMahon are with the nWo, this stipulation would be no problem.
Meanwhile, Hogan announces that he’s getting his rematch against Shawn Michaels for the World Title at Armageddon. X-Pac questions Hogan’s leadership in giving everybody else ultimatums for failures, when Hogan himself failed at Survivor Series too. Bischoff then agrees with X-Pac and decides that if Hogan loses at Armageddon, then he’ll face “extreme punishment”. So everybody in the group is under pressure leading into Armageddon.
It’s revealed that Big Show’s match at Armageddon is against SmackDown!’s WWE Champion Brock Lesnar. Big Show wants the title to be on the line but SmackDown! General Manager Stephanie McMahon says no. Vince eventually makes the final call. If Big Show beats Kurt Angle and Chris Jericho in a triple threat on SmackDown!, he’ll get the title shot. If Big Show loses, he’s fired from the WWE. Big Show wins due to interference from the nWo.
This is the moment where things between Hogan and McMahon begin to go south. The nWo are now interfering with SmackDown! business which Vince doesn’t like. He reluctantly gives in to Big Show’s demand but implements severe consequences for the Big Show if he loses. Vince is now getting into the nWo’s business as Hogan already had plans for the Big Show put in place. Things are starting to break down between the two.
At Armageddon, Big Show wins his match with Brock Lesnar via disqualification. Brock Lesnar gets DQ’d for using a chair and F5s him through the announce table. Show never won the title, but he didn’t lose the match either. The stipulation clearly stated that he just had to win his match. Therefore, Big Show keeps his spot in the group. In the six-man tag, Triple H’s team win against the nWo when HHH pins X-Pac. Following this match, the Outsiders lay out X-Pac. This is his last moments in this storyline.
X-Pac left WWE a lot sooner than he does in this storyline. However, I don’t really have any big plans for him leading up to Mania yet. By the way, X-Pac would have gotten his rematch for the Intercontinental Championship on an episode of RAW before Armageddon. In case anyone was wondering why X-Pac wasn’t getting it at Armageddon.
In the main event, Hogan loses due to a botched interference by Vince McMahon. Hogan is livid that McMahon cost him his match with Michaels. The two have a huge confrontation the next night on RAW. An argument leads to McMahon revealing that Bischoff has signed Hogan to a match at the Royal Rumble. Hogan is given one more match for the World title at the Royal Rumble. If Hogan loses, he is fired for good from the WWE. The Outsiders are in the Royal Rumble and Big Show is given one more match with Brock. This time, Big Show needs to win the title or else…
So Brock Lesnar defends the WWE Championship against Big Show. This time, it’s no disqualification. So this gives the Outsiders an open invitation to go after Brock. Brock takes them all out one by one. In the end, he goes to finish off Big Show in the ring. He hits the F5 and goes for the cover. All of a sudden, the lights go out. When they come back on, Brock is out bloodied, with the nWo logo spray-painted on his back. Big Show goes for the cover and wins the WWE Championship.
In Hogan’s match, the nWo interfere again. Nash and Hall hit their finishers on Michaels when the ref is out. Hogan hits the leg drop and regains the World title. Everybody in the group are laughing as they now have both major world titles in the company. The Outsiders could also possibly win the Royal Rumble match too. This is the worst case scenario for Vince. The nWo has now completely taken over the show. Vince goes on an angry tirade backstage about how the nWo has ruined everything. Vince then stops, smiles and walks away.
In the Royal Rumble match, it’s down to six. There’s still one more man to enter the match at #30. Chris Benoit, Chris Jericho and Kurt Angle are all still there, with all of them having been in for at least 40 minutes or so up until this point. Benoit and Jericho are like #1 and #2, and Kurt comes out at like #5 or something. The Outsiders came out very late into the match. Triple H came out late too but is completely overwhelmed by the Outsiders. The Outsiders then begin casually just throwing out Benoit, Jericho and Angle over the top rope.
I know this is similar to the 2015 Royal Rumble match, when Big Show and Kane were doing the same thing. But trust me, it’ll work. It’ll work because the heel heat on the nWo is truly immense. The fans are disgusted. The Outsiders then toss out Triple H and seemingly have the Rumble won. Nash gets on the mic saying that the nWo rule the world and to “bring out the last jobber”. Then we hear Undertaker’s music hit.
Undertaker returns and is #30 in the Royal Rumble match! Taker starts to overcome Nash and Hall but then Hogan and Big Show comes out. It’s a huge beatdown on Taker when Brock Lesnar comes out for revenge. He F5s Big Show and takes out the rest. Taker then eliminates both the Outsiders to win the match. The night ends with Hogan trying to attack Lesnar but walking into an F5 instead. Brock then hoists up the World Heavyweight title and Taker hoists up the WWE title as Vince gets onto the stage and laughs. And that’s the end of the show.
That’ll wrap things up for Part Five. This part was VERY hard to write up. I changed my mind on so many aspects of what happens in this time period. After all, the final part will be covering Wrestlemania. So it has to be really spot on, especially when The Rock, Undertaker and Steve Austin are coming back into play. So I’ll think I’ll give the WWE writers from back then a little slack! However, I think this scenario has set up a pretty good little set up for Wrestlemania 19. Brock Lesnar will be going after Hogan’s World title and Taker will be going after Big Show’s title. It’s a bit of work around as far as the brand structures are concerned but we can think of something. Vince could just proclaim a trade the next night on RAW where Brock goes to RAW and Taker goes to SmackDown! Then everything works… kind of.
But I hope you all are sticking with this and I’ve got quite a big finale set up for you next time!
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EXTREME WARFARE REVENGE: WCW 1998 PART 10 – ROAD WILD
Previously on WCW 1998…
A bunch of feuds started, a bunch of feuds ended. Keiji Mutoh won the feud with Bret Hart. Raven retained the WCW Title against Chris Jericho! Check the link above for the full results
A few pointers before we dip into Road Wild..
Chris Jericho won the WCW Championship from Raven a week after the last PPV Bash At The Beach.
Bam Bam Bigelow and Curt Hennig won the tag titles the night after the PPV.
Rob Van Dam was introduced as the newest Paul Heyman guy and won the TV Championship from Eddie on the same night.
Animal has just signed with the company from the WWF. He’s not on this PPV but expect him in future ones!
Jushin Thunder Liger has just turned heel and joined Keiji Mutoh’s Asian Invasion.
And I believe that’s it. They were a few title changes since the last post and a lot of new feuds now.
Right so here’s Road Wild!
Pre-Show – Ric Flair Books Television Championship Match
Owner Ric Flair welcomes everybody to Road Wild and hypes up the card, talking about the main event. Flair is then cut off by the Asian Invasion, led by Keiji Mutoh. The group introduce their two newest members – Low-Ki (who debuted as a group member on Thunder) and Jushin Thunder Liger (who turned heel and joined the faction). They mock Flair by doing his “stylin’ and profilin” until WCW Television Champion Rob Van Dam comes out with Paul Heyman. Heyman cuts a stellar promo and puts over his client Rob Van Dam. Ric cuts Heyman off and shouts that they would be kicking off Road Wild with a bang. Tonight, Rob Van Dam would put the WCW Television title on the line to kick off the show in a hardcore match against Jushin Thunder Liger. Everybody clears out bar Low-Ki and Paul Heyman and the ref comes down and rings the bell.
Match 1 – Rob Van Dam (c) w/Paul Heyman def. Jushin Thunder Liger w/Low-Ki in a hardcore match to retain the WCW Television Championship
Jushin Thunder Liger turning heel has been months in the making. He was supposed to do it months ago when Keiji Mutoh was feuding with Bret Hart, but I’d never gotten round to it. But he’s heel now and he got over from the turn. Since he was on par for overness with RVD, why not have them fight for the belt on Road Wild? RVD got the clean win and I want to keep Rob Van Dam strong, now he’s with Heyman.
Segment 1 (2) – Interview with Scott Steiner
Little justification is needed for this! Anytime Steiner is on the mic, it’s ratings! The purpose of this was to hype up his feud-ending Tables match with Hogan later on in the show.
