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__label__wiki	0.752597	0.752597	Shop Vashon Food on Vashon About Vashon Past Present & Future Visit Vashon Bike Vashon Island Business Guide Shop Vashon Passport Weddings on Vashon Sip Vashon Vashon’s Chamber Concerts in the Park #1: Ian Moore Band Name: Concerts in the Park #1: Ian Moore Band Website: https://www.vashonevents.org/ Vashon Events and the Vashon Park District have announced the lineup for the annual Summer Concerts in the Park. The extremely popular and free outdoor concert series will begin on Thursday, August 1st and run through Thursday, August 29th. All concerts start at 7:00pm and are held in Ober Park on Vashon Island. Enjoy live music performances from today's top talent in Rock, Roots Reggae, Big Band, High Energy Folk and Cajun Slamgrass performing against one of Vashon's most beautiful outdoor backdrops. Bring the family! There's plenty of grass and natural berms to spread out those picnic blankets and enjoy some wonderful music on a warm summer night. Families can come relax, let the kids play on the playground and enjoy the entertainment at these summer events. The Concerts in the Park series is presented by the Vashon Park District. Supporting sponsors this year are Susan Lofland at John L. Scott Vashon, Sarah & Michael Schosboek at Windermere Vashon, Heidi Grimsley at John L. Scott Vashon, Stacie Trigg at Trigg Insurance, Renee Leboeuf at Green Frog Productions, Mike England at Fairway Insurance, Teri Byrd at Vashon 4 Paws, Julie & Mark Romero at Niece Pumping, Connie Sorensen at Windermere Real Estate/Wall Street Inc, Tom Schwaegler and May Chaleoy at May’s Kitchen & Bar and Jena Thornton at The Lodges on Vashon. The concert series is curated by Vashon Events. We'd also like to thank Open Space for Arts & Community, our in-kind sponsor for Concerts in the Park as our backup venue in case of bad weather! A big thank you to David Godsey and Janet McAlpin for this insurance plan! If you've never experienced the warmth of community at the cool nights of summer concerts in the park, you're in for a special treat. Please remember that there are no dogs allowed at Ober Park. Alcohol and smoking are also not permitted. Thursday, August 1st, 7-9pm The Ian Moore Band (Rock/Americana) Ian Moore, the Seattle-based, Austin, TX-born guitar player, singer and songwriter, has been busy. Coming on the heels of his most successful record, Strange Days, since his first album, the self-titled Ian Moore LP, and despite a never-ending cycle of touring, Moore offers a new record called “Toronto” of bright, blazing rock-n-roll that combines his legendary guitar prowess with radio-friendly singles. Meanwhile, he’s founded the artists’ healthcare alliance SMASH (Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare) and has joined the board of NARAS for the Pacific Northwest as governor and head of the advocacy committee. As always, Ian has his eyes on the challenges faced by musicians of every stripe, having experienced the spectrum of artist successes and tribulations himself over a nearly 30-year career. “It’s a very different climate right now. When we hit a city, it doesn’t matter that I have 14 records, radio hits, etc. The only thing that matters is if we can really show up and leave the people feeling they saw something amazing. It keeps me hungry, and I like the challenge” says Moore. You might have been surprised to hear Moore’s voice as well popping up on major network shows on prime-time television this past year, after several selections prominently being featured as performances on both American Idol and The Voice (“Satisfied” and “Blue Sky”). Moore’s story is often told and probably familiar to most critics; his initial record on Capricorn propelled him to national tours with the Rolling Stones, ZZ Top and Bob Dylan, acting in the acclaimed indie feature “Sling Blade,” and having Ice Cube direct the video for his track “Harlem.” Moore deviated from his initial blues-oriented guitar sound on subsequent records, touching on graceful pop songs to psychedelia, to British pub rock and deep Americana. The Toronto record and its 6 tracks represents those influences in such a way that they have informed his songwriting but is likely more recognizable as a strong collection of the kind of guitar rock his core fanbase would respond to immediately. New discoveries of Moore’s live shows and last few records are coming on board every day, as his live shows have graduated once again from barrooms to bigger stages and warmer rooms, despite a blustery big stage headlining appearance this past New Year’s Eve at Auditorium Shores in Austin. Moore delivered in gloves and muffler, despite snow and 27 degrees (In Texas!) Event Media: Ober Park, Vashon Island 17130 Vashon Hwy SW, Vashon, WA 98070 Pete Welch/Vashon Events Free show. © 2020 Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce \| Site by GrowthZone vashonchamber.com Vashon-Maury Chamber of Commerce PO Box 1035 \| Vashon, WA 98070 discover@vashonchamber.com © 2019 Vashon-Maury Island Chamber of Commerce. All Rights Reserved. Site by GrowthZone.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418604
__label__cc	0.53222	0.46778	Buy2Greece.com Greek Property Promotion Buy2Greece – MIRAGE HOUSE Buy2Greece.com – MIRAGE HOUSEBY KOIS ASSOCIATED ARCHITECTS source : http://www.koisarchitecture.com/ Buy2Greece.com – Europe hotel industry poised to tackle increasing hotel room demands Buy2Greece.com – China’s Secret Money Laundering goes mainstream Buy2Greece.com – Last week, Zero Hedge first reported on this side of the Pacific, some very troubling news: the biggest offshore buyer of luxury US real estate, that would be Chinese money laundering oligarchs and other member of the upper class, may be locked out of any future US housing purchases for a long, long time. Source: Zerohedge Buy2Greece.com – Hilton Worldwide Presents Lucrative Offers Entitled ‘Book More Get More’ Hilton Worldwide launched the ‘Book More Get More’ offer that presents customers, including corporate entities and intermediaries, the opportunity to enjoy a range of exceptional benefits for booking meetings or events at the Hilton Worldwide portfolio of hotels in India. From complimentary room nights, free Wi-Fi, double Hilton HHonors Bonus Points, 5% off the master bill, cocktails on the house and complimentary themed coffee breaks to room upgrades, the more a customer books the more benefits he / she receives. With hotels in key cities of the country, including New Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Trivandrum, Vadodara, Pune, Shillim, Goa, Jaipur and Agra, Hilton Worldwide offers a selection of versatile venues ideal for exclusive events, weddings and residential meetings. Under this offer, from 15 July to 15 October, customers who spend US$1,670* and more on rooms and / or catering towards a meeting or event at any of the participating hotels will be entitled to enjoy a choice of up to five of the following benefits: Double Hilton HHonors Points or miles Complimentary Wi-Fi in booked meeting rooms One complimentary room night for every 10 paid room nights 5% off the master bill Three complimentary room upgrades Complimentary starters once during the event / meeting for up to 30 people Two complimentary themed tea / coffee breaks each day of event / meeting Complimentary projector, screen and basic sound system each day of event / meeting Customers who spend US$1,670* to US$5,000* can enjoy any three of the benefits listed above. Customers who spend between US$5,000* and US$8,340* may choose four benefits and those who spend more than US$8,340* will receive as many as five benefits. (*At the exchange rate of US$1 = INR60) This offer is valid on bookings made before 15 October 2014 and utilised by 31 March 2015. Participating Hotels: Hilton Garden Inn New Delhi / Saket Hilton Garden Inn Gurgaon Baani Square DoubleTree by Hilton Gurgaon – New Delhi NCR Hilton Mumbai International Airport Hilton Bangalore Embassy Golf Links DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Bangalore Chennai Hilton Chennai Hampton by Hilton Vadodara – Alkapuri DoubleTree by Hilton Pune – Chinchwad Shillim in the Western Ghats Hilton Shillim Estate Retreat & Spa DoubleTree by Hilton Goa – Arpora – Baga Hilton Jaipur DoubleTree by Hilton Agra Buy2Greece.com – TripAdvisor Acclaims World’s Top 10 Amusement Destinations TripAdvisor the world’s largest travel site, announced the winners of its Travelers’ Choice awards for Amusement Parks and Water Parks around the globe. In total, 242 winners were identified, including the top 25 in the world and dedicated lists for Asia, Canada, China, Europe, India, South America, South Pacific, the U.K. and the U.S. “Travelers in search of outdoor entertainment should look no further than the TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Amusement Parks and Water Parks,” said Barbara Messing, chief marketing officer for TripAdvisor. “There is a wide variety of activities to appeal to all ages at these top-rated parks across the globe.” Travelers’ Choice awards honor top travel spots worldwide based on the millions of valuable reviews and opinions from TripAdvisor travelers. Award winners were determined using an algorithm that took into account the quantity and quality of reviews for amusement parks and water parks worldwide, gathered over a 12-month period. Water Parks – World 1. Siam Park, Adeje, Spain 2. Beach Park, Aquiraz, Brazil 3. Disney’s Blizzard Beach Water Park, Orlando, Florida 4. Disney’s Typhoon Lagoon Water Park, Orlando, Florida 5. Waterbom Bali, Kuta, Indonesia 6. Wild Wadi Water Park, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 7. Hot Park, Rio Quente, Brazil 8. Aquaventure Waterpark, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 9. Aquatica, Orlando, Florida 10. Aquaventure Water Park at Atlantis Paradise Island, Paradise Island, Bahamas Top Water Parks in the United States 4. Holiday World & Splashin’ Safari, Santa Claus, Indiana 5. Water Country USA, Williamsburg, Virginia 6. Morey’s Piers and Beachfront Waterparks, Wildwood, New Jersey 7. Noah’s Ark Water Park, Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin 8. Dollywood’s Splash Country Water Adventure Park, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee 9. Wet ‘n Wild, Orlando, Florida 10. Cedar Point – Soak City, Sandusky, Ohio Amusement Parks – World 1. Discovery Cove, Orlando, Florida 2. Europa-Park, Rust, Germany 3. Universal’s Islands of Adventure, Orlando, Florida 4. Magic Kingdom, Orlando, Florida 5. Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Orlando, Florida 6. Beto Carrero World, Penha, Brazil 7. Disneyland Park, Anaheim, California 8. Universal Studios Singapore, Sentosa Island, Singapore 9. PortAventura Park, Salou, Spain 10. Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida Amusement Parks – U.S. 6. Disney’s Animal Kingdom, Orlando, Florida 7. SeaWorld Orlando, Orlando, Florida 8. Cedar Point Amusement Park, Sandusky, Ohio 9. Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, California 10. Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida Florida Shines Bright on World and U.S. Amusement Parks Lists Occupying nine of the top 25 spots on the world and U.S. amusement parks lists, the Sunshine State reigns supreme. Orlando claims eight of the spots including Discovery Cove, the #1 amusement park in the U.S. and world, while Tampa hosts Busch Gardens (#10 in the U.S, #14 world). U.S. and Brazil Lead the Wave with Most Award-Winning World Water Parks As the U.S. is home to six of the top 25 water parks on the world list, and Brazil home to five, these hot spots offer fun-filled parks for travelers to make a splash, including Beach Park in Aquiraz, Brazil at #2, and Disney’s Blizzard Beach in Orlando, Florida at #3. Source: TripAdvisor Buy2Greece.com – Google head of travel to share his views at the GBTA Convention 2014 GBTA announces the featured speaker list as Google Director of Travel Partnerships David Pavelko is set to grace the occasion at GBTA Convention 2014. The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA)—the voice of the global business travel industry—today announced David Pavelko, Director of travel partnerships for Google, will be a featured speaker at the GBTA Convention 2014, July 26-30, in Los Angeles. “We are pleased to welcome David Pavelko as a featured speaker for this year’s Convention,” said Michael W. McCormick executive director and COO of GBTA. “The pace of change and innovation in travel continues to accelerate and Google is at the forefront of this change. David will provide attendees with his perspective on what’s next for Google in our industry and beyond. His deep industry experience and passion for the business of travel make him an excellent final addition to our speaker roster.” Pavelko works directly with Google’s consumer travel initiatives and supports the overall strategy as well as business development and partnership efforts. David spent his first five years at Google managing marketing and advertising campaigns for airlines, hotel chains, cruise lines, car rental companies, OTA’s, meta, and travel publishers across Google search, display, mobile and YouTube advertising platforms. Other Center Stage industry speakers at the GBTA Convention 2014 include U. S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole; Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of United Airlines Jeffery A. Smisek; Delta CEO Richard Anderson; Concur CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors Steve Singh; American Express Global Business Travel President and CEO Bill Glenn. The 2014 Convention theme, Business in Motion, aptly describes how the event will unfold as nearly 7,000 attendees from all facets of the business travel industry come together for five days of continuous motion at the business travel event of the year. GBTA will broadcast LIVE from the LA Convention Center, bringing you world-class featured speakers, more than 80 industry-leading education sessions, the largest business travel expo floor, a wide selection of professional development opportunities and much more providing attendees the opportunity to build their careers and get business done. Source: GBTA. Buy2Greece.com – Chinese business Big Chinese businesses are seeking even further involvement in Greece despite the fact that unstable economic and political conditions have forced many foreign companies to reconsider their presence in the crisis-hit country. Greece has long been home to thousands of Chinese businesses, from small retail stores to shipping giant China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO), which has invested billions in Greece’s largest port. Several large international companies have already left Greece because of the crisis, but that doesn’t appear to be the case for major Chinese companies. “For investments that have to do with ports, logistics, energy and anything affiliated with big and stable Chinese businesses, there’s no evidence that these businesses want to withdraw,” said Constantine Yannidis, president of Hellenic-Chinese Chamber, a non-governmental, non-profit membership association for Greek corporations and individual entrepreneurs engaged in business with China. Buy2Greece.com – CIC “SHOWS CONFIDENCE IN GREECE” Aphrodite Bletas, vice-president of the chamber who led the delegation, said the meeting with the CIC was “crucial”, and its President Lou Jiwei had expressed a willingness to invest in Greece once the new government is formed. “China demonstrates extensive interest in investing in Greece,” said Bletas But she said due to the current political uncertainty, no concrete commitments have been made on specific projects. “The outcome of the coming election is of significant concerns for Chinese investors. Discussions would be opened only after the election with the new government in place,” said Bletas. Though both sides didn’t touch on specific projects, Greece has shown interest in cooperation on ports, airports, highways, high-speed railways and even real estate development. CIC, China’s $410-billion sovereign wealth fund, has cut its stock and bond investments in Europe as the risk of a eurozone breakup increases, said Lou. He said that China was also unlikely to buy common eurozone bonds, should they eventually be sold as part of a resolution of the European debt crisis, as “the risk is too big, and the return is too low”. Yannidis said he strongly believes that the Greek people will be united amid such huge challenges. “Politicians should make the interests of the people and the nation their priority,” said Yannidis. Time is pressing for Greece, as the country needs to carry out structural reforms, rectify its investment laws and remove barriers and bureaucracy to attract foreign investors, he said. Yannidis said Chinese investors have already expressed great interest in investing in Greece, which is believed to be a gateway to Europe. Greece still needs up to a year to bring its economy onto the right track and restore market confidence. “I hope Chinese investors have such patience and confidence in us,” said Yannidis. Tan Xuan contributed to the story. Buy2Greece.com – Sabre signs technology agreement with HNA Hotels & Resorts Sabre Corporation , a global technology provider to the travel and tourism industry, has signed a comprehensive technology agreement with China-based HNA Hotels & Resorts. Sabre Hospitality will serve as HNA’s primary technology provider for its critical operations and marketing systems, including the Sabre SynXis central reservations system and Sabre Guest Connect Booking Engine. HNA also will leverage Sabre’s full complement of distribution channels. HNA officials selected Sabre Hospitality Solutions because of its broad portfolio of seamlessly integrated software, which solved HNA’s primary challenge of having multiple, unrelated systems across their properties. “Sabre has solid, proven technology and a rich history of delivering innovative solutions to the travel industry,” said John Kidd, president of HNA Hospitality Group. “Sabre was the best choice because of its best-in-class solutions that are aligned to our growth strategy.” With two properties already outside of China, HNA will continue its international expansion. Sabre plans to play a pivotal role with HNA to help them achieve their growth goals. “Our unrivaled portfolio of integrated solutions will provide HNA with the tools they need to increase revenue, improve operational efficiency and enhance the end-to-end guest experience,” said Alex Alt, president and general manager of Sabre Hospitality Solutions. “The unique combination of Sabre’s global reach to travelers combined with unparalleled marketing expertise will enhance and strengthen HNA’s continued expansion efforts.” Source:-Sabre Hotels Greece Buy2Greece.com – Steep rise in hotel prices this July in Greece Buy2Greece.com – Steep rise in hotel prices this July in Greece Average hotel prices in Greece, Mykonos will rise by 61 percent this July compared to last year. The average night rate for July in Mykonos will be 332 euros compared to 220 euros in 2013 at this time. Many destinations in Greece have seen a definite increase in prices since 2013, Lefkada with a 38 percent rise in average hotel rates (109 euros a night). Lefkada is followed by Zakynthos (+21 percent), Ios (+19 percent), Elounda (+18 percent), Kos (+17 percent), Hersonissos (+17 percent), Chania (+16 percent) and Rhodes (+15 percent). Folegandros,has observed a drop in average price of hotel rooms . An overnight stay would cost an average 97 euros compared to 133 euros same time in 2013. The fall is about 27 percent. Skiathos follows Folegandros with an average nightly rate at 108 euros (-24 percent) compared with 142 euros last year. Spetses, a favorite choice for short escapes, is next among Greek destinations where hoteliers have cut their prices (-23 percent). The average price for a double room per night on Spetses in July stands at 139 euros, against 181 euros a year ago. 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__label__cc	0.713635	0.286365	Qantas bid fails, but... Airline Partners Australia (APA) has called off its bid for Qantas, in the interest of restoring stability at the carrier. APA confirmed however that it is considering alternatives, including a revised offer. Become a CAPA Member to access Analysis Reports This CAPA Premium Analysis Report is 253 words. Our Analysis Reports are only available to CAPA Members. CAPA Membership provides exclusive access to in-depth insights on the latest developments in the aviation and travel industry, developed by our team of dedicated analysts located in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia. Each report offers a fresh perspective on the latest industry trends and is available online or via the CAPA mobile app, with customisable alerts to help you stay informed and identify new business opportunities. CAPA Membership also provides access to our full suite of tools, including a tailored selection of more than 400 News Briefs every weekday and comprehensive data and analysis on thousands of companies around the world.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418611
__label__cc	0.709277	0.290723	FSU \| Character Clearinghouse Good Practice Resources Mission Statements, Creeds, and Covenants Student-led Movements & Initiatives Dalton Institute Dalton Dozen Dalton Institute Proceedings #DaltonSpotlight Profiles in Character Character Clearinghouse Dalton Institute 2018 Who Is My Neighbor?: The Power of Compassion and the Rhetoric of ‘Us vs. Them’ Respect, compassion, and inclusion are concepts widely promoted in civil society. These ideas unite under the religious notion that one should “love thy neighbor.” Often identified in more contemporary contexts as the Golden Rule or the the notion that in times of disagreement an individual should walk a mile in another’s shoes, such ideas are found across faith traditions throughout history: Buddhism: Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful (Udana-Varga 5.18) Christianity: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself (Mark 12:31) Islam: None of you will believe until you love for your brother what you love for yourself (40 Hadith of an-Nawawi 13) Judaism: That which is hateful to you do not do to another (Talmud, Shabbat 31a) Taoism: I am good to the man who is good to me, likewise, I am good to the bad man (Tao Te Ching) Intergroup understanding requires an understanding of the ways in which we shape in-group and out-group identities. Who gets to be “in” and who is kept “out”? What characteristics define the border between “us” and “them,” and how do we navigate identities, others’ and our own, when that border is ambiguous or invisible? What are the spoken and unspoken rules that govern our interactions with those we perceive as being one of “us” versus one of “them?” The current political climate has highlighted social, demographic, and ideological differences in visible, and often uncomfortable, ways. College campuses have become focal points in the battle of ideas about who we are as a nation, where we are headed, and how people of diverse backgrounds are (or are not) granted a claim to the “American” identity. The 2018 Dalton Institute will explore identity as a power structure and higher education’s role in balancing the values of individual liberty and universal inclusion. Guiding Questions These guiding questions are not intended as a comprehensive list, but may provide focus for program proposals and a basis for reflection by all attendees. How do higher education institutions conceptualize and define “diversity?” Do student experiences of difference on campus resemble the story told by institutional data and mission statements? What is the role of free speech in the academy? Are institutional missions better served by free expression, even when that expression may be hurtful to the campus community? Are students better served by the exclusion of controversial speakers, even when such exclusion undermines the marketplace of ideas? Who occupies the identities of “us” and “them” on today’s college campuses? How are demographic shifts changing the way we serve, students, campus communities, and the larger society? How might we leverage spirituality, secular values, and our missions as institutions of higher education to better support learning, development, and success for students, faculty, staff, and our communities? Jon C. Dalton Institute 2011 Institute Presentations Colleges of Character Jon C. Dalton Institute Live Blog Dalton Institute Keynote Speakers Joe O’Shea, University of Oxford Mark Laboe, DePaul University Making a World of Difference: Faculty Involvement in International Service, The University of Louisville International Service Learning Program The International Service Learning Program, University of Louisville T. Williams, Going the Distance: Faculty Who Teach and Serve in International Higher Education Programs Simran Jeet Singh, More Than Coursework: Graduate Students Who Lead and Serve TRIPS Program, St. Norbert College Joshua Stanton, More Than Coursework: Graduate Students Who Lead and Serve ABOUT THE CHARACTER CLEARINGHOUSE Character Clearinghouse is an online center of information about research, curricula, and practices relating to the moral development of college students and features resources such as program descriptions, interviews, and other types of articles. […] Find out more »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418615
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__label__cc	0.642129	0.357871	« #175: New Season, New Faces #177: Thoughts from the cheap seats… » #176: The Month of May Continues to be Merry. Published May 15, 2018 Atlanta Braves , Baseball , Baseball Fans , baseball photos , Braves , Braves & Stuff , Freddi Freeman , National League , Nick Markakis , Ozzie Albies , Ronald Acuna , Sports 398 Comments Gil in Mechanicsville VA As we approach mid-May, the Braves continue to hold onto 1st place in the NL East. I’m not sure how others feel but I am pleasantly surprised. Still, there is a long way to go and the traps and pit falls associated with a 162 game season can jump up and bite the Bravos. The Mets looked as if they were going to be an unstoppable juggernaut the first two weeks of the 2018 season but injuries to key players and a sudden collapse of their vaunted pitching staff has made them appear very ordinary. While there is lots of time for the New York nine to right their ship, they look very beatable. Same could be said for the mighty Nationals. They stumbled out of the gate but they have come on strong of late, and they trail both the Braves and the Phillies. As for the Phillies, I thought they would be much improved this season but they are strong all the way across the board. Good pitching and defense and a solid pen, however, they have a losing record against teams in their division. Could the Braves have contributed to that? The Marlins are where everyone expected but they do have some pretty impressive pieces. I doubt they will have many of those players around by mid-season as they go full on rebuild. So, as we watch the budding stars of Albies and Acuna learn the ways of the major leagues, we can be pleasantly surprised by the resurgence of Nick Markakis and the continued impressive performance of Freddie Freeman. Now, as soon as Austin Riley makes his appearance, we can really have some fun! Albies, Acuna, Riley Freeman & Markakis 398 Responses to “#176: The Month of May Continues to be Merry.” 1 Carolina Lady May 15, 2018 at 8:08 pm Many thanks, Chief! Looking good for the Braves right now. Let’s hope that the good Lord continues to bless their efforts! 2 Gil in Mechanicsville May 15, 2018 at 9:43 pm Thanks CL, strange umpiring tonight. Three Blind Mice should be played after every call…. 3 Vox O'Reasoñ May 16, 2018 at 7:49 am I have seen more than a few rants on the questionable umpiring last night, and even more on what the heck they are watching in the replay booth. I missed it, of course, as I watched my hometown Dragons march into the home stadium of a vaunted opponent, said foes being the heavy favorite, and sweep themselves right into the state finals. I am so proud of them I cannot hardly stand myself. They proved that being a scrappy gritty team that doesn’t ever give up or let up can move mountains. And Titans. I’m most proud that they are lead by a man that puts God first and leads in a manner that honors Him and not himself. And to tie the two topics together, we had our own questionable umpiring last night. In the tight game 2 we had a big hit in the middle innings that should have plated 2, but the second runner was called out at the plate yet was never tagged with the ball. There was a semi-collision at the plate, and the catcher nailed the runner with his elbow coming across, but never with the ball. It ended the inning and the rally. Instead of a 3 run lead and a runner on 2nd, we were out of the inning with a 2-0 lead. Our coach discussed the incident very respectfully as far as I could tell, meaning I never saw an exhibition of anger or lack of calm. Of course, I do not know what was said. But the next time our team came to bat, the strike zone had expanded upward to the Adam’s apple for the first batter. Pretty cheap and petty by the ump if you ask me, but no one did. It appeared to come back to reality for the subsequent batters, but the kid who was called out on all those high strikes was just baffled by what had occurred. He paid the price for the umpire’s desire to make a point. But our kids buckled down and made that 2-0 lead stand. Did that circumstance steel the kids determination? Maybe. They sure did seem to focus a little harder after it. Our Dragons play another top rated team for the state title next week in the stadium of the low-A Rome Braves. Best of 3 series. Double-header on the first day, game 3 on the following day if necessary. You can bet I’ll be there if at all possible. 4 Gil in Mechanicsville May 16, 2018 at 8:25 am Great anecdote Vee, we will be rooting for your team, State Championships don’t come around very often. Glory be To God, Thru Him All Things are Possible. Just learned that last night’s opponent was ranked #1 in the nation by Baseball America. Not anymore… You can see their credentials here: https://www.baseballamerica.com/rankings/high-school-baseball-top-25/ Yes, you have got to smile for that one Vee… I still am. High school sports is pure in many senses. It’s not about money, it’s not about trying to get highlights on SportsCenter. It’s about battling with your friends to play a game you love. I’ve watched this team all season grow into a state finalist, and it’s so well deserved for them. It doesn’t hurt that the head coach is my close friend and an all around good guy. 9 Vox O'Reasoñ May 16, 2018 at 10:51 am The #Braves have claimed LHP Chad Bell off waivers from the Detroit Tigers. The 29-year-old Bell has been to added to the 40-man roster and optioned to Triple-A Gwinnett. — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) May 15, 2018 Adding to the options… 10 Gil in Mechanicsville May 16, 2018 at 9:13 pm Another low scoring game tonight. McCarthy looks a lot better tonight than he previous two starts. It’s 1-1 with Tyler Flowers robed of a homer by a terrific catch bu Amara. 11 Vox O'Reasoñ May 17, 2018 at 8:04 am A couple of random notes: In the post-game last night, Jeff Francoeur made the comment that the Braves are proving that they can play toe-to-toe with the Cubs, a team considered to be among the league’s best. I think it’s a valid point. And in a semi-related point, isn’t Frenchy a really good broadcaster? So much better as an analyst than Brian Jordan and Nick Green. And that’s not to say either of them are bad, but Frenchy is really good. He has also filled in on the radio side for Don Sutton, who has yet to make a road trip with the team this season. (That’s a separate topic.) He made on road trip with Mark Lemke filling in on the others. Lemke offers good insight, but his voice is a bit annoying. But Frenchy is smooth, smart, insightful, and natural. I think he can excel in that venture if he wants to. I hope the Braves keep him here with them. Obviously Don is in the far end of his long career. I think Frenchy would be the perfect compliment to Don’s partner, Jim Powell, whom I like very much. He is a great play-by-play announcer, although for some reason they still let Don do p-b-p fr about half the innings. That has always been a mistake in my opinion, but what do I know? Anyway, that was a long-winded compliment to Frenchy. I think he’s found another avenue to be called “The Natural”. 12 Gil in Mechanicsville May 17, 2018 at 8:12 am Much like when we discovered John Smoltz was a really good announcer and is now an “A team” broadcaster with the MLB network. Frenchy is simply gaining experience, And last night’s game. Wow, what fun… Isn’t it something to see a bunch of kids – stinkin’ kids – go out and play well and have fun doing it? I’m not sure any of thought the bounty would be quite this good. And we still don’t have Austin Riley, the cherry on top, up yet. They have me very excited for sure. Oh… and that doesn’t even broach the topic of pitching, the side of the game that all of the “experts” think we have loaded up on. Put on those Ray-Bans… the future is truly quite bright. 😎 #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/ilaqFriaz7 Good times… good times… Notice above the nice easy swing RAJ put on the ball. He didn’t try to hit it out; he just tried to knock Ozzie in. That’s maturity beyond his 20 years, folks. 16 Vox O'Reasoñ May 17, 2018 at 12:47 pm Swanson had pain-free workouts the past two days. So, they’re sticking with the plan for him to play for Rome tonight. I’m still thinking he’ll be activated from the DL tomorrow. But there’s a chance he’ll end up playing two rehab games — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) May 17, 2018 The new prevailing thought on a corresponding move is to option Johan to AAA to work on his swing, which has gotten somewhat “long” lately. Opposing pitchers are exploiting it by eaten him up inside. Over the last week he’s slashing .125/.300/.125. Over the last 2 weeks he’s slashing .147/.341/.147. 18 Vox O'Reasoñ May 17, 2018 at 2:29 pm Max Fried was scratched from Triple-A start today. Dunno yet if been called to majors, but #Braves’ Snitker has said Gohara would likely be sent down soon to finish getting stretched out to start. — David O'Brien (@DOBrienAJC) May 17, 2018 #Braves placed Mike Soroka on 10-day DL with right shoulder strain, recalled Max Fried to start tonight vs. Cubs. Not exactly the move you expected was it Vee? The #Braves have placed RHP Mike Soroka on the 10-day DL (retroactive to May 14) due to a right shoulder strain. LHP Max Fried has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett and will start tonight’s game against the Cubs. Gotta say, I like Fried vs. the Cubs. He’s a good young pitcher and major league ready. These kind of starts get him more exposure. I think he’ll be dealt as “capital” at some point to fill another need. Closer at the deadline maybe? Catcher in offseason? Hope he goes to the AL. Soroka informed the Braves yesterday he was dealing with some shoulder discomfort. The team took the precautionary route by DL'ing the young right-hander, who might be ready to start on Wednesday, when he'll be eligible for activation. 24 berigan2electricboogaloo May 17, 2018 at 5:30 pm Isn’t it something to see a bunch of kids – stinkin’ kids – go out and play well and have fun doing it? I’m not sure any of thought the bounty would be quite this good V, I don’t see how anyone could guess that they would be this good, this soon. You just don’t see seemingly fully formed MLB players at 20, 21. I mean, for every ARod, Ken Griffey Jr. there are more players like Nelson Cruz, that didn’t even become a regular til he was 28 (an extreme example actually) Look at Dansby. Sure seems like he turned a corner, but he is the more normal situation, right? How upset would anyone have been if 25 YO Sean Newcomb was traded away during the offseason? I did think he could be a valuable member of the rotation, but he only got a chance because of Gohara getting hurt…and now he’s as of today, the best starter on the team….baseball, it’s kinda hard to predict 😛 Yes Ber, it is why betting on baseball has to be dumbest endeavor know to man. So many moving parts, not to mention the shoddy umpiring… And wither Nick Markakis? Who would of thunk it? Still, it is early and the bullpen is in danger of being seriously over worked at the pace they are being used. Young tender arms being used is always scary. I am glad to see the Braves taking a cautious approach with young pitchers however, Steve Avery anyone? 26 Vox O'Reasoñ May 18, 2018 at 11:41 am Only on the day after a rainout, with no other real news, would this even be brought up, but MLBTR is reporting “The Braves released outfielder Ezequiel Carrera from the organization, per an announcement from the team’s Triple-A affiliate in Gwinnett”. OK… might as well state why. Again, MLBTR: In 93 plate appearances for Gwinnett, he limped to a .146/.228/.220 slash. The real news here is that this is the news. Nothing else to report. Bleh. Of course, it could be in advance of OF Preston Tucker being sent down to make room for Dansby, but that is probably a reach. Even if you were to try to justify dropping a OF from the bench by saying Bautista is an OF, it’s still exchanging LH for RH. And it’s a bench move anyway. The better move is to let Johan go down and get his stroke back… or to move on from Joey Bats and give 3B back to Ryan Flaherty until Austin Riley gets the callup, which could come sooner than any of us imagined when the season started. Truth is that Tucker has been reliable off the bench. I think we need to keep that. See there? I made something out of nothing. I could be in politics! RHP Matt Wisler has been recalled from Triple-A Gwinnett and will start tonight’s game. LHP Max Fried has been optioned to Gwinnett. Matt Wisler is expected to start for the Braves tonight. His flight from Detroit to Atlanta landed approximately 30 minutes ago. Yes, a real head scratcher that one. Maybe they did not want to start a lefty or maybe Fried woke up with a back ache. I’m sure the question will be asked by someone tonight, if they even play a game…. Lots and lots of water up and down the coast. Hey Vee, what is the weather forecast for the game tonight? According to the National Weather Service, the forecast for 755 Battery Ave., Atlanta: This afternoon, showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 81. South wind around 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 70%. Tonight, showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly before 9pm. Patchy fog after 4am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. South wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 60%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Could be that they feel there’s a good chance for another rainout here, and they wanted Fried to get a regular turn in Toledo with the AAA Stripers. They want Fried to stay on a regular schedule with Gwinnett. He made sense for yesterday's emergency start because it was his start day. With another long relief appearance today or tomorrow, Gohara could be ready to fill Soroka's spot on Wednesday. https://t.co/ByxyAM9psd Uh… yep. DUH! Clear as mud… 36 berigan2electricboogaloo May 19, 2018 at 1:59 am well….too bad it wasn’t another rainout….Matt Wisler was decent…just stings to lose(and a shutout) against a team that traded most everyone that was good away… I thought Wisler pitched a heck of a game. The game was lost when the Braves failed to score after having men on 2nd and 3rd with no outs. When a pitcher only give up 2 runs, he has done his job. So, a re-rack and play again tonight. 38 Gil in Mechanicsville May 20, 2018 at 10:26 am https://t.co/GW5Weg3PS0 The Joey Bats experiment is over…. 1 o’clock game today as Julio toes the rubber in a effort to secure another series win. That, and stay in first place prior to their journey to the (cough) City of Brotherly Love… Then to continue the patriot tour, they travel to Boston to take on the Red Sox. All good fun eh? ooh, ooh.. the sun.. uh, never mind… 😦 41 Carolina Lady May 20, 2018 at 4:24 pm We almost saw it yesterday through a thin patch in the clouds, but this morning! There it was! Gone now. Clouds are back. Well, it came back out and I guess it was Josie’s cue to work on the pool… UGH! so…I came home, put the game on, 8-4 Marlins…8th inning. Marlins then hit another homer, 9-4. Hit pause, and …forgot about the game… a friend called…hey, did you go to sleep after Church and lunch? No….why? Well, the braves won, 10-9!!!! WHA???????????????????????????????? my friend even gave up at 9-6 (Saw tv at McDonalds ) went out to the car, called someone, and then heard they won….so, I unfroze the DVR and gave a play by play as it unfolded. Truly unbelievable as FF, Nick M, and Dansby were all down to their last strike, and each time there were 2 outs!!! the odds, the odds of this happening!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😯 Shamefully, I gave up when it was 8-4, went outside to help Josie work on the pool. When I came in, I checked the scores to see how Philly had done. To my amazement, I too saw the Braves had one. Fired up the old DVR to pick up where I left off. So, the Braves got the one back that got away in Chicago. Works for me… 🙂 So, the Braves got the one back that got away in Chicago. Works for me. Echoes my own sentiments… So I had been taking care of some pre-Peru business yesterday afternoon – did I mention that I’m going to be in Peru on mission for a week starting this Friday? – and turned the game on the radio to drive late in the afternoon. I had been trying to opportunistically keep up with the game somewhat via Twitter earlier, so I knew we had been down 6-0, but had not been able to check in since about the 6th inning. I ended up in the car ahead of the rest of the family and turned the game on the radio as quickly as I could. As I tuned in, Braves radio guy Jim Powell was recapping Nick’s hit that scored Freddie for the 2nd run in the 9th inning to make it 9-6, and I immediately wondered how many outs we had to work with. Powell came right back to reset the action and dutifully noted there were 2 runs in and 2 outs. I cringed a little. But I know this team never gives up, so I locked in to the audio confident that Powell would carry me on the rest of the ride. I sat there in the parking lot for several minutes alone getting into the action as the Braves worked back to a 1-run deficit before the rest of the gang came out to the car. Dansby was already in the middle of his AB when I started driving. It’s very hard to concentrate on the road when you are living and dying with each pitch, and I almost drove off the road when Dansby got the big knock down the LF line. I think I scared my daughter a little. Mrs. Vox just laughed. She gets me. Yes, great recap and good luck and God Speed on your upcoming mission. Always a positive experience when doing God’s work. By the way, how long will you be gone? 48 Carolina Lady May 21, 2018 at 12:21 pm Payback. #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/u3cfaoOnON Gone Friday to Friday. Happy Birthday to Hall of Famer Bobby Cox! 🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/pa1VIIc03x Nick Cafardo, Boston Globe, on Saturday: Mike Moustakas, 3B, Royals — There’s a growing feeling among talent evaluators that Moustakas could become a Braves target. GM Alex Anthopoulos isn’t known to sit still. Would AA look to take on the remainder of Moose’s $6.5M deal? We’re talking about roughly half, so $3.25M. I think the Braves would do it if it would not cost too much in talent going the other way. After all, this is truly a half season rental with Austin Riley raking at AAA. And as much as we’d like to see Riley come on up and join the fun, it would not be very wise expect such a young team to play through a playoff gauntlet. No, for that you need a sprinkling of experienced and battle tested veterans. Moose is certainly that. And it doesn’t hurt that he’s slashing a cool 294/.333/.528 with 10 HR’s in 46 games. What would such a deal look like? Maybe a pitcher like Joey Wentz, top rated, but not as highly spoken of as Kolby Allard, Kyle Wright or even Luiz Gohara. But for a 2 month rental, they won’t get much else. Maybe a fringe throw-in prospect. It would cost a top 10 guy, but would really solidify an already formidable lineup. Picture Moose’s bat in the middle of our order with Freddie and Nick. Yum yum. Maybe the more important thing to read out of this is that these “talent evaluators” are apparently expecting the Braves to remain in contention, thus in the market to buy at the deadline. It is a marked change of attitude from even just this spring, when most national “experts” still predicted a sub-.500 season for Los Bravos. The prevailing thought now, of course, is that the current level of play from this talented, young and exciting team is absolutely sustainable. This team is for real. If they can solidify their top spot in the division with a couple of wins in Philly, they’ll be securely on top at Memorial Day, the first realistic time you can look at the standings and draw any conclusions. That will be the time for AA to start making decisions based on 2018 and not on 2019 and beyond. Yes, likely the Braves will be buyers if they have a good showing this week. They are playing some good teams all in a row. Like the man says, “If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best”, Like the man says, “If you want to be the best, you have to beat the best” Fun fact: the Braves have the 3rd hardest strength of schedule in the NL thus far in the season. And it doesn’t appear to be getting any easier… Yesterday my baseball attention was consumed by the hometown HS baseball team playing the opening double-header of the best-of-3 championship series for the 4A State title in Georgia. They played these games in State Mutual Stadium, home of our own low-A Rome Braves. It’s a pretty nice facility for these boys to get to wrap their season in. it’s a good 2 1/2 hour drive from home, but only about a half hour from our opponents’ home. That said, we traveled just as well and by my estimate we still had as many folks in the stands. And the crowd was amazing for a HS game. Anyway, the teams split the opening games, meaning they will play a decisive Game 3 tomorrow. One final game for all the marbles. Pretty dang fun, y’all. Good luck to your homies Vee… What would such a deal look like? Maybe a pitcher like Joey Wentz, top rated, but not as highly spoken of as Kolby Allard, Kyle Wright or even Luiz Gohara. But for a 2 month rental, they won’t get much else umm…no…. Gohara impressed me more than any braves pitcher last year…it would be beyond stupid to give up the next Sabathia for a 2 month rental…. now, I’m not saying don’t trade for Moose….now, Allard (easier to give up guys you’ve never seen pitch, right?) or Max Fried ? Perhaps…can’t have 9, 10 legit starters (well, you can in case of injuries but) but you trade away young(cheap, since we are supposed to care about billionaires saving a few million) potential #2’s or #3s for more than rentals, right? I mean, Riley doesn’t appear to be flopping so no way they sign Moose in the offseason, and you don’t get a thing draftwise either when he walks…. You misunderstand me Ber. I am suggesting Joey Wentz. There is a short list of pitchers that I consider “untouchable”. And this is only because we do have a wealth of talent to consider in the ranks. But Kolby Allard is an untouchable for me. As is Mike Soroka and Kyle Wright. Luiz Gohara falls into the second tier, along with Max Fried. Joey Wentz could in the end be as good or better than those I named. But I haven’t seen it yet. His is still unborn potential. With Soroka and Allard and Wright and Gohara and Fried (mostly in that order) we have already been able to see where they have dominated at times. As an aside, I think pushing Fried (remember, he jumped from AA to make his ML debut last year and since has yo-yo’d back and forth between Gwinnett and Atlanta, has hurt his development. I don’t think the kid got a chance to get ripe. I’d love to see him have some extensive time to just start every 5 days in AAA. I think he still has great potential. Gohara will always scare me from an injury standpoint. He may have the stuff of a Sabathia, but you can’t pitch from the training table. So if I’m forced to choose between Gohara and Allard, I take Allard 10 times out of 10. But as I said, I wouldn’t give up Gohara for 2 months of Moose. I don’t even know if I’d give up Wentz. In today’s market, GM’s are loathe to give up prospects for 2 month rentals. The going price has dropped for such players. Let’s just make it Lucas Sims and call it a day, OK? 😉 Riley doesn’t appear to be flopping so no way they sign Moose in the offseason, and you don’t get a thing draftwise either when he walks No, but this isn’t about the future anymore. It’s about 2018. How much would Moose help our everyday lineup, how much would he help us secure a spot in the playoffs, and how much deeper in the postseason would he help us get? That’s what it’s about. If I’m AA and think this team has a legitimate shot – and there are now talking heads that say this series between Atlanta and Philly has the best 2 teams in the NL – then I push the right buttons to make it happen now. I stoke the hot team while they are a hot team and I don’t let my foot off the gas. Fun times in Philly last night. With the win, the Braves assure themselves of leaving town still in first place. Now the goal is to expand their lead by a game by winning tonight. Gohara takes the ball tonight so it is someone the Phillies have not yet seen. Only problem for me is Luis is a fly ball pitcher where a pop up can turn into a run. McCarthy continues to surprise me, 95 mph? Methinks the radar gun needs to be re-calibrated. Dansby appears to be struggling again, it’s alarming how quickly he falls into bad habits…. 61 berigan2electricboogaloo May 23, 2018 at 12:09 pm Voice text so expect many errors V I didn’t realize you had written some of that I thought that was all some column is talking. Imho Gohara has the best stuff and you don’t trade him unless you’re getting somebody like Ronald Acuna not to 3 months of a third baseman. I understand improving the team I just know that the GM is itching to make a trade because he hasn’t really done anything and this is the guy that traded away Thor you don’t want to be the general manager of the trades away somebody that beat you up in the playoffs every year quick name all the starters that are left-handed and throw in the upper 90s all right then LOL Dansby appears to be struggling again, it’s alarming how quickly he falls into bad habits Wrist injuries take their toll. He’s also adjusting to a new bat. He has switched over to the axe handle type bat like Zuk uses. He says it takes alot of strain off his wrist. That’s the upside. Of course, the downside is that he’s not used to that grip… Gah. I hate trying to come in via my phone anyway I have a comment above fees I use the voice-to-text a good bit. You can actually speak your punctuation if you want. Just say “period” at the end of a sentence. Same with “comma” and “question mark”. It works. I just realized that maybe I should try that before I say that. I have not ever tried to do that in the WordPress format. But it appears to work. Doesn’t it? You know, I think it does. Yes all of that was a test. Imho Gohara has the best stuff He’s got great stuff. And I hope he goes out tonight and gives us 6 innings (or more) of dominant pitching. And I hope he comes off injury free. And I hope he repeats that from start to start. All I’m saying is that I’m not confident that he can stay injury free. And again, I would not trade Gohara for 2 months of Moose. Never said I would. But I would consider – consider – including him in a package to bring back a long term catcher or in a package for a veteran pitcher top-of-the-rotation pitcher. Sounds crazy to say I want to add a pitcher, doesn’t it? But I don’t want to go into the post-season with Julio Teheran as my “ace”. Julio is not an “ace”. But he’d be a great #2. Remember how stocked Houston was last year with pitching, even young pitching? Yet they added Justin Verlander. And JV was the MVP of the playoffs for HOU. That’s what I want, And I’m almost as worried about Folty’s head as I am Gohara’s body. He just never looks settled on the mound. He’s at the stage of his career where he has to mature and just simply pitch his game regardless of the way the calls go. He’s gonna have something go against him in every game. He just will. It happens to every pitcher. But Folty just can’t ever seem to get over it. You see the signs… he starts twitching. He starts talking to himself. He has to walk around the mound. He simply loses focus, and then the strike zone. And then is all snowballs. He’s a high wire act every time out. And the tough part is that he has no-hit potential from his arm every time out. But the head… He is still pretty young, and I remember the same being said about John Smoltz. Maybe someone should wear a red sweater… Any who, Just remember what I have been preaching about an ace verses a number 5, All pitchers can generally give you one good game out of three, it is the ace who gives you a stellar performance every time out. That is why Julio is a number 3 on a really good club. Now, that said, it is also when you pitch. If I could make a trade, I would inquire as to what the Marlins would want for José Miguel Ureña, I think he is one of the best 0-7 i’ve seen in a while. V, yep…punctuation is not the issue…the King’s English is 😛 I have a small phone (for a smart phone) and I cannot see what I am saying basically….screen(text) goes all over the place (do you have this issue? Do you have a “mobile” version of wordpress?) he’s still only 21, I don’t see how we can know how healthy he will be long term. I mean, remember Ozzie’s health issues last year? Fat pitchers seem to pitch forever. David Wells pitched til he was 44. How many pitchers do that, period? Sabathia is still going strong at 37-38 well, I get that…the Astros really didn’t have a #1 for the playoffs (soft tossers just don’t do well in the playoffs, and there were several players upset that they didn’t get someone by the first deadline, Dallas Keuchel for one) now they have 2 guys, and they sure didn’t give up much for either, did they? I just hope Thoppy will be…smart. I hope he learned some lessons from the poor deals he made in Toronto….I guess it all depends on whom you can get…but who will be available tradewise????? wow, I forgot big sexy as an example….a righty…but still Ah, the mistakes of youth. Methinks Dansby learned an important lesson last night, make the play in front of you and forget being cute. Umpires are a fickle bunch… I expected the Phillies to take at least 2 of three in their home ball park. I did not expect the Braves to get shut out two games. It is on to Boston where I think the Braves will pull a mild upset and take 2 of 3. So, the Marlins and the Phillies gained ground on the Braves last night. I can live with it, it’s a long way to October. STATE CHAMPS! Re-live the @jdragonbaseball historic Class 4A title win as Dragons take down Cartersville for first crown #wdun https://t.co/wjtpwCXoLY — AccessWDUN Sports (@AccessNGASports) May 24, 2018 Congratulations Vee to your school’s triumphs. I know you are justly proud. Congratulations to the good guys! Just superior, V!! Enjoy their triumph. Your whole-hearted support deserves part of the credit for their success. Really, really don’t know how Julio T can look as good as anyone, then throw hanging pitches to back to back hitters in the 4th. Needs Smoltz to work on his slider…he’s been pitching too long to look like a rookie Pitcher… Agreed Ber. Maybe he misses Anibal… Sigh, the Braves bats reappeared but the pitching failed… Ugh! 79 Carolina Lady May 27, 2018 at 9:57 am Back in first with a nice win over the Red Sox today. Funny, the two games I thought the Braves had the best chance to win was not this one. That is why betting on baseball has to be the dumbest idea ever… Folty looked sharp, the bats were alive. A big scare with Acuna Jr. I thought for sure he had torn his ACL. Still, I don’t expect to see him in uniform for a couple of days. That bad boy will swell up big time over night and stiffen up. Another tough week ahead. Vee picked a good time to go on his mission to Peru. 81 berigan2electricboogaloo May 28, 2018 at 12:47 am Wish I could have seen the game, but after Church , restaurant didn’t have a TV, heard a bit of the end of the game. I’m worried about Acuna…that didn’t look good..I worry about his knee….Even though Brice didn’t have surgery, he missed months….hopefully Ronald will only miss weeks…. Ber, watching the play as the injury occured, all I could think of was when Chipper Jones tore up his knee his rookie year in pre season. It was ugly… I added a couple of weather-related links below: Atlanta Radar and a site that gives weather conditions anywhere a game is to be played. Just scan down their list to find the Braves. Do you like them, meh, or they’re just a waste of time? 🙂 hey CL, way cool…. I prevents me from having to search for an Atlanta weather map. Thanks… I toughed it out last night and stayed up late to watch the Braves fall to the Mutts in the second game. The boys looked flat in the field but they scored enough runs to win. Could have score a lot more but that is how baseball goes, hard hit balls that do not fall in or are caught or swinging at balls down and away. I’m thinking if a ball is that low to begin with, why swing? So, Anibal Sanchez returns to the mound tonight, if nothing else, I look for him to get Julio back on track. Atlanta Braves @Braves 3h3 hours ago Nick Markakis ranks among N.L. right fielders: Hits-1st, 72 Doubles-1st, 15 Batting Average-1st, .341 On-base percentage-1st, .406 OPS-1st, .918 Runs-2nd, 33 RBI-2nd, 37 Slugging Percentage-2nd, .512 cc: @AllStarGame \| #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/SLS5rkUhhx https://www.mlb.com/news/johan-camargo-hits-walk-off-home-run-vs-mets/c-278844708 Wow, CL, thanks for posting the link from last night’s game! The braves had looked so bad in the 2nd game of the DH, then gave up and went to bed last night when they were down 6-2 I believe…I know I shouldn’t give up on them, but the mets look like a last place team, with so many injuries, and Joey Bats playing everyday for them…. HA HA… I toughed it out Ber, what else am I going to do? When the Braves scored two runs I thought they might have a chance, Then Wisler gave up a pair but when Ender tied it up, well, oh boy… The rocket Camargo hit was like a heat seeking missile to the Chop House. Chip hardly had time to call the play by play. Last night’s game is the prime example of why games are played on the field and not on paper. The Braves offense looked flat. To be fair, the Braves rally in the 8th was nipped in the bud by a fantastic play by the shortstop but that is why baseball has to be played out. There are no pre-determined outcomes. Braves Select Peter Bourjos, Release Aaron Blair… So, the Aaron Blair era is over in Atlanta. Blair just had season ending shoulder surgery for a torn shoulder capsule. Pretty significant surgery. We shall wee where he ends up. DPetey has returned to Gwinnett and Peter Bourjos has been placed on the 25 man roster for the big club. The Nits blow into town tonight with Tanner Rouak slated to pitch against arguably the Braves best pitcher in Newk Newcome. Great article of event that took place at SunTrust Park. https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/memorial-day-baseball-photo/?ff_source=facebook&ff_medium=raisingred&ff_campaign=ttp&ff_content=2018-05-31 94 Gil in Mechanicsville June 1, 2018 at 5:35 pm What a fun game last night, I am stuck with the Nit’s TV feed so it was fun listening to them whine about the strike zone. Hint, it was a wide zone (for both sides)… So, tonight’s contest is a little tougher but still doable. Strasburg vs Foltynewicz … Now watch as both teams score 10 plus runs… Hey, it happens. 🙂 95 berigan2electricboogaloo June 1, 2018 at 6:38 pm went to bed early (as usual on a worknight) but can stay up like a big boy tonight! 😛 wow, check this out! John Smoltz (Yes, that John Smoltz) qualifies for the U.S. Senior Open: https://t.co/zcepje7nqK pic.twitter.com/69rDE5LZFE — Golf Digest (@GolfDigest) June 1, 2018 96 Gil in Mechanicsville June 2, 2018 at 7:15 am Oh man, was Folty sharp last night, it is the best I have ever seen him pitch and that includes his near no hitter last season at Oakland. He and Strasburg matched each other pretty much much for pitch until the 7th when the Braves struck for 4 runs. Markakis is playing like he’s 25 again and Dansby has put his axe handle bat days securely in his rear view mirror. Now, if McCarthy can give 6 solid innings today, the Braves can strut… 97 Carolina Lady June 2, 2018 at 10:55 am https://www.mlb.com/news/mike-foltynewicz-throws-shutout-vs-nationals/c-279383564 https://www.mlb.com/news/10-potential-first-time-all-stars-for-2018/c-279232420 99 Carolina Lady June 2, 2018 at 12:19 pm https://www.westernjournal.com/wc/over-1-month-after-nearly-dying-on-the-bench-white-sox-player-returns-for-ceremonial-first-pitch/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=westernjournalism&utm_content=2018-06-02&utm_campaign=manualpost 100 berigan2electricboogaloo June 2, 2018 at 4:21 pm Man, wish I could have seen the game 😦 stupid Direct tv…we are having issues with upper channels…and between 646 and 649 (the 2 channels the games bounce back and forth on) one or the other won’t come in, along with other channels, like the Weather Channel.. Dread calling them, they will make me do everything that you are told to do again…only I won’t, which will cause more issues…sigh… 101 Gil in Mechanicsville June 2, 2018 at 7:20 pm I had an issue with DTV at the bay, called ad they came out and replaced the dish, said it had oxidized. I have been getting some spotty reception here at home but I know the problem, a huge oak tree limb is blocking the signal. Sigh… always something. wow, now today game is coming in! (we have had an issue with some channels for a week) 103 Vox O'Reasoñ June 2, 2018 at 5:43 pm Hi everyone! Cool new boxes CL! Welcome back Vee, I hope your mission was successful. 105 Carolina Lady June 2, 2018 at 5:46 pm Hey, Vee!! Welcome back! Hope it was a tremendously blessed trip! Glad you like the new stuff. Had a bad feeling when Suck-olovich came into the game. I have 3 letters for him: D F A 107 Gil in Mechanicsville June 3, 2018 at 9:31 am I have to agree Vee, I doubt he will be on the Braves roster this afternoon at game time. I told Josie when he came in the game was over. I guess the Braves (Snit) felt like they had to give him a try somewhere but I thought they had a couple of other options still available. The plus side of all of this is a young Braves team is getting use to playing under pressure. On the weather front… It started raining yesterday afternoon around 5PM, by midnight we had 2 1/2 inches and overnight we got another 1 3/4 inches of water. I told Josie not to over water her newly planted roses…. HA! well, some sat issues still, so only saw some of last nights game (Comargo sure gets big hits, wish he’d get a few more singles to bring up the AVE) no biggie missing the end of that game, but wow, great game today! Have to hand it to Thoppy, did not get Culberson, but he had 2 game winning homers in a week, so…good signing! 😉 Viz got into then out of trouble, which is awesome, bet that helps him long term….. Wheeeeee… Nothing like a bottom of the ninth homer to get your giddy doing… 3 of 4 from the Nits, I’ll take it. Now, it off to the left coast and a week of late night TV/ 110 Vox O'Reasoñ June 4, 2018 at 10:04 am I am glad we decided to keep “Walk Off Charlie” over Joey Bats… Oh… and it’s Day 1 of the 2018 MLB Amateur Draft. This is one of the things I dearly love. It’s part of my obsession. Things to remember… their first pick is #8 overall. And they were penalized their 3rd rounder, including the slot allowance that goes along with it. Players to watch for the Braves: Carter Stewart, RHP, Eau Gallie HS (Melbourne, Fla.) — The Braves historically love HS pitchers for their first pick. there’s alot of buzz around this one. Baseball America says, “Florida righthander Carter Stewart continues to be brought up in this range. Some industry sources believe that the Braves will go for a high school player at No. 8 with big upside and then focus on college players afterwards.” Nolan Gorman, 3B, O’Connor HS (Phoenix) — Some mocks have him connected to the Braves even though Austin Riley could lock up the position for years to come. But Gorman is a really good hitter that might be hard to pass up if they decided to go away from pitching. Again, Baseball America: “The Braves could be hoping that one of the players already off the board falls to this spot, but they’ve long been linked to the premier upside slugger of the class in Nolan Gorman. Popping Gorman here is quite literally a swing for the fences.” Cole Winn, RHP, Orange (Calif.) Lutheran HS — Another HS pitcher… this one more comparable to Joey Wentz in that he’s got alot of upside, but alot of question marks as well. Maybe a bit of a reach, but the kind of pick that could sign for underslot allowing the Braves to go bigger with their next pick and make up for the loss of pool money. Travis Swaggerty, OF, South Alabama — Swaggerty is a “5-tool” player that is very good at all phases of the game, but maybe not great in any one. Still he grades out as follows: Hit: 55 \| Power: 50 \| Run: 60 \| Arm: 55 \| Field: 55 \| Overall: 55. His closest ML comp is probably NYY’s Brett Gardner. Might be a bit of a reach at #8, but again, the Braves could look to make an underslot signing here and spread out the savings to sign up in later rounds. They’ve used this method alot in recent drafts and it has paid off in quality minor league depth. Jarred Kelenic, OF, Waukesha (Wisc.) West HS — If they decide to go with a HS bat, Kelenic’s bat and all-around tools could be too much to pass up. The poop: “The all-around athleticism for Kelenic is quite promising, but his best carrying tool is going to be his hitting ability. The first thing most scouts note of Kelenic is just how advanced his bat is, which is even more remarkable for a cold-weather player [Wisconsin] who doesn’t get the same amount of exposure to competition as other prospects. Kelenic consistently barrels pitches and shows good strike zone recognition and excellent bat speed. Opinions on Kelenic’s power vary, but the general consensus is that he should produce at least average power and could be as good as plus.” One more, maybe because I actually saw this kid a couple of weeks ago, but also because he’s pretty dang good… Anthony Seigler, C, Cartersville (Ga.) HS — He may be a bit of a reach at #8, probably more suited for the bottom half of Round 1, but he’s the second catcher on the board after Joey Bart, who likely won’t make it past pick #2. Seigler will almost certainly be picked as a catcher, but I also saw him pitch, and he’s a pretty decent pitcher as well. Fun fact, I saw him pitch as a LH, and catch as a RH. He has a better arm as a RH. Yes, he’s a “switch-pitcher”. In the game I saw him pitch, he pitched exclusively as a LH, but his RH arm behind the plate is really impressive, and I saw him show that off alot. It’s REALLY impressive. Oh, he also consistently drove the ball to the deepest parts of the park – the Rome Braves home park. The long HR he drove out into the LF bullpen would have been a HR in many ML parks. He looks the part to me, and the Braves do love to pick local kids. If Seigler falls to the Braves in Round 2 it’s almost a no-brainer. But he shouldn’t fall that far. Oh yeah… the draft doesn’t start until 7pm, so we can’t even talk too much about it today. 😦 113 Gil in Mechanicsville June 4, 2018 at 11:52 am You would think that MLB thinks their draft has the same star power as football and basketball but the results of the 2018 draft won’t be known until 2022 at the earliest methinks. I did not mention it earlier but didn’t Anibal Sanchez really pitch a nice game yesterday? Only one mistake that resulted with a 2 run dinger by Trey Turner, who by the way tried to hold off the Braves single handedly with his glove play, but just looked great. Quick efficient innings, not trying to strike out the side but getting weak contact. It was a clinic that The Reds should force feed to Matt Harvey. Yes, we all love the power pitching game where your started posts 15 Ks but to me, those guys belong in the reliever role where they can go full bore for the 2 or 3 innings their arms hold out. 115 berigan2electricboogaloo June 4, 2018 at 12:05 pm Thanks for the draft info V! I actually watched some sort of draft show on MLBTV late last night (was looking for game highlights, but they oddly went from quickpitch to the hour-long show) and it was interesting, but saw like the top 50 or 100, I forget. Sure would like to get that Bart kid from GA Tech….can ya trade up in the baseball draft? 😉 but saw 2 kids in the show, the one V mentioned above (they showed him throwing lefty-mid 80’s, righty, low 90’s, and showing off the arm behind the plate) and another one…but, wasn’t taking notes. the show did not go into who would be drafted by whom, just the top prospects according to the 2 baseball nerds…. I honestly thought the braves lost a draft pick, glad they didn’t…. yes Gil, you are right, Anabel looked good…but, he will have to make a few more good starts before he can be traded 😉 The poop: “The all-around athleticism for Kelenic is quite promising, but his best carrying tool is going to be his hitting ability. best carrying tool, eh? they used a lot of terms I didn’t understand on that show too…. I honestly thought the braves lost a draft pick, glad they didn’t… They did. Round 3… and the slot $$ to go along with it. best carrying tool, eh? they used a lot of terms I didn’t understand on that show too… You and I would probably simply say, “What will most likely get him to the majors is…” Those guys feel like they have to sound all smart and junk. They just sound pretentious to me. Anabel looked good…but, he will have to make a few more good starts before he can be traded Definitely the plan (and hope). Speaking of trade, it’s not too early to start thinking of such things. I look for the Braves to pick up a top reliever (A’s Blake Treinen maybe?), and possibly a veteran starter if the right guy is dangled. (Could Cole Hamels be this year’s Justin Verlander?) I think it’s at least plausible they could seek a bench upgrade, although it’s hard to see our bench as a weakness thus far. Yeah… nevermind about the bench. But the bullpen will be job #1, and Thoppy is not known for sitting on his hands. I suppose I should have been a little clearer on what I mean by trading for a reliever. This team needs a clear shutdown closer. Viz is too up-and-down, and Minter looks to still be a little wet behind the ears. Unless they simply install the dominant but inexperienced Dan Winkler into the role, there isn’t a clear candidate on the team already. And in case I haven’t made myself clear on the topic, I do not and cannot trust Viz in that role night after night. He’s too Jekyll & Hyde. You just never know with him. The Braves have the 8th pick in tonight's @MLBDraft. Video of some potential selections: Travis Swaggerty https://t.co/popDjCsvF1 Nolan Gorman https://t.co/JzYSbV53hE Cole Winn https://t.co/hsBHdXjTHJ Ryan Weathers https://t.co/TLRnmZl1Dl Carter Stewart https://t.co/RlwQGxZGu9 — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) June 4, 2018 It should be noted that I posted my draft preview first. 😉 He had to wait for yours so he’d know what to write. True dat! More draft stuff… Young Gabe Burns at the ajc says, “The Braves will take BPA (Best Player Available) – HS vs. college, pitcher vs. position, where he’s from, etc. doesn’t matter. I wouldn’t read into recent trends. (3B Nolan) Gorman’s the popular pick. Braves traditionally opt for young arm over guy like that. AA isn’t traditional, but will defer to (top scout Brian) Bridges and Co., so interested to see how that plays out.” I know y’all saw this on TV but I didn’t, so here are the week 9 highlights – aka, the Braves’ innings. A reminder of just how impactful a draft can be when it hits… Just 3 years ago, 4 of the Braves top 5 picks were Kolby Allard (#14 overall), Mike Soroka (#28), Austin Riley (#41), and AJ Minter (#75). Only Minter was a college player. All in all, not a bad year. 🙂 For what it’s worth, the other guy was Lucas Herbert, who was Allard’s HS catcher. They took him with pick #54. Many speculate that they took him as a favor to Allard to insure that Allard signed. Not sure if that’s true or not, but Herbert has not risen in the system very quickly (still in single-A) and he barely cracks the Top 30 prospect list at 30. The flip side to that coin is Frank Wren’s last draft in 2014, where the Braves’ top 5 picks were Braxton Davidson, Garrett Fulenchek, Max Povse, Chad Sobotka, and Chris Diaz. I just looked up and down that entire draft and I don’t see one player that has a snowball’s chance of ever seeing the inside of the clubhouse at SunTrust Park unless they get hired as staff. Herbert has not risen in the system very quickly (still in single-A) and he barely cracks the Top 30 prospect list at 30. And likely to get bumped off that list at the conclusion of this year’s draft. After much thought, I have concluded the real penalty accessed by MLB against the Braves was not so much as the loss of draft pick but the loss of all those International signees who would have made prime trade fodder. Late game tonight for me, I suspect I will sleep or be asleep during a large part of it. The flip side to that coin is Frank Wren’s last draft in 2014 True but didn’t he pluck two gems with Acuna and Albies as international signees? The baseball draft is really hit or miss (mostly miss) deal. Most draftees are years away and the road to the show is filled with land mines. It also signals the end of the road for a lot of marginal guys in the minors as the new kids have to play somewhere and there are only so many spots on each team. Since I get a lot of the Nits info, I can say they are loaded too. Mike Rizo knows his business. The draft really exposes your scouting department, which was decimated by Frank Wren because he was such a control freak. It’s no accident that when Wren was fired that the Braves got the band back together and began making realistic picks again. Kolby Allard, Ian Anderson, and Kyle Wright are all solid picks who sit at #’s 2, 5, & 3 respectively in the Braves top 10 prospect list. All 3 are considered top-of-the-rotation type starting pitchers. Braxton Davidson had no business being a 1st round pick, especially since he had played 1B exclusively in HS (the Braves had just inked Freddie Freeman to a long term deal) and they sought to convert him to OF exclusively. YOU DON’T WASTE A 1st ROUND PICK ON A PROJECT. Granted, that particular draft wasn’t loaded with talent once you got past about the first 20 picks or so, but man… you have to at least get close on those 1st rounders. I’ll always have a beef with the fact they drafted a 1B to make a OF. And to top it off, for 5 years of pro coaching, he’s got a .217/.348/.337 pro career slash line to show for it, including this year’s less than sterling .129/.241/.265 in 43 games in his second look at high-A pitching. Kolby Allard, Ian Anderson, and Kyle Wright are all solid 1st round picks, I meant to say, being the past 3 top picks for the homeboys. Lots of bat going early, look for the Braves to opt for a pitcher. Nice pick by the Braves, to get Carter Steward, do you think he can be ready by the time Julio’s turn comes around again? Woof! Julio looked pitiful last night and Gohara looked like a pitcher who had just stepped off a plane after being off for two weeks. 135 Vox O'Reasoñ June 5, 2018 at 9:49 am By all accounts, Carter Stewart was the guy they had their eyes on the whole time… just hoped he’d fall to them at #8. Jim Callis at MLB.com says, “He has the best breaking ball in this Draft class, with the spin rate on his curve reportedly exceeding 3,000 rpm, which is Charlie Morton territory. Stewart also has touched 97-98 mph on his fastball throughout the spring, giving him one of the more impressive two-pitch combinations in the Draft. Stewart should fit in nicely with Atlanta’s collection of outstanding pitching prospects.” More tidbits on Carter Stewart, courtesy of Bowman: Athletic 6-foot-6, 230-pound frame – I like a big, strong pitcher. Apparently the Braves do too. I think it fares well for his durability and endurance. “The breaking ball was so special,” scouting director Brian Bridges said. “They don’t come along. You always look for that one thing, whether it be a power pitch or a big-time breaking ball. God willing that he stays healthy, it’s the one thing he’ll always have. And you’ll be talking, when he makes his debut, about that big hammer.” – Drop the hammer!! Newk from the left side and Stew from the right. Stewart’s curveball has generated a spin rate of more than 3,000 rpm, putting him in an elite category with such Major Leaguers as the Astros’ Charlie Morton. But his stock truly rose when his growth spurt made him a legit power pitcher. His fastball sat 88-90 mph during last summer’s showcase season, but his heater sat 92-94 and touched 98 mph this spring. – I can picture hitters’ knees buckling already. “I like to model myself after Justin Verlander a little bit, with his intensity and his ability to pitch,” Stewart said. “I’ve been watching him for a long time, and I feel like that’s one guy who I can definitely model myself after.” – A little bit of Verlander is OK by me. Stewart posted a 0.91 ERA and recorded 128 strikeouts over 61 2/3 innings during his senior season. He may have cemented his place with the Braves when he recorded 18 strikeouts and threw a no-hitter with cross-checker Tom Battista in attendance. – Timing… gotta love his timing. 🙂 The Braves took college OF Greyson Jenista out of Wichita State in Round 2. The guy’s a big time power hitter, and was named last summer’s Cape Cod League MVP. More Bowman tidbits: 6-foot-4, 220-pound left-handed hitter – Prototypical OF. “This guy has unbelievable power,” Bridges said. “It’s real power. He’s a better hitter. I think a little Draft-itis was bothering him this year. He was trying too hard, and pressing.” – He hit “only” .309, but with just 9 HR’s in 56 games this past season, which reportedly caused him to drop from Round 1 to Round 2 in the eyes of most teams. Jenista hit .320 with 14 doubles, one triple, nine home runs and six stolen bases during his sophomore season at Wichita State. He enhanced his stock last summer, when he batted .310, tallied three home runs and stole nine bases over 39 Cape Cod League games. – Eases any concerns over what Bridges called “Draft-itis” in his junior season. “We really like what he brings, definitely with the left-handed swing in our ballpark, gives us a potential to tap into that power,” Bridges said. “You can’t teach size, and you can’t teach strength. You can’t teach power. We … get the most out of their abilities.” – It’ll be nice to track a pure bopper through the system. Day 2 is under way… Atlanta selects @StanfordBSB right-hander Tristan Beck, one of the top-rated college arms in the class, with its 4th-round pick.#Braves \| #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/yVELNWe2ER — FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) June 5, 2018 DO’B give updates on a couple of injuries… Braves reliever Jose Ramirez had a setback in his recovery from strained shoulder when he was throwing first live batting practice since going on DL. Being checked in Atlanta today. – Don’t look for him for quite a while. Braves’ Acuna is progressing but still sore and hasn’t resumed baseball activities. That could happen this week but not definite. And will need rehab assignment before he returns. – He’ll rehab while the Braves tour the Left Coast… probably be activated for the next homestand. Gabe Burns: The Braves have been on (Round 4 pick Tristan) Beck for a while. They were ecstatic he was still there. – I have full trust in Brian Bridges and his staff. The track record is impressive. If Bridges really likes this kid, so do I. thanks for all the info V! A question for you all….when the season started, how many of you expected Matt Kemp to be leading the NL in hitting, and for Nick M to be 3rd? Was it just me? 😛 Seriously though…it’s amazing, isn’t it? Don’t think Kemp would have done that here, but you never know….happy for him, if for no other reason that no one even acted like he was worth a darn anymore…. Yep, I think it was the wake up call that got his attention. Of course, he was hitting pretty well last season until he got hurt. JUCO right-hander Trey Riley struck out 117 batters in 77 2/3 innings this past season. The @Braves selected him with their 5th-round pick. pic.twitter.com/hqZwkW0IsF He’s got “late inning reliever” written all over him… The @Braves land their second outfielder in the first six rounds with @UNCGBaseball standout Andrew Moritz.#Braves \| #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/XzCBZwRMU6 The poop, according to MLB Draft Report: 5-11, 180 pounds; LHH; above-average to plus speed; easy CF range; good approach; strong arm 2016: .400/.454/.570 – 18 BB/21 K – 8/10 SB – 165 AB 2017: .392/.450/.513 – 24 BB/22 K – 16/20 SB – 240 AB 7 (202): @Braves select Stetson University (FL) RHP Brooks Wilson. https://t.co/9q4Fmpxaz0 #MLBDraft — MLB Draft Tracker (@MLBDraftTracker) June 5, 2018 Stocking up on more pitching. And yet another Stetson pitcher… The @Braves continue stocking up on right-handed pitching with @StetsonBaseball product Brooks Wilson.#Braves \| #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/FIo1U60Fud Oh wait… that’s the same one… Stanford pitcher Tristan Beck could be the steal of the draft… Beck fell partly because of drop-off after back injury (though he made it through season, it's understandable to be hesitant). He'll also be an expensive signing. Baseball America ranked him No. 31 overall. Braves got him at No. 112. — Gabe Burns (@GabeBurnsAJC) June 5, 2018 Hey @Braves! Take a look at the newest member, @t_beck07.#MLBDraft #BackThePac pic.twitter.com/C33N1C5Ytf — Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) June 5, 2018 Are any of you having trouble getting the All-Star voting page to load?? Well, now that you mention it, yes. It’s their page, nothing I can do about it. I’ve checked the MLB main page and can find no way to message them about it. How badly is this impacting the AS potential players??? I was able to stay awake long enough to see Dansby’s two run homer and “click” out for the night…. Anyhoo, nice to see the good guys come back after Monday night’s debacle. Funny, Newk did not look all that sharp but he pitched pretty effectively after all was said and done. Just not very efficiently. Maybe there was a method in his madness. Today’s game is early (3:40 PM EDT) so I can at least be awake for the duration. Folty vs ?…. Julio placed on the DL for a sprained thumb. Okay, works for me. I suspect Soroka will take his spot in the rotation. The Braves have book end days off before and after the Dodger series. 156 Vox O'Reasoñ June 6, 2018 at 12:05 pm Julio placed on the DL for a sprained thumb. Okay, works for me. I suspect Soroka will take his spot in the rotation. I suspect there is more to Julio than a thumb contusion. His velo has been down all season and his control is crap. Perhaps they can figure it out while he’s down for a couple weeks. Something is not right, though, and it ain’t a thumb. I agree Vee, the thumb is an excuse more than it is the reason. I suspect the real issue is the shoulder. As for the draft, the Braves appear to have made the most out of the first 2 days. Some observers say they got three Round 1 talents with their first 3 picks (Rounds 1, 2, & 4). And the rest of the Day 2 picks look to be fairly solid as well. Day 3 is more of the longshot/filler type players, but you still never know. Brian Bridges & Co. are the best in the biz, so don’t count any player out. And speaking of Round 4 pick Tristan Beck, the RHP from Stanford, the Braves have reportedly liked him a very long time. They wanted him in the 2015 draft out of HS, but were (correctly) convinced he was going to honor his commitment to Stanford. So they used that pick on some guy named Mike Soroka instead. Also, Brian Bridges told young Gabe Burns that had not been penalized their Round 3 pick, they would have picked Beck there. When he slid to them in Round 4, they were all ecstatic. Day 3 moves alot quicker. Here is a summary of the action today thus far: Round 11 – Jake Higginbotham, LHP, Clemson Round 12 – Nolan Kingham – RHP, Texas Round 13 – Brendan Venter – 1B, Auburn Round 14 – Victor Vodnik – RHP, Rialto HS Round 15 – Greg Cullen – 2B, Niagara U Round 16 – Ty Harpenau – RHP, Texas Tech Round 17 – Justin Dean – CF, Lenoir-Rhyne Round 18 – Cameron Kurz – RHP, UC San Diego Round 19 – Zach Daniels – RHP, Iowa Round 20 – CJ Alexander – 3B, State College of Florida Manatee Round 21 – Tanner Lawson – LHP, St Edwards No surprise that most of these guys are college guys. Drafting a HS’er this late is risky since most already have a college scholarship in their pocket. The bonus amounts this far down are usually not enough to keep a guy from honoring his college commitment. The difference with Victor Vodnik in Round 14 is that he hasn’t made a college commitment. Round 22 – Ray Soderman – C, Oregon Round 23 – William Woods – RHP, Dyersburg State CC Round 24 – Rusber Estrada – C, Faulkner University Freddie just launched a rocket against The Fathers in the 1st inning… Everyone outside of the top ten are projects anyway, that and someone to fill the rosters as the bonus babies ply their way towards the show. Folty looking feisty today. I’ve never seen this before! https://www.mlb.com/cut4/manny-machado-catches-adam-jones-bat-while-on-deck-during-orioles-game/c-280052646 Wow! Another one! This guy acts as if it’s nothing. lol https://www.mlb.com/cut4/mets-prospect-luis-guillorme-barehands-bat-in-dugout/c-217684896 Well, Dad and I spent a really fun nite at E.R. (10 PM til we left at 7:30 AM) Dad was super tired yesterday, a bit light headed too.and had some discomfort around his left shoulder, but was also had done some cleaning of his car (He’s a lefty like me, in arm and leg usage only 😉 ) Dad always seems to have some sort of lung/breathing issue, yet oxygen levels are usually great, like 96-98 . Anyways, seemed like there was some discomfort in the center of the chest. Thankfully, his heart/blood enzymes were good, and so was his chest x-ray, so will see a heart specialist soon-ish. (He just saw the pacemaker checker-outers, that happens every 6 months, but since other tests on his heart were good, he doesn’t have appointments with a heart doc ever) I always get mixed feelings when they don’t discover the cause of a problem, after all, it is not like he is imagining the problem. Anyway, glad he is home. Prayers going out for your dad Ber. it was nice to see on my phone that the braves won 14-1 though! Round 25 – Michael Mateja – 3B, North Central College Round 26 – Zach Guth – LHP, Harford CC Round 27 – Zach Seipel – RHP, Univ. of Minnesota – Crookston Round 28 – Derek West – RHP, Pittsburgh Round 29 – Ray Hernandez – 3B, Alabama State Round 30 – Mitch Stallings – LHP, Duke Round 31 – Gabriel Rodriguez – OF, Miami Dade CC South 171 timobock June 8, 2018 at 1:04 pm Round 33 – Mason Berne – 1B, UNC Wilmington Round 34 – Zack Hess – RHP, LSU There ya go CL… Oops… left out: Round 32 – Tre Harris – OF, Missouri Columbia Braves let several opportunities slip away today. I like Johan Camago but I think he is exposed as an everyday player. Time for AA to get serious about a summer rental to play third base. Ozzie continues to hit the ball hard but lots of at’em balls. Okay, a day off in LA then 3 against a resurgent Dodgers…. I like Johan Camago but I think he is exposed as an everyday player. Time for AA to get serious about a summer rental to play third base. I have to agree. Moose? Could happen. The Royals began their sell-off yesterday sending John Jay to ARI. You can bet there has already been a phone call between Dayton Moore and AA. Summary of the Braves 2018 draft: Round 1 – Carter Stewart – RHP, Eau Gallie HS (Florida) Round 2 – Greyson Jenista – OF, Wichita State Round 3 – NO PICK Round 4 – Tristan Beck – RHP, Stanford Round 5 – Trey Riley – RHP, John A Logan College Round 6 – Andrew Moritz – OF, UNC Greensboro (NC) Round 7 – Brooks Wilson – RHP, Stetson University Round 8 – AJ Graffanino – SS, Washington Round 9 – Ryan Shetter – RHP, Texas Tech Round 10 – Brett Langhorne – 3B, Carson-Newman College Round 11 – Jake Higginbotham – LHP, Clemson Round 32 – Trey Harris – OF, Missouri Columbia Round 35 – Logan Brown – C, Southern Indiana Round 36 – Victor Cavalieri – LHP, Houghton College Round 37 – Alex Camacho – RHP, Vanguard University Round 38 – Franco Aleman – RHP, Alonso HS (Florida) Round 39 – Jack Perkins – RHP, Kokomo HS (Indiana) Round 40 – Micky Mangan – C, Pinecrest Academy It is evident the Braves were well aware of the financial constraints in this year’s draft. Only one high school pick in their top ten. I don’t know how much Carson Steward will want out of the pie but I suspect it will be a bunch. 3 guys I want for the 2018 Braves, but don’t necessarily want to give up what it might take… Cole Hamels. He’s still Cole Hamels and would give us a good, solid, veteran starter at the top of the rotation. Julio is not that. The Rangers also hold a 2019 option on him, so he wouldn’t be a 3 month rental and would fit our timeline perfectly. He’d also likely cost a Top 10 prospect pitcher as a starting point. I’ll give up Gohara, but not Soroka, Allard, or Wright. And Gohara makes the most sense because he can step in to their rotation now. The Braves might also have to give up Alex Jackson or another top position name. It will NOT be Austin Riley… that’s a promise. Tack on another rmid-level prospect (DPetey?) and you might make a match. Mike Moustakas. As we mentioned earlier, Johan has been exposed by being an everyday player. Moose would be a perfect fit in the middle of our lineup at #4 or #5. He’s currently slashing .272/.330/.494 w/ 12 HR’s. Teams are not getting as much for short term rentals as they once were, but he still will probably cost you one top arm. Joey Wentz is from the KC area. Pricey. Not sure I’d want to give up that much. Here’s the fun one… How about working a deal with KC to get both Moose and Kelvin Herrera? Herrera has 13 saves on the season and a sterling 0.79 ERA. He’s another 3 month rental, but he’d solidify our shaky bullpen. Maybe AA can work a deal for both Moose and Herrera, and give back Viz, Camargo, Wentz and Travis Demeritte. I could live with that, and it would be a serious shot in the arm to both the bullpen and everyday lineup. And they could work on locking up Herrera longer term while they’re at it. So, it appears to me that KC is doing their due diligence it acquiring as much as possible for what trade chips they have. At this point, the only team I see as having a real need for a third baseman is the Braves unless you count the Mets who need someone long term. Not that the Mets are completely out of it, just that they need a lot more than a single 3rd sacker. As far as bullpen help, there are a lot more options out there. I am sure the Braves have some pretty solid pieces available for trades that don’t include their future. Those guys would be held for someone who would be around for more than one half season. Austin Riley is still a prospect. Who knows if he will be the next great thing on the next almost made it player who did not measure up. So many of those guys who did not perform up to the hype. I still like Camargo but not as much as I did in April. I still love him as a bench piece… an important bench piece. But he’s not an everyday 3B. I think we’ve been fairly consistent on that stance. As for 3B in ATL this season, this is what we’ve gotten excluding Joey Bats, because who cares about Joey Bats? Ryan Flaherty: 32 G, .271/.355/.374 w/ 2 HR Johan Camargo: 21 G, .239/.365/.507 w/ 4 HR Interesting to me that Flaherty has a higher AVG, but lower OBP… but I digress. The point is, neither has inspired much fear in opposing pitchers or managers. It should be noted that those numbers are as 3B only. Camargo’s numbers as SS are much worse. MUCH worse. It’s farily obvious that Camargo is playing everyday for his glove. If it were about the bat, well… you know. Now, the future: Austin Riley in 27 G at AA this season: .333/.394/.677 w/ 6 HR Austin Riley in 26 G at AAA this season: .284/.345/.431 w/ 4 HR I would love to see him get the rest of the season at AAA, with a possible September callup. Moose makes alot of sense for this team. I just fear the price for a 3-month rental. As for Herrera, he’d be a great addition, but I haven’t seen anything connecting the teams. With him entering FA after this season, you know KC is shopping him. And he’ll cost more than Moose will. Bank on that. For one, his current salary is not as costly. More importantly, he’s a lock down reliever. Those are at a premium. I seriously doubt the Braves would pay that freight for 3 months. Not with other contenders vying for him. But as you said, Gil, the competition for 3B is not nearly as great. I won’t count it out. Not even really the Mutts. They just activated The Toddfather from the DL. They might look at Moose after this season, but probably not during it. I believe the real tell for the current Braves roster is how well the hit A grade opposing hitters or rather how well the don’t. They can really crush a guy not quite on his game but struggle otherwise. They miss Acuna’s bat. I am not sure what’s going on with Ender but it is telling. Back to Acuna for a second, even after he comes off the DL, I don’t think he will have his timing down for weeks. It is nice to see Culberson get some playing time but again, he can get exposed playing everyday. Still, I like his defense no matter where he plays. opposing hitters oops…. should read opposing pitchers… One of the problems with trying to make an early trade is that most teams are loath to signal surrender so early in the season. I absolutely kills the attendance unless a team is making way for the next wave of talent. I don’t think the Royals have anyone waiting in the wings to take over the 3rd base slot. As for Machado, the only way it would make sense to give up talent is if the Braves could also sign him to a long term deal. So, third basemen, if you look at the All-star ballot, there are only a couple who stand out. Austin Riley might well via for a spot on the AS team next season with even so so offense. I do get where you guys are coming from with Camargo, but…The guy is 24, and has less than a full season of experience in the majors. But he seems set to be tarred and feathered an extra, a bench player… another 24 year old that is going to be given every chance in the world to be a starter 179 AB’s, 6 HR’s 25 RBIs ^ Dansby 120 AB’s 5 Hr’s 20 RBI’s ^Camargo It’s funny, I still don’t know that Dansby is going to be anything special. I’m not sold at all. would love him to be, but…if he’s a 14 HR’s 62 RBI guy that hits .270, in this day and age..is that any better than average? But, like I said, he will be afforded a million chances…. Camargo can’t just be the starter for 2 months…he’s got to share it with a guy that will never be the answer at 3rd… and I’m gonna say it right now…. Gohara WILL be better than anyone else the braves have, bitter old man out….. Ber, you make a valid point about Camago being given a chance but I guess it is why the formula for success in the major leagues restricts the number of rookies you have in your everyday line up. Like anything else, experience usually wins out against youth and enthusiasm in the long run. That is until father time erodes the skills, PEDs staved off the ravages of time but that is an argument for another time. Like Vee and I have said, it’s not like we don’t like Johan, just not as an everyday player if you want to compete for a pennant. While Newk is finally coming into his own as a big league pitcher, I still believe it was a mistake to trade Simba…. The difference between Dansby and Johan is that Dansby is performing at the plate now, and Johan is not. Johan over the last 7 days: .143/.250/.286 Johan over the last 14 days: .191/.283/.404 Dansby over the last 7 days: .316/.381/.684 Dansby over the last 14 days: .256/.373/.581 The trends are clear. Dansby is returning to form after a wrist injury. Johan is just… struggling. And this team is trying to win now. In fact, when Dansby wasn’t performing and Johan was, Johan was getting alot of love, and Dansby was sent to AAA to work it out. But there is a reason these guys are scouted and rated. That’s not to say that they cannot develop beyond expectations (I think Johan has), but Dansby carries some “hit tools” that Johan does not. Those deficiencies get exposed when in the lineup every day. It’s an old, old tale, and it’s showing itself again now. I think Johan has been given every chance to play everyday and prove himself. He was even officially named the starter by both AA and Snit when Joey Bats was released. The surprising Ryan Flaherty found himself on the bench with very few opportunities since even though he himself was hitting fairly well (.274/.361/.376). But just to be clear, I’d like nothing better than for Johan to start hitting at the exact same pace that Dansby is hitting. I’d be extremely happy with that. I’d be extremely happy to address 3B from our own 25 man roster. But I will be happiest to get enough productivity from 3B to play in October, whether that comes from within or from the outside. Gohara WILL be better than anyone else the braves have Maybe, if he can stay on the field. But where has he been? Hurt? In Brazil? He was 2 days late reporting back after being placed on bereavement leave to take care of his mom. The 2nd of those 2 days was the loss that Suck-olovic was forced to pitch multiple innings. The Braves had expected Gohara to be back for that game, but he was not. We sure could have used his “talent”. But thus far, he has not shown himself committed to being in decent athletic shape nor committed to his employer. You can go back to some past entries of mine regarding Gohara and you’ll find where I predicted him to have a shot at this year’s ROY. I predicted him to be rise to the top of our rotation. I still think he possesses the talent for that. But I find myself now questioning his commitment. He may have immense talent, but he also has an immense waistline and he will not stay healthy until he commits his body to athletic pursuits. See this year’s ankle injury for reference. The hefty lefty was just doing routine fielding drills. Not even in game action. And that was just 2 weeks after after missing significant time in spring when he strained a groin doing routine running in early spring workouts. As for his failure to report back on time, that’s something he’ll have to come to grips with. I don’t see a level of commitment to his profession from a top prospect that I’d like to see. I see a guy that wants to float by on talent alone. Successful professional athletes show a commitment to win. When Gohara shows that to me, I’ll change my attitude toward him. This is what Bowman wrote about him just yesterday: Gohara will need to prove himself before he is given another opportunity to start. There’s no doubt he had a responsibility to care for his mother while he was on bereavement leave. But at the same time, he had to remain a responsible employee. Yes, Brazil’s gas shortage could have factored into him returning to Atlanta two days later than expected. But based on how Gohara pitched Monday night in San Diego, I’m not sure he threw as frequently as he said he did while he was away. You can chalk this up as something you’re going to deal with while handling eager 21-year-olds. But the fact is, Gohara doesn’t appear ready to start right now. It’s disappointing to this fan that had high expectations. As a person who has always been large, I can attest to the strain a pair of cleats place on a player’s lower body. Especially as I got older, my ankles would ache after playing a game and I was plagued with groin and hamstring ailments. The thing that concerns me is Gohara looked as if he had actually gained weight during his trip to Brazil. It might have been his lack of commitment to the training table that spurred the Mariners desire to jettison him. As you said Vee, he is only 21 years old, so perhaps the Braves can convince him it is in his own best interest to take his condition seriously. he is never going to be trim but he doesn’t have to carry an extra 80 pounds around either. 