Match 2 (3) – Bill Goldberg def. Keiji Mutoh
I told you guys that I would be pushing Goldberg eventually! Goldberg’s getting a feud with Mutoh which I’m planning to have him go over in. It’s helped Bill a great deal so far by having him beat Mutoh. The ratings for this match were very surprising! It got the same rating as RVD/Liger which really shocked me! Well done guys!
Match 3 (4) – “Asbury Perfection” Bam Bam Bigelow (c) and Curt Hennig (c) def. Chris Benoit and Bret Hart, Dean Malenko and Ultimo Dragon w/Paul Heyman and “The Outsiders” Kevin Nash and Scott Hall in an elimination match to retain the WCW Tag Team Championship
Since both these team feuds have only just started, I figured that I should experiment with this little four-way for the titles! Dean and Dragon are feuding with the Outsiders, while Benoit and Hart are feuding with the new WCW Tag Champions Asbury Perfection. I’ve done a little bit of tension-building between the Outsiders and Asbury Perfection as both teams are a part of the nWo. After the four men lost an elimination 8 man tag to Malenko, Dragon, Benoit and Hart, they got into a pull-apart brawl on Thunder. This all lead to this fatal four way. The Outsiders were eliminated first, Benoit and Hart second and Malenko/Dragon only just lost out to Asbury Perfection. I was really contemplating having Malenko and Dragon go-over but Asbury Perfection’s title reign has only just started! Maybe in the future but right now… Hennig and Bam Bam rule the tag division!
Match 4 (5) – The Giant def. Rowdy Roddy Piper
I understand this wouldn’t exactly be the greatest spectacle in the world but these two are still over after all of this time. I figured that I should feud them and make use of them. The Giant won the match clean and then beat up Piper after. A bit of a filler match!
Match 5 (6) – Diamond Dallas Page def. Eddie Guerrero in a falls count anywhere match
This match was Match Of The Night as far as ratings were concerned. These two are insanely over! This is actually the first time I’ve booked this two in a match in this entire thing! DDP went over but Eddie delivered a revenge attack afterwards.
Match 6 (7) – Scott Steiner (c) def. Hollywood Hogan in a tables match to retain the WCW United States Championship
Now I know what you’re thinking… “Tom. Why is someone like Hogan fighting for the US Title?” Well my reasoning is two-fold:
It was initially just going to be a non-title feud but I figured that I might as well put the belt on the line for this last match because it could do that title a lot of favors.
Hogan is a pro-American character so he might as well be competing for the US title if he thinks the nWo’s Steiner has shamed it.
It’s a tables match because why not? I bumped up my riskiness so I’m now able to access a lot more matches. Tables was one of those matches so I used it for this match. Steiner went over after RAVEN jumped Hogan during the match, leading to Steiner putting Hogan through a table!
When the idea of Hogan vs Raven popped into my head, I figured that it had to be done! I can’t wait to book that feud!
Match 7 (8) – Chris Jericho (c) def. Sting, Randy Savage and Raven in a fatal four way match to retain the WCW Championship
This actually came off a suggestion from one of the EWBattleground boards who suggested this match for the PPV after Bash At The Beach! These four have a great potential for a four-way (ewww!) so I shot them together. The new champion Jericho retained! 92% to end the show!
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Owen Davis No. 45
What the cottage industry of admissions consultants tells us about American higher education
© Shannon Freshwater
Let’s say you’re doing all right—happily married, a decent kid, solid upper-middle-class income. The question is: What would you do to get your kid into the top 1 percent? In other words, how much would you pay for a chance at the Ivy League?
You’ve already paid for the cello lessons and test prep, tennis camp, and a mission trip to Guatemala. But there are a million other privileged little dorks out there clutching their 4.0 GPAs and 95th-percentile SAT scores, all banging at the gates of the same dozen-odd uber-elite colleges.
So you hire an admissions consultant. They do everything: essay advice, extracurricular planning, college selection strategy, some light emotional therapy. Initiates into the mysteries of college applications—many of them former admissions officers themselves—they promise, if not to guarantee your kid admission to hyper-competitive elite schools, then at least to materially improve the odds.
The cost? If you’re a Manhattan private school parent, $40,000 for a full advisory package is not unheard of. Though that may sound ludicrous, it might not be a bad deal if attending an elite college really does grease one’s passage into the increasingly prosperous 1 percent.
Once sold to only the filthiest of the rich, college admissions consultants have ballooned their market to include the merely rich as well as the ever-aspirational middle class. In the past decade, their domestic ranks have expanded at least fourfold, making college admissions advice an estimated one-billion-dollar industry in 2018. Just as the once-niche service of SAT tutoring gradually became de rigueur, admissions consultants are becoming yet another fixture of adolescence—one more routine expense for families striving to propel their children upward—provided, of course, that they can afford it.
For typical applicants to competitive colleges, rates range from $85 to $350 an hour. Weekend boot camps for Ivy seekers can run as high $10,000 a pop. For the most sought-after advisers, whose oracular insights are the talk of Tribeca gossip circles and Palo Alto neighborhood listservs, a multiyear package can top six digits. Internationally, rates go parabolic. In one extraordinary example, the advisory group Ivy Coach sued a Vietnamese family over a disputed $1.5 million bill. As Ivy Coach declares in a forceful display of elite swagger on its website: “We make no apologies for our fees.”
Behind the rapid growth of college consulting into a billion-dollar industry are several compounding trends: plunging acceptance rates, decades of rising interest among international students, soaring tuitions. And what propels each of these developments in turn is a powerful incentive to Ivy-branded achievement: the growing economic rewards weighted to an elite college diploma.
Seen from this vantage, the insanely overcapitalized quest for an edge in the admissions scrum is a simple outgrowth of market-driven rational choice. In funneling kids to the highest rung of the income ladder or keeping them there, no colleges come close to the so-called Ivy-Plus schools—the eight Ivies plus the University of Chicago, Stanford, MIT, and Duke. One in five Ivy-Plus graduates ends up in the top 1 percent. For schools that are less elite but still competitive—Williams, say, or Johns Hopkins—the odds are about half that. And in at least one respect, the liberal fable of meritocratic achievement proves out within the cloistered world of the Ivy Pluses: the less rich one is upon enrolling at one of them, the more the boost in lifetime earnings one will get. And there’s never been a better time to join the 1 percent.
Some academics dispute the actual rewards associated with elite education; top colleges might just be good at selecting those already destined for upper tax brackets, thanks to wealth or talent or other cultural determinants of individual success. In a sense, though, the ultimate derivation of such qualities in an aspiring Ivy student counts for far less than the perception that the Ivy Pluses are the best place to husband them and draw them forth into the great arenas of adult achievement. To confirm the power of that image, just talk to any of the thousands upon thousands of parents shelling out five-figure fees to get their kids an inside track on the elite admissions race. Admissions anxiety is class anxiety.
For the old rich, an Ivy berth means status preservation. “You’ve got people trying to make sure their kids don’t fall down a class, basically,” said Kara, a consultant who asked to go by a pseudonym so as not to offend her clientele, which includes Middle Eastern royalty and scions of multinational conglomerate fortunes, as well as teachers and hairdressers. “They want what we all want, which is for their kids to have it at least as good as they do.”
It’s a different proposition, of course, for parents who came from less. In their careers, they might have seen Ivy grads glide ahead on the viscous trails left by alumni networks. Here, the thinking is: “I want to buy my kid into this system that I had to claw my way into,” Kara said. “I’d like to help them skip a few steps on the Monopoly board if I can.”
Who can blame them?
Guides for the Perplexed
Christopher Rim (Yale ’17) knows his way around the Monopoly board. At his boutique admissions advisory, Command Education, the consultants are mostly recent Ivy grads. For advising a select group of teens on wangling their way into top-tier colleges, Rim charges $1,500 an hour. He is twenty-three.
As is usual for admissions consultants, Rim spends a lot of time managing expectations, pruning lists of target colleges, reviewing essays, quelling nerves. But the youth of the consultants at the Command team sets them apart. They have a refreshing big-sibling vibe, plus valuable connections on campus.
They also offer something extra: branding. Consultants will tell you that colleges don’t want well-rounded students, but a well-rounded class. The goal is not to marshal a bland array of overachievers, but to confect a stimulating roux of Malala Yousafzais and Doogie Howsers. Admissions is not so much meritocratic sorting; it’s “social engineering,” as Kara put it. Rather than a Rushmore approach to extracurriculars, the gatekeepers want a “singularly talented student,” one adviser told me, a student with a “hook.”
As Ivy Coach declares in a forceful display of elite swagger on its website: “We make no apologies for our fees.”
Working with kids plotting out their admissions stratagems as early as seventh grade, Rim sharpens that hook. A high-school client in Seattle had an idea to collect sneakers for poor kids who lacked running shoes. Enter Rim. “I helped draft emails for the student and worked with him to figure out which executives to contact: Nike, Adidas, Asics,” Rim said. Within a few days, one of the megabrands shipped four hundred pairs.
Like other socially conscious consultants, Rim also takes on some pro bono cases. One of them, a formerly homeless student, wanted to send hygiene packages to homeless shelters. “We helped him connect with a huge corporation who funded everything, and he’s sent fifty thousand homeless packages,” Rim told me. “We helped him create that, helped him get press on it, helped him really take it to the next level.”
This approach, Rim said, justifies the price tag. “We help students build their website, we help students build their logo, their SEO—building their entire portfolio for them really on an advisory level.” The result: Rim claims a 96 percent success rate on getting his students—an admittedly already select group—into at least one of their top-three schools.
What Rim and other topflight consultants provide is essentially PR. Brian Taylor, managing director of Ivy Coach, emphasizes the importance of branding. “When our students get in, they’re branded a certain way,” Taylor told me. Ideally, admissions officers will think of applicants “in two to three words, whatever words it is we’ve come up with.”
Within the industry, Ivy Coach has a reputation as an unapologetic boundary-pusher, both in prices and in practices. One infamous IvyCoach.com blog post assures prospective clients that when their advisers “strongly revise” students’ essays, they “leave not one fingerprint.”
One of the reasons we at Ivy Coach are able to help our students earn admission to their dream schools year after year is because an admissions officer would never know we—or anyone but the student—had a hand in their essays. It’s a big part of our secret sauce, a sauce which happens to be delicious.
There’s an obvious destabilizing paradox at the heart of such brazen appeals to make comparatively privileged teenagers seem like original thinkers and entrepreneurial agents of social reform: subcontracting out one’s written work as an Ivy League student would be likely grounds for academic discipline should the practice come to light.
It was inevitable, then, that the field would be rocked by a scandal like Operation Varsity Blues, which greeted the public in March with headlines that Aunt Becky from Full House and the eponymous creator of the budget Target fashion brand Mossimo had been embroiled in a criminal scheme that involved falsified athletic careers, SAT tampering, a phony non-profit, and six-figure bribes to college officials. Celebrities including Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin evidently bought into a sales pitch offered by the scheme’s mastermind: that between the crowded “front door” of ordinary admissions and the nigh-inaccessible “back door” of multimillion-dollar donations and handshakes with trustees, there was a “side door” into elite colleges that might be eased open with some well-placed lucre and a little audacious photoshopping.
Most admissions consultants, it’s worth stressing, are above-board. But there is still a pronounced thread of mission creep in the portfolios of the elite segment of the market. The admissions arms race has turned the top-end consultant from a simple expert-for-hire to a sort of private Svengali for affluent youth. The old mission-trip-to-Guatemala essay has become passé. Now, ultrawealthy parents swap tales of launching charities just to give their kids interesting nonprofit work; one family reportedly bought a Botswanan orphanage as grist for a college essay. If this is what it now takes to stand out in the crowded high-end admissions market, why not hire someone?
It was inevitable that the field would be rocked by a scandal like Operation Varsity Blues, which involved falsified athletic careers, SAT tampering, a phony non-profit, and six-figure bribes to college officials.
Mark Sklarow calls the new type of consultancy “concierge services.” Sklarow runs the Independent Educational Consultants Association, a group dedicated to the daunting task of maintaining standards in the field. In the old days, he said, consultants might encourage a student to start working the phones in order to land an internship. “Now with these new sort of concierge-level services, people are like, ‘I will get you your internship,’” he said.
Clearly, these life coaches make it ever harder for those without means to elbow their way into elite schools. For rich kids, meanwhile, the process provides an early entree into one of the great traditions of wealth: conspicuous, self-glorifying charity work.
Although many in the consulting industry resent the concierge approach, there’s a destabilizing paradox here as well: any attempt to shed light on the absurdity and excess of the admissions scramble only breeds more. As Kara told me as I was outlining my approach to this piece, “Articles like this are part of the white noise vortex.” No doubt, the uproar over Operation Varsity Blues led some wealthy parents not to abandon their dreams of seeing their kids off to impressive schools, but to mull the “side door” option.
It has long been the case that in elite admissions, sunshine is more of a fertilizer than a disinfectant. In the early 2000s, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Golden broke a string of stories chronicling corruption in admissions, from politicians pulling strings to billionaires like Charles Kushner bribing their kids through the storied gates of Ivy. Then he started getting calls. “Some of the Journal’s wealthier subscribers regarded my series not as investigative journalism but as a how-to guide,” Golden wrote, citing a “high-tech tycoon” seeking help getting his academically undistinguished daughter into an Ivy.
This presents a quandary. As Kara explained, “You and your gory stories keep me employed, but frankly I would rather have people be less stressed.” So why is everyone so stressed?
The Gatekeepers
It is, of course, nothing new to regard elite higher education as a pivotal bulwark of America’s distended class structure. In 1964, sociologist E. Digby Baltzell described universities as “the most important elite-selecting and elite-producing institutions” of the American caste system. In a buzzy cover story in The Atlantic last year, Matthew Stewart fingered universities as a culprit in the rise of a “new American aristocracy” as he sought out a privileged academic perch for his daughter. At one point in his travels, Stewart visited an admissions consultant who recommended a $12,000 advisory package, plus an $11,000 “cultural tour” of France for Stewart’s daughter.
Yet when we talk about admissions, considerations of class quickly give way to more febrile topics friendly to inherited templates of culture warfare, such as affirmative action and standardized testing. These issues are undeniably important—but they also tend to distract attention from a deeper truth: elite colleges are structured, from root to branch, to perpetuate privilege.
The modus operandi in admissions, after all, is selectivity: the more selective the school, the higher the rankings. And the higher the rankings, the more applicants top-tier schools get. It all feeds alumni donations. Overall college attendance is up over 20 percent since the early 2000s, yet enrollment at the top ten ranked colleges has grown only half that. At these schools, average acceptance rates fell from 20 percent in 2002 to 7.7 percent in 2017. In 1952, Harvard took in 63 percent of its applicants; now it’s less than 5 percent.
Despite these remorselessly narrowing trends for all applicant demographics, many white families still come away cursing affirmative action. The share of white students at top schools has steadily fallen, replaced largely by a growing Asian population. Liberal-minded white kids thus find themselves caught in a queasy sort of double-consciousness. “I always tell kids: You know how you want to go someplace diverse?” the pseudonymous Kara told me. “The way they’re going to do that is they’re not going to admit every kid that looks like you.”
In truth, diversity numbers have lagged behind demographics. Black students made up 15 percent of college-aged kids, yet only 6 percent of first-year enrollment at one hundred universities analyzed by the New York Times in 2017—a gap that has expanded since 1980. At the top ten ranked schools, the share of African Americans has barely budged since 2002. And Latinx students have lost ground relative to demographics.
If the data show any systematic preference, it’s for wealth. At the Ivy-Plus colleges, more students come from the top 1 percent than the bottom half of the income distribution. The share of 1-percenters has only grown since the early 2000s, as the proportion of poorer students has fallen. At Brown, Penn, and Princeton, kids from the bottom quintile are outnumbered by those from the top-point-one percent alone.