190 Gil in Mechanicsville June 10, 2018 at 9:25 pm Whew, while coming home from the left coast after losing 4 out of 6 games is not great, it truly could have been worse so I’ll take it. The Braves get a day off to recover from jet lag to face the Mets who only seem to play well against the Braves. Now, about 3rd base. Sadly, Austin Reilly managed to set himself back with a sprained PCL. To me it would be a good time for the Braves to take Manny Machado for a test drive. No, he won;t be cheap but quality never is. Okay, if Machado is too rich for their blood, Moose is still on the loose. To be sure, the Braves will need to upgrade the position if they want to be taken seriously. 191 Vox O'Reasoñ June 11, 2018 at 10:40 am Austin Reilly managed to set himself back with a sprained PCL The good news: no surgery required. The bad news: He’ll likely be out at least 6 weeks. That pretty much kills any chance of seeing him before September, and maybe even in September. He certainly will not factor in the Atlanta plans for 2018, so as Gil stated, it probably tilts the scales for AA to bring in a 3B for the playoff push. The fight in the NL East between the white hat Braves and the black hat Nats will be fierce. If this team wants to truly contend they have to address 3 areas: First, they better shore up the bullpen. It’s too leaky. The signing of Peter Moylan sounded good in the offseason, but hasn’t born the fruit we’d like to see. Yesterday is a good example. Instead of stopping the bleeding, he ripped the wound a little wider. Second, address the above mentioned 3B. Johan Camargo plays a fantastic defensive 3B, but is less than fantastic at the plate. He’s OK, but not what you need to make a real play in October. That has to be upgraded. Last, and maybe not least, they need that venerable veteran starter to lead them across the finish line. Julio has been too inconsistent even when healthy and tossing at 92-94. When he’s down at 86-88, I could hit him. I think there’s an issue in the shoulder. I’d like him to address it now and get it done, not complicate his own injury and give away games by trying to be noble and brave. So who is out there and might be available? For 3B, the top candidates are clear – Manny Machado and Mike Moustakas. That’s alot of M’s between them, but also alot of HR’s and W’s. Either would be a great fit, but would also cost a mint… Manny a bit more than Moose. But here’s the problem, there aren’t really any clear 3B trade candidates after them. Moose makes more sense to me as a rental, and a match with KC might be easier. Still, it won’t be cheap. If the Braves want to make a real push in 2018, they will have to pay a price. For the bullpen, there are alot more candidates. KC’s closer Kelvin Herrera is the top one, but also the most expensive. And in this new era of 6 & 7 inning starters, the 2 inning swing man is becoming more necessary. Holding is at least as important as closing, and maybe even more so. We just witnessed how effective Craig Stammen of the Padres can be. And he has another year remaining on his deal. The Blue Jays have a number of relievers that could be available, and Thoppy has a connection there. Additionally, there will be numerous other relievers available from almost every team that falls out of the race early. They will be the most common trade chips this summer. They almost always are. As for a starter, this one is the most intriguing. I have said many times that I like Cole Hamels from TEX, but the Jays’ JA Happ is creeping up on my wish list. And Happ would cost considerably less in salary, but maybe more in prospects. There’s also a familiar name in these trade rumor waters in Michael Fulmer. The Tigers failed to trade him when his value was highest, but he’d still be a nice addition, and a change of scenery just might return him to his former shiny self. The price on him will still be high though, as he’s still young and under team control for another 4 years. In other words, he’d be a bit of a dice roll. If he can return to his top form, he could be the steal of the trade season. If not, you could have Julio Teheran V2 for 4 more years. There are certainly no guarantees. But then again, there are never guarantees, are there? 192 berigan2electricboogaloo June 11, 2018 at 2:34 pm You guys are right, he does need to get in much better shape….he was in Brazil because of his Mother’s open heart surgery…now did you all know his father literally died in his arms during the offseason? I didn’t know about this til quite recently. https://www.mlb.com/news/braves-luiz-gohara-back-after-tough-offseason/c-266426932 so, a 21 Y.O. loses his Dad, fears losing his Mom…how are you going to deal with this kind of stress? if not drink, you are gonna eat a ton. None of what is going on is making it easy to lose weight. Wish he could get his Mom to move here to the states. I just fear this is going to be a lost season… Sean Newcomb is 25, Folty is 26, and aren’t fat. we could have easily traded both of them during the offseason, but likely wouldn’t have gotten much for them… so, lets hold onto the 21/22 year old awhile ok? if you want to trade someone, trade Soroka for a rental… 193 Vox O'Reasoñ June 11, 2018 at 3:03 pm Ber, you seem to think I don’t like Gohara. That’s not true. I’m not fond of his training habits, or lack thereof, but I do believe has talented. But if – IF – you have to trade a young pitcher, who are you trading instead? Newcomb? Footy? Soroka? Allard? Wright? I’m a “no” on all those… Footy… autocorrect… 😀 Footy + Booty…. but different… 🙂 No, I think the talent to be traded will be someone other then grade A prime. Lots of talented pitchers in the Braves minor leagues. I’m sure other teams ore looking to get the next Adam Wainwright and the Braves are not willing to do that. While not in the Braves plans for this season, I still think they would like to get Realamuto from the fish. I understand the Nits are going hard after him too. While the Braves current catching corp is holding their own, both Flowers and Zuke are getting older by the day. And what is going on with Ender? DUH!!! Footy = Booty… but different… I really should proof read before hitting Post. Soroka? Allard? Wright? Before Gohara? Yep….I like Soroka, he was awesome his first game. So was Blair, Wisler, etc…. the other 2, I have not seen. so I just can’t say…they can’t all be sub 3.00 ERA, 18 game winners… but , why give up someone that good for a 2-3 month rental? Unless they will really push you over the top. I HATE Machacho…..I’ll never forgive him for back to back overswings that hit a catcher and knocked him out….of the game, and a few afterwards….compared to steroids/HGH, knocking the ball out of the 1st baseman’s mitt (a terrible crime against baseball for some reason) it’s #1 with a bullet for despicablility (not a word?) He’d of course make the biggest impact player, by far…but, as a known loser, he’d probably choke when the game was on the line…. Rather have Moose….Would they take Camargo, and some starter not listed above? I mean, the braves could have had him for a song during the offseason….well, a draft pick too…. IF Moose tears the cover off the ball, you could sign him to a 2-3 year deal (still never know if a 21 YO will hit at the big league level) and trade him next year or 2020…. You know, if the 2 catchers keep on keepin’ on (and lets face it, they are not getting the wear and tear a “normal” catcher would get) why not keep them, unless there is some super stud can’t miss catcher that some team would be willing to trade him for Soroka, or the other 2 top prospects mentioned above…. Good opine Ber, not that I agree with all of it but that’s okay, still thought provoking. So, imagine all the blowback AA gets everyday not to mention the 800 pound gorilla in the room that Liberty Media is a publicly owned corporation which is responsible to their share holders (ie: that have to show a profit) Just a reminder to be sure to vote for your favorites for the All-star game. You can only cast five votes per day for a total of 35. I am not going to play the multiple e-mail game but I am voting for those I deem worthy. Glad to see many agree with most of my choices, I have not voted for Bryce Harper nor Buster Posey. I did vote for Realamuto as catcher. Rather have Moose….Would they take Camargo, and some starter not listed above? Actually, I think they would love Camargo, and I think they would take Joey Wentz. But I think it would still take one more lesser prospect tossed in as well. You know, if the 2 catchers keep on keepin’ on (and lets face it, they are not getting the wear and tear a “normal” catcher would get) why not keep them? I’m on board with that. Draft update… Well, a week after the draft, the thing to look for is who is signed and for what amount. Because the Braves were penalized their 3rd round pick, they were also penalized that amount from their total draft pool allotment, which is $8,267,300. It is possible to go over that amount by 5%, or a total of $8,680,665, without significant penalties. Over that, though, the penalty results in a loss of pick next year. Nobody wants that. Only the 1st 10 picks count toward that allotment, plus anyone 11 and beyond that signs for over $125K bonus. Anyway, the early reports are not too detailed right now as you might imagine, but here’s what we have found so far: Pick- – – – – Player – – – – – – – – – – Slot amount; status Round 01- RHP Carter Stewart; $4,980,700; unsigned, but expected to sign Round 02- OF Greyson Jenista; $1,450,500; signed 6/7, amount unknown Round 04- RHP Tristan Beck….; ..$497,800; unsigned, but expected to sign Round 05- RHP Trey Riley……..; ..$371,900; signed, ..$450,000 Round 06- OF Andrew Moritz….; ..$280,400; signed, ..$242,500 Round 07- RHP Brooks Wilson.; ..$219,100; unsigned, but expected to sign Round 08- SS AJ Graffanino…..; ..$174,300; unsigned, but expected to sign Round 09- RHP Ryan Shetter….; ..$151,200; unsigned, but expected to sign Round 10- 3B Brett Langhorne..; ..$141,400; signed, details unknown (I hope that formatted in a semi-readable graph.) Most of the 39 picks will sign. The first pick for them that they know will not sign is from Round 28, RHP Derek West, a college junior from Pitt. He’s returning for his senior season. Past that there are a handful of HS picks in late (34+) rounds that will attend college instead. Those are not unexpected. It’s rare for a late pick HS’er to choose a tiny signing bonus if the have a college offer in hand. You may have noticed above that the Braves went overslot to sign their Round 5 pick, RHP Trey Riley. He’s another guy that their scouts ranked highly. In fact some MLB scouts, according to published reports, had him ranked as a 3rd round talent. By all accounts, the Braves were quite happy with the quality of their draft, particularly the Top 10, even in light of the lack of a 3rd round pick. There is no understating the importance of a good scouting department. 204 Vox O'Reasoñ June 12, 2018 at 12:16 pm Well of course there is. But there is no overstating it. Duh. 😳 Talking Chop: On Monday, FanGraphs unveiled their updated top 131 prospects, with the Braves placing 14 prospects within the top 105. Yes, you read the title correctly. 14 Braves players were in the top 131 prospects in baseball according to Fangraphs. At over 10% of the pool of best prospects in baseball, that is quite good. The players put on the list are Ronald Acuna Jr. (1), Mike Soroka (23), Kyle Wright (24), Luiz Gohara (26), Cristian Pache (28), Austin Riley (40), Ian Anderson (41), Touki Toussaint (51), Max Fried (90), Joey Wentz (92), Drew Waters (94), Carter Stewart (98), Brett Cumberland (99), and Kolby Allard (105). Three things stand out to me from that list: First, wow. That’s pretty amazing that the Braves have such a presence on that list while our emerging team is already making an impact at the ML level. Second, fresh off the HS field Carter Stewart made the Top 100. Gotta get that kid signed. Pronto. Third, Kolby Allard has dropped to 105? I don’t get it. He has dominated at every level in which he has pitched while climbing the ladder to the precipice of making his ML debut. He has a 4 year minor league ERA of under 3 at 2.85, including this year’s 2.22 at AAA. He has a career WHIP of 1.167 including this year’s 1.101. He has a career K/BB rate of 3.15 including this year’s 2.32. He is ready to make his ML debut, there just isn’t any room at the inn for him at the moment. He is the Braves’ #2 prospect on their own team rankings, ahead of every other player on that list except RAJ. You know what that tells me? The SABRE-wonks still can’t look up from their spreadsheets long enough to actually watch a baseball game. I weep for them. Allard at #105???? I’d willing to bet 29 other GMs would love to have a kid with that much talent at 105. I am of a mind that someone just got lazy and thought, who is this guy Allard? Oh well, I’ll just add him at 105 and follow him…. Or not… If there are 8 other pitchers in the Braves organization better than him, well, WOW! One has to wonder how much more loaded the Braves would be if they had not had to give up 14 international signings…. This was too good not to share, I’m still laughing. from Mike Huckabee: Rough translation of what Kim & his generals said after meeting: Generals: Why did U sign the document before we had a chance to read it? Kim: I couldn’t help it, he’s just so GOOD at this! I think I agreed to give up my nukes and buy a timeshare condo at a Trump resort! 209 Vox O'Reasoñ June 13, 2018 at 8:32 am The Braves did exactly what they should do last night, they took care of an inferior opponent. That said, they face the league’s ERA leader today in Jacob deGrom. 12:10pm start Ber!! And Ber, while we’re on the subject of last night… I could almost be convinced to keep Camargo at 3B on his defense alone. He turned one of the slickest DP’s last night you’ll ever see. No way he should have been able to do that, but he did. CamarGOLD!#ChopOn pic.twitter.com/flBf1G54hR — Atlanta Braves (@Braves) June 13, 2018 210 Gil in Mechanicsville June 13, 2018 at 8:52 am Wow, wasn’t that fun last night? Okay, a bit of a downer when Folty was lifted after 5 scoreless and Jesse Biddle gave up 2 runs. Could have been worse if not for the above mentioned DP turned by Camargo’s great play. Ozzie was only 1 for 5 but that 1 was a real doozie. Charlie Culberson continues to hit the ball hard and his twin Dansby is seeing a resurgence. And what about those two clutch dying quails Ender hit last night for RBIs? Those were big, especially the first one when it looked as if the Braves were going to once again waste a bases loaded with no outs opportunity. So, noon game today, what’s up with the parking? Uh, is it just me or does DeGrome pitch against the Braves every series? Okay Braves, make him throw a lot of pitches so you can get to the Mutts’ pen. That’s the only downside to the new park… parking during the business day. The Braves co-op many of their parking lots from the neighboring office towers. It’s why you can’t park in many until after 5pm for all the regular night games. But during the business day? If I understand correctly, there are only 2 lots available for parking today, both requiring pre-purchase passes. Otherwise, you better use the peripheral Uber-lots or figure another way in. Cobb County has their own transit system, so that is also an option. Then there’s always Section HD. Or in my case, Section TV. The #Braves today returned RHP Mike Soroka from his rehabilitation assignment and reinstated him from the 10-day disabled list. In order to make room on the active roster, the club designated RHP Luke Jackson for assignment. Jackson is a victim of numbers. He’s thrown very well at AAA, but in his previous stints in ATL, has given up too many free passes. He looked pretty good last night. Still, he has options, so he’s the man on the Cobb-Gwinnett shuttle. Well… than again, he does not have options. He’s been DFA’d. 😛 Because Jackson has been previously DFA’d, he can choose to try the open market if he clears waivers. My guess: he clears and accepts an outright assignment. Gil, to your point: Today is Jacob deGrom's fourth start against #Braves this season (0.50 ERA in 18 IP). But really, it feels like the 100th. — Gabe Burns (@GabeBurnsAJC) June 13, 2018 Ronald Acuña doing sprints around the infield this morning. Said yesterday he was feeling really good and he wasn't feeling pain when he was running. Hopes to begin a rehab assignment later this week/weekend. #Braves @680TheFan — Kevin McAlpin (@KevinMcAlpin) June 13, 2018 218 Gil in Mechanicsville June 13, 2018 at 10:58 am I don’t know Vee, the Mutts are pretty desperate for relief arms and Jackson is minimal cost if Jackson opts for free agency, if I were his agent, I would be on the phone to some teams. Great news on Acuna. I guess Borges will be on the shuttle back to Gwinnett. Another fun game today, Sororka matching DeGrom pitch for pitch and Dansby looking like he has found something. A 2 hr and 12 min game… Shades of Greg Maddux. And Viz scares the pediddle out of me. No lead is safe with him on the mound… And the Braves picking up a win against deGrom, it is why betting on baseball is a fools errant. Good morning all, The Fathers come to town tonight with a bit of a tail wind. They are playing better so like everything else, the games will be decided on the field… Okay, some of them are decided in New York with the video review crowd but for the most part, on the field… 🙂 Now, which starters will be moved to make room for Soroka’s return to the rotation? Folty could be skipped a turn, Sanchez pitches tonight, McCarthy? Julio? Newk is strong right now. There are still 6 guys in 5 slots. What a good problem to have. There are still 6 guys in 5 slots. With the advent of the new 6 inning starter, why not just go with a 6 man rotation? Who knows..? You just might get a 7th inning out of them. Also, you hear from time to time how the manager will take advantage of a day off and give his starters an extra day of rest. So just build it in. Why not? In all seriousness, though… If all 6 starters are healthy, and that’s always a big IF, it’s likely somebody gets traded. You know that Folty, Newk and Soroka are locks for the new rotation. Those are the building blocks for the future. Julio probably is still in that conversation as well, especially since his trade value is in the toilet. Nobody really wants a pitcher that pitches in the low 90’s when healthy, but has lived in the high 80’s in recent days. Nobody this side of the Mississippi River expects Brandon McCarthy to remain with the Braves past the July trade deadline, but it’s probably a bit early for his market to develop. The odd man out to me is Anibal Sanchez. And let’s be honest… we’re all waiting for that bubble to burst anyway. After all, we picked him up off the scrap heap after he was dumped by the Twins in spring. His trade value won’t bring you back a top prospect, but he should get something from a team desperate for starting pitching. And there are a couple of those out there. The situation reminds me a little of Jhoulys Chacin in 2016. We got back RP Adam McCreery from the Halos for Chacin, and he’s still working his way through our system, currently at the AA level as a late inning reliever. Speaking of Anibal Sanchez, he toes the rubber again for us tonight. Let’s all hold our collective breath that he has another good outing with no injuries. Then we can trade him to the Angels. 😀 As for the upcoming games… Bowman: McCarthy completed his normal between-starts bullpen session yesterday. So, I’d expect he’ll start tomorrow’s game against the Padres. This would set up Newcomb to start with an extra day of rest on Saturday. Teheran could then come off the DL to start Sunday. 226 Gil in Mechanicsville June 14, 2018 at 12:27 pm Oh, I forgot Julio was on the DL, no rush then… I’d rather keep Sanchez and flip McCarthy. but, that’s just me. No rush through this turn at any rate. But next week… These things have a way of sorting themselves out though. While you never wish bad health on anyone, injuries are just a part of the game and are going to occur. You can only hope it’s not to your stud. I love this so much… When @ozzie met Andruw 🇨🇼 pic.twitter.com/TE04gKYO4K Update: Not much changed from 1st report except we now know the amount for Greyson Jenista. He was well underslot, which will certainly help offset Trey Riley and aid signing Tristan Beck, who should command overslot. Pick- – – – Player– – – – – – – – Slot amount; status Round 01- RHP Carter Stewart; $4,980,700; unsigned, but will sign Round 02- OF Greyson Jenista; $1,450,500; signed 6/7, $1,200,000 Round 04- RHP Tristan Beck….; ..$497,800; unsigned, but will sign Round 05- RHP Trey Riley……..; ..$371,900; signed 6/8, $450,000 Round 06- OF Andrew Moritz….; ..$280,400; signed 6/8, $242,500 Bear with me while I work on the formatting a little… Pick- – – – Player- – – – – – – – Slot amount; status Round 01- RHP Carter Stewart; $4,980,700; will sign Round 04- RHP Tristan Beck….; ..$497,800; will sign Round 05- RHP Trey Riley…….; ..$371,900; signed 6/8, $450,000 Round 06- OF Andrew Moritz…; ..$280,400; signed 6/8, $242,500 Round 07- RHP Brooks Wilson.; ..$219,100; expected to sign Round 08- SS AJ Graffanino….; ..$174,300; expected to sign Round 09- RHP Ryan Shetter…; ..$151,200; expected to sign Round 10- 3B Brett Langhorne.; ..$141,400; signed, details unknown One more tweak… Round 04- RHP Tristan Beck…; ..$497,800; will sign Round 10- 3B Brett Langhorne; ..$141,400; signed, details unknown A note on Brett Langhorne… He was considered a “Day 2” pick. Why did the Braves take him on Day 1 in Round 10? Well, he’s no slouch and is a decent looking player, but he’s also a college senior with no leverage. That combination is not unfamiliar to the Braves, who did the same thing in last year’s draft. His certain underslot deal will help make others work. The local sports radio station opened their afternoon drive-time show with discussion of the Braves rotation. They basically discussed for 5 minutes everything we have mentioned here on the ol’ B&S today. I’m glad we could provide show notes for the home team. 😉 235 Carolina Lady June 14, 2018 at 4:43 pm LOL Good dog!! https://www.mlb.com/cut4/dog-chases-baseball-around-the-field-at-double-a-game/c-281189890 Can we keep Anibal and swap McCarthy? Sanchez is doing his best Greg Maddox impressions tonight. That change up/screwball to left handed batters is deadly. I would rather have a game without the drama once in a while, the eight inning got a little dicey didn’t it? What can one say about Sanchez? I haven’t had this much fun watching a Braves pitcher ply their trade in years. Nothing straight, it must drive a hitter crazy. Since April 29th Mike Moustakas- .230/.302/.395 w/ 5 HR .242 BABIP Johan Camargo .214/.344/.397 w/ 6 HR .216 BABIP There is no reason to give up prospects to go after Moustakas — Atlanta Braves Minor League Updates (@BravesMILB) June 15, 2018 … and with the superb defense Johan provides, I’m moving to the “keep Johan at 3B” camp. He is becoming Martin Prado v2, with even more versatility. I’d rather put our resources into improving our bullpen as priority #1. That looks to be the place where we have the greatest need. And after watching Anibal Sanchez completely frustrate the Pads hitters last night, I am coming to realize that he is giving us this year exactly what we wanted Bartolo Colon to give us last year. Not just the well pitched games like he showed last night, but real leadership to our young pitchers as well. It is being widely reported now that he is a great clubhouse presence to them all, especially young Mike Soroka. The more this season unfolds, the more “magical” it is shaping up. You can’t write this script, and you sure couldn’t predict it before the season began. Sanchez, Ozzie, Dans, Johan, Newk, Folty, etc. Nobody expected to get anything close to what these guys are giving us, not to mention Freddie, Ender and FloZuki doing what we expect them too. And Kakes? Who knew? Add to that the rookie production from Soroka and RAJ, somewhat anticipated yet actually coming to fruition. This season is starting to get “that” feel to it. Do you remember “that” feel? It’s been about 27 years, but I remember it. BTW- for those keeping score… Luke Jackson did clear waivers on Tuesday and was outrighted to AAA. He does have the option to refuse the assignment (since it’s the 2nd time this season for him) and opt for free agency. There has not been any announcement or additional news on that front. Question? Does Jackson have to declare free agency before his agent can contact other organiztions or would it be considered tampering to do so ahead of time? Camargo/Moustakas/Macardo conundrum…. DUH!!!! glad I don’t make the decisions but I have to agree. the biggest hole is relief arms. Question? Does Jackson have to declare free agency before his agent can contact other organiztions Yes. He’s still property of the Braves unless and until he officially refuses the minor league assignment and declares free agency. CBS Sports is reporting that… Jackson once again passed through waivers unclaimed by the other 29 clubs and will remain in the Atlanta organization. Speaking of waiver claims, yesterday the Mets claimed RHRP Chris Beck off waivers from the Pale Hose. Why is this significant? Well, it’s significant to me at least. Beck is from right here in God’s country and our state champion local HS team. He had a bit of an up and down time with CHW. I hope he gets on track with the Mutts… just not against us. Scott Boeck, USA Today Sports: MLB’s Rob Manfred hints at progress on universal DH Major League Baseball has moved methodically to eliminate many distinctions between the American and National leagues in recent years, and Thursday, Commissioner Rob Manfred indicated there is momentum toward perhaps the most significant such move: a unified designated hitter. “I think that is a continuing source of conversation among the ownership group and I think that the dialogue actually probably moved a little bit,” said Manfred at the conclusion of the quarterly owners’ meeting on Thursday. I am a purist at heart. I hate turf; I hate domes. But in recent years, I have come to appreciate the retractable dome, as in Miami. It just rains to dang much there. I suppose the same could be said about the DH. In the past, I would just about fight you over that topic. But… I’m older and the game has continued to change. Defenses are better, defensive alignments are tougher, and pitchers simply do not work on being decent hitters. Most aren’t even decent bunters anymore. In Boeck’s piece, he alludes to the fact that pitchers are striking out now more than ever at a rate of 42.5% of their AB’s. And let’s face it, the pitcher these days gets PH’d for after about 2 AB’s anyway. Maybe, just maybe if we adopt he DH across the board, starting pitchers might go another inning or so into their games. Maybe even 2. If that can be a byproduct, I can live with it. So maybe it’s time. Vee, I think we have been beaten into submission on the DH conundrum. It does give players like Matt Adams a place to play without hurting the team, same could be said for Matt Kemp. Heck, maybe even I could have had a career as a DH, lord knows my weak arm was a detriment to my playing time… I think there are some other things that could be added to make the game better like have a 25 man eligible roster for each game but a 30 ML roster. That is, no more than 25 guys playing in any one game but 5 extra guys you could substitute for an injury (not in the same game) but heck, add 1 to the everyday roster and let teams carry three catchers. What I am loath to see is the man on 2nd after ten innings if tied. The way I see it, other than play-off games, ties should be allowed. count 1/2 point… Phew… tight game today, 1-0 even with Viz scaring me yet again…. 2-1/2 game lead now. Now, hopefully we will see good Julio Sunday and not 87 mph fastball Julio. It’s nice to see articles about the Braves nowadays. As something other than cannon fodder for other teams, that is. What goes around….. https://www.mlb.com/news/sean-newcomb-dominates-braves-shut-out-padres/c-281523656 Happy Father’s Day to my favorite group of guys! Okay….. Braves win, Nits lose… what could be better? Really glad to see Julio get back up to speed, still a little wild but no hitter thru six will work. Viz still scares me… So, a day off tomorrow and then two games in Toronto against the Jay Birds. Then, another day off, I fear the schedule will get meaner later in the season. Looks like the Braves did a little roster shuffling. Gohara sent back to Triple A and Jackson opted for free agency, forcing the Braves’ hand so they signed him to a major league contract. I hope Luke earns his keep. Folty placed on the 10 day DL retro active to June 13th. Looks like he will miss a start and then we will see if McCarthy is moved to the pen. The Braves bull pen is like 28th out of 30 ML teams as far as ERA. I feel like Earl Weaver sometimes watching the Braves non-starters come in… 253 berigan2electricboogaloo June 18, 2018 at 3:09 am I don’t know when I “flipped” on the subject of the DH, several years ago I guess…probably after one two many bases loaded rallies ending after a based loaded DP by a braves pitcher 😉 But please MLB, never, never put a runner on 2nd in a MLB extra inning game 😦 Think Gohara needed to go back….he just doesn’t have that 97-98 MPH fastball right now…. speaking of fastballs, Julio T, in the 2 innings I was able to see of him, did touch 93 1 time (did he do that more than once?) I saw some 91s mainly, but really pinpoint control…. Julio was missing arm side a lot, several deep counts but managed to get a much needed strike out on change ups and sliders on the corners. I would say he threw consistently at 91-92 mph with a bit of movement. Enough to keep a good hitting Padres team hit-less for 6 innings. I don’t know when I “flipped” on the subject of the DH Three words: El. Oso. Blanco. But please MLB, never, never put a runner on 2nd in a MLB extra inning game A sure sign of the apocalypse. Think Gohara needed to go back….he just doesn’t have that 97-98 MPH fastball right now Gohara's 4-seam fastball average velocity 2017: 96.4 mph This year before his bereavement leave: 94.4 mph Since returning: 93.3 mph — Mark Bowman (@mlbbowman) June 17, 2018 I would like to see the above graphic on Gohara’s fastball average velocity side-by-side with a graphic on his weight gain. I think you would see a correlation. And Luiz picked a really bad year to fail to meet expectations. He allowed Newk and Soroka to blow past him, and Folty to increase his lead. Now Allard is nipping at his heals. In fact, Gohara is becoming an afterthought. The talk now is that the Braves have 6 starters – those being Julio, Folty, Newk, Sanchez, Soroka and McCarthy – with Allard being ready to move up but with no place to go. Nobody talks much about Gohara, except in the context of “we have to get him innings; we have to get him going.” It’s a really bad year to fall back in the pack. I believe Ber was onto something with his Gohara/comfort food correlation. I also agree that his weight gain resulting in a loss of velocity is a valid opine by Vee. It would behoove the Braves to hook him up with a grief councilor and a nutritionist as well as a pitching coach. Until the team can get to the root of the problem, the problem will persist. The Braves have signed 23 players of their 39-man 2018 draft class thus far. Hard to find specifics, but digging seems to indicate that the players who have signed are: Round 02- OF Greyson Jenista Round 05- RHP Trey Riley Round 06- OF Andrew Moritz Round 07- RHP Brooks Wilson Round 10- 3B Brett Langhorne Round 11- LHP Jake Higginbotham Round 15- 2B Greg Cullen Round 17- OF Justin Dean Round 19- RHP Zach Daniels Round 20- 3B CJ Alexander Round 21- LHP Tanner Lawson Round 23- RHP William Woods Round 24- C Rusber Estrada Round 25- 3B Michael Mateja Round 26- LHP Zach Guth Round 27- RHP Zach Seipel Round 29- 3B Ray Hernandez Round 31- OF Gabriel Rodriguez Round 32- 2B Trey Harris Round 33- 1B Mason Berne Round 35- C Logan Brown Round 36- LHP Victor Cavalieri Round 37- RHP Alex Camacho No other real new details. I will add that all of the Braves first 10 picks are reportedly committed to sign, including top pick Carter Stewart, just not all have formally done so yet. 263 berigan2electricboogaloo June 18, 2018 at 12:05 pm V, Gohara is 6’3, and only 210 pounds 😛 Gil, when I was 38 , my Mom died after a long , terrible illness where Dad and I were taking care of her round the clock….after her death, I gained about 30 pounds in a few months…granted, I was older, but I became diabetic, was on BP meds, a few years later ended up with fatty liver disease for a time, til I lost 25 pounds. If I was 21, and had lost my Dad suddenly during the offseason, and my Mom had open heart surgery, and had to leave her to go to another country for my job…I’d be a wreck. I would be no good at said job . Sure wish he could get her and I assume siblings, up here…. Gohara is still only 21. Still shouldn’t throw more than say 175 innings, if that…should be safe there….he may be an afterthought, now but that’s ok if his stuff comes back , he will be just fine, and will find a way into the rotation, either late this year, or next. Won’t trade for anything at this point anyways… Soroka is still only 20 til August…the unique situation of so many young guys, during a playoff run….going to be interesting, if nothing else I know V touched on the Happ vs Hamels a while back…I thought I had heard Hamels velo(if you can’t beat em, join em) was down… His ERA is fine, 3.69…one number jumped out at me though…he has given up 18 HR’s(in 85 innings) already, the same as he gave up all of last year in 140 + innings. in 2008, he gave up a career high 28. Other than inningswise, is he really going to make the team much better? Happ in roughly the same number of innings, 10 HR’s. both pitch decently in the AL, so all teams will be interested. MLBTR has a link to a story about the Mariners and Yankees are looking into Happ….he won’t be cheap Gohara is 6’3, and only 210 pounds Yes… according to the Braves official web site. My thinking has changed somewhat on adding a veteran rotation piece for the stretch run this year. Prior to Saturday’s gem by Newk (0 R, 7 IP) and yesterday’s 6 innings of no hit effort by Julio, the Braves starters were sporting a 27-16 record with a collective 3.35 ERA, 4th lowest in all of MLB. Needless to say they did not lose ground in that department over the weekend. Is is dicey to go into September with such a young rotation? Yes it absolutely is. But they have been soooo good. And how are they supposed to gain the experience if they’re not allowed to carry it to the finish? So what does that mean for AA in July? Focus all the resources on that bullpen, Thoppy. Watching Viz pitch the 9th inning makes me more nervous than Barney Fife with a “loaded goat”. If the All-Star Game was tomorrow, the #Braves would have Freeman, Albies and Markakis all in the starting lineup. Swanson is currently second behind Crawford at SS, while Suzuki is third at catcher and Camargo is in third at third base.#Braves @680TheFan And if the playoffs were tomorrow they'd have 9 guys in the staring lineup 🙂 — 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘮 (@nuftjedi) June 18, 2018 This guy wins Twitter today. I want that scale… where did they weigh him, on the moon? He well might have weighed 210 lbs at age 18 but that is like someone on AOL saying they are 25 years old…. Yeah, 25 years ago…. I think Gohara has great potential but now he can concentrate on getting better. No rush, no hurry… CBS Sports’profile of Gohara lists him at 265. Just sayin’ I would venture to say he is a lot closer to 300 than he is to 265… … and the Nats just traded for closer Kelvin Herrera from KC. Big, big pickup for them. Difference maker. Will Thoppy respond? Maybe Thoppy likes living on the edge, lord knows I feel like the Braves are walking a tight rope whenever his number is called. Vizciano that is. So, over night, the Phillies tied the Nationals for third with a win vs a Nats’ loss so both stand 3 1/2 games behind Los Bravos. The Marlins and the Mets also won. Soroka goes against ex Braves pitcher Jamie Garcia in Toronto tonight. I like the Braves chances in this one. BEWARE and do not click on the unfamiliar links in the “like” tab. They are clearly security risks. We have been invaded… you must mean the scuzzy porn links… yep, phishing abounds Mark Feinsand of MLB.com: Although Atlanta general manager Alex Anthopoulos has several areas of his roster that he could address in the coming weeks, a source with knowledge of the Braves’ thinking doesn’t anticipate a series of major moves coming between now and July 31. “They can address a lot of areas, but they’re not going to be able to address a lot of areas,” the source said. “In a perfect world, they could use a bullpen guy, a front-of-the-rotation starter and a big bat, but they’re not going to have the dollars to fill all those spots. They also don’t want to use that much prospect capital to fill that many holes.” With their rebuild moving faster than expected, the Braves also plan to wait until mid-to-late July before making any move. “They’ll likely wait as long as they can because between now and July, there could be more players get injured, there could be dips in performance, things like that,” the source said. “The needs today could be different than they are three or four weeks from now. The longer they wait, the more clearly defined the needs will be.” “They only have so many resources, whether it’s money they can take on in salary or total players they’ll be willing to move,” the source said. “What if they make the move in June and then in July, it turns out that wasn’t the primary need? Look at the Twins last year; they made a deal for Jaime Garcia and then turned around a week later and traded him away. [The Braves are] playing the slow game.” Bullpen. Focus on the bullpen. Boston Globe’s Nick Cafardo says A’s closer Blake Treinen is “likely to be available”. I’ll line up my resources for him. He’s under team control through 2020 and on a (relatively) cheap salary this season at $2.15M. He’s got a 1.06 ERA and a very shiny 0.941 WHIP thus far in 2018, with 40 K’s in 34.0 IP. In my opinion, not that anyone asked, Treinen would be a nice counterpunch to WAS acquiring Kelvin Herrera. OK… so apparently tomorrow’s 12:30pm start is not on traditional TV/cable/satellite. It is being aired exclusively on something called Facebook Watch. Well… alrighty then. Here is the skinny on “Facebook Watch” as shown at MLB.com: Major League Baseball (MLB) and Facebook unveiled a newly expanded partnership for the 2018 MLB season, highlighted by a historic agreement to produce and broadcast one game every week to a global audience on Facebook. This 25-game package of weekly broadcasts will be distributed exclusively on Facebook Watch in the United States via the MLB Live show Page. In the U.S., the live video of these games will exclusively be accessible on Facebook Watch and will not be available on television or any other digital platforms such as MLB.TV and MLB At Bat. There will be no blackout restrictions in the U.S. as every game will be available to every person on Facebook in the U.S. Fans who do not have a Facebook account may listen to the live local radio broadcasts on multiple platforms or follow pitch-by-pitch tracking on MLB.com and MLB At Bat. – In addition, full game archives will be available 90 minutes after the game ends on MLB.TV and MLB At Bat (subscription required). Another sign that the apocalypse is near. So, does that mean if someone says a prayer or espouses conservative ideas, their team will be banned by Facebook? Just wondering… 🙂 Here is a link to a very good interview with Thoppy posted by DOB of the AJC. https://www.ajc.com/sports/baseball/anthopoulos-returns-toronto-with-first-place-braves/7kkRxzFU58yrZ7EK7HDM5L/?utm_source=newspaper&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5015969&ecmp=newspaper_email&#user/access/9e6c.e5993bb9.1518739800. It sure was nice to see the bottom half of the order crushing the ball last night. Sometimes you get the feeling that opposing teams take the lower half for granted. Of course, not having a sure out hitting in the 9 hole makes a difference too. That kid Charlie Culberson is a ball player. No, he won’t be confused with the pro typical big bopper in left field but he seems to give a good at bat everytime, well, except maybe last week end when he swung at missed three pitches that were 12 inches off the plate inside. Dude looked seriously over matched. Too bad for Soroka he could not complete the 5th inning to get a win last night but he pitched a typical rookie game, one good one, two bad ones… last night was a bad one. To be sure, the Jays were teeing off on his slider. That’s okay, he can put that one in the rear view mirror of life and get ready for his next game. Woo hoo, didn’t Camargo give good account for himself last night? Crushed a 3-2 pitch for a grand salami…. That was what one would term, a no doubter. Good to see Sam Freeman back on the beam too. He must have been suffering from some sort of muscle tweak the past couple of weeks. He sure looked good last night though. Same goes for Peter Moylan. I think we are all waiting to see the collapse of this year’s team but it hasn’t happen yet and who knows? For sure, after the collapse of 2011, I don’t take anything for granted. ESPN’s daily baseball recap from this morning: Maybe the Braves don’t need a third baseman: Johan Camargo batted ninth for the Braves as they blew out the Blue Jays 11-4, and he went 4-for-5 with five RBIs. The kid is getting some national recognition. And as you have all witnessed, he’s changed my mind. No, he’s not your prototypical 3B. But he gets hits when we need hits, and nobody plays better D at the hot corner. I’m still trying to figure out where that 4th decker came from. That ball was absolutely blasted. It was Acuña-esque. Vee, Camargo is a third baseman much like the Astro’s Alex Bergman. More athletic and greater range than your traditional third baseman who is only slightly more agile than a first baseman. I really don’t care where the power comes from in the line up, it is just that you need some instant offense every once in a while. 288 id4258857.vwahe.xyz June 22, 2018 at 3:08 am I absolutely loathe this Facebook broadcast. They are focusing on everything but the game. Ridiculous. Yeah, maybe switch to radio and just leave the video up with no sound. Are y’all finding that the signal keeps dropping out on FB? At least, I’m able to actually SEE a game once or twice a time a year! I’m thankful! sigh thunderstorms popping up right on top of us. Gonna have to unplug any minute now….. Okay, the Braves made a game of it, just a bridge too far… Take a day off guys and regroup. 294 id7103574.azlbcg.xyz June 22, 2018 at 3:08 am Bout time! 😛 I was actually starting to lose a bit of faith, average hasn’t been going up, was thinking he’d likely get traded for another 3rd baseman (still might happen) he seemingly killed a ball the other day that barely hit the wall, was thinking he needed to hit the weights, then hit’s a 4th decker, and seemed to be just a bit in front of it? wow…. V, I was at work (could have probably listened, I can’t listen to the radio via my phone) so didn’t put on facebook…who was doing the game play by play? DeRo was there, Ber, and two others I didn’t know. Let’s just say that I sure missed Skip and the Professor. But what a treat to see the Braves on the field, even if they did lose. You know, it seems that when I could see a game last year, they lost that one, too. Hmmmm. sigh….if we lose to the Nats by 3-4 games….at least Liberty has a bunch more money in the bank…. The Braves didn’t make a strong effort to acquire Kelvin Herrera before he was traded to the division-rival Nationals, tweets David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While the Atlanta front office liked Herrera’s arm very much, O’Brien notes that assuming his remaining $4.4MM salary (which the Nats were willing to do) would’ve burned through the majority of the funds the team has available to upgrade via trade this summer. That would seem to suggest that the Braves may struggle to land any big-budget players as the non-waiver trade deadline approaches. Certainly, given the team’s place atop the NL East standings, they’ll look to improve to whatever extent possible, but it appears that finances will be a fairly notable factor in any moves the team does make. https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/06/trade-chatter-machado-tepera-braves-padres.html at least Liberty has a bunch more money in the bank…. Well, Liberty itself is just an entity, not a living being, thus doesn’t possess anything. But I’m sure the shareholders are happy that the men who run it are being responsible with their investments. 😉 We knew the purse strings would be tight this year because of the trade to dump Kemp’s salary and essentially compact the 2 remaining years of his commitment into 2018. This is no surprise at all. But all of that comes off the books going into 2019. That’s when we’ll be able to judge the intent. As for 2018… One would think the Braves could have a little more wiggle room closer to July 31 if they can trade Brandon McCarthy, which I am sure was the original plan before we found ourselves fully in contention. That could alter the team’s intent to sell veterans again at the deadline. But it still could happen if it can help the team fill a need, like a late inning bullpen arm. BM’s 2018 salary is $11.5M… or roughly $5.75M for the rest of the season. But LA kicked in $4.5M of it at trade tim. One has to wonder first if they can or will even trade McCarthy, and second how much of the remainder of his salary – $5.75 or less, a potential employer will want to be responsible for. At any rate, having just another $1M to work with could pay for A’s closer Blake Treinen. Speculation is that he could be had for a pitcher outside the team’s Top 10 – Kyle Muller or Bryce Wilson. Remember, too, that Treinen is under team control through 2020, so he isn’t a half season rental. Perhaps Thoppy could even engineer a deal that would send McCarthy to a team like Seattle desperate for a starting pitcher, bringing back a prospect to replace Muller or Wilson at a lower minor league level where we’re less than stocked, then acquiring Treinen for us. Makes sense to me, anyway. But then again, it’s always easier from my desk. Not so much from desks of the real executives who live and die on these moves. 300 id8500789.xeohxe.xyz June 22, 2018 at 3:08 am I’m sure that the Braves weren’t keen on taking on the remaining $4.4M of Kelvin Herrera’s salary, but did you even see what WAS gave up for him for just a half season? First, the opinions are all over the board of course. But the fact is that all 3 of the prospects sent by WAS were in their Top 30. And that’s from a system that is talented. Two of them have already slotted to KC’s #8 and #15. Jon Heyman was succinct in his summation: Perkins is a CF, Gutierrez a 3B and Morel a RHP. (A) scout from another team: all three will be major leaguers. The equivalent from ATL would have been Christian Pache, Travis Demeritte, and Freddy Tarnok. There is no way on God’s green earth I would have given that up for a half season of anybody short of Mike Trout. Not even Manny Machado. So while DOB was playing up the payroll aspect – not a big surprise from the guy writing for the ultra-liberal AJC – I would bet the mortgage it had a whole lot more to do with prospect capital than liquid capital. One other thing we have to remember, too. WAS is going all in for 2018 because their window of contention is closing. Once Bryce Harper leaves at season’s end, the team will start a downward trend. They need to make their push right now. The Braves on the other hand are in the opposite position and heading the opposite direction. Heck, we may even have Harper ourselves next year. You never know. 😀 MLBTR, By Jeff Todd \| June 21, 2018 at 9:19am CDT: Braves GM Alex Anthopoulos had an interesting chat with David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an appearance on the latter’s Truth, Lies & Sacrifice Flies Podcast. It’s essential listening for Braves fans, but we’ll highlight a few notes of broader consequence here. On the subject of the upcoming trade deadline, Anthopoulos emphasized that the team is focused less on salary — though that’s certainly still a factor — than on carefully managing its “prospect capital.” As he explained it, particularly with amateur penalties slowing the farm intake and an ongoing need for affordable MLB depth, the front office will be calculated in dispensing with its young talent in trades. While he did not really discuss the matter directly, Anthopoulos suggested that the organization knew what it would have taken to land Herrera. Obviously, the Braves decided not to pay it. With over a month left until the deadline and limited flexibility to make additions, it seems the Atlanta brain trust decided to save its chips. What we said at 9:08am EDT. I was reading on the AJC site that attendance and TV viewership is up for Los Bravos.. DUH! Winning is and has always been the best form of promotion. Watching your team lose all the time is depressing. The only people who have that sort of devotion are parents, grand parents and spouses… So, another free night with the Braves off again. I hope the guys all get recharged and can come out and kick butt Friday night. The Braves announced Acuna will begin his rehab assignment with Gwinnett during tomorrow’s doubleheader. First game is scheduled for 5:05 pm. This seems to set up the possibility he could be back in Atlanta’s lineup by Monday. It will be good to get Acuna back, I expect Charlie Culberson will get more playing time as a super sub and Peter Bourjos will be sent back to Triple A. In the interview with DOB, Thoppy laid out perfectly the long term implications of how badly the harsh penalties handed down by MLB have and will hurt the Braves going forward. I expect Charlie Culberson will get more playing time as a super sub and Peter Bourjos will be sent back to Triple A. Bourjos cannot just be optioned. He’ll have to be designated and pass through waivers, then if not claimed, choose whether or not to accept an outright assignment or elect FA. All that said, I expect he’ll eventually wind up back in AAA. Really V? I hate Manny M, but I’d make that trade . Travis , after hitting .231 last year at AA, is hitting .221 this season. I know we have heard a lot of good things about Christian Pache, but he has no power at this point (4 homers this year, the first of his career) 5 steals, caught 5 times….275 BA. I think what peeved me at the time about the Royals closer going to the Nats, was Jim Bowden was on baseball tonight Sunday( he was apparently rehired by ESPN, how odd) and talked about how Thoppy had no trouble pulling the trigger on deals, mentioning getting David Price (completely forgot about that) and Tulo in deals….scares me a bit, but sounds interesting….everyone needs bullpen arms, and it still seems to me, in spite of the 3 guys will all be ML guys, they too don’t look that impressive, statwise… Don’t want to see future rotation guys traded away so another team eats salary, and liberty gets to save some bucks…. 369 days I walked off the mound, today I got back on it. pic.twitter.com/KwEJAJzb0n — Patrick Weigel (@Pwags42) June 22, 2018 He was on the verge of his first ML callup when the UCL went pop… Talk about under the radar moves… The Royals’ Double-A affiliate announced yesterday that they’ve traded minor league outfielder Brandon Downes to the Braves. A return wasn’t specified, though presumably there’ll be cash or a player to be named later going back to the Kansas City organization to complete the deal. The 25-year-old Downes was Kansas City’s seventh-round pick in 2014 but entered the 2018 season with just five games played above Class-A Advanced. He’s hitting .198/.284/.365 in 111 PAs between Class-A Advanced and Double-A this season (including a 1-for-4 debut yesterday for Atlanta’s Double-A affiliate. Baseball America rated him as Kansas City’s No. 24 prospect four years ago, praising his solid-average speed and above-average power potential, though Downes has yet to deliver on that upside. Baseball-Reference has this guy listed as “Outfielder and Relief Pitcher”. Wonder which one we traded for? Well, considering his RP consists of 1/3 IP, I am guessing the OF part. File this one under the heading of YAWN… Of more pressing importance: The Braves have once again placed Soroka on the DL with right shoulder inflammation.Danny Santana was promoted from Gwinnett. Soroka’s fastball dipped down to 90 mph during the fifth inning of Tuesday’s start To accommodate adding DanTana to the 40-man roster, the team moved Jose Ramirez to the 60-day DL. Santana has been hot of late with Triple-A Gwinnett, hitting .409 with 5 doubles, 4 homers and 9 RBI over his last 11 games (dating to June 10th)#Braves @680TheFan https://t.co/nYBXLPYIKI Good for him. I don’t think he’s in tonight’s lineup, but I won’t be surprised if Snit gives him a start or two over the weekend before RAJ returns. Don’t be surprised if this is a showcase for DanTana for the benefit of the O’s.. Alarm bells going off in my head re: Soroka… 20 year old pitcher…. shoulder problems…. Warning Will Robinson! Brandon Downes… ???? I have no idea, I would suspect a scout saw something. Cash or a Player to be Named. hummmm… Lots of moment in the minors, getting ready to move the new guys in I guess Tough loss for the Braves last night, Oh well, get them this afternoon. I’ll say….2 great starts (figures Cobb and his 7 ERA would get healthy against the braves, but he really did look good last night) 1-1 after 7 then some braves magic made it 3-1…but the worst team in all of baseball found some magic and then some…7-3 Orioles , and I gave up(If we lose the division by 1, sure glad we saved Liberty some money, and still have Travis D)….Dad said, don’t you want to see if they come back? COME BACK? 7-3 in the 9th against their closer? No way….so, watched the excellent Charles Krauthammer special on Fox (what he was able to do with just a tiny bit of movement of both hands, beyond amazing) still had it on fox sports…it was now 7-7 in the 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wha??????? So, ran the game back to see the braves amazing 9th (and see FF thrown out at home, otherwise braves win) then back to real time…and watched, and watched, and watched….mind you , I woke up at 4 am well before my alarm…only to see Dumbo hit a 2 run homer (Moylen looked terrible, no control, hit 1 guy, nearly hit another, but he was the last guy) not a fun game…since I imagine sane folks were in bed when the game ended around 1 am, Viz has a sore shoulder, hasn’t been in a game for about a week….shoulda DL’ed him. were short 2 arms… like you said Gil, another game today…4 pm start…for some reason. Is that the new time for Sat home games? Gonna be lots of folks going to and fro Gwinnett….. Ber, I have no clue as to how the Braves continue to juggle their pen. Was Jackson still available? Sigh, Moylan just showing his age. The thing that worries me about too young arms is I am not all that sure they are durable. Come to think of it, are any pitcher’s arm durable? Why you never have enough. So, Newk pitched a heck of a game. Lot of hard hit at’em balls but isn’t that the name of the game? The Braves just missed a couple of times with balls that were caught just shy of the wall… That is baseball. And Macado… well, he is an All-Star who will be earning a bazillion dollars next season… Well, that was ugly…again… Julio appeared to be unable to hit his spots and as a result, was hit hard. The homer by Trumbo was not the telling blow, it was the two walks ahead of him that did him in. So, the Braves will try to salvage a game against the worse team in baseball today with McCarthy toeing the rubber for the good guys. I don’t feel overly confident about their chances going in. Okay posting from my phone after church outside a Greek restaurant so expect many and there I’m really glad I missed yesterday’s game I did see the Grand Slam did know about the walks. David I don’t think Jackson was available I don’t know what happened signing that deal but he was not one of the arms and less he came in earlier but it was ugly in short two pictures is not a good thing. But I do see they’re off to an early to nothing lead so hopefully they’re not swept by a team 30 games under 500 So, another surprise win for the Braves. Honest Injun, I did not expect a lot out of McCarthy, I guess it just goes to show that betting on baseball is folly… I rooting for the Nats tonight, no need to let the Phillies creep back into this thing. On that note, what in the world is wrong with Bryce Harper??? He has to be playing hurt. No way he is a .210 hitter. well….that’s about as many errors in one post as I have ever made! 😛 I did NOT know about the walks before the Grand Slam. Gil is not David. That was supposed to be being 2 pitchers short is not a good thing…sigh…posting outside quickly with the sun on the screen…at least there weren’t any curse words! 🙂 Missed the game today too, but sure glad that they won one game at least against the feared Orioles. I’d like to see the worst football team in….football, beat the best team, or a top 5 team. Just doesn’t happen…at least not like it does in the grand ol game of baseball… I want to be a little angry at AA for not placing Viz on the DL earlier, thus putting Snit in a bind when it comes to his bullpen. But when your pitcher shows up pregame – according to reports – and tells the manager he “can’t go today”, you end up with a 74 year old Peter Moylan soft-tossing against a powerful lineup. It irks me when players hide injuries and ailments. In my opinion, it’s the same as placing their own self-interest above the team. On a similar topic, Jon Heyman is reporting that the Braves were in fact in the game for KC’s Kelvin Herrera, just not willing to match what the Nats gave up for the half season rental. Heyman also speculates that those discussions may have layed some groundwork toward possible future Moustakas discussions. It’s not clear if that’s his personal speculation or if there is any grip behind the thought. Heyman also notes in his thoughts that AA’s past actions would point toward him utilizing his big starting prospects in relief roles this year rather than paying the exorbitant cost on the trade market. As we all have discussed already, Kolby Allard looks ready for his ML debut, but the rotation is crowded. Thus he could make his entrance as a reliever. We might also see Max Fried again. I’m not opposed to either of those things happening. Speaking of a crowded rotation, I’m beginning to get a little concerned over the rash of shoulder ailments. Is it just me, or are there more this year than in previous years? Maybe I’m just not remembering well. Anyway, it seems that the team’s “problem” of too many starters is not a problem at all… validating the old saying that you can never have too many. You really can’t. You can, however, have to many starters on the DL. let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. I heard a commentator on either TV or radio, can’t remember specifically, noting that Julio appeared to have dropped his arm slot slightly in Saturday’s start, thus his hand was more on the side of the ball rather than over the top. The more “sideward” spin negated the late movement of his normal fastball. It also took the bite off his slider. The same commentator was able to back up his point when Julio suddenly corrected the angle the following inning and sent the O’s down in order. He then regressed back to the lower slot in the next one and got knocked out of the game. It was an astute observation and very timely. Unfortunately, it was also at the cost of 7 runs. Q: Why do pitchers alter their arm slot? A: To avoid pain…. So, after I made a comment about Bryce Harper not hitting, he has three hit last night… Nits win 8-6 over the Frillies. I’ll take it… MLB.com’s Jon Paul Morosi: Here’s an expanded list of relievers to follow in advance of the July 31 non-waiver Trade Deadline. Blake Treinen, Athletics Treinen never seized the closer’s role over 3 1/2 seasons with the Nationals, but he’s thriving in the ninth inning now. Treinen’s SO/9 and SO/W rates are the best of his career by a substantial margin. He’s comfortable pitching at the end of games (17 of 19 in save opportunities) and has prior postseason experience. Oakland could decide to move Treinen now, with his value at an all-time high and a significant raise coming in 2019 through salary arbitration. The Red Sox and Indians are good fits for Treinen, since their closers are due to hit free agency after this season. I think we’ve been talking about Treinen for a couple of weeks, haven’t we? These national guys need to catch up. Problem is, the more he gets talked up, the higher his trade cost becomes. What we truly need is for Minter and Winkler to step up and fill the closer role capably. What a shot in the arm that would be! By the way, I failed to mention the callup of Evan Phillips. We’ve mentioned him here before (because we love our prospects and obsess over them). I think he will help this bullpen. He has the potential to be a 2-3 inning guy if necessary. That’s his best role. Yes Vee, you are ahead of the game when it comes to potential fits for the Braves. I know many want Thoppy to make some additions but like he said, he does to want to use his prospects capital too soon. Once they are gone, they are gone. I don’t think he is going to hit on too many “found money” acquisitions like Anibal Sanchez. So, I guess what the Braves are hoping is one or two of their young pitchers will be able to fill some spots in the pen. And of course he was optioned back to Gwinnett today to make room for Folty, who has been activated from the DL and will start tonight vs. the Reds. IMO, the beleaguered Braves bullpen could use Phillips right now. And Peter Moylan could use a long vacation a/k/a retirement. But I’m not the GM, so… After giving up a sac fly to Norfolk in the 3rd inning, Luiz Gohara left the game with an apparent injury. He went 2.2 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO on 42 pitches. DUH! Glass? The Braves have said this is not an injury issue, but have not yet offered up a reason. Curious for sure… AJC: Luiz Gohara exited his start at Triple-A after just 2-2/3 innings Monday. Gohara was not injured, according to a person familiar with the situation, and will make his next scheduled start. He left after 42 pitches. An odd pitch count, for sure. And what of Ozzie? Woo hoo… I can almost guarantee that Lucas Sims will be headed back to AAA today. Should have kept Evan Phillips up. It’s his time. And hopefully A-Train is working the phones hard. This pen needs help. Sims is clearly not the answer, Moylan is good for only one out, and the magic Sam Freeman found in 2017 has thus far eluded him in 2018. Yes Vee, I was very frustrated by Simms’ effort. I found myself booing at the TV. Yes, it was a small strike zone last night but many of his pitches were clearly out of the zone and not competitive. Relievers need to have the ability to challenge hitters. Nibblers can get by as a starter but major league hitters can simply out wait a guy who is relying on the umpire to help them out. Late walks are killers. 337 berigan2electricboogaloo June 26, 2018 at 10:40 am V, yeah, don’t get bringing Evan Phillips up and not even using him… Moylan can still be effective when a DP is needed, or a tough rightie….just have to have other people available at the end of game, or in extras…sorta like having me on the bench and putting me in to steal 2nd…not a good idea 😛 with Gohara, perhaps they are slowly stretching him out? I actually got to see Ozzie’s homer…it was low and inside, a lefty’s sweet spot, except it was really low….it was a good pitch. And a great win! The club is eerily silent about it. Nothing else has been said since he was removed from the game. Not a peep. They say they used to bring up starters to the bigs as bullpen arms( I honestly don’t recall this happening much, I am quite young you know 😛 ) …it makes sense to do this for the braves cuz so many arms are soooo young, and you have to keep their arms from having 175+ Innings at say 20, 21…. What I wonder though is are guys coming up that have NEVER come out of the pen before? Meaning…a Wisler , Sims, etc just pitched 6 innings, at AAA, and then come up to pitch to big leaguers , in the 4th, 5th inning, when they just haven’t done that before. If they aren’t gonna start, why not have them come out of the bullpen 2-3 times there, then come up and be a bullpen arm? I may have used too many words to make this pint….but you get the point. 😉 Agree totally. I think both team and individual would benefit greatly from pitchers coming up and working out of the pen initially. Not only does it give you big league experience, it allows the team to benefit from your talents. Part of learning to be a ML starter is learning how to pitch through the lineup multiple times. It’s a lost art! And that’s not necessarily on the pitchers. I put that on the “modern” stats and “modern” management, both on the field and in the offices. Modern stats point to the trend that a hitter’s performance against a pitcher increases dramatically in the 3rd AB against him. So managers now take that out of the pitcher’s hands, pun fully intended, and go to the pen. Pitchers simply no longer need to learn how to face a batter multiple times because they know they won’t be around that long anyway. Greg Maddux used multiple appearances to his own favor. He would pitch a batter a certain way early in the game in such a manner as to set him up for something totally different late in the game when it was on the line. Granted there is only one Greg Maddux, but with the way pitchers are handled in this modern age of SABRE, the chances of another Doggy coming around the bend is waning quickly. But I digress… To the earlier point, allowing a kid like Max Fried or Kolby Allard to observe from the Major League sidelines, be mentored by guys who have been through the battles, then get their own small samples of experience cannot be replicated mowing down AAA hitters, regardless of how successful they might be. Bring ’em up when they’re ready and get ’em going. I’m on board. Paul Byrd is soooo good at this. Great fun here. "The whole thing doesn't fit if I talk like an American."@PeterMoylan schooling @PaulByrd36 on Aussie lingo is worth your time. pic.twitter.com/wm0caU8FnA — FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) June 26, 2018 The whole Byrd/Moylan interview – wonderfully entertaining: So, the Rays defeat the Nits 1 zip, third straight loss for Schurzer… who would have thunk it? Baseball is weird alright. So, the Nits fall another 1/2 game behind the Braves and the Frillies face the Yankees again tonight prior to the boys from DC coming in to the City of Brotherly Love for a four game set. The best scenario? Phils lose tonight and then split the series with Washington while the Braves win the next seven in a row… yeah, that’ll do it… #Braves optioned Lucas Sims to Triple-A following last nights game and recalled Matt Wisler. — 680 The Fan & 93.7FM (@680TheFan) June 26, 2018 Predictable. They need someone capable of giving them some innings. Wisler fits the bill. I just hope he can give us some good innings. Snit says Arodys Vizcaino is progressing and playing catch. He will travel with the #Braves to St Louis, throw off the mound and if all goes well, could come off the DL on Saturday or Sunday. https://www.westernjournal.com/wc/iglesias-martin-become-us-citizens-before-tigers-game/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=TeaParty&utm_campaign=ttp&utm_content=2018-06-26 Quite awesome indeed. Thanks for that link, CL. Now they just need RAJ to fly to St. Louis on Friday and meet them there. The Stripers will be in Charlotte; they have a nice airport there. Had a bad feeling about Anibal prior to this game. Just did. Wish u had been wrong about it. Just glad they made the move for Wisler, who can give them multiple innings. Wish I had been wrong. Fat thumbs and phone keyboard. Bad mix. Good morning…. So, the real problem with the Braves appears to be the old bug-a-boo which has plagued the team for years now. Being unable to cash in on scoring opportunities. The return of Acuna should alleviate some of that. After all, when your pinch hitting options consist of Flaherty and Bourjos. I also think Freddie’s wrist is bothering him, it goes back to the awkward slide at the plate a week ago. I think he jammed it. Fortunately, Anibal’s injury was just a cramp, but it knocked him out of the game. And it’s a perfect example of what makes me skiddish about him. He’s like a cool classic car. He has his heyday, and what made him attractive then makes him still attractive now. But with the amount of miles on his chassis, he’s susceptible to something breaking down, even if it’s just needing another quart of oil. Stylish, but high maintenance. I am quite appreciative of what he has brought to this team, especially in the clubhouse. But I also recognize he cannot remain in the rotation if we truly want to make a push through September into October baseball. What complicates it is Mike Soroka’s shoulder and Julio’s inconsistency. We’ve seen what Soroka can do when healthy, and I’m not one to push him now – as a 20 year old – and take a chance on derailing a very promising career. Back to the car analogy… that’d be like ignoring the fact that my car is in serious need of an oil change. If I ignore it now, I can reduce the life of my engine from 250K to about 100K. And until we figure out what’s wrong with Julio’s tie rod, we may just keep veering off the road. Pitching is the key to both regular season and post-season success. You only need 3 good ones in October, but you have to get to October. I’m not confident that our current fleet will get us that far. The return of Acuna should alleviate some of that. Yes. And soon… like now. Kolby Allard last night, courtesy of Tony Schiavone: Allard (L, 5-3) pitched well, but saw his 10 game quality start streak come to an end. He went 5.2 innings with four hits, three earned runs and two walks allowed, and matched his season-high with eight strikeouts. Between the bottom of the first and the bottom of the sixth, Allard allowed only one runner to reach base, and at one time retired 11 in a row. As I understand it, Norfolk scored the deciding 2 runs with 2 outs in the 6th inning when a long fly ball fell just out of the reach of CF Michael Reed, scoring 2 runners. Reportedly it was just inches out of Reed’s reach, and occurred with 2 outs. Another example of how the game is a game of inches. If Reed had been able to get one more step on the ball, we might be talking about how Allard held another team at bay while extending his QS streak to 11. Funny that the tone of the report was that Allard had a bad outing, yet he notched another 11 K’s over 5.2 IP, and yielded only 4 H and 3 ER. I think the Atlanta team might have won with that effort from their starter last night. But as Gil pointed out, if you can’t get a needed hit with RISP, you aren’t going to win anyway. The Bravos did have their chances despite the pitching challenges. Oh… and be aware of the early start to today’s game. Noon I believe. It’s one of the rare days when I have to be on the road with my job, so I’ll have it dialed in on the radio. Anibal’s injury was just a cramp Summer in Georgia… what is it that athletes don’t understand it is all about hydrate, hydrate, hydrate… Not just the day of the game but days ahead of the game. Gatorade only works when you partake of it properly… And stay away from energy drinks…. The Braves have promoted RH reliever Wes Parsons from Gwinnett. They haven't announced their corresponding move. Snit initially said he didn't think they needed help today. But it appears they decided to create bullpen depth by bringing up Parsons for at least one day This requires a 40-man roster move as Parsons has to be added; no corresponding move has been announced yet. BTW- Parsons must have been made aware of it last night since the Stripers are in Norfolk, VA right now and today’s Braves game is an early one. I imagine he’s already at STP. He had been scheduled to start for Gwinnett today, so he’s rested. This will be his ML debut. The 25-year-old right-hander owns a 2.10 ERA in 64 1/3 innings pitched between Double-A and Triple-A this season. https://t.co/SEyyOYlLmh Parsons joined the Braves as an undrafted FA in 2012, and has slowly worked his way up the ladder. He has at times been a Top 30 prospect, but was edged off the list with the recent influx of top talent. He has worked mostly as a starter, but has also come out of the pen some, even earning 3 Saves last year. I imagine he’s just insurance against another short outing from today’s starter (Newk). Biggest reason they selected Parsons? Probably because he’s throwing strikes, allowing just 2.9 BBs per 9 IP this season. His K/BB rate is 2.90. He’s also not giving up alot of HRs, averaging less than 1 (0.6) per 9 IP. Wisler was been optioned to create the 25-man roster spot, which is not a surprise since he pitched 2.1 innings last night and would not be available today. They’ll still need to make another move to create the 40-man spot. Candidate for DFA is LHP Chad Bell, whom the Braves claimed off waivers from DET a couple of weeks ago and assigned to AAA. In fact, you can bet that the move won’t come from the active roster or they would have not sent Wisler back to AAA to create the 25-man spot. It almost has to be Bell unless they’ve given up on Jason Hursh or Chase Whitley. I gotta think Bell is the guy. DOB: Braves expect to activate Ronald Acuna for Friday game at St. Louis as long as he feels fine after playing again today for Gwinnett. Thank you Lord!! Ronald Acuña will play nine innings again with Triple-A Gwinnett today. Barring any setbacks, the #Braves are optimistic he will come off the DL Friday in St Louis. Team wanted to make sure there was no soreness after playing all nine back to back days for the first time. Full explanation. In order to make room on the 40-man roster, the club transferred RHP Mike Soroka to the 60-day disabled list. Whoa… more serious than we thought methinks… While not great news about the health of Soroka, I applaud the Braves brain trust for not trashing another young pitcher’s career like the did with James, Boyer et all… Soroka was transferred to the 60-day DL to make room for Parsons. Soroka's shoulder didn't respond after he recently missed a month. So, there was already an assumption he was going to be sidelined close to two months during his current DL stint. I suppose this should not come as a big surprise after 2 DL stints for the same problem. As Gil said, best to deal with it now. Should change the trade strategy of A-Train too. He has to be looking at starters again along with relievers. I expect him to be active once the calendar turns. And if the news isn’t bad enough with Mike Soroka, Ozzie is out of the lineup today with a “sore toe” after taking a low slider of it last night. We need to all pray that it’s just a bruise and nothing more serious. As for Soroka, A-Train clarified the plan this morning. He stated that the MRI is fine, they are just shutting him down completely for 30 days to fully rest the shoulder, then ramping him back up for the remaining 30 days. He’s expected to rejoin the team in late August… or more likely when rosters expand on September 1. I can buy that. Thoppy also reiterated that RAJ will be back this weekend as long as he doesn’t experience any soreness following today’s game. RAJ has already proclaimed himself ready to go. 2day’s lineup: Bummer… I cannot help but think back to the time when the Braves traded for Texiera but had such a leaky bullpen that they could never score enough runs to assure victory. BAH! A Freddie continues to falter. Three punch out today… SIGH! You all know me… I’m the most positive person around Stuffville. Well, I’m positive that the bullpen is a major weakness, and I’m positive it will prove to be what takes us down if it’s not addressed. I’m not even sure Thoppy can continue to measure until closer to the deadline. Here’s how I react when each of our relievers come into a game, including Viz who should be back in a few days, and excluding Parsons who was already informed he’s heading back to AAA: Viz, I’m confident AJ Minter, I’m confident Dan Winkler, I’m confident Shane Carle, I’m fairly confident Sam Freeman, I am praying Jesse Biddle, I’m confident Peter Moylan, I’m praying Luke Jackson, I’m sad that he’s had to be called upon again We desperately need 3 things to happen, and to happen soon. #1, we need Luiz Gohara to get his head back on straight and help us out in middle innings. Who would you have rather seen come into yesterday’s 7th inning – Sam Freeman or Luiz Gohara? ‘Nuff said. #2, we need to give up on Luke Jackson, whom we know is never going to be any better, and swap him out for Max Fried, who actually has real potential. Unless Fried’s being preserved as a starter for trade purposes, go ahead and move him into a role where he can contribute now. His most likely role in ATL is in the pen anyway. He’s not starting over Newk, Folty, Soroka, Allard, Julio, Gohara, etc. See what I mean? He’s be a heckuva lot better in this pen than Jackson, who has already passed cleanly by all 29 other teams through waivers twice this season. That means not only does nobody else want him, apparently we don’t either. Yet here he is. #3, we need AA to make a deal for a reliever and show both the team and the fans that management is serious about 2018. The longer he waits, the more he shakes the faith of the faithful. Instead of taking 2 of 3 from each respective league’s cellar dweller, we lost both series. We could be sitting today 5 game up on the 2nd place Phils and 5 1/2 game up on the Nats. Instead we’re allowing them to stay close while we go on a 10 game road trip against 3 of the best teams in baseball. Want to really make a commitment, go to Oakland and deal for both closer Blake Treinen and 3B Jed Lowrie. Lowrie is having a really solid year at the plate and is only signed through the end of this season and would not block the incoming Austin Riley. Treinen would either be our closer or a solid lock down 8th inning guy. We need both. Having Winkler/Minter/Treinen/Viz at the back end of the bullpen shortens the game. Want to really make a splash, go to TEX and deal for their closer Keone Kela and 3B Adrian Beltre. That would put all of baseball on notice that we’re serious about contending for a title. The flamethrowing Kela is 20/20 in save opportunities, is controllable through 2021, and is on the block because TEX is in a position with him in similar fashion to the way the Braves were with Kimbrel a few years ago. What good does it do to have a top closer when you’re a losing team? And they’d do Beltre a real solid favor by letting him go to a contender rather than languish on a loser. Can you imagine him hitting in the cleanup spot in our order? There are already rumblings that the Braves are interested in Beltre. Alone he won’t even bring back a top 100 guy. But I’d much rather see them go for the ring and snag Kela too. That’d be a major coup. More cracks in my rose colored glasses, this time from the everyday 8: Ozzie missed yesterday with a “badly bruised” left big toe that took the full impact of a low-90’s slider from Matt Harvey on Tuesday. The team assured us that he was OK, yet they were having further tests done after Ozzie came in yesterday badly limping. Is it just a bruise? I haven’t heard any official clarification as of yet. Courtesy of AJC: “We treated (Albies) all day today, we’ll get him again (Thursday) morning before we leave,” Snitker said after Wednesday’s game. “If he needs a couple of days (more rest) in St. Louis, he does. But it’s something that, the day after things are a lot more sore than the night of.” Ender was pulled in the middle of the game after feeling a “twinge” in his oblique. The dreaded oblique strikes gain. Snit says he’s fine and they were just being cautious. I call BS on that one. We’ve seen the oblique demon strike too many times. I’m really worried about this one. Courtesy of AJC: “He felt something in his oblique. It was kind of a ‘shadow’ type thing,” Snitker said. “He just mentioned it and as soon as he mentioned it I’m not going to take any chances, because I don’t want (him) taking a swing. I think he could have played but it’s just one of those things you don’t want to take a chance with. And again, he’s day-to-day, tomorrow he’ll get treatment, he should be fine.” Good thing we’re getting RAJ back Friday. He can play CF. He can even lead off. I suppose we can get by with the rotation of Culberson/Santana in LF, but contending teams don’t “get by” in LF. They just don’t. Hey Vee, I hi-jacked your previous post for a new blog lead. It was too good not to share to a wider audience. As for the injury bug, well, it is what separates the good teams from the also rans. Having the depth to overcome injuries. Now from the sunny side of the street: Isn’t it great that these are the things we’re sweating this year? Isn’t it amazing how our expectations have changed dramatically? I DO like that. I’m thankful for today’s off day. It may be the most needed off day this season. The off day combined with travel probably means it’ll be a slow news day, too. At least St Louis is a team in much the same position as the Braves. Middling along treading water as the strive to regroup. Bowman: The Braves have officially activated Acuna, who will take Parsons’ roster spot. They were also able to bring Wisler back because McCarthy (knee tendinitis) has been placed on the 10-day DL Holy cow. Our starters are going down faster than soccer floppers… Ha ha ha… even better… OK, on a much more serious note, how have I not heard about this before now? This directly affects Braves fans in the Fox Sports South region. In fact, it directly affects the Atlanta Braves/Hawks/United TV network deals in general. https://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/news/2018/06/28/feds-approve-disney-fox-deal-but-with-a-wrinkle.html Now I’m looking at our rotation and thinking: #1, Julio Teheran, just came off the DL for shoulder soreness. #2, Folty, just came off the DL for triceps tightness #3, Newk, thank God for Newk #4, Anibal Sanchez, just left a game early with calf cramps; been on the DL already for leg problems #5, Matt Wisler, cannot even express on a family friendly forum what I want to say about typing his name here The Braves have not announced who will start Saturday's game, but it looks like it will be Fried. So, they'll need to make another roster move within the next two days. That makes me feel a little better. Wisler is here as a long relief option only. On a radio interview happening now, Thoppy says ideally he’d like to improve in 3 areas: he’d like to add to the offense (in other words, 3B), he’d like to acquire a reliever, he’d like to add a “front line” starter. He commented that he may not be able to address all three of the areas, and that they have to be prioritized not only by team need, but also by return cost. He all but said that he’ll continue to wait as the cost of all trades improves as the calendar moves closer to the deadline. One thing he said was, “Are there trades we could make right now that would improve our team? Yes. But they would make all Braves fans angry in what they would cost in terms of prospects.” More highlights: RAJ feels fine and will be activated Friday. No word on either Ender or Ozzie. And don’t expect any until tomorrow. “Kolby Allard can be up at any time. He’s prepared to be here. He’s at the top of the list” … but still exploring to improve from outside the organization to improve depth. On ESPN hemorrhaging viewers… Well yeah, when you alienate over half of your fan base by calling them racist and Nazis, what do you expect? On trades… No one is going to allow the Braves to pick their pockets anymore. If you don’t want to give up your prospects, you better count on spending in the free agent market. have to put him on the 40 man roster though….. True Ber but the Braves will have to do that with anyone the get outside the organization too. Good point Gil… I wonder if there is “Concern” about starting so many clocks so early, so to speak. Acuna should give the team a real spark…how well the team plays up to the all star break will of course help the team decide how much help it should try to get. All teams are going to need bullpen help, and even teams that don’t will want to get another arm or two. To help them and keep rivals from getting said arms. did ya know Evan Gattis has driven in 30 RBI’s in June? Astros franchise record… on a pace for 12 HR’s 129 RBI’s and has a….252 BA . has drive in 54 RBI’s so far this year, 55 RBIs all of last year! All of which explains why I voted for Evan to be the DH for the AL All-stars…. Oh, and Ber, NEW BLOG UP…. 396 Carolina Lady July 14, 2018 at 10:20 am “I can’t tell you how many times I've gone through the content of my speech, and just … waterworks start flowing, because it means so much to me.” — @RealCJ10 on preparing for his moment at the podium at @baseballhall induction ceremony.@Braves \| #ChopOn pic.twitter.com/MF4whWylsG — FOX Sports: Braves (@FOXSportsBraves) July 13, 2018 397 Carolina Lady July 15, 2018 at 3:22 pm Just love the respect shown to #10 here by this NY paper! https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUZ5OC-VQAEzip_.jpg:large Thoughts on this guy? http://m.mlb.com/player/607457/kyle-barraclough Leave a Reply to Vox O'Reasoñ Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418617