These data belie the widespread assumption that admissions favors the needy, or that elite institutions’ “need blind” policies really alter their socioeconomic makeup. Joie Jager-Hyman, a consultant and former admissions officer at Dartmouth, said that the two groups most eagerly accommodated are poor kids of merit and those whose surnames adorn buildings. “Where I think it’s problematic and where a lot of good kids do get lost is in that middle zone,” she said.
This image of a hollowed-out middle reflects the story of American inequality—but hardly because the poor are gaining ground. The share of low-income kids at elite schools is falling. And the percentage of students at top colleges relying on Pell Grants, which are federally subsidized supports for lower-income students, is much smaller than at colleges generally. Perhaps there’s still an edge for the low-income teen who also meets thresholds on tests and grades. But they are very much the exception, and not the rule.
The Upper Cruft
Last year, anti-affirmative-action activist Edward Blum led a lawsuit against Harvard, alleging that the admissions office was discriminating against Asian students, on the grounds that existing racial preferences work to the disadvantage of Asian Americans. Yet, tellingly, the facts of the case barely concern affirmative action. Instead, the evidence largely illustrates how Harvard helps a different class of kids, mostly rich and mostly white: the cohort known as legacy admissions. At Harvard, legacies are more than five times more likely to get in than those without old-school family ties; more than 20 percent of white Harvard students get in this way.
One key reason why parents will shell out forty-grand for admissions help is that many top spots are never even in play. The system that consultants are paid to navigate was crafted originally to preserve class and ethnic purity, then carried over, largely unaltered, into the age of so-called meritocracy. It is delimited by two basic goals: raising money and pleasing alumni.
Every applicant has a file in the admissions office. If daddy’s an alum, or mom’s a senator, or grandpa has a habit of peeling off novelty-sized checks to the school, the file is flagged. Some flagged kids are shooed right in. Other times, the flag proves a tiebreaker between two otherwise comparable applicants. And for every spot set aside thanks to money and connections, the value of consultants rises.
It was not ever thus. Early last century, elite colleges based admissions on the somewhat genuinely meritocratic criteria of admissions tests in Latin and geography and the like. Yet by the 1920s, the system had let in too many Jews for their taste. The WASP establishment reacted by instituting the admissions policies we recognize today, from legacy to consideration of “character” to preference for country-club athletics.
As the Harvard lawsuit demonstrates, these techniques continue to favor the white and the rich down through the present day. One researcher found that at thirty top universities, having alumni relations tripled one’s odds of admission; for children of alumni, the odds are nearly eight times better. Administrators often rationalize preference in light of the contributions alumni make; Harvard defended its legacy policy in court by noting, forthrightly, that it “depends on its alumni for financial support.” Getting in on the basis of money and connections, in other words, is justified by one’s connection to money.
Any attempt by elite institutions to shake off the legacy straightjacket meets fierce resistance. When Yale curtailed legacy admissions in the late 1960s, alumni revolted. Among those standing athwart history was William F. Buckley Jr., who brayed that his alma mater, once the “kind of place where your family goes for generations” became a school where “the son of an alumnus, who goes to a private preparatory school, now has less chance of getting in than some boy from P.S. 109 somewhere.” Yale soon reversed course.
Varsity athletics also provides an obliging point of entry for old money. Every year, admissions offices receive lists of prospects from the coaches of sports favored by the gentry, like lacrosse and fencing. Across the Ivy League, 65 percent of athletes are white, excluding international students. Of Harvard’s athletes—among them golfers, sailors, and water polo players—approximately three-quarters are white, and they tend to be richer than their peers.
Of course, hard cash can also open doors. Yet admissions experts told me that even the wealthiest parents tend to underestimate how much this requires. If it comes to that, however, the naked cost of elite admission probably exceeds $10 million. Just so you know.
The New College Try
Not every student aims for Ivies, of course. Consultants often work hard to get families to look beyond the influential but widely loathed top rankings published by the U.S. News & World Report. But Americans tend to mimic their betters, and lower-tier colleges are no different. As demand for higher ed has grown, colleges down the line have sought distinction by increasing their selectivity. Combine this upward momentum with a roughly 30 percent rise in published tuition rates in the last decade, and you can readily appreciate how the same admissions mania that grips the gentry has crept into the middle classes.
The consulting industry has expanded to meet the demand. The average client today is “a middle-class, public-school suburban family,” Sklarow, head of the industry organization, told me. Consultants have admissions offices to thank for the business. “What we’re in the middle of—this more opaque, more aggressive, more anxiety-producing era—in part, this has been orchestrated by competitive colleges,” Sklarow said.
The industry is now undergoing “corporatization,” Sklarow said, with chains emerging from a largely mom-and-pop field. He compares the growth to that of The Princeton Review and Kaplan in prior decades—formerly small-time operations that mushroomed into a multibillion-dollar test-prep industry.
If the data show any systematic preference, it’s for wealth. At the Ivy-Plus colleges, more students come from the top 1 percent than the bottom half of the income distribution.
Among the admissions entrepreneurs is Tom Pabin, a Kentucky-based adviser whose Class 101 business has grown from a volunteer gig he offered as a youth minister twenty years ago to a network of just over forty franchises nationwide. For three years of advising, average fees total around $3,000. Though he charges clients far lower rates than tony Manhattan consultants do, Pabin said his business is still lucrative: “You can make a six-figure income. Our top franchise owners make two or three times that.”
Pabin also helps his mostly middle-class clientele secure financial aid, an increasingly vital part of the profession. The Class 101 website boasts of saving families “an average of $200,000 in merit-based scholarships alone.” That is, as the site proudly announces, “an incredibly attractive” return on investment.
That gets to a key question: Are admissions consultants worth the cost? When the price of an elite degree tops $200,000, is it worth dropping a tenth of that to ensure the best fit?
Perhaps, but let’s take it further: Back of the envelope, and ignoring tuition, is $30,000 a sensible price for the high-end admissions help? Say you’re 50 percent confident that a consultant will get your kid into a Brown or a Princeton over a mere Tufts. If the research is right (there is some debate), the jump from very selective to most competitive translates into 6 to 8 percent higher earnings. Add that up over a lifetime, and $30,000 starts to look reasonable.
Although this calculation leaves out important intangibles, it reflects the basic tradeoff that consultants see parents make—and that the burgeoning admissions-gaming complex eagerly profits from. “People will pay a premium to get into an Ivy League or a school like a Stanford or a Duke, as opposed to going to a very good school like USC,” said Ivy Coach’s Taylor. “The incremental cost isn’t all that significant when it means going to a great school instead of a pretty good school.”
Why the earnings boost? For one thing, top employers use alma maters as a convenient yardstick of merit. Equally important are the chummy networks that elite schools cultivate. Former high-end admissions consultant and author Lacy Crawford pointed to these networks as a big selling point for schools like her own alma mater, Princeton. “That network opens doors, and that is why universities work so hard to keep people in the community,” Crawford said.
As a former Harvard admissions officer once put it, “You do know the friends you make at Harvard are going to help you somewhere down the line. The friends you make at Lewis and Clark College may not, although it’s a perfectly good college.”
Poor Rich Kids
If you had to construct a higher education system de novo, and you were given only two prerogatives—to transmit generational privilege while projecting an air of meritocracy—it would be hard to improve on the current setup. If the emotional well-being of young people were a priority, however, you might want to start fresh.
Students at high-achieving public and preparatory high schools have suffered a historic escalation of stress and burnout at application age. Guidance counselors see college-going students treating stress as a sort of “cultural currency” among their peers. Public health researchers have identified admissions anxiety as a cause of teenage substance use.
Parents surely share much of the blame. But after a generation of running an ever-tighter application gauntlet, some privileged kids don’t need the prodding anymore. “The parents increasingly realize that this is crazy and they resent the way it’s impacting their children’s sleep, their class choices, their anxiety levels. . . . They say we love you and we don’t care where you go,” said Crawford, the former elite admissions consultant. Now, however, some teens have morphed into their own oppressors, and can be counted on always to pressure themselves. “The kids have internalized this and they’re the ones making themselves crazy,” Crawford said.