__label__wiki	0.816781	0.816781	Singer R Kelly apparently got hit with 11 new sexual assault charges US singer and songwriter, R Kelly, has seen 11 felony sexual crime charges filed against him, and his lawyer says the charges are old and a refiling from an existing case. The R&B star is currently out on bail. 52-year-old Robert Kelly, known to the world as R Kelly had been facing 10 felony counts for alleged abuse that were filed in February. On the 30th, Chicago prosecutors filled 11 felony sexual crime charges against him, but his lawyer says the charges are nothing new and from an existing case, as reported on by TimesLIVE. R Kelly insists that he is innocent and that those accusing him is lying, according to CBS News. "I didn't do this stuff. This not me." "Whether they're old rumours, new rumours, future rumours, not true." Kelly's lawyer, Steve Greenberg, stated that the charges are from one of the alleged victims who already made accusations, they are simply charged differently now. "R Kelly was not charged with a new case. He was recharged in an existing case, same alleged victim and time (a decade ago). It changes nothing." READ ALSO: Keith Martin reveals his first wife divorced him because of Arsenal Briefly.co.za gathered that the charges are connected to the 2010 alleged abuse and sexual assault of a person whose identity is unknown - court documents identify the person simply as JP. A report by IOL News indicates that the charges are for the sexual abuse of a child between the ages of 13 and 16. According to American media, Kelly will appear in court on the 6th of June. Telkom data deals Unisa mylife Enatis online booking 'Scandal' fans are wondering if gorgeous Shado is possibly a psycho	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418620
__label__wiki	0.776738	0.776738	BTI Researchers Discover Compound that Speeds BTI Researchers Discover Compound that Speeds Sexual Development and Decline by Aaron J. Bouchie \| Aug 9, 2019 The cover of the August 2019 issue of Nature Chemical Biology, showing adult male (aqua colored) and hermaphrodite (magenta colored) Caenorhabditis elegans. Image: Erin Z. Aprison. Cover Design: Erin Dewalt. Every day, people are exposed to myriad chemicals, both natural and synthetic. Some of these compounds may affect human physical development, but testing them directly on people would be grossly unethical. To get around this dilemma, researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute used Caenorhabditis elegans, a soil roundworm, to show that tiny amounts of natural compounds can dramatically influence time to sexual maturity and lifespan. As described in the August issue of Nature Chemical Biology, researchers from BTI Professor Frank Schroeder’s lab and Ilya Ruvinsky’s lab at Northwestern University discovered that a compound excreted by male worms – and to a lesser extent by their hermaphrodite counterparts – speeds egg-laying and hastens the death of the hermaphrodites. While the discovery was made in C. elegans, humans and other animals make similar compounds and possess similar molecular pathways. “That means that in humans, too, tiny amounts of small molecules from the environment, produced by microbes in our bodies, or taken up as a side effect of social interactions could affect the timing of puberty and pace of our decline,” said Schroeder. The work was initiated by Andreas Ludewig, a research associate in the Schroeder lab, who had previously found that a high population density of worms accelerated development and reduced lifespan of hermaphrodites. In parallel, Ruvinsky’s group had found that males caused a similar effect. The two groups joined forces and discovered the compound responsible, an N-acylated glutamine called nacq#1. The researchers found extremely low concentrations of nacq#1, down to 10 picomolar, shortened the amount of time needed for worms to reach sexual maturity. As a result of earlier maturity, the worms laid 30% more eggs on the first day of egg laying, which, under some environmental conditions, can be a significant advantage for a species with a lifecycle of only about two weeks. Additionally, nacq#1 triggered hibernating C. elegans to “wake up”, and thus might also act as a signal that the environment has sufficient resources for the worms to grow and reproduce. Notably, nacq#1 also significantly reduced worm lifespans by about one-sixth (13.6 vs. 16.3 days). “The results suggest a tradeoff between the animals’ investment into reproductive success at the expense of longevity, a relationship that is fine-tuned by small molecules in response to changes in the environment,” said Schroeder. The researchers further determined that C. elegans detect nacq#1 with their chemosensory organs, which are analogous to a nose or taste buds, and then the compound turns on a molecular signaling pathway that triggers hormone receptors on the surface of cells’ nuclear membranes. “Nuclear hormone receptors regulate the expression of genes,” said Ludewig. “This particular subfamily of receptors has been highly conserved throughout evolutionary history, and include receptors in humans like the vitamin D receptor and the liver X receptor that coordinate vertebrate development.” Additionally, the structure of nacq#1 is similar to numerous compounds that exist in many animals, including a compound in human sweat. Because nacq#1 and its related nuclear receptors are so similar between C. elegans and humans, miniscule amounts of small molecules could similarly impact human development and lifespan. “Over the past 150 years, people have been entering puberty earlier and earlier,” said Ludewig. “No one knows the reason for this trend, but it is likely caused by environmental stimuli.” The researchers’ next steps will be to identify the remaining parts of the molecular pathway that connects sensory perception of nacq#1 and nuclear hormone receptors, identify the genes that nacq#1 perception turns on and off, and examine the role of similar molecules in other species. In addition to his position at BTI, Schroeder is a Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University. The research was supported in part by National Institutes of Health grants R01GM113692, R01GM088290, T32GM008500 and R01GM126125, and by National Science Foundation (NSF) grants IOS-1708518 and IOS-1755244. CITATION: Ludewig, A.H., Artyukhin, A.B., Aprison, E.Z., Rodrigues, P.R., Pulido, D.C., Burkhardt, R.N., Panda, O., Zhang, Y.K., Gudibanda, P., Ruvinsky, I. and Schroeder, F.C., 2019. An excreted small molecule promotes C. elegans reproductive development and aging. Nature chemical biology, 15(8), pp.838-845. Support BTI Science! BTI is hiring! Review open positions. 533 Tower Rd. contact@btiscience.org	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418623
__label__wiki	0.532783	0.532783	Canuck Law Comparative Law & Legal Systems (Redpilling Future Nationalists) Canadian Bills Canadian Decisions Canadian Only Canadian Comparative Canadian Policy Ideas Regions #1 Types of Law #1 Globalism/International Identity/Religion Smuggling and Trafficking Tort/Contract Voting Process Nationalist/Governing Dishonourable Mentions Satire/Parody General Interviews Political Interviews Category: Civil Calgary 3.0: Challenge To Proposed UN Parliament (Canada’s Federal Courts Website) (Topic Previously Covered by Canuck Law) Check toolbar on right for globalism links (under counter). PETITION E-1906 (UN Global Migration Compact): CLICK HERE PETITION E-2012 (UN Global Parliament) CLICK HERE All personal court appearances are under “BLOG” (1) Challenge to UN Global Migration Compact dismissed in Calgary, however Court rules that it is not intended to be a legally binding contract. (2) Challenge launched to close loophole in Canada/US Safe 3rd Country Agreement CLICK HERE, for a very interesting page on free speech in Canada (links included). Here is a portion of what is going to the Federal Court of Canada: REMEDY SOUGHT (a) To issue a permanent, binding injunction against the Federal Government ever participating in such a United Nations Parliament or other ”World Government” scheme on the grounds it violates the laws cited above (b) To find that any such actions in furtherance of this scheme are unconstitutional. Alternatively an order that: (c) To rule that any such measure would require the following forms of consent: I/ Vote from the Federal House of Commons II/ Vote from the Senate III/ Signature of the Prime Minister IV/ Royal Assent from the Governor General V/ A nationwide referendum on this issue with 75% majority VI/ 7 of 10 Provinces (with 50%+ population) affirming Note, should that alternative be ordered, it is asked that the court also rule for (c), that any Province or Municipality that wishes to opt out may do so. Written submissions For challenge to UN Parliament Part I: Jurisdiction Part II: Issues Part III: Facts Part IV: Law Part V: Authorities Part VI: Order Sought Under Section 18 of the Federal Courts Act, and Section 300/301 of Federal Court Rules, the Federal Court of Canada has jurisdiction to hear such an application. Federal Court also has jurisdiction to issue an injunction under Rule 18(1)(a) and 18(3) of Federal Courts Act ” 18 (1) Subject to section 28, the Federal Court has exclusive original jurisdiction (a) to issue an injunction, writ of certiorari, writ of prohibition, writ of mandamus or writ of quo warranto, or grant declaratory relief, against any federal board, commission or other tribunal; Remedies to be obtained on application (3) The remedies provided for in subsections (1) and (2) may be obtained only on an application for judicial review made under section 18.1. Rule 303(2) in Federal Court Rules states that in an application for judicial review (which an extension of time is sought here), where no person can be named, the Attorney General of Canada shall be named as a Respondent. Since there is no ”single person” who is responsible for this mess, the Attorney General of Canada shall be named as a Defendant Seven questions to consider First: Does the proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government), violate the 1867-1982 Constitution Act, which requires the Government of Canada to provide, “Peace, Order and Good Government” and makes no provision for abdication of that duty to supra-national bodies? Second: Does the proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government) violate the 1982 Constitution Act, which states that it is the supreme law of Canada, and that any laws that any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect.” Third: Considering that this would add a new layer of Government to Canada, would this violate Sections 91 and 92 of the Consitution, which separate Federal and Provincial Jurisdictions? Fourth: Does the proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government), require a constitutional amendment (Part V, Section 38 of the Constitution) that would require consent of: (a) The House of Commons (b) The Senate (c) 7 of 10 Provinces, consisting of 50%+ of the population Fifth: Does the proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government) violate Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which ensure all Canadians the right to participate in their democracy? Sixth: Given some of the initiatives the UN proposes, such as internet regulation and free speech restrictions, would these violate Canadians’ fundamental freedoms, enshrined in Section 2 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and explicitly affirmed in Section 32? Seventh: Would the proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government), violate Part II, Section 35 of the Constitution of Canada, which enshrines Aboriginal Rights? The United Nations (UN) is a globalist body which more and more is taking rights and sovereignty away from individual nation states Since 2007, there has been an initiative by high ranking politicians and former politicians of ”UN Countries” to form a United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (UNPA). Dozens of current Canadian MPs, including Liberal, NDP, PM Justin Trudeau, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May have all endorsed such a World Gov’t (Exhibit B) As shown by screenshots (Exhibit A) from the website, the goal is explicitly to form LEGALLY BINDING decisions. This would in effect reduce nations to mere ”States” or ”Provinces” of the UN. Other initiatives by the UN include A/ Internet governance (digital cooperation) B/ Global ban on blasphemy (criticism of Islam) C/ Gender language agenda D/ Global MIgration Compact (258M economic migrants) E/ Paris Accord (carbon taxes) F/ UN Global Citizenship Education G/ Encouraging repatriation of Islamic terrorists H/ Right to abortion (even for children) I/ Agenda 21 (June 1992) J/ Agenda 2030 (September 2015) K/ Urban Development Agenda This is only a partial list. But if this proposed UN Parliamentary Assembly (World Government) were ever to take place, all of these ”non-legally binding” initiatives will become ”legally-binding”. Canadians have never been asked to vote on such a matter, either at the Municipal, Provincial or Federal level. The Government of Canada (nor any Gov’t) has no legal or moral mandate to enact such a proposal. Canadians have never participated in any sort of national referendum to guage interest and approval of such an idea. Canadians have never had the sort of public debate necessary to give an informed and intelligent response to such a proposed World Government. Part IV: Relevant Laws The proposed United Nations Parliamentary Assembly (World Government) should be rejected because it violates a number of Constitutional provisions. Here are some of them: (a) Section 2 of Charter: Fundamental Freedoms (b) Section 3 of Charter: Right to participate in democracy (c) Section 32 of Charter: Applicability (d) Part II, Section 35 of Constitution, Aboriginal rights (e) Part V, Section 38 of Constitution, amending Constitution (f) Part VII, Section 52 of Constitution, primacy of Constitution (g) Part VI: Section 91 & 92 of Constitution, distribution of powers FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS (S2) (a) Fundamental Freedoms Marginal note: Everyone has the following fundamental freedoms: (a) freedom of conscience and religion; (b) freedom of thought, belief, opinion and expression, including freedom of the press and other media of communication; (c) freedom of peaceful assembly; and (d) freedom of association. DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS (S3) Democratic Rights Democratic rights of citizens Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein. APPLICATION OF THE CHARTER (S32) Application of Charter (1) This Charter applies (a) to the Parliament and government of Canada in respect of all matters within the authority of Parliament including all matters relating to the Yukon Territory and Northwest Territories; and (b) to the legislature and government of each province in respect of all matters within the authority of the legislature of each province. ABORIGINAL RIGHTS (S35) RIGHTS OF THE ABORIGINAL PEOPLES OF CANADA Recognition of existing aboriginal and treaty rights (1) The existing aboriginal and treaty rights of the aboriginal peoples of Canada are hereby recognized and affirmed. Definition of “aboriginal peoples of Canada” (2) In this Act, “aboriginal peoples of Canada” includes the Indian, Inuit and Métis peoples of Canada. Land claims agreements (3) For greater certainty, in subsection (1) “treaty rights” includes rights that now exist by way of land claims agreements or may be so acquired. PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING CONSTITUTION (S38) PROCEDURE FOR AMENDING CONSTITUTION OF CANADA (101) General procedure for amending Constitution of Canada (1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by (a) resolutions of the Senate and House of Commons; and (b) resolutions of the legislative assemblies of at least two-thirds of the provinces that have, in the aggregate, according to the then latest general census, at least fifty per cent of the population of all the provinces. Majority of members (2) An amendment made under subsection (1) that derogates from the legislative powers, the proprietary rights or any other rights or privileges of the legislature or government of a province shall require a resolution supported by a majority of the members of each of the Senate, the House of Commons and the legislative assemblies required under subsection (1). Expression of dissent (3) An amendment referred to in subsection (2) shall not have effect in a province the legislative assembly of which has expressed its dissent thereto by resolution supported by a majority of its members prior to the issue of the proclamation to which the amendment relates unless that legislative assembly, subsequently, by resolution supported by a majority of its members, revokes its dissent and authorizes the amendment. PRIMACY OF CONSTITUTION (S52) Primacy of Constitution of Canada (1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect. Constitution of Canada (2) The Constitution of Canada includes (a) the Canada Act 1982, including this Act; (b) the Acts and orders referred to in the schedule; and (c) any amendment to any Act or order referred to in paragraph (a) or (b). Amendments to Constitution of Canada (3) Amendments to the Constitution of Canada shall be made only in accordance with the authority contained in the Constitution of Canada. DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS (S91/S92) VI. DISTRIBUTION OF LEGISLATIVE POWERS Powers of the Parliament Legislative Authority of Parliament of Canada It shall be lawful for the Queen, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate and House of Commons, to make Laws for the Peace, Order, and good Government of Canada, in relation to all Matters not coming within the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces; and for greater Certainty, but not so as to restrict the Generality of the foregoing Terms of this Section, it is hereby declared that (notwithstanding anything in this Act) the exclusive Legislative Authority of the Parliament of Canada extends to all Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say, Repealed. (44) The Public Debt and Property. (45) The Regulation of Trade and Commerce. Unemployment insurance. (46) The raising of Money by any Mode or System of Taxation. And any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section shall not be deemed to come within the Class of Matters of a local or private Nature comprised in the Enumeration of the Classes of Subjects by this Act assigned exclusively to the Legislatures of the Provinces. (47) Exclusive Powers of Provincial Legislatures Subjects of exclusive Provincial Legislation In each Province the Legislature may exclusively make Laws in relation to Matters coming within the Classes of Subjects next hereinafter enumerated; that is to say, Direct Taxation within the Province in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial Purposes. The borrowing of Money on the sole Credit of the Province. The Establishment and Tenure of Provincial Offices and the Appointment and Payment of Provincial Officers. The Management and Sale of the Public Lands belonging to the Province and of the Timber and Wood thereon. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Public and Reformatory Prisons in and for the Province. The Establishment, Maintenance, and Management of Hospitals, Asylums, Charities, and Eleemosynary Institutions in and for the Province, other than Marine Hospitals. Municipal Institutions in the Province. Shop, Saloon, Tavern, Auctioneer, and other Licences in order to the raising of a Revenue for Provincial, Local, or Municipal Purposes. Local Works and Undertakings other than such as are of the following Classes: Lines of Steam or other Ships, Railways, Canals, Telegraphs, and other Works and Undertakings connecting the Province with any other or others of the Provinces, or extending beyond the Limits of the Province: Lines of Steam Ships between the Province and any British or Foreign Country: Such Works as, although wholly situate within the Province, are before or after their Execution declared by the Parliament of Canada to be for the general Advantage of Canada or for the Advantage of Two or more of the Provinces. The Incorporation of Companies with Provincial Objects. The Solemnization of Marriage in the Province. Property and Civil Rights in the Province. The Administration of Justice in the Province, including the Constitution, Maintenance, and Organization of Provincial Courts, both of Civil and of Criminal Jurisdiction, and including Procedure in Civil Matters in those Courts. The Imposition of Punishment by Fine, Penalty, or Imprisonment for enforcing any Law of the Province made in relation to any Matter coming within any of the Classes of Subjects enumerated in this Section. Generally all Matters of a merely local or private Nature in the Province. Sections 91 and 92 have no provision for any supra-national body to interfere with this distribution of powers. Note that ”Parliamentary Perogative” does not apply here, since the proposed Gobal Government is not a treaty BETWEEN governments. Rather, it would dissolve nations in favour of a supra-national body, Reference re Senate Reform, [2014] 1 SCR 704, 2014 SCC 32 (CanLII) (S38) CLICK HERE, for full text of decision. Sibbeston v. Canada (Attorney-General), 1988 CanLII 5673 (NWT CA) (S52) Irwin Toy Ltd. v. Quebec (Attorney General), [1989] 1 SCR 927, 1989 CanLII 87 (SCC) (S2) CLICK HERE, for the full text of decision. Figueroa v. Canada (Attorney General), [2003] 1 S.C.R. 912 (S3) CLICK HERE, for decision, view para 27, 30, 31. 2 cases on Aboriginal duty to consult: Haida Nation v. British Columbia (Minister of Forests), [2004] 3 SCR 511, 2004 SCC 73 (CanLII) (S35) (1) CLICK HERE, for full text of decision. (2) Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), [2004] 3 SCR 550, 2004 SCC 74 (CanLII) (S35) (a) The General Amending Procedure [33] Section 38 of the Constitution Act, 1982 provides: 38. (1) An amendment to the Constitution of Canada may be made by proclamation issued by the Governor General under the Great Seal of Canada where so authorized by (4) A resolution of dissent made for the purposes of subsection (3) may be revoked at any time before or after the issue of the proclamation to which it relates. [34] The process set out in s. 38 is the general rule for amendments to the Constitution of Canada. It reflects the principle that substantial provincial consent must be obtained for constitutional change that engages provincial interests. Section 38 codifies what is colloquially referred to as the “7/50” procedure — amendments to the Constitution of Canada must be authorized by resolutions of the Senate, the House of Commons, and legislative assemblies of at least seven provinces whose population represents, in the aggregate, at least half of the current population of all the provinces. Additionally, it grants to the provinces the right to “opt out” of constitutional amendments that derogate from “the legislative powers, the proprietary rights or any other rights or privileges of the legislature or government of a province”. [6] The respondent’s amended petition cannot be pursued under principles of Canadian constitutional practice that must now be regarded as established. They include the political reality that it is the people of Canada, expressing their political will through the joint constitutional authority of the Parliament of Canada and the elected legislative assemblies of the provinces, who are sovereign in the delineation of federal-provincial power-sharing under the Constitution of Canada. Beyond that no segment of the Constitution of Canada, including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, is paramount to other segments, or indeed the balance, of the Constitution. The Constitution “as a whole” is Canada’s supreme law. [7] Section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1982, provides: 52(1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect. (a) the Canada Act, 1982, including this Act; [8] Section 52 espouses the equality of its components including amendments. Charter scrutiny could not have been reserved by its drafters: Reference re an Act to Amend the Education Act (Ontario) (1987), 1987 CanLII 65 (SCC), 40 D.L.R. (4th) 18, [1987] 1 S.C.R. 1148, 77 N.R. 241. [9] The Constitution Act, 1982, also provides: 32(1) This Charter applies C.The Second Step: Was the Purpose or Effect of the Government Action to Restrict Freedom of Expression? Having found that the plaintiff’s activity does fall within the scope of guaranteed free expression, it must next be determined whether the purpose or effect of the impugned governmental action was to control attempts to convey meaning through that activity. The importance of focussing at this stage on the purpose and effect of the legislation is nowhere more clearly stated than in R. v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985 CanLII 69 (SCC), [1985] 1 S.C.R. 295, at pp. 331-32 where Dickson J. (as he then was), speaking for the majority, observed: In my view, both purpose and effect are relevant in determining constitutionality; either an unconstitutional purpose or an unconstitutional effect can invalidate legislation. All legislation is animated by an object the legislature intends to achieve. This object is realized through the impact produced by the operation and application of the legislation. Purpose and effect respectively, in the sense of the legislation’s object and its ultimate impact, are clearly linked, if not indivisible. Intended and actual effects have often been looked to for guidance in assessing the legislation’s object and thus, its validity. Moreover, consideration of the object of legislation is vital if rights are to be fully protected. The assessment by the courts of legislative purpose focuses scrutiny upon the aims and objectives of the legislature and ensures they are consonant with the guarantees enshrined in the Charter. The declaration that certain objects lie outside the legislature’s power checks governmental action at the first stage of unconstitutional conduct. Further, it will provide more ready and more vigorous protection of constitutional rights by obviating the individual litigant’s need to prove effects violative of Charter rights. It will also allow courts to dispose of cases where the object is clearly improper, without inquiring into the legislation’s actual impact. CLICK HERE, for decision, view para 27. 27 An understanding of s. 3 that emphasizes the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the electoral process also is sensitive to the full range of reasons that individual participation in the electoral process is of such importance in a free and democratic society. As Dickson C.J. wrote in R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103, at p. 136: The Court must be guided by the values and principles essential to a free and democratic society which I believe embody, to name but a few, respect for the inherent dignity of the human person, commitment to social justice and equality, accommodation of a wide variety of beliefs, respect for cultural and group identity, and faith in social and political institutions which enhance the participation of individuals and groups in society. In this passage, Dickson C.J. was addressing s. 1 . Yet since reference to “a free and democratic society” is essential to an enriched understanding of s. 3 , this passage indicates that the best interpretation of s. 3 is one that advances the values and principles that embody a free and democratic state, including respect for a diversity of beliefs and opinions. Defining the purpose of s. 3 with reference to the right of each citizen to meaningful participation in the electoral process, best reflects the capacity of individual participation in the electoral process to enhance the quality of democracy in this country. 30 In the final analysis, I believe that the Court was correct in Haig, supra, to define s. 3 with reference to the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the electoral process. Democracy, of course, is a form of government in which sovereign power resides in the people as a whole. In our system of democracy, this means that each citizen must have a genuine opportunity to take part in the governance of the country through participation in the selection of elected representatives. The fundamental purpose of s. 3 , in my view, is to promote and protect the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the political life of the country. Absent such a right, ours would not be a true democracy. 31 For this reason, I cannot agree with LeBel J. that it is proper, at this stage of the analysis, to balance the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the electoral process against other democratic values, such as the aggregation of political preferences. Legislation that purports to encourage the aggregation of political preferences might advance certain collective interests, but it does not benefit all citizens, namely, those whose interests are not aggregated by the mainstream political parties. As a result, the proportionality analysis endorsed by LeBel J. clearly admits of the possibility that collective or group interests will be balanced against the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the electoral process at the infringement stage of the analysis. If the government is to interfere with the right of each citizen to play a meaningful role in the electoral process in order to advance other values, it must justify that infringement under s. 1 . Also worth noting (need a residency to vote) persons who have recently arrived in a province or territory (Reference Re Yukon Election Residency Requirements (1986), 27 D.L.R. (4th) 146 (Y.T.C.A.); Storey v. Zazelenchuk (1984), 36 Sask.R. 103 (C.A.); Olson v. Ontario (1992), 12 C.R.R. (2d) 120 (Ont.Gen.Div.); Arnold v. Ontario (Attorney General) (1987), 43 D.L.R. 4th 94 (Ont.H.Ct.) — although 6 to 12 month minimum residency requirements were justified under section 1) 26 Honourable negotiation implies a duty to consult with Aboriginal claimants and conclude an honourable agreement reflecting the claimants’ inherent rights. But proving rights may take time, sometimes a very long time. In the meantime, how are the interests under discussion to be treated? Underlying this question is the need to reconcile prior Aboriginal occupation of the land with the reality of Crown sovereignty. Is the Crown, under the aegis of its asserted sovereignty, entitled to use the resources at issue as it chooses, pending proof and resolution of the Aboriginal claim? Or must it adjust its conduct to reflect the as yet unresolved rights claimed by the Aboriginal claimants? 27 The answer, once again, lies in the honour of the Crown. The Crown, acting honourably, cannot cavalierly run roughshod over Aboriginal interests where claims affecting these interests are being seriously pursued in the process of treaty negotiation and proof. It must respect these potential, but yet unproven, interests. The Crown is not rendered impotent. It may continue to manage the resource in question pending claims resolution. But, depending on the circumstances, discussed more fully below, the honour of the Crown may require it to consult with and reasonably accommodate Aboriginal interests pending resolution of the claim. To unilaterally exploit a claimed resource during the process of proving and resolving the Aboriginal claim to that resource, may be to deprive the Aboriginal claimants of some or all of the benefit of the resource. That is not honourable. Taku River Tlingit First Nation v. British Columbia (Project Assessment Director), [2004] 3 SCR 550, 2004 SCC 74 (CanLII) 23 The Province argues that, before the determination of rights through litigation or conclusion of a treaty, it owes only a common law “duty of fair dealing” to Aboriginal peoples whose claims may be affected by government decisions. It argues that a duty to consult could arise after rights have been determined, through what it terms a “justificatory fiduciary duty”. Alternatively, it submits, a fiduciary duty may arise where the Crown has undertaken to act only in the best interests of an Aboriginal people. The Province submits that it owes the TRTFN no duty outside of these specific situations. 24 The Province’s submissions present an impoverished vision of the honour of the Crown and all that it implies. As discussed in the companion case of Haida, supra, the principle of the honour of the Crown grounds the Crown’s duty to consult and if indicated accommodate Aboriginal peoples, even prior to proof of asserted Aboriginal rights and title. The duty of honour derives from the Crown’s assertion of sovereignty in the face of prior Aboriginal occupation. It has been enshrined in s. 35(1) of the Constitution Act, 1982, which recognizes and affirms existing Aboriginal rights and titles. Section 35(1) has, as one of its purposes, negotiation of just settlement of Aboriginal claims. In all its dealings with Aboriginal peoples, the Crown must act honourably, in accordance with its historical and future relationship with the Aboriginal peoples in question. The Crown’s honour cannot be interpreted narrowly or technically, but must be given full effect in order to promote the process of reconciliation mandated by s. 35(1). 25 As discussed in Haida, what the honour of the Crown requires varies with the circumstances. It may require the Crown to consult with and accommodate Aboriginal peoples prior to taking decisions: R. v. Sparrow, 1990 CanLII 104 (SCC), [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1075, at p. 1119; R. v. Nikal, 1996 CanLII 245 (SCC), [1996] 1 S.C.R. 1013; R. v. Gladstone, 1996 CanLII 160 (SCC), [1996] 2 S.C.R. 723; Delgamuukw v. British Columbia, 1997 CanLII 302 (SCC), [1997] 3 S.C.R. 1010, at para. 168. The obligation to consult does not arise only upon proof of an Aboriginal claim, in order to justify infringement. That understanding of consultation would deny the significance of the historical roots of the honour of the Crown, and deprive it of its role in the reconciliation process. Although determining the required extent of consultation and accommodation before a final settlement is challenging, it is essential to the process mandated by s. 35(1). The duty to consult arises when a Crown actor has knowledge, real or constructive, of the potential existence of Aboriginal rights or title and contemplates conduct that might adversely affect them. This in turn may lead to a duty to change government plans or policy to accommodate Aboriginal concerns. Responsiveness is a key requirement of both consultation and accommodation. Posted on December 29, 2018 February 2, 2019 How I.C.B.C. Discriminates Against Drivers Born Out-Of-Province (I.C.B.C., which holds a monopoly on car insurance in BC) The full text for UN Global Migration Compact is RIGHT HERE. Please sign this: PETITION E-1906 CLICK HERE UN GMC Challenged In Calgary Fed Court, 300-635 8th Ave SW. Case File: T-2089-18. Filed December 6, 2018. (1) Some Background Information About the Issue (2) Written Response From I.C.B.C. Staff (3) Written Response From I.C.B.C. Lawyer Alandra Harlengton (4) What The Constitution Says On The Matter (5) About The Case: Canada Egg Market Agency v. Richardson, (1998) 3 S.C.R. (6) The Limitations Act (7) Would This Work In Court? The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (I.C.B.C.), is a government crown corporate that holds a legal monopoly on automobile insurance in the province. Although additional coverage is available privately, those wishing to legally drive must buy the $200,000 3rd party liability insurance through I.C.B.C. Needless to say, since this is a government monopoly, there is no incentive to operate efficiently, or to provide good service. Even so, they routine post huge losses. No worries, just jack up rates on the drivers. It’s a captive market. They can complain, but there is no avenue of recourse. But this article is about a specific grievance: that I.C.B.C. has different rules for drivers when it comes to calculating the base rate, SEE HERE. In short, new drivers start at a CRS of zero ”0”, and it is adjusted up or down depending on whether you have accidents, or drive claims free. But here is the difference: (a) A BC-born driver immediately begins accruing years of ”claims free driving” as soon as he/she gets a license. No experience or skill is required. If you got a license at age 16, but don’t get insured until age 30, you would begin at -14, or the maximum 43% discount. (b) A driver born in another province who moves to BC is subjected to different rules. Here, you don’t get ”claims free driving” for mere possession of a license. You can get up to 8 years from another jurisdiction, but only for time which you actually held insurance. If you came from Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, etc… you may have had a license since age 16, but will still start at 0 when you finally get insurance. Note: should you move to BC a a year or more prior to getting insurance, that time will be considered ”claims free driving”. Since simple possession of a BC license means ”experience” and of ”claims free driving” then actual experience is irrelevant. It is this double standard that is illegal. (2) Written Responses From I.C.B.C. Staff From Customer Service Rep Catherine Dixon: ”…Under the CRS system the maximum discount on compulsory basic insurance is 43 per cent, and that discount percentage applies to policies that reflect nine or more claim-free years. If you, as a new resident with a 40 per cent discount, stay claims-free for one more year, you will have the best discount on Basic, which is three percent more than the out of province entry point. “New residents” are defined as customers whose auto insurance history with insurers is outside British Columbia or when they return to British Columbia after an absence of more than eight years. Since January 1, 2001, new certificates of ICBC insurance issued to new residents are subject to the following: Each full year of being claim-free represents a five per cent discount on the base premium up to a maximum of 40 per cent. The maximum discount allowed is level -8 (40 per cent) effective the ICBC history start date. When a customer has been outside of British Columbia for more than eight years, ICBC follows the Basic Insurance Tariff, which has the force of a Regulation in the province of British Columbia. The Tariff outlines that ICBC will start from the date of the application for insurance and count backwards the number of “full chargeable claim payment free years” to a maximum of 8 years. The Tariff states that a new resident applying for a discount must provide verification letters from each previous insurer documenting a continuous record of the applicant’s coverage history. This history is a maximum of eight years and must immediately precede the date of the application for insurance in British Columbia. The Basic Insurance Tariff can be found on ICBC’s website: http://www.icbc.com/about-icbc/company-info/Documents/bcuc/basic-tariff.pdf#search=Tariff. Information on moving to British Columbia can be found on the ICBC website, at: http://www.icbc.com/autoplan/moving-insurance/Pages/Default.aspx. Ms. Dixon confirms in writing that out of province drivers are subjected to different rules. While she is careful to avoid expressing saying ”double standard”, she goes on at length to explain how I.C.B.C. treats non-BC born drivers differently. She is also careful to avoid answering the question of Sections 6 (Mobility) and 15(1) (Equality) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Those will be addressed later. CLICK HERE, for Basic Insurance Tariff From I.C.B.C. Lawyer Alandra Harlengton “….The distinct roles of ICBC and the British Columbia Utilities Commission Section 2 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 231, provides that, if the Insurance Corporation Act authorizes ICBC to operate a plan of universal compulsory vehicle insurance, ICBC must operate the plan of universal compulsory vehicle insurance in accordance with the Insurance (Vehicle) Act and regulations. The Insurance (Vehicle) Act provides ICBC the authority to establish classes and subclasses of vehicles and drivers of vehicles, and basic premiums that apply to those classes as well as premium discounts and additional premiums based on, among other things, the accident record of the owner or driver: Insurance (Vehicle) Act, ss. 34(1) and 35. The Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 473, applies to and in respect of ICBC’s rates for basic insurance as if it were a public utility, except where expressly precluded under the Insurance Corporation Act. The British Columbia Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) is a statutory body continued under s. 2 of the Utilities Commission Act. ICBC and the Commission have distinct but interrelated roles. The Commission may determine and set adequate, efficient, just and reasonable standards, practices or procedures to be used by ICBC in providing universal compulsory vehicle insurance and may order ICBC to comply with those standards, practices or procedures: Insurance Corporation Act, s. 45(2). ICBC must make available universal compulsory vehicle insurance in a manner, and in accordance with practice and procedures, that the Commission considers are in all respects adequate, efficient, just and reasonable: Insurance Corporation Act, s. 45(1). The Commission may exercise its powers and duties under the Insurance Corporation Act in relation to ICBC’s provision of universal compulsory vehicle insurance, but not in relation to the provision of insurance to any one customer: Insurance Corporation Act, s. 45(5). The rates to be applied to applications for basic insurance premiums are approved by the Commission pursuant to s. 46.2 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Act, ss. 44 and 45 of the Insurance Corporation Act, ss. 58 to 60 of the Utilities Commission Act, and the Special Direction IC2 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, B.C. Reg. 307/2004, which provides direction to the Commission regarding ICBC. The Insurance (Vehicle) Act specifically confers jurisdiction on the Commission to approve, require replacement of, or to override and replace, classes and subclasses of vehicles and drivers, basic premiums, additional premiums, and discounts for universal compulsory vehicle insurance: Insurance (Vehicle) Act, s. 46.2. The Special Direction IC2 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission, as amended, provides that, subject to certain exceptions, the Commission may not determine rates based on age, gender, or marital status (s. 3(1)(i)). Under the Insurance Corporation Act and Utilities Commission Act, an insured’s driving history is not a protected ground. As part of its mandate, the Commission is empowered to inquire into, hear and determine any application by or on behalf of any interested party or on its own motion regarding whether ICBC is administering the universal compulsory vehicle insurance in a manner that is adequate, efficient, just and reasonable. Upon doing so, the Commission may make an order granting the whole or part of the relief applied for or may grant further or other relief, as the Commission considers advisable: Insurance Corporation Act, s. 45(2); see also, Utilities Commission Act, ss. 2.1, 58, 72, 99 to 105. The rates for basic insurance premiums contained in the Basic Insurance Tariff and applied to the plaintiff were approved by the Commission, after ICBC received a direction from the Province of British Columbia to prepare and implement a basic insurance rate design plan that required ICBC to, among other things, retain the CRS until at least the 2011 rate year. ICBC cannot charge a rate for universal compulsory vehicle insurance other than the rates approved by the Commission. The Utilities Commission Act stipulates that rates approved by the Commission are the only lawful enforceable, and collectable rates of ICBC for universal compulsory insurance, and no other rate may be collected, charged, or enforced: Utilities Commission Act, s. 61(3)…” It is interesting that Ms. Harlengton goes on to ”deny” that there is any double standard of how non-BC born drivers are treated. She very explicitly denies this. She then spends a lot of time ”justifiying” why this double standard exists, citing the: 1/ Basic Insurance Tariff; 2/ Insurance Corporation Act; and 3/ Utilities Commission Act. Here’s the thing: when you start explaining why a double standard exists, you are no longer denying the double standard. Rather you are justifying it. Logically, once you start justifying an action, you are in fact admitting that action. As an example: Suppose a robber breaks into my home, and I shoot him to protect my family. I then call the police. I am not denying that I did the shooting, but rather, am justifying or explaining why it happened. Justifying involves admitting the underlying facts. And again, if all one needs for claims-free driving is a BC driver’s license, then actual experience is not needed. So a license from any province should be suitable. Enforcement of guaranteed rights and freedoms 24. (1) Anyone whose rights or freedoms, as guaranteed by this Charter, have been infringed or denied may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to obtain such remedy as the court considers appropriate and just in the circumstances. So, if you believe that other constitutional rights are being violated, under Section 24, you may seek a remedy in the courts. In this case, BC Supreme Court is the place Note #1: Even though the Civil Resolution Tribunal covers very small amounts, they will not get involved in any case that involves a government body. Note #2: Although Small Claims Court would be suitable for small amounts, they will not get involved in cases that involve questions of law. Mobility of citizens 6. (1) Every citizen of Canada has the right to enter, remain in and leave Canada. Marginal note:Rights to move and gain livelihood (2) Every citizen of Canada and every person who has the status of a permanent resident of Canada has the right (a) to move to and take up residence in any province; and (b) to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province. Marginal note:Limitation (3) The rights specified in subsection (2) are subject to (a) any laws or practices of general application in force in a province other than those that discriminate among persons primarily on the basis of province of present or previous residence; and (b) any laws providing for reasonable residency requirements as a qualification for the receipt of publicly provided social services Note, there is a specific case Canada Egg Market Agency v. Richardson, (1998) 3 S.C.R., that addresses this issue, but in an unrelated case. That will be covered in the next part. I.C.B.C also violates Section 15(1), Equality. Equality Rights Marginal note:Equality before and under law and equal protection and benefit of law 15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability. Before anyone gets fussy, the wording means this list is not exclusive, and may include other grounds. Furthermore, the Canadian Constitution is supreme over these provincial acts I.C.B.C. relies on. Here are 2 more sections, 32 and 52: 32. (1) This Charter applies 52. (1) The Constitution of Canada is the supreme law of Canada, and any law that is inconsistent with the provisions of the Constitution is, to the extent of the inconsistency, of no force or effect. Marginal note:Constitution of Canada Marginal note:Amendments to Constitution of Canada CLICK HERE, for the case of: Canada Egg Market Agency v. Richardson, (1998) 49 Section 6 of the Charter states: Mobility Rights (a) any laws or practices of general application in force in a province other than those that discriminate among persons primarily on the basis of province of present or previous residence; an (b) any laws providing for reasonable residency requirements as a qualification for the receipt of publicly provided social services. (4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration in a province of conditions of individuals in that province who are socially or economically disadvantaged if the rate of employment in that province is below the rate of employment in Canada. The scope given to these words has significant implications for the exercise of the federal and provincial powers enumerated in ss. 91 and 92 of the Constitution Act, 1867, respectively. This context makes it necessary to consider carefully the purpose and role of the mobility section, and of the Charter itself in our constitutional order. The necessity of returning to first principles is heightened by the scarcity of both jurisprudence and academic commentary on s. 6. (a) The Nature of the Right 50 The specific sections of the Charter raised in this case are s. 6(2)(b) and s. 6(3)(a). A preliminary problem is whether the two paragraphs should be read together as establishing a single right which is internally qualified, or whether, alternatively, the first paragraph establishes a self-contained right which is externally qualified by the second paragraph. Section 6(2)(b) guarantees the right to “pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province”. Section 6(3)(a) then dramatically narrows the ambit of that right, making it subject to laws of general application in the province, except those which discriminate against individuals “primarily on the basis of province of present or previous residence”. In our view, it is impossible to ascertain the purpose of the extremely broad statement in s. 6(2)(b) without importing the limitation contained in s. 6(3)(a). 51 In Malartic Hygrade Gold Mines Ltd. v. The Queen in Right of Quebec (1982), 1982 CanLII 2870 (QC CS), 142 D.L.R. (3d) 512 (Que. Sup. Ct.), the relationship between the two paragraphs is explained according to the following dialectic, at p. 521: (a) The principle: The right to pursue the gaining of a livelihood in any province; (b) The exception: This right is subject to any laws or practices of a general application in force in that province; (c) The exception to the exception: Except if these laws discriminate among persons primarily on the basis of the province of residence. On close examination, it will be observed that (b) almost entirely undermines the guarantee set out in (a); meaning, scope and purpose can only be attributed to (a) by reading it in conjunction with (c). The correctness of this general approach was recognized in both of the major Supreme Court decisions on s. 6, Law Society of Upper Canada v. Skapinker, 1984 CanLII 3 (SCC), [1984] 1 S.C.R. 357, and Black v. Law Society of Alberta, 1989 CanLII 132 (SCC), [1989] 1 S.C.R. 591. Although the circumstances of the case are quite different than I.C.B.C. and auto insurance, the principle outlined here still applies. Here, the principle would be the right of any Canadian citizen to move to any province, including that of British Columbia. The exception would be that all those wishing to drive must go through I.C.B.C., regardless of what their previous insurance rules were. The exception to the exception is that drivers new to BC would not be subjected to the ”moving to BC” guidelines that I.C.B.C. lays out, since they financially punish drivers for the crime of not being born in BC. Once more, since simply having a BC driver’s license counts as ”claims free driving”, then actual experience becomes irrelevant. What about illegal overpayments from a long time ago? Division 1 — Establishment of Basic Limitation Period Basic limitation period 6 (1) Subject to this Act, a court proceeding in respect of a claim must not be commenced more than 2 years after the day on which the claim is discovered. (2) The 2 year limitation period established under subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a court proceeding referred to in section 7. Admittedly, this is trickier. However, there are other things to consider (Note: a Court may not agree) General discovery rules 8 Except for those special situations referred to in sections 9 to 11, a claim is discovered by a person on the first day on which the person knew or reasonably ought to have known all of the following: (a) that injury, loss or damage had occurred; (b) that the injury, loss or damage was caused by or contributed to by an act or omission; (c) that the act or omission was that of the person against whom the claim is or may be made; (d) that, having regard to the nature of the injury, loss or damage, a court proceeding would be an appropriate means to seek to remedy the injury, loss or damage. Limitation periods extended if liability acknowledged 24 (1) If, before the expiry of either of the limitation periods that, under this Act, apply to a claim, a person acknowledges liability in respect of the claim, (a) the claim must not be considered to have been discovered on any day earlier than the day on which the acknowledgement is made, and (b) the act or omission on which the claim is based is deemed to have taken place on the day on which the acknowledgement is made. (2) An acknowledgement of liability in respect of a claim for interest is also an acknowledgement of liability in respect of a claim for (a) the outstanding principal, if any, and (b) interest falling due after the acknowledgement is made. Other possible arguments would involve that I.C.B.C. commits fraud (section 380 of criminal code) with their policies, or that it is a corrupt enterprise. Note: These arguments, even if they fail, does not mean the claim would not be valid, just that a person couldn’t go further back to make a claim for over payment. Difficult to say, as Judges don’t always behave in consistent or logical ways. However, consider this: THE FACTS are on the side of the non-BC born driver. I.C.B.C. admits they have different sets of rules. They justify them at great length, but then deny there is actually a double standard. THE LAWS are on the side of the non-BC born driver. Sections 6 (mobility) and 15 (equality) are spelled out quite clearly in the Charter. Sections 32 (applicability) and 52 (supremacy) show that the constitution is supreme to other laws. Other laws that conflict have no effect and are unenforceable. To be fair, the Limitations Act may make older overpayments hard to collect on. I.C.B.C. is proposing changing this rule anyway. SEE HERE. Among the new proposals would change the rules so that all you need is a driver’s license, regardless of province.Pretty hard to argue their current policies are justified. Very interesting to see how this will play out in such a case. Representing Yourself in Court (Review) (How to Win Your Own Case, by Devlin Farmer) UN GCM Challenged In Calgary Fed Court, 300-635 8th Ave SW. This is basically an instructional book written in 2015 for those wishing to represent themselves in court. Unlike An Advocacy Primer, covered in September, the Farmer book contains much more basic information, and is much more simplified. It assumes that the readers have little to no knowledge about how the court proceedings work, and is a lot more reader friendly. An interesting Supreme Court ruling, Pintea v. Johns, came out in 2017. It codified the obligations of Justices, Judges, Masters, and Deputy Judges to ensure that self-represented litigants are getting fair treatment in court. In fairness to the author, it was 2 years after the book was published. A Brief Outline of The Book Part 1: Alternatives to court Part 2: Learning the law Part 3: Filing Part 4: Lawyers Part 5: Discovery Part 6: Motions and temporary orders Part 7: Pre-trial prep Part 8: Trial proceedings Part 9: Witnesses Part 10: Exhibits Part 11: Closing arguments Part 12: Intro to appeals By no means does the book actually prepare someone for the court. However, by explaining what is happening and why, the self-rep is able to prepare him/herself and more thoroughly understand the process. The book is written a very basic level, yet contains a wealth of information necessary for a potential self-represented litigant to face the court. It also avoid legalese and jargon. As such, it is very readable to anyone with adult reading skills. This book stays away from specific forms and names, which in this case is a blessing. Better to understand the process more than to be bogged down with memorization. The book is published by “Self-Counsel Press”, which releases many self-help and how-to books on a range of topics. Overall, they are very readable. They are not tedious or intimidating at all. This publisher releases some very good content. If you are facing (or initiating) a court case, this book will do well to helping the average reader understand what is happening. At a minimum, if you do choose to get legal counsel at some point, reading this book beforehand will enable you to make better choices. Also, you are less likely to be gouged for fees. Overall, this is a highly recommended read for anyone with any interest in court procedures. Posted on December 8, 2018 February 2, 2019 Progress In Legal Challenge To UN Global Migration Compact (Liberal business sense, much like Liberal immigration policy) (Calgary, on a beautiful, but chilly Friday evening) Update To Original Story It appears that the wrong paper work has been filled out to initiate the proceedings in Calgary. It should have been written up as an ”application for judicial review”, as opposed to starting a claim. More to be posted as it develops. Section 18 of Federal Courts Act Jurisdiction of Federal Court (continued) Extraordinary remedies, federal tribunals 18 (1) Subject to section 28, the Federal Court has exclusive original jurisdiction (a) to issue an injunction, writ of certiorari, writ of prohibition, writ of mandamus or writ of quo warranto, or grant declaratory relief, against any federal board, commission or other tribunal; and (b) to hear and determine any application or other proceeding for relief in the nature of relief contemplated by paragraph (a), including any proceeding brought against the Attorney General of Canada, to obtain relief against a federal board, commission or other tribunal. Extraordinary remedies, members of Canadian Forces (2) The Federal Court has exclusive original jurisdiction to hear and determine every application for a writ of habeas corpus ad subjiciendum, writ of certiorari, writ of prohibition or writ of mandamus in relation to any member of the Canadian Forces serving outside Canada. R.S., 1985, c. F-7, s. 18; 1990, c. 8, s. 4; 2002, c. 8, s. 26. Application for judicial review 18.1 (1) An application for judicial review may be made by the Attorney General of Canada or by anyone directly affected by the matter in respect of which relief is sought. Time limitation (2) An application for judicial review in respect of a decision or an order of a federal board, commission or other tribunal shall be made within 30 days after the time the decision or order was first communicated by the federal board, commission or other tribunal to the office of the Deputy Attorney General of Canada or to the party directly affected by it, or within any further time that a judge of the Federal Court may fix or allow before or after the end of those 30 days. Powers of Federal Court (3) On an application for judicial review, the Federal Court may (a) order a federal board, commission or other tribunal to do any act or thing it has unlawfully failed or refused to do or has unreasonably delayed in doing; or (b) declare invalid or unlawful, or quash, set aside or set aside and refer back for determination in accordance with such directions as it considers to be appropriate, prohibit or restrain, a decision, order, act or proceeding of a federal board, commission or other tribunal. Grounds of review (4) The Federal Court may grant relief under subsection (3) if it is satisfied that the federal board, commission or other tribunal (a) acted without jurisdiction, acted beyond its jurisdiction or refused to exercise its jurisdiction; (b) failed to observe a principle of natural justice, procedural fairness or other procedure that it was required by law to observe; (c) erred in law in making a decision or an order, whether or not the error appears on the face of the record; (d) based its decision or order on an erroneous finding of fact that it made in a perverse or capricious manner or without regard for the material before it; (e) acted, or failed to act, by reason of fraud or perjured evidence; or (f) acted in any other way that was contrary to law. Defect in form or technical irregularity (5) If the sole ground for relief established on an application for judicial review is a defect in form or a technical irregularity, the Federal Court may (a) refuse the relief if it finds that no substantial wrong or miscarriage of justice has occurred; and (b) in the case of a defect in form or a technical irregularity in a decision or an order, make an order validating the decision or order, to have effect from any time and on any terms that it considers appropriate. Text Of Original Article A formal legal challenge (via Statement of Claim), has been initiated against Canada’s participation in the UN Global Migration Compact. Here is where things currently stand. (1) Statement of Claim: Filed and already served (2) Motion Record: Finished and being served (3) Notice of Constitutional Questions: Finished and being served For more information, see the sections below. (1) Statement of Claim This was filed on Thursday, December 6. Cheeky piece done here, but nearly all of the details still apply. (a) Relief sought: permanent injunction UN Global Migration Compact (b) Parties: Plaintiff (you) v. Defendant (Her Majesty, the Queen) (c) Facts alleged: Trudeau going to sign the deal, and promote globalism. Note, you can cite specifics of the UN Global Compact here, or later. (d) Law being relied on -Section 2(b) of Charter: Free speech -Section 3 of Charter: Right to participate in democracy -Section 7 of Charter: Security of the person -Section 15 of the Charter: Equality -Section 24 of the Charter: Remedies available in Court -Section 32 of the Charter: Applicability of the Charter -Section 38 of the Constitution: How to amend the Constitution -Section 52 of the Constitution: Supremacy of the Constitution -Sections 91 & 92 of the Constitution: Federal v. Provincial domain -Criminal Code 380: Fraud -Essentials of a valid contract lacking -Doctrine of unconscionability One correction from the last article: if you are ”only” filing against Her Majesty, the Queen, use form 48, instead of 171A. $2 filing fee instead of $150. (2) Motion Record Compiled This was prepared and filled out Friday, December 7, with the Court Clerk stamping the necessary forms. Service going out soon. Motion record contains: -Notice of motion (Form 359) -Affidavit (Form 80) -Evidence: (Exhibit A) Email from Liberal M.P. Stephen Fuhr Click here for more detail (Exhibit B) Maclean’s article from Immigration Minister Hussen Click here, for the article (Exhibit C) UN Global Migration Compact Click here, for the 23 objectives. -Written submissions (a.k.a. Arguments) The Motion Record is to attempt a temporary injunction against the ”non-binding” UN Global Migration Compact. Given I was only visiting Calgary, a hearing by teleconference is preferable. (3) Notice of Constitutional Questions This is being served on all Provincial Attorney Generals/Deputy Attorney Generals. (Form 69) See above section: 2(b); 3; 7; 15; 24; 32; 38; 52; 91/92 all being subjected to challenge. Note: Each AG has the opportunity to: (a) support; (b) oppose; (c) be neutral (4) Where Things Stand Now Other than finishing with the mailings, there isn’t much to do at this point. Currently waiting on responses from the Feds and the Provinces. The story will be updated as progress is made Kevin O’Leary Sues Elections Canada Over Fundraising Limits (Kevin O’Leary, former candidate for CPC, to replace Stephen Harper) CBC published an article announcing that former Conservative Party leadership candidate, Kevin O’Leary, is suing Elections Canada over ruling relating to how he can pay back campaign debt. During the election campaign, O’Leary accumulated about $2,000,000 in debt. Approximately $400,000 is still outstanding. Kevin-O-Leary A quote from the article states that: In his claim, O’Leary said that it is proving too difficult to raise the necessary funds in the three-year timeframe set by Elections Canada laws because people are understandably “uninterested” in contributing to a failed campaign that is long over. He has a good point. No one would be interested in contributing to a political campaign that has long since ended. So it does posse serious challenges for him to do so. Further, the article raises an interesting question: “If you’re out of the race, and you’re not a politician any more and you owe money to a fellow citizen, where is it right that the law protects you from ever paying it back? That’s un-Canadian. That’s unconstitutional. That’s simply wrong,” Again, this is valid. O’Leary’s brief political career is finished. He claims to never wish to run for office again, so what is the issue with him simply paying the debts and moving on with his life? O’Leary states that he has the funds available to do so, but is prohibited from doing so under the Canada Elections Act. The claim filed is available here, and let’s go through some of the better arguments. Regarding the applicable laws, the claim states: 1. A declaration that subsections 367(1)(d), (6) and (7), 478.756), and 500(1) of the Canada Elections Act, SC. 2000, c. 9 (the ?Act?) (collectively referred to herein as the impugned provisions) infringe on and deny the rights and freedoms guaranteed by sections 3 and 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the Charter) and are not saved by section 1 thereof; 2. A declaration that, insofar as the impugned provisions infringe on and deny the rights and freedoms guaranteed by sections 3 and/or 7 of the Charter and cannot be justified under section 1 of the Charter, those provisions are invalid and of no force and effect, to the extent of the inconsistency; 3. In addition, or in the alternative: a. A declaration that the impugned provisions violate the constitutional principle of the rule of law, which requires that laws be written and interpreted according to an intelligible legal standard that gives individuals fair notice of the conduct that will attract imprisonment by the state; b. A declaration that, insofar as the impugned provisions fail to meet the constitutional standard of legislative precision required by the rule of law, these provisions are invalid and of no force and effect or, in the alternative, must be read down so as to satisfy this standard; Okay, let’s dissect this word salad. O’Leary claims that portions of the Canada Elections Act, violate several provisions of the Canadian Charter. The “reasonable limitation is the Charter (section 1) would not apply and justify the C.E.A. Further, he implies that the C.E.A. is written in a too confusing standard to be followed. Here is the Canada Elections Act. 367 (1) Subject to subsection 373(4), no individual shall make contributions that exceed (a) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to a particular registered party; (b) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to the registered associations, nomination contestants and candidates of a particular registered party; (c) $1,500 in total to a candidate for a particular election who is not the candidate of a registered party; and (d) $1,500 in total in any calendar year to the leadership contestants in a particular leadership contest. Contributions — candidates and leadership contestants (6) Subject to subsection (7), no candidate in a particular election and no leadership contestant in a particular leadership contest shall make a contribution out of their own funds to their own campaign. Exception — certain contributions to own campaign (7) The following contributions are permitted: (a) contributions that do not exceed $5,000 in total by a candidate for a particular election out of their own funds to their own campaign; and (b) contributions that do not exceed $25,000 in total by a leadership contestant in a particular leadership contest out of their own funds to their own campaign. Okay, 367(1)(d) has to do with individuals making contributions being limited to $1,500 per year to any leadership contestant. Sections (6) and (7) have to do with overall individual limits. It is definitely reasonable that there should be contribution limits, in order to avoid having candidates “BOUGHT AND PAID FOR”. However, should that apply to former candidates who have since moved on. 3 potential counter arguments against O’Leary though: (a) What if a person “hasn’t” moved on, and intends to use this relief for future campaigns? (b) Would removing this cap be an end-run around spending limits? (c) Would this restriction be necessary to ensure “smaller candidates” get a fair shot? There is no 478.756 in the Canada Elections Act. It appears to be a type in the claim. However, this is the provision that I believe O’Leary was referring to. That is 478.75. Payment within three years 478.75 (1) If a claim for a leadership campaign expense is evidenced by an invoice or other document that has been sent under section 478.74, or if a claim for repayment of a loan is made to the leadership contestant under section 373, the claim shall be paid within three years after the day on which the leadership contest ends. Once more this seems to make a good point. The C.E.A requires repayment within 3 years. However, if former candidates must: (I) pay in 3 years or less; (II) are not actually able to raise more donations because they are not running; and (III) have strict limits as to how much of their personal wealth they can use, then there seem to be few, if any options. Now, for section 500 of the C.E.A.: Punishment — strict liability offences 500 (1) Every person who is guilty of an offence under any of subsections 484(1), 486(1), 489(1), 491(1), 492(1), 495(1), 495.1(1), 495.2(1), 496(1), 497(1), 497.1(1), 497.2(1), 497.3(1), 497.4(1), 497.5(1) and 499(1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three months, or to both. I’m not going to quote the entirety of Section 500. The point is that O’Leary is correct, the C.E.A. does in fact threaten jail time as a punishment for failing to comply. One the surface, Kevin O’Leary’s claim seems to be valid, given the strict rules the C.E.A. sets out. But let’s now check out the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms which the lawsuit references as relief. 3. Every citizen of Canada has the right to vote in an election of members of the House of Commons or of a legislative assembly and to be qualified for membership therein. Life, liberty and security of person 7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice. Rights and freedoms in Canada 1. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. O’Leary makes the argument that fairly large campaigns are necessary to be elected as part of a legislative assembly. Without debating the merits of “big money”, it is a fact. Campaigns and elections are expensive to run. Section 7 has to do with punishments, which Section 500 of the C.E.A. establishes can be up to 90 days in prison for violating provisions of the act. Section 1 is often invoked as a “reasonable justification” for restricting Charter rights. Obviously, in order to restrict, there must be some societal overall good. While Elections Canada will obviously argue differently, O’Leary is attempting to preempt the defence by stating there is none. Thoughts And Conclusions Obviously, this is only beginning. The claim has been filed, but no response or defence has yet been made. On the surface, the claim makes valid points. O’Leary, like all Canadian citizens, is allowed to run for any legislative assembly or body he wishes to. Today’s reality is that campaigns are long, expensive, and a financial drain to run. However, candidates may find themselves hamstrung by campaign finance rules, which seem overly complex and tedious. As stated earlier, I see a few possible defences for Elections Canada Politicians (and aspiring politicians) across the country will likely be tracking this case, as it will have real impact on future elections and party leadership races. As a side note: CBC published the article a month after the case was filed. Not that it is relevant to the case, but did they not know about it until then? Supreme Court Will Hear Woman Arrested for Not Holding Handrail (Bela Kosoian, taking legal action to S.C.C.) The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear Bela Kosoian, a woman detained in Laval, Quebec, for refusing to hold a hand rail. (1) Backstory of the Case This is a a bizarre story, starting in 2009, of a woman in a Laval, QC, subway station, refused instructions from transit officers to hold a handrail while on an escalator. When transit officers attempted to write her a ticket for the refusal to obey, she refused to identify herself. Identity is rather important in enforcing tickets. This led to her being detained for about a half hour, after which point she did reveal her name. Kosoian was issued 2 tickets from that incident, one for $100, and one for $320. She contested both, and they were eventually thrown out. Since then, she has taken legal action against the city, the STM, and a staff member. After a series of legal twists, it will now be heard by the Supreme Court of Canada. (2) Quebec Court of Justice — Trial Court Kosoian took legal action against: (a) the City of Laval; (b) Fabio Camacho — one of the officers; and (c) the Transportation Company of Montreal — aka the STM. She sought $24,000 for moral damages, pain, suffering, inconvenience and exemplary damages, and another $45,000 for moral and punitive damages for the fault committed by its agent. Kosoian submitted a VERY LENGTHY list and description of physical and psychological trauma suffered as a resukt of being detained for about half an hour. On the surface, it seems like malingering. Section 49 of the Canadian Charter was invoked, which states: SPECIAL AND INTERPRETATIVE PROVISIONS 49. Any unlawful interference with any right or freedom recognized by this Charter entitles the victim to obtain the cessation of such interference and compensation for the moral or material prejudice resulting therefrom. In case of unlawful and intentional interference, the tribunal may, in addition, condemn the person guilty of it to punitive damages. For it’s part, the STM Referenced By-Law R-036 ” BY-LAW R-036 “REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE SAFETY AND BEHAVIOR STANDARDS OF PERSONS IN ROAD EQUIPMENT AND BUILDINGS OPERATED BY OR FOR THE MONTREAL TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION” SECTION III – GENERAL PROVISIONS 3. Subject to the law and regulations, any person has the right to use the public transportation system of the Company in comfort and safety. Subsection I – Citizenship 4. In or on a building or rolling stock, no person shall (a) impede or hinder the free movement of persons, including standing still, lurking, strolling, laying down or carrying a bag, container or other object; (b) endanger the safety of persons or rolling stock, in particular by depositing or carrying a bag, container or other object; e) to disobey a directive or pictogram posted by the Society; h) to delay or interfere with the work of a servant of the Corporation; “ But according to the STM staff, it is not the potential safety infraction that led to Bela Kosoian being arrested. Rather, it was her refusal to identity herself when being written a ticket. In August 2015, a Quebec Court rejected the claim. It stated that the officers acted reasonably, and that the situation was largely self-inflicted (3) Motion for Leave, Quebec Court of Appeal Kosoian sought leave to go to the Quebec Court of Appeal. On December 2015, in an extremely brief ruling, the Quebec Court of Appeal allowed the appeal to proceed, dismissing a motion from the Respondents. (4) Appeal, Quebec Court of Appeal In a 2-1 split decision, Kosoian lost her appeal at the Quebec Court of Appeals. 2 Justices ruled that the STM and its staff had acted reasonably. In dissent, the other Justice says he would have set aside the Trial ruling, and ordered $15,000 in damages. [ 1 ] The appellant appeals against a judgment rendered on August 11, 2015, by the Court of Quebec, District of Laval (the Honorable Denis Le Reste), dismissing the appellant’s motion to institute damages for damages . [ 2 ] For the reasons of Dutil and Vauclair JJ., THE COURT : [ 3 ] REJECTS the appeal with court costs. [ 4 ] For other reasons, Schrager JA would have allowed the appeal, set aside the judgment at trial, granted the motion to institute proceedings, ordered the respondents, jointly and severally, to pay the appellant the sum of 15,000 $ with interest and the additional indemnity since the summons at first instance, as well as legal costs at first instance and on appeal, and stated that between the respondents, the Montreal Transit Corporation will have to assume the entire conviction. (5) Supreme Court of Canada This leads things to where they are today. Once again, the Supreme Court granting leave to appeal just now. The motion for an extension of time and the application for leave to appeal is granted. The application for leave to appeal to the judgment of theCourt of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal), Number 500-09-025644-154, 2017 QCCA 1919 (CanLII) , date December 5, 2017, is awarded with costs in the case. The schedule for serving and filing materials will be set by the Registrar . An interesting split so far in the courts. In Kosoian’s favour: -Supreme Court of Canada, leave to appeal -Quebec Court of appeal, dissenting opinion -Quebec Court of Appeal, motion for leave And against Kosoian: -Quebec Court of Appeal, majority opinion -Quebec Trial Court -Laval ruling which dismissed the original tickets. Personally, I see blame on both sides here. While ticketing her for refusing to hold a handrail does seem excessive, the escalation of the problems resulted from Kosoian herself. She did refuse to identify herself when being ticketed, which for the STM was a legitimate demand. Also, her claims of emotional and psychological damages seem grossly exaggerated, and manipulated to seek a huge damages amount. The Supreme Court Appeal Panel will now decide the case. CNN Sues White House Over Banned ”Journalist” Jim Acosta (CNN announces legal action, after correspondent Jim Acosta banned) CNN’s White House Correspondent, Jim Acosta had his press access to the White House revoked on November 8th. Now his network, CNN, is suing President Donald Trump and several aides. However, Acosta is arguably not a journalist, but an activist. People are supposed to be there to cover the news and the White House, not to be antagonistic and grandstand. Here are some examples: (Jim Acosta compilation) (Acosta, on August 2, 2017) (Acosta, July 1, 2018) (Acosta, on October 29, 2018) (November 6, 2018, which was Acosta’s last day) The lawsuit claims that by revoking Acosta’s media access, his 1st and 5th Amendments (freedom of the press, and due process), were violated. Here is the 1st Amendment: Freedom of Religion, Speech, and the Press Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. Here is the 5th Amendment: Protection of Rights to Life, Liberty, and Property No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use without just compensation. CNN released the full text of the lawsuit, shown here. But let’s go through some of the more interesting sections. (Quotes in bold, comments in italics) 2. But on November 7, 2018, Defendants revoked Acosta’s White House credentials because, in the President’s own words, Acosta failed to “treat the White House with respect” at a White House press briefing. Except if you watch that November 6 video, he wasn’t being respectful. He was being antagonistic. 4. And the revocation of Acosta’s credentials is only the beginning; as the President explained, there “could be others also” who get their credentials revoked. The slippery-slope argument except it is unwarranted here. There aren’t other journalists in the press core who act the way Acosta does. Blatant fearmongering. 5. The Framers of our Constitution embraced a “profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide-open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.” N.Y. Times v. Sullivan, 376 U.S. 254, 270 (1964). The President lacks the authority to quash “[t]he sort of robust political debate encouraged by the First Amendment”— debate that is “bound to produce speech that is critical of those who hold public office.” Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell, 485 U.S. 46, 51 (1988). That is why the D.C. Circuit has been clear that “the protection afforded newsgathering under the first amendment guarantee of freedom of the press requires that . . . access [to White House press facilities] not be denied arbitrarily or for less than compelling reasons.” Sherrill v. Knight, 569 F.2d 124, 129 (D.C. Cir. 1977). And “notice . . . of the factual bases for denial [of access to White House press facilities] with an opportunity to rebut is a minimum prerequisite for ensuring that the denial is . . . [not] based onarbitrary or less than compelling reasons.” Id. at 131. This conflates a number of things: First, the press is there to cover the White House, not to DEBATE. Second, the 1st Amendment is to enshrine public talks and even unpleasant sharp attacks, but it doesn’t say that public figures MUST engage with you. Third, given Acosta’s frequent behaviour, it would be easy to rebut ”arbitrary or less than compelling reasons quite easily. Fourth, the 1st Amendment doesn’t guarantee access to the White House. Jim Acosta seems to want a blank cheque to confront and badger White House staff at will. 27. The President dislikes CNN’s and Acosta’s coverage of him and his administration, and has made that clear since before he took office. At a news conference on January 11, 2017, for example, then-President-elect Trump told Acosta, “your organization is terrible.” Acosta responded: “You’re attacking us. Can you give us a question?” The President replied: “Don’t be rude. No, I’m not going to give you a question . . . . You are fake news.” While these claims are true, Acosta’s frequent behaviour does make it clear he is there to agitate, rather than report on the news. But since CNN raised the issue of the 1st Amendment, would this not be going against TRUMP’S right to free speech? 33. Speaking through a hand-held microphone, as did all the White House journalists who asked questions, Acosta asked a question about one of President Trump’s statements during the midterm campaign—namely, whether a caravan making its way to the United States from Central America constitutes “an invasion” of the country, a significant feature of the President’s messaging during the just-ended campaign. The President declined to respond, instead remarking: “You know what? I think you should . . . I think you should let me run the country. You run CNN. And if you did it well, your ratings would be much better.” 34. When Acosta attempted to ask a follow-up question, President Trump refused to take it. A White House staffer then approached Acosta and attempted to grab the microphone. The staffer reached all the way across Acosta’s body, successfully latched onto the microphone, and physically attempted to remove it from Acosta’s right hand. Acosta held onto the microphone, stated “Pardon me, ma’am,” and continued to ask his question. This is a distortion of the truth. Acosta attempted to ask several questions, and was argumentative the entire time. Footage available refutes these assertions. 39. Hours after the press conference concluded, Press Secretary Sanders issued an official statement announcing that “the White House is suspending the hard pass of [Acosta] until further notice.” The Press Secretary accused Acosta of “placing his hands” on the White House staffer who attempted to take the microphone from Acosta during the press conference. The Press Secretary added that the alleged conduct “is absolutely unacceptable” and stated “[w]e will not tolerate this inappropriate behavior.” The White House’s statement indicated that this alleged “incident” was the basis of its decision to revoke Acosta’s credentials. Whether this was deliberate or not is up for debate in the video. However, it was clear that Acosta was making a nuisance of himself. FIRST AMENDMENT ARGUMENT 57. Defendants have deprived Plaintiffs of their right to access the White House grounds by revoking Acosta’s White House credentials. Without those credentials, Acosta cannot access the White House and cannot effectively serve as a White House correspondent, thus depriving Plaintiff CNN of its chief White House correspondent. CNN is not prohibited from covering White House press briefings, only Acosta is. Do they not have anyone else on staff who could do it? 59. Defendants’ justifications for impeding Plaintiffs’ First Amendment rights are hollow and hardly sufficiently compelling to justify the indefinite revocation of Acosta’s White House credentials. Consequently, the only reasonable inference from Defendants’ conduct is that they have revoked Acosta’s credentials as a form of content- and viewpoint-based discrimination and in retaliation for Plaintiffs’ exercise of protected First Amendment activity. Except Acosta wasn’t banned for his views. He was banned for regularly disturbing press conferences. FIFTH AMENDMENT ARGUMENT 65. Acosta received no direct notice from the White House that his credentials had been revoked, let alone any notice prior to the revocation. Instead, the White House announced the revocation itself via Twitter after Defendants already decided to effectively ban Acosta from the White House grounds. 66. Defendants did not provide Plaintiffs a written explanation, nor any explanation at all, before revoking Acosta’s press credentials. The only written explanation was a short statement posted on Twitter that Acosta was suspended because he “plac[ed] his hands” on a White House staffer. Even if this tweet were accurate—and it is not, as the reportedly doctored video Defendant Sanders posted would later show—it would not suffice to demonstrate prior notice of the revocation. Okay, giving him notice would have been courteous, but is not grounds for suing. Nor is oral notification over written notification While many media heads are supporting Acosta’s reinstatement, I believe this claim to be completely bogus. (1) Acosta has been repeatedly rude and antagonistic to the White House staff. He is clearly being an activist, not a journalist. This is seen again and again on tape. No one else behaves this way, and it is surprising that his behaviour has been tolerated for so long. (2) Acosta is not banned or restricted from exercising free speech at home or in public. He is just not allowed into White House briefings (3) CNN is not banned from covering the White House. They just need a new correspondent. (4) Not being given notice is rude, but not a constitutional violation. The judgement is expected any day, and a followup will be provided. Update to the Story On Friday, November 16, a DC Judge ordered the press credentials to be temporarily returned to Jim Acosta while the matter is formally resolved. Personally, this was a surprise. From CNN’s reporting on the story: Trump said the same thing during a Q&A with reporters in the Oval Office. “People have to behave,” he said, when asked about the administration’s defeat in court. “If they,” meaning reporters like Acosta, “don’t listen to the rules and regulations, we’ll end up back in court and we’ll win. But more importantly, we’ll just leave,” meaning, stop taking questions from the press. “And then you won’t be very happy. Because we do get good ratings.” While Acosta seems to be allowed back in, there is nothing to stop the White House from: (a) simply refusing to call on Acosta; (b) cancelling press conferences; or (c) throwing Acosta out for the day. Posted on October 4, 2018 December 26, 2018 Voting Eligibility (Part 1) — Crime & Citizenship (Image by WordPress) Who is allowed to vote? Well, depending on where you go, you will get a very different answer. Do you have to be of good character? Can you currently vote while in prison? Do you even have to be a citizen? This topic could fill several books, but this is just a starter piece. The article focuses on 2 main areas: criminality and non-citizenship Canada, Criminality: The Canada Elections Act of 1985 used to prohibit a person from being able to vote if they are serving a federal sentence (2 years or more). However, that was struck down in 2002. The Crown conceded it violated Section 3 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, that everyone had the right to vote in elections to govern the country. To be fair though, the dissenting Justices thought that the violations were reasonable. As things stand now, even persons in custody are allowed to vote, and jail officials must make accommodation for them to do so. American, Criminality The case of Richardson v. Ramirez (1974), held that the 14th Amendment, Section 2, was not violated in barring felons form voting (called felony disenfranchisement). Since then, the 50 states have written their own laws, and they widely vary widely, from Maine, which allows voting while incarcerated, to voting after release, to Idaho and voting after probation ends, to never voting, to Florida requiring a petition. Australian, Criminality Things are a bit different here. For starters, voting is mandatory. There are arguments both for and against it. In the past, anyone serving a sentence of 1 year or more was unable to vote. As it stands now, only those serving a sentence of at least 3 years cannot vote until the sentence is finished. British, Criminality The UK is having to revise their policies on letting prisoners and convicts vote, because of the European Court of Human Rights. Originally, they couldn’t, but that is changing. Interestingly, Members of Parliament can keep their seat if they have been sentenced to 1 year or less. So they could hold office, but not vote. Much Europe has some restriction of voting rights, such as type of offense, and is the sentence fully served. Laws vary widely around the world. However, the main argument against letting cons, or ex-cons vote is that they have violated the social contract with the people, and hence should not be a part of forming its laws. Voting by Non-Citizens While this list is too extensive to go through, many countries do allow permanent residents to vote if they have lived their for a long enough period. Also many cities, such as San Francisco, Toronto, Hamilton, Calgary, Vancouver, allow voting for permanent residents. One argument against letting non-citizens vote is that it weakens what it means to be a citizen. What then, distinguishes a citizen from a resident? A second is that the longer time to obtain citizenship is necessary to fully adapt to the new homeland. A third is that it leads to divided loyalty from Members of Parliament/Congress, who will look towards future voters more than current ones. All have some merit. A push over the years from leftist politicians has been to let “undocumented immigrants” (a.k.a.) “illegal immigrants” vote in elections, as well as to reduce or eliminate voter identification requirements. Note: Women are now allowed to vote in Western countries as well as many others. New Zealand and Australia led the way. Author’s Views: However, things do, or at least should have a limit. (1) There have been many challenges to Voter ID laws, claiming that it discriminates against people who can’t get identification. The usual claim is wither poverty, or that the community lacks these services. Really, a legal citizen, or at least permanent resident can’t get I.D.?! Of course, if they are “undocumented”, that may be why they can’t get “documents”. (2)So-called “Sanctuary Cities” are letting illegal immigrants vote which seems bizarre. Why should people in the country illegally be helping to vote in people to draft laws? Seems like a serious conflict of interest here. It seems that items (1) and (2) are very much linked. Could objecting to voter I.D. requirements be to enable, or help cover up, illegal immigrants voting? Hard to say, there is no “documentation”. Could it be to help “elect” candidates who would push for more immigration and easier citizenship paths? As for convicts voting, obviously everyone has different ideas. My personal choice would be: (a) not while in jail or parole; and (b) not for serious crimes such as murder/treason/terrorism/drug trafficking/sex offenses. Posted on September 29, 2018 May 23, 2019 Review of the Book “The New Nationalism” (Conservative writer and YouTuber, Dr. Steve Turley, promoting his new book) “The New Nationalism, How the Populist Right is Defeating Globalism and Awakening a New Political Order” was just released and is available online. The title is pretty self explanatory, as nations across the world are pushing hard to maintain their identities and sovereignties. Not only do nations and people want autonomy over their lands, they want to see their own cultures intact and thriving. It is a fairly quick at 78 pages, but is packed with information. While he acknowledges that globalists do make occasional advances, they are more of the exception, and that the general trend is towards nationalism. Before getting too much into the book, let’s take a moment to acknowledge 2 sets of ideas hotly debated currently: 1. Civic v.s. Ethno Nationalism (a) Nationalism (Identity) v.s. Multiculturalism (Values) (b) Ethno Nationalism (Identity) v.s. Civic Nationalism (Values) In many ways they are same argument: Is a nation defined as “who the people are” or by “what they believe”? Those pushing for a greater unity, ethno-nationalist, argue that who the people are matters, be it: heritage, culture, common language, traditions, way of life, and often ancestry, are the necessary elements for a cohesive society. EN is commonly thought to be a racial supremacist ideology, but that just isn’t the case. Those pushing for greater freedom and individuality, civic nationalist, are much more likely to believe in the multicultural way of life. The cohesive unity that ethno-nationalists stress is not nearly as important as more abstract beliefs such as freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of association, and acceptance rather than assimilation of newcomers. Civic nationalists claim (rightly), that their society promotes tolerance and diversity. Ethno nationalists claim (rightly), that there is nothing that holds them together, and that people will just form groups which do reflect their identities. These 2 ideologies are in fact arguing different things. Within ethno-nationalism, there is a segment that believes that blood is the single biggest unifier (race). This is often referred to as “the Alt-Right”. Another group believer that other shared traits (culture), are what holds societies together, sometimes called “the Alt-Lite”. One group believes the other to be racist, while the other believes that group to be unrealistic. In the book, “The New Nationalism”, Dr. Turley is quite clearly arguing a form of nationalism that focuses on a shared culture and traditions, while race itself is not important (Alt-Lite). The book covers in depth 9 countries across the world: (1) Hungary; (2) Poland; (3) Bulgaria; (4) Italy; (5) Denmark; (6) Russia; (7) Turkey; (8) India; and (9) the United States. Now, for some key passages: 2. Quotes From Book All over the world, a nationalist revolution is underway. In the past 17 years, the actual number of nationalist and populist parties across the European continent has nearly doubled, growing from 33 to 63.1 And these parties are seeing extraordinary electoral success. The share of votes won by populist parties in Europe has tripled in the course of such time, from 8.5 percent of the European vote to nearly 25 percent. FIRST TAKEAWAY: The opening paragraph gets right to the point. Using Europe as a model, nationalism is on the rise, and that the # of political parties is rising, as is the % of the popular vote they are receiving. In fact, the first five Chapters deal with European countries where nationalism is still rising: Hungary; Poland; Bulgaria; Italy; and Denmark. >However, for what I’m calling here the New Nationalism, the communist threat is of course gone, as is any notion of biological racial superiority. SECOND TAKEAWAY: That the growing nationalism here is built on shared customs, cultures, etc… and that race is not the driving motivation. Because globalization eclipses the nation-state with wider transnational economic and political processes, many scholars believe that globalization is bringing an end to the whole concept of distinct nations. THIRD TAKEAWAY: Globalism is a threat to nations because it attempts to break down what actually makes nations distinct. …. that Orban wants to create an authoritarian theocracy. In fact, nothing can be farther from the truth. As Orban makes clear, Christian democracies absolutely affirm a separation of powers between church and state. The church and the state are wholly unique and distinctive institutions. But what makes Christian democracies different from globalist societies is that while they recognize a separation of powers between church and state, they don’t recognize a separation of purpose. FOURTH TAKEAWAY: While nations like Hungary may want to maintain a Christian nation, it will not lead to autocratic rule. open borders mean open values. And so, what does this mean for the EU’s immigration quotas? Very simply, mass unfettered immigration fulfills the political precondition for more liberal democratic social policies. The less secure a nation’s borders, the less secure a nation’s customs and culture. FIFTH TAKEAWAY: Mass immigration will actually lead to the break down of society. If any and all people and their customs are welcome, then what makes a nation unique? This is actually the main argument against multiculturalism. However, Poland has no shortage of detractors, particularly in Brussels. One critic accused Poland of “abdicating” its leading role in Central Europe by refusing to bend to the EU’s demands on migrant quotas and internal judicial reforms. But in the process of making these observations, she ended up admitting that the nation of Poland poses a greater existential threat to the EU than does Brexit.22 When the Poles didn’t, Article 7 was enacted to try to strip Poland’s voting rights away. SIXTH TAKEAWAY: Interesting, that for all the praise that the EU gives to diversity and multiculturalism, it seems they have to force member states like Poland to comply. This is an attempt to overrun their sovereignty and impose laws on them. How exactly is Poland an independent country if it “bends the knee”? What Salvini is advocating here is but the latest chapter of a history of what scholars call the internationalizing of the nationalist right. While leaders in the nationalist right have focused primarily on local and national elections, they all recognize that transnational politics are in many ways just as equally important, because the ultimate adversary in all of this is globalization, and globalization is by definition transnational. SEVENTH TAKEAWAY: While individual nations are taking back their autonomy, there is a collective good in such nations working together to do so. >With communism dead, something even more compelling, more deeply rooted in the Russian soul would have to take its place. And that is the real contribution of Vladimir Putin; he found that the way forward for Russians would be a return, a retraditionalization that would involve reawakening Russia’s pre-Soviet history, her culture, traditions, customs, and Orthodox religion that would serve as the foundation for a rebirth and renewal of Russian civilization. EIGHTH TAKEAWAY: Russia, facing more and more break off portions, was able to keep itself fairly intact because it focused on what the various regions and people had in common. Putin has said many times, “we are of many ethnicities, but we are Russian first.” Putin does not celebrate a secularized vision of human rights irrespective of culture; he doesn’t affirm a notion of civil rights that favors certain races, genders, and sexual orientations. Rather, the rights, protections, and freedoms experienced by citizens of the Russian Federation are the direct result of a distinctively Russian culture, religion, society, and sentiments. NINETH TAKEAWAY: Identity politics is bad. Focusing on collective identity is good. Simple enough. However, there is one section that seems puzzling. For example, there have been reports of forced conversion attempts on Christian families in Indian villages by Hindu nationalists, the desecration of churches, and actual physical violence and assaults against Christians, Muslims, and Buddhists. These are of course unacceptable in any humane society. But what we have to understand is that, unfortunately, such acts of religious persecution are really just par for the course given the fact that secularism is seen more and more as that ideology that persecutes a nation’s dominant religious identity….. To just defer to good ol’ fashioned secular human rights such as religious freedom, as our Western elites like to do, does absolutely nothing to remedy this problem, but I believe has the reverse effect; it employs rhetoric that only exasperates it. Perhaps I am missing something, but wouldn’t this be a compelling argument in favour of secularism? If physical violence and religious persecution are “par for the course”, wouldn’t taking religion out of the way of life make things safer for everyone? For example, the Western World has seen repeatedly what “devout practitioners” from Islam are capable of doing. 3. Overall Impression The New Nationalism is a very informative read. 9 countries are gone through in depth, although many more are mentioned in the introduction. The author has clearly put a lot effort into the research and presentation. While there are exceptions, the overall path seems to be towards nationalism and against globalism. 4. Relevance To This Site Canucklaw.ca is founded on the idea of discussing and examining comparative law. As such, ideas and systems — good and bad — are looked at. If nationalism is to be the major trend (and the evidence says it will), then new laws are certain to be introduced. Likewise, there are likely to be many court challenges and appeals, as the nationalists and globalists fight it out. This should be a fertile source for research and commentary. 5. Nationalism Is Coming Dr. Turley covered the election of Doug Ford in June 2018. Worth a watch. (Update: on October 2, he covered the Nationalist Win in Quebec). Currently, we have: (1) Parliament appoints to cabinet based on gender quotas; (2) criticism of Islam is banned; (3) compelled speech for gender pronouns; (4) Pro-Life candidates are banned from running for office in certain parties; (5) summer jobs grants are denied for wrongthink; (6) opposition to ISIS fighters returning is considered islamophobia; (7) asking about costs for illegal immigration is considered racist; (8) murders of citizens by “Syrian refugees” is laughed off; (9) Diversity is entropy, and apparently, breaking down society is our strength; (10) discussing the challenges of multiculturalism gets condemned by “Conservatives”; (11) $10.5 Million for a this terrorist; (12) $31 million for these accused terrorists; (13) Canada apparently has no core identity; (14) “Old -Stock” Canadians should apparently be replaced; (15) Pride parades which are outright lewd; (16) Showing tolerance and inclusion at Pride, by banning police; (17) Statues of our founder Sir John A. MacDonald taken down; (18) Parks named after foreign founders; (19) ”Gender neutral” national anthem; (20) ”peoplekind” instead of mankind, and so on…. Back to the Nationalism (Identity) v.s. Multiculturalism (Values) mentioned earlier, it was mused that globalists don’t want an identity, that there only be certain “values”. However, it seems that many don’t even want “values”, as they would require logic and consistent standards to apply them. There are some interesting postings from Candice Malcom: CLICK HERE, and CLICK HERE, Canada has a federal election on October 19, 2019. If there is a nationalist candidate who might win, it would look something like this, or this, or this, or possibly this or this or this, or this, or maybe this. Canada needs a rise in nationalism. If multiculturalism actually worked — anywhere — we would not need an ever expanding set of laws telling us how to live, and how to accommodate radically different people. Perhaps Dr. Turley can one day do such a book (or a second edition) on Canada Posted on September 22, 2018 December 26, 2018 European Union Censorship (Provocative, but you get the point) September 12, 2018 — the European Union passed this law, the “Copyright Directive”, in a 438-226 vote. Other media on the subject can be found: here, here, here, and here. The “Copyright Directive” was originally stopped in July of this year, primarily over concerns over Articles 11 and 13. And to a degree, the concerns were over the same thing. Responding to, or critiquing another’s work is very common, and makes way for advancement of discussion of ideas. As long as there is some educational, critical or reporting use (and not blatant copyright), then using portions of a person or institution’s work is fine. In fact, this very website, Chimeratsk.com, cites Canadian “Fair Dealing“, and American “Fair Use” provisions. Article 11, a.k.a. the “link tax”, concerned ways for original content creators to get paid via taxes or royalties. In practice though, how would one know who the original content creator was? Perhaps the royalties would be going to someone who is at least in part responding to another person’s work. Article 13 had to do with platforms such as Facebook and YouTube being blocked from sharing protected content. Apparently there is to be a huge database on protected material, which by itself sounds creepy. To be fair though, the law says that encyclopedia-type platforms like Wikipedia will be exempt. However, as many images, text and music can sound similar, how would the original creator be identified? Further, copyrighted material does not last forever. For example, the book “1984”, written by George Orwell (a.k.a. Eric Arthur Blair was written in 1949, so after 1999, a Canuck should be free to use it freely. Under Canadian Copyright Law, 50 years after death, copyright protection would disappear. Yes, ironic to use the Orwewll book here. However, would this EU driven database(s) know when copyright on each image, unique, phrase, text, etc… lapse? On a semi-related note: there is an academic database — turnitin.com which college and university students would upload digitial copies of essays and other papers. This is an anti-plagiarism site which was to ensure that students were handing in original work. The site would compare and contrast the student paper against millions of others and look for regions of overlap. Sounds great, except for problems those arose in this. At its core, the Copyright Directive seems to nullify what may be considered Fair Dealing/Fair Use exemptions (by listing the original content creator as the copyright owner of any and all of its content, and responses. CLICK HERE, for an article on the proposed revisions of Article 11 and 13. Some accidental incidents of censorship occurred here, here, and here. While the E.U. has passed this Copyright Directive, there are reasons to be cautiously optimistic: First, even if nothing is done, this seems absurd on its face to implement. (See the earlier criticism on logistical issues). Yes, content is still getting blocked, even the most innocuous stuff. While this is done under the guise of “protecting” creators, the complications that will arise will cause more and more headaches. Oddly, creators will “lose” money if research and ad revenue plummet. Second, the law will undoubtedly face legal challenges and be tied up in the courts for years. Third, each memberstate will implement their own version of this law, and that will likely not happen for a year or 2. Harder to enforce when the rules aren’t uniform. And on a related note: what about the UK, who is leaving the E.U.? What about any other member who may leave? What happens if governments change and their successors don’t agree with what they see? And won’t any inconsistencies in member laws make it easier to challenge the law? Fourth, what if any E.U. members decide to just ignore the directive altogether? The EU has shown itself to be rather toothless in enforcing its own rules and orders. Fifth, how will this be enforced when using material from, or creating new content in countries that do not have these laws, or subscribe to this version of them? Online creators decry this EU directive, and they do have reason to be worried. However, there are many options available to fight it, and many hurdles it will face. Totally optional but always appreciated. 