To which one might respond: boo-hoo for the poor rich kids. You want stress? Try poverty. But elite application hysteria has a side effect that goes deeper than emotional strain: turning privilege into merit. The factors that predispose kids for success—wealth, educated parents, good schools—also point toward a grueling admissions slog. Growing intraclass competition blinds well-resourced kids to their legion of pre-existing advantages.
When socially conscious kids pass through the college-app meat grinder, awareness of privilege can likewise blur under the expectation of actually having to muscle your way into an admissions slot. (This, you’ll recall, was one of the great self-justifying refrains of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his bitterly contested Senate confirmation hearing last year: “I busted my butt” to get into Yale, he complained, apropos of virtually nothing but his own sense of embattled privilege.) You might recognize the vast disparity between your suburban sanctuary and decrepit P.S. 109 a few miles away—but that doesn’t change the fact that the kid a seat over in AP Calculus would tear your throat out to get into Columbia in your place.
One researcher found that at thirty top universities, having alumni relations tripled one’s odds of admission; for children of alumni, the odds are nearly eight times better.
Here is still another crippling paradox of the culture of college admission. Through an application process that gives kids every incentive to highlight tales of personal struggle and adversity in their essays, Crawford said a “quiet resentment in all directions” arises between those with privilege and without. “In the great race, it’s the kids who are better-resourced who have so many legs up it’s silly,” Crawford said. “But it’s very hard to explain that to a single seventeen-year-old who has done everything he’s been asked to do and suddenly has the sense that it’s not going to be good enough, because bad things haven’t happened to him.”
If elite college admission is a ritual of class selection, with a cottage industry of private escorts administering the rites, then here is its deeper psychological function: instilling a sense of desert into the future ruling class. For the investment banker’s son from Phillips Exeter who gets into Yale as a varsity rower, the natural question is, well, how couldn’t you get into Yale. His response: Why don’t you ask all my old classmates who didn’t? As well you might. Maybe they would holler about busting their butts; or perhaps they’d have some ideas about how the entire system is an elaborate lie.
That’s a sentiment that the other 99.5 percent of would-be matriculants would also endorse, regardless of whether they’re aware that there’s a healthy market out there willing to help them get in. The question is whether middle-class families will broadly accept yet another big-ticket expense as an additional prerequisite for the American dream, or else rebel and get behind something like free public higher ed, which has become something of a litmus test among Democratic primary voters. Tellingly, a majority of private college admissions officers in a 2017 poll cited tuition-free public college as an existential threat. If it does come to pass, it might be their own doing. Still, you can always be sure of one thing: Harvard isn’t going anywhere.
Owen Davis writes about education, money, and the seamy confluence of the two. He lives in Brooklyn.
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A Safer Internet for Our Children? We Need Better Tools For Managing Their Digital Lives
By adminFebruary 14, 2015News
Over the years, I think we’ve tried just about everything to manage our kids’ access to the Internet. We’ve installed a half dozen Web monitoring programs on every computer in the house, changed the WiFi network passwords countless times, and spent hours on the phone with our wireless carrier getting them to throttle our kids’ data plans.
Original Article Dan Tynan Tech Columnist
It was a total frigging pain. And my wife and I are both geeks. Imagine what it has been like for non-tech savvy parents.
While the tools have improved a lot since we first started – Norton Online Family and Net Nanny are both pretty good at filtering Web content and reporting what your kids are up to – they still require way too much time and geek know how.
Tomorrow is Safer Internet Day 2015, which aims to promote responsible behavior online and on mobile devices, especially among kids. Here’s my wish for SID2015: That somebody invents an easier way to manage our kids’ digital lives. In fact, there are a handful of parents trying to do just that.
A year ago I found a beautiful solution for controlling our home network: The Skydog router. It offered a simple dashboard that allowed me to control Internet access for every single device or user on the network. I could set time limits, block categories of sites or individual ones, throttle down the bandwidth, and more. I was in Geek parent heaven.
Then, in June, Comcast bought Skydog’s parent company and took the router off the market. Comcast said it planned to incorporate the tech into a new generation of Xfinity routers, but it still has not announced a time frame for that.
Ever since then I’ve been seeking a Skydog substitute. I’m not alone, and a few parents have invented their own solutions. One is Rod da Silva, owner of WebCurfew, a platform that let you control Internet access at the router level, turn devices on or off, set timers, and filter content.
(Webcurfew.com)
The Chicago-based Da Silva started developing WebCurfew three years ago to manage Internet access for his three kids; last year he turned it into a product. You can use WebCurfew’s content filters and access controls for free; if you want to set timers, you’ll need to pony up $6 to $9 a month.
The downside? You need to dig into your WiFi router’s administrative settings to set it up, it doesn’t work with every router (none of the ones you rent from Comcast, for example), you can’t customize it by user, and your kids can easily defeat it by resetting the router. In other words, it’s not Skydog. But at least it’s something.
A vexing problem
Another parent taking matters into his own hands is Sean O’Riordan of Portland, Oregon. He’s just launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the VexBox, a cube-shaped device that plugs into your existing router and creates a new WiFi network just for your kids. Here’s the beauty part: When you turn on the VexBox, it doesn’t shut off the Internet, it just slows the connection down to 56K modem speeds.
(VexBox)
And that’s it. The VexBox doesn’t do any content filtering; it’s just a way to get his kids to pry their eyes away from the screen long enough to do their homework and clean their rooms. When you turn the VexBox off and broadband speeds return.
The best part about it, says O’Riordan, is that the VexBox has improved his relationship with his 17-year old stepson. They no longer fight over school work or chores; when the kid sees his Internet speeds plummet, he gets up and does what’s needed.
O’Riordan has been using the VexBox at home for about 6 months; now he’s hoping to raise $50,000 so he can manufacture and sell these things to other parents.
The mobile savage
That still leaves a bigger problem: your teenager’s smartphone. Here, too, things are easier than they were a few years ago – just not easy enough. Now you may be able to throttle your kids’ data plan, track their locations, keep them from texting while driving, or limit the sites they can access using an app on your phone.
The key word in that sentence, though, is may. Your ability to do this varies from carrier to carrier and phone to phone. You may have to install multiple apps to get this functionality, and you’ll probably have to pay a monthly subscription fee. Use an iPhone? That’s too bad: Apple doesn’t let third-party apps manage any of these things on its consumer devices.
I recently tried to install AT&T’s Family Map app on my Android phone. It wouldn’t work. Why? Because my Nexus 5 is registered as a business line, and Family App only works on consumer lines.
Why is this process so bloody difficult? I asked Tasso Roumeliotis, founder and CEO of Location Labs, now part of security software company AVG. Location Labs makes safety apps for wireless carriers. When you install AT&T’s Smart Limits, Verizon’s FamilyBase, T-Mobile’s FamilyWhere, or Sprint’s Drive First app, you’re using Location Labs’ software.
(AT&T Family Map; Location Labs)
One reason is that wireless carriers move very slowly, both because of their size and regulatory constraints, says Roumeliotis. A change to a sign-up process that would take a tech startup a few days to implement might take months for a carrier.
“Managing your kids’ mobile devices is a hard problem we haven’t completely solved,” he says. “In enterprises it’s called mobile device management; if you want to use your phone at work, you need to put software on it to make it secure. The same thing needs to happen in the family space.”
In the meantime, the best thing you can do is try to keep your kids from engaging in risky online behavior and minimize the distractions technology can bring, Roumeliotis says. That might involve using an app to throttle down their data consumption, or it might be as simple as locking the phone away in a drawer until their homework is done.
As with many parenting dilemmas, there is no simple push-button solution.
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Fully restored over a three year period on behalf of and by it's then owner, a retired aircraft engineer. On completion, the car was sold to a new owner in 2016. It comes complete with photographic record and invoices totalling around £22,000 for work undertaken.
Every part of the car is either new or refurbished including the engine, gearbox (all synchro), new 'dry' suspension, brakes, wiring loom, wheels, tyres and stainless exhaust. The new interior was supplied by Newton Commercials and the refurbished speedo was set to zero. Just 550 miles have been covered since.