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(E) UN Gender & Language Agenda (F) Canada’s Digital Charter (G) Vindication Of Professor Pyne At TRU (1) Review of $595M Medi Bribe Pg 40 (2.1) Review of Internet Regulation (2.2) Richard Lee Support Internet Regulation (2.3) Digital Charter After Christ Church? (4) Review of Gender & Language Agenda (5) Suit For Media Access For Jim Acosta (6) Review of Silencing Free Speech in UK (7) European Union Censorship (8) Citing Abortion Stats Is Now Violence (9) Antifa Handbook, Political Violence (10.1) Antifa Stalks Tucker Carlson’s Family (10.2) Chris Cuomo Defends Antifa Violence (10.3) Silencing Criticism Of Islamic Sexual Violence (10.4) UN’s Quest To an Criticism Of Islam *For a lengthy list (and archives) of instances of Muslims using the UN to shut down criticism, see ISLAM/TERRORISM section* Free Trade Agenda (A.1) EPI: US lost 3.4M jobs to China (01-17) http://archive.is/g2rDG (A.2) EPI: 879K Jobs Lost Due To NAFTA http://archive.is/YsnyF (A.3) EPI: NAFTA, Trade Deficit Soaring http://archive.is/mKjSY (A.4) EPI: Job Losses In NAFTA http://archive.is/Ety4L (A.5) EPI: Impacts Of NAFTA On US Workers http://archive.is/lcdHb (A.6) EPI: Outsouring, Wage Stagnation http://archive.is/k3XHt (A.7) Pew Research On Wage Stagnation http://archive.is/GQNya (B) NAFTA Text http://archive.is/4fnhK (C) Multilateral Agreement on Investment (draft) http://archive.is/D0AJG (D) Trans-Pacific Partnership Text http://archive.is/0dc2B (E) Bill C-79, Implementing CPTPP http://archive.is/q1Ggh (F) The Trilaterial Commission http://archive.is/N93T5 (G.1) CPC Votes 97% to 3% For CANZUK (G.2) CANZUK Expanding To Other Nations http://archive.is/vH7wu (1) Free Trade Between China & Canada? http://archive.is/eS9eP (2) NAFTA: Job Loss, Lawsuits, Sovereignty http://archive.is/MJhV6 (3) NAFTA: The Costs Supporters Ignore http://archive.is/wWSX4 (4) Review of Trans-Pacific Partnership http://archive.is/wcW1J (5) Why Donald Trump Left T.P.P. http://archive.is/MK3pc (6) CANZUK, Other Free Trade Deals http://archive.is/e49YE (7) Outsourcing, Stagnant Wages, Econ. Migration http://archive.is/dBh5Y (8) Societal Costs: Free Trade/Mass Migration http://archive.is/DxlzG (9) Economic Imm: Remittances & Brain Drain http://archive.is/CNpDl Gladue/Ipeelee Rulings (A) Gladue Ruling, BCCA 1997 http://archive.is/QKazg (B) Gladue Ruling, SCC 1999 http://archive.is/vSWlo (C) Ipeelee Ruling, SCC 2012 http://archive.is/Ol7tw (D) R. v Proulx, Sentencing Guidelines http://archive.is/kGCO1 (1) Race-Based Discount in Criminal Court (2) Healing Lodge Access For 1 Group (3) Scrap Gladue, Fix Underlying Problems Globalism, World Government (A) Bilderberg Meetings http://archive.is/wip/cgiaZ (B.0) UN Parliament/World Gov’t http://archive.is/GMgwO (B.1) First UNPA Int’l Meeting, 2007 http://archive.is/NKaj8 http://archive.is/kRdVJ (B.2) Second UNPA Int’l Meeting, 2008 http://archive.is/z1jUo http://archive.is/tNX9Z (B.3) Third UNPA Int’l Meeting, 2009 http://archive.is/5lMyX http://archive.is/dXbo6 (B.4) Fourth UNPA Int’l Meeting, 2010 (B.5) Fifth UNPA Int’l Meeting, 2013 http://archive.is/xloAX archive.is/I4Mtb (C) Leinin/Bummel book available in German (a World Parliament) (D) CANZUK International http://archive.is/dsHPA (E) Five-Eyes Space Defence archive.is/wip/f8c9p (1) Review of Bilderberg (2.1) Review of Proposed Global Gov’t (2.2) Canadian Gov’t Endorsed UNPA 1993/2007. (3) Review of CANZUK (4) Review of Forming the EU Army (5) UN Global Taxation Efforts (6) World Domination I: Connect The Dots (7) World Domination II: Who’s Behind Those Dots Gun Rights, Protections (A) UN Arms Trade Treaty (B) Bill C-19, Scrap Long Gun Registry (C) Bill C-47, Firearms Import/Export Act (D) Bill C-71, Firearms Act Changes (1) Review of Bill C-71, New Gun Registry Indian Act, Related (A) Indian Act, Full Text (B) Section 35 Of Constitution, Duty To Consult (C) UN Declaration On Rights Of Indigenous People (1) Review Of The Indian Act Infanticide (Abortion) (A) afterabortion.org, Research Links (B) Physical Complications (C) Psychological Complications (D) Fetus Development Stages (E) Healthline: Development Week By Week (F) Making Pro-Life Arguments In Debates (1) NY & Virginia Legalize Up To Birth Abortion (2) Leave No Survivors (3) UN Supports Abortion, Even For Kids (4) Fallout & Pushback in Abortion Agenda (5) ONCA Mandates Doctors Must Provide Referrals (6) Planned Parenthood Loses “Chop-Shop” Funding, 9th Circuit (7) China Harvests Organs From Political Prisoners Islam/Terrorism (0.00) Proposed Global Ban On Islamophobia (0.01) Constant Efforts At Blasphemy Ban (0.1) UN: Confronting Islamophobia, Dec 2004 http://archive.is/us5sq (0.2) UN Res 7/19, Relig. Defamation, Mar 2008 http://archive.is/6ClZ6 (0.3) Free Speech ==> Intolerance, April 2009 http://archive.is/Bagoz (0.4) UN On Religious Tolerance, Oct 2009 http://archive.is/NGcwT (0.5) World Interfaith Harmony Week, Feb 2010 http://archive.is/Z2IXL (0.6) OIC Call For Minority Rights, Sept 2010 (0.7) Afghan Mission, Religious Defamation Leads To Violence, Afghanistan, Sept 2012 (0.8) UNGA: Islamophobia Rampant, Sept 2012 (0.9) Wars Caused By Islamophobia, Sept 2014 (0.10) Islamophobia Conflates Terrorism, Islam (0.11) Islamophobia, Intolerance Rising, April 2015 (0.12) Islamophobia Is Violence, June 2015 (0.13) Wrong To Equate Violence/Islam, Sept 2015 (0.14) Violence Caused By Bigotry, Oct 2015. (0.15) Islamophobia Poisoning Society, Aug 2017 (0.16) Iqra Khalid’s Islamophobia Motion, M-103 (A) Cairo Declaration on “Human Rights” (B) UN Terrorist Repatriation Initiatives (C.1) Bill C-6 (citizenship for terrorists) (C.2) Bill C-59, Terrorism, Young Offenders (C.3) Bill C-75, Weakening Terrorism Penalties (D) UN Blasphemy Vote (Criticism of Islam) (E) M-103 (Iqra’s Blasphemy Motion) (F) CBC Promoting Islam, Hijab Day (1) Review of Cairo Declaration (2) Review of Citizenship for Terrorists (3) Review of Global Blasphmey Ban (4) Review of Purging “Sunni” & “Shia” From Canadian Terrorism Reports (5) Islam & Domestic Violence Rates (6) ECHR Upholds Austrian Blasphemy Conviction (7) Review of Bill C-75, Terrorism Offenses (8) Review: CBC Promotes World Hijab Day (9) Islam: Exploitation Of Women & Children (10) UN’s Quest To an Criticism Of Islam Legal Processes (A.1) Pintea v. Johns, Self-Representation http://archive.is/bkrbS (A.2) 2006 Statement of Principles: Self-Reps STANDARD FOR REVIEW (B.1) Housen v. Nikolaisen, 2002 http://archive.is/DXgPG (B.2) Hospira Corp v. Kennedy Institute, 2016 http://archive.is/JkO9S (B.3) Canada v. Aqua-Gem Investments, 1993 http://archive.is/zbaEc (B.4) Canada v. DT Eastside Sex Workers, 2012 http://archive.is/VOZO6 (1) Need Tort Reform? Free Speech Grifters (2) Representing Yourself In Court (3) Review: An advocacy Primer (1) Why Pride Is Obsolete These Days (2) Oger Wants To Establish Doxxing Site (3) Oger Weaponizes HRT, $55K Ruling (4) BCSC: 11 y/o Can Have Sex Change (5) Review of Bake The Gay Wedding Cake (6) Faking Being Trans For Cheap Auto Insurance Miscellaneous Content (1) Should The Public Finance Sports Teams? (2) Stop Political Corporate Welfare Mass Migration Reports (Canada) (A.0) Parliament Report Index http://archive.is/vwM6G (A.1) 2004 Report to CDN Parliament http://archive.is/Ztfmr http://archive.is/xSaMS http://archive.is/Hf7S7 http://archive.is/ER4Nn http://archive.is/9pZbQ http://archive.is/2Rh3k http://archive.is/99U8b http://archive.is/jxSeq http://archive.is/RwuJk (A.10) 2013 Report to CDN Parliament http://archive.is/rArfC http://archive.is/dXrDL http://archive.is/mafVG http://archive.is/zy2EY http://archive.is/nZKTK http://archive.is/Nov56 (A.16) 2019-2021 Supplemental Report http://archive.is/onyev Mass Migration Reviews (Canada) (A) 2018 Report to CDN Parliament (B.1) 2014-2018: Live Births in Canada http://archive.is/Sa8gn (2014-18) (B.2) 2014-2018: Deaths In Canada http://archive.is/n3zdf (C.1) Gov’t Announces Amnesty For Illegals (C.2) CDN Labour Congress, Amnesty (D.1) Ghost Students Getting Backdoor Entry (D.2) Stay In Canada After Graduation http://archive.is/Tf68L (D.3) Post Graduate Work Program http://archive.is/Tw4J1 (D.4) Help Your Spouse/CL Partner http://archive.is/jUk5I (D.5) Working While Still In School http://archive.is/4HCNi (D.6) Children Studying, No Visa Req’d http://archive.is/SCTwX (E.1) CANZUK International, Main Page (E.2) Possible Expansion Of CANZUK ZONE (E.3) Starting Up A CANZUK Army? http://archive.is/5fTxF (E.4) CPC Policy: CANZUK + TFW =>PR (F.1) Atlantic Immigration Pilot Program http://archive.is/wm5PH (F.2) Rural/Northern Immigration Pilot Program http://archive.is/7tHmG (F.3) Agri-Food Immigration Pilot Program http://archive.is/LIhVK (F.4) Temporary Foreign Worker Program http://archive.is/YCxhQ (F.5) International Mobility Program http://archive.is/AnuBK (F.6.1) Domestic Violence ==> Temp Residence http://archive.is/p8J8H (F.6.2) Domestic Violence ==> Perm Residence http://archive.is/jPoeh (F.7) TD Canada Article On Mass Migration http://archive.is/N9wpP (G.0) Dilip Ratha: Migration & Remittances (G.1) World Bank Remittance Data: 2013 http://archive.is/EGCr9 http://archive.is/C2viK http://archive.is/8C4HU http://archive.is/JJGeT http://archive.is/0qgpZ (G.6) Pew Research: US Sent $150B In 2017 http://archive.is/6Get9 (H) Visas For War Criminals???? http://archive.is/SAVc7 (1) CBC Pushing Open Borders #1 (1.2) CBC Pushing Open Borders #2 (1.4) CBC Promotes Low Birthrates For CDA, Mass Migration. Goal Is Replace Canadians (2.0) CANZUK: Open Borders, Free Trade (2.1) True Scope Of Mass Migration In Canada (2.2) CDA Immigration Rate: 1M/year (2.3) More Detail On Replacement Migration Programs (2.4) Replacement Migration Since 2003/04 (2.5) Domestic Violence As Perm Res Path (2.6) Int’l Mobility Program: TFWP 2.0 (2.7) Remittances & Brain Drain (2.8) World Bank On Global Remittances (2.9) Mass Migration During High Unemployment (2.10) TD Bank Article On Population Boom (2.11) Amnesty For Illegals Program Launched (2.12) Work Permits For Fake Refugees (2.13) Students: Grads/Families Become PR (2.14) Start Up Visa — Purchase PR Status (2.15) “Ghost” Students On Visas (2.16) “Inadmissibles” Still Being Let Into Canada (2.17) Birthrates In Canada Since 1991 (2.18) Sources Of Population Replacement (2.19) Demographic Changes = Voting Changes (2.20) What % Students/TFW/IMP Stay In Canada? (2.21) Municipal Nominee Program Proposed (2.22) Facts/Figures: Replacement Migration (2.23) The Case For A Moratorium On Immigration (3) Canada’s Pop 150M By 2100? (Theory) (4) Hungary Promotes Increased Birth Rates Viktor Orban Is Hero Canada Needs Mass/Replacement Migration (UN) See below section for CDN Gov data (A) UN New York Declaration (UN GMC Prelude) (B) UN Global Migration Compact (C) UN Guide For “Refugee” Rights (2017) (C.2) UN Meddles in US Asylum Process (C.3) UN Helps Illegal Migrant Caravans Into US (D) Mass Migration & Agenda 2030 (E) UN Publication On Human Smuggling (F) UN Replacement Migration Promotion Throughout 1st World (G) UN Convention to Prevent Genocide (H) Barcelona Declaration, Replace European People (I) Kalergi Plan in German, 1 People of Europe (1) Review of New York Declaration (2.1) Review of UN GMC (2.2) Review: CPC Supports UN GMC, And More (2.3) UN GMC: Read Between The Lines (3.1) CPC Supports CANZUK, Erasing Borders (3.2) CPC Endorses Globalist Policies (4) UN Pushes Economic Migrants as “Refugees” (5.1) Review of UN Convention on Genocide (5.2) Review of Barcelona Decl & Kalergi Plan (5.3) Review of Replacement Migration Push (5.4) 70 Year Journey To Replace Host Populations Of 1st World Nations Court File #: T-2089 Pensions & Social Benefits (A) Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (B) UN Using African Pensions To Finance Infrastructure Development (C) UN Joint Staff Pension Fund (D) 2019 Congress Report, Social Security (E) Social Security Accounting Methods (1) Review of $2B CPP “Investment” In Mumbai (2) CPP Has $884.2B Unfunded Liabilities — 2016 (3) CPP #3: Where Is The Money Going? (4) CPP #4: CPPIB Mixes Fund With PRI/ESG (5) Social Security, 80% Payments Only, By 2034? Political Rot: American (A.1) Judge Rules Okay To Get License Fraudulently http://archive.is/wip/6ORmK (A.2) Miami Herald Article On Case http://archive.is/FkCAt (B.1) AIPAC Mainpage http://archive.is/rVa3w (1) Review: It’s Not Illegal To Use Fake Documents To Obtain Driver’s License (2) Who’s Behind The US Congress (3) The Left’s War On American Republic (5.2) Followup on CCX, White House, Goldman Sachs Political Rot: Canadian (A) Canadian Infrastructure Bank (B.1) CdnSpotlight – Dominic Barton (B.2) CdnSpotlight – Wiseman, CPPIB & BlackRock (B.3) CdnSpotlight – Advisory Council Eco. Growth (B.4) CdnSpotlight – CDN Infrastrucure Bank (B.5) CdnSpotlight – Century Initiative (B.6) CdnSpotlight – Goldy Hyer (B.7) Cdn Spotlight Repost (C.1) Civilian Intelligence Network: Part 1 (1.1) Review of CIB and CIB Act http://archive.is/WaE1f (1.2) CIN Repost On CDA Infrastructure Bank http://archive.is/WpQ9p (2) Desmarais/Power Corp Linked to Bombardier, Loblaws Bailouts http://archive.is/JTU05 (3) Desmarais/Power Corp Linked to Trudeau Fnd., Air Canada, Agenda 2030 http://archive.is/AvXUQ (4) Who Buys Off Our Leaders? http://archive.is/0r1oy (5) Refugee Programs As Human Smuggling Rings? http://archive.is/arqDv (6.1) Mike Duffy’s Odd Corruption Acquittal http://archive.is/t7v23 (6.2) Review of Duffy Suing Over Suspension http://archive.is/rif5k (7) Gov’t Buys Off Media Union, Unifor http://archive.is/rAY9G (8) RCMP To Drop Standards For Recruits http://archive.is/G6qws (9) Kosian: Arrested For Not Holding Rail http://archive.is/wYxtS (10) Peter MacKay Shanks David Orchard http://archive.is/ESCHr Political Rot: SNC-Lavalin (A.1) SNC Lavalin Lobbyist Bruce Hartley http://archive.is/S83gn (A.2) SNC Lavalin Lobbyist William Pristanski (B.1) SNC Board Of Directors http://archive.is/u74xk (B.2) Jacques Bougie Also On Trudeau Foundation http://archive.is/fA8Pr (1) Review of DPA, Bill C-74, OECD http://archive.is/cAhA5 (2) SNC-Lavalin’s Political Ties http://archive.is/woQOg (3) David Lametti, McGill University, $200M Kickback http://archive.is/XOMaE (4) SNC Lobbying Entire Legislature, DPA http://archive.is/xSIGW (A) Canada Privacy Act, 1985 (1) StatsCan Wants Bank Customer Data (2) Privacy Comm. & Banks v.s. 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Macron (4) Gender Segregated Parliament (5) RCMP To Drop All Standards To Enroll (6) AOC Hires Harper As New Advisor (7) CBC To Have Staffing Shuffle (8) Now Hiring For Controlled Opposition (9) Dodgeball Is Tool Of Oppression (10) Canuck Law Certified in GBA+ Training (11) Policies Based on GBA+ Training (12) PPC Announces It’s Being Shut Down (13) Twitter Blockings This Last Year Solutions Proposed (1) Offer Something To The Normies http://archive.is/6VLFD (2) Leave the U.N. Entirely, No Half Measures http://archive.is/kumOE (3) Dump Feminism & Multiculturalism Completely http://archive.is/SkvvV (4) CDN Children, Not Replacement Migration http://archive.is/Pvfyc (5) Restore 1934 Bank Of Canada Act (6) Abolish Human “Rights” Tribunals Entirely http://archive.is/JQJCK (7) Abolish Gladue Rights In Criminal Court http://archive.is/jttg3 (8) Banning (Political) Corporate Welfare http://archive.is/EcdHi (9) Putting A Moratorium On Immigration http://archive.is/yeYHu Trafficking, Smuggling & Child Exploitation (A.1) Paula Loves Children (A.2) Titus Frost, 1984 (B.1) U.S. Flores Agreement http://archive.is/0vdhq (B.2) UN Caravans Organized To Invade U.S. (C.1) UN Review On Smuggling Migrants (C.2) UN Convention On Transnational Crime http://archive.is/q0XqK (C.3) UN Protocol Against Human Trafficking http://archive.is/cjnJt (C.4) UN Opt. 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__label__wiki	0.820913	0.820913	Twista Tour Dates & Concert Tickets This performer has been marked mature level 1 due to the following, "pimp". Twista Tour Dates and Concert Tickets This Chicago-based gangsta rapper made his recording debut on the platinum single, “Po Pimp.” With Big Beat/Atlantic Records, he released his solo debut, “Adrenaline Rush,” followed by “Mobstability” in 1998 and “Legit Ballin’” in 1999. Twista hooked up with Ludacris, Jay-Z and other rap stars in... read more Twista Tickets Jan 26 Sette Sunday's presents Twista @ One Sette {Sunday Funday Meets Uptown} One Sette Dallas, Texas Feb 2 Sette Sunday's presents Twista @ One Sette {Sunday Funday Meets Uptown} One Sette Dallas, Texas Feb 16 Sette Sunday's presents Twista @ One Sette {Sunday Funday Meets Uptown} One Sette Dallas, Texas Mar 14 Midwest Spring Jam Five Flags Center Dubuque, Iowa Apr 5 Juvenile and Twista Sound Board at MotorCity Casino Detroit, Michigan More About Twista Recommendations Similar to Twista Twista VIDEOS MORE INFO ABOUT Twista This Chicago-based gangsta rapper made his recording debut on the platinum single, “Po Pimp.” With Big Beat/Atlantic Records, he released his solo debut, “Adrenaline Rush,” followed by “Mobstability” in 1998 and “Legit Ballin’” in 1999. Twista hooked up with Ludacris, Jay-Z and other rap stars in 2002 to record his third album. Recent albums include “Kamikaze” (2004) and “The Day After” (2005), which contained the hit single, “Girl Tonite,” with Trey Songz. Categories: Music \| Hip Hop/Rap http://www.twista.com \| http://myspace.com/twista \| Wikipedia \| Official Site \| Twista Fan Page \| Google Music \| Official MySpace	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418660
__label__cc	0.730492	0.269508	First Look: Grindhouse Killer Burgers and Wonderful World of Burgers Atlanta's burger renaissance By Cliff Bostock Friday September 25, 2009 09:30 am EDT The adult renaissance of the hamburger isn’t difficult to explain. Nothing (besides maybe pizza) comes close to fulfilling an aging population’s insatiable appetite for nostalgia. And God knows baby boomers are nothing if not nostalgic.??Then, too, there’s the recession. (I’m referring to the little depression that we keep reading is over.) Hamburgers are typically inexpensive, which is why McDonald’s is prospering in a wretched economy. Still, it’s a bit mysterious that if you scan the average menu of a full-service restaurant, the burger will usually cost less than dishes that have cheaper ingredients and require less time to prepare. I suppose the burger has simply retained its rep as cheap, no matter the quality of the contents. ??The latest in the absolute epidemic of burger joints to open here is Grindhouse Killer Burgers (209 Edgewood Ave., 404-522-3444) at Sweet Auburn Curb Market. ??The new café occupies the space that Red’s, a favorite soul food venue, vacated a few years ago. The young owner, Alex Brounstein, is a former lawyer and real-estate developer, and the opening of Grindhouse is one of those follow-your-bliss projects informed by a vision larger than is immediately obvious. He wants to be part of an effort to revitalize the Sweet Auburn Curb Market, which really is unique in Atlanta but has been on the verge of financial collapse as long as I can remember. ??Brounstein’s original plan was to grind the meat for his Angus beef and turkey burgers on the premises, but that proved impractical. So Southern Foods is delivering freshly ground meat three times weekly. He does, however, mix the beans and quinoa to make the veggie burgers. ??All three burgers cost $3.99 for a single, quarter-pound patty, and $5.99 for a double. You select your ingredients – everything from chili and bacon to various cheeses and veggies. All are served on a fluffy, buttery, toasted potato bun that holds up much better than I expected.??The menu includes five house-designed burgers, most of them under $6. I’ve tried three of these and my favorite has been the Apache, featuring roasted New Mexico green chiles, grilled onions and American cheese. I don’t remember the last time I ate American cheese – you can substitute something else – but it worked well with the slightly crunchy, piquant peppers. ??I’ve also sampled the Euro, layers of browned mushrooms, Swiss cheese, mayo and mustard. I chose the Angus patty for both these burgers and I was happy not to encounter heavy seasoning. I want to taste the beef when I eat a hamburger, not a lot of spices. ??I ordered a turkey burger in the Cowboy style, too. The patty was layered with thick bacon, shredded cheddar, Vidalia onions and barbecue sauce. The turkey burger does, as usual, feature slightly stronger seasoning than the beef and has far better flavor than the usual around town. The secret ingredient? The patty includes mango chutney. But, I swear, you really cannot taste the chutney.??Someone else will have to report on the veggie burger. Please try the Hypocrite, which features a veg patty covered with beef chili.??Your primary worry, I know, is size. These are not pub burgers or “smashed” burgers like you get at Ann’s Snack Bar. But they’re significantly larger than sliders, served fast-food-style in their own little paper wrapper. Truth is, though, that even with a side of fries, you probably want to order the double burger. ??Speaking of which, the crinkle-cut fries were hot, crispy and salty. I admit I ate them on the way home with a takeout order. The Vidalia onion rings are the only thing I encountered that needs serious work. These are cut extremely thin – think Durkee’s – which means they don’t hold the batter well but do absorb extra quantities of oil.??Grindhouse offers milkshakes in various flavors. I ordered a coffee milkshake with malt added. The restaurant is using a canned coffee drink, Whynatte, to flavor the shakes; it really doesn’t convey enough flavor in the dose I received, but the effect of the malt was delicious anyway. They’re also serving Zesto-like ice cream blended with goodies like Heath bars. ??This place is terrific. You won’t spend much over $10. But beware of cravings. I was on my way to the gym when my car insisted I stop for a burger and shake the other day.??In Emory Village??Meanwhile, the Tin Drum folks have gotten in the burger biz and opened Wonderful World of Burgers & More (1561 N. Decatur Road, 404-373-8887) in Emory Village.??The place was deserted when we visited on a Saturday night, while Doc Chey’s, across the street, seemed swamped. You could blame the limited menu, the lack of specials on weekends, or the less than eye-catching interior, whose walls feature what looks like rough-wood wainscoting. The communal tables are also very "Little House on the Prairie." It’s not bad, exactly, but it’s not a décor that invites you to kick back.??Everything on the regular menu is under $3. (There are weeknight-only specials, like kimchi stew with hanger steak and Chinese-style braised pork shoulder, and they are only $3.75.) I asked the people at the counter where you order if the $2.75 burgers were sliders. “No, they are bigger than sliders. Two is good for you.”??Wrong. I could have easily eaten three, but I likely would have had to duplicate something. I ordered the “WonderfulBurger,” a tasty but unremarkable classic cheeseburger, and the veggie burger made of mushrooms, carrots, taro, green beans, onion, bread crumbs, sesame seeds and topped with avocado sauce. The latter had the usual problem: gooiness and not much of a crisp exterior. ??Actually, the best thing we ordered was not a burger at all but a hot dog with teriyaki sauce, Japan’s famous kewpie mayo and roasted seaweed. It looks absurd but tastes great. Just pretend you’re eating green sauerkraut if seaweed’s a problem for you.??We also ordered a grilled chicken sandwich (over-seasoned, even for Wayne’s spicy-hungry palate), terrific Yukon Gold fries and decent, thick-cut onion rings. ??I definitely suggest you go on a weeknight, so you can sample the daily specials. [Admin link: First Look: Grindhouse Killer Burgers and Wonderful World of Burgers]	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418664
__label__wiki	0.565358	0.565358	24-hour HR Advice On-site HR Support Legal Expenses Insurance 24-hour Health & Safety Advice Health & Safety Software Health & Safety Insurance Pay & Reward Services Salary Benchmarking Job Evaluation & Grading Reward Consultancy Market Rate Reports EAP & Employee Wellbeing Online Information & Guidance Association Partnerships Co-Host with Croner About Croner Client Referral Programme Home / Free Business Events Near You / Castleford Business Event Greywood Hall , Castleford , WF10 5PZ Free for business owners & employers Castleford Business Event Greywood Hall Amanda Chadwick - Expert Speaker Register My Place WF10 5PZ Our events are aimed at business owners, directors and HR professionals. What will I learn? By joining our experts you’ll learn how to simplify the toughest challenges of working in HR. Find out which changes in the Good Work Plan will impact your industry, and how to prepare for them cost-effectively and efficiently. The biggest overhall of employment law in decades is fast approaching and we want to help you prepare. Discover what action you can take now to ensure compliance in April 2020. Top tips for employment law Our experts have a number of top tips on the subject of grievances, disciplinaries, managing harassment claims, GDPR, as well as managing probationary periods, TUPE transfers, employment tribunal claims and much, much more. Welcome & Refreshments Event Begins Complimentary Buffet Lunch Event Ends Register Your Place Places are limited, to confirm your attendance at this complimentry event, reserve your place. Amanda Chadwick Amanda is an experienced speaker specialising in all areas of employment law, health & safety and employee wellbeing. Based in North Wales - Amanda Chadwick is an experienced and well known speaker, specialising in all areas of employment law, Health & Safety law and employee wellbeing. 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Monica is a highly professional presenter with a wealth of experience across a number of industries including: travel, IT, food & hospitality, training & consultancy and universities across the UK. As a health & safety and wellbeing expert / professional trainer & consultant of many years Monica works with companies, both in the UK & worldwide, providing new and innovative training and consultancy in health & safety, food safety, nutrition, health & wellbeing and business management, ensuring due diligence and compliance of the law. Monica is also an experienced broadcaster and contributes regularly to radio and television demonstrating her expertise in her field. Her passion is to empower people by giving them the information and tools they need to build a successful, profitable and compliant business. Gary Cookson Gary specialises in Human Resources with over 20 years experience of senior leadership roles in a variety of sectors. 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__label__cc	0.51004	0.48996	CFP: Food is a Feminist Issue: Media, Bodies, Appetites, 30 June 2017, University of York Mar 3, 2017 \| CFP, CFPs conferences \| 0 In 1978 Susie Orbach declared fat a feminist issue. This slim volume of writing put forward a radical new understanding of feminine embodiment and the gendered psychology of eating. Taking place almost four decades later, this one-day conference will revisit the terrain explored by Orbach and open out new themes of analysis by examining contemporary feminist perspectives on food. Of particular concern are the ways in which food cultures intersect with or map onto broader social rationalities and political programmatics. These issues have been productively pursued in recent analyses of the shift in dieting discourse from a concern with weight to a preoccupation with health (Cairns & Johnston, 2015), alongside the turn to interiority as part of a more general revaluation of domesticity (Dejmanee, 2015). Yet there remains further work to be done here, particularly in light of changing patterns in the cultural landscape of postfeminism (Gill, 2016; McRobbie, 2015). This event will bring together scholars from across a range of disciplinary locations — sociology, psychology, media and cultural studies, geography and social policy – to address questions such as: What does the continued stigmatisation of fatness and the heightened stylisation of fitness suggest about contemporary formations of femininity? How do new kinds of cultural intermediaries feed existing moral economies of consumer-citizenship? How can we understand the ubiquity of food-related content on social media? What does it mean for food to be so heavily mediated, and what role does media play in stimulating, curtailing, or managing appetites? How can feminist scholarship resist the tendency to moralise dietary practices while addressing inequalities and violences? How do we complicate logics of personal responsibility even as we strive for environmental sustainability? What might a feminist politics of food look like, and what kinds of tools and resources are needed for this? We are pleased to confirm that Susie Orbach will open the conference with a keynote address. A round table featuring several leading feminist scholars will conclude the day’s discussions (full list of speakers to be confirmed). Papers are invited on themes including but not limited to: – Food work – Aesthetic labour and beauty politics – Corporeality and digital culture – Healthism and the medicalisation of everyday life – Consumption and entrepreneurship – Bodies of knowledge and knowledge politics – Dietary regimes and exceptional foodstuffs: ‘5: 2’, ‘clean’, ‘paleo’, ‘superfoods’ – Metrics, quantification, algorithms, apps – ‘Fitness’ as cultural idiom – Narcissism and sexual politics – The economics and politics of austerity – Hunger Abstracts of 250 words should be sent to: foodisafeministissue@gmail.com Please also include a short biographical note (50-100 words) with details of main research interests and current academic affiliation, if any. Deadline for submissions: 14 April 2017 PreviousBEYOND THE MAGIC ROUNDABOUT: EUROPEAN CHILDREN’S TV IN BRITAIN by Jonathan Bignell NextBeyond the Visible: Contemporary Visualizations of Loss, Illness and the ‘Unseen’ in Representations of the Family, 23rd March 2017 (1:00pm – 6:45pm) Call for papers: Journal «Itinerari» “Perspectives in the Anthropocene. Climate – Conflict – Migration”. Deadline: April 20, 2020. CfP: Fusion journal, special issue “Intersections in Film and Media Studies”. Deadline: Feb 01, 2018. CfP: Slayage Special Issue “Let’s Go to Work: The Legacy of Angel”. Deadline: Jan 15, 2018. CfP: symposium “London: Gateway to Cinema and Media Studies”. July 18-20, 2019 @ Notre Dame London Global Gateway, London (UK). Deadline: Feb 1, 2019.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418670
__label__cc	0.726669	0.273331	Generations of Warriors Desiree Roundtree The nightmares began as a child. Loren’s mother told her she was a fitful infant and sometimes she even woke her when she was in the womb. She doesn’t remember much from her toddler years but as Loren got older it got harder and harder to sleep. They saw countless doctors and tried an array of drugs and therapies. Nothing worked and night after night she woke screaming with her hands clawing at her neck and ripping at her face. The nightmares would always return, more sinister and vicious than the ones before. The constant screaming. The death at her feet. Beth was the opposite of Loren. She was always a calm child, sleeping through the night very early on in infancy and never exhibiting any difficulties whatsoever. Beth was what Loren longed to be. Loren and Beth Milroy’s family was chosen to protect the town of Peace Landing in Greer County, New York. In the biblical sense of the term. Peace Landing was a small lazy town that was home to a key. Her. She still wasn’t sure what she was exactly but she knew they were after her and she needed to fight them, or die trying. She was the reason they killed anything in their wake, why they ate the flesh of her kin. Their parents died in the fight when they were young. The last storm wrought the demise of their great aunt and cousin, too. Generations after generations of their family fought there. They chose to stand their ground against creatures from another time and place. The residents of this town were hunted in an attempt to drag them to a realm where there was no hope, no peace, and no light. When the nightmares stopped Loren waited wearily for their imminent return. Soon she learned to sleep and tried not to fear. She thought she could somehow feel whole again; maybe even just a little bit safe. She toyed with the idea that something had changed and maybe she wasn’t going to have to live out the path that she knew had been chosen for her. For years Loren was free. She found comfort in this false sense of security. She lived her life free of the night terrors, and there were no storms. Every time the threat of one nipped at her heels, it dissolved just as quickly. She felt free of her worst fears; of the dreams of thousands of eyes watching her. She was free of the flashes of dark red blood dripping from pointed teeth in too wide grins. She was free of the eerie sounds that haunted her for so long; the images of the hands ripping at her, and dragging her to her death. It felt good. Beth was there through all of it. She told Loren she believed the dreams and when the time came she would be with her. She kept her promise every single time. Loren explained to Beth what her ultimate responsibility would be; she shared what she knew of the events and was honest with Beth about how scared she was either way. On this particularly raw winter night, the women walked home after a terrible movie and delicious popcorn. The snow had gotten worse and was piling quickly. Three foot drifts made it hard to walk and the wind threatened to rob them of their breath. They decided holing up together would be a good idea. They got to Beth’s house and gathered her essentials and any supplies she might have. Beth looked at Loren; concern etched her face, “Are they coming?” “Probably. But we are ready,” Loren said. Beth turned with a quick nod of her head. Loren tried in that moment to understand how hard this was for her too. The closing scene of her life stood before them and all Beth wanted to do was look away and not acknowledge what that meant for her twin sister. They walked into Beth’s darkened apartment and Loren realized that might be the last time she would be there. Nostalgia settled in and she became misty eyed. She would miss her. “Oh my goodness it’s so flipping cold out there,” Beth blew on her hands rubbing them together to get the sting out. “I know. We have to move quickly. I want to get back to my place and try to get some rest. You can curse you know.” “You curse enough for the both of us,” she smiled sarcastically. She moved quickly through the apartment, and Loren realized her go bag was already packed. They descended the stairs from Beth’s apartment; the wind howled and pushed against the windows and walls. The house seemed to sway under the pressure of the storm’s grip. They walked three blocks to Loren’s apartment. The snow blanketed the streets in thick coats and she imagined that was what the inside of a snow globe felt like. Swirls and blasts of wind blinded them and shadows scurried closer but were able to hide in plain sight. Too much snow. Too much cover for the monsters to reach just close enough to touch them. Blizzards wrought all types of havoc and their little town was often ill equipped for Mother Nature’s wrath. Even in their most prepared, people died, got lost or mysteriously disappeared. Loren’s worst fears walked the earth in the ferocity of a night like that night. They were accustomed to the idea of the lights going out or the roads being snowed in. It wasn’t the prime situation for the fight that was coming to their door but handling it together was always a better plan. They both understood that darkness always allowed the monsters out of hiding. They climbed up the stairs to Loren’s apartment quickly and pushed the iron door open. It creaked and the wind protested her need to keep them safe. The door pushed back against her allowing Loren to hear the whispers. Panic settled in her chest and she pushed the door back so she could lock the dead bolt. Loren slid the pole into the floor not caring if her neighbor, Feller, was in for the night or not. She shook off the frost and turned, “Beth, it’s bad out there. At least we have plenty of shit. I’m glad we aren’t separated for this one.” Loren didn’t want to mention that she heard them. She couldn’t tell Beth their enemies were already there, plotting and waiting. Beth looked at her, her face flushed with the cold and smiled. “Always a lady, Lo. I just hope the lights don’t go out. I hate the darkness of a storm sometimes. I know it’s a necessity for what we’re dealing with but sometimes I would take a rain storm. A cold rain storm. Every time a flake falls my heart breaks at the thought of what might need to be done.” Loren knew exactly what Beth meant. They trudged up to her apartment and unpacked what they had. Loren made coffee and they plopped in front of the television. Their weapons were stockpiled and separated into two duffel bags. They kept making sure all their devices were charged and candles were at the ready. They set up shop in the living room and closed the storm windows as if they would battle what was pushing against them. All to get to Loren. Lying on the couch they dozed off and the sound of white noise pulled Loren from her dream. The whispers, hushed but hurried, unfurled in a mess of sounds when her dream was invaded by a loud piercing shriek. Beth’s screaming voice, the panic and fear was pulling and straining at her vocal chords. Loren bolted up right and grabbed at her chest; her breath left her lungs in panicked bursts. In her confusion she thought she heard, “This is not a test. This is not a test. They are coming. This is not a test.” The loud beep rang through the living room and she turned to look at Beth who was stirring. She looked at the time on the clock… 2:22am. Beth sat up and looked at her, “At least we know it works.” “This is not a test. This is not a test. They are coming. This is not a test.” Their eyes stared at the black and white dots dancing across the screen and she turned to look at Beth, her hand was raised to her mouth. She looked back at Loren and whispered, “Did you hear that? That’s never happened before.” The loud bang on the door startled them. Loren nearly jumped into Beth’s lap as they both stared wide eyed at Loren’s front door. She hadn’t expected Feller to be at the door, not during a storm. Not after what they just heard. “Loren. Loren. It’s Feller from down the hall. Loren, please let me in.” The women got up and crept to the door, their arms intertwined so tightly you couldn’t be sure where one ended and the other began. Loren was brave and Beth was too, but for some reason this part always scared them. It was hard to stand and wait for the other shoe to drop. They took turns looking through the peephole. Feller seemed his normal disheveled self; he paced and wrung his hands. He leaned towards the door, and placed his eye up to the peephole. “Loren, please. Loren, are you up? Please let me in.” The sheer panic in his voice led her to put her finger to her lips and pull Beth away from the door. They slid quietly into the living room and gathered what they could while listening for Feller in the hallway. “This is not a tessssssssst.” The door rattled on its frame as Feller pounded again, this time with more force and urgency. “LOREN! LET ME IN!” Beth turned to face Loren, her eyes wide with terror. They grabbed the duffel bags and ran to Loren’s bedroom. She closed the door softly and slid the lock into place. Beth’s face was stone cold and Loren was silent. The duffel bags stayed with them at all times. They searched for the latch to the room that would hide them from Feller and anything else that tried to get in there. The emergency beep from their cellphones rang into the room as the lights snapped out. It was the darkest Loren had ever experienced and Beth grabbed for her in the inky pitch. The banging outside her bedroom door was expected as they heard Feller push his way through the rooms searching for them. Beth looked at her; strangled whispers came from her throat. “They are coming, Loren. They are probably already here.” She raised the flashlight to meet her face and Loren looked at her, fear danced in Beth’s eyes like the flicker of a flame. “I know,” Loren said. They slid into the closet and down into the panic room, and closed the door with a sickening hissing sound. No one else could get in the room; at least that’s what they thought. Loren recently had it installed; thinking a place to hide could never be a bad idea. The space was comfortable enough to fit three adults; since it would always be the two of them they used the extra space for supplies. The scratching on the floor above them became louder with the thud of heavy steps above their heads. They could just make out Feller’s muffled screams before Loren loaded her weapon. Beth began unzipping her duffel, placing ammunition in her belt. Her loaded gun snapped as she lifted it, aiming square at the door they just came through. They were here for Loren. All of them were here for her. The handle on the door to the room moved and Beth stepped in front of her, gun steadied and finger on the trigger. The knife on Beth’s hip caught a faint glimmer from the flashlight and the reflection danced across the wall. Loren steadied her back into the corner and tried to calm her breathing. Beth turned quickly and whispered through gritted teeth, “Loren, are you good?” Loren nodded and put her finger to her lips. She knew from up there they could probably smell Beth talking, her breath was sweet and warm. They could hear their hearts pounding, and their hunger was already insatiable and needy. Loren raised her weapon; sweat gathered at the base of her neck then trickled down her chest. The duffels lay open – one behind Beth, the other at Loren’s feet. The scrape of their steps on the floor above them grated her nerves. She wanted to survive this moment just one more time. She could feel their pull as they called to her, whispers swirled around her head growing louder and louder. They wanted her to end this feud and they wanted Loren to come to them; to accept some sort of change. They expected her to accept her place among them. The door made a sickening sound, a creaking that can only be described as the bending and warping of metal. Bile filled her mouth as it leaned in; bowing under the pressure of pushing claws. Cold swirled into the room which stunned Beth and made Loren gasp for air. Loren still lifted her weapon and stood her ground. The bang of the first shot left her dizzy; the noise was too loud in the small space. Quickly Beth was at her side, emptying her clip into the vast whiteness that approached them. The snow and wind inside the room blinded them. “Beth! Beth, say something,” Loren yelled. The cold choked her. Loren looked down and tried to reload, she raised her head and caught Beth’s yelling faded off into the distance. The first set of hands grabbed Loren’s feet and pulled them out from under her. Her head hit the hard cement floor of the bunker and the room filled with white starburst then darkness again. Warmth pooled at her head and down the back of her neck. “Loren. Loren. Get up.” Beth’s hands grabbed at her shirt, Loren’s eyes rolled back into her head. Beth desperately pulled at her arms as the hunters grabbed her feet again and yanked her through the door. Loren slid from Beth’s grasp and pulled the knife from her belt. She was being dragged so fast it seemed as if it was impossible to see her surroundings. She laid on her back; her head banging through the hallway but somehow managed to pull herself upright to stare into the eyes of her assassin. With her knife firmly in her grasp, she swiped at what felt like thousands of hands ripping at her flesh. The shot startled her, followed by the sound from her dream. Beth screamed and the world went just a bit muffled. Loren’s heartbeat slowed and it truly was the only thing she could feel. She turned her face upward and opened her eyes to see Beth with the gun in her hand. It shook nervously and tumbled to the floor. Blood seeped from Loren’s back where Beth shot her; she felt warm but cold all the same. The hooded figures looked down at Loren, their eyes shone with hunger. Confused chatter passed between them. They dragged her as far as the snowy front steps, pink tinted with the blood of others trying to protect her too. They dropped her and fled into the white out…. Beth reached her, and cradled Loren’s head in her lap, the blood seeped below them in a thick pool. “I can’t believe you did it.” Beth looked at her, “I told you I wouldn’t let them take you. I had to. I promised.” Tears filled her eyes and she wiped at Loren’s face, her hands were red with blood. “I love you Loren. I love you and I am sorry,” she said through thick tears. Loren gasped for air, her body shook uncontrollably as death pulled at her. She looked at Beth and her face swam before her eyes, “This was your job, you did what I asked you to do. I’m so proud of you. I love you and I’ll see you when you get where I’m going.” Loren closed her eyes and took her last breath. Feller lay disemboweled in a heap in Loren’s apartment. He had no chance and no clue what he was dealing with. A part of her thought he understood that but he came to find her anyway. Fear does that to people, it helps them justify sending someone else to their death. Beth knew the instructions; they had rehearsed them many times. She would leave Loren there in case the hunters returned to take her body. It was highly unlikely since what they really wanted was her soul. Loren was no longer there and her body was merely a shell. Desiree Roundtree was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where she still lives with her husband and daughter. By day she crunches numbers, but anytime in between she is writing words. She is a lover of hip-hop, acoustic guitar and a well timed curse word.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418673
__label__wiki	0.759065	0.759065	Helen Partz Investors in Overstock Crypto Subsidiary Reduce Investment from $404 Mln to $100 Mln Chinese investment firm GSR and Singaporean private equity firm Makara will co-lead a $100 million investment in tZERO. Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne revealed that GSR will co-lead a $100 million investment in tZERO with Makara Capital in April Chinese investment firm GSR Capital and Singaporean private equity firm Makara Capital will co-lead an investment of up to $100 million in tZERO, according to a press release on March 1. TZero is United States retail giant Overstock’s crypto-related subsidiary company. Overstock founder and CEO Patrick Byrne revealed that GSR and Makara have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to make the investment in tZERO’s common stock in April. According to Byrne, the investment will support diligence, regulatory approval, and negotiation of binding contracts, as well as assist with tZERO’s expansion into Asia and other regions. Having first announced the investment in August 2018, GSR Capital initially intended to invest up to $404 million, which included $270 million for up to 18 percent of tZERO’s equity at a valuation, $30 million in tZERO Security Tokens from the parent company Overstock, and up to $104.55 million in shares of Overstock common stock. Following a prolonged period of no deal, Overstock reported that GSR did not close its stock purchase transaction nor enter definitive agreements on Dec. 15, 2018. Claiming that GSR still intends to close the deal, Overstock granted GSR an extension to close the transaction until February 28, 2019. The recent announcement follows the launch of secondary trading of tZERO tokens in January. With the launch, accredited investors are able to trade the security tokens via a digital securities brokerage account. In January, tZERO filed a patent for a “crypto integration platform” for trading digital assets, aiming to bring a bridge between legacy trading systems and crypto exchanges. #Overstock #Singapore #Investments What Is the Difference Between Blockchain and DLT? Why the Fed Needs to Start Issuing Digital Dollars What Happens If the US Loses the Blockchain War? 2019 Bitcoin Transaction Volume Moved Away From US in First Since 2013 Singapore Crypto Consultant Kidnapped for $1 Million Ransom	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418675
__label__cc	0.525425	0.474575	Fine Arts 204 Watercolours 35 First Taranaki War Individual 38 Natural science 28 Public places 27 Sort By Relevance Primary Maker Primary Maker (Lastname, firstname) Subject Place - expanded All departments All Subjects Subject Person Primary Prod Role Collection Classification Accession No Media/Materials Subject Place Subject Category Primary Prod Period Department Collection Name/Title Brief Description Sort Ascending Subject First Taranaki War Remove filter First Taranaki War Department Prints & Drawings Remove filter Prints & Drawings Subject General views Remove filter General views Mt. Taranaki/Egmont viewed through a classical portico of columns and arches. A64.817 "New Plymouth 1850-1856" Pencil sketch of New Plymouth township in 1850-1856. The view looks down the Huatoki Stream to Devon Street Bridge. Marsland Hill and Mount Taranaki are visible in the background. PA2008.116 Untitled [Clock Tower] Pencil sketch of New Plymouth's clock tower with other buildings in the foreground. A crane is also visible upper right of drawing. Several figures are visible in the foreground. The original clock tower was demolished in April 1969. Sketch of Graham and Glenda Kirk's house with bush and Mount Taranaki in the background. Untitled (New Zealand Company Resident Agent's House, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth) Resident Agent's House on Courtenay Street, New Plymouth. A lone horse rider is in the right foreground. Pukaka (Marsland Hill) and Pukiekie Pa sites are also shown. Mt Taranaki/Egmont and ranges is visible in the background. Untitled (New Plymouth) View of New Plymouth after the cessation of the Taranaki Wars. 'Untitled (Hurworth Cottage)' Jane Maria and Arthur Atkinson's house at Hurworth on Carrington Road. Depicts typical New Zealand colonial house with bay window at front - house slightly side on and backs onto a cleared hill. Bush and tall trees in background. Cleared land with felled trees in foreground. Along the lower edge of the drawing are handwritten numerals (in pencil): "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6". On the reverse is an inscription written (also in pencil) by Jane Maria Atkinson which reads: "1 is at present the kitchen window. 2 our bedroom, but in another fortnight it will be the kitchen window and No. 1 our bedroom. We make the change because it is not convenient to have the room one sleeps in a passage room and that the sitting room and kitchen may be close together. 3 the bay window and 4 and 5 are sitting room windows, 6 window of Lely's bedroom. 1, 2, and 3 look due east to the Henui river. 4, 5, and 6 due North, we see towards the road from them, I shall have a wider view next year when the bush between our clearing and D. Atkinson's is to be felled. We see the back end of Harry's house from the North windows, he lies North west of us. The front door so to speak, is at the back of the house in a passage between the two bodies of the house and connecting them. The fence in the front is going to be moved so as to enlarge the garden considerably and the gate will be moved to the right a good way so that a path from it may lead naturally to the door." "Omata Stockade" Pencil sketch of the Omata Stockade from the north east side, 1861. Stockade situated upper right middleground, small area of cleared land middle foreground with stock grazing on it. "St Andrews, New Plymouth" Small print by Bernard Aris depicting St Andrews Church, New Plymouth. "St Mary's, New Plymouth" Print by Bernard Aris depicting St Mary's Church, New Plymouth. Shows church from Powderham Street view with footpath and part of road in foreground. Untitled (D.Newman's Boot Repair Shop) Pencil sketch depicting D. Newman's Boot Repair Shop. Building/shop dominates middle of image with footpath and road in immediate foreground. Signage on shop awning reads: "For Sale / Leather, Nails and Rubber Heels/ D. Newman Boot Repairer". Another awning belonging to a shop further along the road reads: "H. Mead Ltd / Baker". "Our Backyard, N.P." Sketch depicting chickens scratching about in a fenced off section. Immediately behind fence are two large trees and another residence. "Taking the Veil" Distant view of Mt Taranaki / Egmont with lower section covered by cloud. Small group of tall trees lower left corner foreground. "Rollo & Millar, New Plymouth" Interior view of Rollo & Millar foundry, New Plymouth. Two figures are pictured working at a bench next to an open furnace. Machinery in the foreground. "Old Boarding House, Silver Street, New Plymouth" Exterior view of a two storeyed boarding house on Silver Street, New Plymouth. Drawn on green/grey paper. The building has now been demolished. "Old Waitara Library" Exterior view of the Waitara Public Library and Reading Room. The building was formerly an Anglican Church. After the present church was built it became the library. "30 Fulford St, New Plymouth" Exterior view of 30 Fulford Street, New Plymouth. Rendered in black and white on coloured paper. "Mace House, Carrington Street" Exterior view of the northern aspect of the Mace House, Carrington Street, New Plymouth. Untitled (Beach/Richmond Cottage) Richmond Cottage (formerly known as Beach Cottage) from the west surrounded by a picket fence. The house is positioned in the lower left corner of sketch, with the top of Paritutu visible in the distance. "The Awakening" Pencil sketch looking up Devon Street West, New Plymouth from Brougham Street, depicting Teeds & Co. Chemist on the right side, trams and people outside Avery's Bookshop on the left side, clock tower further along the street. Two dogs playing in the middle of the street. "Mt Egmont from Fitzroy" View of Mount Taranaki from Fitzroy, New Plymouth. Houses pictured in the foreground. "The Mount and the golden cow" View of Mount Taranaki with three cows and vegetation in the foreground. "Mt Egmont" View of Mount Taranaki. Line of trees in middleground. ""The Pines", New Plymouth, N.Z." Sketch of "The Pines", the house of Major Charles (Carlino) Brown, son of Charles Armitage Brown. The house is pictured on a ridge. A river is visible in the foreground. Hills and vegetation in the middleground. The sketch is included in a sketchbook attributed to one of Major Charles (Carlino) Brown's daughters. However, the inscription on the inside cover reads "Constance W. Rowe / Taranaki / April 2nd 1880" - it is unclear if this inscription indicates the name of the actual artist. "Bilingual belly amphora, 1867. Titokowaru ponders the embers." Lithograph depicting a Greek belly amphora decorated with scenes relating to the Taranaki Wars (1860-1866) and Tītokowaru's War (June 1868 to March 1869). All the figures represented on the amphora are in Greek style. The main frieze on the body of the amphora shows Riwha Tītokowaru sitting on a tree stump while prodding the embers of a fire with a stick. He is wearing a hat and chequered blanket. He is framed by two ponga trees. A bird with wings depicted as stylised eyes sits in the tree behind Tītokowaru. Behind that tree another Greek vase sits on the ground holding a tewhatewha and a cross. A taniwha figure is pictured in front of the opposite ponga tree. The friezes above the central image show settlers arriving on ships and pulling carts in convoy, a line of sheep and Mount Taranaki. The friezes below the central image show more processions of settlers arriving with carts and goods.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418676
__label__wiki	0.757194	0.757194	Title Forty-niner in Utah, Index page 224 Description Index convert, 71, 71 n. 9, 107, 107 n. 17; description of school and home at Fort Utah, 76; clerk at Fort Utah, 77, 77 n. 17; battled Indians, 78-79; employed in excavating cellar for Mormon dignitary, 79-80, 80 n. 20; treated by Dr. James Blake, 87-88; clerk for justice of the peace, 97, 97 n. 5; reasons for remaining in Utah, 100; friends opinion of, 102, 105, 107; settled in Sanpete Valley with Dr. John M. Vaughn, 102, 105, 107; letter to family telling of death of, 102-5; relationship with fellow workers on Stansbury Survey, 135, 135 n. 23, 150 n. 62, 161 n. 81, 162 n. 82; lost on Great Salt Lake, 151-52, 152 n. 66; religious inclinations, 17, 70-71; will, 197 Hudson, Rebecca (mother of John Hudson), married, xiii; children, xiv Hudson, William (brother of John Hudson, xv Hunt, Jefferson, led members of Colony Guard to California, 70 n. 8 I Immigration, West from St. Joseph, Mis- souri, and Independence, Missouri, in 1847 and 1850,58 n. 24 Independence Day, celebrated by gold- seekers, 64 n. 1 Indians, requested Mormon colonists be sent to Utah Valley, 78 n. 18; descrip- tions, 76, 94-95, 147-48, 148 n. 57; battle with Utah Valley settlers, 78-79; description of Northern Shoshoni, 132 n. 18; description of Digger, 178, 178-79 n. 121; met Stansbury Survey, 147-48, 148 n. 57 J Jacobus, C. T., member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 James, John Angell, churchman, 13, 13 n. 18 Jordan, vessel, 4 n. 2 K Kansas City, Missouri, description, 58 n. 24; Colony Guard left, 63-65 L Lakeside Mountains, description, 177-78, 177 n. 120 Larkin, Thomas O., confirmed of gold in California, 31 n. 37 discovery Lewis, Marlene, acknowledgment, xvii Lloyd, Edward, company agent in Amer- ica, 45, 45 n. 7 Lorton, William B., traveled to California, 70n.8 Ludlow, , member of Colony Guard, 42 n. 2 M Major, William Warren, befriended John Hudson, 68; brief biography, 68 n. 6; designed seal for University of Deseret, 86 n. 30; wrote letter telling of John Hudson's death, 102-5 Marshall, James W., discovered gold in California, 31 n. 37 Mason, Richard, governor of California territory sent gold to Washington, D. C., 31, n.37 McNulty, John, physician, 30 n. 36; leader of Colony Guard, 30, 30 n. 36, 42, 42 n. 2, 63-65 n. 1; activities in California, 69n.7 Messenger & Sons, manufacturers, 45, 45 n. 7 Morgan, Cynthia, acknowledgment, xvii Morley, Isaac, gave John Hudson Patriar- chal Blessing, 71 n. 9; member of House of Representatives of State of Deseret, 85 n. 27; leader of settlement in Sanpete Valley, 102-3 n.10 Mormons, John Hudson's opinion of, 68; description of school at Fort Utah, 76, 76 n. 16; first schools, 76 n. 16; attitude toward forty-niners, 83 n. 24; attitude toward birth control, 84-85, 85 n. 26; petitioned congress to become a state, 85,85 n. 27; goldcoinedby, 86,86 n. 28; printing press, 86, 86 n. 29; established university, 86, 86 n. 30; campaign to attain self-sufficiency, 104, 104 n. 13; attitude toward Stansbury Survey, 116-17 Morton, Joseph T., manufacturer, 14, 14 n. 19 Mules, opinion of riders, 65, 65-66 n. 2 N New York City, descriptions, o-11, 14-15 culture and social conditions, 18, 18 n. 24, 25-27, 37-38, 37 n. 44; Colony Guard left, 48, 48-49 n. 10 New York Sacred Music Society, 18, 18 n. 24 Norris, C. A., owner of John Hudson papers, xi, xvii Nowlan, Jabez, shot in battle with Indians, 79 n. 19 224	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418677
__label__wiki	0.954798	0.954798	Kedon Slovis Markese Stepp Clay Helton Kenan Christon Walter Payton Dominic Davis Christian Young Vavae Malepeai Stephen Carr Quincy Jountti Sports College football Football College sports Athlete injuries Athlete health Arizona Pac-12 USC Depleted USC turns to RB Kenan Christon after electric debut By DAN GREENSPAN - Oct. 22, 2019 04:03 PM EDT Southern California running back Kenan Christon (23) scores a rushing touchdown past Arizona cornerback McKenzie Barnes (15) during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California running back Kenan Christon showed he can provide big plays, scoring on touchdowns runs of 55 and 30 yards in a memorable debut against Arizona. Now the freshman with elite speed will have to show he can handle a bigger role, as Christon is expected to start for the Trojans at Colorado on Friday because of a spate of injuries at the position. Redshirt freshman Markese Stepp is out up to five weeks because of an ankle injury he suffered on Saturday against the Wildcats that will require surgery, coach Clay Helton said. Junior Stephen Carr did not practice Monday after sustaining a hamstring strain in the same game. Redshirt junior Vavae Malepeai remains out after undergoing knee surgery last week. "I've never lost three backs in one week in 25 years before, but you know what, there's a first time for everything," Helton said. Those injuries allowed Christon to come in and shred a tired, demoralized Arizona defense for 103 yards on eight carries. His two touchdown runs showcased speed not seen in the Coliseum since Reggie Bush or Joe McKnight starred for the Trojans a decade earlier, with Christon coming off left tackle into the open field and hitting top speed in nearly identical fashion on both plays. Arizona safety Christian Young looked to have an angle on Christon during the 55-yard run but couldn't close on the 2019 California high school 100-meters champion in time. That is exactly what offensive coordinator Graham Harrell wanted to happen, though he couldn't express his satisfaction in the play in real time. "But we couldn't get much in because (running backs coach Mike) Jinks was yelling over the headset and no one could say anything," Harrell said. However, Harrell has seen the 5-foot-10, 181-pound Christon do more than get out to the perimeter. "Obviously he's fast and special with the ball, but what I didn't know coming in was how physical he'd be and how tough he'd be and if he wanted to run between those tackles," Harrell said. "Getting as many reps as he has inside this year, he's shown that a lot, and that's been good to see. And then he's also a kid that has shown to be physical in pass protection." It turns out the development of such a well-rounded game goes back to when Christon started playing football in sixth grade. His coaches wanted to use the elusive Christon at wide receiver, but his struggles to catch the ball led him to play running back instead. "They just thought, 'Oh, he's fast, so we'll just hand him the ball and let him run outside,'" Christon said. A relative newcomer to the sport, Christon doesn't compare himself to or model his game after memorable speedsters from recent years such as Bush, Percy Harvin of Florida or De'Anthony Thomas of Oregon. Instead, Christon likens himself to Walter Payton because of his father's fondness for the legendary Chicago Bears running back. Jinks doesn't think Christon would have been ready for the physical toll of the heavy workloads Payton had during his heyday if the freshman had to be the feature back over an entire 12-game regular season. But that will be less of a concern more than halfway into Christon's first year of college football. "Five, six, eight games, whatever it might be until we get some of those guys back, he'll be able to handle it," Jinks said. "We'll give him all he can handle." The other two scholarship rushers behind Christon are former walk-on Quincy Jountti and Dominic Davis, a redshirt senior who was moved back to offense after playing cornerback. Even with those unproven options at running back, Harrell needs balance to make the game easier on freshman quarterback Kedon Slovis as USC tries to win the Pac-12 South. "As a quarterback, it's hard to be on every night," Harrell said. "I mean, at any position, it's hard, but when you're the quarterback everyone sees it a lot more. . If you ever have a night where the quarterback is struggling a little bit, you can help him settle in and you can take some pressure off of him if you can run the football successfully." Christon said he is up to the challenge, and Jinks knows pure speed can make up for inexperience. "You know he's going to eat up some angles and there are going to be some explosive plays, so you got to take the good with the bad," Jinks said.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418678
__label__wiki	0.540473	0.540473	Meet your fellow subscriber: John Craw Get to Know your Fellow Subscriber A regular series of mini-biographies on my subscribers. Want one written on you, by me? Subscribe, then send me your life story to this point, in a nutshell, to adater@comcast.net and we’ll go from there. SUBSCRIBER: JOHN CRAW (@Crawdaddy32) By Adrian Dater Remember Circuit City? As a 1998 graduate of CU Denver in 1998, John Craw went to work for the now-defunct electronics company in their marketing department, for their “sports and event marketing” department. A hockey nut, John was at the very first Avalanche game in history, the Oct. 6, 1995, game against Detroit. He still has the ticket stub to prove it. John was three years into his career at Circuit City and seemingly content when, on a Sept. 11, 2001, flight from Charlotte, N.C., to Tampa, word came into the cockpit from air traffic control: Make an emergency landing, now. It was after he landed and caught up on the awful news of that day that John Craw had an epiphany: “Nothing made more of an impression on me than that day and the fact that 343 firefighters and countless other first responders laid down their lives to try and save the lives of those trapped in the towers,” Craw says. “The events of that day made me think very hard about my life and the fact that if I left the world that day, I had done nothing to help others.” John heard of a program in Knoxville, Tenn., where he might be able to get into being a firefighter. So, he decided to chuck it all at Circuit City and go for a new life in Tennessee. Today, he is a firefighter in the town of Maryville, about 20 minutes south of Knoxville. His life was transformed with that move to Tennesse, all right, but forget about him turning into a Predators fan, too. He’s “the only die-hard Avs fan in Maryville, probably the only one in Eastern Tennessee for that matter.” “Been playing hockey since 5th grade and captain the Knoxville Wolves Hockey Club. The team is 13 years old and of course, we play for the cup every season! Beer league hockey at its best. I still get back to Denver at least once a year to visit my father who lives in Morrison. Of course, we attend an Avs game when I’m there! I also attend the Avs games when they come to Nashville. Went to the Stadium Series game at Coors Field and will definitely attend this year’s game at the Air Force Academy. Thank you for your great stories and allowing diehard fans that don’t live in the Denver area to get an inside perspective on the team.” No, thank YOU, John. All the best, and welcome to the Colorado Hockey Now family. TAKE FIVE (QUESTIONS) 1. Do you have a recurring dream, and if so, what’s it about? Two actually, 1) showing up to work buck naked. 2) I can fly. Have you ever suffered a broken bone? 2018 KAHA (Knoxville Adult Hockey Association) Championship. Broken wrist… we won! Give me five songs on your current playlist: Aaron Lewis “Whiskey”, Jason Aldean “Any ‘Ole Barstool” Luke Combs “Beer Never Broke My Heart “, Staind “It’s Been A While”, Red Hot Chili Peppers “Dark Necessities” What was your first car? 1983 VW Rabbit LS (Blank) scares the living crap out of me: Free Agency! Related Topics:John Craw Meet your fellow CHN subscriber: Rich Solomon Meet your fellow Colorado Hockey Now subscriber: Cindie Tregler ckbb Umm…beg to differ, but Craw is not the only die-hard Avs fan: 1) in Eastern TN, 2) living in the Knoxville area, 3) from Denver originally, 4) who visits family in Denver often, 5) has seen many Avs games as well as the outdoor game at Coors Field, 6) is a Colorado Hockey Now subscriber, nor even 7) plays KAHA Beer League Hockey (think C2…faced him often when he played some also with the Rats) So, never assume you are on an island in Predator land. Chrie Yes to players grades. In the future information on whose playing college ,juniors and on a he farm.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418679
__label__cc	0.59004	0.40996	Access to Knowledge EasyNewsletter Megaphone Action Collection (Old) Simiran Lalvani - Workers’ fictive kinship relations in Mumbai app-based food delivery by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Aug 16, 2019 — last modified Dec 06, 2019 05:00 AM — filed under: Digital Labour, Research, Publications, Researchers at Work, Mapping Digital Labour in India Working in the gig-economy has been associated with economic vulnerabilities. However, there are also moral and affective vulnerabilities as workers find their worth measured everyday by their performance of—and at—work and in every interaction and movement. This essay by Simiran Lalvani is the first among a series of writings by research fellows associated with the 'Mapping Digital Labour in India' project at the CIS, supported by research assistance from Azim Premji University, being published on the Platypus blog of the Committee on the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing (CASTAC). The essay is edited by Noopur Raval, who is co-leading the project concerned. Located in RAW #MappingDigitalLabour - Panel discussion on platform-work in Mumbai and New Delhi by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Jul 11, 2019 — last modified Jul 20, 2019 11:58 AM — filed under: RAW Events, Gig Work, Digital Labour, Platform-Work, Researchers at Work, Event, Mapping Digital Labour in India With the rise and popularity of app-based platforms such as Ola, Uber, Swiggy Zomato, and others, there are growing public conversation about regulation of such 'gig-work' platforms and the work conditions of people who work for them. The Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) invites you to a panel discussion on Friday, July 19 in our Bangalore office, where the researchers associated with the project will present preliminary findings, and ethical and methodological challenges of studying app-based platform-work in India. Panelists Anushree Gupta, Rajendra Jadhav, Sarah Zia and Simiran Lalvani, who have conducted field studies of ride-hailing and food-delivery work in Mumbai and New Delhi, will share their preliminary field insights along with reflections on what it meant to do such studies, how they went about studying gig-work, and challenges that arose in their work. The discussion will be moderated by Noopur Raval who co-led the project. We invite scholars, journalists, and all interested members of the public to join us for the event. Tea and snacks will be served at 5 pm. Kusuma Trust Kusuma Trust supports innovation, new developments in higher education, training and advocacy, all of which have enormous potential to benefit society. Bengaluru: No. 194, 2nd ‘C’ Cross, Domlur, 2nd Stage, Bengaluru, 560071. Location on Google Map. 080 4092 6283. Delhi: First floor, B 1/8, Hauz Khas, near G Block market, take the gate opposite Southy, New Delhi, 110016. 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__label__wiki	0.916402	0.916402	HomePosts tagged 'Ian S. Port' Ian S. Port New Books (August-September) September 29, 2018 September 26, 2018 Civilian Reader New Books Anne Griffin, Brian Hart, Christopher Goffard, Christopher Priest, David Mack, David Priess, Eric Jay Dolin, Erin Somers, Gardner Dozois, Gerrard Cowan, Gerry Spence, Ian S. Port, Jeremy C Shipp, Jill Lepore, Joe Ide, K.A. Doore, Kate Atkinson, Kelsey Miller, Lea Carpenter, Maria Hummel, Marie Hummel, Maryna Shyrshova-Dyachenko, Michael Chabon, Peter McLean, Philip Pullman, Richard Morgan, Robert Galbraith, Sergiy Dyachenko, Seth Dickinson, Steven Savile Featuring: Kate Atkinson, Lea Carpenter, Michael Chabon, Gerrard Cowan, Seth Dickinson, Eric Jay Dolin, K. A. Doore, Gardner Dozois, Sergiy Dyachenko, Maryna Shyrshova-Dyachenko, Robert Galbraith, Christopher Goffard, Anne Griffin, Brian Hart, Maria Hummel, Joe Ide, Jill Lepore, David Mack, Peter McLean, Kelsey Miller, Richard Morgan, Ian S. Port, David Priess, Christopher Priest, Philip Pullman, Steven Savile, Jeremy C. Shipp, Erin Somers, Gerry Spence Upcoming: THE BIRTH OF LOUD by Ian S. Port (Scribner) August 31, 2018 August 31, 2018 Civilian Reader Upcoming Birth of Loud, Fender, Gibson, Guitars, Ian S. Port, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Most Anticipated 2018, Music, Non-Fiction, Scribner, Simon & Schuster Bruce Springsteen’s telecaster, Slash’s Les Paul, Kurt Cobain’s stratocaster, Angus Young’s SG… These were the guitars that exemplified rock music for me when I was younger. The story of rock goes hand-in-hand with these two guitar manufacturers, while there are other heavy-hitters in the industry, none have the same cache as these two. (Gibson is my personal favourite.) In January 2019, Scribner are due to publish The Birth of Loud, Ian S. Port‘s history of the two men who created these brands. I’m really looking forward to reading this. Here’s the synopsis: A riveting saga in the history of rock ‘n’ roll: the decades-long rivalry between the two men who innovated the electric guitar’s amplified sound — Leo Fender and Les Paul — and their intense competition to convince rock stars like the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, and Eric Clapton to play the instruments they built. In the years after World War II, music was evolving from big-band jazz into the primordial elements of rock ’n’ roll — and these louder styles demanded revolutionary instruments. When Leo Fender’s tiny firm marketed the first solid-body electric guitar, the Esquire, musicians immediately saw its appeal. Not to be out-maneuvered, Gibson, the largest guitar manufacturer, raced to build a competitive product. The company designed an “axe” that would make Fender’s Esquire look cheap and convinced Les Paul — whose endorsement Leo Fender had sought — to put his name on it. Thus was born the guitar world’s most heated rivalry: Gibson versus Fender, Les versus Leo. While Fender was a quiet, half-blind, self-taught radio repairman from rural Orange County, Paul was a brilliant but egomaniacal pop star and guitarist who spent years toying with new musical technologies. Their contest turned into an arms race as the most inventive musicians of the 1950s and 1960s — including bluesman Muddy Waters, rocker Buddy Holly, the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton — adopted one maker’s guitar or another. By the time Jimi Hendrix played “The Star-Spangled Banner” at Woodstock in 1969 on his Fender Stratocaster, it was clear that electric instruments — Fender or Gibson — had launched music into a radical new age, empowering artists with a vibrancy and volume never before attainable. Back in June 2018, the Washington Post published a story about “The death of the electric guitar”, which I would also highly recommend. The Birth of Loud will be published by Scribner in the US, Canada and in the UK. Follow the Author: Goodreads, Twitter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418691
__label__cc	0.664853	0.335147	Claire Fuller Writing and art Buy (or pre-order) Bitter Orange Our Endless Numbered Days Unsettled Ground Dublitaward Bitter Orange Long Listed for Dublin Literary Award November 12, 2019 / Claire Fuller / 12 Comments I’m stunned and delighted that my third novel, Bitter Orange has been long listed for the Dublin Literary Award. This prize is an unusual one. Firstly the books on the long list are nominated by libraries around the world. This year (for books published in 2018) 400 library systems in 177 countries were invited to vote for up to three novels. Which has resulted in a long list of 156 books – a lot of reading for the judges. Books must be in English, but can be translated. Secondly, the prize is the largest single book prize at 100,000 Euros. I’m really not expecting Bitter Orange to make it to the short list of up to ten titles which will be announced in April 2020. I’m simply delighted that my third novel was nominated. Last year, the wonderful debut, Idaho by Emily Ruskovich won the prize – a novel I’ve been banging on about since I read it in 2016 and it made my list of best books that I read that year. Buy a copy of Bitter Orange. I'm a writer and an artist. I have written four novels: Our Endless Numbered Days, Swimming Lessons, Bitter Orange, and Unsettled Ground (to be published in 2021). Click 'Books' in the top menu to find out more. Click here to join thousands of other readers receiving updates about my books, writing, and what I’m reading. Buy Bitter Orange Buy Swimming Lessons UK paperback cover Buy Our Endless Numbered Days About Claire Fuller Short story: Fear of Flying Short story: Food Publishing Interviews: The Literary Agent Hampshire writers! Come to a day of writing workshops in Southampton + panels, surgeries, and open mic, with me,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… 3 days ago Follow @clairefuller2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418694
__label__wiki	0.953866	0.953866	Long Beach junior designated hitter Luke Rasmussen (right) tries to avoid the tag after being caught in a rundown in the bottom of the first inning. Baseball, Men's Sports, Sports Long Beach State baseball drops third game in a row by Luke Ramirez on February 20, 2018 Luke Ramirez Author More in Baseball: Dirtbags play first intrasquad scrimmage at Blair Field Friday November 1, 2019 Dirtbags head coach looks to not let players ‘lose appreciation of the opportunity’ September 26, 2019 CSULB baseball adds new practice field to campus September 8, 2019 Long Beach State lost its midweek matchup against USC 5-1 after two miscues on the field led to five runs scored by the Trojans. The Dirtbags’ offense struggled yet again, especially in the late innings and failed to produce runs despite out-hitting the visitors five to three. “We’re certainly not as bad as we’re playing but I couldn’t imagine getting off to a worse start,” Long Beach head coach Troy Buckley said. The LBSU (1-3) lineup failed to record a hit in the final three innings, snuffing out any sort of comeback on a bitter night at Blair Field. USC (3-1) freshman Brian Gursky threw three shutout innings in relief and only allowed one runner to reach base. “I think the story of game was the bullpen, as it’s been the last few days for us,” USC coach Dan Hubbs said. “Gursky came in and just shut the door for three innings and gave us a chance to take the lead.” Freshman starting pitcher Andrew Seminaris did not give up a hit through four innings against USC in his debut for Long Beach. After a one out walk, he induced a ground ball to senior shortstop Laine Huffman who bobbled it and failed to turn the inning ending double play. Later in the fifth, the Trojans loaded the bases against Seminaris and with two outs and sophomore center fielder Matthew Acosta sent a fly ball to deep center for extra bases. The double brought all three runners home and gave USC a 4-1 lead. “I was looking to stay within myself and I got in a situation to get a fastball,” Acosta said. “I got it, put a good swing on it and it got over the center fielders head to open up the game.” Seminaris’ night was over after 4 ⅔ innings allowing two hits and three earned runs. The Trojans added another run in the top of the sixth after freshman pitcher Jake Lopez balked two USC runners into scoring position with one out. The next batter was sophomore Brady Shockey who brought one run home on a sacrifice fly, increasing the lead to 5-1. Junior second baseman Jarren Duran got his first hit of the season on a two-out triple in the bottom of the third. He finished 2 for 4 to raise his batting average to .182. “I think we’re just finding out who we are as a team,” Duran said. “It’s time to develop that identity.” Long Beach now finds itself in a similar position to last season, however, the non-conference schedule ahead will feature 13 games against teams ranked in BaseballAmerica.org’s top-25 ranking. “We’re our own worst enemies at this point, and we’re not playing anywhere near the level we are capable of,” Buckley said. The Dirtbags now head on the road for the first time this season, traveling to Fort Worth, Texas for a series against No. 7 TCU. Game one of three is scheduled at 4:30 p.m. PST Friday at Williams-Reilly Field. Andrew Seminaris, baseball, Big West, Big West Conference, Dirtbags, Jake Lopez, Jarren Duran, Laine Huffman, lbsu, sports, Troy Buckley Luke Ramirez	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418697
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Damon on Hawaii County Displays Portable Shelter to Raise Awareness of Need to Help Homeless Big Island Police Investigating Attempted Robbery of Subway Restaurant in Hilo Posted on November 6, 2013 by Damon Hawaiʻi Island police are investigating an attempted robbery Tuesday afternoon (November 5) at a fast-food restaurant in Hilo. Big Island Police are investigating an attempted burglary at this Subway in Hilo. Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, a man entered the Subway restaurant on Lanikaula Street just mauka of Kīlauea Avenue. He claimed he had a gun and demanded cash. After the female victim refused to give him money, the suspect fled on foot up Lanikaula Street. He may have gotten into a black Toyota four-door sedan on Kapiʻolani Street just off Lanikaula Street. The suspect is described as Asian, 5-foot-1 to 5-foot-4, about 140 pounds with brown eyes. His hair color was obscured by a gray hooded sweatshirt and a hat. He was also wearing dark shorts, a black-and-white flannel shirt and dark rubber shoes. Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Lieutenant Gregory Esteban at 961-2252 or gesteban@co.hawaii.hi.us. Tipsters who prefer to remain anonymous may call Crime Stoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000. Crime Stoppers is a volunteer program run by ordinary citizens who want to keep their community safe. Crime Stoppers doesn’t record calls or subscribe to caller ID. All Crime Stoppers information is kept confidential. Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Hilo, Legal, Security, Wanted \| Tagged: Subway Hilo, Subway Robbery \| Leave a comment » FREE – “Ola – Health is Everything” at UH Hilo November 14th The public is invited to a special screening of “Ola – Health is Everything” on Thursday, November 14 at 12:30 p.m. and again at 2:30 p.m. in the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo University Classroom Building Room 127. There is no admission charge and seating is limited. The Hawaiʻi documentary premiered at the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival in April 2013. It highlights the power of communities to heal, explores how society must rethink what it means to be healthy, and portrays individuals who bring hope to communities across Hawaiʻi. A Q & A will follow the screening with film writer and producer Matthew Nagato of the Hawaiʻi Primary Care Association. The screening is supported by UH Hilo’s Student Health & Wellness Programs and the Chancellor’s Professional Development Fund. For additional information, call 932-7458. [youtube=http://youtu.be/Ipau_m3QTa0] Ola (Hawaiian for “life, well-being”) is a feature length documentary which explores the widespread social factors that helped create Hawai’i’s health care crisis and offers an intimate look at individuals who have, in the face of these challenges, brought hope to their communities. Filed under: Agriculture, aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Community, Economy, Entertainment, Environment, Food & Drink, Hawaii, Hawaiian, Health, Movies and Film, Opala in Paradise, State Affairs, Sustainable Living \| Tagged: Ola - Health is Everything the Movie, UH Hilo \| Leave a comment » Coast Guard Suspends Search for Possible Missing Kayaker Off Maui The search for a possible missing kayaker off Maui has been suspended pending further developments. The search began after an abandoned kayak was found off La Perouse Bay, Maui, at approximately 11 a.m., Tuesday. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Maui, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station Barbers Point and a Jet Ski from Ocean Safety searched the area for a possible kayaker in distress. Every year, countless man hours and taxpayer dollars go to search and rescue missions where someone is not in danger. Paddle Smart Identification Sticker “The Coast Guard highly recommends mariners use Paddle Smart stickers and mark their personal watercraft with their contact information,” said Chief Petty Officer Jerrod Sneller, operations unit controller at Sector Honolulu Command Center. “This will reduce the number of man hours spent searching for individuals not in distress and it will allow valuable resources to be ready for actual search and rescue cases.” Through the Operation Paddle Smart program, the Coast Guard offers a free “If Found” decal to be placed in a visible location on small, human-powered watercraft. The decal is weatherproof and reflective. The goal of Paddle Smart is to save lives and taxpayer dollars. The information on the sticker can allow response entities to quickly identify the vessel’s owner and aid search and rescue planners in determining the best course of action. The stickers can be obtained for free at local harbormasters, through the Coast Guard Auxiliary, from Honolulu Sail and Power Squadron offices and at select marine retail and supply stores. For information on obtaining a Paddle Smart sticker, contact 808-535-3424. Filed under: Announcements, Environment, Hawaii, Maui, Military, Missing, Security, Transportation \| Tagged: Coast Guard, Maui, Missing Kayaker, Paddle Smart Identification Sticker \| Leave a comment » Pharmaceutical Manufacturer to Pay Hawaii $1.4 Million to Settle Fraud Allegations Attorney General David M. Louie announced today that Hawaii will recover $1,455,919.22 from drug giant Johnson & Johnson and its Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. subsidiary for illegal promotion of two of its best selling antipsychotic medicines. From 1999 through 2005 the pharmaceutical manufacturer boosted its sales of Risperdal by marketing the drug for uses not approved by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and by paying money to providers to prescribe Risperdal instead of equally effective drugs produced by its competitors. Johnson & Johnson then altered its Risperdal formula and pushed its new brand, called Invega, in juvenile and senior populations despite FDA guidelines that cautioned against use by individuals in those age groups. Hawaii’s recovery was part of a larger settlement involving other states and the Federal Government that garnered $1.2 billion in restitution and penalties. In addition to the monetary sanctions, Janssen Pharmaceuticals will enter a guilty plea in Federal Court to mis-branding for its illegal marketing of the drugs. The total amount of the recovery for Hawaii is $2,891,752.87. The Federal Government shares in the recovery because it pays for the majority of Hawaii’s Medicaid program. Therefore, after the Federal Government is paid, Hawaii’s share will be $1,455,919.22. Attorney General Louie stated that “the State Medicaid Program is an honor system. We will prosecute these important cases, recover our losses, and send a message that sanctions will follow when companies try to violate the rules.” The case was filed in Federal Court in Pennsylvania, and Hawaii’s Department of the Attorney General, Criminal Justice Division, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit worked with the Federal Government and other participating states to prosecute the case. The case was originally brought by a whistle blower who will also share in the recovery. The case was filed under the Federal and State False Claims Acts which encourage lawsuits by civilians who identify fraud and secretly report it to the government. Hawaii’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit worked with the Hawaii State Legislature to amend the Hawaii False Claims Act, which enabled the State to keep an additional 10% of the recovery that would ordinarily be paid back to the Federal Government. The Legislature approved the amendment during the 2012 session and the extra 10% the State is now permitted to keep is expected to bring more revenue to the State in future False Claims Act cases. AG: NY will reap $138M in Johnson & Johnson settlement (timesunion.com) AG Bondi Announces $1.6B Settlement With Johnson & Johnson, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (wctv.tv) Gansler secures settlement from Johnson & Johnson over fraudulent marketing of antipsychotic drugs (baltimorenewsjournal.com) Johnson & Johnson to pay $2B to settle psychiatric drug charges (newsday.com) Ohio to get $52.7M in Johnson & Johnson settlement (bizjournals.com) Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Health, Legal, State Affairs \| Tagged: False Claims Act, Food and Drug Administration, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Johnson & Johnson, Risperdal Lawsuit \| Leave a comment » Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Waiving Entrance Fee for Veteran’s Day Weekend Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park joins national parks across the country in waiving entrance fees all three days of the upcoming Veteran’s Day weekend, Nov. 9-11, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park Entrance “Our nation’s veterans have sacrificed much to protect our freedom,” said Park Superintendent Cindy Orlando. “To honor the selfless service of our veterans, we invite everyone to experience the American heritage by visiting their national parks at no charge this Veteran’s Day Weekend.” Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, which has dozens of veterans among its employees and volunteers, is open 24 hours a day, every day. The park offers more than 150 miles of hiking trails and many opportunities to appreciate the volcanic landscape, the pristine native environment and the Hawaiian culture that define this World Heritage Site. More than a dozen free interpretive programs are offered daily, and special events, including ‘Ike Hana No‘eau cultural workshops, After Dark in the Park presentations, hula kahiko performances, and Nā Leo Manu “Heavenly Voices” concerts, are ongoing. Check www.nps.gov/havo for information for all events. Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park is one of five national park units on the island of Hawai‘i. Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park is also free of charge Veteran’s Day weekend. There is no admission charged for Pu‘ukoholā Heiau National Historic Site, Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park, or the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail. Information on special offerings at parks nationwide is available at http://www.nps.gov/findapark/feefreeparks.htm. Filed under: aloha, Announcements, Big Island, Environment, Hawaii \| Tagged: Fee Free Parks, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park \| Leave a comment » Big Island Police Identify Eden Roc Murder Victim Hawaiʻi Island police have confirmed the identity of the victim of a fatal stabbing Tuesday afternoon (November 5) in the Eden Roc subdivision. Rory Thompson Wick He is identified as 32-year-old Rory Thompson Wick of Mountain View. He was pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m. Tuesday at Hilo Medical Center. The suspect, 34-year-old David True Seal of Mountain View, is being held at the Hilo police cellblock on suspicion of second-degree murder while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations continue the investigation. UPDATE: See who this David True Seal guy really is: http://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/story/11618540/police-searching-for-escapee-in-kaneohe Puna Stabbing Leads to Murder Charges for Eden Roc Man (damontucker.com) Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Legal, Puna \| Tagged: David True Seal, Eden Roc, Oahu Escapee, Rory Thompson Wick \| 5 Comments » Puna Stabbing Leads to Murder Charges for Eden Roc Man Hawaiʻi Island police have arrested a man in connection with a stabbing in Puna on Tuesday afternoon (November 5). At 3:20 p.m., officers responded to a report of a stabbing victim on Pilo Street in the Eden Roc subdivision. They arrived to find an unresponsive 32-year-old man with multiple stab wounds. Police took a 34-year-old man into custody but were not immediately able to verify his identity. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and initially taken to the Hilo police cellblock. He was then transferred to Hilo Medical Center for treatment of undisclosed non-life-threatening injuries. The victim’s name is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of his family. Police ask anyone with information about this case to contact Detective Dean Uyetake at 961-2379 or duyetake@co.hawaii.hi.us or Detective Joel Field at 961-2381 or jfield@co.hawaii.hi.us. Hawaiʻi Island police have identified a man arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder in connection with a stabbing in Puna on Tuesday afternoon (November 5) in the Eden Roc subdivision. David True Seal The suspect is identified as 34-year-old David True Seal of Mountain View. He is being held at the Hilo police cellblock while detectives from the Area I Criminal Investigations continue the investigation. The victim was officially pronounced dead at 11:11 p.m. Tuesday at Hilo Medical Center. His identity is being withheld pending positive identification and notification of his family. Filed under: Announcements, Big Island, Hawaii, Legal, Puna \| Tagged: David True Seal, Murder \| 2 Comments » Hawaii Senate President Donna Mercado Kim Announces Run for Congress After 31 years serving Hawaii residents in state government, Senator Donna Mercado Kim is aiming to take her extensive experience to Washington D.C. Kim announced today she is running for a seat in the First Congressional District representing urban Oahu, being vacated by Rep. Colleen Hanabusa. Donna Mercado Kim and son Micah “I have had the privilege to serve on the Honolulu City Council, in the state House of Representatives, the State Senate as Senate President; with this experience comes a perspective that I want to take to Washington DC on behalf of the people of Hawaii. It is with my son and grandchildren in mind that I have been passionate and unwavering in my public service. It is my goal to turn over to them a better state and better union,” said Kim. Kim, a Kalihi resident and Farrington High grad, has never lost a race since she was first elected in 1982. And she believes her knowledge and proven leadership skills will give Hawaii residents as a voice of reason in a bitterly divided Congress. “The stalemate in Congress is impacting all of us. We need strong representatives on Capitol Hill who understand our local and state government, who is unafraid to hold government accountable, who has asked the hard questions and yet still able to coalesce with others to get things done,” said Kim. Kim enters the 1st congressional race with the endorsement of the IBEW Local 1260, a union representing 3,300 electrical workers in Hawaii and Guam. “Having just gone through the recent government shutdown, I feel it’s vitally important that we compliment the strength of our state’s Congressional delegation with another lawmaker who has a proven track record of working across the aisle, to make tough decisions that benefit Hawaii’s hard working men and women. We believe Sen. Mercado Kim is that lawmaker who will fight alongside IBEW Local 1260 as we work to increase union density and strengthen the middle class in Hawaii and Guam,” said Brian Ahakuelo, IBEW 1260 Business Manager. Before being elected Senate President, Kim was Vice President and served as the chair of the Ways and Means and Tourism committees. Kim was elected to the House of Representatives in 1982, Honolulu City Council in 1985 and the State Senate in 2000. For more information, contact Stacy Loe Paris, Communications Director for Kim’s congressional campaign at 387-8189 or email her at stacyparis1@gmail.com. You can also go to donnamercadokim.com. Filed under: Announcements, Hawaii, Legislature, National Affairs, Politics, State Affairs \| Tagged: Donna Mercado Kim, Hawaii Senate President Announces Run for Congress, Korean Woman in Congress \| Leave a comment » 【口コミの真相】マナラホットクレンジングゲルは効果なし？最安値で買うなら楽天・Amazonじゃダメ Tiki Shark Hawaii Big Island Video News VIDEO: New Kona Physician Assistant Program Selects First Class Man Facing Eviction Allegedly Killed 2 HPD Officers, Stabbed Landlord Tom Yamachika: Don’t Be Duped Into Paying Double Taxes Reforming Inefficiencies Begins With Government Employees KHON2 News KITV News The Senate impeachment trial is about to kick into high gear. Here's what we know	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418698
__label__cc	0.66149	0.33851	Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - Population WorldPop produces different types of gridded population count datasets, depending on the methods used and end application. An overview of the data can be found in Tatem et al, and a description of the modelling methods used found in Stevens et al. The 'Global per country 2000-2020' datasets represent the outputs from a project focused on construction of consistent 100m resolution population count datasets for all countries of the World for each year 2000-2020. These efforts necessarily involved some shortcuts for consistency. The 'individual countries' datasets represent older efforts to map populations for each country separately, using a set of tailored geospatial inputs and differing methods and time periods. The 'whole continent' datasets are mosaics of the individual countries datasets WorldPop (www.worldpop.org - School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton; Department of Geography and Geosciences, University of Louisville; Departement de Geographie, Universite de Namur) and Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University (2018). Global High Resolution Population Denominators Project - Funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (OPP1134076). https://dx.doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/WP00645 This dataset updates: Every year [Dataset] Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - Population WorldPop Falkland Isla... Takes you to the WorldPop summary page for the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Population dataset Visit external site HDX - Tag Bot updated the dataset Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - Population 4 months ago hdx updated the dataset Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - Population 7 months ago hdx created the dataset Falkland Islands (Malvinas) - Population 7 months ago flk_ppp_2020.tifGeotiff The spatial distribution of population in 2020, Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Download flk_ppp_2020.tif 601a68a3-cf6f-40af-9c26-ee4aa5977a4e Download flk_ppp_2019.tif 7796551f-f611-4ce1-8294-85ca34ea1ea8 Download flk_ppp_2018.tif 9200b1f8-2822-46bc-92f8-a3d0233c7ee2 Download flk_ppp_2017.tif e11ef702-b700-4cc0-8b5a-7fcc433aebb4 Download flk_ppp_2016.tif e07fb764-1335-4e9f-bb45-dc507d0b1eda Download flk_ppp_2015.tif 2f2be83e-5652-4828-800d-925964ea404e Download flk_ppp_2014.tif aba1a830-2a2a-4233-91eb-c9e51ed403c0 Download flk_ppp_2013.tif acd7886b-5635-4a61-9eee-35d469c9e334 Download flk_ppp_2012.tif d3a07d3b-6f51-4ad7-b6b3-33eab2e48110 Download flk_ppp_2011.tif 8b15662f-4138-42db-9d8e-a7d195a43628 Download flk_ppp_2010.tif 7853688f-4338-4be2-bced-1fac93c9ec77 Download flk_ppp_2009.tif 2320cbef-2bba-4122-a850-2914e93dc4b2 Download flk_ppp_2008.tif bbca8127-86f5-482b-8ae9-07aba9e07b58 Download flk_ppp_2007.tif cb1aebbb-f0fc-42d8-a633-d5c11b45a58c Download flk_ppp_2006.tif 4b21a4d8-241c-442e-9376-02a719154f55 Download flk_ppp_2005.tif 4ff738a4-d944-4851-a57c-532adb733a3b Download flk_ppp_2004.tif 30584668-bda8-45a9-8a6c-d6ed45819f4f Download flk_ppp_2003.tif 5f41cca8-69e9-4546-9065-f5ccd0ded72b Download flk_ppp_2002.tif 0de2311a-60cf-46de-a396-78da7a33cda8 Download flk_ppp_2001.tif fffe97b1-5c33-490c-a2e2-f993df907ff7 Download flk_ppp_2000.tif 5b18e2f2-dc85-406f-a0ea-e7a9db0ffa08 WorldPop, University of Southampton, UK WorldPop Jan 01, 2000 - Dec 31, 2020 The WorldPop project aims to provide an open access archive of spatial demographic datasets for Central and South America, Africa and Asia to support development, disaster response and health applications. 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__label__cc	0.67983	0.32017	Blaska Policy Werkes and Stately Manor of David Blaska, your humble squire and irascible bloggeur, reporting from The Emerald City, Madison Wisconsin. The Island Church ← The Soup Nazis are banging their spoons Perking up and paying heed of socialists while ordering take out at the Red Hen → Who is killing all the young black men of Madison? Posted on June 27, 2018 by David Blaska The inconvenient truth that dare not speak its name The Capital Times discovers another racial disparity and it is worse than Cops in Schools. “African-Americans increasingly targeted as gun homicides spike.” Given the headline’s passive voice, it is fair to ask who is doing this targeting? Who is killing all the young black men of Madison? Writer Steven Elbow, a particularly egregious progressive, won’t say. He starts off his sad story of yet more black victimhood by recounting a particular whacking at a Madison convenience store last year: It would be easy to write off David Edwards’ death to random violence, to say it could have happened to anyone. But there was a big factor that increased Edward’s chances of falling victim to gunfire: He was a black man. The reporter marshals some statistics: Of the 15 people killed by gunfire in a two-year spike starting in 2016, 9 were black men. That’s 60% of the gun deaths in a city where blacks comprise just 7% of the population. In those two years, not a single white man in Madison was killed by gunfire. … In a state where blacks comprise only 6% of the population, 69% of the shooting victims in 2016 were African-American; 88% of those were men. Like the Madison school district, the good progressives at the CT are trying to make the numbers work. (Would more white victims do it?) Reporter Elbow succumbs to the requisite Second Amendment scapegoating: too many guns, the all-powerful NRA, Republicans and their damnable concealed carry law. Even Elbow is forced to acknowledge, having interviewed an actual police officer, that “Many of those guns are obtained without government purview.” Maybe, like, most of them? (Must we repeat, CCW permits require a criminal background check!) Only once does Elbow encounter the awful truth: that the slaughter is the result of black-on-black crime. It is a single quote attributed to Ald. Sheri Carter, African-American herself. (Although, to be fair, the quote is highlighted.) “A disproportionate amount of young African-American men are engaging in violence as a way to resolve a disagreement. And that’s concerning.” You won’t see any more “concerning” elsewhere in Elbow’s article because he is too busy mining the Left’s standard victim narrative. Therefore, he cannot quote Heather Mac Donald of the Manhattan Institute, an acknowledged expert. But we will. She writes: Who is killing them? Not the police and not white civilians, but other blacks. The astronomical black death-by-homicide rate is a function of the black crime rate. Black males between the ages of 14 and 17 commit homicide at 10 times the rate of white and Hispanic male teens combined. Blacks of all ages commit homicide at 8 times the rate of whites and Hispanics combined, and at 11 times the rate of whites alone. … Moreover, 40% of all cop killers have been black over the last decade. And a larger proportion of white and Hispanic homicide deaths are a result of police killings than black homicide deaths — but don’t expect to hear that from the media or from the political enablers of the Black Lives Matter movement. Political enablers? Anyone we know in Madison journalism? Let’s return to the late Mr. Edwards, shot dead at that Mobil gas station on March 1, 2017. Case of mistaken identity. Killer got the wrong guy. He was looking to wax someone else, guy named Ricardo Simms. Also wore dreadlocks. (Simms did get popped six months later.) Who was the killer? This guy, but you have to go to another link to get the picture. Blaska’s Bottom Line: Police, we repeat, are NOT the problem. Not cops in the schools, not cops in the streets, not Mike Koval, not Sheriff Mahoney’s new jail, not Donald Trump. No, not Act 10, implicit bias, white privilege, Betsy DeVos, or Roseanne Barr. Who is killing all the black men of Madison? How about several generations of Democrat(ic) identity politics, more free stuff, and victim mongering?! About David Blaska View all posts by David Blaska → This entry was posted in Cops in schools, Crime, Gun control, identity politics, Race, War on Police and tagged black on black crime, Gun control, Heather Mac Donald, homicide, Mike Koval, Roseanne Barr, War on Police. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Responses to Who is killing all the young black men of Madison? Tom Paine says: Cultural and behavioral patterns are not uniform across racial groups. Few want to admit that. Yet, the implications are profound. Don’t PROFILE — and yet, that is exactly what BLM is all about as they scream “white supremacy.” Anyone care to explain the paradox of colonial and imperialist governance that now seems beyond reach for “independent” nations of color? Is the argument really that the US should again become a colonial power? Who will save Guatemala, Salvador, and Venezuela from further degeneration into anarchy so that citizens need not flee to the US? Are PoC capable of self-government? The axiomatic response of course “must” be “YES.” Contemporary realities are different. Niall Ferguson had a point — the sins of empire were outweighed by the achievements. Patrick M O'Loughlin says: I was struck by this quote from Elbow’s story: “That hopelessness is a common theme, especially in Dane County, where racial disparities are, by some measures, the worst in the nation. The disparity in homicide deaths, some say, is just an extension of the others.” Yes, the ever present “some” who “say.” I wish we could identify these people so that maybe we could, you know, debate of dispute their conclusions. But they are apparently too elusive, although they are undoubtedly brilliant.I say they are brilliant because I’m sure Elbow would have mentioned the counter conclusions otherwise, don’t ya’ think? And notice how Alex Gee says that MADISON needs to develop a strategy to deal with this. Here’s a novel thought. How about having the African American community develop a strategy that involves changing the culture that deems says all disputes must be settled with firearms? Perhaps a course that says it is not okay for young black men to go around armed with illegal guns and be regularly involved in gang activity? David Blaska says: Agreed! How about Alex Gee march into the next Madison School Board meeting and demand high standards, high expectations, and more discipline — not less! madisonexpat says: About as likely as the exquisitely racialist CT admit to the elephant in the room. Sarah Smith says: Rev. Dr. Alex Gee – ordained by the same mail order/cereal box top initiative as Reverends Jackson and Sharpton. westsidesue says: On target (oops…trigger warning: gun reference) as usual. Hard to imagine why they are so blind to the obvious. Cornelius Gotchberg says: ”In those two years, not a single white man in Madison was killed by gunfire.” Madison schools want to “meter” (after you hit the…um…quota, you screech to a halt) the discipline/number of suspensions of minority students, isn’t there some way to extrapolate this timeless wisdom to affect Black-on-Black murders? Is there something to be said about not putting oneself in harm’s way…I mean other than saying it’s raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaacist? Back in the early 70’s at JMM (Class of ’73/GO SPARTANS!!!) disputes were settled differently. In my case it was with a right cross the couple of times I caught someone rifling through my locker (never a repeat offender!) or at the bike-racks west of the tennis courts & north of Mansfield Stadium. Sister Souljah had a novel approach to evening things up: “I mean, if black people kill black people every day, why not have a week and kill white people?” The Gotch richard lesiak says: Where are the babies? @richard lesiak; Capped by bangers defendin’ they turf, Yo! gootch…you sound “unhinged”. AnonyBob says: The Retch always sounds “unhinged.” Especially as far clear communication goes… Sprocket says: Not… our… problem. This is simply an attempt at cost shifting by the usual suspects. The same clowns who advocate for restorative justice in school, free range criminals (Derail the Jail), and crime incubator government housing are now going to demand more money to help Pookey and T-Bone figure out shooting people is bad. At no point will they consider that allowing the violent and stupid to do as they will without consequence is poor public policy. As part of the the cost shifting, they will also blame conservative white gun owners and demand their rights be curtailed. Oddly, despite being blood thirsty Nazis and owning a ton of firearms, these retrograde NRA troglodytes seem to make it through the day without shooting up their neighborhoods. Apparently, there must be some sort of mind control device at white supremacy headquarters that causes blacks to murder at rate 800% greater than whites. This is clearly the only reasonable answer, as apparently blacks have no agency and exist only as moral foils to illustrate ickyness of white America. Larry Franklin says: Thanks David, Ditto Chicago, Baltimore etc. 2 weeks ago Chicago’s deadliest weekend, 36 shot, 9 dead. Almost exclusively black on black. Coming to Madison soon, if we stay on this absurd course. Kevin Wymore says: Here are some definitive homicide statistics for Milwaukee, at least: According to the Milwaukee Police Department’s 2015 annual report,  Black males accounted for the largest proportion of identified homicide suspects in 2015 (76%).  93% of all described suspects (known/unknown) were black.  White males accounted for the second largest proportion of homicide suspects in 2015 (9%). So typical. No place to leave a comment to the jackass author of this racial tripe! Pingback: The Iron Stache has made some mistakes \| Stately Blaska Manor Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal on Democrats demand ‘free’ (but paid) child care “[None of the presidential debaters] noted we don’t give any particular honor to those who stay home, even though our culture depends on them. “What seemed to guide all the answers was a technocratic assumption that it’s best for little children to be raised by well-compensated strangers as mom is absorbed into the workforce, where she’ll finally achieve full self-actualization. “It was all so . . . cold. And detached from real life as many live it.” James Comey under criminal investigation The New York Times reports: Federal prosecutors in Washington are investigating a years-old leak of classified information about a Russian intelligence document, and they appear to be focusing on whether the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey illegally provided details to reporters, according to people familiar with the inquiry. The case is the second time the Justice Department has investigated leaks potentially involving Mr. Comey, a frequent target of President Trump, who has repeatedly called him a “leaker.” …The document played a key role in Mr. Comey’s decision to sideline the Justice Department and announce in July 2016 that the F.B.I. would not recommend that Hillary Clinton face charges in her use of a private email server to conduct government business while secretary of state…. The Justice Department’s inspector general, who had examined Mr. Comey’s conduct and referred his findings to prosecutors in New York, concluded that Mr. Comey violated F.B.I. policy. … Whether the document was fake remains an open question. Wayne Strong is sort of back in! Wayne Strong, who had filed to challenge incumbent Nicki Vander Meulen for the seat earlier this month, suspended his campaign Jan. 9, according to the Madison City Clerk's office. In a statement emailed out Wednesday morning, Strong explained he would "campaign on a limited basis" following a "recent medical incident." The statement says Strong will make a final decision on staying in the race "on or prior to" Feb. 18, the same date as the primary election. I read it here Former Madison mayor Dave Cieslewicz in Isthmus: "I’m still stunned to realize that almost half of my country could vote for a man like Trump. I view his defeat as a moral imperative. And, yet, while I certainly don’t mean to equate it, I just can’t get on board with the policies and worldview of the Democratic left either. … Given the leftward movement of my party, I don’t think I qualify as a liberal anymore. Instead, I identify as a moderate." (Click image to read) School-to-prison pipeline is back in session While taking groceries in 3:41 p.m. Tuesday 01-14-2020 — Officers responded to a west side residence reference a report of a stolen auto. The victim explained that they were unloading their vehicle after shopping and left the garage door open with their keys and personal belongings inside the vehicle. Approximately thirty minutes later the spouse arrived home and noted that the vehicle was missing. The suspects (two males) attempted to use the victim’s credit cards at a local shopping mall. Investigation continuing. Car thieves up bright and early 7:56 AM Saturday 01/11/2020 – 3500 block Manchester Rd. An unlocked SUV with garage door opener inside was parked in the driveway of a Manchester Rd. home Saturday morning. The door from the attached garage into the house was also unlocked. When family members awoke, the SUV was gone as were several wallets that had been inside the home. The father quickly canceled credit cards after learning the burglar (s) had already been using them to make, or attempt to make, purchases. The stolen SUV was located Saturday night in a Brittany Place parking lot. 15 kids arrested in December Last month, 56 were reported stolen. Of that number, 54 had keys in them, or had keys easily accessible to criminals. There were 29 (of the 56) that were unlocked and running at the time they were taken. In December, the MPD arrested 13 juveniles, two 17-year-olds, and three adults on tentative auto theft related charges. Get Blog e-mailed! Save my place at the Stately Manor So Search Me! 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__label__wiki	0.522053	0.522053	Alles wie gewohnt bei Japan Airlines Japan Airlines' position in the oneworld® alliance is unaffected by the announcement today that the airline is to operate under Japanese Corporate Reorganisation proceedings. The state body overseeing its restructuring, the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation (ETIC), has confirmed also today its support to JAL, stressing that it is business as usual for the airline commercially and operationally during its restructuring. This includes its agreements and co-operation with partners. So the airline continues to offer full oneworld services and benefits, and tickets for flights on JAL and its frequent flyer arrangements are unaffected, with JAL reassuring its passengers that they will continue to receive the same high levels of service and safety. oneworld and its other member airlines have offered JAL all possible support through these difficult times and into the future. oneworld remains convinced that its proposals for JAL are vastly superior in every respect to any alliance alternative available to the airline - including commercial benefits totalling US$2 billion over three years. This would provide JAL, its employees and customers, and the government and taxpayers of Japan, with the greatest long-term value at the lowest risk, bringing stability and certainty to the airline at a time when it is most needed. For more details on the oneworld total value proposition to JAL, see http://www.oneworld.com/ow/news/details?objectID=20395 For Japan Airlines' message to customers today, see https://www.jal.co.jp/en/other/info2010_0119_2.html and for further JAL information, see www.jal.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418708
__label__cc	0.627325	0.372675	Filtering by: Creator Deborah Goldberg Remove constraint Creator: Deborah Goldberg Mycoplasma, Bacterial Vaginosis Associated Bacteria BVAB3, Race, and Risk of Preterm Birth in a High Risk Cohort Ai Wen, Carl F. Marrs, Betsy Foxman, Deborah Goldberg, Deborah A. Wing, John Owen, Dawn Misra, and Usha Srinivasan OBJECTIVE—Genital tract infection accounts for ~ 25–40% of all pre-term births. We sought to assess the relationship between preterm birth and selected vaginal bacterial taxa associated with preterm birth either directly or through their association with bacterial vaginosis (BV). STUDY DESIGN—Vaginal fluid for Gram stain was collected between 17 and 22 weeks gestation as part of a randomized trial of ultrasound-indicated cerclage for preterm birth prevention in women at high risk for recurrent spontaneous preterm birth. Bacterial DNA was extracted from the Gram stain slides and analyzed using quantitative PCR. RESULTS—Among the 499 participants, Mycoplasma was positively correlated with increased risk of preterm (RR = 1.83; 95% CI: 1.52,2.22) as was Mobiluncus (RR=1.36; 95% CI: 1.07, 1.73) and Atopobium (RR=1.44; 95% CI: 1.1, 1.87). However, there were strong interactions between race/ethnic group and the presence of these and other individual taxa on risk of preterm birth. By contrast, BVAB3 was consistently associated with a reduction in risk of preterm birth for all racial/ethnic groups (0.55; 95%CI: 0.39, 0.78). CONCLUSIONS—BV is characterized by a reduction of Lactobacillus, and lactic acid producing bacteria and the presence of Mobiluncus; we found these factors and presence of Mycoplasma to be associated with increased risk of preterm birth. By contrast, the presence of a recently identified organism sufficient to cause BV, BVAB3, decreased risk of preterm birth. These findings give insight into why treating BV has mixed impact on risk of preterm birth. Selected Vaginal Bacteria and Risk of Preterm Birth: An Ecological Perspective Ai Wen, Carl F. Marrs, Usha Srinivasan, Arianna Miles-Jay, Deborah Goldberg, Deborah A. Wing, Brigette Bucholz, John Owen, Dawn Misra, Betsy Foxman, Sreelatha Ponnaluri, and Kadija Abbas We examined the community ecology of vaginal microbial samples taken from pregnant women with previous preterm birth experience to investigate whether targeted pathogenic and commensal bacteria are related to risk of preterm birth in the current pregnancy. We found a significant correlation between the community structure of selected bacteria and birth outcome, but the correlation differed among self-reported racial/ethnic groups. Using a community ordination analysis, we observed infrequent co-occurrence of Mycoplasma and bacteria vaginosis associated bacteria 3 (BVAB3) among black and Hispanic participants. In addition, we found that the vaginal bacteria responded differently in different racial/ethnic groups to modifications of maternal behavioral (ie, douching and smoking) and biological traits (ie, body mass index [BMI]). Even after accounting for these maternal behaviors and traits, the selected vaginal bacteria was significantly associated with preterm birth among black and Hispanic participants. By contrast, white participants did not exhibit significant correlation between microbial community and birth outcome. Findings from this study affirm the necessity of considering women’s race/ethnicity when evaluating the correlation between vaginal bacteria and preterm birth. The study also illustrates the importance of studying the vaginal microbiota from an ecological perspective, and demonstrates the power of ecological community analysis to improve understanding of infectious disease. Ai Wen2 Betsy Foxman2 Carl F. Marrs2 Dawn Misra2 Deborah A. Wing2	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418712
__label__cc	0.500261	0.499739	Dataset for 'Multi‑Step Crystallization of Self‑Organized Spiral Eutectics' Moniri, Saman, Bale, Hrishikesh , Volkenandt, Tobias, Wang, Yeqing, Gao, Jianrong, Lu, Tianxian, Sun, Kai, and Shahani, Ashwin J. The data file contains (1) the grayscale images of the nano-tomography experiments that can be segmented into binary images and visualized to show the 3D morphology of spiral eutectics; and (2) crystallographic orientation maps of serial-sectioned sample, which can be processed in a variety of EBSD software packages. crystallization, chirality, self-organization, and spiral eutectics Data for article Improved Internal Gravity Wave Spectral Continuum in a Regional Ocean Model Nelson, Arin D. These MATLAB data files contain all the observations and model output used in the article Improved Internal Gravity Wave Spectral Continuum in a Regional Ocean Model by Nelson et al., recently submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans. Ocean, Ocean Mooring, Ocean Modeling, and Internal Waves Nelson et al., Improved Internal Gravity Wave Spectral Continuumin a Regional Ocean Model, submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans Detecting Machine-obfuscated Plagiarism Foltynek, Tomas, Ruas, Terry, Scharpf, Philipp , Meuschke, Norman, Schubotz, Moritz , Grosky, William , and Gipp, Bela This data set is comprised of multiple folders. The corpus folder contains raw text used for training and testing in two splits, "document" and "paragraph". The Spun documents and paragraphs are generated using the SpinBot tool ( https://spinbot.com/API). The paragraph split is generated by only selecting paragraphs with 3 or more sentences in the document split. Each folder is divided in mg (i.e., machine generated through SpinBot) and og (i.e., original generated file), The human judgement folder contains the human evaluation between original and spun documents (sample). It also contains the answers (keys) and survey results. , The models folder contains the machine learning classifier models for each word embedding technique used (only for document split training). The models were exported using pickle (Python 3.6). The grid search for hyperparameter adjustments is described in the paper. , and The vector folders (train and test) contains the average of all word vectors for each document and paragraph. Each line has the number of dimensions of the word embeddings technique used (see paper for more details) followed by its respective class (i.e, label mg or og). Each file belong to one class, either "mg" or "og". The values are comma-separated (.csv). The extension is .arff can be read as a normal .txt file. paraphrase detection, plagiarism detection, document classification, and word embeddings General Information Sources Large Lake Statistical Water Balance Model - Laurentian Great Lakes - 1 month time window - 1980 through 2015 monthly summary data and model output Smith, Joeseph P., Gronewold, Andrew D., Read, Laura, Crooks, James L., School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, and Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research Using the statistical programming package R ( https://cran.r-project.org/), and JAGS (Just Another Gibbs Sampler, http://mcmc-jags.sourceforge.net/), we processed multiple estimates of the Laurentian Great Lakes water balance components -- over-lake precipitation, evaporation, lateral tributary runoff, connecting channel flows, and diversions -- feeding them into prior distributions (using data from 1950 through 1979), and likelihood functions. The Bayesian Network is coded in the BUGS language. Water balance computations assume that monthly change in storage for a given lake is the difference between beginning of month water levels surrounding each month. For example, the change in storage for June 2015 is the difference between the beginning of month water level for July 2015 and that for June 2015., More details on the model can be found in the following summary report for the International Watersheds Initiative of the International Joint Commission, where the model was used to generate a new water balance historical record from 1950 through 2015: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2018/20180021.pdf. Large Lake Statistical Water Balance Model (L2SWBM): https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/WaterBalanceModel/, and This data set has a shorter timespan to accommodate a prior which uses data not used in the likelihood functions. Water, Balance, Great Lakes, Laurentian, Machine, Learning, Lakes, Bayesian, and Network Using the statistical programming package R ( https://cran.r-project.org/), and JAGS (Just Another Gibbs Sampler, http://mcmc-jags.sourceforge.net/), we processed multiple estimates of the Laurentian Great Lakes water balance components -- over-lake precipitation, evaporation, lateral tributary runoff, connecting channel flows, and diversions -- feeding them into prior distributions (using data from 1950 through 1979), and likelihood functions. The Bayesian Network is coded in the BUGS language. Water balance computations assume that monthly change in storage for a given lake is the difference between beginning of month water levels surrounding each month. For example, the change in storage for June 2015 is the difference between the beginning of month water level for July 2015 and that for June 2015., More details on the model can be found in the following summary report for the International Watersheds Initiative of the International Joint Commission, where the model was used to generate a new water balance historical record from 1950 through 2015: https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pubs/fulltext/2018/20180021.pdf. Large Lake Statistical Water Balance Model (L2SWBM): https://www.glerl.noaa.gov/data/WaterBalanceModel/ , and This data set has a shorter timespan to accommodate a prior which uses data not used in the likelihood functions. Transcriptomic Profiles of Sepsis in the Human Brain Bustamante, Angela C., Opron, Kristopher, Ehlenbach, William J., Crane, Paul K., Keene, Dirk, Standiford, Theodore J., and Singer, Benjamin H. This study was conducted to detect and analyze modules, or clusters of genes, associated with sepsis, using RNAseq data obtained from 12 participants who died of sepsis and 12 participants who died of non-infectious critical illness while hospitalized. This deposit contains the input data and parameters needed to reproduce the weighted gene co-expression network analysis (WGCNA) and gene enrichment analysis performed on this data. This analysis requires the R packages "WGCNA" version 1.68 and "DESeq2" version 1.22.2 available for download from bioconductor ( http://bioconductor.org). The external bioinformatics tool DAVID version 6.8 ( https://david.ncifcrf.gov/) was used as an additional gene enrichment analysis. Please see the supplemental methods document within this deposit and published research letter for more detailed information. Sepsis, RNAseq, Transcriptomics, Human, and Brain Dataset of apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He thermochronologic analyses from the Rio Grande Rift, Colorado and New Mexico, USA to accompany Abbey and Niemi, 2019, Tectonics. Niemi, Nathan A. and Abbey, Alyssa L. These data were produced in the scope of research into the timing, rate, and magnitude of extensional exhumation along the length of the Rio Grande Rift in Colorado and New Mexico. The low-temperature (apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He) thermochronometric ages presented in this data set are sensitive to near-surface temperatures (~80C and 180C, respectively) and record the progressive exhumation of the rock mass from which the samples were collected towards the Earth's surface. These thermochronometric ages, and the differences between them, provide insight into the absolute timing, exhumation rate and total magnitude of exhumation on the normal faults that bound the Rio Grande Rift. and The QTQt program mentioned (Version QTQt64R5.6.2a was used for the data presented in this deposit) is not openly available for download, but is described in the Gallagher 2012 publication referenced, and can be requested from its author. For more information on the request process and a user guide, see http://www.iearth.org.au/codes/QTQt/ thermochronology, helium dating, (U-Th)/He, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico, Colorado, and extensional tectonics Abbey, A. L. and Niemi, N. A., in press, Perspectives on continental rifting processes from spatiotemporal patterns of faulting and magmatism in the Rio Grande rift, USA: Tectonics Perturbative Sit-to-Stand Experiment Dataset and Stability Basin Code Holmes, Patrick This work was collected to evaluate Stability Basins for characterizing the limits of human stability during Sit-to-Stand. and MATLAB code was used to process the data into individual trials. Trials are labeled by Sit-to-Stand type (Natural, Momentum-Transfer, or Quasi-Static) and experimental condition. MATLAB code for analyzing the data and computing Stability Basins is provided. A GUI is provided to animate a subject's movement and display projections of the Stability Basins in the horizontal and vertical planes. biomechanics, mathematical model, locomotion, fall risk, reachability, and feedback control https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.01876 Computed tomography voxel dataset for ummz:mammals:124092-Phyllops falcatus-WholeBody University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Scan of specimen ummz:mammals:124092 (Phyllops falcatus) - WholeBody. Raw - Dataset includes 1601 TIF images (each 1085 x 1386 x 1 voxel at 0.0328326086085239 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. and Scan of specimen ummz:mammals:124092 (Phyllops falcatus) - WholeBody. Reconstructed - Dataset includes 2000 TIF images (each 1085 x 1386 x 1 voxel at 0.032833 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae, Phyllops falcatus, 1987339099, computed tomography, X-ray, and 3D For more information on the original UMMZ specimen, see: https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/1987339099 Computed tomography voxel dataset for ummz:herps:246849-THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS-Skull Scan of specimen ummz:herps:246849 (THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS) - Skull. Raw - Dataset includes 1601 TIF images (each 1416 x 914 x 1 voxel at 0.0150099083890765 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. and Scan of specimen ummz:herps:246849 (THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS) - Skull. Reconstructed - Dataset includes 654 TIF images (each 1416 x 914 x 1 voxel at 0.015010 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. Animalia, Chordata, Reptilia, OPHIDIA, COLUBRIDAE, THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS, 1987213257, computed tomography, X-ray, and 3D Computed tomography voxel dataset for ummz:herps:246849-THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS-WholeBody Scan of specimen ummz:herps:246849 (THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS) - WholeBody. Raw - Dataset includes 1601 TIF images (each 2000 x 2000 x 1 voxel at 0.0327439804971583 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. and Scan of specimen ummz:herps:246849 (THAMNODYNASTES PALLIDUS) - WholeBody. Reconstructed - Dataset includes 1240 TIF images (each 2000 x 2000 x 1 voxel at 0.032744 mm resolution, derived from 1601 scan projections), xtek and vgi files for volume reconstruction. Large Lake Statistical Water Balance Model - 12 month time window - 1980 through 2015 monthly summary data and model output Smith, Joeseph P., Gronewold, Andrew D., Read, Laura, Crooks, James L., School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, and Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, University of Michigan Water, Balance, Great Lakes, Laurentian, Machine Learning, Machine, Learning, Lakes, Bayesian, and Network Apatite fission track thermochronometry data from the Eastern Greater Caucasus, Azerbaijan Tye, Alexander R, Niemi, Nathan A, Safarov, Rafig T, Kadirov, Fakhraddin A, Babayev, Gulam R Apatite fission track thermochronometry data were collected from the Eastern Greater Caucasus orogen, Azerbaijan. Thermochronometry data constrain the history of exhumation and deformation of rocks within the orogen, which is an active accretionary prism. Thermochronometry data record the timing of cooling of a rock sample beneath a given closure temperature. Given an assumed or inferred geothermal gradient, thermochronometric ages can be used to infer exhumation rates and make interpretations about rates of deformation in orogens. The apatite fission track data presented here are analyzed in concert with apatite (U-Th)/He and zircon (U-Th)/He ages reported in Tye et al., in prep., to characterize the exhumation history of the Eastern Greater Caucasus. thermochronometry, apatite fission track, Caucasus Tye, A. R., Niemi, N. A., Safarov, R. T., Kadirov, F. A., and Babayev, G. R., Structural and thermochronometric data provide insight into strain accommodation within an active accretionary prism, the Eastern Greater Caucasus. In prep. Supporting Data from "Co-evolving wing spots and mating displays are genetically separable traits in Drosophila" by Massey et al. Wittkopp, Patricia J and Massey, Jonathan H Data provided in this record were collected in the course of studying the genetic basis of differences in wing pigmentation and wing display between Drosophila elegans and Drosophila gunungcola. Stress drop variation of deep-focus earthquakes tables Liu, Meichen We intend to figure out the difference of stress drops, which is a characteristic source parameter, between shallow and deep-focus earthquakes. Significant stress drop difference may shed light on the difference of physical mechanisms of shallow and deep-focus earthquakes, which has been a elusive question. We select from deep-focus earthquakes (> 400 km) in 2000-2018 and obtain their stress drops using P and S waves. We find that stress drops of deep-focus earthquakes are about one order of magnitude higher than that of shallow earthquakes, indicating about one order of magnitude higher shear strength of shallow faults than faults in the mantle. The wide range of stress drops further suggests coexistence of phase transformation and shear-induced melting mechanisms of deep-focus earthquakes. Eastern Greater Caucasus, Azerbaijan, geological swath mapping data The Eastern Greater Caucasus is a mountain belt in western Asia that formed as an accretionary prism above an active subduction zone. Because of the bedrock exposure in the range, it offers a unique opportunity to research deformation processes in accretionary prisms, which are ubiquitous above the Earth's many subduction zones but are typically submarine and difficult to investigate. The data presented here result from field geologic mapping in several swaths roughly perpendicular to the mountain range that together span the entire range across strike. The data serve will serve as the basis for inference of the deep structural architecture of the range and characterization of the styles of deformation present in the range. structural geology, Greater Caucasus, tectonics, geologic mapping, and accretionary prism Sedimentary response to collisional orogeny recorded in detrital zircon provenance of Greater Caucasus foreland basin sediments: Supplemental data tables The dataset contains U-Pb radiometric ages of zircon grains from sedimentary rocks and modern river sands from the Caucasus region of western Asia. The data were collected as part of a research project investigating the effects of continental collision in the Caucasus region on regional erosion and sedimentary systems. The data are presented using the standard quantities reported for zircon U-Pb age analyses at the University of Arizona Laserchron Center. detrital zircon, provenance, and U-Pb Tye, Alexander R, Niemi, Nathan A, Safarov, Rafig T, Kadirov, Fakhraddin A, Babayev, Gulam R, Sedimentary response to collisional orogeny recorded in detrital zircon provenance of Greater Caucasus foreland basin sediments. In review, Basin Research. Y-90 patients PET/CT & SPECT/CT and corresponding contours dataset Lim, Hongki and Dewaraja, Yuni K. Interest in quantitative imaging of Y-90 is growing because transarterial radioembolization (RE) with Y-90 loaded microspheres is a promising and minimally invasive treatment that is FDA approved for unresectable primary and metastatic liver tumors. These cancers are a leading cause of cancer mortality and morbidity. Radioembolization is a therapy that irradiates liver tumors with radioactive microspheres administered through a microcatheter placed in the hepatic arterial vasculature. Radioembolization is based on the principle that healthy liver and tumor are mainly vascularized by the portal vein and the hepatic artery respectively. As a result, radioactive microspheres are preferentially located in the lesions after they are administered via the hepatic artery. Y-90, PET, SPECT, CT, Segmentation, Organ, Tumor, Label Supplemental Data for "Lactational Metformin Exposure Programs Offspring White Adipose Tissue, Intestinal Microbiome, and Glucose Homeostasis" Carlson, Zachary Data repository for supplemental data for manuscript. Article and data set are currently under review by publisher. Email for more information. Magnetometer Survey Data from the Weeden Island Site (8Pi1), Florida (2013-2014) Horsley, Timothy J. and Sampson, Christina P. The data (raw data, composite files [processed], and some images) can be read by the program TerraSurveyor. Version 3.0.34.10 of the software was used to create the composite files in this deposit. and The magnetometer data was the second step in a geophysical survey program that began with magnetic susceptibility survey of a portion of the Weedon Island Preserve in St. Petersburg, Florida. Geophysical survey was used to map human occupation of the study area and to guide subsequent archaeological excavations. magnetometry, geophysical survey, remote sensing, Florida archaeology, and coastal archaeology Sampson, C. P. (2019) Safety Harbor at the Weeden Island Site: Late Pre-Columbian Craft, Community, and Complexity on Florida's Gulf Coast. PhD Dissertation, University of Michigan. and Forthcoming: Sampson, Christina Perry and Timothy J. Horsley. Using Multi-Staged Magnetic Survey and Excavation to Assess Community Settlement Organization: A Case Study from the Central Peninsular Gulf Coast of Florida. Advances in Archaeological Practice. Science and Social Sciences Systematic review of the impact of acellular dermal matrix on aesthetics and patient satisfaction in tissue expander-to-implant breast reconstructions [Literature Search Files] DeLong, Michael R, Tandon, Vickram J, Farajzadeh, Matthew, Berlin, Nicholas L, MacEachern, Mark P, Rudkin, George H, Da Lio, Andrew L, and Cederna, Paul S The dataset includes all citations considered for inclusion in the systematic review. The citations are accessible in Endnote (enlx), as well as through the primary citation export files from each database. The literature search strategies are included for reproducibility and transparency purposes. See the published methods for more information. Systematic Review, Acellular Dermal Matrix, Breast Reconstructions, and Tissue Expanders DeLong MR, Tandon VJ, Farajzadeh M, Berlin NL, MacEachern MP, Rudkin GH, Da Lio AL, Cederna PS. (2019). Systematic review of the impact of acellular dermal matrix on aesthetics and patient satisfaction in tissue expander-to-implant breast reconstructions. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. and DOI: 10.1097/PRS.0000000000006212 Father-inclusive perinatal parent education programs: A systematic review [Literature Search Files] Lee, Joyce Y, Knauer, Heather A, Lee, Shawna J, MacEachern, Mark P, and Garfield, Craig F Systematic Review, Fathers, Education, and Perinatal Lee JY, Knauer HA, Lee SJ, MacEachern MP, Garfield CF. (2018). Father-inclusive perinatal parent education programs: A systematic review. Pediatrics, 142(1). PMID: 29903835. and DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0437 Substance use disorder education in medical schools: A scoping review of the literature [Literature Search Files] Muzyk, Andrew, Smothers, Zachary, Akrobetu, Dennis, Ruiz Veve, Jennifer, MacEachern, Mark P, Tetrault, Jeanette M, and Gruppen, Larry The dataset includes all citations considered for inclusion in the scoping review. The citations are accessible in Endnote (enlx) and Microsoft Excel (xlsx), as well as the primary citation export files from each database. The literature search strategies are included for reproducibility and transparency purposes. See the published methods for more information. Medical Education, Substance Use Disorders, and Scoping Review Muzyk A, Smothers ZPW, Akrobetu D, Ruiz Veve J, MacEachern M, Tetrault JM, Grupen L. (2019). Substance use disorder education in medical schools: A scoping review of the literature. Academic Medicine. PMID: 31348067. and doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002883 Humanities in predoctoral dental education: A scoping review [Literature Search Files] MacEachern, Mark P, Marti, Kyriaki C, Mylonas, Anastassios I, and Gruppen, Larry The dataset includes most citations considered for inclusion in the scoping review. The citations are accessible in the Endnote (enlx) file, as well as the primary citation export files from each database. The literature search strategies are included for reproducibility and transparency purposes. See the methods of the article for more information. Dental Education, Dentistry, Education, Humanities, and Scoping Review Marti KC, Mylonas AI, MacEachern M, Gruppen L. (2019). Humanities in predoctoral dental education: A scoping review. Journal of Dental Education, 83(10), 1174-1198. DOI: 10.21815/JDE.019.126 and http://www.jdentaled.org/content/83/10/1174.long Spectrum of immune checkpoint inhibitors-induced endocrinopathies in cancer patients [Literature Search Files] Tan, Meng H, Iyengar, Ravi, Mizokami-Stout, Kara, Yentz, Sarah, MacEachern, Mark P, Shen, Li Yan, Redman, Bruce, and Gianchandani, Roma The dataset includes most citations considered for inclusion in the scoping review. The citations are accessible in the Endnote file, as well as the primary citation export files from each database. The literature search strategies are included for reproducibility and transparency purposes. Literature search, Scoping review, and Endocrinopathies Tan MH, Iyengar R, Mizokami-Stout K, et al. Spectrum of immune checkpoint inhibitors-induced endocrinopathies in cancer patients: a scoping review of case reports. Clin Diabetes Endocrinol. 2019;5:1. Published 2019 Jan 22. doi:10.1186/s40842-018-0073-4 Quantifying News Media Bias through Crowdsourcing and Machine Learning Dataset Budak, Ceren, Goel, Sharad, and Rao, Justin M Our primary analysis is based on articles published in 2013 by the top thirteen US news outlets and two popular political blogs. To compile the set of articles published by these outlets, we first examined the complete web-browsing records for US-located users who installed the Bing Toolbar, an optional add-on application for the Internet Explorer web browser. For each of the fifteen news sites, we recorded all unique URLs that were visited by at least ten toolbar users, and we then crawled the news sites to obtain the full article title and text. This process resulted in a corpus of 803,146 articles published on the fifteen news sites over the course of a year, with each article annotated with its relative popularity. , Next, we built two binary classifiers using large-scale logistic regression. The first classifier—which we refer to as the news classifier —identifies “news” articles (i.e., articles that would typically appear in the front section of a traditional newspaper). The second classifier—the politics classifier —identifies political news from the subset of articles identified as news by the first classifier. 340,191 (42 percent) were classified as news. On the set of 340,191 news articles, 114,814 (34 percent) were classified as political. , Having identified approximately 115,000 political news articles, we next seek to categorize the articles by topic (e.g., gay rights, healthcare, etc.), and to quantify the political slant of the article. To do so, we turn to human judges recruited via Mechanical Turk to analyze the articles. For every day in 2013, we randomly selected two political articles, when available, from each of the 15 outlets we study, with sampling weights equal to the number of times the article was visited by our panel of toolbar users., Amazon Mechanical Turk Labeling task: To detect and control for possible preconceptions of an outlet’s ideological slant, workers, upon first entering the experiment, were randomly assigned to either a blinded or unblinded condition. In the blinded condition, workers were presented with only the article’s title and text, whereas in the unblinded condition, they were additionally shown the name of the outlet in which the article was published. Each article was then analyzed by two workers, one each from the sets of workers in the two conditions. For each article, each worker completed the following three tasks. First, they provided primary and secondary article classifications from a list of fifteen topics: (1) civil rights; (2) Democrat scandals; (3) drugs; (4) economy; (5) education; (6) elections; (7) environment; (8) gay rights; (9) gun-related crimes; (10) gun rights/regulation; (11) healthcare; (12) international news; (13) national security; (14) Republican scandals; and (15) other. , and Second, workers determined whether the article was descriptive news or opinion. Third, to measure ideological slant, workers were asked, “Is the article generally positive, neutral, or negative toward members of the Democratic Party?” and separately, “Is the article generally positive, neutral, or negative toward members of the Republican Party?” Choices for these last two questions were provided on a five-point scale: very positive, somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, and very negative. To mitigate question-ordering effects, workers were initially randomly assigned to being asked either the Democratic or Republican party question first; the question order remained the same for any subsequent articles the worker rated. Finally, we assigned each article a partisanship score between –1 and 1, where a negative rating indicates that the article is net left-leaning and a positive rating indicates that it is net right-leaning. Specifically, for an article’s depiction of the Democratic Party, the five-point scale from very positive to very negative is encoded as –1, –0.5, 0, 0.5, 1. Analogously, for an article’s depiction of the Republican Party, the scale is encoded as 1, 0.5, 0, –.0.5, –1. The score for each article is defined as the average over these two ratings. Thus, an average score of –1, for example, indicates that the article is very positive toward Democrats and very negative toward Republicans. The result of this procedure is a large, representative sample of political news articles, with direct human judgments on partisanship and article topic. news media, media bias, crowdsourcing, and machine learning https://academic.oup.com/poq/article-abstract/80/S1/250/2223443/?redirectedFrom=fulltext and Ceren Budak, Sharad Goel, Justin M. Rao, Fair and Balanced? Quantifying Media Bias through Crowdsourced Content Analysis, Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 80, Issue S1, 2016, Pages 250–271, https://doi.org/10.1093/poq/nfw007 Quantum-Mechanical Determination of the Incorporation of Pentavalent Plutonium into Carbonate and Sulfate Minerals Gebarski, Benjamin B. and Becker, Udo Files are uploaded as crystallographic information files (.cif), the standard text file format for representing crystallographic information. These files contain the optimized molecular models for pentavalent plutonium incorporation reactions into/onto barite, anglesite, celestine, anhydrite, aragonite, and calcite host minerals. actinide, quantum mechanics, molecular model, plutonium, incorporation, surface, radioactive, contamination, and nuclear waste Gebarski, B. B. and Becker, U. Quantum-Mechanical Determination of the Incorporation of Pentavalent Plutonium into Carbonate and Sulfate Minerals. (2019) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Data from Editorial on Impact of Special Collections in JGR Space Physics Liemohn, Michael W and Wooden, Paige Journals sometimes focus the attention of the research community by having a special collection, sometimes an entire special issue, devoted to a single topic. A reasonable question to ask is whether the extra effort of organizing, promoting, and maintaining the special collection is worthwhile. The paper that this data set accompanies examines paper impact in the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics, separating the special collection papers from the non-special-collection submissions. The conclusion is that special collections are worth the extra work. journal special collections, bibliometrics, citations, and downloads Liemohn, M. W., & Wooden, P. (2019). Editorial: Impact of special collections in JGR Space Physics. Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics. https://doi.org/10.1002/essoar.10501036.2 Mars Thermospheric Responses to a Global Dust Storm (PEDE-2018): Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (M-GITM) Simulated Datasets for Comparison to MAVEN Spacecraft Measurements Bougher, S. W. (CLaSP Department, U. of Michigan), Roeten, K. J. (CLaSP Department, U. of Michigan), and Sharrar, R. (Astronomy Department, U. of Michigan) The NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft, which is currently in orbit around Mars, has been taking daily (systematic) measurements of the densities and temperatures in the upper atmosphere of Mars between about 140 to 240 km above the surface. Wind measurement campaigns are also conducted once per month for 5-10 orbits. These densities, temperatures and winds change with time (e.g. season, local time) and location, and sometimes fluctuate quickly. Global dust storm events are also known to significantly impact these density, temperature and wind fields in the Mars thermosphere. Such global dust storm period measurements can be compared to simulations from a computer model of the Mars atmosphere called M-GITM (Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model), developed at U. of Michigan. This is the first detailed comparison between direct global dust storm period measurements in the upper atmosphere of Mars and simulated MGITM fields and is important because it can help to inform us what physical processes are acting on the upper atmosphere during such large dust events. Since the global circulation plays a role in the structure, variability, and evolution of the atmosphere, understanding the processes that drive the winds in the upper atmosphere of Mars also provides key context for understanding how the atmosphere behaves as a whole system. A basic version of the M-GITM code can be found on Github as follows: https:/github.com/dpawlows/MGITM and About 4 months of Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) measurements of densities and winds have been made by the MAVEN team during the summer of 2018 (Elrod et al., 2019). Nine reference measurement intervals during this global dust storm (1-June through 30-August 2018) are selected for detailed study (Elrod et al. 2019). The Mars conditions for these nine intervals have been used to launch corresponding M-GITM code simulations, yielding 3-D neutral density, temperature and wind fields for comparison to these NGIMS measurements. The M-GITM datacubes used to extract the density, temperature and neutral winds, along the trajectory of each orbit path between 140 and 240 km, are provided in this Deep Blue Data archive. README files are provided for each datacube, detailing the contents of each file. A general README file is also provided that summarizes the inputs and outputs of the M-GITM code simulations for this study. Mars, MAVEN Spacecraft, Mars Thermosphere, and Mars Global Dust Storm of 2018 Elrod, M. K., S. W. Bougher, K. Roeten, R. Sharrar, J. Murphy, Structural and Compositional Changes in the Upper Atmosphere related to the PEDE-2018 Dust Event on Mars as Observed by MAVEN NGIMS, Geophys. Res. Lett., (2019). doi: 10.1029/2019GL084378. and Jain, S. K., S. W. Bougher, J. Deighan, N. M. Schneider, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, A. I. F. Stewart, R. Sharrar, D. Kass, J. Murphy, and D. Pawlowski, Martian Thermospheric Warming Associated with the Planet Encircling Dust Storm Event of 2018, Geophys. Res. Lett., submitted (2019). A Simulated Wind-field Dataset for Testing Energy Efficient Path-Planning Algorithms for UAVs in Urban Environment Baskar, Deepika and Gorodetsky, Alex Studying the effect of wind on urban air mobility typically requires comprehensive fluid dynamics simulations in a realistic urban geometry. Motivated to enable wide-spread autonomous drone activity in urban centers, such studies have indeed been considered by several authors in the recent literature. However, the accessibility of these approaches to those with less fluid dynamics experience and/or without access to purpose built simulation tools has limited validation and application of the resulting path planning strategies. and The .dat files contain the flow variables for each of the 402240 points sampled from the region under study. For flow visualization purposes, the .dat files are readable using Tecplot Software. UAM, Energy efficient path planning , CFD, and City of Boston Other and Engineering Action current data for investigating the development and organization of GnRH neuron activity in mice. Dulka, Eden A This data is a subset of that originally produced as part of an effort to characterize GnRH neuron activity during prepubertal development in control and PNA mice and investigate the potential influences of sex and PNA treatment on this process (1). It was later used in (2) to further investigate the firing patterns of GnRH neurons in these categories of mice and determine how these patterns might differ based on age and treatment condition. The data files can be opened and examined using Wavemetric's Igor Pro software. Code used to further examine and visualize the data can be found at https://gitlab.com/um-mip/mc-project-code. This research was supported by National Institute of Health/Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development R01 HD34860 and P50 HD28934. (1) Dulka EA, Moenter SM. Prepubertal development of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron activity is altered by sex, age and prenatal androgen exposure. Endocrinology 2017; 158:3941-3953 (2) Penix JJ, DeFazio RA, Dulka EA, Schnell S, Moenter SM. Firing patterns of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons are sculpted by their biology. Pending. action potential, Monte Carlo, polycystic ovary syndrome, puberty, and androgen Dulka EA, Moenter SM. Prepubertal development of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neuron activity is altered by sex, age and prenatal androgen exposure. Endocrinology 2017; 158:3941-3953 and Penix JJ, DeFazio RA, Dulka EA, Schnell S, Moenter SM. Firing patterns of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) neurons are sculpted by their biology. Pending. Michigan Big Woods research plot data Allen, David N, Vandermeer, John, Dick, Christopher W, Perfecto, Ivette, and Burnham, Robyn J These data are in the standard ForestGEO format. Each of the three censuses has its own text file. Within that file each row represents a stem measured in that census. Species information can be found in the species file. The personnel responsible for this work can be found in the personnel file. See the readme file for more information. Forest ecology, Oak-hickory forest, Mesophication, and Invasive species Allen, D, CW Dick, RJ Burnham, I Perfecto, and J Vandermeer. The Michigan Big Woods research plot at the Edwin S. George Reserve, Pinckney, MI, USA. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology. In review. Dataset for "Empirical measures of mutational effects define neutral models of regulatory evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" Hodgins-Davis, Andrea, Duveau, Fabien, Walker, Elizabeth, and Wittkopp, Patricia J Understanding how phenotypes evolve requires disentangling the effects of mutation generating new variation from the effects of selection filtering it. Tests for selection frequently assume that mutation introduces phenotypic variation symmetrically around the population mean, yet few studies have tested this assumption by deeply sampling the distributions of mutational effects for particular traits. Here, we examine distributions of mutational effects for gene expression in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by measuring the effects of thousands of point mutations introduced randomly throughout the genome. We find that the distributions of mutational effects differ for the ten genes surveyed and are inconsistent with normality. For example, all ten distributions of mutational effects included more mutations with large effects than expected for normally distributed phenotypes. In addition, some genes also showed asymmetries in their distribution of mutational effects, with new mutations more likely to increase than decrease the gene’s expression or vice versa. Neutral models of regulatory evolution that take these empirically determined distributions into account suggest that neutral processes may explain more expression variation within natural populations than currently appreciated. gene expression, evolution, mutation, mutagenesis, regulatory evolution, YFP, reporter construct, yeast, TDH1, TDH2, TDH3, GPD1, OST1, PFY1, STM1, RNR1, and RNR2 Hodgins-Davis, A., Duveau, F., Walker, E. A., & Wittkopp, P. J. (2019). Empirical measures of mutational effects define neutral models of regulatory evolution in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. BioRxiv, 551804. https://doi.org/10.1101/551804 Supplemental Data for "Enduring and sex-specific changes in hippocampal gene expression after a subchronic immune challenge" Tronson, Natalie C and Tchessalova, Daria The main goal of this research was to identify potential molecular pathways that contribute to memory dysregulation and decline that persists long after illness or inflammation. We have previously established a subchronic immune challenge model that results in memory impairments months after the inflammatory challenge. This project aimed to determine whether memory impairments were accompanied by transcriptional dysregulation in memory related brain region (the hippocampus). These data show the differential gene expression as log2fold change (and p-value) in males and females 3 months after immune challenge (Supp Tables 1 and 2); after a subsequent immune challenge (Supp Tables 3 and 4); the differential regulation of genes in males and females (Supp Table 5); genes differentially expressed in the hippocampus of males and females at baseline (Supp Table 6) and the differential regulation of those genes in males and females after immune challenge (Supp Tables 7,8). hippocampus, lipopolysaccharide, differential gene expression, RNA sequencing, neuroimmune, sex differences, learning and memory, and inflammation Tchessalova, D., & Tronson, N. C. (2019). Enduring and sex-specific changes in hippocampal gene expression after a subchronic immune challenge. BioRxiv, 566570. https://doi.org/10.1101/566570 Science and Health Sciences GITM 2017 Eclipse Results Ridley, Aaron and Cnossen, Ingrid These are modeling results of the thermospheric and ionospheric response to the solar eclipse of August 21, 2017. The results are discussed in a research paper published in the Journal of Geophysical Research (doi: 10.1029/2018JA026402) . Cnossen, I., Ridley, A. J., Goncharenko, L. P., and Harding, B. J.. ( 2019), The response of the ionosphere‐thermosphere system to the August 21, 2017 solar eclipse. J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026402 Bulk sedimentary δ15N, total organic carbon (TOC), and total nitrogen (TN) for SPR0901-03KC Wang, Yi and Hendy, Ingrid L. The dataset contains bulk sedimentary d15N, TOC, and TN data measured every 2 mm on the core SPR0901-03KC. Flood and turbidite layers are shaded with blue and orange in the files. and This work is supported by NSF OCE-1304327. d15N, total organic carbon, nitrogen isotopes, SPR0901-03KC, and Santa Barbara Basin Wang, Y. , Hendy, I. L. and Thunell, R. (2019), Local and remote forcing of denitrification in the Northeast Pacific for the last 2000 years. Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1029/2019PA003577 Indirect effects of secondary organic aerosol on cirrus clouds Jialei Zhu and Joyce E. Penner Second organic aerosol, Radiative effect, and Cirrus cloud Zhu, J and Penner, J. E.: Indirect effects of secondary organic aerosol on cirrus clouds, (2019), submitted to Geophysical Research Letter. Data and Data products for machine learning applied to solar flares Chen, Yang and Manchester, Ward IV GOES_flare_list: contains a list of more than 10,000 flare events. The list has 6 columns, flare classification, active region number, date, start time end time, emission peak time, GOES_B_flare_list: contains time series data of SDO/HMI SHARP parameters for B class solar flares , GOES_MX_flare_list: contains time series data of SDO/HMI SHARP parameters for M and X class solar flares, SHARP_B_flare_data_300.hdf5 and SHARP_MX_flare_data_300.hdf5 files contain time series more than 20 physical variables derived from the SDO/HMI SHARP data files. These data are saved at a 12 minute cadence and are used to train the LSTM model., and B_HARPs_CNNencoded_part_xxx.hdf5 and M_X HARPs_CNNencoded_part_xxx.hdf5 include neural network encoded features derived from vector magnetogram images derived from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI). These data files typically contains one or two sequences of magnetograms covering an active region for a period of 24h with a 1 hour cadence. We encode each magnetogram with frames of a fixed size of 8x16 with 512 channels. machine learning, data science, and solar flare prediction Chen, Y., Manchester, W., Hero, A., Toth, G., DuFumier, B. Zhou, T., Wang, X., Zhu, H., Sun, Zeyu, Gombosi, T., Identifying Solar Flare Precursors Using Time Series of SDO/HMI Images and SHARP Parameters, Space Weather Journal, submitted Prenatal lead exposure, type 2 diabetes and cardiometabolic risk factors in Mexican children at age 10-18 years Liu, Y , Ettinger, AS, Téllez-Rojo, M, Sánchez, BN, Zhang, ZZ, Cantoral, A, and Hu, H We used data collected from participants of the Early Life Exposures in Mexico to ENvironmental Toxicants (ELEMENT) study, which consists of three sequentially-enrolled birth cohorts of pregnant women. Research protocols of this study were approved by the Institutional Review Board at University of Michigan and the Mexico National Institute of Public Health. We obtained informed consent from mothers and informed assent from children prior to enrollment. Metal pad instability in liquid metal batteries. animations of computed flow regimes Linyan, Xiang and Oleg, Zikanov The Liquid Metal Battery (LMB), a promising energy-storage device that contains liquid-metal interior, is studied numerically in the paper. The metal pad roll instability was modeled based on the open-source CFD software, OpenFOAM. It's based on the solver for simulations of incompressible multiphase flows multiphaseInterFoam modified to include the electromagnetic fields and account for the sharp variations of the electrical conductivity. Liquid metal battery, Interfacial waves, Instability, and OpenFOAM Oleg Zikanov "Shallow water modeling of rolling pad instability in liquid metal batteries" THEORETICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS, v.32, 2017, p.325-347 and Linyan Xiang and Oleg Zikanov "Numerical simulation of rolling pad instability in liquid metal batteries" submitted to PHYSICS OF FLUIDS Seismograms of earthquake pairs in the injection experiment Huang, Yihe (University of Michigan); De Barros, Louis (Université Côte d’Azur) Numerous small and moderate injection-induced earthquakes have been recorded in North America, Europe and Asia. Here we present a detailed analysis about microearthquakes in an in-situ injection-induced earthquake experiment, which provides an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the mechanisms of induced earthquakes. Our analysis illuminates meter-scale earthquake sources distributed in a network of preexisting rock fractures. The majority of induced earthquakes in our analysis happened when injection pressure reached a peak, indicating a direct response of rock fractures to fluid pressure perturbation. But the relatively low ratio of stress drop to crustal strength reveals that a very small fraction of the crustal shear strength is released by earthquakes, supporting the previous notion that fluid injection induces large aseismic deformation during the experiment. and Citation for dataset: Huang, Y., De Barros, L. (2019). Seismograms of earthquake pairs in the injection experiment [Data set]. University of Michigan - Deep Blue. Huang, Y., De Barros, L., Cappa, F. (2019). Illuminating the Rupturing of Microseismic Sources in an Injection‐Induced Earthquake Experiment. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(16), 9563-9572. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL083856 Lu-177 patients CT images and contours dataset for medical image segmentation Internally administered targeted radionuclide therapy (TRT) with radio-labelled targeting molecules that deliver cytotoxic radiation to tumor has been used successfully to treat multiple cancers. Lu-177, used increasingly in TRT, emits both beta particles that deliver the therapeutic effect. FDA recently approved a fixed activity (4 cycles of 7.4 GBq/cycle as in NETTER -1) administered every 8 weeks. With the patient studies under this treatment, we collected CT images and corresponding volume of interest (organs, lesions) contours. Lu-177, CT, Segmentation, Organ, Tumor, Label Simulated CO2 dataset using the atmospheric transport model GEOSChem v12.0.0: Response to regional land carbon fluxes Basile, Samantha, Lin, Xin, and Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen Files contain the atmospheric CO2 mole fraction responses to land flux type (HRcasa, HRcorpse, HRmimics) and land flux region (latband variable). Land flux regions are categorized as: Northern Hemisphere high latitudes (NHL; 61 to 90°N), midlatitudes (NML; 24 to 60°N), tropics (NT; 1 to 23°N), Southern Hemisphere tropics (ST; 0 to 23°S), and extratropics (SE; 24 to 90°S). See the README file for how these land flux region definitions relate to the file's latband variable. and To cite dataset: Basile, S., Lin, X., Keppel-Aleks, G. (2019). Simulated CO2 dataset using the atmospheric transport model GEOSChem v12.0.0: Response to regional land carbon fluxes [Data set]. University of Michigan - Deep Blue. https://doi.org/10.7302/xjzc-xy05 carbon dioxide, soil heterotrophic respiration, GEOSChem, HR, CO2, CASA-CNP, CORPSE, and MIMICS Global modelling of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) with organic nucleation Zhu, Jialei and Penner, Joyce E. Organic nucleation, CESM/IMPACT, and SOA Zhu, J. and Penner, J. E. : Global modelling of secondary organic aerosol (SOA) with organic nucleation, (2019), submitted to Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere. JGR Biogeosciences 2019 Gridded and single-point CLM5 dataset dos Santos, Thiago, Steiner, Allison, Keppel-Aleks, Gretchen, and De Roo, Roger Model simulations were conducted to investigate the role of soil moisture on the terrestrial carbon and water cycles. The data are composed of NetCDF files generated by the simulations that contain the data variables analyzed in the paper. and CLM5 Documentation - http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/models/cesm2/land/. Soil moisture, Community Land Model 5, Latent heat, GPP, Gross primary productivity, and Fluxnet Survey Distributional Methods Analyses Data Xu, Xuecong, Yan, Xiang , and Dillahunt, Tawanna R. We compared the response rates, cost, and the average income of participants pertaining to 6 different survey distribution methods used in an initial study about mobility-on-demand services. We used the data to identify survey and recruitment methods that are more effective in reaching hard-to-reach populations. All the raw data used for calculations and the calculations themselves can be found in the attached spreadsheets. and Initial analyses have identified in-person onsite recruitment as one of the better methods of reaching hard-to-reach populations, and is calling for continued work in improving research methods in the field of HCI. Yan, X., Zhao, X., Han, Y., and Hentenryck, P. V. (2019). Mobility-on-demand versus fixed-route transit systems: an evaluation of traveler preferences in low-income communities. https://poverty.umich.edu/files/2019/02/Yan_et_al_WorkingPaper_Preference_for_mobility_on_demand.pdf , Atkinson, R., and Flint, J. Accessing Hidden and Hard-to-Reach Populations: Snowball Research Strategies. "Social Research Update" 33 (Jan 2001)., Buranyi, S. Rise of the racist robots: how ai is learning all our worst impulses, Aug 2017. Retrieved June 11, 2019 from https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/aug/08/rise-of-the-racist-robots-how-ai-is-learning-all-our-worst-impulses., Dillahunt, T. R., Erete, S., Galusca, R., Israni, A., Nacu, D., and Sengers, P. Reflections on design methods for underserved communities. In Companion of the 2017 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (New York, NY, USA, 2017), CSCW ’17 Companion, ACM, pp. 409–413., Erete, S., Israni, A., and Dillahunt, T. An intersectional approach to designing in the margins. Interactions 25, 3 (Apr. 2018), 66–69., Foster, A. Concerning issue with driverless cars, Mar 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019 from https://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/motoring/on-the-road/driverless-cars-may-be-more-likely-to-hit-darkskinned-people-study-finds/news-story/b19959d01ef865f15bb336275b8903e8., Johnston, L. G., and Sabin, K. Sampling hard-to-reach populations with respondent driven sampling. Methodological Innovations Online 5, 2 (aug 2010), 38.1–48., Macaulay, A. C., Commanda, L. E., Freeman, W. L., Gibson, N., McCabe, M. L., Robbins, C. M., and Twohig, P. L. Participatory research maximises community and lay involvement. BMJ 319, 7212 (sep 1999), 774–778., Maestre, J. F., Eikey, E. V., Warner, M., Yarosh, S., Pater, J., Jacobs, M., Marcu, G., and Shih, P. C. Conducting research with stigmatized populations: Practices, challenges, and lessons learned. In Companion of the 2018 ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (2018), ACM, pp. 385–392., Paterson, J. M., and Maker, Y. Why does artificial intelligence discriminate?, Jun 2019. Retrieved June 11, 2019 from https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/why-does-artificial-intelligence-discriminate., Strohmayer, A., Laing, M., and Comber, R. Technologies and social justice outcomes in sex work charities: fighting stigma, saving lives. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2017), ACM, pp. 3352–3364., and Sydor, A. Conducting research into hidden or hard-to-reach populations. Nurse researcher 20, 3 (2013). Data-driven approaches to managing uncertain load control in sustainable power systems (project outputs) Bowen Li, Yiling Zhang, Siqian Shen, and Johanna Mathieu The project outputs summarize all the publications, talks, and codes we accomplished under this NSF funding. In the project, we develop methodologies to manage uncertainty in future electric power systems and quantify how uncertainty affects power system sustainability. and Talks, papers, and poster in Deep Blue: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149653 chance constraint, distributionally robust optimization, optimal power flow, demand response, and unimodality Talks, papers, and poster in Deep Blue: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149653 Space Weather Modeling Framework (SWMF) Simulation of Sep 7 2017 Geomagnetic Storm Wang, Zihan SWMF is used to study the segmentation of SED plume into polar cap patches during the geomagnetic storm on Sep 7, 2017. The database includes the 3D output in the upper atmosphere from GITM, the 2D output from Ionospheric Electrodynamics (IE) and 3D output from BATSRUS. The output from GITM can be read with thermo_batch_new.pro. The output from IE can be opened with Spacepy at https://pythonhosted.org/SpacePy/. The output from BATSRUS can be opened with tecplot. More details can be found in Readme.txt. MHD and Ionosphere Segmentation of Storm Enhanced Density (SED) by Boundary Flows Associated with Partial Ring current, Wang et. al, GRL, 2019 Demand response algorithms to improve electric power system stability margins Yao, Mengqi, Mathieu, Johanna L., Hiskens, Ian A., Molzahn, Daniel K., Koorehdavoudi, Kasra , and Roy, Sandip The files include all the published paper and presentation source codes. Please install Matpower before running the code. The Matpower version is 5.1, which can be found in https://matpower.org/download/ Talks, papers, and poster in Deep Blue: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/150104 Demand response, Optimal power flow, Power system voltage stability, and Power system small signal stability L https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8686211, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7980798, https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/a83a/cb9c9af878f8b5d77f4b4230dfb5bd8c5325.pdf, https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8619091, and https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8262731 Inferring the behavior of distributed energy resources from incomplete measurements (project outputs) Ledva, Gregory S., Zhe, Du, Peterson, Sarah, Balzano, Laura, and Mathieu, Johanna L. This is the code that resulted from NSF grant ECCS-1508943, "Inferring the behavior of distributed energy resources from incomplete measurements." The project focused on developing control, estimation, and modeling methods for residential demand response and electric distribution networks. The talks, papers, and poster in Deep Blue: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149480 online learning, energy disaggregation, residential demand response, networked control, Kalman filter, and frequency regulation Ledva, Gregory S., Laura Balzano, and Johanna L. Mathieu. "Inferring the behavior of distributed energy resources with online learning." 2015 53rd Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing (Allerton). IEEE, 2015., Ledva, Gregory S., and Johanna L. Mathieu. "A linear approach to manage input delays while supplying frequency regulation using residential loads." 2017 American Control Conference (ACC). IEEE, 2017., Ledva, Gregory S., Laura Balzano, and Johanna L. Mathieu. "Exploring Connections Between a Multiple Model Kalman Filter and Dynamic Fixed Share with Applications to Demand Response." 2018 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA). IEEE, 2018., Ledva, Gregory S., et al. "Disaggregating Load by Type from Distribution System Measurements in Real Time." Energy Markets and Responsive Grids. Springer, New York, NY, 2018. 413-437., Ledva, Gregory S., Sarah Peterson, and Johanna L. Mathieu. "Benchmarking of Aggregate Residential Load Models Used for Demand Response." 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM). IEEE, 2018., Ledva, Gregory S., et al. "Managing communication delays and model error in demand response for frequency regulation." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 33.2 (2018): 1299-1308., Ledva, Gregory S., Laura Balzano, and Johanna L. Mathieu. "Real-time energy disaggregation of a distribution feeder's demand using online learning." IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 33.5 (2018): 4730-4740., and Talks, papers, and poster in Deep Blue: http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/149480 Dataset related to 'Effects of Metamorphism and Metasomatism on Manganese Mineralogy: Examples from the Transvaal Supergroup' Johnson, Jena E., Webb, Samuel M., Condit, Cailey B., Beukes, Nicolas J., and Fischer, Woodward W. Manganese in the sedimentary record has been interpreted by many as a powerful redox proxy for paleoenvironments, and yet very little work has been done to ensure that the manganese-rich minerals in the rock record are actually recording primary signals. In the accompanying manuscript, we present an in-depth characterization of the manganese mineralogy from two correlated regions recording the Transvaal Supergroup in South Africa with markedly different alteration histories to investigate if there can be post-depositional emplacement of manganese-rich minerals. The data uploaded here are X-ray absorption spectra of (1) manganese standard minerals that were useful in our analyses and (2) minerals from an important well-characterized sample that may be useful as comparative standards in future studies. manganese and X-ray absorption spectroscopy J.E. Johnson, S.M. Webb, C.B. Condit, N.J. Beukes, W.W. Fischer; Effects of metamorphism and metasomatism on manganese mineralogy: Examples from the Transvaal Supergroup. South African Journal of Geology doi: https://doi.org/10.25131/sajg.122.0034 Enhanced word embeddings using multi-semantic representation through lexical chains Ruas, Terry, Ferreira, Charles H. P., Grosky, William, França, Fabrício O., and Medeiros, Débora M. R, The relationship between words in a sentence often tell us more about the underlying semantic content of a document than its actual words, individually. Recent publications in the natural language processing arena, more specifically using word embeddings, try to incorporate semantic aspects into their word vector representation by considering the context of words and how they are distributed in a document collection. In this work, we propose two novel algorithms, called Flexible Lexical Chain II and Fixed Lexical Chain II that combine the semantic relations derived from lexical chains, prior knowledge from lexical databases, and the robustness of the distributional hypothesis in word embeddings into a single decoupled system. In short, our approach has three main contributions: (i) unsupervised techniques that fully integrate word embeddings and lexical chains; (ii) a more solid semantic representation that considers the latent relation between words in a document; and (iii) lightweight word embeddings models that can be extended to any natural language task. Knowledge-based systems that use natural language text can benefit from our approach to mitigate ambiguous semantic representations provided by traditional statistical approaches. The proposed techniques are tested against seven word embeddings algorithms using five different machine learning classifiers over six scenarios in the document classification task. Our results show that the integration between lexical chains and word embeddings representations sustain state-of-the-art results, even against more complex systems. Github: https://github.com/truas/LexicalChain_Builder document classification, lexical chains, word embeddings, synset embeddings, chain2vec, and natural language processing Engineering, Science, and Other Developing Writers Writing Samples writing, writing sample, and developing writers GERE, A. R. (Ed.). (2019). DEVELOPING WRITERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A longitudinal study. S.l.: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10079890 and This data set is related to "Developing Writers: Interview Transcripts" available at: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/concern/data_sets/sn009x784?locale=en Developing Writers Interview Transcripts The interviews included in this folder were conducted as part of a longitudinal study in writing development published in Developing Writers in Higher Education: A Longitudinal Study (University of Michigan Press, 2019). Interviews were conducted upon students' entry into the study (files labelled "entry") and exit from the study (files labelled "exit"). To learn more about this study, please see the epublication https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10079890 and the website https://www.developingwritersbook.org/pages/about/about-the-study/. interview, transcript, and developing writers GERE, A. R. (Ed.). (2019). DEVELOPING WRITERS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: A longitudinal study. S.l.: UNIV OF MICHIGAN PRESS. https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.10079890 and This data set is related to "Developing Writers: Writing Samples" available at: https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/data/concern/data_sets/r207tp36h?locale=en Multi-Sense embeddings through a word sense disambiguation process Ruas, Terry, Grosky, William, and Aizawa, Akiko This data set is a collection of word similarity benchmarks (RG65, MEN3K, Wordsim 353, simlex999, SCWS, yp130, simverb3500) in their original format and converted into a cosine similarity scale. In addition, we have two Wikpedia Dumps from 2010 (April) and 2018 (January) in which we provide the original format (raw words), converted using the techniques described in the paper (MSSA, MSSA-D and MSSA-NR) (title in this repository), and also the word embeddings models for 300d and 1000d using a word2vec implementation. A readme.txt is provided with more details for each file. multi-sense embeddings, MSSA, word2vec, wikipedia dump, synset, and natural language processing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.06.026 Effect of financial incentives on head CT use dataset Meurer, William SPSS is required to access processed dataset in .sav format. Model output is provided as a word document, and Qualtrics survey instrument is included as PDF and .docx, where .docx version contains survey logic and question numbers. Diagnostic Testing, Emergency Medicine, and Financial Incentives Iyengar, R., Winkels, J., Smith, C. M., Meka, A. P., MD, Porath, J. D., MD, & Meurer, W. J., MD, MS. (2019, January 21). The Effect of Financial Incentives on Patient Decisions to Undergo Low-Value Head CT Scans. https://doi.org/10.31219/osf.io/4mdfw Ganymede simulation with MHD-EPIC model Hongyang Zhou The outputs include the steady state solutions for all Galileo flybys, the particle information for plotting the distribution functions near the reconnection site, the particle and field data for mapping the energetic flux densities, and 3D files for visualizing the whole simulation domain. More details can be found in Readme.txt. MHD and PIC Authenticated Boot Acceleration Algorithm Nasser, Ahmad and Gumise, Wonder The work on accelerating authenticated boot for embedded system resulted in designing an algorithm in python to perform the random address generation and cryptographic MAC calculation. The Sampled Boot schemes implemented in this package allow a significant reduction of the time needed to authenticate firmware images during startup, while still retaining a high degree of trust. This is particularly useful for automotive applications in which startup time constraints make secure boot a time prohibitive process. and Citation for this dataset: Nasser, A., Gumise, W. (2019). Authenticated Boot Acceleration Algorithm [Code and data]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/yeh1-1x17 Trusted Computing, IOT security, Embedded Security, and Cyber Physical Systems Nasser, A., Ma, D., Gumise, W.J. (2019). Accelerated Secure Boot for Realtime Embedded Safety Systems. 12 hour data for magnetospheric simulations for a multifluid plasma for 8 different configurations Trung, Huy-Sinh, Liemohn, Michael W, and Ilie, Raluca The goal of this research was to understand structures where the solar wind plasma contribution to the total plasma was equal to the ionospheric plasma. This simulation was performed over a simulation time of 12 hours for 4 different plasma compositions for 2 different solar wind profiles., The SWMF used the Block Adaptive Tree Solar wind Roe-type Upwind Scheme version 9.20. It can be found at http://csem.engin.umich.edu/tools/swmf/downloads.php. These data can be processed using the simulation code deposited at the Deep Blue Data record indicated in the "Citation to related material" field., and To cite this data set: Trung, H.-S., Liemohn, M., W., Ilie, R. (2019). 12 hour data for magnetospheric simulations for a multifluid plasma for 8 different configurations [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/fwq2-ey41 Space Physics, Magnetospheres, and 3D Trung, H.-S., Liemohn, M.W. Ilie, R. (2019). Steady State Characteristics of the Terrestrial Geopause [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/7w13-kq27 R/V Melville Core Retrieval Campaign (MV0811), November 2008 Wang, Yi and Hendy, Ingrid This collection represents various raw data and analysis of cores extracted during the November 2008 mission of R/V Melville in the Santa Barbara Basin., The core included is the jumbo piston core MV0811-14JC. Core photos, physical properties and magnetic susceptibility from the multisensor track (MST), and the scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data are included in the collection., and Cruise DOI: 10.7284/903459 The research is funded by NSF OCE-1304327. Santa Barbara Basin, Southern California, core photos, physical properties, scanning XRF, MV0811, and Earth Science Epileptogenesis modulates spontaneous and responsive brain state dynamics - Code & Data Crisp, Dakota N., Cheung, Warwick, Gliske, Stephen V., Lai, Alan, Freestone, Dean R., Grayden, David B., Cook, Mark J., and Stacey, William C. The data and the scripts are to show that seizure onset dynamics and evoked responses change over the progression of epileptogenesis defined in this intrahippocampal tetanus toxin rat model. All tests explored in this study can be repeated with the data and scripts included in this repository. and Dataset citation: Crisp, D.N., Cheung, W., Gliske, S.V., Lai, A., Freestone, D.R., Grayden, D.B., Cook, MJ., Stacey, W.C. (2019). Epileptogenesis modulates spontaneous and responsive brain state dynamics [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/r6vg-9658 evoked response, stimulation, bifurcation, epilepsy, seizure, divergence, and dynamics Engineering, Science, and Health Sciences Physical properties and magnetic susceptibility for SPR0901-04BC Ingrid L. Hendy and Yi Wang This dataset includes core physical properties (e.g., bulk density, porosity, P-wave velocity) and magnetic susceptibility data for SPR0901-04BC (34.2816°N, 120.0415°W, 588 m water depth) measured on the multisensor track (MST). SPR0901-04BC was collected by the research vessel R/V Sproul off Southern California in 2009.1. The study is supported by NSF OCE-0752093. physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-04BC Epidynamics: Navigating the map of seizure dynamics - Code & Data Crisp, Dakota N., Saggio, Maria L., Scott, Jared, Stacey, William C., Nakatani, Mitsuyoshi, Gliske, Stephen V., and Lin, Jack This data and scripts are meant to test and show seizure differentiation based on bifurcation theory. A zip file is included which contains real and simulated seizure waveforms, Matlab scripts, and metadata. The matlab scripts allow for visual review validation and objective feature analysis. The file “README.txt” provides more detail about each individual file within the zip file. and Data citation: Crisp, D.N., Saggio, M.L., Scott, J., Stacey, W.C., Nakatani, M., Gliske, S.F., Lin, J. (2019). Epidynamics: Navigating the map of seizure dynamics - Code & Data [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/ejhy-5h41 Bifurcation, Epilepsy, Seizure, and Divergence Dataset for "Weathering and paleosol formation in the 1.1Ga Keweenawan Rift" Mitchell, R.L. and Sheldon, Nathan D. Samples from a road cut section were analyzed. New paleosols were discovered. Paleosols, Precambrian, Keweenawan, Paleoenvironments, and Midcontinental Rift Mitchell, R.L., Sheldon, N.D., 2009, Weathering and paleosol formation in the 1.1. Ga Keweenawan Rift: Precambrian Research 168, p. 271–283. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2008.09.013 Dataset from "Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes of Hair to Teach About Sustainable Agriculture Through Active Learning" Cotton, Jennifer M. and Sheldon, Nathan D. These spreadsheets contain all data and data by diet type, meat consumption, gender, and British comparison for the classroom activity described in the accompanying paper. Sustainable agriculture , Active learning, Stable isotopes, and Large enrollment Cotton, J.M., and Sheldon, N.D., 2013, Using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of hair to teach about sustainable agriculture through active learning: Journal of Geoscience Education 61, 59–67. https://doi.org/10.5408/12-309.1 Scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for MV0811-14JC This dataset includes scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data for the core MV0811-14JC (34.2818°N 120.0360°W, water depth: 582 m), which was collected by the research vessel R/V Melville off Southern California in 2008.11. The research is funded by NSF OCE-1304327. scanning X-ray fluorescence, XRF, Santa Barbara Basin, and MV0811-14JC Scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for SPR0901-03KC This dataset includes scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data for the core SPR0901-03KC (34.2832°N, 120.0401°W, 586 m water depth). SPR0901-03KC was collected by the research vessel R/V Sproul off Southern California in 2009.1. The research is funded by NSF OCE-0752093. scanning X-ray fluorescence, XRF, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-03KC Scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) for SPR0901-04BC This dataset includes scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data for the core SPR0901-04BC (34.2816°N, 120.0415°W, 588 m water depth). SPR0901-04BC was collected by the research vessel R/V Sproul off Southern California in 2009.1. This research is funded by NSF OCE-0752093. scanning X-ray fluorescence, XRF, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-04BC Physical properties and magnetic susceptibility for SPR0901-unnamed This dataset includes core physical properties (e.g., bulk density, porosity, P-wave velocity) and magnetic susceptibility data for the box core SPR0901-unnamed (34.2816°N, 120.0415°W, 588 m water depth) measured on the multisensor track (MST). SPR0901-unnamed was collected by the research vessel R/V Sproul off Southern California in 2009.1. physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-unnamed Physical properties and magnetic susceptibility for MV0811-14JC This dataset includes core physical properties (e.g., bulk density, porosity, P-wave velocity) and magnetic susceptibility data for the jumbo piston core MV0811-14JC (34.2818°N 120.0360°W, water depth: 582 m) measured on the multisensor track (MST). MV0811-14JC was collected by the research vessel R/V Melville off Southern California in 2008.11. The study is supported by NSF OCE-1304327. physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, Santa Barbara Basin, and MV0811-14JC Physical properties and magnetic susceptibility for SPR0901-03KC This dataset includes core physical properties (e.g., bulk density, porosity, P-wave velocity) and magnetic susceptibility data for Kasten core SPR0901-03KC (34.2832°N, 120.0401°W, 586 m water depth) measured on the multisensor track (MST). SPR0901-03KC was collected by the research vessel R/V Sproul off Southern California in 2009.1. The study is supported by NSF OCE-0752093. physical properties, magnetic susceptibility, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-03KC Core photo for SPR-unnamed This dataset contains the core photo for the box core SPR0901-unnamed (34.2816°N, 120.0415°W, 588 m water depth) off Southern California, retrieved in 2009.1 on R/V Sproul. The research is funded by NSF OCE-0752093. and Data citation: Hendy, I.L., Wang, Y. (2019). Core photo for SPR-unnamed [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/z0mn-cv27 core photo, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-unnamed Core photos for MV0811-14JC This dataset contains core photos for the jumbo piston core MV0811-14JC (34.2818°N 120.0360°W, water depth: 582 m) retrieved in 2008.11 on R/V Melville off Southern California. MV0811-14JC contains 10 sections (section 1-10). Sections 1-3 were scanned at the LacCore Facility (National Lacustrine Core Facility) at University of Minnesota, while photos for section 4-10 were taken at Marine Geology Repository at Oregon State University. The study is funded by NSF-OCE 1304327. and Data citation: Hendy, I.L., Wang, Y. (2019). Core photos for MV0811-14JC [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/3m31-yb44 core photos, Santa Barbara Basin, and MV0811-14JC Core photos for SPR0901-03KC This dataset include core photos for the Kasten core SPR0901-03KC (34.2832°N, 120.0401°W, 586 m water depth) retrieved in 2009.1 on R/V Sproul off Southern California. SPR0901-03KC contains two cores (core 1 and core 2), with each core cut into two sections (section 1 and section 2). The study is funded by NSF OCE-0752093. and Data citation: Hendy, I.L., Wang, Y. (2019). Core photos for SPR0901-03KC [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/3jrg-1m86 core photos, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-03KC Core photo for SPR0901-04BC This dataset contains photo of the box core SPR0901-04BC (34.2816°N, 120.0415°W, 588 m water depth) retrieved from 2009.1 on the R/V Sproul. The study is funded by OCE-0752093. and Data citation: Hendy, I.L., Wang, Y. (2019). Core photo for SPR0901-04BC [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/9nxx-hd15 core photo, Santa Barbara Basin, and SPR0901-04BC R/V Sproul Core Retrieval Campaign(SPR0901), January 2009, Project: Climate change in Southern California: An ultrahigh resolution multiproxy study of the last 2 millennia This collection represents various raw data and analysis of cores extracted during the January 2009 mission of the research vessel Sproul in the Santa Barbara Basin., Cores included: box core SPR0901-04BC, box core SPR0901-unnamed, and Kasten core SPR0901-03KC. Core photos, physical properties and magnetic susceptibility from the multisensor track (MST), and the scanning X-ray fluorescence (XRF) data are included in the collection., and Cruise DOI: 10.7284/901089 This research is funded by NSF-OCE 0752093. Santa Barbara Basin, Southern California, core photos, physical properties, scanning XRF, SPR0901, and Earth Science Mars Thermospheric Neutral Winds: Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model (M-GITM) Simulated Datasets for Comparison to MAVEN Spacecraft Measurements Bougher, Stephen W. (CLaSP Department, U. of Michigan) and Roeten, Kali J. (CLaSP Department, U. of Michigan) The NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) spacecraft, which is currently in orbit around Mars, has been taking monthly measurements of the speed and direction of the winds in the upper atmosphere of Mars between about 140 to 240 km above the surface. The observed wind speeds and directions change with time and location, and sometimes fluctuate quickly. These measurements are compared to simulations from a computer model of the Mars atmosphere called M-GITM (Mars Global Ionosphere-Thermosphere Model), developed at U. of Michigan. This is the first comparison between direct measurements of the winds in the upper atmosphere of Mars and simulated winds and is important because it can help to inform us what physical processes are acting on the observed winds. Some wind measurements have similar wind speeds or directions to those predicted by the M-GITM model, but sometimes, there are large differences between the simulated and measured winds. The disagreements between wind observations and model simulations suggest that processes other than normal solar forcing may become relatively more important during these observations and alter the expected circulation pattern. Since the global circulation plays a role in the structure, variability, and evolution of the atmosphere, understanding the processes that drive the winds in the upper atmosphere of Mars provides key context for understanding how the atmosphere behaves as a whole system. A basic version of the M-GITM code can be found on Github as follows: https:/github.com/dpawlows/MGITM and About 30 Neutral Gas and Ion Mass Spectrometer (NGIMS) wind campaigns (of 5 to 10 orbits each) have been conducted by the MAVEN team (Benna et al., 2019). Five of these campaigns are selected for detailed study (Roeten et al. 2019). The Mars conditions for these five campaigns have been used to launch corresponding M-GITM code simulations, yielding 3-D neutral wind fields for comparison to these NGIMS wind observations. The M-GITM datacubes used to extract the zonal and meridional neutral winds, along the trajectory of each orbit path between 140 and 240 km, are provided in this Deep Blue Data archive. README files are provided for each datacube, detailing the contents of each file. A general README file is also provided that summarizes the inputs and outputs of the M-GITM code simulations for this study. Mars, MAVEN spacecraft, Mars thermosphere, and Mars global upper atmosphere winds Roeten, K. J., S. W. Bougher, M. Benna, P. R. Mahaffy, Y. Lee, D. Pawlowski, F. Gonzalez-Galindo, M. Lopez-Valverde, MAVEN/NGIMS thermospheric neutral wind observations: Interpretation using the M-GITM general circulation Model, J. Geophysical Research, submitted (2019) Spatial dependence of the growth of polycyclic aromatic compounds in an ethylene counterflow flame: experimental measurements and simulation results Wang, Qi, Elvati, Paolo, Kim, Doohyun, Johansson, K. Olof, Schrader, Paul E., Michelsen, Hope A., and Violi, Angela Datasets for article in CARBON: Spatial dependence of the growth of polycyclic aromatic compounds in an ethylene counterflow flame. The experiment VUV-AMS measurements ("VUV_AMS_C2H4_Counterflow.txt") consists aerosol mass spectra data from an atmospheric-pressure ethylene/oxygen/argon counterflow diffusion flame described in Johansson et al., Proc. Combust. Inst. 36, 799-806 (2017) doi:10.1016/j.proci.2016.07.130., The experiment VUV-MBMS measurements ("VUV_MBMS_C2H4_Counterflow.txt") consists gas-phase data from an atmospheric-pressure ethylene/oxygen/argon counterflow diffusion flame described in Johansson et al., Proc. Combust. Inst. 36, 799-806 (2017) doi:10.1016/j.proci.2016.07.130., 2D CFD simulation results by KAUST mechanism II ("CFD_KM2_results.xlsx") consists stabilized CFD gas-phase species profiles along different x,y,z coordinates. Species are given by mole fractions., The SNapS2 simulation results ("SNapS2_results.zip") consist streamline I (from fuel side), i (from oxidizer side), and middle (DFFO = 5.0mm) for producing results in Fig. 5, Fig. 6, and Table 1. Three folders under each streamline ("C5H6", "C6H5CH3", and "C6H6") represent simulations by using different seeds (cyclopentadiene, toluene, and benzene respectively). The text files inside each folder are a single trace (time-history) for one SNapS2 simulation. Text file name consists "starting time"+"."