On behalf of the DVLA the car was fully inspected by the Cooper Register and authenticated by them as a genuine Cooper S manufactured in October 1964 and was subsequently issued with the current registration number and VIN.
Mini Cooper Register Vehicle Inspection and Authentication Report
Vehicle make and model: Mk1 Morris Mini Cooper S
Chassis Number: To be allocated the following VIN: DVLASWA3971804401 Engine Number: To be advised by DVLA
Place of inspection: 2 Wentworth Green, Norwich, NR4 6AD
Date of inspection: 24" April 2018
Inspection undertaken by: Paul Sulma
At the request of the DVLA, I undertook an inspection of the above mentioned vehicle in order to authenticate it as being a Mk1 Morris Mini Cooper S. Thus, following my inspect of the vehicle I make the following observations on it:
The chassis/monocoque bodyshell
The bodyshell appeared to be that of a 1964 MK1 Mini Cooper S which was evidenced by the following features:
1. The front section of the subject vehicle’s floor ‘tunnel’ section had the unique factory ‘cut out’ in it allowing for the fitment of a Cooper S extended ‘remote’ gear change lever and which the subject vehicle had installed.
2. The rear window fitted to the subject vehicle is that of the smaller Mk1 variety indicating that the bodyshell rear window aperture must be that of a Mk1 Mini and not a later Mk2 model which would have had a larger rear window and respective aperture. Additionally, the rear side opening windows were of the Mk1 Mini ‘Piano’ hinged type. The original glass has appropriate markings etched into it by the manufacture thus allowing it to be dated to a quarter and year of manufacture. I can thus confirm that the glass installed in the subject vehicle is dated as follows: The two o/s driver’s door windows are dated the second quarter of 1967 and the second quarter 1963 respectively. Obviously one of the two glass sections has been replaced by a later pane of glass. The o/s driver’s side rear opening window is dated to the third quarter of 1963 and the passenger’s n/s rear opening window is dated to the second quarter of 1963. The rear window is dated to the third quarter of 1963. The front windscreen was a much later replacement glass. The dates on the majority of the glass fitted on the subject vehicle sit in line with the build date of it and so provide justifiable corroboration as to the build date of the said car.
3. The rear light clusters fitted to the subject vehicle were consistent with the style of those fitted by the factory to Mk1 Minis and Coopers. Larger light clusters were fitted to Mk2 Minis from their introduction in 1967 as well as subsequent models too. This entailed the manufacturer having to re-tool panel pressing equipment in order to create the larger holes required within the rear exterior panel of the cars to allow fitment of the larger light units within the bodyshell.
4. A ‘bootboard’ was installed within the boot area of the subject vehicle. The fitment of bootboards is a factory installed feature only found in Cooper and Cooper S Minis, albeit Riley Elfs and Wolseley Hornet variant Minis also had similar but extended bootboards installed. The bootboard in the subject vehicle was held in place by two brackets pop- riverted to the boot rear firewall along with three other brackets pop- riverted to the boot floor and lower boot lip. These brackets and the configuration of them within the subject vehicle were consistent with the manner in which the brackets would have been installed by the factory within a 1964 Mini Cooper S.
5. The subject vehicle did not have a second right hand petrol tank fitted in the boot which would be correct for a vehicle built in 1964, albeit that a second tank was available as a factory fitted option at the time if a customer stipulated one when ordering a new car. Ultimately, relatively few Cooper S cars were ever fitted with them as a factory fitted optional extra. However, they subsequently became a standard factory fitment in January 1966.
The engine
1. I undertook a visual inspection of the engine within the subject vehicle and also studied a number of photographs taken of the unit when it was removed from the vehicle and disassembled to be overhauled by the previous owner. I can therefore confirm that the engine block was clearly a ‘thin flange’ 1275 Cooper S one as it had the correct casting number of AEG 312 visible on it. Therefore, this engine would be consistent with being from a Mini Cooper S of 1964 vintage.
The transmission
1. The transmission in all classic Minis takes the form of a transversely mounted gearbox beneath the engine. The gearboxes have numbers cast in them allowing for identification of a particular unit. In the case of the gearbox fitted in the subject vehicle the casing number was 22G1128. This confirms the gearbox to be a 4 synchromesh unit which is a second generation gearbox and originally factory fitted in Mk2 Minis, Coopers and Cooper Ss from approximately 1967. The subject vehicle would have been fitted with a 3 synchromesh gearbox when manufactured however, early gearboxes were prone to failure as well as not being user friendly in that they did not have a synchromeshed 1“ gear which meant the driver
had to stop the vehicle in order to engage 1 gear. Hence, many owners of earlier cars without 1° gear synchromesh installed the 22G1128 type gearbox for ease of use and reliability.
Therefore, in my opinion, the vehicle I inspected appeared to be a Mk1 Morris Mini Cooper S manufactured in the latter part of 1964, possibly in October of that year when taking into account all the features of the subject vehicle detailed above.
Finally, I can confirm that the vehicle is a true reflection of the marque and has been restored very close to standard factory specification, retaining and utilising where possible, all major genuine period correct components that were over 25 years old.
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U.S. House Redistricting: New Jersey
This article is primarily about legislative redistricting, but the same issues apply to federal.
I mentioned earlier that the districts are drawn by a panel composed of equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats, with one appointed tiebreaker as needed. The article states that the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court appoints the tiebreaker. Last time, he sided with the Dems for a Dem-friendly map for the legislature, while both sides colluded on an incumbent protection map for Congress. Since there is zero chance of collusion for a legislative map, the machinations for the legislature could be interesting. I'm not sure what an incumbent protection map will look like when at least one Republican is likely to lose his seat with reapportionment.
http://www.examiner.com/essex-county-conservative-in-newark/redistricting-fight-nj-begins
So I tried to eliminate Runyan by unlocking the extra Democratic votes in NJ-1 and unused Dem areas in NJ-2 and creating a Delaware river district for Holt to run in. No dice. If you do that, you actually can create two good Democratic districts on either side of the Camden-Pennsauken border, rotate LoBiondo north to take half of Ocean County, and make a solid NJ-4 on Toms River and all of Smith's coastal territory, but you have to put too much of Monmouth County currently in NJ-12 into NJ-6 for Pallone's liking. And then you have all of Pallone's and Holt's Democratic territory in Middlesex County leftover with no takers unless you now eliminate Lance. The end result is to have to create a new Dem-leaning district in Central Jersey to fill the gap left by sucking Holt's district south and Pallone's to the shore. The final result would be favorable for Democrats, but unfavorable to 3 incumbents and probably stretches NJ-5 all the way to outer Trenton. I don't see how that happens.
I suspect despite all of the talk about last hired, first fired, the committee is going to have to do a fair fight district in the middle/north of the state.
Cuivienen
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Re: U.S. House Redistricting: New Jersey
« Edited: December 23, 2010, 05:28:36 pm by Verily »
Quote from: brittain33 on December 22, 2010, 06:57:19 pm
Not true at all. Here's my map that eliminates Runyan and keeps all other incumbents safe. The numbers mostly correspond to current incumbents. NJ-04 becomes NJ-03, however, and NJ-13 becomes NJ-04.
NJ-10 is 54% black; NJ-04 is 54% Hispanic.
Runyan lives in NJ-12, but that seat is very safe for Rush Holt, around D+10.
That is similar to my NJ-12, but I balked at drawing Lance such a wide-ranging district. I don't see them pairing the older Republican Union County suburbs of NJ-7 with Monmouth with such a distant link, and it's the Monmouth Republican areas that have to go somewhere. I suspect they'd go into Pallone's district (he represented more of Monmouth prior to 1992) first.
FWIW, I gave the rest of Gloucester and Salem County to NJ-1 because they are Democratic enough and then drew NJ-12 closer into Camden by pulling in Haddon Heights, Pennsauken, and Haddonfield.
Does anyone know how Hamilton Twp. votes for President and Senator these days?
Vazdul (Formerly Chairman of the Communist Party of Ontario)
Vazdul
The one in Mercer County? Very swingy.