+"simulation number"+".txt". For example 0.041.25.txt meaning the 25th simulation starting at 0.041s. Four columns inside the text files represent time, molecular mass, reaction index, and SMILES (Simplified molecular-input line-entry system) of the molecule., and Data citation: Wang, Q., Elvati, P., Kim, D., Johansson, K.O., Schrader, P.E., Michelsen, H.A., Violi, A. (2019). Spatial dependence of the growth of polycyclic aromatic compounds in an ethylene counterflow flame: experimental measurements and simulation results [Data set]. University of Michigan Deep Blue Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.7302/69e6-cd20 Wang, Q., Elvati, P., Kim, D., Johansson, K.O., Schrader, P.E., Michelsen, H.A., Violi, A., 2019. Spatial dependence of the growth of polycyclic aromatic compounds in an ethylene counterflow flame. Carbon 149, 328–335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbon.2019.03.017 Widespread and persistent deposition of iron formations for two billion years: Compilation Dataset Johnson, JE and Molnar, PH This IF compilation was assembled from the existing literature to understand if preservation biases affected the record of iron formations. Archean ocean chemistry, temporal record of iron formations, and early Earth iron cycle Johnson, J. E., & Molnar, P. H. ( 2019). Widespread and persistent deposition of iron formations for two billion years. Geophysical Research Letters, 46, 3327– 3339. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL081970 Data for Compensatory trans-regulatory alleles minimizing variation in TDH3 expression are common within Saccharomyces cerevisiae Wittkopp, Patricia J and Metzger, Brian P H .zip file includes data files and R code used for analysis. http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/566653v1 West African flora and fauna native terminologies Heath, Jeffrey This is the flora-fauna lexical material obtained in the course of more general lexical and grammatical fieldwork on languages of central-eastern Mali (Dogon, Songhay, Bangime, Bozo). The spreadsheets in this work, duplicated in xlsx and csv formants, present our flora-fauna lexicons as of early 2019 for many languages of central-eastern Mali, and certain languages of southwestern Burkina Faso. The Malian data is in two spreadsheets (flora, fauna), while the Burkina data is in separate spreadsheets for flora, birds, fish, insects, lizards and snakes, and mammals. Please begin with the “readme” document. flora,, fauna, lexicon, Mali, and Burkina Faso Moran, Steven & Forkel, Robert & Heath, Jeffrey (eds.) 2016. Dogon and Bangime Linguistics. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. https://dogonlanguages.org and Christfried Naumann & Tom Güldemann & Steven Moran & Guillaume Segerer & Robert Forkel (eds.) 2015. Tsammalex: A lexical database on plants and animals. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology. https://tsammalex.clld.org Comparing turbulent mixing of atmospheric oxidants across model scales Li, Yang and Steiner, Allison WRF-Chem simulation with 1.33 km resolution using the MYJ PBL scheme over the Baltimore-Washington region and WRF-Chem simulation with 1.33 km resolution using the YSU PBL scheme over the Baltimore-Washington region LES, WRF-Chem, vertical mixing, oxidants, boundary layer dynamics Li, Y., Barth, M. C., and Steiner, A. L.: Comparing turbulent mixing of atmospheric oxidants across model scales, Atmospheric Environment, 199, 88-101, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.11.004, 2018. Results from Morales et al. 2018 (JAS) - Orographic precipitation sensitivity analysis Morales, Annareli The research that produced this data involves exploring the sensitivity of orographic precipitation to changes in microphysical parameters found in the Morrison microphysics scheme within CM1 model. These microphysical sensitivities are also tested within different environments. The tests can be described as "one-at-a-time" experiments, i.e., an individual parameter is perturbed while keeping the rest constant. Annareli Morales conducted this research for her PhD research while working at the Mesoscale and Microscale Meteorology lab at NCAR in Boulder, CO. Orographic precipitation Morales, A., H. Morrison, and D. Posselt, 2018: Orographic precipitation response to microphysical parameter perturbations for idealized moist nearly neutral flow. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 75, 1933-1953, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0389.1 Lexical documents Tiefo-N language of Burkina Faso Heath, Jeffrey , Ouattara, Aminata , and Hantgan, Abbie Our project, mainly on Dogon languages of Mali, has branched out to Burkina Faso with emphasis on documentation of the most endangered languages. Tiefo-N was studied on an emergency basis since it was down to two aging competent speakers. For additional comments and links to a reference grammar, see the readme file. Gur languages, Tiefo, Tiefo-N language, and Lexicon Jeffrey Heath, Aminata Ouattara & Abbie Hantgan. Short grammar of Tiefo-N of Nyafogo (Gur, Burkina Faso). Language Description Heritage Library (MPI). http://ldh.clld.org/2017/01/01/escidoc2378140/ and A copy of this publication is also available in Deep Blue: http://dx.doi.org/10.17617/2.2378140 Lexical spreadsheets Bangime language of Mali Heath, Jeffrey, Hantgan, Abbie , and Elders, Stefan The work on the Bangime language, spoken by the Bangande people, was carried out as part of a larger linguistic fieldwork project focused on Dogon languages. Bangime is confirmed as a language isolate with no demonstrable linguistic relatives—possibly the only such isolate in West Africa. Bangime, Mali, and Lexicon Heath & Hantgan. A grammar of Bangime. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2018. ISBN 978-3-11-055749-7 Lexical spreadsheets Jalkunan language of Burkina Faso Jalkunan is an endangered language of the Mande family, spoken in the village cluster of Blédougou in southwestern Burkina Faso. The lexical work complements a published grammar with texts. See the readme for further information. Jalkunan, Burkina Faso, Mande languages, and Lexicon Heath, Jeffrey. A grammar of Jalkunan (Mande, Burkina Faso). 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/139025 Lexical spreadsheet comparative Dogon Holistic linguistic fieldwork carried out on location in central-eastern Mali. Lexicon, Mali, and Dogon Adverse events associated with intra-hospital transport of critically-ill children: a systematic review dataset Haydar, Bishr and MacEachern, Mark The research adheres to PRISMA-HARM recommendations for systematic reviews. The reproducible search strategies for all databases, the citation export files from all databases, and the eligibility screening decisions are included in the dataset. Systematic review, Patient transportation, intrahospital, intra-hospital, and Critically ill patients Literature search files for review on lifestyle therapy for the management of atrial fibrillation MacEachern, Mark The search data supports a literature review project on lifestyle therapies for the management of atrial fibrillation. The data included in the dataset are the reproducible search strategies (in docx) and the exported results of all citations from all databases (txt and ris files). These searches and exported result files contain all citations originating from the database searches that were considered for inclusion. literature searches, atrial fibrillation, lifestyle therapy, and lifestyle therapies Abdul-Aziz AA, Altawil M, Lyon A, MacEachern M, Richardson CR, Rubenfire M, Pelosi F Jr, Jackson EA. Lifestyle Therapy for the Management of Atrial Fibrillation. Am J Cardiol. 2018 May 1;121(9):1112-1117. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.01.023. PubMed PMID: 29650239. and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29650239 Judgment Accuracy Experiment Data Yan, Haoyang MI and Yates, J Frank The research aims to demonstrate judgment accuracy about other individuals' socio-political opinions produced by prototype matching and base/shift heuristics or people's own strategies (control). judgment accuracy and socio-political opinions Data from: Adjuvant Radiation Improves Recurrence-Free Survival and Overall Survival in Adrenocortical Carcinoma Gharzai, Laila A, Green, Michael D, Griffith, Kent A, and Jolly, Shruti Three sensitivity analyses were performed. First, a second matching step was performed in which two controls were selected for each case, where possible using a nearest neighbor and caliper metric. Controls needed to have propensity scores within 0.1 of the case to be selected. Thirty-eight of the 39 cases had at least one control using this method and for 36 cases two controls could be selected. The average difference between case and control propensity adjuvant RT was 0.008 (range 0.00003-0.095). A second sensitivity analysis was performed to guard against immortal time bias. In order to mitigate the possibility of this effect, cases known not to have undergone adjuvant RT have been screened for suitable follow-up without a recurrence (local or regional recurrence, metastatic failure, and/or death) to ensure that if adjuvant RT had been prescribed as part of the multi-modality treatment regimen, that it would have been initiated. Three months was selected as the mandatory follow-up time. One to one matching was carried out and all 39 cases were matched to a control. A third sensitivity analysis was performed to account for stage migration seen in control patients that presented to the University of Michigan with more advanced disease. Patients that underwent adjuvant radiation were matched one to one with control group patients who did not receive adjuvant radiation, and who had the same stage at diagnosis as compared to stage at University of Michigan presentation. adenocortical carcinoma and English Impulse Buying Content Analysis and Online Survey Moser, Carol, Schoenebeck, Sarita Y., and Resnick, Paul This work investigates what features e-commerce sites use to encourage impulse buying and what tools consumers desire to curb their online spending. We present supplementary material for two studies: (1) a systematic content analysis of 200 top e-commerce websites in the U.S. and (2) a survey of online impulse buyers (N=151). Files include: (1) Study 1 Code book for content analysis of websites (2) Study 1 CSV data file resulting from the content analysis (3) Study 1 PDFs (N=200) of e-commerce websites analyzed (4) Study 2 Online survey questionnaire (5) Study 2 Survey code book for free response questions Geographic distributions, phenotypes, and phylogenetic relationships of Phalloceros (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): insights about diversification among sympatric species pools [DATA SET] Thomaz, Andréa T. (UMICH), Carvalho, Tiago P. (UFRGS), Malabarba, Luiz R. (UFRGS), and Knowles, L. Lacey (UMICH) Estimated phylogenetic relationships based on more than 18,000 loci in 93 individuals (full data) or 21 individuals (subset data) representing 19 described species and two putative undescribed species. Nine files are part of this dataset, including all input files to infer the phylogenetic reconstructions and the outputs obtained, in addition to a pruned tree used to infer the ancestral state reconstructions. dusky millions poeciliids, sexual selection, South America, and ddRADseq Andréa T. Thomaz, Tiago P. Carvalho, Luiz R. Malabarba, L. Lacey Knowles, Geographic distributions, phenotypes, and phylogenetic relationships of Phalloceros (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae): insights about diversification among sympatric species pools, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 2018, ISSN 1055-7903, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.12.008 Betsy Foxman Missing description Transmission of Oral microbiome and Sequencing Lee, Kyu Han De-identified participant data from household transmission study of influenza in Nicaragua Oligotype count table and taxonomic classifications Influenza and Microbiome Central Mali documentary videos Heath, Jeffrey G. Short documentary videos of practical activities and cultural events of Dogon, Fulbe, Songhay, and Bangande ethnic groups of eastern Central Mali. The videos were byproducts of linguistic research on the local language. They are presented here in three formats: wmv, avi, and either qt or mov. See the "readme" files in each work for a summary of the videos in it. and The footage was shot with various digital cameras. The oldest videos (2010 and one or two from 2011) were edited using iMovie. The later videos were edited using AVS editing software. Several of the 2010 videos, referred to as "compilations," are simple sequences of short clips that combine to illustrate a complex activity such as extracting oil from nuts. The later videos are in more flowing documentary form with overlaid titles in English. In some cases, vocabulary from the relevant native language is included in the titles. Mali and Dogon www.dogonlanguages.org Dataset292 Heath, Jeffrey51 Ingrid L. Hendy11 Yi Wang11 MacEachern, Mark P9 Sifuentes, Christopher J9 Humanities68 Engineering46 more Disciplines » Fortran5 Matlab4 more Languages »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418713
__label__cc	0.707106	0.292894	Life assortment We picked up some more plants for the garden last Saturday. I think in another year this garden will be packed full and look like an old lady’s garden. No rhyme nor reason, no plan, no symmetry. One picture has the water lily in it, and if I ever meet a fellow tall enough to stand on a ladder and pound the stake further into the ground, it will not be so ungainly tall. A knock on the door early this week. On the screen door, actually. This global warming thing is more than serious. It is August. It is the end of August. Kids are going back to school. It should be hot, hot, hot in Northeastern Ohio. But, it hasn’t been eighty in a week or two, and when I wake up in the morning, the house is down to the mid fifties. I open the front door wide and let the sunshine in. So, a knock on the screen door. I went around the corner to see who, and it was a man in khakis and a shirt with the logo of the big owner of trailer parks from New Jersey to Ohio. I stepped out, he introduced himself and I did the same. He blended his first name into his last and I really didn’t get it. He started out saying, “I understand you recently sent a letter to corporate in New Jersey.” Poor fellow, pushed a bad button. I’ve never sent a letter to the owners of this park. So, I told him what I have done. “I located the bureau responsible for the condition of parks that people live in, and got some drains installed.” I showed him phone pictures of the inches deep lakes between the last units on this road. I told him there was a current brouhaha over grass length, but certainly reasonable adults could compromise on that. I told him I’d put several hundred dollars into landscaping after the drains, as management here ignored the torrential storm that washed all the soil, grass seed and straw away. Mr. Polo Shirt looked quite ready to get off my porch, and I asked his name again, as we shook hands. “Bob, said he.” “Oh, The Bob,” replied I. “I suppose.” He left. I told my neighbor later, and her immediate reaction was “I cannot believe he led off intimidating you by saying you sent a letter to corporate.” I thought for a minute. I guess that is a kind of intimidation. I’m seventy four, and still waiting. Laura is through all the classroom instruction and taking behind-the-wheel. She is not a relaxed driver yet, but she’s quite collected. She has eight sessions in the contract, and, what with school and band and damn football and other students, scheduling has been a pain. The previous week night classes were five to seven; last night’s was seven to nine. Some night driving. I dropped her at the school and was barely home before a text. Could the instructor drop her at home instead of the school. Why? Where does he live? What time? What is his name?, I shot back. He lives five minutes from here and can go home. And all the rest. I consented; I’d hate to be working at nine myself. At the appointed hour the car arrived, but Laura did not get out. I went out. “We’re finishing the paperwork, Gramma. I’ll be right in.” I stood back and waited. The instructor never knew I wondered if I’d done the right thing. How fast the past separates from us Or, further Friday night thoughts. My parents swept us all over the country. We children were to see all 48 states before we graduated high school. For me, the oldest, that meant many states more than once. My dad was an aeronautical engineer. I could not even estimate his annual earnings, but my parents were depression children, and made sure we knew the value of a dollar. We camped everywhere we went, and especially in the west, where camping was as basic as dad’s service days. Dad was an Army man, from the day he turned sixteen. I think he was alternatively destined for truant’s confinement, but I blogged that to death long ago. He packed his radio equipment on mules. He learned all he could from every person he met and every book he encountered. He marveled he was born the same year the Wright brothers flew a plane, and lived to help put a man on the moon. Reading a map while riding in the front seat made mom ill, so the job often fell to me. I wonder if she knew the gift she gave me. My dad was an encyclopaedia of natural history, geography, meteorology. Back in the days we drove this country from town to town (“66 goes right at this intersection, Dad.”), Eisenhower was president, and I listened for hours to “this man’s army” being able to move from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Canada to Mexico, on one unified highway system. To dad, the proposed Interstate Highway System was first and foremost to move troops. Dad designed electrical systems for space capsules and flew around the country and the world to visit Lockheed engineers and Boeing engineers and army bases, but his heart and his discipline always were “this man’s army.” Interestingly, my father-in-law was a civil engineer. He was after my dad’s depression era, had the benefit of a real education. My dad snatched three semesters at Tri-C college in Indiana, between the army and unemployment. My father-in-law graduated from Case Institute of Technology. I wonder if my daughters remember how often I told them Grandpa Noragon was an engineer of State Route 2 along the top of Ohio, and becoming Interstate 90 into Pennsylvania and New York State. Probably as much as they remember Grandpa Lytle worked on both Project Mercury and Apollo Eleven. Grandpa Noragon went on to engineer infrastructure for Sun City, Arizona. I think they only returned to Ohio because their first grandchild was born. I tried the civil engineering story out on Laura the other day. I drank up every syllable of my dad’s civil (military) engineering stories. I’m sure they were lost on my kids, and they surely were lost on Laura. Old news. Whenever you want to change the subject, Grandma. I know all this history isn’t lost on a new generation. They are learning it from a new source. My dad, John Lytle, at a family picnic in the fifties. I wish I had a corresponding photo of my father-in-law, James Noragon. Waiting for the band bus It’s Friday night, right up to Thanksgiving. It’s late this time; the game is at Austintown Fitch, in Mahoning County, two counties away, east on the turnpike. It’s not even a league game, so it doesn’t count. I don’t understand the stupidity of having kids knock the crap out of each other, extra. It’s late; it’s a long way to and from Austintown. Too late for Radio Theater Los Angeles; listening to the Duke Ellington/Billy Strayhorn interview, again. Fabulous musicians, wonderful to hear, but a re-run nevertheless. I wonder if PRI will ever get the kind of money they need. They’ve even called me to thank me for my pitiful continuing donation of a few dollars a month. Think how sad that is. Well, it’s a beautiful night. I have on my lightest jacket and have it unzipped, a wonder for an always cold old person. I’m parked at the curb, not in the lot. It’s a faster get-away out to Stow Road, down to 303 and home. It can be a game of chicken, running the lane between the incoming and the parked cars. I told Laura, if your mirrors can clear, so do you. Just watch for that. There is a white car parked to my left, in the lot, under one of the many lights. They do light up this campus like day, every night. And, the stadium lights aren’t even on, because it’s an away game. The car seems to have a wrinkled front fender, and I study on it intently, to the melody of Take the A Train. Finally I take a close up picture, but still cannot discern actual crumpled metal. I’m not the same person as last year. I can stare at that crumpled fender, oblivious to everything. Suddenly the dents disappear, then reappear. I do not understand. I look harder, but nothing happens. I check my phone for the time. ETA is 11:30 for the band busses. The dancer’s bus has already come and sent the dancers on their ways. The dents disappear again and reappear again. I see it! They are images of the leaves to the tree in the median and a car pulling into or out of a space interrupts the light from one of the lamp standards. How neat. The band straggles out from the school. They are delivered to a different door, to go in, put up their instruments, change out of their uniforms, and stagger out under the weight of a loaded garment bag and a hat box. No wonder they leave the instruments in a locker at school. Laura opens doors to deposit her burden in back and then fall into the front seat. “How was the game?” “We won.” “I know, 20-7.” I cheat and keep an eye on the running score so I have an idea when to leave. As for football, I could care less. “Three guys went down. One went to the hospital.” It must have been late in the last quarter; the football dad who “broadcasts” the game, somehow, on the internet, has typed no mention of it. “How were they hurt?” “I don’t know. I don’t understand football.” The trumpeter who marches in the band falls asleep, and we start home. It’s another Saturday morning. Citation dénouement For three days I stopped at the office and asked for someone to show me what of my “property” was in violation of the rules. The first two days no one was sent to show me and the third day no one was at the office. I duly noted this each time on the citation, and this morning filed it in the rent folder. Laura went out to measure the length of our grass, my best guess being that’s what is in their craw. Our grass, mowed five days before, was just over four inches. Our mower is factory set at three inches. The rules state “cannot exceed three inches.” We got out the mower manual and see we are capable of moving some assembly and lowering the cut. That was on the agenda for today, if we ever got up from last night’s away game. Yesterday, Dan was roaring through properties, a mowing fool. “Can’t talk!” he shouted, when I tried to flag him to stop his huge, roaring machine. “Damn wimmin!” This morning, Cathy explained, as she was leaving for a day out. The owners are coming in three weeks, she told me. Apparently this week’s drama is practice for the next three weeks. Cathy paid her neighbor, Danny, three dollars to weed wack her property and mine. I pointed out that Dan had mowed the majority of the properties on the street. She hasn’t been out to see. But, the people Dan is feuding with (and there are many), he skipped. Cathy hadn’t noticed. I pointed out my Mr. Next Door and Mr. Across the Street. Mr. Next Door keeps his grass tidy at all times, though it’s pushing over three inches. Mr. Across the Street, who I love for his attitude, has lengthy grass. I’m thinking he may mow once before the New Jersey suits show up, and it won’t be the day before. Dan the Maintenance Man probably will keep his favorite lawns scalped for the next three weeks. I doubt we’ll lower our mower blades to mow thereafter. I think three inches is good; shorter is tough on grass, and the stuff here that passes for grass. Cathy and I have a fantasy of hiring a landscaper when our ship comes in, and putting a fence around. Pretty arrogant for renters, eh! Laura now knows every nook and cranny to weed wack. Laura and I weeded today, and bought new mulch to dress the whole garden. It’s that time of year. I weeded an entire bucket full before I failed. The bags of mulch are staged, and the rest is up to her. Pig says, if a New Jersey suit comes up the steps, he'll knock him down! Toad will jump right on his chest. Laura and I, and Pig and Toad hope all our friends in Texas came through the storm, and I hope the trailer park feud made the rest of us smile. Docs in a row It will be an unparalleled pleasure to push the whole big red bus affair through the gate and see how it rolls. The attorney (we’ll call him Taz, for cause) is in charge of thinking through the pain and suffering, lost employment, pension, all that stuff settlement, and I have been in charge of listing all the docs, as I was the one referred to, and sort of obliged to go, at minimum, to a doc of my choice with the same credentials. Today was the last doc, the one who performed the abject failure radio ablation of several C’s a while back. In fact, it was his nurse I wanted to see, but as it has been two years since that procedure, no Amy without the doc, too. I had no idea of the protocol, and booked the appointment with his nurse weeks ago, Tuesday last being her first opening. Some scheduler picking through the records found my violation of procedure and called me to reschedule the whole affair until sometime in September. I pulled off the road, pitched my finest aggrieved patient performance ever, and was magically rescheduled for today, with Amy and the Doc. Now the drug store is working on getting insurance to OK the dissolve in the cheek version of a pain patch they already pay for. Amy, the head pharmacist, is working on that one. When Dougie Howser and the guy from NCIS, the DC neurosurgeons, took away my Celebrex, they changed my life. My physical therapist and I have agreed we’ve hit the wall on balance training until I have the pain controlled, so here we go, again. Or, as my neurologist told me, “Those neurosurgeons, they hate blood!” So, when Medicare goes picking through the pile, looking for charge backs, all my docs are in a row. Here’s a little story about Taz. He rides his bicycle to work six miles each way, every day, he says. He is a law abiding cyclist, and would never ride the fine line between lanes of stopped traffic, clearing side view mirrors by inches. That’s what his friend, Taz, does. Five months of conversations and I’m having a clear mental image of Taz. I must remember to ask if that suit hangs in the office closet, because he rides to work in and spends his day in jeans and an anti-Trump tee shirt. My neighbor called me, on her way out of the park. “I just saw Joe with a stack of pink folders and said ‘Hey, where’s mine? I want to come to the party, too.’” Joe told her they were citations, and he had none for her, but one for her neighbor, which would be me. I retrieved the bag from my doorknob, and it is a citation, for unwhipped weeds. How petty. Three unrectified citations equal an eviction. Thirty days to fix it. I stomped off for an inspection, and made it around the building without my cane. Laura mowed on Sunday, and, frankly, I didn’t see a problem. On the other side I met Dan, the maintenance man, mowing at top speed. I flagged him down and asked where my problem is. Poor fellow, he’s flustered. He’s out mowing everyone’s lawn at top speed (Joe delivered forty odd citations.) I asked him “What?” And he replied “Those women!” I told him to be sure he went down and around my place, too, through the previously verboten side yard that now is well established. Back in the house, I collected my library book to return, my car keys and my curiosity, and went to the office, via the mail box (all junk). Theresa, the big boss, came out, and I said “Hey, what’s going on?” It seems that “corporate”, which is one above her boss, Bob, the regional vice president who was nailed for drains recently, will be here “sometime in September,” and she’s starting early. I asked where my weeds needed whipped. “Behind your shed,” she responded, sharply. Inquiring minds do wonder who climbed down the very steep hill behind the shed to observe the weeds, but did not become an inquiring mouth. “Three citations and you’re out,” came even more sharply. “Out of my hands.” When Laura came in from school, I inquired, and she confessed she has been very lax of late, especially with Kathy, the neighbor. Laura’s being sucked down the damn social media rat hole again. Over the summer she lost phone privileges, and is twelve hours on, twelve off since school started. Sadly, I realized she has her nose stuck in the computer when she’s phoneless, inhaling that social drama. I could deal with it, if she handled her end of the bargain and took care of the grass. I pointed out to her that we’re both down a blind alley now, with no place to go and keep her in the school district. Laura is at “hands on the wheel” driver’s ed tonight. It was a pretty, blue kind of day, but that citation sure kicked the karma out of it. Summer’s almost gone, winter’s coming on I had a sad look at the pink mandevilla this weekend. I love flower gardens but can neither make nor maintain one. Mandevilla to the rescue, and thank you to Laura, who lifted the pots onto the hooks and continues to lift the watering can. Early June The pink mandevilla is fading back. Its leaves are yellow, its blossoms drooping. Sunday Beth admired it as she left and reminisced about a fellow staff member at the plant who brought in his pink and yellow mandevilla every fall, to hang in a window and winter over. It’s a safe bet there are no cats in the plant. Late August For two summers I’ve hung the white mandevilla by the house. I remember last year’s plant was stunning, and so is this year’s plant. I believe it was up until we hung the pine greens wreath in November, and watched a nuthatch liberate pine seeds from the pine cones. The yellow mandevilla is this year’s sleeper. It absconded so quickly with the railing that pig’s nasturtium completely slipped my mind. Next year, pig. Seasons go round; next year will be the same. Except, next year there will be no eclipse. Our view begins in ten minutes. The sun is bright, the sky the least bit overcast. It’s hot (still summer!), and no one is out. Our partial solar eclipse will be at its maximum at 2:30 and over at four. I turned on the TV and found ABC, and probably most of America, is following the eclipse. It just past totality on the west coast. I do hope the schools are viewing; the event is spectacular. Now I wonder how dark we will become in an hour. PostScript: The band practices outdoors, and was allowed out, with the admonishment not to look up. Some had glasses and shared them around. Mostly, according to Laura, they joked about President Trump looking up. Whack-a-Mole John McCain: “It’s like a game of Whack-a-Mole.” That was a long time ago, when GW was still in charge of the war in Iraq. The metaphor never goes away. This started out to be a not too serious piece, about disappearing statues. I was going to toss in the stock market and Durham, North Carolina, although the last could be more serious than an impromptu dance party. I tabbed over to Google news to check up on Durham, and the headliner is Steve Bannon, shown the door. Talk about Whack-A-Mole. Back at home, we have our own clear and hold strategy under question. I went to lunch today, a perk of being old and unemployed, and willing to confront the vagaries of the stock market. We went to another branch of the same chain as yesterday, and I was momentarily puzzled by the same menu as yesterday in what was a different city. Strange pictures pass through a traumatic bran injury. Deb got iced coffee, with milk. When the waiter set it on the table, I was fascinated by the color of white milk descending through black coffee. “Don’t touch that,” I admonished her while I reached for my camera. But she did, and the colors muddied a little. Never mind; it’s still pretty. Then I learned the eclipse glasses we turned up, after diligent searching, have been recalled. It was in the local newspaper, and already emailed to all Acme card holders. I bought four pair at a buck ninety nine each, so it will behoove me to fish the receipt from the unbalanced receipt glass and go to Acme this weekend. That’s like another lunch with someone I like. The eclipse itself has been recalled in part of the Hudson School District. I realized Laura would be in school on a historic day, and suggested she ask if they would be allowed to go look, with approved glasses. Yesterday she reported No, the students would not be permitted to view any part of the eclipse during school hours. However, the middle and elementary grades would be permitted, she reported. Considering we no longer have authentic glasses, I suppose I can wait out the truth of this information with careless confidence. On the way home I saw the scene below, except with the workman’s boots extended from the back of the van. It was a wonderful scene, and I wanted it captured for my repertoire. Being in federal offense country, I opted to turn around in the Boy Scout property and come back for the picture. When I pulled in, the poor fellow flew out of the truck and dropped his cigarette. “I wish you were still sitting in the back of the van with only your boots sticking out.” “No, m’am. I could be in trouble for that.” This is a helluva mess some misguided voters got us into. Go to the polls in November! Four way stops and other discrepancies Do you take those tests on Facebook? I am addicted. “Only 5% can correctly spell these top misspelled words. Can you?” I take the test. I can spell the top misspelled words. Frankly, I’ve always considered the tests fake, because I pass them. The other day I took a driver’s test. I’m zipping along on those nice, green “Correct Answer” and clicking on “Next Question”, when I got one wrong. I do that occasionally. But how to proceed at a four way stop? Hello. Everyone knows you keep pulling away in rotation. Everyone who stopped ahead of you goes, then you go, and so on, forever and ever at the four way stop by my house. Not so. This is the Federal, US of A Law: everyone stops. Everyone leaves, in order. But, if two cars stop simultaneously, the car to the left yields to the car to the right. This is not the law at my four way stop, that controls plant traffic from the west, two high schools from the south, and regular people from the north and east. Everyone always knows who stopped before them, and we just go on, so we can go home. And I got it wrong because two cars might stop at the same time. Impossible. Rational people always work out this stuff. I must look at the doodads on my phone for the microphone for recording. Today I worked my way into high cotton country to have lunch with Ruth. I was listening to an incredible discussion on PRI on the week’s events. All I had to take notes, while navigating the twists and turns of the Adirondack foothills, was the little scrap of paper with the restaurant’s address. Perusing the notes this afternoon, I spent far too much time translating “listop” into “dystopian.” I must look into this. I recall Hamilton and Emily read nothing else, though I migrated Emily into decent biographies and autobiographies around her senior year. Laura’s genre is dystopian, and I didn’t make a dent in ninth grade. Maybe this year. Maybe it’s a phase. There’s more world to look forward to as each year of high school is in the rear view mirror. And, I read our side of the aisle is drafting articles of impeachment over Trump’s lack of morality in handling of Charlottesville. That’s like throwing spaghetti against the wall to see if it sticks. I wish they’d wait for a much more substantial issue. Russia, for instance. It’s not that much longer. You know I like pictures with posts. I thought I'd ask the wait person to take a picture of Ruth and me, at lunch. But, my parking meter was running dry, and Chagrin Falls has police on scooters who do nothing but monitor meters. Just so no one is confused over who is who, I'm on the left and Ruth on the right in the top picture on my side bar. Finally, it’s raining, and my rain barrel has a wide open mouth and an empty belly. I’ll be damned I’ve never treated my cars lightly, except the Nissan my husband left me, with no further instruction. I drove it, until it quit. My brothers took pity, rebuilt the engine and instructed me firmly in car maintenance. Every since I’ve told every vehicle, “I’ll take care of you and you take care of me.” And so we’ve gone on together, very well, for forty five years. Last weekend I drove my Dodge Caliber out to the farm, on my sort of road. Here are Deb’s instructions: take 303 west out of the Village and through Richfield. You’ll go up a big hill and down a couple of camel back hills. My kinda road. I’ve driven it a few times, and, in fact, it’s the road where Jan and I nearly cashed out. The tree crews were out, decimating trees that might drop a limb and black out the east coast again. The “big hill” was one lane, and we were flagged to a stop at the bottom. The uphill lane was closed by those monster chipper machines. When the lane of traffic cleared downhill, the flagger at the top turned his flag to “stop” for his traffic, and our guy at the bottom signaled “slow.” I was half way up the “down” lane when a panel truck came out of the lane stopped at the top, swerved around the flagger and started down the hill, hell bent for extinction. I considered my options, decided I could just fit my extended van between two parking pads of the next chipper, and swung in, to the rush of wind from the out of control truck. Our mirrors cleared by inches. When I could, I pulled out and finished going up the hill. I do not know what happened behind me. I only worried my sister would be half way through a classic panic attack. To my surprise, she was simply unfazed. “I knew you’d save us,” and on we went, to a farm in Medina to buy fleece. She had the panic attack the next day, with covers over her head all day. That van, Sarah, saved me in many ways. All her break downs were convenient, and saving our lives was above and beyond. Going up that big hill to Deb’s last Sunday, of course my foot was on the accelerator. Cresting that kind of hill at a fair amount of speed is certainly worth the gas. But, my transmission was talking back. It gave a couple of starts when shifting. “Oh Dear,” said the driver, and eased up a tad. The same behavior on the saddleback hills, then I was at the farm and forgot, until I came home to the same reactions from my car. Today was my first opportunity to get to the garage. Randy, the guy at the desk said, “Hmm. It’s a CVT you know, but we’ll take a look.” I came straight home and looked up “CVT.” One auto magazine summarized my vehicle well: “In summary, there are a few advantages to getting a vehicle with a CVT: It’s good on gas, gives a relatively smooth ride, and is versatile enough for daily driving. It also has a few drawbacks. It’s nowhere near as fun or engaging as a dual clutch automatic or manual transmission. It can also make quite a racket when accelerating hard. Keep these points in mind when looking at your next car.” Now I know not to worry. Continuous vehicle transmission. A continuous chain that runs on a whole lot of gears. I asked them to change the oil, and brought it home. School starts tomorrow. Yesterday, in a garden Yesterday exceeded perfect. I went to see my friend Deb and take her up on her offer of new potatoes, kale, garlic. I’ve never been to Deb’s house. I knew she had it, and she and potter husband Steve had gutted and renovated the almost 200 year old house. It’s nearing completion and when I pulled into the farm yard on the perfect day, Steve swung down through scaffolding from the old metal roof he is repairing. Steve pointed out some barns and gave me history, as I stood planted in one spot, adhered to my cane. The fine, beautiful weather had kicked in my allergies and plugged my ears long since, and I felt like I was floating through images of my surroundings. Deb led me to the garden. “Be careful, uneven. A hole in the ground. A little downhill here. You want to wait while I go harvest?” as she opened the gate and took down the top of the Dutch door style deer detractor. Delightful, like a mother hen, one of whom laid an egg and was announcing it to the world. “And the raccoons and fox!” Deb said. I followed her in, and we chatted while she turned up taters and snapped kale leaves. Just a perfect sort of day. “I’m looking everywhere I go; I’m lookin’ for a home in the heart of the country. I’m gonna move; I’m gonna go, I’m gonna tell everyone I know, lookin’ for a home in the heart of the country.” Then she led me through the house. My god, ten inch plank floors, refinished. “This used to be here; we moved that from there. We found the old church window that had been incorporated in the house.” My favorite: Deb said there were no footers in the original house, including the two story bit that began as one. Some of the second floor was grounded on the old ceramic crock that was the chimney. The stairs were built on a stack of field stone, and held a hundred or more years of children thundering up and down their steepness. “The stone was dust,” she said. A contractor told her the house was held together by tradition. We drank iced coffee in the sun room, petted the dog and talked about bits of things. I only remember looking up Gallipolis. How long will anyone remember old horror and atrocity? When Laura came home, she found the produce, draining on the counter. This morning I find she has rearranged it. Charlottesville has not dispersed. Former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, a Trump supporter, said of Trump’s non-response, (an air ball to the Third Reich, said Jon Oliver) “I would recommend you take a good look in the mirror & remember it was White Americans who put you in the presidency, not radical leftists.” School starts soon. I sat Laura down and discussed the attitudes she might encounter soon, in her radical right school district. “I know, Gramma. Don’t worry. I can handle them.” Peaches and national identity I stopped for a chat with my neighbor. She keeps the TV on mute all day, to keep an eye on Trump. If mine is on, I keep the TV on Home and Garden. I can’t control Trump, or run from him. I feel like a personal Guam. Every day I read all the news I can. Perhaps I’m as much a junkie as my neighbor. Yesterday we had the first news of white supremists in Charlottesville, VA. Why Charlottesville? It’s only a pretty little town in Virginia. Near Montpelier. I intended to drive through the town and show it to my granddaughters, as unimpressed as they probably would be with a little college town. Well, the accident intervened, in any event. My point is, it’s little, it’s pretty, and its citizens keep it that way. Pride. As the troublemakers began gathering last night, citizens held hand and sang “This Little Light of Mine.” Their defense against bigoted hate mongers who, today, have hurt people. Cars run into people. What is wrong? They cannot change national identity with violence. I was in the middle of the Cleveland race riots in 1965. Not voluntarily. The Ohio National Guard camped in the vacant lot beside my apartment building, under my bedroom window. Every morning I picked up my baby, walked out the front door, past guardsmen, around the corner to my babysitter and on to my job at Freiberger Library. I took the opposite route at five pm. I was never afraid; it was my job to walk straight through and not be afraid. My sister brought me Ashtabula peaches yesterday. “I have Ashtabula August peaches. Can I give you some. I’ll be there in five minutes.” And she was. This is my real life. Sun warm peaches from the orchards along Lake Erie, Ashtabula County, Ohio, America, The World. The National Guard is handling white supremists in Patriot Park in Charlottesville, Virginia. I hope every other one of us remembers our job is this election, in November. Summer in the Connecticut Western Reserve Being without a job has some interest. I have more time to read and think through the news, though we all know I’m not so good at remembering and using it any more. Remember how excited we all were in January; we would shout Hell No and show the entire gang of fools how to function. Now it’s like being stuck in a sea of molasses. The president of the greatest nation on earth is shouting at the other side, “Fight tonight?” Back home he taunts McConnell about unpassed legislation and pins the opioid epidemic on his predecessor. It’s a quagmire down there. The rating numbers tell him to go home and he brags on his prowess. “Fight tonight?” There simply will be overwhelming international cleanup, led by a military that knows its job. I can’t follow the president’s reasoning, so I don’t. Fortunately for me, further down, there’s other news. Not good, but I can follow the gist of it. Taylor Swift really had her butt grabbed. Good for her for standing up. I expect she will win. The eclipse approaches, and we’re prepared. In other events, the state of the climate news has been released. My childhood Northeastern Ohio climate no longer exists. All the seasons begin later. That’s not too awful. Three fourths of the years are milder. And wetter. At the old house last weekend, Kay’s brother from Texas stretched long on the sofa and announced he would exchange Ohio’s beautiful weather for Texas in a Dallas minute. And I sympathized with him on returning to Hades and leaving Paradise behind. I didn’t set him straight, but I did remind him to vote every November. The D’s have a lot of work ahead, down there in Texas. And in forty nine other states. Back at home, Laura has finally embraced my edict, there will be a vegetable with every meal. Given her natural inclination, every meal would be some variation of mac and cheese. In all fairness, she has produced lovely meals all summer, heavy on the vegetables. Last night we had chicken and asparagus stir fry, accompanied by mashed potatoes. Yes, that’s a pat of butter in the middle. A little excessive, but good. Years ago I told my doctor, “I eat butter. Deal with it.” Kicking a crummy week to the curb Laura and I had a lunch date with good friends, including Laura’s “boss”. I call call Deb “boss” so I can tease Laura. Deb is her friend and mentor and helping her learn the art of porcelain clay. I love typing that word: p-o-r--c-e--l-a-i-n. But, a bad day got in the way of one of them, and we will reschedule. I am a gasoline coward. Occasionally I let it slide under a quarter tank, but not often. Except this week; I put the car in the drive last night, needle hovering between 1/16 and Empty. I got Laura from the library yesterday, which I’ve used as my unacknowledged babysitter for the last six years. They get some of my tax dollars, nowhere near their value as mentors and teachers. And, I kept driving and the needle kept going down. “We love Laura,” Randy, the library’s director, says, as I thank him again. “She’s never bounced a ball off the glass window wall in the reading room. And if she had, and I sent her outside to bounce the ball in the courtyard, you wouldn’t yell at me. She does trade shoes with Annie, but mostly sits and reads.” Today’s very first job was gas. I have a pumper again. First there was Hamilton, then Emily. They are only two years apart. I pumped gas again this year, because Laura was not legally able. Now she has a temporary driver’s license, she’s still legally too young, but legally allowed. Go figure, Ohio. Laura had her last paycheck to deposit. We worked our way into Hudson by a route that is a miracle; it feels like driving into The Twilight Zone. “We’ll pass the bread store,” Laura volunteered. I pulled into Great Lakes Bakery. Laura got a loaf of bread and a bag of cookies. I got two or three kinds of scones. “I put in an extra oatmeal/cranberry,” said the clerk, “for a midnight snack.” It won’t last that long. Back on the trail of the bank, we saw a great license plate. Does it refer to the fish, or the fisherman? Back to business, I mentioned The Great American Eclipse is nearing. We need glasses, which I have not located. On-line is too late and the couple of opticians I’ve called had no idea. “Clip on sunglasses? No, we don’t have any.” However, we did reach the bank. “I have over four thousand dollars!” announced my discreet granddaughter, as she came back to the car. “There’s another optician on the way home, by Denny’s,” I said. “Let’s ask.” “You mean Perkins.” I pulled into the opticians and we asked the receptionist. “I was asked already this morning,” she said, “and I had no idea except I stopped at Acme on the way and there is a display, just to the left when you go in the door.” We drove to the other end of the parking lot, to Acme, and bought four pair. You never know. A neighbor’s hibiscus, on the way home. I came in and checked the little MP3 player I left charging. I must leave in a few minutes and I’ll tell Kathleen about “Portrait of a Lady,” and she’ll tell me what I already told myself. I found out this week, the big red bus driver has my library. This week I did not know Henry James. When told he’s a great American author my brain fumbled and fumbled for a book, and came up with nothing. The next morning I woke up and knew six years of college literature, an undergraduate and a graduate degree were gone. I couldn't think of any authors. All day I could not look, through tears, on the computer for references. So, Randy looked for me, and hugged me before I left. Today I told Kathleen, counselor nonpareil, about “Portrait.” I sobbed through half a box of Kleenex and we laughed about using disinfectant on the sofa when I left. Her best solution was mine: sue the effing big red bus for millions and millions. And go home and download “Portrait” and begin listening. So, that’s the week this week. One week and one band practice until school starts. Last night I was mesmerized into thinking of old days. My mom scooped up everyone she recognized into her plan du jours. From the time I introduced her to the Burton Fire Department’s annual pancake breakfast, it was her pancake breakfast, and we could count on it being the plan du jour some Sunday, some March. When my oldest daughter, Beth, went to college, it was essentially on the same plan as I used. Once on campus, don’t go home. She picked the same school, Case, but I never went home, and finished in three years. She never came home, either, but she was sidetracked by working. By her second year Beth abandoned the dorm, moved in with her boyfriend and his five roommates. This motley crew, together with her regulars, were herded by mom to the Burton Fire Department’s annual pancake breakfast in 1983. For the record, mom’s regulars were the beloved cornmudgeon, my brother, Walt, his three boys, ages twelve and down, my daughters Beth and Shelly, Mom and me. And, for the record, the college boys with Beth were Rich, Jimmy, John, Tim, Fred and Pat. Pat is now our very own Pat who is married to my dear friend Ann, who I visit in Wisconsin as often as possible. I remind Ann I knew Pat before she did and she asks why did I not warn her. We love Pat, too. In fact, he is a crux of this story. College fellows, young boys and Walt being bottomless, the all-you-can-eat servers were pretty much assembled at our table. “Table” is misleading; we sat for many feet along several tables assembled end to end. Eventually there was a server behind Walt, one behind Fred, one behind Pat. They took the pancakes from runners and refilled the three afore mentioned plates. Age took its toll; Walt said he must back out. Fred looked Pat dead in the eye and announced, “It’s a throw down between you and me, friend.” Pancakes kept coming. People for tables around were involved. Sides were chosen. Cheers went up when one took more pancakes. “Pat, Pat, Pat!” and “Fred, Fred, Fred!” filled the hall. Pat was cute, but Fred was cuter. Like every cool guy in ’83, Fred's hair was long and curly and tangled. He wore the right, nerdy engineer glasses and a week old dirty shirt. He beat Pat’s crew cut hands down, regardless of the age of Pat’s sweat shirt. And his server passed him reject, tiny pancakes. Pat’s server slipped the plate sized, oversized numbers. I’m sure the Pat and Fred shouts resonated in the kitchen, too, and the chefs were discriminatory in what went on each platter for the servers. It went on and on and on, pancake for pancake, until Pat’s fork crashed to his plate. His eyes were glazed. His lips murmured “I have stomach lock.” Fred held his fork on high, and said nothing. It was a fine day. Beth, probably 18 Dregs of the summer that was not The kid is armpit deep in a movie marathon. Her only desired trips are to the library to swap an old stack for a new stack of DVD’s. Today is too beautiful. I threw open the door and told the cat Laura really should mow the grass. The grass we defended from the four wheeled churning machine. And she went. I don’t hear the sound of a reel mower down the side yard yet, so she must be over doing Cathy’s and our shared yard. I love the sound of a reel mower. We are invited to a cookout at the old house, at six. Kay invites us to “do’s” at her house often, and they are a delight, if for no other reason than watching a new person use the old house and the old kitchen. Kay is left handed and right brained, too, and seeing her process food literally opposite, and put a fine meal on the table is worth the wait. Her brothers are visiting from Texas; it’s a celebration. I opened my email to find the pictures I’d just sent. It’s the way I process pictures; I limit my learning to things that really interest me. I found not one, but two emails with band directives. Relentless. I began to write “ruthless” and reconsidered. Ruthless just flowed from my finger tips. I know when these kids are parents, driving twice a week, they will be as committed as the kids. Dear god, parents swarm past a grandmother delivering the band, to get to the tail gate party. I’ve begun delivering Laura and whoever I’m driving to the auditorium door. They can walk. I’m committed to getting the job done. Being comatose for April, and essentially incommunicado for May took a direct hit on my crapped out thyroid. The DC neuro’s would have none of those Ohio meds; they stuffed me with anti-seizure and skipped the synthroid. But the real damage was back here, where the rehab doctors were satisfied with generic synthroid, nevermind the real stuff my daughter brought and they locked up in the nurses station. Damn the T3, T4 and TSH results, full generic ahead. My endocrinologist has not regained control in the last two months, and my nice new hair is sprinkled on the pillow, in the sink. Like I told Procrastinating Donkey, be careful what you wish for; the nice haircut will only last two months. Two weeks, two days, three band practices, one band show and a backpack of movies until school starts. Old people die more often of loneliness than any other reason I can’t prove it, but I know it. I’ve thought long of late on the lack of interest in old people in our society, how deep it goes. When does it begin? What makes it so easy for children or relatives to drift off? I began thinking of old people last summer, when I effectively stripped myself of friends and family to take care of grandchildren. Everyone had a solution, but five different solutions weren’t the fix to one problem. Another sort of loneliness opened to me about the same time. Jean, who wintered in Florida, and summered here in town, was someone’s mother. My friend would roll her eyes and tell stories of getting mom to and from Florida; the routes they must take, the fruit stands they must frequent, and the cross road stores. My friend relished the half of the journey she could speed on the interstate, hair flying, music blaring. She covered the big chunk of her heart consumed by the mother she did not have. My mother was our family. We visited relatives when I was a child; the many on my father’s side of the family, the few on hers. As their husbands died, mom folded her sisters-in-law into her plans. But, not her mother. Jan and I included our mother in our day trips, but I saw to our grandmother, for as long as she lived alone. Last summer my path crossed Jean’s, again. My friend told me, in a choked voice, she’d brought her mother from Florida and admitted her to Regina, in the locked ward. I went to see Jean. I think it was Labor Day weekend, and I had nowhere to go, in any event. Regina emanates the grace of an old Catholic establishment. It is the peace that surrounded my Aunt Ruth, an IMH Sister. Jean and I visited for more than an hour. A sister invited me to stay to supper with Jean. Jean was the same old Jean, but who could not remember if she had been there an hour or a month, and knew her daughter had brought her. The longer I stayed the more often Jean told me she was no longer angry with her daughter. I stopped in the lobby and texted my friend her mother was open to a visit. I know my friend visited, and I’m sure Jean made no effort to be on her best behavior. It was easy for me to see Jean. Every other weekend Laura was with her mother, and I’d been invited nowhere, so I went to talk to Jean. My visits with Jean grew shorter; the strain of remembering who I’d said I was became apparent. There was a three month break in visiting when I was hospitalized. Then it was Father’s Day. I took Laura, for what became a longer visit. Jean had a firm grip on the activities of childhood and asked about them. When we left, Laura took Jean’s hand and said she was pleased to have met her. I think that was the best part of Jean’s memory. My biggest memory, then and every time, was all the old women, lining the walls, watching for a word, reaching out to touch first. I cried all the way home, every Sunday except Father’s Day when Laura was in the car. I cried for all the old women, and for my friend’s mother, who could not forgive her trip to Regina. I don’t understand this behavior. My friend thinks because her mother was raised by a cold, cold stepmother, she had no relationship with family and with empathy, no experience in family bonds and exchange of civility. What of children raised to know, who are within easy distance. How do they become so involved with friends, children, other family to forget a parent? Jean died last month. My friend told me Jean had been moved to hospice. I got her room number and went to sit with her, at the end of her life. She was arranged uncomfortably in the bed. I found a nurse’s aide to make her more comfortable and easier breathing. Then I held her hand and thoroughly examined the peace of the room and the day outside the window. I did stare down a young nun who came to help Jean find the peace of some such thing, but who left to find something else to do. I wondered about Jean’s spirit. We knew each other, but weren’t close acquaintances. I am her daughter’s friend, though Jean and I are of the next generation. Well, I’m not ninety, but we are of the generation of parents to our daughters. What is the disconnect, parent to child? Both sides, one side, some of each, both of each, none of each? I was thinking of the room, the meadow, the blue sky, the shallow breathing, what bit of Jean’s spirit would linger for a time in the room, before drifting out to the blue sky? I didn’t know. When the young nun returned, a little more anxious and less discreet about wanting the side of the bed, I squeezed Jean’s hand, wished her God speed, and left. Her daughter texted later that evening that Jean had passed. She’d finished drifting on. Jean told me once that the river was the biggest attraction she and her husband had to this valley. Perhaps she drifted south first. Old people die more often of loneliness than any o... Very new generation	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418720
__label__wiki	0.656451	0.656451	Physicists Have Created a New Form of Light Written by Ashley Hamer Particles tend to interact. The interacting particles you're probably most familiar with are electrons, the negatively charged hangers-on of an atom. But not all particles interact: photons, which are particles of light, are introverts. These massless particles wander the universe never canoodling with another particle. That's too bad for us: if they could interact, it might make all sorts of technology possible, from quantum computers to lightsabers. Good thing an MIT and Harvard research team has figured out a way to do it, eh? Christine Daniloff/MIT What Happens in the Cloud Stays in the Cloud In two different studies, one published in the journal Nature in 2013 and another another published in the journal Science in 2018, a team led by MIT physics professor Vladan Vuletic and Harvard physics professor Mikhail Lukin figured out a way to make photons interact by using a cloud of rubidium atoms. They cooled that cloud to a temperature just a millionth of a degree above absolute zero, making the atoms densely packed and nearly motionless. Then they shot it with a weak laser beam that sent just a few photons through at a time and measured what came out the other side. What they found was pretty exciting. Normally, the photons would exit the cloud at random intervals as solo travelers, just like they always have. But the team found that even though they entered the cloud as individuals, these photons exited in pairs — and even triplets. Not only that, but a particular energy measurement known as "phase" was even greater. The triplets had a phase shift three times larger than the pairs. "The phase tells you how strongly they're interacting, and the larger the phase, the stronger they are bound together," co-author Aditya V. Venkatramani explained in a press release. The researchers aren't sure what went on in the cloud, but they've formed a hypothesis. As one photon moves through the atomic cloud, it hops from atom to atom until it reaches the other side. If two photons land on the same atom, they form what's known as a polariton — a sort of photon-atom hybrid. That atom is what lets the two (or three!) photons interact and bind together. Then, they leave their atom where it is and exit the cloud, albeit 100,000 times more slowly than the speed at which they came in thanks to their newfound mass. Light Me Up What's so special about interacting photons? Well, photons are the leading candidate for creating quantum computers, which are currently in their infancy but can work millions of times faster than conventional computers. One key to this lightning speed is the quantum phenomenon of entanglement: correlations between two particles that can increase the power of a computer exponentially. When photons interact, they can create these correlations. "If photons can influence one another, then if you can entangle these photons, and we've done that, you can use them to distribute quantum information in an interesting and useful way," Vuleti says. The team didn't comment on the possibility of lightsabers, but we're hoping. After all, you can't create swords out of light if that light refuses to interact with anything. If you could control these little clusters of interacting photons, you might be able to create weapons that actually do some damage — or at least bounce off of each other for fun. Quantum physics is complicated, which is why Terry Rudolph wrote "Q is for Quantum" as a straightforward guide to the quantum world. We handpick reading recommendations we think you may like. If you choose to make a purchase, Curiosity will receive a share of the sale. How Does a Quantum Computer Work? – Veritasium Written by Ashley Hamer March 27, 2018 Robots Could Soon Have More Sensitive Skin Than You Do Quantum Computers Pose a Big Threat to Internet Security Quantum Mechanics Technology	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418721
__label__wiki	0.652185	0.652185	Tag Archives: airspace In a world where borders don’t often correspond landmarks or terrain, tensions of incursions on new forms of territoriality multiply. Tensions of violations of airspace and national waters pose questions of the accuracy reliance on mapping systems, moreover, difficult to contest or resolve on a single map, as, at the same time, the frictionless nature of drone flights–here embodied by the costly RQ-4A Global Hawk, whose price as a high-end unmanned surveillance tool reflects its abilities to transgress borders without detection, flying at over 20,000 feet across borders at a speed of five hundred miles per hour, embodies an ability to remap a space of surveillance by superior mapping technologies than other countries. With literally hours remaining before devastating military airstrikes on Iran, amidst fears that a slight miscalculation or misinterpretation of mapping systems could precipitate an unwanted war of massive scale, the strikes were canceled at 7:30 p.m. Washington time, and the threat that Iran had “made a very big mistake” de-escalated. Trump surprised the world by suddenly allowing for the margin of human error, even as he insisted the drone was flying “clearly over international waters,” rather than Iranian airspace just 750 miles southeast of Tehran, refusing to relinquish his own map of wherejn the Global Hawk was downed. The trust in this unmanned drone may possess its own almost hubristic quality. For its downing by Iranian missiles downed not only a costly military surveillance tool, but punctured a space of surveillance of the Persian Gulf and Iranian territory, and a sense of security in a precarious geopolitical region–at the same time as the American government seems to be bent on increasing tensions about the continued flow of crude petrochemicals to much of the industrialized world, creating global flows and energy markets that are themselves concealed by the question of at what point Iranian missiles struck the drone–or into whose national airspace the drone was flying. The downing of the drone punctured confidence in a continuous space of surveillance that was built, painstakingly and over time, to guard those global energy markets. While the shock to U.S. military intelligence may have been that Iran had gained the ability to observe, fire at and down the high-flying unmanned vehicles that they had purchased at considerable expense from Northrup Grumman, not revealed even by the most precise hexadecimal GPS coordinates, which would render the costly drones more than a poor investment in preparation for the very grounds of war that Northrup Grumman had promoted to transmit high-resolution images from higher than ever altitudes of sensitive hotspots in “real time.” The United States Military didn’t ever think Revolutionary Guards possessed or could acquire marked not only a threats of war,–and chose to celebrate the RQ-$ “Global Hawk” as a tool of maintaining an infrastructure of global surveillance rooted in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria, as well as covering the Persian Gulf, while piloted remotely, by yet another one of the increasing paradoxes of the globalism of globalization, by pilots in bases in Beal, California and Grand Forks, North Dakota, far from the military theaters they sought to control U.S. Air Force/AFP But the shattering of this imagined space of global dominance occurred not in U.S. bases, or even on the military maps of Americans, but rather on the screens that Iranians used to monitor the unmanned vehicle’s flight, and, by extension, the missiles they launched that downed it. The missiles’ surprising accuracy disrupted the imagined continuity by which the United States hoped to extend sovereignty into international waters to protect traffic across the Strait of Hormuz–not only by a new surface-to-air missile, but a new radar system able to detect the drone– –that effectively ended a map of surveillance that will no longer exist in the face of new Iranian defense systems allowing Revolutionary Guards to protect their territorial claims. The Persian Gulf region has long been planned and imagined to be a new theater of possible war. Indeed, each side has become compelled to map the potential battle field in ways that has been forced the region to be remapped, creating a delicate balance of often contesting Exclusive Economic Zones, international waters, and territorial waters, in ways that have constrained the possibility of American surveillance. But the drone’s downing air revealed that Iranian guidance systems of surface-to-air missiles that Iran possesses to target drones, aircraft and unmanned vehicles are no longer clearly understood by the U.S. Army or U.S. military intelligence. The American “upper hand” in mapping technologies has perhaps been punctured, in ways that may cause the entire battlefield to need to be remapped in costly ways, if to preserve the delicate balance global trade of petroleum from the Persian Gulf, one of the most concentrated and easily accessible site of petroleum reservers, especially in the increased tensions between the United States and Iran. Airspace and territorial waters are more difficult to map on earlier maps, and difficult to map on top of shorelines, or in navigational routes, perhaps, for an untrained eye, but the proliferation of alternate readings of sovereign space have become especially fraught in the waters of the Strait of Hormuz, where overcrowded traffic turns on hairpin turns, seems to have been detected entering Iranian airspace–if one trusts the maps tweeted out in self-defense by Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif–who argued the unmanned surveillance drone had crossed the “red line” of its sovereign airspace without warning, ignoring alerts from Revolutionary Guards, and interpreted as threats to its sovereignty. Coming on the heels of Iranian threats to shut the Strait of Hormuz to all traffic, as Iranian speedboats patrolled the waters, as if tempting to assert their control over the narrow passage-way out of belief that “if our oil does not go through the Strait, other countries’ will certainly not cross the Strait,” the jockeying for power over the transit of oil in international waters set up a conflict between where national sovereign interests began and ended, and what power the United States regained on a global geopolitical stage, even as the United States openly asserted the upper hand of global surveillance over what is one of the narrowest maritime site of petroleum transit in the world wildly out of proportion to the millions of barrels that cross the narrow strait daily, a transit that wildly dwarfs the petroleum carried to global markets by other maritime routes–despite the quite narrow nature of its passage, and the even narrower space of international waters by which oil tankers navigate the Strait. NASA/Public Domain Shipping Lanes of Strait of Hormuz Where the unmanned vehicle flying American colors flew–and whether it crossed into a sovereign space–bedcame a flash-point of regional tensions, so much that the downing of the $110M drone, long celebrated by the U.S. Army as covering surveillance needs over the Gulf, embarrassingly became a target of Iranian defenses, as it was downed on June 20, even as it was flying at over 60,000 feet, or above what American forces believed that Iranian Revolutionary Guards could detect. The illusion that American unmanned surveillance drone RQ-4A Global Hawk could itself move frictionlessly across national boundaries without being downed was itself unmanned, creating a small catastrophe or large disruption in the international balance of powers. Did it cross the red line? Or, as the U.S. Military’s Central Command tried to assert with its own parallel graphic of where the drone was downed, showed the apparent intensity with which Iran was able to pursue the dominance in a theater of oil transport vital to the global energy economy, and to the global economy that was attached to it, signaling a real Achilles heel in the continued image of American global invulnerability. which the United zStastes was determined to map as occurring outside Iranian sovereignty as an attack on American property and super-costly military hardware–starting a war of maps on the heels of a renewal to past Tanker Wars, both possibly poised to escalate into actual military bombardment. It certainly seemed that the downed Global Hawk would constitute something akin to the arrow fired by the Trojan Pandarus into the groin of the Spartan Menelaus, the great warrior and husband of Helen of Troy, causing blood two streak down his legs, in an image of the fraught virility of the fabled warrior to incite the wrath of the leader Agamemnon, if not reveal newfound imbalance of military relations which Athena seemed to use to provoke the shattering military disaster of the Trojan War by starting the siege of Ilium. Would the downing of the jet provide the occasion of the bombing of Iran that Donald J. Trump has hoped to begin, matching his heightened bellicose rhetoric with the presence of a violent escalation of arms? What happened was not clear, as was evident in the difficulty of mapping the event. When the costly U.S. Army Global Hawk drone looped back in the course of its surveillance of the Strait’s coasts, possibly entering Iranian airspace, after it was shot down, reverberations spread across the world, quite quickly. President Trump declared that Iran had shown itself by this act to be “ready for war” before plans for a miltirary reprisal were called off with but hours before it was poised to begin–perhaps saving the world from a global catastrophe, although U.S. Secretary of State was later dispatched to forge an improvised alliance against Iran in the coming weeks. Although war was averted on a global scale, the question of whose map was more authoritative, and whose could be trusted, reveals much about the contested status of authoritative maps in the globalized world, beyond being a debate waged across social media. The debate turned on different ways of reading space–or of wanting to read space; one hinged upon a notion of national boundaries and sovereign space, whereas the other relied upon the frictionless space of a notion of regional surveillance. The downing of the drone lifted a corner on the shifting tensions in globalization, and indeed the increased problems of lamination of multiple maps over the increased density of economic traffic across the Strait of Hormuz, and indeed the conflicts between national and international waters along which petrochemical and crude petroleum leaves the increasingly blurry–if much mapped and over-patrolled–region of the Persian Gulf. The tensions were not about the drone. At least not only. The ratcheting up of tensions with a policy of “maximum prsssure” and rhetorical escalation has ratcheted up tensions, as Iran policy has been transformed into a flag-waving exercise of defense against a perceived infidel enemy–one that has disdained civil discourse and alleged overtures of open negotiation–in ways that are about American desires to map “international waters” and international airspace– –rather than recognize even the potential legitimacy of a sovereign state’s defence. For all the mapping of “national” spaces on new maps of the region–that for all their identification of names of nations affirm the abilities and potentials of U.S. surveillance maps. The Strait of Hormuz exists on the borders of several nations, and might be mapped in multiple ways. While the central waters of the Strait–which narrows to just twenty-one nautical miles, or less than forty kilometers–nonetheless retains a thin band designated as international waters, which puts it outside of local sovereignty. But the Strait increasingly is mapped in radically different global and local contexts, making the question of its territoriality and international status a question of increased tensions in the past weeks–when one American Global Hawk, a pretty fancy piece of surveillance, was downed. The cost was not only limited to the fourteen million dollar piece of military hardware, or to its symbolic loss, but the casualty of a sense of security in the frictionless policing of an economically vital transit routes–and the hegemony of mapping and ensuring the safety of the movement of crude oil from the Persian Gulf to global energy markets. What appears to be a navigational course, in an era when territoriality is designed by points, rather than either landscapes or terrain, created an increasingly serious a quandary for measuring locations along a nautical map alone, or in reference to a mainland. For the question of incursion in territoriality–as the high-grade U.S. Army drone that was shot down in Iranian airspace–is not so evident from the Gulf waters, or the landscape over which it flew, approaching the Islamic Republic of Iran’s sovereign region of Hormogazan Province, or appearing to stray outside of the path of international airspace, or at least doing so at a height of 20,000 meters, higher than Americans’ expected Iranian radar systems could detect, but in fact just within the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s radar detection abilities. Was it an incursion of sovereignty? It depends less on whose maps you are looking at, than what sort of landscape of military conflict and geospatial intelligence you followed, or what side of the cat and mouse game of mapping the nature of the international status of the navigational paths of the Strait you follow to understand how securing “free passage” through he Strait of Hormuz became rooted in the security of abilities of mapping energy transit. If the Strait has emerged as a hotspot in an increasingly irrevocably globalized world, the conflict between Iran and American interests arose as abilities of local mapping temporarily shifted, and the hegemony of American mapping of gulf waters was challenged, as Iran accused the United States of crossing a long drawn “red line” of sovereignty in spying on the banks of a Strait that Iran has increasingly asserted its ability to close, and indeed to monitor the escalating American surveillance of its waters and shores. Filed under drone strikes, drone warfare, globalization, Middle East, Persian Gulf Tagged as airspace, drones, energy markets, Global Hawk drone, international waters, Iran, Iranian airspace, military intelligence, national airspace, oil tankers, petroleum reserves, political boundaries, radar systems, Strait of Hormuz, Surveillance NORAD Maps the Flight of Santa’s Sleigh If Santa Claus is global, the image of Santa living in the North Pole outside of sovereign divides has been elevated to a new horizon of expectations in the age of real-time maps. The question of “Where is Santa?” now can be responded to on a real-time viewer, prepared each and every Christmas Eve for over fifty-fie years, the North American Aerospace Command. For since the Cold War, and through the present age of smart phones and real-time tracking, NORADh as invited viewers all over the world the chance to track the gift-laden sleigh of Santa crossing the night-time sky at the speed of starlight. Never mind the different hours and expectations of Santa Claus in different nations or countries. For NORAD allows the world to track the flight of Claus cum reindeers on NORAD’s Santa Tracker, an annual collective exercise in mapping of increasing popularity, moving the image of bearing gifts into the globalized world. Indeed, the mind-boggling proportions of its popularity, attracting upwards of 20 million individual users in 2011 alone, is a statement not only to its improved UX, but to the versatility of its incorporation of mapping servers better to imagine the itinerary of Santa’s airborne sleigh. For while we once envisioned the night-time flight of Santa Claus far-off and against a starlit sky and full moon, to accentuate the surprise of a magical sled-borne itinerary– –the Santa Map brings that journey up-close for everyone before a computer monitor, following a sort of sleigh space that is the surrogate for airspace. The remapping of Santa’s itinerary has been done in a way that tracked, as the sleigh’s global progress is intercepted and relayed online in real time from posts of remote observation to viewers around the world. And in an age of global surveillance, there seems to be no reason why Santa’s sleigh cannot as well be surveilled for the interests of children everywhere. There’s a huge appeal in the ways that the Santa Map creates and imagined community, as much as it embodies an annual itinerary. The interest in tracking Santa’s sleigh has grown considerably in recent Christmas Eves. The huge interest in tracking Santa’s sleigh–and effectively mapping the visits of the airborne sleigh into our hearth–is a way of bringing maps in line with pleasure at a time when we need to look for solace where we can find it, and where we can find a comfort that the onslaught of most maps of contemporary events in fact rarely provide. Christmas has been a communal but solitary experience–located in the hearth and around the tree, and gift-opening a ritual of individual families–but somewhat serendipitously, the collective witnessing of the Santa Map offers a vicariously removed experience for crowds of viewers, removed from one another but creating the illusion of comprehensively witnessing the arrival of a fictional character to homes everywhere, as if to knit us together in holiday wonder, suspended for the evening in an imaginary international airspace of momentary world peace. In recent years, but perhaps since the Cold War, this particular image of good cheer provides the odd inversion of the danger of the military missile strikes, if not offering the miracle of suspending fears of missile strikes, or the contradictions implicit in imagining peace in a world that lies on the brink of global war by using the very tools to chart missile defense systems as instruments of good cheer. Santa may face a different workweek in the malls where he can now be met in many different nations–as he traverses national borders with different work weeks!– Santa’s Workweek in Ottawa Mall –but the folks in the U.S. government and NORAD it completely reasonable to have the right to track the geospatial complexity of Santa’s sleigh ride, without removing any mystery out of Christmas holidays. It may be even reassuring that if Christmas Eve is Santa’s busiest hour of flight, the arcs of where reindeers guide his flightpath can be illuminated on our devices, in vivid geospatial specificity and even local detail. Filed under Christmas, globalization, mapping technologies, Satellite maps, satellite surveillance, United States Defence Meteorological Satellite Program Tagged as airspace, drones, Father Frost, GLONASS, Google Maps, infra-red imaging, NASA, NORAD, North Pole, Santa, Santa Claus, Santa Map, satellite tracking, surveillance maps, tracking apps Mapping Approaches to Airports: on the Social Production of Air-Space The medallions that map the routes taken by airplanes to the world’s metropoles on the first floor of San Francisco’s International airport offer curious artifacts of the first Jet Age, when air travel provided something of a miracle of linking the world’s cities in a vision of post-war harmony, even if they were only included in 2000. For without imagining their exhaust, fumes, or the inevitable aural disturbances that are created by flight paths in the urban spaces that they boast to connect, the eloquent maps including weather isobars of inlaid brass in the terrazzo of the International arrivals terminal show the locations and arrival routes at international airports worldwide, spanning some 12,000 square feet of floor space. They promote a triumphal vision of global interconnection, and an image of air-space that airline companies have defined, tracing the approaches to individual airports from the air. Today, the density of airplane flights across the world is so fantastic that the collective inscription of routes that now carry an estimated 77 million passengers a day, or a billion and half a year, placing a sizable portion of folks in the air at any given time. The range fo flight paths that serve an estimated 3.6 billion passengers in commercial flights is so dense that OpenFlights.org, an open source logging, tracking, and mapping commercial airplane flights, map online, displace the inhabited world with a curiously organic constellations of densely overlapping paths: the repo for storing flight informaiton offer ways to render flights on multiple projections, in ways that knit together space in fundamentally new ways. Does the constellation of flight paths create a new organic mode of modeling spatial relations? Open Flights It is quite conceptually challenging to map actual overhead flight traffic–and even to visualize routes of national air-traffic, given their complexity and difference from most forms of travel, but reliance on similar needs to correlate flight paths, heights, and plans. It is hard (and unfamiliar) to map sonic disturbances, even if it is familiar to map supersonic flight. But it is fascinating to map how flight-paths impact the ground in the course of take-offs and descents: the zones where airplanes descend over cities have only recently begun to be charted. Indeed, the multiple interests in charting airspace have only begun to be evident as airspace threatens to encroach urban space. Indeed, if it is more accurate to map the paths of flight by the distance between global airports, the distorting crutch of a Mercator projection seems to be more recognizable–even if the density between airports so intense from Europe to America as of 2012, shown below, so as to render the contours of continents illegible, and almost erase Europe from the map–but seems so much more immediately satisfying as a way to show spatial linkages on formal grounds–if only since its curves suggest the terrestrial globe’s curvature–perhaps even more when the routes are rendered is drawn without satellite imagery of earth cover–or indeed any base layer, and focussing on airports locations alone. CartoSkill/Open Flights Both suggest the increasing warping and shrinkage of space, but do so in ways that are oddly abstracted, given the range of data that they marshal, from the interests at stake in mapping flight paths–or in rendering the unique perspective that being in flight offers. The very terminology we use to map flight patterns in the liminal landing areas around air strips reveal competing interests at stake in their definition, and might expose the lack of clear terminology to express the different interests of mapping flight from the position of the ground: “fly-over” areas precede landing paths near airports; “overlay zones” around airports try to regulate the relation buildings near airports, establishing limits for building inhabited space; “noise contour maps” map impact and impingement of sound; “overflight zones” animal sanctuaries’ exposure to flight-paths. The “fly over zone” oddly suggests the remove of the airplane to lived space, even as such maps map the impact that flight landings have on residential areas. We used to refer to the “fly-over zone” in dismissive tones as the area between the coasts led them to hop between New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle or Boston with little contact with those areas between–but also to conceal some anxiety at the limits of this constrained geographic awareness–increased density of air-traffic that threatens to max out runways make overlay zones into potentially contested areas in need of mapping. The interests are at stake in the commercial expansion of airports and the determining the criteria for the limits of acceptable levels of environmental noise and pollution. While maps locate specific sites of population in a universal matrix, the impact of the descent and take-off of airplanes on urban space suggest a troubling overlap of navigable airspace, a wooly and capacious category that conceals its overcrowded nature, and inhabitable land, focussing on the grey zone on the margins of the airport. To get our heads around airspace, whose considerable scale is almost unfathomable, let’s try to examine the impact of its contours on urban space in this post. The sociologist Henri Lefebvre drew a distinction between the production of representations of space, of social spaces, and of individual mental representations of space in The Production of Space, when he sought to capture the diversity of spatial production within the city’s everyday life: Lefebvre argued relations between the production of social, the representation of space, and the space individuals represent to themselves demanded attention as distinct tools or “spatializing practices” in urban space, if not the political character of the social production of urban space. But Lefebvre didn’t consider airspace within this constellation–a space that exists outside but on the margins of social space–but it is a qualitatively different image of a commercial space that has been increasingly imposed upon lived space or inhabited space without much planning or regulation–particularly when it comes to take-offs and descents, the main focus of this post. The mapping of the incursion of airspace on lived space It’s perhaps not only a coincidence that since Lefebvre’s book appeared in the early 1970s, inter-city airline travel has boomed as a social sphere, if not a space in and of its own right, often removed from urban space but on its margins. And paths of flight have only begun to be mapped in their diversity. The density of air-traffic indeed may have even changed our perception of space in complicated ways, with both the rise of faster planes and long-distance flights and the common nature of air travel and of plane arrivals as common ways of entering cities or departing from them. And landings and departures, from commercial airline travel or air transit to air transport to unmanned flights, has begun to impinge in increasingly perceptible ways on lived space. The lived space below the webs of air travel, take-offs, and landings suggests a persistence of place in a geography of flight, as in places that are crisscrossed with air routes, airplane flight is too often naturalized as white noise. “[The noise] bothered me until I realized that, when I hear the planes, it’s always a reminder that there is life out there, and people are traveling, and traveling is a big part of me,” noted a Turkish immigrant living by the San Diego International Airport with some stoicism in 2005, trying to look at the upside of this rumbling that then punctuated her day in 15 second interruptions, coming roughly often every minute and a half. “So even if I can’t go home to Turkey and visit my family,” she reasoned, “I know that there’s this possibility that one of them could get on a plane or that I could get on a plane and go back.” Most flight travel in the United States are primarily supervised not by localities, but the Federal Aviation Administration. The legal status of restriction to these paths is limited or constrained by the fact that no general policy seems to exist–indeed, the FAA is slightly compromised in its interested in fostering commerce, as much as protecting the safety of urban space or local rights, and has limited ability as a national organization to mediate between local residents’ desires as it negotiates the interests in maintaining commercial hubs to foster the expansion of commercial national airspace. When I was in San Diego last weekend, the close proximity of the airport to the harbor and marina made me think of the huge growth in airspace in past decades, and difficulties of mapping airspace in American cities. The huge expansion in air traffic since the initial growth of airports in the 1950s, combined with recent growth in belts around cities and in formerly extra-urban areas have led to a common phenomenon of living in or on the margins of an overlay zone, in cities like San Diego. Although issues of noise were not a problem in the early age of airports in the United States, dominated by smaller-sized planes and far fewer flights, since the expansion of non-stop nation-wide flights in the 1960s, commercial cargo services have created a new geography of air flights and air use, and an increased intensity of air travel at hubs, as well as the consequent expansion of a huge web of air travel, with attendant plane landings and take-offs, that create a virtual web of crisscrossing flight-paths across the country. Mapping the navigation of individual routes is far more direct. Yet the image of a nation bound by flight-paths of different carriers already seems to wrap itself in a serpentine fashion around the geographic map. Basing his work on a mine of FAA data, Aaron Koblin’s “Flight Patterns” uses data to track flight-paths to map of our active airspace–an image of which we are rarely conscious and constitute a maze difficult to spatially comprehend, but whose ghostly network exists around nodes of airline hubs and links arcs of aerial paths. (This is a hard balancing act: NASA indeed predicted in 2007 that allowing computer software such as Terminal Sequencing and Spacing to remotely coordinate the flights of the aircraft that simultaneously course across the skies would not only increase the regularity of landings and take-offs at airports but allow airplane companies–perish the thought!–to be a blue to manage an increased density up to twenty percent by utterly banishing human controllers from the scene. In a finding appealing to cost-cutters, NASA forecast that the combination of more autonomous planes and increasingly automizing traffic control would bring a significant savings to airplane companies; the prospect of switching to automated copilots alone might reduce labor costs in passenger aircraft by some billions of dollars every year.) The wonderfully organic image of the flight paths across the country seem to render something like an Indonesian stick map. Our awareness of the rapidly growing density of flight paths may be masked by the mental images we receive from personalized in-flight tracking maps, which perpetuate an illusion of navigating the airways or wile away hours by mapping progress to a destination one rarely registered consciousness of traveling toward, sitting in an isolated cocoon at 60,000 feet, as if we were pilgrims bravely undertaking a cross-country trek, accentuating our experience by wildly magnifying the plane out of any relation to the map on which it is super-imposed. This map has a wonderful ability to place us in a sort of relation to a local environment: we are the bright green moving icon, launched on a dotted line across the country, as we try to equate our perspective with the projected flight path over the screen of a static map. Contrast this, say, to the sort of snapshot that Anthony took at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington of the planes in flight above the country at a moment in 2006, that led him to “imagine the pressure of Airport control conductors . . . at major airports” as they managed flights’ course: Of course, the icons of individual planes, which seem about the size only slightly smaller that seen by observers on the ground, wildly out of scale in relation to the background map of the United States, so that they seem to crowd the skies like buzzing flies. It is somewhat reassuring that there are directional corridors of national travel across the country, we can see in a map of flight paths; the density of the lines boggle the mind even when we distinguish flight paths at over 30.00 feet, and we face only a ghostly spider’s web of blue and green streams that designate the arcs of inter-city flight paths: Even looking at the Bay Area alone, it’s hard to get one’s mind around the inhabitation of the sky above 30,000 feet, marked as they are by streaks, and contrary to the idea of inhabitation as well as covering a space greater than most can intellectually comprehend: Given the need to maintain protection for wildlife sanctuaries, there is a considerable body of maps regulating overflight altitude above protected populations of marine species. Such maps don’t address urban space, but they do suggest the problems of defining similar overflight regulations of areas human residents inhabit. It’s less hard to comprehend crisscrossing paths of air-travel from outside the passenger seat. We can imagine and track the divergence of commercial airspace from a ground-bound perspective as it impacts a city’s social space. The government-sponsored expansion of airspace has in many ways created an odd and un-natural urban geography between pathways of flight and urban residences: fly-over zones are mapped over and on top of social space, and airspace as mapped over lived space. The relation of fly zones to personal is not only figurative; fly-over zones impinge in concrete sensory ways on the mental space of the individual, which is now permeable to the unnatural rumble of the turbines overhead. What’s it like to live under a flight path? The protection of airspace by the FAA makes it not the best government agency to represent how planes impinge on the ground: the mapping and protection of flight paths creates a bit of a super-jurisdictional commercial space with limited attention to how flights permeate the mental space of nearby residents. As if some would naturalize the rumble of a nearby volcano, a sandstorm, or the Santa Ana winds, there’s the knowing acknowledgement, with a shrug, at the convergence of the airplanes overhead. (This is a soundscape that is worth recording in its entirety, of which the YouTube video below offer a more condensed time-stop spliced condensation that doesn’t really capture the improbable regularity with which cruises intrude on the sunny street-scene.) Let’s examine the ways airspace is mapped. Indeed, the FAA has recently been required to publish a set of “noise exposure maps” or NEMs for public notice, as the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act omits airplane noise. They hope to provide an open forum or acknowledge public input to the environmental impact of increased air traffic, responded to local resistance to the adverse environmental effects of expanding airports in Wisconsin, Florida, Toronto, Charlotte, Arizona, Sacramento, and elsewhere, given the conflict of interest for the FAA in negotiating local noise regulations and improve commerce through air traffic as they seek to prevent the expansion of commercial areas around airports that are increasingly becoming engulfed in extra-urban space. But it is the impacting of areas of inhabitation with air-space that creates perhaps the stickiest situation for mapping flight travel for the FAA, and poses the deepest problems of how we expand our airspace at the same time as curtail the impact of that airspace on something we might call quality of life, but has much larger consequences and implications than that numinous and intentionally generic term implies. Fly-over zones near San Diego exemplify air-traffic appears about to max out , as expanding airspace impacts residential space. The frequent the flights at San Diego International Airport over residential space at a distance as close as 400 feet does not seem a great feat of modern urban planning: nestled near the port of Coronado, right by Highway 5, the airport is a stone’s thrown away from the city’s Marina and three miles from the Pacific. Perhaps this relates to the fact that the city is a long-time base for the military, with it’s own frequent air-shows and culture of naval and air-force bases. But the expansion of the city around the town of Coronado has paralleled a transformation of the former Lindberg Airport to a three-terminal sprawling cluster of buildings, maximizing its use in response to economic development of the city, apparently naturalized within the coursing freeways that surround it, while dealing with only two runway zones. Planes fly overhead at a distance that seems roughly equal to a football field. In a manner that provides limited negotiation between local inhabitants and the regulation of airspace, we find only the most general stipulation in Part 91, Title 14 in the Code of Federal Regulations about maintaining a minimum altitude of 1,000 feet for air travel over “congested areas,” which is waived in the event of take-off or landing. And any restriction on airport use or control of flight paths depend on the approval of the FAA, according to the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (ANCA), an approval that must rest on demonstrating that any restriction isn’t a curb or impediment to interstate commerce and is “not inconsistent” with “safe and efficient use” of “navigable” airspace: The airport restricts or “disallows” take-offs in the wee hours of the night between 11:30 pm and 6:30 am but with over 600 departures and arrivals each day and growing, the distinctive combination of a rumble and high-pitched reedy whine from planes that literally fly over apartments at a distance of as close as 400 feet create an inescapable part of the aural environment of urban spaces–with noise levels averaging 150 dB at 100 feet. The delineation of precise paths of approach airplanes must take to the runway creates the working framework to descend over six-lane freeways to enter the area ringed by palm trees right by San Diego Bay and the old Marina. It all seems pretty disordered when one enters on commuter plane, but the pathways of arrival are mapped in detail, allowing one to enter along the following elevations, which seem designed to encourage a slow approach from the ocean or inland into the two runways, avoiding the City of San Diego or Mission Bay area, for which landing would require a far more precipitous route of descent, and would anyway be discouraged by the orientation of the field’s two major runways: These points of entry overhead are in a sense defined. But the dramatically rising number of flights that land or take off to the East create a sizable amount of traffic, rumbling as they do. While the restriction of the heights of buildings in the pathways of flights are legislated to be no taller than forty feet, there seem to be a way to guarantee safety by not impinging on residential areas in region where 10,000 houses and over 20,000 residents are packed, in a combination of rental apartments and condos. Of course, most residential areas in California are made up of houses of less than forty feet, anyways, so while this dedicated to the safety around airports and clear runway views for pilots, the restrictions on elevations in the above map–a sort of contour map of the minimum elevation of flight paths–try to map the boundaries that determine relations of airspace and lived space. Overlay zones protect the more verdant Mission Bay area, the more desirable ocean residence, the mid-century area around the city of Coronado–now a suburb whose harbor just getting its first restoration of buildings ringed by palms–creates the backdrop for approaching flights whose entry zones offers an eery aural backdrop oddly incongruous with a harbor populated with small boats sailing at full sail. The approach of large airplanes over the bay is encouraged, with access from the west, over the Pacific, while restrictions limit flights over San Diego itself. Guidelines of air travel encourage pilots to descend from the Pacific or over the harbor by two routes of approach, avoiding low travel over the protected Mission Bay area and making convenient two access lanes: But Lindberg was expected to exceed its capacity for air travel by 2015, and there is now no clear alternative to remapping flight density or flight paths in sight. The mapping of air travel around the city, as it were, reflects the constitution of layover zones where flights are restricted over more inhabited areas. In such maps, routes of flight are granted near-legal precedence over the priorities of folks who live under flight-paths, since commerce must be protected over all. (This might include, for example, the importation of high-grade Sushi from Japan, on its way with JAL cargo jets for consumption in high-end restaurants in Las Vegas, or a slew of FedEx planes ready to depart, as well as all those commuter flights to Los Angeles.) While privileging commercial needs seems reasonable, one would not of course expect landings or take-offs to occur in densely inhabited areas anyway, so the stipulation seems bureaucratic legalese, with limited ramifications. Yet since “neither the City of San Diego nor the State of California can regulate the altitude, speed, location or direction of aircraft in flight,” the road is literally open to free market expansion of flight routes, especially if market forces dictate the creation of airstrips situated cheek by jowl beside residential areas. In much of the nation, the original sites of airports built and constructed some fifty to seventy years ago were planned in areas then outside of the city limits, outside of settled zones. The expansion of the airport as a hub has led to further construction of buildings in the seventies and eighties, even as their location is increasingly taken over by urban sprawl to such a degree that they’ve been swallowed up in the city itself–if still not in what constitutes its most “congested areas.” Since it was legally stipulated no buildings be constructed within fifty feet of FAA-established approach paths to the airport, with the exception of those less than 40 feet in height, a large number of relatively short buildings cluster around the flight approach paths at San Diego International Airport’s Lindberg Field. In other areas of the country, the FAA has turned its attention to the impingement of “development creep” around airports formerly located at a remove from populated areas, but now more ringed by malls and housing developments and residences, creating a need to impose overlay zones to protect “public investment in airports,” as much as safety–several airports less economically important have been forced to be closed because of development creep. The FAA, meanwhile, has been legally required to make public limits of permitted airport noise on the internet in a set of “sound contour maps,” to map the neighborhoods and residential areas impinged by airport noise, as this map of the area around LAX, which restricts approaches to from the east and west, in an attempt to reduce noise pollution in more affluent areas whose property value could be compromised, and only marginally create intrusive noise pollution from residential inhabitants, cast here as if the mitigation of noise exposure imitated the orientation of runways, and conveniently sidestepping issues of noise pollution below the approach corridors of most flights in poorer neighborhoods: The desire to “make [available] noise exposure and land use information from such noise exposure maps [prepared under 14 CFR part 150] . . . in an appropriate format” created a neat set of contour maps for Oakland in 2006, which took advantage of the planning of the airport along the Bay over which it places the greatest square footage of noise, and effectively removes anything over 70 dB–the sound of a car engine from fifty feet away–from all but a few inhabitants: Yet is the distribution of noise is difficult to steer from urban areas, mapping the impact of noise impingement has led to some dramatic improvements in levels of airline noise in some residential areas, as around Midway Airport, a small one to be sure, which suggests a considerable reduction over time of the level as of fly-over noise from planes in Chicago: The selection of maps raise questions about the monitoring, measurement, and dissemination of models of noise-reduction, to be sure. The FAA seems to clearly desire to project an image of making these maps available for easy download and consultation, as if to give a sense of transparency to the problem of noise pollution in overhead flights, and to convey a degree of public trust. But there is a countervailing tendency to naturalize the map, and to naturalize the overhead flight zone, which stacks the cards against any attempt to effectively monitor the impingement of flight zones in areas of urban life, or prevent an idea of the importance of reducing ambient sounds from the social space of urban areas. Once the threshold is established, to be sure, acceptance is on the way. Unclear local means of redress exist, despite the availability of maps online, and we still haven’t assessed acceptable limits for airport noise or the elevation of overhead flights. Sure, in San Diego there’s a lot of pleasure in seeing the planes enter the urban airspace for some air shows– –that echoes how my mother was taken by her parents in the 1940s to watch the planes land and take off at La Guardia Airport on the Flushing Bay waterfront in Queens New York, then the New York Municipal Airfield. But there’s a danger we naturalize airport noise not in the environment, among the quite variegated sound map of urban life from motorcycles to tow trucks and diesel trucks. And, more deeply, there’s the criteria question of whether one means sounds, or the potential other effects of airplanes flying close overhead, and entering inhabited residential areas that are filling up the areas around extra-urban areas. Isolated motorcycle sounds are the greatest dB count on Saturday morning in the mission, and the neighborhood is spared the sonic intrusion of flight paths. The effects of that much noise pollution around LAX or SAN have already been removed from the table, perhaps as demand for airspace remove public input for the design of a map of urban airspace off the map. Such planned flight paths that skirt the crowded or more affluent areas of urban residence doesn’t, of course, even start to take into account the density of a map of unmanned flights across the country. At the risk of caving into the fears of the right wingers, the pleasure many CIA operatives took in their use of drone flights as a relatively error-free incursion into foreign airspace seems an odd extension of the resolution of problems of mapping air flights by legitimizing rising air traffic over residential areas. There are, of course, entirely other way of raising questions about the pretty clouded ethical issues of occupation of airspace by unmanned objects–but the uses of attack planes to arrive at positions that cel phones or GPS locates suggest an expansion of their coverage of airspace. Remotely piloted aircraft are so densely flown over the country, if this chart is to be believed, that one can’t but wonder about the ways that our current process of mapping flight “overlay” zones around airports relates to the bartering for access to foreign airspace–or the legal wrestling with the notion that a government can barter or grant off rights for sending unmanned drones into populated areas. We have coerced the ISI into agreements that all drone flights over Pakistan operate under covert US authority, in other words, and silence be preserved over the invasive nature of their entry into foreign airspace with a mission to kill. In the process, we’ve ceased to defend or see as legitimate a process of open local negotiation about the organization of airspace, even though many of the casualties are nearby residents in the wrong place at the wrong time; the Central Intelligence Agency presumes or assumes airspace rights and flight zones as legitimate tools to target individual inhabitants, in ways that would have little legal justification fifteen years ago. There seems some parallel in the trade-offs with which we’ve decided, rather than boost the local economy, to protect increased commercial traffic, and to legislate permissible zones of approach, and let the residential market take its own path. To do so may map an inevitable collision course between airspace and lived space by affirming the exposure or vulnerability of our spatial situation in the face of air traffic above. 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__label__wiki	0.901349	0.901349	Nobel Prize In Literature Awarded To Olga Tokarczuk And Peter Handke \| Arts 11 Oct 2019 — Filed Under: Arts, Culture Polish novelist Olga Tokarczuk and Austrian author Peter Handke have both received The Nobel Prize in Literature. The news comes after the 2018 ceremony was postponed following a sexual assault scandal. Olga Tokarczuk, who won The 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a Polish writer, activist and public intellectual. She was cited by the Swedish Academy for her “narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life”. Her works, which include The Books Of Jacob and Primeval And Other Times, are originally written in Polish and translated into English by Antonia Lloyd-Jones and Jennifer Croft. Tokarczuk became more known in the UK after she won the 2018 international Booker Prize for her novel Flights. The second laureate Peter Handke, cited as “one of the most influential writers in Europe after the Second World War”, received the award for “an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience”. Handke’ first book The Hornets was published in 1966. The Austrian author is known mainly for the play Walk About the Villages, the novel Repetition, and the screenplay for Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire. The choice of Handke as this year’s winner has already sparked controversy. Many remember how in his 2014 interview for Austrian newspaper Die Presse, the writer declared that “The Nobel prize should finally be abolished”. Moreover, Handke gave a widely criticised speech at the 2006 funeral of Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milošević. Following the Academy’s announcement, the Kosovan ambassador to the US, Vlora Çitaku, described the committee’s decision as “preposterous and shameful”. The Swedish Academy acknowledged the issue in the citation for the award, recognising that the Austrian author “has, at times, caused controversy”, but also underlining that “he cannot be considered an engaged writer in the sense of Sartre, and he gives us no political programs”. #Peace.Love.NobelPrize Michalina Roś I’m Michalina and I’m a 23-year-old translation student. Learning languages has always been my passion; I love how they allow me to discover new cultures along with their elements, such as literature, history, music and film I’m a positive and open-minded person who loves travelling and meeting new people. I’m interested in what is going on in the world and I always try to stay updated on the latest news concerning politics, social issues and popular My taste in film and music is quite eclectic – I have a good knowledge of the classics, but I also enjoy exploring emerging trends and genres Latest posts by Michalina Roś (see all) All Faces – Here I Am \| New Music - November 18, 2019 Emerging Singer Charlotte Unveils New Single ‘All My Love’ \| Music News - November 13, 2019 Rising R&B Artist Linda Diaz Releases New Song ‘Magic’ \| Music News - November 13, 2019 Have your say.... Joey King Falls For Her Best Friend’s Brother In ‘The Kissing Booth’ \| Film Trailer Bazzi – Beautiful \| Music Video Arnold Schwarzenegger Reveals He Can Speak Perfect English But Fans ‘Expect’ Accent \| Film News Finn Wolfhard & Sadie Sink Collaborate With Pull & Bear \| Fashion News What To Expect From Day 1 At Ayia Napa House Festival \| Music News Thong Bikinis Are Slowly Easing Their Way Into The Mainstream \| Fashion News The Hottest Style From Burning Man 2017 \| Fashion News Niniola – Maradona \| Music Video Everybody had rejected their family once before and that’s the subject of @nicknash_music latest track ‘Blood Over… https://t.co/hU6KfgrEbC 3 months ago ‘Hideaway’ is the debut single from Londoner Patrick Kearns. It’s an acoustic song complemented with electronic ele… https://t.co/k06HsQlflx 3 months ago GRAMN has released a new song titled ‘Freak Out’. This intimate R&B pop tracks reflects her incredible vocal skills… https://t.co/5kF2Od6d0c 3 months ago ̴ @Facebook employees are standing up against the advertising policy of Mark Zuckerberg which allows political figu… https://t.co/uBtyAnMcRk 3 months ago Johnny Marr To Score New James Bond Film With Hans Zimmer \| Film News Oscar Isaac To Star In ‘The Great Machine’ \| Film News ‘Bad Boys 4’ Already In The Works \| Film News ‘Don’t Breathe’ Sequel Finds Its Director \| Film News Amazon Passes On ‘The Dark Tower’ Series \| TV News Christian Bale To Star In David O. Russell’s Next Project \| Film News Taika Waititi Eyed To Direct A ‘Star Wars’ Movie After ‘Thor: Love & Thunder’ \| Film News Sandi Toksvig Quits ‘The Great British Bake Off’ After Three Years \| TV News Website Designed & Developed by WeDoWebApps	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418730
__label__cc	0.651689	0.348311	CorinaWrites TV Reviews, HIMYM, Disney Princesses, The Black Dagger Brotherhood, Strong Words Photos & Pics QaF HIMYM gifs HIMYM music www.puzzlesthebar.com HIMYM quotes How I Met Your Mother Halloween costumes Tim Shumate Plus Size Relationships Plus Size TV HIMYM: The Mother Revealed, Theories Disproved & Clues To Still Possible Connections! This entry was posted on January 25, 2014, in By Me, Funny, HIMYM, HIMYM music, HIMYM quotes, How I Met Your Mother, How I Met Your Mother Halloween costumes, How I Met Your Mother music, Lists, Pictures, plus size TV, Quotes, TV and tagged Amber Theory, Barney, bump girl theory, Carly Theory, clues to the mother on how I met your mother, fan theories, funny, HIMYM, HIMYM color theory, HIMYM memes, HIMYM wiki, How I Met Your Mother, Lily, list of facts about mother, long read, Marshall, memes, Mosby Boys Detective Agency, Mosby kids, quotes, Reddit HIMYM, Robin, St. Patrick's Day theory, Stella, Ted Mosby, Tracy Theory, Victoria, who is Ted's wife, who is the mother. Bookmark the permalink. 238 Comments Have you been wondering about the mother is on How I Met Your Mother? If so, you’re in exactly the right place (at the right time)! ORIGINALLY POSTED 1/4/13 UPDATED THROUGH SEASON 9, EPISODE 22 “THE END OF THE AISLE” The season 8 finale “Something New” episode of HIMYM revealed that actress Cristin Milioti plays The Mother! Ted hasn’t met her yet, but he’s getting close! Season 9 has revealed a whole lot about The Mother so far, but there are some big mysteries that remain. The most obvious one is that she doesn’t have a name yet! There’s also some confusion about the timeline, which so far deviates from the traditional love story some fans were expecting. What’s cool is that some of the fan theories are still very much in play! Her name could be Tracy, or Hannah. She isn’t the same actress as we’ve seen in some other scenarios, but her character could still be the bump girl or the missed date. Ted as a slightly unreliable narrator can explain (via memories that are decades old) inconsistencies in how he thought or imagined she looked back then. With that in mind, here’s the mother lode index – click to jump ahead to any section: Who She Isn’t Before They Meet The First Meeting The First Date Who She Isn’t – Extra Details Basic Info – Extra Details Before They Meet – Extra Details The First Meeting – Extra Details The First Date – Extra Details Season 6 DVD Extras Info The Early Days – Extra Details The Future – Extra Details Color Theory in HIMYM The Tracy Theory – POSSIBLE The Bump Girl Theory – DISPROVED The “Milk” Theory – DISPROVED The Carly Theory – DISPROVED The Wedding Band Theory – CONFIRMED The Marissa Heller Theory – POSSIBLE The Sister Theory – DISPROVED The Michelle Tanner Theory – DISPROVED The Jennifer Birmingham Theory – DISPROVED The Cast Connection Theory – DISPROVED The Joss Whedon Theory – DISPROVED The Lyndsy Fonseca Theory – DISPROVED The Hannah Theory – POSSIBLE The Slutty Pumpkin Theory – DISPROVED The Dead People Theory – POSSIBLE Here is everything that we currently know about The Mother. Just consider me an honorary member of The Mosby Boys Detective Agency! CLUES ABOUT THE MOTHER & HOW TED MEETS HER She’s not Robin (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) No really, I promise, she’s NOT ROBIN. Let it go guys :) She’s not Victoria (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She’s not Stella – but she almost was (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She was never going to be Zoey (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She’s not Naomi, The Slutty Pumpkin (S7E8 “The Slutty Pumpkin Returns”) She’s not Carly, Barney’s half-sister (upcoming S8E14 “Ring Up!” to air on 1/21/13) (I know, this theory has gone strong for a long time but it is officially DISPROVED – more details below) She’s not the coat check girl (aka coat check wench aka Jayma Mays) We already knew this per S1E5 “Okay Awesome” but she was brought back for S8E20 “The Time Travelers”. She’s still not the mother. She’s not ANYONE that we have seen before on the show, including everyone’s relatives, all of Ted’s exes, and any random woman we may have spotted. BUT – given the nature of this show – it is still possible (though not as probable) that she could still be an extra or bit character formerly portrayed by a different actress. Basic Info: She is played by actress Cristin Milioti (S8E24 “Something New”) She was born on September 9th, 1994. This is based on her 21st birthday occuring the same night as S1E1 “Pilot” air date of 9/19/05). As such she is 28 years old when she meets Ted in May of 2013. (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She has a yellow umbrella (S3E1 “Wait For It”) (S3E12 “No Tomorrow”) (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) (plus many other episodes) She was dating a man named Max, who was the love of her life, for at least 2 years. Unfortunately he died on her 21st birthday. (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She owns a replica of Pee Wee Herman’s bike from Pee Wee’s Great Adventure. It was a birthday gift from Max (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She owns a one man band suit, complete with cymbals. It was also a birthday gift from Max. (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She shared her apartment with her best friend until the fall of 2009 (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She lived with Cindy, who is a PhD candidate attending Columbia University (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) The Mother and Cindy were both in Economics 305 (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) The Mother is “getting a degree in economics”. This was true as of April 2013, 45 days before her and Ted meet for the first time. (S8E20 “The Time Travelers”) She makes paintings of robots playing sports (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) She enjoys making breakfast foods sing show tunes: “Your mother’s rendition of ‘Memory’, as performed by an English muffin is, to this day, the most hauntingly beautiful thing I have ever heard.” (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) Cindy said her crushes are “always falling in love with” The Mother (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) She owns a little yellow bus – first mentioned when seen in Cindy’s apartment, but also shown in the background of many scenes with Future Ted’s kids (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) She plays bass guitar (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She never leaves uneaten food on her plate (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She befriends waitresses and often scores free desserts (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She likes Pablo Neruda’s poems, particularly one entitled “Desnuda Eres.” (S5E12 “The Naked Man”) Lilacs are her favorite flower (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) She owns and wears a pair of leather driving gloves (S9E1 “The Locket”) She knows about Florian Van Otterloop, a buckle maker that Ted says “revolutionized the belt industry” (S9E1 “The Locket”) She makes delicious cookies called Sumbitches, which include chocolate, peanut butter, and caramel (S9E1 “The Locket”) She went to business school (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) She started a band called Super Freakonomics with some dorks from business school. She originally played bass and did lead vocals until the arrival of the evil Darren, who tried to take over her band. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She knits (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) She went to orchestra camp (and Mitch The Naked Man was her instructor there, although he was presumably not naked at that point) (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She knows how to play the cello but hasn’t “since the popular girls locked me inside the case” (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She is the 1 out of 3 girls that The Naked Man move does not work on (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She has a calligraphy set (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She has a coin collection (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She has a chainmail corset from the Renaissance faire (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She pronounces “Renaissance” in the same douchey way that Ted does, but it doesn’t seem douchey coming from her (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She does the crossword (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) She plays the eukele She has a friend from college named Dong Nose, who at one point was hit in the nose with an actual dong, but that is not how she got the name Dong Nose (S9E19 “Vesuvius”) In September of 2005, Ted meets Robin at the MacLaren’s on the West Side, and The Mother celebrates her 21st birthday at the MacLaren’s on the East Side. The Mother’s boyfriend and first love of her life, Max, passes away. He leaves her a ukelele as a birthday gift. On approximately September 24th, 2007, (air date) The Mother (umbrella in hand) walks by MacLaren’s She and Ted were both at the same club, Low Point, in New York on St. Patrick’s Day, 2008: “I found out years later that your mom was at that party. I just didn’t meet her.” (S3E12 “No Tomorrow”) The Mother leaves with Mitch, aka The Naked Man, and forgets her umbrella at the club. She asks him over so she can donate her cello to his school. He tries TNM move on her but she is the 1 out 3 that it didn’t work on. Meanwhile, Ted makes out with a married lady, commits credit card fraud, and gets punched in the face. She forgets her yellow umbrella at that club, and Ted takes it home the next day (S3E12 “No Tomorrow”) Ted takes the umbrella out one day when it is raining (air date May 4th, 2009), and ends up running into Stella while holding it. Future Ted explains that this encounter was an essential step in the story of how he meets The Mother. We now understand that seeing Stella again led to Ted’s job at the university, which in turn led him to Cindy and The Mother. (S4E22 “Right Place, Right Time”) The Mother and Cindy both saw Ted when he tried to teach the wrong class on his first day of work as a professor at Columbia University (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) Ted thought he was teaching Architecture 101, he was actually in Econ 305: “Kids, you remember the wrong classroom story. I thought it was Architecture 101, but it was Econ 305.” (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) The Mother laughed at Ted’s shellfish joke (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) The Mother loaned Cindy the album “Who Will Cut Our Hair When We’re Gone” by The Unicorns. Ted had never met anyone else that had it. (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) The Mother gave Cindy the book At World’s End, by T. Coraghessan Boyle (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) Ted sees The Mother’s foot and ankle as she enters her bedroom. (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) Ted forgets the yellow umbrella at Cindy and The Mother’s apartment, thus inadvertently returning it to her (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) “A few years ago” (as of season 9, set in May 2013) The Mother started a band with “a couple of dorks from business school”. She originally sang lead vocals and played bass for the band, Super Freakonomics. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) At an undetermined point between the band starting and the present, she invited Darren into the band to do backup vocals. By April of 2012 he has assumed control. He took over lead vocals and relegated her to bass player in her own band. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) The Mother meets Louis when he helps her carry band equipment to Darren’s van. He asks if he can buy her a drink, and they head to the West Side MacLaren’s. Louis mentions that the last time he was there, he thought the place was called Puzzles. The Mother gets the brilliance of a bar named Puzzles! Louis and The Mother start dating. (S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me”) Once Ted and Robin are officially no longer a possibility (at least in his mind and her mind – Marshall seems to still be holding out hope), Ted is finally emotionally free and open to meeting someone new. This new phase is demonstrated by him walking outside and seeing a veritable sea of yellow umbrellas passing by MacLaren’s. This is presumably symbolic and didn’t actually happen – it is unlikely that a yellow umbrella convention happened to appear right when Ted walked outside. As such we cannot assume that The Mother was among the crowd. (S7E17 “No Pressure”) The Mother meets Barney in the fall of 2012 (“six months earlier” than the wedding date) when he tries to hit on her in the drugstore. She shuts him down, expresses concern for his clearly damaged soul, and they have a heart to heart chat. She convinces Barney to go back to Robin, and to do so with a grand gesture that will take everything he has. Without this encounter, Barney and Robin may not have ever gotten back together. The Mother says she has a boyfriend, but then says “I think maybe I still haven’t met the right guy”. (S9E9 “Platonish”) Ted runs into Cindy and her wife on the train. He mentions that Barney and Robin need a wedding band, and Cindy suggests The Mother’s band! This is how The Mother ends up at the wedding and therefore meets Ted (S8E13 “Band or DJ?”) She is confirmed to be the bass player in Barney and Robin’s wedding band! (S8E13 “Band or DJ?”) As of April 2013 – exactly 45 days before her and Ted meet – “she was dating some finance guy named Louis”. Based on the image of the Wall Street sign show when this fact is announced, Louis works on Wall St. Also Louis (at least as Ted imagined him) was played by Lou Ferrigno Jr. (S8E20 “The Time Travelers”) As of April 2013 – exactly 45 days before her and Ted meet – her address was 7A on West 115th St. We see her at the Long Island train station, buying a ticket to Farhampton, right before Barney and Robin’s wedding. (SE24 “Something New”) She meets Lily while they are both on the train, heading to Farhampton on the Friday before Barney and Robin’s wedding. (S9E1 “The Locket”) She shares her homemade Sumbitches cookies with Lily & they become friends (S9E1 “The Locket”) On the Saturday before the wedding, The Mother sees that Darren has posted a “Bass Player Wanted” ad. She realizes he is trying to kick her out of her own band. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) The Mother runs into Lily at the hotel bar, and they discusses their troubles. Lily advises The Mother to steal Darren’s van (Aldrin Justice in effect), and then confides in her about Marshall taking the judge job. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) The Mother is in the process of returning the stolen van (which she plans to gas up and get washed) when she sees Marshall and baby Marvin on the road. She picks up the adorable hitchhikers and freaks out Marshall with her uncanny knowledge of his life. After talking to Marshall, and realizing that she is (like him) too nice, she decides to address her fear of confrontation and take back control of the band. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) Ted ends up punching out Darren, and The Mother buys him a double shot of 35 year Glenn McKenna as a thank you. Neither has seen or met the other yet. (S9E13 “Bass Player Wanted”) Louis proposes to The Mother, and she talks to Max (in heaven) about the situation. She feel sthat she receives his blessing to move, but she says no to Louis. She is ready to move on but knows he is not the right one for her. The Mother checks into the Farhampton Inn. She takes room 6, which was originally intended for Robin’s mother. Ted is in the room right next door. The Mother plays La Vie En Rose on the ukulele and Ted listens, intrigued, from the other side of the balcony. Robin panics with less than 30 minutes to go before her wedding, and tries to pull a runaway bride move. She runs into The Mother (literally) and gets some last minute advice that changes her whole perspective. The Mother saves the wedding! (S9E22 “The End of the Aisle”) Barney and Robin are set to be married on May 26, 2013 Ted and The Mother officially meet for the first time at the Farhampton Train Station, after Barney and Robin’s wedding (S8E1 “Farhampton”) She carries a bass guitar, a yellow umbrella, and a purple purse (S8E1 “Farhampton”) Her dress and shoes are also purple (S8E1 “Farhampton”) She has her bass guitar, which she used a member of the wedding band (S8E1 “Farhampton”) (S8E13 “Band or DJ?”) Ted gives her a lilac the first moment that they meet (S6 DVD extra “What We Know About Your Mother”) The wedding colors are lilac and cream, which can explain both her purple attire/accessories and the flower that Ted gives her (S8E13 “Band or DJ?”) Ted’s right hand is bandaged, perhaps from being in a fight (S8E1 “Farhampton”) Ted got her number and called her “right away” afterwards (S5E2 “Double Date”) The First Dates Ted and The Mother’s first date occurred at 8 pm on the Wednesday after Robin and Barney got married (3 days later) (S9E21 “Gary Blauman”) They originally planned on having dinner at a Scottish/Mexican fusion restaurant but decided against it when they realized there was live bagpipe/mariachi music playing. (S9E21 “Gary Blauman”) Ted and The Mother walked around her neighborhood and Ted told her the tale of Gary Blauman. (S9E21 “Gary Blauman”) They almost ran into The Mother’s ex, Louis, but hid behind a truck at the last minute (S9E21 “Gary Blauman”) They share their first kiss at the end of the night. (S9E21 “Gary Blauman”) She laughed at his first date shellfish joke (“Do you want to share the oysters? Good, because if you didn’t, that would be shellfish” (S5E2 “Double Date”) (Probably their second date as the first one didn’t seem to involve dinner) She presumably did “the check dance”* (S5E2 “Double Date”) (S7E2 “The Naked Truth”) (Probably their second date as the first one didn’t seem to involve dinner) Ted quits smoking within two weeks of their first date (S5E11 “Last Cigarette Ever”) Robin is the last person that Ted says “I love you” to, so The Mother is the next person (S7E17 “No Pressure”) Ted says “I love you” to The Mother when they go to see the movie The Wedding Bride III. She is holding the yellow umbrella in this scene. (S7E17 “No Pressure”) She nicknames Ted “Lady Tedwina Slowsby” as a way to make him stop driving slow like a little girl. It works. (S9E1 “The Locket”) She and Ted return to the Farhampton Inn in May of 2014, exactly a year after Ted sits alone and vows to bring her back (at this point, “her” is just him thinking of his soulmate, not The Mother specifically) (S9E2 “Coming Back”) Ted is shown holding his infant daughter in 2015 (S7E20 “Trilogy Time”) Ted and The Mother’s daughter is named Penny! (S9E15 “Unpause”) “Trilogy Time” occurs once every 3 years, beginning in 2000. The first time (2000), Ted and Marshall watch the Star Wars trilogy instead of studying for their Economics final. (This is also interesting because of The Mother’s connection to Economics classes). In 2003, it seems to be the summer before Marshall begins law school. In 2006, Marshall is sad about Lily breaking off their engagement and going to a summer art internship in San Francisco. In 2009, Barney and Robin are carrying on their secret summer romance. The 2012 episode aired on April 9, 2012. It seems that Trilogy Time officially occurs in late spring/early summer each year. (S7E20 “Trilogy Time”) Given this information, we can assume that Ted’s daughter Penny (appears to be approximately 1-3 months old) must have been born in early 2015. This matches with the original time frame that shows her as a teenager in 2030. (S7E20 “Trilogy Time”) In May of 2013, Ted has a disasterous trip to the Farhampton lighthouse with a girl named Cassie. In a flash forward scene set “Not 2 Years Later”, we see Ted at the lighthouse with The Mother. Ted says to her, “Why couldn’t it have been you here with me two years ago”? (S9E8 “The Lighthouse”) Ted proposes to The Mother at the top of the lighthouse! (S9E8 “The Lighthouse”) Some fans are confused because this indicates that baby Penny was conceived and born prior to Ted and The Mother getting engaged/married. The Mother does not appear pregnant in the scene, so it would either have to be set when she was not at all pregnant, when she was in the early stages (first trimester perhaps), or after the baby is born. Since the baby is alive for Trilogy Time in spring/summer of 2015, it seems that she was already born as of the proposal scene. Trilogy Time 2015 must have occurred around the same time, either shortly before or after this scene. Ted is wearing a wedding ring in the Trilogy Time 2015 scene, so that furthers confuses the matter. But, the show’s writers have tweeted to confirm the timeline IS correct and is not an error. (S7E20 “Trilogy Time”) (S9E8 “The Lighthouse”) Ted and The Mother let Lily and Marshall babysit Penny in December of 2015. They take Penny to meet Santa for the first time as a long awaited revenge for Ted doing the same with baby Marvin in December of 2012. (S8E9 “Lobster Crawl”) Ted, The Mother, and Penny return to visit Farhampton in 2017. The Mother is very pregnant and goes into labor after 2 AM. We see her, Ted, and Penny getting in the car and preparing to deliver their second baby. (S9E15 “Unpause”) Ted and The Mother’s son is named Luke! (S9E15 “Unpause”) As of the night of Luke’s birth, Penny looks to be the wrong age. The timeline strongly indicates she is born in late 2014/early 2015, which would make her around two years old as of 2017. The actual baby that played Penny is the second child of writer Carter Bays and wife Denise Cox Bays. Little Georgina was born in (approximately) August of 2012. This scene was shot in November, making the tiny actress just about 1 year and 3 months (15 months) old as of filming. Even if the night of Luke’s birth was January 1st, 2017, that still gives us a baby that was born in late 2015. We know that Trilogy Time 2015 should occur in spring/summer, and that Penny meets Santa for the first time when is an infant in December of 2015. We also know that The Mother must have delivered Penny and lost the baby weight as of the lighthouse proposal scene set in May 2015. At first the age discrepancy seemed like a mistake or a change in the timeline. But upon realizing it is the writer’s own child, it makes sense that would sacrific a bit of age accuracy for such a special guest star cameo. (S7E20 “Trilogy Time”) (S9E15 “Unpause”) https://twitter.com/Denise_Cox/status/425397266254286849 https://twitter.com/CarterBays/status/425461149149048832 At some point when the kids are growing up, she insists on the whole family taking a seven hour detour while en route to Disney World, so she can see a goat in South Carolina that blows smoke rings. (S9E1 “The Locket”) Ted and The Mother are married as of the Wesleyan Reunion that they attend with Lily and Marshall in 2020 (S3E5 “How I Met Everyone Else”) Ted reports being happily married and with two kids when he runs into Wendy the Waitress in 2021 (S6E20 “The Exploding Meatball Sub”) Approximately 2022 she ends up as a writer; Ted says that her book will “end poverty in our time” (S9E18 “Rally”) At different points in the series, there were plans for existing characters (Victoria and Stella) to be The Mother in case the show was cancelled: 1) The writers, knowing that they only had as good a chance in their first season as any other new sitcom, wanted to make sure if they got cancelled after their initial 13 episodes that they still gave the fans a satisfying ending. You’ll notice that episode 13 of season 1 is “Drumroll, Please”: Ted (Josh Radnor) meets a wonderful girl named Victoria (Ashley Williams) at his friend’s wedding, but they part ways without exchanging information. Robin (Cobie Smulders), who’s just realized she has feelings for Ted, tracks down Victoria because she wants Ted to be happy. Had the show gotten cancelled, the writers could have easily ended the series there, with a quick voiceover from Future Ted (Bob Saget) saying, “And that, kids, is how I met your mother.” 2) HIMYM hit another snag at the end of season 2; the finale, “Something Blue,” aired before the writers knew if the show had actually been renewed. In this case, we wouldn’t have had a specific woman to pinpoint as The Mother, but you can’t deny that it would’ve made a great series finale: Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) finally got married; Ted and Robin took their relationship as far as they could and parted as friends; and Barney ends on “Legen…” 3) The show’s fourth-season renewal didn’t come until late in season 3, long before Stella (Sarah Chalke) could leave Ted at the altar. Before then, the first episode “Ten Sessions” could’ve been an ideal finale: We would’ve watched Ted’s ten-week attempt to win over his dermatologist Stella, their two-minute date — which is still ranked as one of the series’ best moments — and the ending, where she says she’ll call him if she has time. Again, all it would’ve taken was a last-minute addendum from Future Ted. –Did You Know That How I Met Your Mother Has Had Three “Contingency Mothers”? 9/19/11 –Who have the “contingency mothers” been? FAQ on IMDB Victoria returned later in the show, but she’s still officially ruled out: TV Guide: Ted’s driving off with Victoria, but we know that she’s not the mother. Thomas: That’s why it’s really fun with storytelling time! [Laughs] But it felt very relatable to us. I think everybody in their love life has had someone they felt they screwed it up with or that person could’ve been the one or if circumstances had been different, maybe that was the one. That’s how Ted feels about Victoria. He screwed that up in Season 1… Ted doesn’t know this in 2012 — he still thinks Victoria could be the mother of his children — but we, the audience, and astute HIMYM fans know more than him thanks to Bob Saget. We love Victoria representing the door that’s still open a crack in Ted’s mind. He has to see what’s behind that door and eventually close it to be able to meet the mother. As we head toward the end of the series, it’s one of the last things Ted has to do. -How I Met Your Mother Boss on Barney’s Bride: “It Had to Be Her” 5/15/12 She was indeed “almost Stella” – look at this clever set design element that could have tied current Stella to Future Ted and the Mosby family: We can rule out Naomi, aka The Slutty Pumpkin, played by Katie Holmes. Naomi and Ted were super awkward together when they finally reunited, and they both agreed it wasn’t a love match. (S7E8 “The Slutty Pumpkin Returns”) The Carly Theory is DEAD, guys. In S8E14 “Ring Up!” we have Ashley Benson playing Carly. Ted clearly meets her before the day of the wedding, and that is enough right there to prove it’s not the winning theory. Cindy is currently “writing a dissertation titled Foreign Direct Investment and Inter-generational Linkages in Consumption Behavior.” This sounds pretty Economics-y to me, but I can’t say for sure :) (S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits”) Ted is trying to teach an introductory course, Architecture 101. Therefore 101 equals the first, introductory course in a given subject. The course numbering system likely means that 100-level courses are for undergraduates, 200-level classes are for those majoring/minoring in the subject OR are only for graduate students, and 300-level classes are for PhD candidates/graduate students only. Alternately, 100-level courses may be for freshmen, 200-level courses may be for sophomores, 300-level for juniors, and 400-level for seniors. I believe the former makes more sense. Thus, The Mother is likely either a PhD candidate working on her own dissertation, or a graduate/upper level student taking a required Economics course for a different degree. She could be a junior taking an undergraduate class but that doesn’t seem to make as much sense. Some fans assume The Mother must be in the 17-22 age range, because she is a college student. Given the type of class and caliber of classmates (Cindy), I think that The Mother must be in her mid to late twenties when that show aired in 2010. The Mother is probably close to Cindy’s age. We don’t know Cindy’s exact age but we do know Rachel Bilson, the actress, was 28 years old when the episode aired in January of 2010 (IMDB). This age makes sense for Cindy, given that a PhD candidate should already have a high school diploma, a four-year college degree, and some years of post-graduate work completed. In “Shelter Island”, we see a flash forward of how the future may have looked if Ted and Stella had gotten married. Both children are blonde in this image, indicating that a blonde mother plus brunette Ted equals blonde kids. Since we know that the children actually have dark hair, it is very likely that The Mother has dark hair as well. This is further demonstrated in the pictures seen in the background behind the children, which feature what looks like Ted, two children, and a dark-haired woman. This picture is also present in the image with the imaginary Stella-kids, though, so it may be a childhood picture of Ted, his sister, and their parents. (S4E5 “Shelter Island”) The show’s creators have confirmed that Ted and The Mother officially meet at the Farhampton train station: She was still obscured by her yellow umbrella, of course, but the couple’s future together officially kicks off on a train station platform — the episode’s namesake, Farhampton. And while you ponder the likely fake-out of her hopping on a different train, showrunners Carter Bays and Craig Thomas insist that’s not the case. “There won’t be a swerve,” Thomas told The Hollywood Reporter and other press at a screening. “That’s the moment. We can very honestly say it. He’s moments away from meeting her.” – ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Showrunners Promise No More Fake-Outs After Season 8 Premier 9/24/12 This scene is presented to us as the immediate moment before Ted actually meets the mother. Here’s the question we need to focus on now – are we thinking of when Ted officially or unofficially meets the mother? Here’s what is awesome about the end of S8E13 “Band or DJ?”… I absolutely LOVE this scene because it proves something I’ve suspected for quite a while – Ted does meet The Mother at the Farhampton station, but he sees her at least once before (shown above). If he’s seen her once before he meets here, that opens up waaaay more possibilities for tie-ins to prior characters and encounters. The writers nicely tied up the issue, for example, of him already meeting the St. Patrick’s Day party girl. She could still be The Mother now, because he saw/ran into her but did not technically meet her. Similarly, he saw the bass player at the reception, but did not technically meet her until the train station scene. So much more fun this way! Ted uses “the check dance” as a measure of compatibility on first dates. He plans to pay for dinner, but he appreciates when the woman reaches for the check as though she will pay. This demonstrates general good manners and consideration, and it also gives Ted the chance to feel like a big man when he goes ahead and takes care of it. This is noted as an important diagnostic tool for him in two episodes: “The Double Date” (S5E2) and “The Naked Truth” (S7E2). Season 6 DVD Extra: “What We Know About Your Mother” Future Ted recaps clues that we already know: She’s not Robin She was almost Stella She was Cindy’s roommate She plays bass She has a yellow umbrella She was in what Ted thought was his architecture class She paints robots doing sports She makes breakfast foods sing show tunes She was never going to be Zoey Ted met her on the day of a wedding And some brand new information: She never leaves uneaten food on her plate: “She never would’ve left that much of her sandwich uneaten. No joke, I’ve seen that woman get a half a pad of butter wrapped up to go…” She befriends waitresses and often scores free desserts: “Oh, and your mother definitely would’ve befriended the waitress, which inevitably would have led to a free desert…Mom’s ability to get free pie; supernatural” Lilacs are her favorite flower, and they are also the first flower that Ted ever gives her: “Oh, and I wouldn’t have had much luck with an orchid. I’d have given her lilacs; her favorite…which just just happened to be the first flower I ever gave her…the very moment we met…” POSSIBILITIES & THEORIES I’ve been giving this quite a bit of thought (as it is clearly VERY IMPORTANT lol) and I have some newish conclusions. Most of them are fueled by the fact that EVERYONE IS WEARING PURPLE ALL SEASON LONG. Seriously, idk if the Gap had a sale on all things eggplant and lilac or what, but these guys are rocking more purple than Barney. Yes, THAT Barney: We all know that yellow is the main color for this show – the yellow umbrella, little yellow school bus, Robin’s yellow raincoat, all of the pivotal moments that occur in yellow cabs, etc. There are two schools of thought regarding purple. One theory is that, since purple is the complementary/opposite color for yellow, it indicates a lack of romance. By this theory, anyone with yellow symbolism is a viable candidate to be someone’s happily ever after, and anyone wearing purple is disqualified. But that doesn’t really mesh with how this season in particular has progressed, so I think I’m going with the alternate theory. This theory holds that Ted’s happily ever after color is yellow, whereas Barney’s happily ever after color is purple. This just means that purple people – like Robin with the purple giraffe – are not suited for Ted. But – since Barney is a foil character for Ted – this means that Robin and all her purple giraffe glory could be Barney’s true soul mate. Quinn is in purple because she is a contender, and everyone else is in purple because it signifies Barney’s upcoming nuptials. UPDATE – I’ve been reading some other blogs, and they pointed out a couple additional facts. We could assume that Ted is purple, and looking for his yellow, whereas Barney is yellow, and looking for his purple. Or we could assume that both are purples, looking for their yellows. When we see both members of a couple in the same color – Robin and Kevin both wearing purple, for example, or Barney and Nora both wearing yellow, or Barney and Quinn both wearing purple – that means that they’re NOT meant to be together. Ex: It has also been noted that Robin seems to only wear yellow when she’s involved with Barney. I’m not sure if this is accurate but I’ve documented all of the Robin in yellow episodes I’ve found so far: Season 4, episode 24 “The Leap”, where Barney and Robin finally kiss and get together for reals. Season 6, episode 9 “Glitter” – Barney is the one that tracked down the glorious Space Teens video starring Robin Sparkles and Jessica Glitter… Season 7, episode 8 “The Slutty Pumpkin Returns” – this is the one where we find out that Barney is (gasp!) part Canadian…like Robin… Season 7, episode 9 “Disaster Averted”, where Barney and Robin reminisce about what might have been had they hooked up in the (yellow) cab. Season 7, episode 15 “The Drunk Train”. This one is a Robin with Kevin episode, which ends with them breaking up. Maybe stripes indicate ambivalence? If so that could apply to the earlier image of Robin and Ted in purple/blue stripes and plaids. I will have to investigate further… UPDATE: As of the season 9, episode 4, the gang is still doing the purple wardrobe thing every week. There have also been some interesting new color theories to arise. For example, some theorize that the show is going through the entire progression of the colors of the rainbow. This doesn’t make as much sense to me, because why would they skip over the other colors so much and emphasize this hue for three plus seasons? In terms of the order of colors in the rainbow, the acronym ROY G. BIV does remind us that violet is at the very end. That being said, The Mother is shown to be wearing purple when we finally see her at the Long Island train station, AND when Ted meets her at the Farhampton train station. Both times she is carrying the yellow umbrella, which might balance out her purple? This would work better if Ted was somehow wearing tons of yellow with a purple accent, but I don’t see that happening. :) Basically, we can see the plethora of purple as all indicative of Barney and Robin getting married, or as Ted finally meeting The Mother. Barney and Robin’s relationship is essential to Ted meeting The Mother, though, so it can of course be indicative of both. It might make more sense to focus on traditional color theory, and the well known meanings and symbolism associated with purple. Here are some interesting traditional associations to consider: Purple indicates royalty. I doubt that The Mother happens to be an actual princess or queen, but we could widen the parameters a bit. If we look at purple as indicating wealth and/or power, it is the appropriate color for a member of the extremely rich Van Smoot family. That option could lend credence to the Hannah Theory (see below). Purple can also indicate uniqueness – or artifice. It is the color that appears most rarely in nature, and it is said to be the first hue that was artificially created. We can certainly gleen from this that The Mother is unique, but the “fake” implications don’t fit what we know of her. Purple can mean uncertainity. This can be said of any color that is comprised of two primary colors. We can see it as a mix between the symbolism of blue (loyalty, nature, truth, sincerity, and faith) and red (passion, love, strength, and excitement). These would suit what we know of The Mother. Purple in American pop culture is associated with the band Deep Purple (of “Smoke on the Water” fame), “Purple Rain” (the song, album, and movie) by Prince, and “Purple Haze” by Jimi Hendrix. I have no idea if any of this relates to The Mother but I always like to consider the pop culture connections. One of my favorite ideas for the symbolism of purple in How I Met Your Mother actually comes from the world of science. Violet is one of the colors on the visible spectrum. It can be seen in rainbows and it was identified by Isaac Newton. Purple, however, is totally different. It is a non-spectral color. Here’s the part that I love the most, as quoted from Wikipedia:”It exists in culture and art, but not, in the same way that violet does, in optics.” This totally reminds me of how The Mother has existed in this show since day one, but she has not been a visible element until very recently. Here are thumbnails with examples of purple throughout season 7. I’m compiling additional examples from seasons 8 and 9 to post here as well. The Amber/Stripper/Tracy Theory Way back in the early days of HIMYM, an intriguing fan theory came about. To understand it best, we should revisit the specific scene, which is set at a familiar location – The Lusty Leopard Strip Club. Stripper: I’m Amber Ted: I’m Ted Stripper: Actually, it’s Tracy Ted: Still Ted – cut to Future Ted speaking to the Mosby kids – Future Ted: And that, kids, is the true story of how I met your mother Kids: WHAT?!?! Future Ted: (laughs) Just kidding -S1E9 “Belly Full of Turkey” Some fans felt that the shocked reactions meant the kids believed Future Ted’s story. And instead of saying, “wait, but mom’s name is _____”, the kids just gasped in astonishment. These fans believe that the kids accepted the statement so readily because Ted used The Mother’s actual name – Tracy. Other fans agree with this reasoning but think it indicates that The Mother’s name is Amber. This idea also holds credence to some because amber is a shade of yellow, the main symbolic hue of the show and The Mother. As of the season 8 finale, we do not know The Mother’s name. As such, it could still be Tracy. Or Amber. IF IT’S TRUE: The mother’s name is Tracy. Or Amber. WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE: The shock expressed by the kids could also be simple confusion because none of the information – names or occupation – match what they know about their mother. Alternately, the name may be irrelevant, because strippers (particularly those at The Lusty Leopard) often have stage names. So the kids may have just assumed that Amber and/or Tracy were the mother’s stripper names, and thus not her real name. Finally, we have to remember that Ted is not a reliable narrator. The Bump Girl/St. Patrick’s Day/”No Tomorrow” Girl Theory: DISPROVED In the aforementioned “No Tomorrow” (S3E12), there is an interesting scene set inside the bar. Ted bumps into an attractive dark-haired girl, and they both part ways after a brief moment of acknowledgement. Ted says “oh, I’m sorry”, and she responds “it’s okay”. Many fans suspect that this woman is The Mother. We do know that both Ted and The Mother were at same bar at the same time, but Ted notes that he did not meet her that night. “I found out years later that your mom was at that party. I just didn’t meet her.” (S3E12 “No Tomorrow”) Since bumping into someone doesn’t technically constitute a real meeting, this character may in fact be The Mother. Let’s compare this actress to the woman holding the yellow umbrella – my thanks to Jack Cola for the pictures: The actress – Nicole Muirbrook Wagner, played “Woman” on this episode per IMDB – may be called back to play the role, or she may just represent Ted’s hazy memory of her. If the former is true, we may see a flashback that shows the same scene but with the “official” actress playing this character. This theory has big appeal, because there is no obvious reason to include the scene otherwise. IF IT’S TRUE: We know that The Mother is slim, beautiful, and has long dark hair. That’s really all we can discern from these without knowing if this specific actress ends up playing The Mother. I guess we can assume that she has a penchant for clutch purses and print tank tops but that’s a stretch. I think she’s adorable and I would love to see her play The Mother! That being said, she looks a little bit too much like actress Lindsay Price, who played Cathy in S3E8 “Spoiler Alert”. WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE: The scene seems relevant, but we have to remember that the writers may be throwing in red herrings to distract/deter us from discovering The Mother’s identity. These twists and turns are part of what we love about How I Met Your Mother! UPDATE: We saw in the season 8 finale that The Mother is played by Cristin Milioti. That is obviously not the same actress as Nicole Wuirbrook Wagner, shown above. In S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me” we see The Mother in a different part of the club as Ted is bumping into the bump girl. Therefore The Mother is NOT the bump girl as many previously tought! The Matchmaker/Missed Date Girl Theory/”Milk” Theory: DISPROVED I wrote about this theory extensively already (HIMYM: I’m 99% Sure These Are Pics Of “The Mother) so most of this content is pulled straight from there: In “Matchmaker” (S1E7), Ted signs up for a matchmaking service. He is not matched up with anyone suitable. There is one match – a 9.6 out of 10 – but she (Sarah O’Brian) is already matched up. Undeterred, Ted sneaks into the office to print the info sheets for Sarah. He reads them and learns her occupation, guilty pleasure song, likes and dislikes, etc. He is able to locate her and meet her in person, but she is engaged to her match and not interested. Ok, now let’s skip ahead to “Milk” (S1E21). Ted receives a phone call from the new owner of the matchmaking agency, informing him that his match has been found. Ted ponies up the $500 needed for her information, and receives her file in return. We see 10 photos (shown above) which indicate that the woman is Ted’s perfect match. So I read the file, and by God this woman was perfect. She liked dogs, she spent her summers in North Carolina, she played bass guitar, she did the Times crossword, she played tennis, she liked old movies, her favorite food was lasagna, and her favorite book was Love in the Time of Cholera. Her favorite singer was Otis Redding and she wanted two kids, a boy and a girl. Later, when speaking to Robin, Ted also mentions that “she’s 28, just like me” and “college-educated”. When Robin asks if the mystery woman is looking to get married, Ted says yes. The photos are either in the file, or what Ted is imagining based on her profile information. If the photos are in the file, why are they shown with the faces blurred out? Is it perhaps because she is indeed The Mother, and the show creators are keeping her face a secret? If Ted is imagining the images based on the information given, why is he imagining them with the face blurred out? Is it because she was intangible at that point, and Ted simply couldn’t put a face to her profile? Or is it because Future Ted is reflecting on this past experience and purposely obscuring information so he doesn’t spoil the surprise for his kids? The last picture, at least, has to be imagined, because it shows two young children that the woman presumably wished to have someday. The only issue with this is how the picture shows a little girl and her older brother, while the siblings on the show seem to be an older sister and her little brother. In real life, the actress who plays the daughter (Lyndsy Fonseca) is two years older than David Henrie, who plays the son. So I’m not sure, but I’m still intrigued. It could also be an image of that woman’s childhood, with her beside her older brother. Who knows! Notice anything else interesting about this pictures? Half of them show the woman wearing a silver ring on her right ring finger. I suspect it might be a little clue for the discerning fans and not just an oversight. Now look at these two photos of the children – one from the pilot episode, and one from season six: A silver ring! Could be coincidence, sure, but I like the idea of it being the mother’s ring, gifted to her daughter. The daughter wears her ring on her left middle finger though – maybe it’s still too big for her ring finger? I don’t know! A final thought…we never find out the name of Ted’s match. They schedule a blind date, and Ted is able to contact her to delay their meeting when Lily needs him ASAP. It seems likely that he would know her name, don’t you think? Especially since he paid for the full file and didn’t just print and steal a summary sheet. If he knew Sarah O’Brian’s name, I think he should have known the match’s name as well. So why do we never hear it? Later, in “Rabbit or Duck” (S5E15), Ted asks Lily and Marshall to set him up. They consider women from his past, including Trudy (married), Blah Blah (committed – relationship? no, Bellevue), and Natalie (Ted is her least favorite person in the world). But they never think of the “Milk” maiden. Based on prior episodes, neither Natalie nor Blah Blah are viable options, but this woman is still a real possibility. And yet we never hear of her again… IF IT’S TRUE: We know that The Mother likes dogs, spent summers in North Carolina, plays bass guitar, does the NY Times crossword, plays tennis, likes old movies, her favorite food is lasagna, her favorite book is Love in the Time of Cholera, her favorite singer is Otis Redding, and she ended up with two kids just like she wanted, a boy and a girl. We can also see that she has/had a golden retriever (I think that’s the dog breed shown above?), is right-handed, and rocks a silver ring on her right hand. We also know that she is the same age as Ted (28 as of this episode’s May 28th, 2006 air date), college educated, and looking to get married. Actress Lisa Claire is credited as “Beautiful Woman #2” in S1E21 “Milk”. The first “Beautiful Woman” was the girl that Barney hits at the bar. Anyway this woman’s hair feels like it could match the pictures, but there are no guarantees: WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE: There is a brief conversation that may rule out this possibility: Future Ted: I didn’t know it, but I was about to hear the very first description of the woman I’d one day marry. Cindy: She’s a whore. -S5E12 “Girls Versus Suits” If we get really technical, we can go with the idea that Ted read/saw the information from the matchmaker profile, and thus did not hear a description of The Mother until meeting Cindy. That’s a bit of a jump, so it could completely eliminate the Matchmaker Girl Theory, depending on how you look at it. There is also the continuing possibility of this being a red herring, planted by the writers to add even more mystery. BUT loose ends are generally resolved on this show, so I expect to see some reference to this particular character again. UPDATE: We saw in the season 8 finale that The Mother is played by Cristin Milioti. That is obviously not the same actress as Lisa Claire, shown above. Beyond that, the body shape, height, and hair don’t seem to match how Cristin looks as The Mother at all. In S9E16 “How Your Mother Met Me” we learn that The Mother is six years younger than Ted. The Milk girl is said to be the same age as Ted. Therefore, The Mother cannot be the milk girl. The Carly Theory/The Barney’s Sister Theory: DISPROVED People visit my blog for a variety of writing, but there’s one specific concept that draws in more readers than anything else: articles on the possibility of Barney’s sister, Carly Whittaker, being THE mother on How I Met Your Mother. It was fun while it lasted, but it’s been officially squashed. Check this info out: BARNEY BEGS TED TO CONTINUE SEEING HIS YOUNGER, WILDER GIRLFRIEND, EVEN THOUGH TED HAS NOTHING IN COMMON WITH HER, ON “HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER,” MONDAY, JAN. 21 Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”) Guest Stars as Carly, Ted’s New Girlfriend CHEAT TWEET: Barney begs Ted to continue dating a much younger girl @AshBenzo until he learns who she is! #HIMYM 1/21 @8PM ET/PT http://bit.ly/SmKGNn“Ring Up” — Barney begs Ted to continue seeing his much younger, much wilder girlfriend, even though Ted has nothing in common with her. Meanwhile, Robin must adjust to the power of the bling, on HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, Monday, Jan. 21 (8:00-8:30 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”) guest stars as Carly, Ted’s new girlfriend. Carly (Ashley Benson) Those who want all the details can still review all the facts; just keep reading… Since I’ve already written about this topic extensively, I will once again be pulling some content straight from my previous posts NEW Pic of the Mom – HIMYM – Does Ted Marry Barney’s Sister? I’m 99.99% Sure Yes and The Latest How I Met Your Mother Theories (HIMYM – Including Season 8). Here’s what we know about Carly Whittaker, per “Legendaddy” (S6E19): She’s the daughter of Jerome Whittaker and Cheryl Whittaker. She’s the sister of Jerome Jr. (J.J.) She’s the half-sister of Barney Stinson We haven’t seen or met her character yet When Barney visits his father’s home, he meets his younger half-brother, JJ, and hears about his younger half-sister, Carly Jerome says that Carly is away at college and doesn’t live at home Those are pretty much the only facts that we have so far. But, we can see if Carly Whittaker meets the requirements that are already established for the mother. Carly could be going to school at Columbia University (the same school that Cindy goes to and Ted teaches at) Carly could be Cindy’s roommate The Whittaker’s home and Cindy/The Mother’s home are both decorated in a similar manner (animal figurines, pillows, pictures, etc.) Cindy says that guys are always falling in love with The Mother. We know that women are always falling in love (or at least lust) with Barney. Perhaps him and baby sister share the same set of sex appeal genes? As Barney’s sister, Carly will likely be at the Barney and Robin wedding If she happens to be musical, Barney may have asked her to be a part of the wedding band Ted meets The Mother on the day of the wedding Future Ted refers to Barney and Robin as “Uncle Barney” and “Aunt Robin” Ted’s bandaged hand in “Farhampton” may be due to a fight with Barney over his violation of The Bro Code (hooking up with Barney’s sister at the wedding?) Note – Ted could hook up with Barney’s sister Carly at the wedding, fight with Barney, and then go on to meet the actual mother at the train station If Ted married Barney’s sister, Barney and Robin would in fact be uncle and aunt to the kids. But Ted also refers to “Uncle Marshall” and “Aunt Lily”, and we know that they aren’t technically related to Ted. So this clue doesn’t hold much weight. Ted hooking up with Barney’s sister is a clear violation of The Bro Code. BUT, Barney has already violated his own code of ethics twice where Ted is concerned – he made out with Ted’s mom, and he slept with Ted’s ex-girlfriend Robin. I’m not sure if marriage negates that violation or what, but Ted hooking up with Barney’s sister would certainly balance things out a bit. This concept is particularly amusing because of the following exchange: Ted: Check it out. I just got that girl’s number. See? Holly. Barney: Nice! Girls with “ly” at the end of their names are dirty. Carly, Shirly, Lily. Marshall: Hey!… all right, it’s true. Barney: Don’t even get me started on girls whose name should end in “ly”, but instead end in I. Those girls are like roller-coasters. You’ve got to wait in a long line, but once you get up there, you just hold on for dear life and hope you don’t lose your keys. -S4E21 “The Three Days Rule” Lord help the men of New York if Barney’s sister spells her name Carli… :) There’s been a persistent rumor running around the interwebs about how Cindy’s apartment has a picture frame (I think?) that says C + C. This could refer to Cindy + Carly (= Best Friends 4Eva?) but it could also refer to the show’s creators, Craig Thomas and Carter Bays. From what I can tell, though, nobody has been able to find a screenshot or anything actually showing this elusive symbolic object. As such I don’t think it’s all that relevant. So at this point, Carly Whittaker is a loose end. She has been mentioned but not truly incorporated into the show. Proponents of this theory are encouraged by the lack of discussion of Carly before or after on the show. I feel the same way about her that I do about the missed date from the “Milk” episode – she might not be The Mother, but her character will be revisited. If we had to spend all this time with effing Victoria and The Slutty Pumpkin and Robin again and again, they can certainly find time to delve into this mini mystery. IF IT’S TRUE: Carly Whittaker, Barney’s half-sister, is The Mother. The Bro Code slate would be wiped clean. Mystery solved! WHY IT MIGHT NOT BE: It’s established, it’s for sure not her. Other Assorted Mother Theories The Wedding Band Theory – CONFIRMED!!: Many fans suspect The Mother is a member of the wedding band (or DJ) :) We know that she does play bass guitar, and we see her at the Farhampton train station on the night of Barney and Robin’s wedding. She’s dressed in formal wear, and she has her guitar case with her. I can’t think of any reason why this may not be true, so for now it’s a strong possibility. UPDATE: We just discovered that the original wedding band falls through, and Ted fortuitously runs into Cindy (Rachel Bilson) and her wife on the subway. Cindy asks if Ted believes in destiny, and then explains that her former roommate – the one that was a perfect match for Ted – happens to be the bass player for the BEST wedding band in NYC. Then we see Ted, at the reception, eyes fixed upon the bass player. At the same time, we hear Future Ted talking about how everything worked out as it should… The Marissa Heller Theory: In “Robots versus Wrestlers” (S5E22), we learn that mail for a prior resident (Marissa Heller) has consistently been delivered to the apartment ever since Ted and Marshall first moved in. When Ted spots Marissa Heller’s invitation to an exclusive party at the Alberta Building, he convinces the others to accompany him. They attempt to use her invitation, but the real Marissa Heller shows up. Or does she?! Marissa invites Ted, Barney, Lily, and Marshall to join her. In the elevator, Lily tries to chat with Marissa about mail-related interests. Lily saw that Marissa received Soap Opera Digest, for example, so she asks Marissa about her favorite soaps. Marissa isn’t into that, though, and everyone thinks she’s pretty douchey. Except Ted, of course, because he was a little douchey himself in that episode. One Redditor posited that elevator-Marissa’s lack of interest means that she wasn’t the real Marissa at all. The real Marissa could have been busy that night – busy being The Mother! We actually only know of one other event occurring that event – a little thing called Robots VS Wrestlers. Who might be interested in such a thing? Maybe a woman who paints ROBOTS DOING SPORTS. Is your mind blown just a little? :) The Mother may not be Marissa, but she certainly could have attended Robots Versus Wrestlers. It is a yearly event, after all. Ted notes that this becomes an annual tradition for the whole group, so it’s likely that The Mother ends up going once they meet and get together. I like this theory because it’s a unique take that isn’t discussed much. It’s a long shot, but such an intriguing possibility. Marissa Mosby does have a certain ring to it, no? UPDATE: We still don’t know the name of The Mother, so it could very well be Marissa Heller. The Sister Theories: DISPROVED The whole Aunt Robin and Uncle Barney thing has really thrown off some fans. As I noted in a prior article, many are holding strong to The Carly Theory because of this: Future Ted refers to Barney as “Uncle Barney”. Conflict: Ted also calls his other friends “Uncle Marshall”, “Aunt Lily”, and “Aunt Robin” Conclusion: If Barney is Ted’s brother-in-law by marriage, and that’s why Ted refers to him as “Uncle Barney”, then we can presume that Robin is “Aunt Robin” because she is married to Barney. Alternate Conclusion: Like many of us, Ted refers to close family friends as “aunt” and “uncle”. –NEW Pic of the Mom – HIMYM – Does Ted Marry Barney’s Sister? I’m 99.99% Sure Yes. 2/7/12 If we really want to stretch our imaginations, these other marriages would fulfil the technical requirements: Ted marries Robin’s younger sister Katie Scherbatsky, or Barney marries Ted’s younger (already married) sister Heather Mosby. Other fans have speculated that Ted ends up with Stella’s sister Nora Zinman. All three of these possibilities are ruled out – Ted has already met both Katie and Nora prior to the wedding, and Barney is definitely marrying Robin. UPDATE: Now that we’ve seen actress Cristin Milioti, we know without a doubt that she isn’t any of these characters that Ted has met before. The Michelle Tanner Theory/The Full House Theory: Update – it looks like Dave McKain (the Facebooker that created the image below) was the first to post this theory online. I don’t know if he and Justin came up with the ideas separately, or were influenced by one another, but I wanted to make sure to give proper credit where it’s due. Here is Dave’s take, as published on Have-You-Met-Ted.com in early 2012: HIMYM can cross over with Full House by making Michelle Tanner the mother. Bear with me…there are lots of things that can make this work. As unlikely as this probably is, it might make sense on a lot of levels. My thought is that we have not met the mother character as of yet. They have said as much throughout the first 6 seasons, but we like to twist words and give double meanings to make it possible to mean other things. I think a lot of the ‘clues’ that we have are purposeful misleadings to get different theories circulating. But also, I don’t think they would just spring a random character that the audience is not attached to as well. I think the creators want the ending and the reveal to be iconic in the “nobody saw that coming” Newhart fashion. REASONS THAT SUPPORT MICHELLE TANNER They casted Bob Saget as the ‘voice’ of future Ted. Now we have seen future Ted with his grey hair many a time over the years and he always had Josh Radnor’s voice. I believe the voice of Bob Saget is more a metaphorical representation in the kid’s minds as a combination of a paternal and maternal story telling…with the Grandfather being thrown in…kind of a hint to the mother’s lineage. And as we know, Bob Saget (aka Danny Tanner) would be the Grandfather to these kids. The Age. If we can assume that Michelle Tanner and the Olsen’s are the same age, then as of today the Olsen’s are 25. Which as of the first day of Ted’s teaching career (Sept 2009), Michelle Tanner would have been 23 years old…the perfect age for a grad student taking Economics 305. The St Patty’s day party was Mar 17, 2008…making Michelle Tanner 21 and old enough to go bar hopping (not that under 21 would stop people). Rachel Bilson as the roommate. This tie in is more of a funny real-life one. Rachel Bilson has listed Ashley Olsen as one of her major fashion influence, and it is common knowledge that they are good friends and they run in the same circles. Lily. When Lily and Marshall broke up, Lily went off to San Francisco. The Tanners were from San Francisco. The creators could make an easy tie in as to why Michelle Tanner is at a wedding that Lily is at…maybe Lily invited them after befriending during her time in San Fran. Robin. Robin is in TV journalism…as was Danny Tanner. They have had the exact same job, but Danny Tanner was just a little more accomplished. Robin’s career path could be a tie in to how they all meet each other. Bass guitar. Ted’s future wife plays bass guitar. What 23 year old, good looking chic would have a better opportunity to have played a rock’n’roll instrument than the niece of Uncle Jesse. For all we know, Michelle Tanner could have been playing since she was a kid. Easy tie in. Admittedly (and proudly) I never watched Full House. But from what my wife has told me, Michelle’s best friend growing up was a boy named…you guessed it…Ted. I’m not saying that this Ted is Ted Mosby (cause we know its not), but what a great hint and an even better Ice-Breaker for when the two meet. Doppelganger…what an easy and perfect twin…you know that whoever Ted gets with eventually will have to have a doppelganger to be a permanent fixture in the group. Josh Radnor is directing and starring in a movie in 2012 called Liberal Arts. The lead actress…Elizabeth Olsen…yes the younger sister of the Twins. I think he’d have some pull in that family for casting purposes. I know this is likely not the ending…but I just wanted to float ‘out-of-the-box’ thoughts out there and get people’s opinions. One blog commenter, Justin Banker, has a very unique take on who The Mother may be. He has put together evidence supporting the idea of Michelle Tanner from Full House being The Mother! Wait, what? Click here to check out the information on his blog. I’ve put together the relevant details in bullet point here: Lily spent a summer in San Francisco doing her art program. Full House is set in SF, so perhaps Michelle Tanner/The Mother became friends with Lily at that point. Uncle Jesse played bass, and he was always very close to Michelle, so he could have taught her how to play. Future Ted is voiced by Bob Saget, aka Danny Tanner (Michelle’s father) on Full House. Josh Radnor (Ted) was in a movie (Liberal Arts) with Elizabeth Olsen; she is the real life younger sister of actresses Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, who both played Michelle Tanner on Full House. Josh Radnor and Elizabeth Olsen share the same agent (I haven’t confirmed this info, btw) Michelle Tanner – if played by one of the original actresses – would have the perfect doppelganger…her twin sister! Michelle’s childhood BFF was named Teddy. Both Danny Tanner and Robin Scherbatsky are broadcast journalists. Their paths could potentially cross this way, although I suspect Danny is up near retirement age by now. Then again, Bob Saget hasn’t retired yet, so what do I know. Regarding her age – Justin says: First off everyone will say how is he going to marry some kid, shes like 6 years old! In the TV Show yeah but Full House ended in 1995 with the character of Michelle being the same age as her actresses, 9 years old. She would be 19 by the time HIMYM started in 2005 and would be 22 on Mar. 17th 2008 when she was at the St Patrick’s Day party that Ted was also at. In 2009 when Ted began teaching she would be nearly 23 years old, perfect college age to be taking an upper level economics class. Justin thinks that the character could be Michelle Tanner, but he doesn’t think she would actually be played with Mary-Kate or Ashley Olsen. He suggests that perhaps Elizabeth Olsen could play the role, and notes that Elizabeth Olsen has mentioned Rachel Bilson as one of her inspirations. Here’s an image that Facebooker and HIMYM fan Dave McKain put together – click the image to go see the post and comments: What I think – the age doesn’t match up quite right, for one thing. I would guess Stephanie Tanner before Michelle, but she lacks many of the connections that Justin found between the Olsens and the HIMYM cast. Also all the Tanner girls and Olsen girls are more blonde than not, and I still don’t think The Mother will have light hair. Beyond that, Full House aired on ABC and HIMYM is on CBS. If The Mother was going to come from another show, I would guess it would be from a “sibling” show that shares the same parent network. Although…here’s an interesting quote from Carter Bays…it’s just a joke, but it certainly adds some validity to this theory: Which show would you like to do a crossover event with and why? Full House. I want it to slowly become clear that our show is the prequel to that show, Prometheus-style. -http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/showrunner-survey-himyms-carter-bays.html UPDATE: I consider this theory disproved, because the actress is Cristin Milioti and not an Olsen. Beyond that, she looks nothing like how Michelle Tanner would have looked as an adult. Finally, the timing was always off, so I was never really on board with this one. The Jennifer Birmingham Theory: DISPROVED Actress Jennifer Birmingham was originally credited as “Woman” for S8E1 “Farhampton”, but later her name was removed: (Update: The IMDB listing for the “Farhampton” episode of “How I Met Your Mother” appears to list several other actors who were neither listed in the post-show credits nor obviously involved in the on-screen action. It is therefore possible Birmingham was listed in error.) http://www.headlineplanet.com/home/2012/09/24/mystery-how-i-met-your-mother-actress-revealed-but-is-she-teds-wife/ Now she is credited as “Woman” for S8E13 “Band or DJ”. But, this doesn’t necessarily mean she THE mother. We’ve only seen bits and pieces of The Mother – her ankle, her legs and torso, her hands – so it could still be virtually any woman playing her. We also know that Thomas and Bays have used a stand-in as The Mother at least once before: As for that mother, Thomas and Bays wouldn’t say whether it was a body double or the actual actress viewers will eventually meet. (Previous stunt mothers include series director Pamela Fryman.) “It was definitely closed doors,” Bays said of the shoot. “That moment was something we’ve been building to for a long time, and we’ll see more of that moment as the series goes on — or ends, whenever happens.” -http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/how-i-met-your-mother-season-8-premiere-373735 Is she the real deal? No idea, but she could be! The only objection that I have is that she is blonde, and I think The Mother should have dark hair. I know it can be dyed, but some people just look right as blondes and can’t pull off darker hair colors (ahem Barney talking to you). UPDATE: Nope, not played by Jennifer Birmingham. The Mother is played by Cristin Milioti. The Cast Connection Theory: DISPROVED How I Met Your Mother loves to cast people with connections to the stars of the show! Here’s a list to reference, but I will update later with a link to the full article that I’m working on. That post will have pictures so you can get a better mental image of all the cast connections…but here’s what I have so far: Sandy Rivers (Robin’s former co-anchor/nemesis) = Alexis Denisof, real life husband of Alyson Hannigan (Lily) Scooter (Lily’s high school boyfriend) = David Burtka, real life fiance of Neil Patrick Harris (Barney) Blauman (Barney & Marshall’s coworker) = Taran Killam, real life husband of Colbie Smulders Jeanette (Ted’s crazy girlfriend from “PS I Love You” and “Bad Crazy”) = Abby Elliott, real life daughter to Chris Elliott, who plays Lily’s dad Mickey Katie Scherbatsky (Robin’s little sister) = Lucy Hale, who co-stars on Pretty Little Liars with Ashley Benson, who plays Carly Whittaker (Barney’s half-sister) Ted’s daughter = Lyndsy Fonseca, who in real life is said to have dated David Henrie, who plays Ted’s son David Henrie is also the real life ex-boyfriend of Lucy Hale (Katie Sherbatsky) Cathy (chatty girl from “Spoiler Alert”) = Lindsay Price, real life former girlfriend of Josh Radnor (Ted)(but I believe they met on set, so that doesn’t really count) Robin’s dad = Ray Wise, who was in Twin Peaks with Kyle MacLachlan (The Captain) Given all of that, it stands to reason that The Mother could be played by someone with a real life connection to the cast. Here are some people that I would not be surprised to see on HIMYM: Michelle Williams, real life (ex)fiance of Jason Segel (Marshall) Sarah Michelle Gellar, real life former co-star of Alyson Hannigan (and Alexis Denisof) (see below) Mila Kunis, real life former co-star of Jason Segel (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) There’s also a fair chance of seeing other stars from Pretty Little Liars, or anyone that has done anything with Joss Whedon. Read on for the details! UPDATE: As far as I know, actress Cristin Milioti (who plays The Mother) has no connection to any of the cast members. If anyone knows otherwise please tell me! The Joss Whedon Theory/The Sarah Michelle Gellar Theory: DISPROVED This ties into the aforementioned Cast Connection Theory, because there are many connections between Joss Whedon and HIMYM. Let’s break them down point by point, beginning with main cast members and then proceeding down to cameos and one time roles: Alyson Hannigan – Lily – played Willow on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel Colbie Smulders – Robin – played Agent Maria Hill in The Avengers Neil Patrick Harris – Barney – starred as Billy in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog Alexis Denisof – Sandy Rivers – played Wesley on Buffy and Angel, and Senator Daniel Perrin on Dollhouse Harry Groener – Clint (Ted’s stepfather) – played Mayor Richard Wilkins on Buffy Morena Baccarin – Chloe (barista girl that Marshall dated – “Swarley” S2E7) played Inara Serra on Firefly and Serenity Amy Acker – Penelope (a girl Barney slept with – “Come On” S1E22) – played Winifred “Fred” on Angel and Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey on Dollhouse Danny Strong – Trey (he held the funeral service for Marshall’s dad; he was the son of the preacher and also a short guy that used to bully Marshall in high school – “Last Words” S6E14) played Johnathan Levinson on Buffy Tom Lenk – Scott (no idea who he is, I need to rewatch “Swarley” S2E7) played Andrew Wells/Cyrus on Buffy and Angel Craig Thomas, Carter Bays, and Joss Whedon all graduated from Wesleyan University Ted, Marshall, and Lily also graduated from Wesleyan Willow (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) was early accepted into Wesleyan, among other schools Willow wrote Doogie Howser, M.D. fan fiction when she was younger Doogie Howser was played by Neil Patrick Harris Doppelgangers factor prominently into both HIMYM and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Based on all of this, and the interconnected nature of the Joss Whedonverse, there is an excellent chance that The Mother will also have worked with Whedon in the past. The obvious selection is Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred as the titular character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She’s the right age, but I’m pretty sure I’ve read that her and Alyson Hannigan do not get along at all. If that is the case, the writers might not want to bring on an actress that will clash with one of the leads on the show. What do you guys think? Here’s a pic of her with dark hair; it is usually blonde but I think she can pull off the brunette thing: Other potential actresses from the Whedonverse that could play The Mother: Felicia Day (played Vi on Buffy, Penny on Dr. Horrible, and Mag on Dollhouse) Eliza Dushku (played Faith on Buffy and Angel and starred as Echo on Dollhouse) Summer Glau (played Prima Ballerina on Angel, River Tam on Firefly and Serenity, and Bennett Halverson on Dollhouse) UPDATE: The Mother is played by actress Cristin Milioti, and she does not have a solid connection to Joss Whedon. The closest we can come is this: Critin Milioti was in Mike Birbiglia’s 2012 movie Sleepwalk With Me. This came out around the same time as Joss Whedon’s The Avengers. Whedon made and posted a video where he jokingly told people to boycott Birbiglia’s film because it was taking money away from Whedon’s own movie. The Lyndsy Fonseca Theory: DISPROVED The show has been going on for so long now that some people think Ted’s daughter could end up playing his wife! Here’s a pic of actress Lyndsy Fonseca looking especially grown up (from January 2013): I would be a little weirded out by this, and I’ve heard other fans say the same. Then again, what better way is there to ensure that The Mother looks like she could be related to the kids? Still, she was born in 1987, and that’s a little young for Ted. But there’s still a bit of an ick factor. UPDATE: Nope, The Mother isn’t played by Fonseca. The Mother is played by actress Cristin Milioti. The Hannah/Captain’s Daughter Theory: This is an interesting one that I was slow to pick up on. You can read in the comments for more details, but here’s the gist: Ted’s ex-girlfriend Zoey Pierson (Jennifer Morrison) was the current, and then former, wife of The Captain. The Captain is actually George Van Smoot, so named The Captain because “a real man chooses his own name!” (This leads to Ted calling himself – and The Captain referring to Ted as – “Galactic President Superstar McAwesomeville”!) The Captain is also, as of season 8, Lily’s new employer. Anyway, George Van Smoot has a daughter, Hannah Van Smoot. We have never met her. We only know that her relationship with Zoey was always strained, and at one point Zoey purchased a stuffed animal to give her as a gift. The Van Smoots have been connected in the HIMYM storyline since season one. Their first reference is when Lily and Marshall race to beat another engaged couple for an unexpected opening to have their wedding at the infamous Van Smoot House. Later, Ted ends up falling for Zoey, and basically helps break up her marriage to The Captain. When Ted is featured on the front of New York magazine, there is a cover blurb about Van Smoot. Finally, The Captain eventually becomes Lily’s new boss, and asks her to move to Italy with him for a year. The Van Smoot name having prior importance throughout the show indicates that it could be important to The Mother’s identity. So, maybe Hannah is older than we would think, and she’s The Mother!? UPDATE: We have seen that The Mother is played by actress Cristin Milioti, but we don’t know her character’s name yet. It could be Hannah Von Smoot. The Dead People Theories: The internet can be a morbid place, and HIMYM fan theories are no exception. Rumors abound about various characters being dead when Future Ted tells his story in 2030. Let’s review the evidence for and against each, shall we? Many fans have legitimately wondered why Ted is so painstakingly relaying every detail – and then some – about how he met the mother. Why would someone subject their kids to this if not for a purpose? And could that purpose be to tell the children every little thing he remembers about their dead mother? We have to keep in mind that Ted has already been proven to be a dorky, somewhat boring dad. He bores Barney and Robin as their surrogate dad figure, he tells lame dad jokes to waitresses, and he often talks at length about stuff that frankly no one else cares about. I love Ted, but he’s not the most exciting character in terms of storytelling. You’re more likely to hear a lengthy diatribe on proper prounciation than you are to hear a legendary “true story” a la Barney. We also have to remember that Ted provides an explanation in S2E3 “Brunch”. Ted asks his mom and dad how they met, and receives a brief “we met at a bar” in return. He then vows that when he has kids, he’s going to tell them everything about how he met their mother. So, we have a solid reason for Ted’s long-winded story, and it fits with his general character. Flash foward scenes have indicated that the Mother is alive in the future, but her absence in the 2030 scenes still worries some fans. It is also worth noting that the kids are kinda being jerks about the story if their mom really is dead. You could at least feign interest in the story of how your dad met your now dead mom, you know? Hopefully their impatience with the story means that all is well in the Mosby household. I have never given this theory much credence, but the end of “The Time Travelers” (S8E20) did worry me a bit. Future Ted talks about what he would do if he could actually time travel. If he went to that day, he tells the kids, “you know the thing I’d do first”. We then see what Future Ted is imagining – himself visiting the mother’s apartment 45 days before they were set to meet. He delivers an impassioned speech about how they will meet, fall in love, get married, and have kids. He explains that this is all just 45 days away, but he wants those 45 days. And if he can’t have them, he will take the 45 seconds before her boyfriend (Louis) shows up and punches him in the face. He tells the mother (who remains unseen, of course) “I love you, I’m always going to love you, until the end of my days and beyond.” Could this be the desperate plea of a man wanting just a sliver more time with his one true love? And why does he need that 45 seconds so badly? This episode was pretty masterfully done, because it really could go several ways. 2013 Ted is so horribly alone and depressed and without hope that Future Ted would end his suffering in a second if he could. Future Ted wishes that 2013 Ted didn’t have to go through those last – presumably painful – 45 days where his friends are happily settling in to the life that he always wanted. 