2009 Governor:
Christie (R): 14,234
Corzine (D): 13,490
2008 President:
Obama (D): 23,658
McCain (R): 19,422
2008 Senate:
Lautenberg (D): 20,594
Zimmer (R): 18,895
Menendez (D): 12,639
Kean (R): 12,527
Forrester (R): 14,235
Kerry (D): 20,874
Bush (R): 20,637
Source: http://www.state.nj.us/state/elections/results_2010_doe.html
My goal with that was to shore up LoBiondo by putting the D parts of Cumberland County into NJ-01, which necessitated dropping the more R parts of Gloucester.
Anyway, you could rearrange NJ-07 and NJ-11 to put the Union County R areas in NJ-11 in exchange for most of the Hunterdon/Somerset/Mercer parts of NJ-11. I just figured the Union R areas would prefer to keep their current Rep, but perhaps not as Lance hasn't been around long.
Quote from: Verily on December 23, 2010, 08:09:33 pm
I think Lance would do better in his home county of Hunterdon. I would give Lance the rest of Hunterdon County, and parts of Somerset as necessary, in exchange for Union County.
And I object most strongly to being placed in Frelinghuysen's district!
Interesting, it swung to Corzine. I had to put it in my Rush Holt district and was worried that it was a Republican town.
If I'm not mistaken, it is more Republican on the local level. Also, the areas nearer to Trenton are more urban and minority-heavy, so they would likely be more Democratic than areas to the south and east. If a similar plan is adopted, it's likely that Hamilton would be split, with the areas close to Trenton put into a Democratic district (presumably Holt's) and the rest put into Smith's district.
Quote from: His Excellency Chancellor Vazdul, Senator of Bedford Parish on December 23, 2010, 08:40:41 pm
I have it in my mind as a mini Nassau County.
Anyway, you could rearrange NJ-07 and NJ-11 to put the Union County R areas in NJ-11 in exchange for most of the Hunterdon/Somerset/Mercer parts of NJ-11.
What's interesting is that if you do that, your new NJ-7 is nearly identical to the NJ-12 of the 1990s, before Trenton was added to make it safer. The effect of dismantling Runyan's district is to draw Holt into Runyan's district, eliminate Lance's district, and leave Holt's district empty but perhaps with Lance's home in it.
I'm not nitpicking so much as free associating.
muon2
I'm curious as to the number of municipalities that had to be split in Verily's map. I note that the last two cycles had 20-30 splits in order to get exact population equality. I'd be surprised if the commission goes much further than that in splits this time.
fezzyfestoon
What's the matter with Frelinghuysen?
Quote from: Michael Vick on December 24, 2010, 02:15:28 am
Perhaps I should rephrase that as "I don't want the district I live in to be dominated by Morris County."
Quote from: His Excellency Chancellor Vazdul, Senator of Bedford Parish on December 24, 2010, 03:44:31 am
Oh, ha. Most of it's pretty similar to Hunterdon actually. More like Warren, but still pretty similar. Besides, it's not like counties mean anything in Jersey. The Somerset Hills have WAY more in common with eastern Hunterdon and southern Morris than the rest of Somerset.
« Edited: December 24, 2010, 11:37:54 am by Verily »
Okay, here's the list of split municipalities. I only listed split counties. 31 total. A few could be fairly painlessly eliminated.
Franklin (aka Somerset)
Hopewell Twp
Ewing (Both could be eliminated if Holt moved to Princeton.)
Dover (aka Toms River)
Smith lives there. That's the main reason I put (most of) it in his district.
krazen1211
From what I've heard, nobody is talking about eliminating Runyan or any of the 4 Southern districts.
The way I see it, if they're pairing an incumbent from each party, it has to be Holt/Lance or Rodney/Pascrell. Any other way, the lines become hideous, or 1 side or the other is heavily disadvantaged.
I figure Andrews, Lobiondo, Runyan, Smith, Pallone, Rothman, Sires, Payne, Garrett are safe. One of the other 4 guys gets the axe.
The Republicans, I think, are going to throw heavily Democratic Patterson into Sires's Hispanic district, and take the rest of the existing 8th and give it to Rodney, Garrett, Payne, and Rothman.
The Democrats, I think, are going to merge Morris/Somerset/Hunterdon into a single district, and chop the Republican areas of Union/Middlesex county into pieces and split them.
Merging Holt and Lance somewhere in Somerset/Hunterdon/Middlesex county district centered around the Brunswicks is probably the 'fair fight' setup. Lance probably gives it away and runs for Senate though.
Merging Rodney and Pascrell involves throwing Passaic and Morris in the same district.
Quote from: krazen1211 on December 29, 2010, 12:41:06 pm
The Republicans, I think, are going to throw heavily Democratic Patterson into Sires's Hispanic district
What towns would you use to connect Paterson to JC and Newark? Would it still connect down to Perth Amboy?
No, you ditch the Elizabeth/Perth Amboy leg entirely.
Newark is already connected to JC under the current setup. All you have to do is connect Patterson to Newark through Passaic City and down the Bergen/Essex border. It sort of shapes like a U.
At first I didn't think that was possible without screwing over a Republican, but it seems like it can be done.
Still, I don't think the Democrats on the Redistricting Commission are going to go along with it. I still think the Holt/Lance matchup is the most likely outcome.
« Edited: December 29, 2010, 04:36:02 pm by krazen1211 »
Yep, what you drew is basically a perfect 6-6 map for the GOP.
I drew almost exactly the same thing with very minor modifications. Sussex, Morris, Hunderdon/Somerset, Monmouth, and Ocean form the cores of 5 GOP districts.
The only modifications I made is that you have too much of Rodney's district in Essex county. You really want to get that West Orange/Bloomfield area in some Democratic district (Livingston, West Caldwell, North Caldwell are fine). Heavily Republican Middletown and Hazlet can go into Chis Smith's district, that southern tip of Hudson around Bayonne into Pallone's, and shove Payne's district west a bit into West Orange.
But we're talking about only shifting around 20k people or so.
I did it relatively cleanly without splitting a whole lot of townships. Under 10 I believe, not counting Jersey City, Newark, etc.
Technically the easiest path for the Democrats to form 7 strong seats is in the southern part of the state. Lobiondo's 2nd I believe has a Dem PVI, and could easily be made more Democratic by moving Democrats in from the 1st, and moving Willingboro into the 1st. The problem of course is that Lobiondo is entrenched. And as long as those VRA 10th and 13th exist (the 13th especially is completely boxed in), its hard to use the remaining 4 Democrats (Rothman, Pascrell, Holt, Pallone) to soak what is a fair number of GOP votes. Nobody really wants to touch areas like Monmouth county, or North Bergen. Rush Holt is sitting in a 54% Kerry seat.
« Edited: December 29, 2010, 08:49:54 pm by His Excellency Chancellor Vazdul, Senator of Bedford Parish »
I think an easier way for the Democrats to gain a seat in South Jersey is to shift the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd slightly counterclockwise. LoBiondo picks up much of Ocean County, and Andrews picks up Salem County and possibly even Bridgeton. Runyan gets stuck in a Burlington-Camden district, picking up Pennsauken and Voorhees, and swapping northern Ocean County with Smith in exchange for northern Burlington County. This way you don't have the trouble of a proven, entrenched incumbent.
Can I ask your thinking behind putting that bit of East Windsor in the 3rd district? My mother lives there, so I'm curious.
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Better term for “Favorites”
I'm designing some surveillance camera footage. I'm adding a little "Favorites" section where the user could make a temporarily list of camera feeds to save and put at the top of the list, since there are hundreds of feeds.
However, this system will only be used if there is some sort of emergency. So the term "Favorites" feels a little wrong ("Let me drag this feed of a guy stabbing people into my favorites list...")
I thought of Bookmarks, but since this will be a temporary list this term doesn't feel right either. What would be the best term to use here?
gui-design terminology wording title
Madalina Taina
dattebanedattebane
Why not just "track"/"keep track"? "Let me drag this feed of a guy stabbing people into my tracked list" doesn't sound that bad to me. (But I'm not mothertongue :s) – Bakuriu Jul 29 '16 at 8:32
You could maybe use - Drafts - Review – user88042 Jul 29 '16 at 10:30
@Bakuriu I was excited about your suggestion but I think track gives some sort of connotation of movement - like it might be tracking the movement of the people on screen or something like that. – dattebane Jul 29 '16 at 15:16
@deannakov "Flag" or "Bookmark", Flag or Bookmark the video for some reason, and you have Flag List or Bookmark List, where they would appear. – divy3993 Jul 29 '16 at 15:41
Flagged, starred, prioritised, or pinned are all options that spring to mind. – calum_b Jul 29 '16 at 16:13
What about:
prioritize / priority list
inspect / inspection list
investigate / investigation list
observe / observation list (although one could probably argue all footage is already being observed)
Decent DabblerDecent Dabbler
Maybe "frequently used"? or "current"? Or "highlighted"? – Peter Cordes Jul 29 '16 at 11:41
I actually really like Priority! – dattebane Jul 29 '16 at 15:24
I went with "Priority feeds", as in my context I think this makes the most sense. A lot of other good answers here though for a different situation! – dattebane Aug 1 '16 at 15:28
There's definitely no right answer to the 'best term' to use here. In terms of context, you're correct in that 'Favourites' or 'Bookmarks' don't really feel right.
An obvious solution would be 'Saved' or 'Saved for Later'. You could borrow from Twitter and Pinterest where you 'pin' items (the metaphor mightn't work, but certainly 'pin' evokes less emotion than 'favourite').
The other option would be to look at what Mail on Mac has been doing for years and use 'flagged' - this feels pretty good to me.
Essentially any generic term which makes it clear that the footage will stand out from the rest, without any emotion attached would work.
I'd keep it super simple and go for flagged, but it's all going to depend on your context. Save mightn't be so good as you're not technically 'saving' the footage, so flagged stands out for me.
Vincent FeeneyVincent Feeney
"Flagged" has a connotation of "flagging as spam" or "flagging for help", though, or maybe I just spend too much time on SE. "Pinned" and "saved" are good choices. – Lightness Races with Monica Jul 29 '16 at 10:37
@LightnessRacesinOrbit 'Flag' sounds pretty appropriate given the context ('mark something for action'). If it's likely to be used for emergency situations I don't really see why a connotation of 'flagging for help' is a bad thing - can you elaborate on that? – tardigrade Jul 29 '16 at 12:03
@LightnessRacesinOrbit you might not need help, but the person getting stabbed probably does. My point is it certainly isn't an actively unhelpful association. I also don't think it's one most people would immediately make, though; personally, I'd associate 'flagging' with 'needs attention' (e.g. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagging_%28tape%29). – tardigrade Jul 29 '16 at 12:30
@tardigrade: Indeed. So prefer "tag" or "mark" or "pin" or "save" or "star". :) – Lightness Races with Monica Jul 29 '16 at 12:31
@LightnessRacesinOrbit Well, I'd say 'star' risks some of the same positive implications as 'like', and 'save' has a pretty specific meaning already - but yes, 'tag' or 'mark' I'd certainly agree with. :) – tardigrade Jul 29 '16 at 12:49
Twitter allows you to temporarily "pin" a tweet at the top of your feed. This term, Pinning, appears to be exactly what you are looking for: a single item from a long list of items that you temporarily place at the top of the page. Pinning also invoked the feeling of something temporary: when you look at a pinboard, you can easily pin and unpin things you put on there as you need them.
As an added advantage, a pin is an easy icon to stylize and is quite recognizable.
Example of a Pinned Tweet:
NzallNzall
Vincent Feeney already suggested "pin" (though he sort of buried it in the text). – T.J. Crowder Aug 1 '16 at 8:10
I would suggest simply using an icon, most probably a "star". This is a widely accepted and recognised practice and simply suggests that a user is marking something out from the rest of the group in order to create prioritisation.
edan291edan291
My opinion is to use an icon, a star maybe or use something simple, not necessary a word, maybe a sentence or a group of words like "You chose:". You said this is just a section, so you don't need this in a menu, so it can be a title in this case that is a little longer.
Like I said, for me, a long, descriptive title is the better choice in this case, but if you add an icon, you can consider the star, a flag or something that suggest temporary, like an hourglass.
Please see this topic, I think it can help you https://meta.discourse.org/t/favorite-vs-like-vs-bookmark/1444/15.
Madalina TainaMadalina Taina
You could name it watch list. It is kind of like eBay where there are millions of items, but there are only a few that you are interested in. You could have a small icon next to them with a star as in some suggestions, or a check mark. You can also have an option in the right click menu to add to watch list.
Jason HutchinsonJason Hutchinson
Since your users will presumably be pinning certain camera feeds to the top of the list for specific reasons, there's an obvious semantic meaning here: Those feeds are more important than the others, at least for the moment. Because of the meaning here is obvious - and very different from "favorite", etc - I suggest simply calling them "Important Feeds". Or, if they're going to be changed frequently, something like "Currently Tracked Feeds". A straightforward phrase that communicates how the feature is actually being used.
By the way, this is neither here nor there, but rather than the star icon that others have suggested using, I'd suggest an exclamation point icon. That communicates the sense of "alertness" that is involved with reviewing security footage. And in an unusual color, like bright red or green, it won't be interpreted the same way as an exclamation point normally is in text.
These are findings, they are remarkable content or content relevant for an investigation.
I also agree with the use of flagged and pinned. If the software allows, the use of tags may be more versatile for the user, although that is beyond the scope of the question.
TheraotTheraot
Try not to find a word but to find a meaningful concept to your users.
The concept can be to hold on to a feed or to collect/gather a bunch of feeds because you need to review it later. Or to keep focus on certain feeds because they need extra attention. Maybe it's not always disturbing but you can call it at least notable or mentionable.
Learn about the user's mental model and you will have an answer that is more worth than any answer given here.
jazZRojazZRo
By Oxford Dictionaries' terminology it is "[a]n outstanding part of an event or period of time". The verb highlight refers to "[d]raw[ing] special attention to" the issue, be it violence on tape or any other event. Unless the CCTV is monitoring a stadium there should be no misunderstanding of the term.
"Words change meaning according to the context"
In your context, favourites/Bookmarks are not the right choices for sure.
There are some really bright ideas right here in the feed "track" & "watchlist" being my favourites (ah ha)
Sometimes, it can be done using an action as well.
"Pin to watchlist" can be a button which allows you to add a video feed to a separate section (watchlist). Simply unpin to remove it from there.
Icons with a toggle state are another good way to achieve a somewhat similar effect
an eye icon with states enabled and disabled so users can click and toggle the state - which is basically adding or removing item from watchlist
If the number of all the available stream is very large then track or save would be a viable option. "Save to watchlist"
The flag doesn't sound good purely because of its history with "report as spam" context. Ultimately, I'd suggest going with what goes best with all the other aspects & features of your app. If you have the concept of channels, lists, playlists or anything special go with something that fits the bill.
This was more like an aggregation of the ideas mentioned above rather than a new idea itself. But it should do.
Himanshu VaishnavHimanshu Vaishnav
I think I would go with "Tagged Videos", or "Tags". Then users could either "tag" videos for review by dragging them to this list or by some other interaction that adds them to the list.
JaceJace
Welcome to the site, @Jace. Do you have any evidence (either your own studies or other research you've read) to support this wording? At the moment, your post just reads as opinion. – Graham Herrli Jul 31 '16 at 19:58
The poster's actual question was "What would be the best term to use here?" This is a highly subjective question, and as such, expect most answers to be subjective, or opinionated. – Jace Aug 1 '16 at 13:25
@Jace An answer can be opinionated, but also provide some of the reasoning behind that opinion. – JohnGB♦ Aug 8 '16 at 9:31
I can see more suggestions here but my suggestion is 'Emergency List', emergency is the word takes priority and it indicates that as temporary. This word has more emotion as user acts quickly and it serves the purpose.
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