2013 Ted has no girlfriend, no wife, no children, and his very best friends have all that and more. As someone who is currently single and amidst close friends that have found their destiny, I can relate. It’s pretty much a soul-crushing feeling to look around and see everyone in love, while you’re not even close to the happily ever after you’ve wanted your whole life. If there was a Future Corina that could save me from 45 more lonely days, I would appreciate her making an appearance. That being said…Ted was really emotional. And crying. Perhaps more than is appropriate for just seeing the 2013 version of your soulmate. It is entirely possible that he is so emotional because he can’t have even 45 more seconds with The Mother in 2030. Perhaps because she is dead? I really hope not. I actually think that Ted’s speech made it seem more like HE was the dying one. Imagine a scenario where there is a couple, and one of them is dying. Does it seem like the dying person or the healthy person would say “I love you, I’m always going to love you, until the end of my days and beyond”? To me it seems like something a dying person would say to the one that would survive them. If it were me, and my spouse were dead in the future, I would say something like, “I will always love you, until the end of time and beyond” or “until the end of our days and beyond”. So could Future Ted actually be dying/dead? He’s clearly interacting with the kids and at times having small conversations with them, so I think he is still alive as of 2030. I don’t think the kids are just watching a video he made or anything like that. But he might be sick/dying, and sharing his greatest story before his time is up. That could also explain why the kids have attitude. When someone is dying, you don’t usually want to spend all of your time crying and being sad. People often try to act normal for the benefit of the sick person, and for their own sake. So the kids might be giving Ted a hard time because they’re trying to act like nothing is wrong… I don’t really believe that either of them are dead or dying as of 2030. I think the writers created a poignant episode with the end of the series in mind. Future Ted also imagines going back to his old apartment, holding baby Marv, and visiting with his close friends. These scenes made me cry because they spoke to the series ending. It felt like the beginning of an arc that takes us to the very end. There have also been theories about Barney being dead in the future. We haven’t seen him in any flash forward scenes, except for the odd Exploding Meatball Sub scenario. That seems like it could be a false memory, from unreliable narrator Ted. The thing is, Barney actually does have the time, energy, resources, and twisted motivation to pull off an elaborate prank like that. So I take that as proof of Barney being alive in the future. As of today, 1/3/13, I think that The Mother is the missed date from the “Milk” episode. I don’t think she is named Tracy or Amber, and the arrival of Ashley Benson makes me suspect that Barney’s sister Carly is not The Mother either. I would enjoy a multitude of connecting threads, so I would personally like it if The Mother was the missed date, and the bass player in the wedding band, and the girl from the St. Patrick’s Day party. I would LOVE feedback on all of this, so please feel free to lawyer me with your questions and comments. Update as of 1/15/13: I was correct about the Carly Theory (Carly is NOT The Mother), but I didn’t for sure let it go until the episode descriptions and official name of Ashley Benson’s character was confirmed. So I can’t say that I always knew it was wrong :) I was correct about the wedding band theory (The Mother IS the bass player in the wedding band), and I still believe The Mother is also the missed date from “Milk” and/or the bump girl from “No Tomorrows”. Update as of 5/16/13: I’m still really hoping that The Mother connects to Ted in one of aforementioned ways. I feel like it would add more excitement and importance to the story if she is not just the bass player, and his ex’s old roommate, and the owner of the yellow umbrella, but ALSO is the missed date, or the bump girl, or Hannah or even Tracy. We have months to go before season 9, but it’s pretty fun that these theories can still be in the running for now. Update as of 1/27/14: Welp, we have some more theories disproved. She isn’t the milk girl or the bump girl! But the show delivered exactly what I hoped for: meaningful near misses and encounters between Ted and The Mother. Now we’re left wondering what her name is, when they get married, and what the entire timeline of the relationship results in as of the “present” (2030). Things are looking up for the rest of season 9! Showing us that Ted has seen The Mother before meeting her really breathes new life into some of these theories. I think it almost has to be at least one of these women, because otherwise I don’t know if I believe it’s truly the greatest love story ever. All of the umbrella moments and the connection via Cindy aren’t quite enough for me to feel satisfied that this entire saga is the most romantic story ever. But, we have to stay tuned to find out. Finally, here are some articles that aren’t specifically about The Mother, but they do offer observations about HIMYM that you may not be able to find elsewhere. If anything they may spark your interest to do some sleuthing of your own! I’ve had so much fun writing them, and I hope you enjoy reading them. Ted always seems to encounter old ladies during pivotal moments in his relationships Color Theory in How I Met Your Mother, with an emphasis on yellow and purple All of the How I Met Your Mother Halloween costumes throughout the years Mrs. Erikson’s secret 7-layer salad recipe – make it today! 5 HIMYM theories that need to be put to rest Do bad weddings equal good marriages in the HIMYM world? 7 HIMYM mysteries solved in season 7 10 signs you’re a HIMYM super-fan A compilation of HIMYM music, including the infamous Get Psyched! Mix Fat jokes in HIMYM – how they add to and how they degrade the show Adding insult to injury with Patrice as Barney’s fake girlfriend I came up with all of this from my own set of notes, compiled by my obsessive watching and rewatching of episodes, but I have to give credit to the HIMYM wiki page for “The Mother” and the Reddit Semi-Definitive “Mother” Checklist. I confirmed quite a bit of information by double checking these sites, and they continue to inspire me to seek out and analyze new theories. There is a ton of information at both sites and they are great refreshers for those that need it! 238 thoughts on “HIMYM: The Mother Revealed, Theories Disproved & Clues To Still Possible Connections!” Pingback: Ted + Old Ladies = Love? (How I Met Your Mother) « CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM Season 8 Premier – Farhampton « CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM Season 7 Recap: 7 Mysteries Solved « CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM: Do Bad Weddings = Good Marriages? « CorinaWrites Pingback: Can We Please Put These HIMYM Theories To Rest? (Top 5 List) « CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM: How Color Theory Convinced Me That Barney Marries Robin « CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM: Does Barney Marry Robin? « CorinaWrites Pingback: NEW Pic of the Mom – HIMYM – Does Ted Marry Barney’s Sister? 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I don’t subscribe to the Carly theory b/c she’s too young to be the Mother. There are too many clues that the Mother is near the same age as Ted. I think Ted will bump into Cindy while Ted is trying to help plan Robin/Barney’s wedding. In chit chat she’ll mention her former roommate’s band, and Ted will get the contact information to book that band. The wedding does not go smoothly, so maybe Ted doesn’t get the opportunity to meet the band members… until later. CorinaWrites says: That is all exactly what I am thinking! nischaltonthanahal says: I think you can pretty much confirm that ted dates carly and it is barney’s half sister. Check out the new descriptions of ‘Ring Up’ Ashley Benson (“Pretty Little Liars”)guest stars as Carly, Ted’s new girlfriend and this tweet CHEAT TWEET: Barney begs Ted to continue dating a much younger girl @AshBenzo untilhe learns who she is! #HIMYM 1/21 @8PM ET/PT ted’s girlfriend, carly, much younger girl, until barney learns she’s his half sister…… Makes sense!? You’ve cracked the case for me! I hadn’t seen this info yet but it certainly points to Carly being in upcoming episodes, but NOT being The Mother. I’m still holding on to the missed matchmaker date – that has always been my number one theory and I’m really hoping it works out. Thank you so much for posting this info and inspiring my next post :) bluecuriosa says: Hi. My name is Uwi. I come from Indonesia and just found out your blog since I get addictive with the series. I think it’s awesome that you diggin’ old episodes and searching clues about The Mother. I can’t wait to see what’s she looks like. I just finished watching season 8 episode 12 where Robin and Barney got engaged. The whole scene just take my breath away. And now I come up with few thoughts, although I didn’t know if this could help to develop a theory about who The Mother is. At the Farhampton episode, we see Ted sitting on the bench with his hand bandaged. I think it’s not because he punched someone. It’s very unlikely that you need your hand to get bandage after punching someone. I think it’s from bleeding caused by glass or knife. Why and how, well I think we just have to wait a little longer :) Second thought, I dont recall in which episode, but I do remember Stella tells Ted when they were dating, that she come to St. Patrick party (where Ted bump into the girl everyone thinks might be The Mother). So maybe, The Mother is friends with Stella and they came to the party together at the time. We just have to diggin’ which friends Stella mentioned before who have the same similarity to The Mother character. It still possibly Carly Whittaker. But, looking from JJ’s age, it’s more possible to assume that Carly is a junior student at college and not as same age as Cindy. Because JJ is like… I don’t know… 12 something? While we assume that The Mother is 28 or older. But still it’s possible given a consideration to the “MIND THE GAP” sentence at The Farhampton Train Station, if this is one of the clues? In Starwars Trilogy episode, we are shown that in 2015, Ted holds an infant baby in his arms. So, we can assume that Ted is meeting The Mother in 2012, dating at 2013, got married in 2014, and having a baby in 2015. The Mother will be revealed very time soon. Anyway, I like to think that HIMYM creators must have set the whole The Mother character from the very beginning of the series, including the actress who would actually played her. And it is possibly that The Mother has been in several scene this whole time. We just dont see it. Or we just dont have any idea that she is the one. I also think that this would go like The Sixth Sense movie when everything just make sense in the end. We’re all gonna be like: “Oooh, now I get it!” and we’re gonna watch the whole series one more time. Hahaha. And I think, the cast must have know about The Mother too, from the very beginning. Maybe, the contract with all actress and production team includes secrecy which said that they can never mentioned or revealed who The Mother to the media. I don’t think Bays and Carter would make a series about finding a true love in NY without setting the whole characters before. It’s impossible if they just decides who is The Mother at the end of the series. Or well, I don’t like to think that way :) It’s a very good serial, though. And even people keep compares HIMYM with Friends, I dont think it’s apple to apple. It’s the puzzle and twist that make this series interesting because somehow it makes us, the audience, interact. It really fun to talked about it with fans like you. So, keep on searching and keep on posted. I really enjoyed reading them. Thank you, and greetings from Jakarta :) Hello Uwi, and thank you for your comment! I will respond point by point :) I agree that Ted’s hand is probably not damaged from a punch. BUT, Ted is not exactly a strong guy, and we saw that him and Barney did not fair well in terms of fighting when they went up against bouncer Doug. So, since it’s Ted, his hand could be excessively bandaged just because he punched someone or something. I don’t recall Stella mentioning many friends but it is certainly possible that she has known The Mother this whole time. Wouldn’t that be an intriguing twist?! I don’t think it is Carly anymore, based on recent information about upcomiong episodes (see post to follow shortly). But I did notice “MIND THE GAP” and was curious as to whether it was a clue as well. I have to find the quote, but I’m pretty sure Carter and Bays confirmed that they haven’t cast the actress yet. Josh Radnor (Ted) tweeted at one point that no one had any idea except for the show creators. Plus that’s quite a few actors to keep such a big secret, and it seems like they wouldn’t risk that. Other shows often film several end scenes for big surprises, so even the actors don’t know for sure what happened until it airs. Maybe that will be the case here, I don’t know. There are for sure similarities to Friends, but I don’t think it’s fair to consider them as equivalent. I agree it is not apples to apples. I do think that HIMYM was inspired in part by Friends, and both shows coordinate well in terms of the viewing experience. Anyway, more later, and thank you again for your insights :) ThuCyrus says: Alright, here goes. I don’t usually post stuff, so I don’t really know where or even how to post something without just replying to someone else’s post. That being said, I really like your post, so I’ll use it. I’ve been perusing the forums for theories, and I’ve noticed that my theory doesn’t seem to exist yet, so I guess I’ll have to make it. I call this the “Yin Yang Theory”. It also ties in with the “Color Theory”. I’ll start with the flaw to my theory. If my theory is correct than Ted has already met the mother, though “meeting” and “properly meeting” are not necessarily the same thing. That being said, this is it. I think the mother might be Nora. Hear me out. When Nora is first introduced, she is wearing the exact same shade of “yellow” as the umbrella. On that same day everyone at the table is wearing “purple”. These two colors both appear on the mom at the train station, thus tying into the color theory. Also keep in mind that Nora wants everything that Ted wants in a relationship. We know this because she tells Barney all of this on their first date, which I might add, is a very “Ted” thing to do. Adding to the similarities, she speaks four language which Ted also does, at least to some extent. He speaks English, obviously. He and Stella spoke only French during one of his tattoo removal sessions. He often quotes Italian, and he knows sign language. She is the right age to have attended Ted’s first ‘accidental’ class; a fact that she would probably not share with a stranger or her boyfriend considering the fact that, in future Ted’s narration, the mom thought he was cute. Also keep in mind that Ted and Nora only see each other twice, on camera at least. They never actually carry on a full conversation. What’s suspicious to me, is that there is no lead up. Barney meets her. Barney loves her. Barney tries to date her. This is where my “Yin Yang Theory” comes in. Ted and Barney have been near opposites since the start of the show. Que phrases like, “I feel like we collectively learn the opposite lesson each year”, or “Old stuff’s great!” vs. ” Newer is always better. Barney’s a man whore, and Ted’s a hopeless romantic, but there is one key point on which they agree, “Robin”. Ted falls in love with her on sight, but Barney marries her. Barney falls in love with Nora on sight, so maybe…You get the idea. Now I know that Nora probably hates Barney, and rightfully so, but if history tells us anything, nothing lasts forever. Plus, Barney can get out of anything. The way I see it, Ted loved Robin who was totally wrong for him. Barney loved Nora who was totally wrong for him. Ted falls apart just as Barney starts getting his life together. I feel like the two character’s love lives are interconnected in some “equal but opposite” way. Nora’s the right age for the class, the right hair color for the pictures in “Milk” and the ones behind the couch, she’s also the right skin tone, and body build. She loved laser tag which means she’ll probably love “Robots vs Wrestlers”. She’s “a gooey romantic too.” She hates ewoks, but not necessarily Star Wars. Most importantly, we know almost NOTHING about her life, and I think her sudden appearance is unmistakable. Sorry for how long this was. Hope you enjoyed my theory. Oh! One last thing, in the “Trilogy Time” episode, Ted’s imaginary dream girl casual adds in, “Oh, and I’m British.” which further leads me to believe that it might be the case. I remember that! Good point. You did an excellent job of posting, no worries :) I totally agree that the writers will employ the difference between meeting and properly meeting someone. I don’t know that I believe it is Nora, although your facts do add up. My main disagreements with this theory are: -Nora was likely a working woman and perhaps would not have wanted to share a home with a college student, albeit a PhD candidate (not the strongest objection but the first to come to mind for me) -I think if Nora was in a band, and she found out that it was Barney’s wedding, she might not have agreed to play. -I don’t know that most fans would like this outcome – they might feel cheated. All of that being said, it’s a solid theory. I think most people will dismiss it on the technicality of them meeting before, but the few Ted and Nora scenes have been incredibly brief. And with Barney marrying Robin (clearly his perfect match and clearly wrong for Ted) it would make sense for Ted to marry Nora in a reverse of the scenario. I used to really dislike Nora because I wanted Barney with Robin. I’m not sure yet if I like her with Ted. Then again, whenever I think of her I remember her with a missing front tooth and it stresses me out :) And the yellow/purple stuff is dead on. I’m sure Ted would prefer to marry someone that hasn’t slept with Barney, but that does drastically limit his options among the women of New York. And it would explain a potential altercation between Barney and Ted at the wedding. I’m going to think about this, gather some additional facts if I can, and add it to the list! Thank you so much for sharing! FatehS says: Great write-up! Thanks! I’d like to add my own personal “mother theory” (one I’ve never seen anyone else ever mention), if you want to add it to your list of assorted theories: The Sarah Michelle Gellar Theory: As noted on the HIMYM Wikipedia page, and by anyone who’s a fan of Joss Whedon, the show creators have a particular infatuation with hiring actors from Joss Whedon productions – particularly Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The most obvious example of this is of course Allyson Hannicgan, who plays a main character on Buffy. This fact is even noted by Carter Bays (source wikipedia), citing the “great cast pool” as a reason. All of this leads me to believe that if Carter Bays and Craig Thomas were to try and choose the ideal actress to play the mother, it would have to be someone from a Joss Whedon production, and who better than Sarah Michelle Gellar, who plays Buffy herself, right alongside Allyson Hannigan (for 7 seasons no less). Sarah, who is both attractive and a skilled actress, would be a pretty good match for Ted, and I think could play the mother role pretty well. Of course this is less of a theory as to who is the mother, and more just about what actress will likely play her, but as there is not too much evidence yet regarding what character (if any) she may be already within the show, this is as good a mother theory as any, and (in my opinion) a particularly viable one. Just remember – if it is Sarah Michelle Gellar: FIRST!!! ;) Oh that for sure needs to be added! The only conflict there could be is that I’ve heard Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alyson Hannigan don’t get along well in real life. No idea if it’s true but it is surprising she hasn’t been on there already. I should do a post about all the guest star connections for people that don’t already know! Before I forget… Sandy Rivers = Robin’s former co-anchor/nemesis = Alyson Hannigan’s (Lily) real life husband Alexis Denisof Scooter = Lily’s high school boyfriend = Neil Patrick Harris’ (Barney) real life partner & fiance David Burtka Blauman = Barney & Marshall’s coworker = Colbie Smulders’ (Robin) real life husband Taran Killam Jeanette (from the most recent episode PS I Love You) = Ted’s crazy girlfriend = actress Abby Elliott = actor Chris Elliott’s (Lily’s dad, Mickey) real life daughter Katie Scherbatsky = Robin’s little sister = actress Lucy Hale = co-star on Pretty Little Liars with Ashley Benson = Carly Whittaker = Barney’s half-sister Ted’s daughter = actress Lyndsy Fonseca = rumored to have dated actor David Henrie = Ted’s son = also the ex-boyfriend of Lucy Hale = Katie Sherbatsky Did I miss any? Please fill me in folks! There are also some Full House connections to delve into, and all this from imdb that is too long to paraphrase :) Alyson Hannigan’s character on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Willow Rosenberg, once mentioned that she wrote Doogie Howser, M.D. fan-fiction as a girl. Hannigan went on to star in “How I Met Your Mother” with Neil Patrick Harris, who as a boy played Doogie Howser. Alyson Hannigan’ who plays Lily, is perhaps best known prior to starring in ‘How I Met Your Mother’ for her role on “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”. The creators of both of these shows – Joss Whedon of the Buffy series and Carter Bays and Craig Thomas of HIMYM – all graduated from Wesleyan University, as well as did the characters Lily, Ted, and Marshall on HIMYM. Additionally, Hannigan’s character from the Buffy series, Willow, got early acceptance to Wesleyan, along with many other schools. Several cast members have also worked with Joss Whedon, notably stars Alyson Hannigan’ (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Neil Patrick Harris (Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog) and Cobie Smulders (The Avengers). Also appearing have been guest stars Morena Baccarin (Firefly/Serenity), Alexis Denisof (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel/Dollhouse), Amy Acker (Angel/Dollhouse), Tom Lenk (Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Angel), Harry Groener (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), Danny Strong (Buffy the Vampire Slayer). The search for all the main characters’ so-called “doppelgangers” is a running joke throughout this series. In ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ doppelgangers were also a frequent theme of many episodes, and most of the major characters (including Buffy, Xander, and Willow) encountered doubles of themselves through plot contrivances of magic or alternate universes. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460649/trivia one bit of info i think wasn’t mentioned here is that when Ted gets the mom’s number, he calls her immediately. (episode 4.21 – the three days rule: “When I got your mother’s number. I called right away.”) because older Ted says that when we see present Ted leaving the bar with Holly (Holli?), we think he means the usual way of “getting her number” – but i think the writers again are getting clever with us: actually he gets her number* from Cindy regarding booking her band for the wedding, so OF COURSE he calls right away – it’s not about disregarding the 3 days rule, it’s on business – in order to save the wedding! I thought the bit about Ted calling her “right away” was specifically “after the first date.” I could be remembering wrong, but that was the context in which that comment was made. So whether he talks to the Mother previously to book the band- I don’t think that relates to Future Ted’s comment. i thought it was two separate things – there’s getting the girl’s number at first, like when he met Holly at the bar (when the guy presumably has to wait 3 days – but Ted doesn’t), and there’s calling her after they already had a first date.. well, i guess we’ll wait and see how all the details come together .. soon! Hopefully as soon as the end of season 8! I believe that episode laid it out as meeting a girl, being interested in her as a romantic possibility, getting her number, and then waiting three days to call. Like in Swingers! So I’m taking it as he called right away after they met at the train station. I thought I mentioned the first part, I will double check! I guess it depends on if she is the contact person for the band or not? But my interpretation is in reference to after the first meeting. thetammer says: my BF & i want to re-watch the main episodes that provide clues about the mother’s identity. from all the info in your posts, plus a review of the HIMYM wikia, i’ve decided on these. please let me know if you think i’m missing any that will fill in more info. i don’t really need the ones that are disproved theories or red herrings, just the ones that give us clues that have been established. 01-07 – “Matchmaker” 01-21 – “Milk” 03-12 – “No Tomorrow” 04-09 – “The Naked Man” 05-12 – “Girls vs Suits” 06-01 – “Big Days” 08-01 – “Farhampton” I think you hit all the big ones, aside from the recent season 8 “Band or DJ”? You’ve probably watched them all by now – let me know what you think! Cleyton says: What about the Jennifer Birmingham theory? Cleyton Caetano de Souza says: The theory is about the credits given to Jennifer playing “The Woman” in two episodes of season 8 (Farhampton and Band or Dj?). That is a theory that needs to be added as well, good point! I didn’t include it originally because the writers have mentioned using various women as stand in, including one of the directors for the show, Pamela Fryman. Basically I feel like Bays & Thomas wouldn’t cast the same woman as the actual mother, simply because the mystery already would have been revealed via imdb. But I will be adding her to my list of theories at once! CLeyton Souza says: Thanks for the reply. Actually I truly believe on this theory, but, personally, i am more fan of the Lyndsy Fonseca theory. I dont know. It appears right to me. Greetings from Brazil. Lyndsy Fonseca as the mother would totally creep me out. please don’t let that be the answer! i’m all for stunt casting, if they can find the right actress to make sense with the entire series. I agree, and it would be a letdown for the fans that have been waiting so long for the big reveal. It can’t be that hard to find a dark haired actress that could look related to them! I do feel that it will be a bit anticlimatic if they choose an unknown actress and don’t find some way to show all their prior connections. I hope they do the reveal at the end of 8 vs the beginning of 9… i’m betting there’s a 98% chance that S8 finale will be a cliffhanger and we won’t see the true, actual, real reveal of the mother until S9 premiere. I know you’re right. But how much more of a cliffhanger can we have? We already had the experience (as viewers) of seeing Ted at the moment right before he meets her. So there isn’t much more that we can see immediately before he actually meets her. I guess maybe we could see him walking over to meet her, saying excuse me, and then she turns towards him and just as we see her face – cut. Kinda like how they did that one time when he saw the yellow umbrella but it was Stella, you know? you know how they block the shows when an actress is pregnant? there are pillows and sofas and purses and everything else in front of her stomach so you can’t tell she’s pregnant? they could do that with the Mother. you see her from Ted’s point of view, or everyone else’s point of view, but something’s in the way, like a street sign, or a post, or someone else’s umbrella. since this is supposed to be at Robin & Barney’s wedding, i could see possibilities where the whole gang joins them on the train platform for one reason or another. either way, i’m just enjoying each episode and trying not to jump to the reveal, because i see the end of the series coming and i want to enjoy all of the new ones before it’s over. If they do that they will basically have to make her a well-known actress, don’t you think? I hope so at least. i meant they could do that on the S8 finale, to make it a cliffhanger for a S9 premiere reveal. there’s no way they would or could do that for the rest of the series and not ever show her to us. the villagers would burn their houses down. haha yes the natives are getting quite restless at this point I was juts thinking how Bays and Thomas would need round the clock body guards if they pull a trick like that at the finale! >:( Right?! I was thinking how it would be cool if they picked a fan to be the mother. Then I realized it would be cool for exactly one person and everyone else would be incredibly pissed so I changed my opinion on that real quick :) I am still on the fence…too bad she doesn’t have a real life older sister! Larissa Bohnenberger says: Hey, Corina! First of all, congratulations on this post! You did an amazing job putting all this informating together. I laugh so hard about The Michelle Tanner Theory, lol. Peaple are really creative. About The Matchmaker/Missed Date Girl Theory/”Milk” Theory: I’ve always though that it could be right, but reading about the age of this woman I started to have my doubts; If she really Ted’s age, doesn’t she to old to be on that college class? She’d be older than Cindy. I don’t know… It will be a really great love story, if that theory is correct, but it’ll also have some flaws about it… The Marissa Heller Theory realy blew my mind, I hope is her, and that she definetly was in Robots vs Restlers that night. I did’nt know about the information on the S6 extras, here in Brazil we didn’t have the DVDs… It’s a shame! Anyways, It was great read all of this. Congratulations again, It couldn’t be easy to do all this. Thank you! Thank you for the kind words! The Michelle Tanner Theory feels like a stretch to me, but the appearance of Dave Coulier and references to his “cut. it. out.” catchphrase on Full House does give it some more credence. I will have to update that :) As for The Mother’s age…we know that Rachel Bilson was 28, so Cindy should be approximately 28, but we don’t know the character’s age for sure. I don’t think? I will have to watch again, I know Ted mentions that she’s legal but I don’t think he specifies an age. Anyway, if The Mother was 28 as of “Milk”, she would be in her early thirties as of that day in class, which is plausible enough. I mean, it’s a graduate level course that Cindy is taking for her PhD, so I imagine she’s spent a fair amount of time doing undergraduate and then maybe post-graduate studies. I wonder what The Mother’s major was? Or what her degree might be? It could, of course, be in Economics, like Cindy. But perhaps it is something more artistic, given her paintings of robots and her beautiful singing voice (when performing via breakfast foods, at least). Or maybe it’s more along the lines of LIBERAL ARTS. ZOMG the connections are too much for me :P lulu loxin says: so check it, ted says “dont EVER invite an ex to a wedding” in shelter island. And we know why, and how that went. So my theory of how Barney and Robin’s wedding goes is this: Remember in “Farhampton” how ted’s hand was bandaged, suggesting that he may have gotten in a fight? Well, I think that Barney and Ted will get into one last fight over Robin. Because we know that Ted isn’t 100% over Robin because there is no REAL closure in “Band or DJ”. So its possible that Ted isnt completely over Robin. Ted makes ONE last push for Robin, they fight, Ted tries to get a train back to New York, by himself because Marshall and Lily already left because they are old and married (Barney). And Robin and Barney left for their honeymoon. That is the most logical explanation for sure. I will be soooo annoyed if Ted pulls that crap on their wedding day, but maybe Barney and Robin’s nervousness makes Ted think he has a shot. Classic Schmosby, sigh. Sasha says: I’d like to add to the Milk theory: When Ted describes her profile from the dating agency he mentions that her favourite book is Love in the Time of Cholera. Ted is reading that book on the platform at Farhampton where he meets the mother. Maybe the trigger for them meeting? Also, having just rewatched Milk, I think it’s really significant that the whole episode is about the necessity of making mistakes and it is in this episode that he ditches the blind date for Robin. I reckon he needed to do all of this stuff before he would be ready to meet the mother. Also, it’s possible that Cindy and the Mother did the Sunday Crossword together (Ted mentions that Cindy does the Sunday crossword every week (S5E12) and doing the Times crossword is another one of the specs of the date he never met in Milk. In Cindy’s apartment, there is a framed photo of a dog – and guess what? Loving dogs is yet another detail revealed about the date in Milk. I don’t recall Ted mentioning Cindy doing the crossword but I will take your word for it. And of course they could do them together (although personally I don’t like help with my crosswords :) ) In a prior post I showed the two dog pics side by side. I really, REALLY wanted them to be the same dog but alas, they are not. Still, it’s a good connection regardless! The Milk Theory is still my number one top favorite and I love finding other people that are on board! I’ve re-watched “girls vs suits”, focusing on Cindy’s and the mother’s apartment. Corina, if you’re still working on that “background items” post, are you also looking into the objects around Cindy’s apartment? I didn’t see any “C+C” pictures, but there are plenty of other things BESIDES the little yellow bus! first, the abundance of flowery patterns, though that might be a way to create interest and confuse the viewer’s eyes :) and i think Cindy has those too in her room. There’s lots of yellow there, obviously, but also reds and greens. i tend to think that the objects with the warm tones belong to the mother, and the cooler tones belong to Cindy. BTW, Cindy wears blues and has lots of greens in her room, but i think she only wears purple when we first see her, before we realize she is NOT the mother; and in the picture shown on season 6 opener, “Big Days”, of her future family: she with a striped lilac top and her wife in an argyle sweater with yellow accents :D * flower side note – sorry for jumping around – in “Big Days” we see Barney’s fantasy of stealing Ted’s future bride (actually Cindy’s future bride..) at their wedding, where all the flowers are purple and yellow. The flowers at the van Smoot party in “Robots vs Wrestlers” also has lots of purple and yellow flowers. ok, back to Cindy’s apartment – I don’t have “Girls vs Suits” in HD, so it’s not all clear, but still i could spot some very interesting items: On the shelf unit where the little bus is, there are more yellow objects, sure, but also lots of red – including a little RED RACE CAR – very similar to the one Ted has! i think it’s metallic and not wood, but it’s really uncanny how similar they are. behind the photo of the dog which you’ve mentioned, is some red object i cannot figure out. On the shelves are displayed also lots of metallic, mostly red figurines – they really look like robots to me. all kinds of robots, in different positions. behind them – a partially-hidden painting of what seems like a group of humanoid robots playing tennis! there is another painting on the top of the unit of a pink flower/dancer, and a painting in the kitchen of what seems to me (again, it’s not the sharpest image) like a girl with a red umbrella and another figure (a nun?) on the middle shelf a framed photo of a beach is in front of some yellow box. on top there are books, mostly with dark covers and titles i couldn’t make out, but the bottom one is YELLOW and you can see it’s title starts with “ROB” and maybe the beginning of another O.. it has to be ROBOTS! there are plenty of animal figurines and ethnic masks and decor which i don’t know what to make of exactly. I don’t know much about botany, but on the coffee table is that an aloe vera plant or a rare Bolivian house plant?? on the table next to the door where Ted leaves the umbrella you see a yellow lamp, a naked bowling/disc-throwing man (?!) and a MODEL of the Empire State Building, a building which has made several appearances on the show, including in model form (“Zoo or False”, “First time in New York”, “Mosbius Designs” and “Last Time in New York” come to mind). On the wall behind is a art-deco poster of New York City skyscrapers with a TRAIN below them with yellow accents. maybe i’m reading way too much into this, but maybe some of these items will come into play or at least be explained during this final season! phew. i hope this is helpful in some way… now back to work :) This was very helpful and interesting. I have basically given up on color theory in this show because it started to make me so angry. I can’t identify a solid pattern as to who is wearing purple when and what it all means. I’m still very frustrated with it :) But I love that the apartment has so much that matches with the description of the mother so far. Hopefully tonight we will see so much more!!! haha i feel that the mother might be Quinn. For reasons such as ted once joked about a stripper named tracey that he met who was the mother..this could potentially be foreshadowing the future. Quinn could also fir the description of the whore that cindy mentions. Perhaps she is stripping to pay for school. Ted currently lives in her old apartment and she is apparently coming back in an episode in april. Also it would equalize the bro code..barney marries robin whose ted’s ex and ted marries quinn who is barneys ex..just a thought but i really like quinn. Another solid possibility, although Quinn has always been a purple girl and we know that purple isn’t Ted’s love color. Also they have for sure already met, formally and informally, so I don’t know if the writers could pull that off. But she is coming back, so who knows! Maybe romance will begin to blossom at the bachelor party idk :) also remember ted is a kicker not a puncher, his hand couldnt have gotten hurt from punching someone..maybe he broke the window in robins room to get her to run away. lol that’s right Ted doesn’t exactly have fists of fury. I can see him getting upset and punching a wall, and then immediately bursting into tears because it hurt way more than he expected. Classic Schmosby! ok, i just watched episode 8×20 … damn! first, a small thing that bothers me – i thought Robots vs Wrestlers is an annual tradition for the whole gang! so in 2013 they don’t go?? or only Ted goes? no fair. and now, for the mother’s address! naturally (or crazily) i looked it up on google maps. 317 west 115th street in NYC does exist (at first i thought maybe it’s fake like Sherlock Holmes’ address). (wouldn’t it be cool to live in that building and watch the episode??) (also, does anyone know if that’s the same apt. from “girls versus suits”?) then i zoomed in to get the Google street view. i thought, how could it be a real apartment? someone in our world lives there! her apt. number is 7A, and OF COURSE those cheeky bastards chose a building with 6 stories!!! ha! Google street view – allowing us crazies to stalk fictional characters since 2007. I’ve heard some people say that since this was Robots vs. Wrestlers LEGENDS, it was a different event than the one that they all attend annually. That’s the only option that fits with the continuity, from what I can tell. I must have missed the address number of 317 – I need to update my mother info article with this detail! Very clever of them to select a 6 story building…classic HIMYM trickiness. And don’t worry, you’re far from the only one stalking fictional characters online :) Google maps is a godsend and a curse! I have a theory that I haven’t seen anywhere before… I’m not particularly sure of the accuracy, but I feel like tossing it out there. In the episode “Challenge Accepted” we see Ted trying to get back together with Zoey. Barney and Robin ultimately stop him, just as he is buying a flower to give to her. Eventually, Ted decides not to get back together with her, and gives the flower to her. The flower goes to the wrong girl, who Ted jokes about being the mother. I believe that she actually IS the mother! -Ted never actually meets her, he just sees her -He asks the old lady for help. The whole “Old Lady Luck” thing comes into play, where he was lucky that she gave the flower to the incorrect girl -Is a pink lady slipper a lilac? I don’t know, maybe..? In the S6 DVD Special features, he talks about how an orchid would have been bad. When he is picking out a flower, he is trying to decide between the pink lady slipper and the orchid. -She is wearing yellow(ish clothing) and has a cupcake with yellow frosting I do understand that Ted says “Psych! She was just some chick” but up to that point, she was just some chick. He was trying to save the surprise of her being the “mother” until they meet. Also, she is blonde, and that was kind of improbable. Anyway, like I said I have never seen this theory before, wanna know what you think! Nice theory, if she was brunet it will be more easy to me accept I agree on the hair color I haven’t ever heard this theory! I don’t think it’s quite right though. I believe the whole DVD extra about giuving her a lilac was in direct response to this scene, confirming that it couldn’t have been her because he gives her a different flower. I’m not a floral expert but Lady’s Slippers are orchids, not lilacs. And that would have been bad, per Ted. I love that you tied in the old lady thing! And it would have been a unique way to get Ted to meet her. Who knows, maybe she will pop up again somewhere? I’m still really hoping the mother is NOT blonde, though. My whole HIMYM Mother concept is based on her having dark hair :) Crys says: I like the old lady tie in as well. It fits right into your old lady theory… she shows up just as his relationship with Zoey ends. The stuff with old ladies really interests me! Why do they keeping showing up? Is it just a coincidence or indicative of something important? I just don’t know. Maybe we will see more of Ted’s interaction with the old woman at Farhampton and that will help explain, idk. I think the mother is robin’s friend Tori, the one she mentioned in her lets go to the mall video, “Come on Jessica, come on Tori” , and she appears dancing, we already know Jessica is the keyboard player , so tori must be a musician too… (bass guitarist) , that makes sense ,maybe robin and her stoped being friends but she did moved to new york too, maybe to study another career, which also explains why she was at ted’s classroom, and i think he might be the one she was talking to in the first episode , the pilot, the blonde girl that we never get to see her face , as far as i know robin doesn’t have many other friends and remember what ted said when he first saw them, “And there she was.” , we immediately saw robin but maybe ted’s talking about the other one.. , it will be funny if she is the one because we have met her since the very first episode.. plus this allows Carter & Bays to explain why the story starts at this moment here’s the link to the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_bhVSGKEg I don’t think any of Robin’s Canadian pop star friends were in New York when the series began, because she talked about having no friends. I don’t think she was particularly close to any of those women – maybe they lived in her building or worked with her? I’ve always insisted that the show starts with Marshall planning to propose to Lily (because it DOES, for what it’s worth), but the writers have noted that it started with Robin because Ted meets The Mother at Robin and Barney’s wedding. Either way makes sense but doesn’t mean that Robin or anyone in that first episode is The Mother. I do love the idea of Tori being a character that shows up, though! And your point about her playing music is totally valid. Ultimately I don’t agree with this theory, but it’s unique and I’ve never heard it before, so kudos for that. :) Mastermind says: Well i just observed one thing ..!! In S03E12 (No Tomorrow) the girl with ted rushes into is having the same purple purse which is shown of the lady with yellow umbrella at the station in S08E1 .. I m not sure .. if she’s the one or not ..?? Guys you also check it once The first purse seemed to be a clutch (one that you would hold in your hand) while the second seems to be a traditional strapped option. BUT they do both seem to be purple, and that could be a really good link! I’m excited that you spotted this, thank you for sharing!! I have a theory I havent heard of anywhere else! its the Magazine Bang Girl! in season 7 episode 1 “The Best Man” Ted and the gang are invited to Punchys wedding.Punchy is Teds friend from high school that being the reason why they were invited,ted is even punchys best man.At this point ted has made it on the cover of New York Magazine for his design of the new GNB building,so Barney suggests that he take the magazine to the wedding and brag about his accomplishments to the women there instead.Ted does take the magazine but refuses too use it to get laid.At some point Barney points to this girl saying something like “look you could bang her” i really dont remember what he says but we never see the girls face just the back part of her.Maybe ted did not meet his wife at Punchys wedding but that same girl could have been invited to the other wedding Barney/Robins wedding where he did meet her. I know that the wedding was in cleveland and for the girl to had been at the wedding she would of had to know someone close to Punchy or his recent bride but they can always make some crazy connection. What do you think! Really there’s a chance that any female character (aside from those specifically eliminated) could be her! It seems like a stretch that she was in Cleveland and now is back in New York, but I suppose stranger things have happened. You are at the very least the only person I’ve encountered with that particular theory, so you can totally claim 100% credit if it happens to be her :) I completely agree that this is the mystery woman from MILK. I also agree that there will be a link between the actress and one of the cast members from a previous show. My guess that no one has mentioned is Linda Cardellini from “Freaks and Geeks” as was Segal. She is recently on Mad Men and is quoted about hiding the role from the public to make a surprise on the show. That is really intriguing and I will be looking into this actress ASAP! I forgot about looking into Freaks & Geeks cast connections even though that was only one of the best shows ever. Did she say that about her role on Mad Men or another role? She specifically stated this for her role as Sylvia on Mad Men. In fact she also stated that she did not tell her friends or family about this role. The only other option that I can assume, based on the “British” comment above is the actress in Joss Whedon’s new show Agent’s of Shield, Elizabeth Henstridge. I would really like it if the mother came from somewhere in the Whedonverse. Hopefully we will get more clues in tonight’s new episode CL says: Respect. This is the best and most thorough HIMYM analysis on the entire Internet! I can only imagine how long it took you to get all the little bits of information together. I gave up on speculating who the mother might be a while ago, but this post got me all fired up again. At this point, I believe the mother’s going to be a new face we haven’t seen before. It would be awesomely mind-blowing, however, if the writers managed to sneak her in without any of us noticing. Fat chance. An actress from the whedonverse… Amy Acker? Eliza Dushku? Who would fit the profile? Ooooh, how about Jewel Staite? Or Felicia Day? Please God, let it be Felicia Day… Thank you so much! I had always wanted to put all the clues together so one day I had a bunch of coffee and just went for it. I love that other people are enjoying my research and rambling :) I’m down with Dushku or SMG as the mother but I don’t know if they would go that obvious of a route, you know? They may even do some kind of reference with her name, giving her the same initials or character name as someone else in the Whedon universe. I can’t wait to see who! Ooops! Nevermind about Amy Acker. I just remembered she was already on the show. And on one of my favorite episodes no less – “Come on!” Pingback: HIMYM SPOILERS \| Ted-Mosby.com Tamiris Garcia says: I just have one more thing to add about “The Bump Girl/St. Patrick’s Day/”No Tomorrow” Girl Theory”: You remember that, by the time Stella was supposed to be the mother, (I don’t remember in which episode exactely, but…) she said that she had been to one party the year before, a St. Patrick’s party, and it was awefull, she left early. So, considering that, the writers are opened to the possibility of the girl in that party to be someone other than the bump actress. About the Tracy theory, I think it’s highly unlikely that the mother’s name is Tracy. I mean, it’s been proven more than once thoughout the show that what we see in camera is not necessarily what Ted tells the kids. For example, in 1×16 (Cupcake), Ted says “That’s exactly what we did with our last day… the museum, the bridge, the restaurant….” while old Ted says that, in camera we see Ted and Victoria doing it. Besides, although Ted is telling the story in detail, there’s no way in hell he remembers exactly what everyone says in every scene. I think it’s just a false clue. Given that Carter and Bays have already said they would prefer an unknown actress, I think it’s fair if we keep on guessing, but it’s probably pointless… She’s probably gonna be someone we’ve never seen before. Can I share my theory? Great! (Barney style – no matter what you say, I’m sharing it anyway)… For me, there has to be a ‘surprise’ anyway, for the audience to be happy. So, the way I see it, it would be a surprise in 2 ways: 1 – Someone that has already ‘showed up’, but Ted didn’t get into much details on purpose, so he could suprise us later. 2 – Ted meets TWO great girls in the wedding. Both of them could be in the band (one is the bass player, the other is like, the guitarrist, but she also can play the bass), one of them he saw across the room, and the other he talked for a while in a funny or awkward situation…Something in a way that both fit the clues we have so far, so both are possibilties, and we don’t know who she is untill the end. We would spent the whole season wondering who Ted is gonna end up with. About 1: I think, as I mentioned before, it’s very unlikely. Afterall, all of the girls along the years who seemed to be a potencial mom, the writers have been bringing them back, and I think they’re doing it on purpose – to show us that it’s none of them (The Slutty Pumpkin, the coat-check girl, Carly, Trudy from the pineapple day, etc). And, considering this strategy, I don’t think it’s the one what we can expect to happen. About 2: This one, I think would be really nice to see. Because in this case, we have some kind of triangle… And, as television history tells us, at the end of the day, it’s the audience that ends up choosing, right? (Joey x Ross in Friends, Dawson x Pacey in Dawson’s Creek, etc). I imagined this theory based on that movie, “Definitely, Maybe”: The story there is very similar (a man telling his daughter how he met her mother, and we don’t know who the mother is. But, when we do figure who the mother is, we kind of wish it wasn’t her). This possibility gives us more things to talk about, more speculation, and it doesn’t take the surprise away, which is what all of us are waiting for! Anyway, that’s the Season 9 I hope to watch! What do you think, Corina!? That really sealed the Stella deal for a while there, didn’t it? It was just too perfect, but in the end I’m glad Stella wasn’t the mother. Knowing that she was a default pick, though, makes the whole exchange make sense. Anyway, about your two surprise options! 1. I still really, really want her to be someone who has shown up before. Each episode that passes without reference to the missed date/milk girl gives that theory more credence in my book. The ends of that little storyline were left too undone to not tie up, in my opinion. But I would be happy seeing flashbacks where she was in the background, or instances where her and Ted almost met but didn’t quite. I need something to make her relevant to the ENTIRE story, and not just the last portion of it, you know? I may be expecting too much with that though. :) 2. I had not considered a love triangle like that for the end! It would have to be carefully executed, but they could potentially introduce even 3-5 women and keep us guessing til the end. OOOOOH WHAT IF THEY BRING BACK MILK GIRL AND BUMP GIRL AND IDK ONE OF ROBIN’S FRIENDS FROM THE PILOT AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ONE IS THE MOTHER?! Although to be clear ideally I want milk and bump to be the same girl. Anyway, I love the idea of a late season 8 love triangle, and my only concern is if they have enough time to pull that off. Also any comment that references Dawson’s Creek automatically gets VIP status on my blog. There are no perks or anything it’s just me thinking that you are extra awesome. i 100% believe that it’s bump girl, although i don’t recall the missed date/milk girl episode enough to comment on that one. i do feel that it’s highly likely that they’re the same girl, because i think Ted has had missed connections several times with the same woman (the Mother) throughout the years (like in the apartment when he sees only her ankle). instead of them just revealing the mother in some “love at first sight” shot, it would be nice if future Barney stepped into the scene with the kids (even if it’s just VO and he’s offscreen) and did a “flashback summary” for us, like “So kids, you’ll recall from your Dad’s longwinded story, your Mom was roommates with … blah, blah, blah” and he recaps all the pertinent highlights, while we see each of those clips to show us how the missed connections ultimately led to the final reveal. at least that’s how i would write it! I love that idea! Barney’s speed-talking recap to Quinn could be employed here as well. That would also neatly tie up the whole Barney is dead in the future idea. My best guess for season 9 is that it will go back over the entire show and touch on every moment when they almost met but didn’t quite. This would be the easiest (and in my opinion best) way to make the mother a meaningful part of Ted’s life, even before he officially met her. Yeah, well… The reason why I’m so emphatic with the whole ‘not being a previous girl’ theory is because…. It really gets to me! I soooooo wish she were someone we’d seen plenty of times, but never taken into consideration (Someone like Wendy the Waitress, for example, you know? Nobody ever considered her for the mother, but at the end bum! Suprise!!! – I mean, I know it’s not her, she’s married to that loser guy who worked with Marshall… But you get the example, right?!). But the writers are trying so hard to bring old girls this season… they are closing old deals, and… I’m taking it as a sign, yunno? I guess I’m trying to feel better about it, because that’s what I really want, but it is, the way I see it, very unlikely…. Anyway, if it is a girl we’ve seen before, many times, I’d love it! But…. I’m trying to go with conformity….. =( And about the 2nd (Triangle suggestion), I’d never seen anyone talking about this, or any other fan discussing it in the forums…. So I don’t think it’s what will happen! I still hope that Carter and Bays read this, and like my idea…. lol It seems more likely that she will be a character that has been in the same places as Ted, at about the same time, but we never actually saw her. I don’t like that idea best, but it seems like the easiest way for them to play this out. And I do feel like they are going for easy sometimes here, instead of the same effort that went into earlier seasons. But maybe I’m just jaded. :) But your 2nd triangle idea at least gives Ted something to do/reflect on beyond him just being weird about Barney and Robin’s wedding. I’ve seen enough of Ted panicking about life changes, I’m ready for him to actually do something. I just found something very interesting Im pretty sure I saw a comment somewhere here regarding the purse the Bump Girl has being similar to the one the girl aka “The Mother” has when she gets out of the cab in season 8 episode 1 Farhampton.. But get this looking closer at the pic from the purse from season 8 episode 1 Farhampton the one the girl has getting out of the cab is exactly the same as the one from season 7 episode 10 “Tick Tick Tick” if you pause the episode Tick Tick Tick from season 7 episode 10 at the 2 minute with 08 seconds mark you can see a purse that is exactly the same as the one from Farhampton idk maybe its nothing but you never know.. Now keep in mind that the episode I watched is 21minutes 35seconds long so if you watch a longer o shorter version of the same episode you might need to pause at a different point its right after Ted says Groova Palooza! I have both of the pics if youre interested! I would love to see pictures, please send them over! You can email them to me if that’s easier – Corina@CorinaWrites.com. Taxis are important in this show so you just may have something there! I have sent you the pics, both of them are screenshots i took from the episodes..the purse in the episode TickTickTick from season 7 belongs to Lily as she carries it with her when she goes to the concert with Ted and Marshall. Maybe its nothing maybe it is, what do you think? The fact that it is Lily’s purse throws me off, unless they somehow traded purses like they traded umbrellas. And there was a scene in season 1 when Robin thinks Ted is cheating on her (but it ends up being Barney as Ted Mosby, Architect) when she mentions stealing that girl’s purse. I’m going to think about this further for sure! What did you think about the purses, exactly the same huh? I remember that episode..now it could just be another accessory thats available for the show or maybe lily and her cross paths while shopping for purses..are we going crazy over this purse thing or is there really something there? regarding the “something old” episode its obviously clear robin is not the mother of the kids but what if the show is trying to show us how good ted and robin fit together and maybe they end up together because the mom the actual mom of the kids dies or something like that..i personally don’t like the idea of ted and robin together it is just too boring.. They do seem to be the exact same purse but I don’t know if that’s just because they both came from the show’s prop department? Like maybe they just have purses that they randomly pair with character’s outfits. I don’t like Ted and Robin together either – it is boring :) The episode you were talking about is actually from season 2..Robin gives the bouncer her purse in order to find out where that girl that Ted is with lives.Robin mad at loosing her purse tells lily shes gonna kick that girls ass and steal her purse. haha yes I love that episode and especially that moment. The way Robin says…and steal her purse! is just so early Robin badass, you know? haha yeaa…regarding the last episode “Something new” lily tells Ted that the one is out there somewhere in new York walking in “some boots that she (lily) could ask to wear sometime, and what happens we see Cristin Milioti walking in some boots, idk maybe theres a lily-mother connection thing there, and now the whole purse thing takes an important meaning.. Now it doesn’t really matter too me im just too excited we got to see her and shes really cute..I just want for season 9 to begin :)))) HIMYM Rocks!!! :))) sorry I cant stop smiling :)))) OMG!!! the mother reveal was awesome :)) Ted’s dream woman is basically a combination of Lily (his idea of the perfect wife, from what he has observed between her and Marshall), Robin (the independence and confidence that he is really attracted to), and his own mother (obligatory because we’re all trying to find or avoid our own parents in who we seek out as a partner). So far Cristin looks just like a combo of these women, and the character clues we have as of now fit the idea as well. To me she looks exactly how she should, you know? Have you by chance ever heard the Hannah theory ? This is the theory that the Captain’s daughter, Hannah Van Smoot, is another candidate for being the mother. Hannah was the daughter who apparently didn’t like Zoey ( which is understandable considering how underhanded and manipulative she can be) and asked that her father come alone on Thanksgiving. Zoey ( who might have been trying to make amends ) was planning on giving her a stuffed turkey doll, but as we all know, was not invited. She was briefly mentioned on the Blitzgiving episode. There are a few clues to the Van Smoot family in the show. For instance, Lily and Marshall were originally supposed to be married at the Van Smoot mansion. In addition, in the Robots vs Wrestlers episode, the snooty party they went to was for the “Van Smoot” party. I have also heard theories that Lily introduces the Captain to Marshall’s mom and they get married. So, if Ted marries Marshall’s stepsister, then they could truly be “bros” and calling them Aunt and Uncle would be more than simple pet names for good friends. Who knows, again the Hannah theory is just another silly theory out there. Might happen and it might not, but what a fun show to investigate such theories. I have heard of this theory, but I don’t think anyone has mentioned it recently. I guess it was disregarded when Ted and Zoey broke up, but now that Lily works for the captain there is new relevance. And you’re right, Van Smoot has been prominent throughout the entire series, so that could be a really interesting connection. I can’t, though, imagine Marshall’s mom with the Captain! I think she needs more of a man’s man, someone that can put away an entire Minnesota meal and then watch the Vikings game with her. Whereas the Captain is more into fancy art, his fancy boat, etc. I just can’t picture those two together, but hey, sometimes opposites do attract. It would be a surprise for sure, and I’m always interested in surprises! The Hannah Theory should be added on the list, though, so I will get to work on that. Thank you for bringing it up! Andnad says: The Hannah theory makes a lot of sense since the episode of Blitzgiving focused on acted and then Barney being the Blitz. Ted missed out on an opportunity to meet Hannah when he was the Blitz as when he was the Blitz is when Zoey realized Hannah was not coming for Thanksgiving. Hannah with a rich eccentric father may have the similar qualities as Robin that Ted has become familiar with. It also explains the strange reinstroductiom of the Captain this season as it did seem somewhat out of context, and ties in The snooty Van Smoot party and the previous tenant of the apartment. Also take a look at Robots vs Wrestlers and there is an actress named Brea Cola credited for the role “Hannah” at the party. Not to say this is the mother but another hint that the mother’s name and the connections relate to the mother being Hannah Van Smoot. George Van Smoot was introduced via Arthur Hobbs, Marhsall’s boss. We are then introduced to Zoey who crosses paths with Ted as we all know and mentions Hannah in the first place. There are references to the Van Smoot house, Jefferson Van Smoot and his party, the reintroduction of the captain and again interchanging with career paths of Lily and Marshall. Veeeeery interesting. There are so many connections to the Van Smoots that it has to tie together somehow. I was going to say that perhaps The Captain was invited to the wedding, and he brought his daughter as his date, but then I remembered the mother is (duh) the bass player. So it would have to be some overlapping connections there…but if any show could/would do that, it’s HIMYM, am I right? I’m becoming more and more intrigued by this idea! Thanks to all the commenters who have mentioned it. Must do more research and update ASAP… Yeah I agree that Marshall’s mom and the Captain might me a stretch. However a few episodes ago, I think it was the episode where they reintroduced the Captain, something caught my attention. It was the insistence of Marshall to drive theCaptain’s boat. He just couldn’t stop talking about it. So who knows, maybe Marshall’s mom also has a love for boating and she and the Captain bond over that shared interest and hobby. In addition, being with the Captain could finally give his mom the confidence she has been needing. I say this based on her interactions with Lily and the insecurity she seems to have because she feels she isn’t cosmopolitan and cultured. I don’t know. Maybe she even tags along with them to Italy to help Marshall out with Marvin. Again, this is just a theory. Who knows that will actually happen. Take a look at the picture of the kids above. On the shelves behind them to the right there is a boat. Maybe someone can check of this boat was in the Captain’s office. Also there are two wedding photos. Distinctively different. One I am guessing is the mother and Ted. The other has a groom wearing the same flower as Barney, meaning a picture from their wedding of where they met. There is also another picture that we assume is a family photo but it looks like potentially the mother on the right and robin on the left. I always thought the family photo was Ted, the mother, and the two kids. That’s what it looks like to me anyway. The wedding pictures are likely both from Ted’s wedding – it’s not uncommon to frame and display multiple shots from the most important day of your life, you know? But it also makes sense that Ted would display wedding pics of his best friends. It would be most true to his character (in my opinion) for him to have framed pictures of both M & L and B & R. The boat thing is interesting though! I’m really intrigued to see if/how boats and the captain play into things. Take a look again at the wedding photos. The veils and the positioning of them are different. Also the liquor decanters are the same ones that were in Zooey and the Captains apartment and in the Captains office. Also (not including the pilot episide) there are multiple pictures of the kids online captured from the show but there are subtleties and differences with the items on the shelves, how they are positioned and items added). The boat as I can tell and the two wedding photos have always been there. I am still trying to find more items. I have a post with a shot of the kids from every episode they appear in. The changes in background decor are really interesting, but someone on Reddit explained to me that they aren’t changed in a consistent way. They filmed all of those scenes in advance, so now I guess the one they use just has the kids reacting in the right way, regardless of what items are behind them. It’s all really interesting but also a little overwhelming (thus why I haven’t published it yet lol) Actually on your site you posted two good pictures as samples of what I was mentioning. One caption underneath the children in the pilot episode does not show the framed letter from Stella and the second wedding photo is obscured. The next photo comparing the letter behind the kids to the one in Stella’s home shows the letter behind the kids this time and a more of a reveal of the second wedding photo. I think this is strategically done for each season. As you know the mother has already been filmed with the children for the season finale and this was done in season two. The filming of the kids for expressions was done that season and also to capture the clues. I think the various objects in the background were designed to be both clues and red herrings, depending on how the show went. So that makes it hard to determine their significance. Maybe tonight will clarify? I hope so! Loved last night’s episode! She will inevitably be a mix between Lily and Robin, Lily being his confidante and edgy like Robin. Great choice! Also my thoughts on the background items on the shelf may be proving to unfold. Part of last night’s episode focused on the home and the empty shelves. We find out that the little red car on the shelf behind the kids in the future held Robin’s locket. Symbolic for Ted to keep this on the shelf. If he gives Robin the locket she will believe that is meant to marry Barney and Ted can let go, but for Ted it is a sign that is he is to facilitate and make this marriage happen. As for the Friday and 56 hours to the wedding, looks like we have a clue that something will happen to the pastor at the wedding. Barney can’t step in (as we know he is ordained) so they will go through with a symbolic ceremony and probably marry later in city hall. Wait what clues are there to something happening to the pastor? Not sure if I missed something there. The locket symbolizes Robin’s heart so well. She buried it when she was younger, and without it she lost her soft and sensitive side. She didn’t want to get hurt and being treated like a girl was too weird for her for a long time. Then Ted ends up with it, accidentially, and he can’t get over her for years and years. Now it’s time for him to pass the locket on to a man that she wants to give her heart to – Barney. That’s a good point about her feeling insecure and small town compared to Lily. They’ve always done such a good job balancing Lily’s insecurities at not being tall/conservative/Minnesotan enough for Marshall, and his mom’s insecurities at not being cultured, thinking she’s being replaced by Lily, etc. Anyway, now that she’s had her fling with Lily’s dad, I suppose anything is possible. And The Captain is certainly a step up from Mickey! I don’t think they’re actually going to Italy but if they do that’s a plausable scenario. The next episode I know Marshall is taking the baby to Minnesota for a family visit. Perhaps he talks her into coming with them ? Oh and when you are doing your boat research remember…Boats Boats Boats, BOOOOOAAAAATTTTSSSS :) That’s gonna be stuck in my head all day, and I don’t even mind! Boats! Now it is stuck in my head. One more thought. There is the comment above of a piece on the shelf that was located at Stella’s home. We know that Ted has not seen Stella in the series so far since she left with Tony to LA. How would Ted attain this? Here is another theory and the importance of Stella and the fate of the Universe. Ted was not meant to marry Stellla in his role in the Universe but reunite her with Tony Grafanello. Tony being indebted to Ted as we recall said his family was well connected and rich, landing Ted the job at the University. I suspect that family is the Van Smoot family. Tony’s mother is related into the family such as a sister to the Captain. We have already been introduced to a Jeffrrson Van Smoot why not another? The mother is either the sister or cousin of Tony. This may also tie in to the pictures from the Milk episode of the mystery date woman. One of the pictures depicts an older boy and younger girl whose faces are blocked out. Why block out the boy unless there is a connection through the boy on the show. Tony and Stella will be back in the picture and that is how Ted gets the artifact on his shelf. I’m not sure if the item seen in both Stella’s house and Future Ted’s house have to be the exact same thing. Meaning, perhaps Ted saw it at Stella’s, liked it, and bought his own. But that’s hard to say considering that it’s hard to read and could in fact be a personal memento. So it could go either way. I know originally it was placed as a clue to Stella being a potential mom but they could easily disregard it later on. Tony being related to the Van Smoots makes sense! I like that idea quite a bit. In terms of the missed date from Milk, all of the faces were blurred out, so it isn’t just the kids. I always thought they were maybe just what she or Ted imagined, but now I wonder if it is actually a picture of the mother and her own brother when they were younger. Or perhaps just friends of hers, idk. I have a theory given the latest episode. Maybe just maybe the mysterious woman ted meets is the mother of his kids but he isn’t with her. He could have a one night stand and the kids are twins. Or more realistically she is a surrogate mother for Ted and robins. Heres why: – Robin cant have kids – Would explain why a long story and unusual meeting would be explained to the kids, also the amazing story of how he finally gets with robin. – The Show hints at robin n barney not going through with it or could be unhappy if they do (maybe barney cheats on her?) I’m unsure wether i would want this to happen or not, Do you think it would make a great ending or a bit disappointing? Carter Bays would love us to hope it is Robin, but based on what future Ted calls Robin as Aunt Robin it is not. Next episode we will see that Robin gets her locket back either from her dad or Barney. The big change that they are alluding to is Ted officially moving out of the city into the completed house fortifying the separation of all the friends that each season hints at. This year we saw a return of Robots vs Wrestlers in the Time Traveller episode. It was strong that we were meeting the mother. But this is also a string indication and reminder by the writers to go back to the Robots vs Wrestlers episode from season 5. Watch it again. Opening shows Lily wearing yellow and then later purple when attending the party. The majority of the flowers at the party are yellow and purple and they are mainly lilies. We are reintroduced to a Van Smoot connection as well and the coincidence of the former occupant of the apartment leading them to the party. The building was the Alberta building (again noting a connection and similarity of the mother to Robin) and Ted again like in the St. Patrick episode not acting like himself. There is a dark haired girl in the episode, but I do not think this is the mother. The mother probably did attend this party after Ted left to see his doppelgänger. It is also this episode that he mentions the gang to go their separate ways but do attend every year for Robits vs Wrestlers. No one else attended this year because they were busy with their lives except Ted and the important part being the mother is still yet to come to attend with them. It will be the realization once Ted meets the mother who I am guessing is a Van Smoot relative that the wrestling match and this party will be the annual event every year for them. The most recent episode where Ted tells Robin to stop listening to the Universe and signs is the way that Ted can finally let go and the mother can be introduced. In all these seasons we see Ted relying on signs and the Universe, but he when he does this , he is trying to control the outcome instead of letting it unfold. Now that he can let it go, the mother can be introduced and his faith in the Universe and signs restored when we see next seasons how all these incidents play out and the near misses of meeting the mother as Ted kept reading signs but all the wrong ones. This will be confirmed as happening to have faith for the audience when Ribin gets her locket. As for Barney and Robin marrying, they will remain together, but there is a chance that they feel like staying as a couple without the overhang of the word marriage and will stil celebrate being together. I’ve long been a fan of the theory that the mother was attending Robots vs Wrestlers. It just makes sense, given her paintings of robots playing sports. And that could explain all the color symbolism in that particular episode. But a Van Smoot connection also makes sense given what we’ve seen. I just don’t know! I don’t see them going back to this party each year. Maybe Ted and the mother would go annually, but not the rest of the gang. I don’t think they would even be allowed back in after their hijinks! Everything you said about Ted and controlling the outcome instead of letting things unfold is so on point. I’ve been seeing this in my own life, actually, so I felt a connection to Ted in that moment. I love the idea of the universe bringing us what we need, but I’m always trying to control the who and how and what and where of it. I need to either let go of the idea of destiny playing a role, or accept that it’s largely out of my hands. I think – hope – that Barney will present the locket to Robin. If not, it should come from her dad. Either way, she’s decided this locket has symbolism, and I think she needs that final stamp of approval from the universe to calm her own insecurities. I wouldn’t be surprised if her and Barney do get divorced at some point, but still stay together. They aren’t the traditional type but they are so right for one another, you know? Maybe its worth comparing ted (Time travellers) and robins (bad crazy) rings to see if they are the same? Tricky part is that future Ted in Time Travelers was just current Ted’s imagination. So we can’t take anything of substance from him wearing a wedding ring in that scene, or Barney wearing a ring, because it’s just how Ted is thinking of it at the moment. NPH is so good at keeping his ring finger hidden in flash forward scenes that it is hard to tell! I would love it if Robin was the one Ted ended up with. I don’t think it’s likely, however, since there is so much evidence to the contrary. Honestly, it’s hardly our fault for thinking Robin and Ted will be together. The writers keep showing us over and over again that Ted understands Robin better than Barney does. And it just shouldn’t be like that if Barney and Robin are getting married. Plus, we’ve seen how everyone ends in up in the future EXCEPT Robin and Barney. I’ve always found that suspicious…. I’ve reluctantly come to accept the idea of Barney and Robin getting married, but I really don’t think they’ll go through with it. If all these heavy-handed hints being thrown at us mean anything, that is. I think the writers have leaned too heavily on the “mystery” of Robin and Barney getting married. This show was originally focused on one central mystery, but it’s been heavily diverted to the R & B mystery in the past couple seasons. I’m kinda bored of it. I would be much less bored if we didn’t play this Ted and Robin are into eachother again game every few episodes. I know that makes it somewhat true to life, but it also makes it repetative and effing boring as a sitcom after a while. Sometimes I wonder if they are just trying to mess with fans that still ship Ted and Robin together. They’ve told us since literally the very beginning that Robin isn’t the mother. So why would I care about the back and forth between her and Ted if I already know the final outcome? Yes, his initial pursuit of Robin and their subsequent relationship was important. But it feels like lazy writing to bring back the SAME scenario over and over again. I will say, though, that Ted rejecting Robin may be necessary at this point. If the mom is the “Milk” episode missed date, we have to remember that Ted initially rejected her in favor of pursuing Robin. Robin wasn’t a sure thing at all at that point, but Ted had faith and he went for it. So now I guess we need to see Ted rejecting Robin, but this time going on faith that the right woman is out there and he will find her. It would be perfectly coordinated if that character is the Mother, because it demonstrates how it took all of this time (I suppose all this time with and without Robin) for him to realize that he wants his Mrs. Right, and not just the woman that seems right but really isn’t. IDK, I could drive myself crazy with all this but at this point I better see some Ted shutting down Robin soon, so we all can move on! Yeah, totally! When I saw the ending of “Something Old”, I was like “No! No, no no, no, no! Ted, you cannot do this to me! No! No, no, no!” SOMETHING OLD SPOILERS ALERT! Buuuut, after the heat of the crap-one-more-episode-to-the-finale-still-no-answers shock, I started thinking about the ending of the episode… I do think it’s necessary for Ted and Robin to have a REAL closing. Because, you see… Robin was shaken by Ted, early in season 7, in “Symphony of Illumination”, but then, she closed the deal in “No Pressure”, and then she was shaken again this week in “Something Old”. The same for Ted, who was shaken in “No Pressure”, then closed the deal in “The Final Page”, then was shaken again in “Band or DJ”, I mean, I know it seems lazy writting, and I get why it may look that way (I’m sick of it as well!). But I think they’re trying to emphasize something they’ve already mentioned: Timing. As much as Barney and Robin’s timing to get together was never right (until it was), Ted and Robin’s timing to let each other go hasn’t been very good. They were never (for real), both, over each other at the same time, know what I mean? I think the wedding crisis is gonna seal the timing problems that this triangle still has. Besides, I think the “getting over Robin to be ready to meet somebody new” was always the story Carter and Bays were set up to tell… And, as the show was postponed, this story also had to be stretched, you know? Have you read this text in Reedit? http://www.reddit.com/r/HIMYM/comments/tnope/what_you_saw_tonight_all_makes_perfect_sense/ It says everything I think about the show! =) Anyway… The point of this episode was to seal the “Something Old” hanging between Ted and Robin. They love each other, but they’re not IN love with each other. And I think it’s the moment both of them will start seeing it, brighter than ever. And if one really thinks that Ted doesn’t believe in the universe anymore, they’re probably one of the fans who still root for Robin to be the Mother: they obviously don’t know this show. The rain was a symbolism for them, taking us back to “Come On”, where “the universe” helped Ted get Robin for the first time. And I think it means something, specially considering the rain that is to come, at Barney and Robin’s wedding. =) BTW, I thought it was awesome that L & M’s wedding episode names were “Something Borrowed” and “Something Blue”, and now B & R’s wedding episodes are “Something Old” and “Something New” I mean, it sucks that there are no related names left to Ted and Mother’s wedding, but anyway, awesome!! I also enjoyed the rain symbolism for the beginning and ending of Robin and Ted’s romantic relationship. Sometimes when I watch that ending I feel like Robin is hoping for a kiss, but Ted seems hesitant. Other times it seems like she is just gripping on to his hand the way you do when your world is shaken and you need a friend to be your rock. Ted has always been there for Robin as a friend – just like he’s always been there for all his friends – and I imagine he would be enormously comforting. So I agree that the last episode sealed that T & R are something old, and both will secure their something new in tonight’s episode. I can’t wait! do you think we’ll actually get to see who the mother is tonight, or will they just cliffhanger her info to next season’s premiere? In my opinion, we will get a glimpse of her face. She won’t say anything, we won’t know her name, I don’t know if we will even see Ted introduce himself to her, but I have a feeling we will at least see what she looks like. I’m thinking along those lines as well. Like perhaps it will seem really anticlimactic, but then next season we will discover all the ways that she connects with Ted. This could work for an unknown actress or someone really famous. For me, it was both ‘i wanna kiss you’ and ‘you’re my best friend’. That’s the big deal breaker for Ted and Robin. They’ve never been able to quite see the line between these two feelings. Specially Robin. Hey Tamiris, sorry for the late response! I completely agree that Ted and Robin seem incapable of acknowledging – or at least respecting – the line between those two concepts. Or maybe it makes more sense to say that they tend to disregard the third part that is important, which is the factor of wanting to share a life together. You can love someone as a friend, and want to kiss them all the time, but if you’re not looking for the same things then your future together is not too promising. AARGH that would make me so mad! Mainly because the writers have been so emphatic about Robin NOT being the mother, and it would really bother me if they made that into a technicality. I think Barney and Robin do get married – but that’s based on comments from the writers, and some of what they said has gone back and forth. I guess I will feel kinda betrayed if they do that to the fans…get us all involved in the mystery and then, whoops, it’s just Robin, haha. No. I will not be amused. It would make for a shocking ending though. Sorry, but I don’t think this is the case. In one episode, Ted says that Robin is many things but she was never a mother. To me that means that she is never a biological mother, adoptive mother or stepmother. There has been some debate on this…some people think that when Robin said “pole vaulter” she meant biological mother able to get pregnant and carry a child. Other people think this covers all versions of motherhood, including having adopted kids, using a surrogate, etc. I personally don’t think Robin is ever a mother in any form. I think her and Barney have an awesome life together, and they get their kid fix via Marvin (and any of his siblings, if any show up), and “Luke and Leia”. They seem like they would be happy with this limited degree of interaction. It’s still family, and they still get to babysit and play with the kids all the time, but they can also go home and drink Scotch and have crazy sex without worrying about waking up their own babies. Know what I mean? See I have to watch the episode again. I thought I remembered Ted talking to his kids and listing all of Robin’s accomplishments and all that she has become but he said that Robin was never a mother. Hmmmm, maybe I remembered it wrong. I also could be remembering it wrong so please let me know! Ok you are right. In Ted’s narration, Ted told his kids that Robin never becomes a ” pole vaulter ” but a famous journalist, a successful businesswoman, a world traveler and a bullfighter. I interpret this as Robin never being a mother, but it could mean she never has biological children. I interpret it as her never having been a mother in any sense as well. Plus that coordinates with how the kids drew pics of them spending time with Aunt Robin, so it works out. I’m so glad you mentioned this! not the point, i know – but ever since “symphony of illumination” i’m waiting for Robin’s trip to Spain. Old Ted even says “that’s a funny story, I’ll get to that one later” just like how at the end of season 2, Ted mentions all the places Robin traveled to, “even Japan for a little while”, and in early season 4, she does :) season 9 should have at least one story set in Europe.. i’m crossing my fingers! At this point I don’t have much faith that all the loose ends will be tied up. I think the writers are fine with leaving stuff like that up in the air. I, on the other hand, want to see every single thread resolved. It’s how I am, and I think the fans deserve to see everything they’ve been anticipating. Pingback: HIMYM Something New: And The Mother Is…. \| CorinaWrites Did you see the last episode? OMG While not the same actress as the girl he bumps into at the bar, she does have a strong resemblence. I personally think that it was the mother he bumped in to. I agree that it could be her! I’ve always wondered if they would use a different actress but still have her be the bump girl, the missed date, etc. The change in appearance could just be credited to Ted’s hazy memory. I’m going to do a whole post on that this week! OMG I KNOW! I’m hoping next season we get to know her and how her and Ted have almost crossed paths in the past… Oh my goodness. How awesome. She is adorable and how cute is it that she and Lily are the same size and can share boots. I know! Adorable, seriously. She seemed pretty short but I can’t quite tell if she actually is? she probably is on the shorter side, but oh well. I just thought she looked cute and already a good match for Ted looks wise. Oh yes, I think she’s a great match for Ted in terms of looks. It’s not a bad thing that she’s on the shorter side, it just surprised me. I guess I was assuming she would be taller, not that I have a real reason for doing so lol. Austin Snelling (@Austin_Snelling) says: I can’t wait to see your updates over the summer! Thanks, I will be busy protesting against the season 9 format and still proposing outrageous theories that might just be true! :) New theory… Her name is Robin, Barney and her get married, leading to Ted getting married to the original Robin. What a twist! Oh Jerome…no. It would be quite a twist, but no :) Sorry for being a stickler for dates and numbers, but i just gotta say – according to the finale, the wedding takes place on a Sunday – May 26th, 2013 – the 25th is Saturday. That’s the day Ted meets the love of his life. May 26th: The “International Mother’s Day” for the die-hard fans! :) also, i noticed the finale starts a week before the wedding, which is about the time when the original wedding band cancels and Ted runs into Cindy and her wife on the subway (“band or DJ?”). Barney says that all the wedding plans are done, so maybe the cancellation and Ted’s subsequent subway meeting occure just before! Five days later, the future Mrs. Mosby makes her way to Farhampton :D So that would mean their nuptials are at 8;00 pm Sunday May 26th. More than enough time for things to go awry at the wedding. according to my calculations the wedding starts at 6 pm that Sunday (Fri 10 AM = 56 hours –> Fri 6 PM = 48 hours) so yeah, plenty of time :) but enough time for a whole season?? will those 56 hours make the better part of season 9 ? Unfortunately yes, they will. What do you guys think about that? first, it might be a short season.. ? also, we might get the mother’s perspective too at the end! or maybe that could be a TV special! guess i’m just fantasizing… I know season 9 is going to be the first that isn’t chronological with its airing time, but i’m not protesting (yet!) – i’m putting my faith in the writers right now. this is probably the most important season for them, and even though things didn’t go 100% smoothly, i know they’re going to want to do this right – tying up 8 long years, telling the story they had set out to tell – i think and hope they’ll put everything they got into this one. fingers crossed!! and just think, this time next year it will be over, no more. a sad thought, to me anyway. I believe it has been confirmed that it will be a full season? I need to double check but that was part of my initial objection. A short season of maybe 5-10 episodes would possibly make sense all over one wedding weekend. A full season of 20-30 episodes on one wedding weekend feels like too much to me. I worry that the writers aren’t actually all that into season 9. They seemed to have a good stopping point planned for season 8 as the series finale, and it seems like being forced to stretch it out into another season may have been detrminental to their vision. But I don’t actually know them or what they’re thinking so I could be way off :) It is possible that they will do a bang up job of tying everything together across this weekend, but it will take tons of flash backs and forwards to satisfy me. It is important to me that I see Ted bond with the mother and see how they fall in love. Even if it’s love at first sight, there’s that wonderful honeymoon period where you’re so in synch with a new love and the world is so amazing. I’d like for Ted to experience that in a way that lets me see it! You’re right, though, this time next year I will be wishing for more episodes even if they are crappy. :) Apparently a crapload of things must go wrong at this wedding, to fill up an entire season! I’m hoping for flash forwards and flash backs but at this point I’m very distressed about how the wedding “weekend” is going to be handled. I was a little confused about how that scene with Ted on the subway fit in the timeline. I also don’t really understand how Robin was in NY the night before Ted’s wedding to Stella. How did she manage to get there from Japan when on the wedding day we see her debating catching a flight. I suppose the wedding weekend, if stretched over an entire season, could include a couple weekdays before and after. Like it starts on, idk, Friday night, and ends on Monday or Tuesday. i don’t think the night Robin got drunk was the night before Ted and Stella’s wedding, at least i don’t remember it being mentioned in the episode. Their wedding announcement was spontaneous – less than a week from the date itself, when Robin was already in Japan. but Ted and Stella got engaged months before that and spent the summer being engaged, so i think Robin’s freak-out was sometimes after, when she saw how serious they were, a little before she left for Japan. as for season 9 unfolding.. we’ll just have to wait for this Fall. the writers LOOOVE messing with timelines, so who knows what tricks they have up their sleeves? I think you must be right about the timing of Robin’s drunken pity party. Nothing else really makes sense. I’m sure however season 9 unfolds I will have a whole lot to say about it, so stay tuned everyone! John Eddy Egbert says: After reading all the theories, im surprised how much effort went to try and identify the mother. SPOILERS* the mother is Cristin Milioti * SPOILERS This article was posted almost a year and a half ago. I haven’t been able to update it this week because I’m dealing with some personal stuff. Thanks for being that guy, though. SPOILER Thanks :) It’s been a rough couple weeks but focusing on all this HIMYM drama is a great distraction! a fun distraction indeed! Corina, I enjoy your blog so much, and so many others as well – and hope you’re doing well! Thanks! It’s mostly just money worries that I’m dealing with. Obviously not having money is a huge problem, but I prefer these types of struggles over health issues, trouble with family, etc. So I’m just trying to be grateful for what I have :) Betrand-Russel says: I think a good explanation for the blurred-out face of the Milk-Girl in the 10 pictures is that Ted isn’t allowed to the face until he pays the 500$ to LoveSolutions (otherway he could perhabs identify the girl without paying). Or LoveSoultions doesn’t want to ruin the “First Moment” with showing both date-attentands pictures. Corina, you seem to know everything about HIMYM, what do you think about following: If we want to know which connection the mother and Ted have, we just have to figure out how Carter Bays met his wife Denise Cox and which connection the both had. We know that the character Ted is based on writer/producer Carter Bays. The other Producer Craig Thomas (=Marshall) is together with his wife (=Lilly) since freshman year, just like Marshall and Lilly! And we know that Ted’s Wife loves lilacs (S6DVD); if we check Coxs Twitter-Account: there are tons of lilcas! So we just have to figure out, which relation Bays and Cox had before their meeting and how they met. Unfortunately I couldn’t find a lot about her until now in the internet. :-( http://how-i-met-your-mother.wikia.com/wiki/How_I_Met_Your_Mother http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/04/craig_thomas.html * https://twitter.com/Denise_Cox That’s what I thought about the Milk pictures, but it still doesn’t explain a random picture of children that would be in her file. When he originally went to the matchmaker and tried to track down his almost match, I know he was able to see her name on the report that he stole. I don’t know if it included a picture? But in “Milk”, he must have paid for the info, because he is able to contact her, ask her out, arrange a date, and then cancel it. So he’s gotta know at the very least her first name and phone number. I don’t think Cristin Milioti resembles those pictures at all, but that still leaves room for the pics to be Ted’s mental pictures of her. It’s hard to think up a brand new face for someone that you’ve never seen before, you know? Like even right now I was thinking, hmm, can I imagine a hot guy that could be my soulmate? (Only for the purposes of getting in Ted’s head, of course…or not) Anyway, it’s super difficult to imagine a face out of the blue. It always ends up kinda blurry or just a composite of other faces of people you know, celebrities, etc. I read on Tumblr that your brain can’t dream of faces you’ve never seen before. I don’t know if it’s true but it would make sense for this scenario. As for Denise Cox, I have wondered the same thing myself! I’ve done some minor snooping online and couldn’t find much to work with either. It would be fascinating to find out how much of the love story was based in truth, and how much developed in the show. Nerak says: I watched an obscure HIMYM panel interview video on Amazon Prime this weekend. The panel was C&C and the cast and director. In real life season one had recently finished airing. One of the first things C&C disclose is the VERY importance of rain-then they stop themselves and say they probably shouldn’t say any more about it. Also, for any lingering Robin-Ted fans, they said from the inception (and they were close to the inception of the show at that point!) Robin and Ted were not going to wind up together-that part of the tension of show was us loving both of these characters but never seeing them get together. I need to go back and see each rain scene-esp. the most recent of Ted and Robin in the park looking for the locket … it would be nice to make a compilation of all the rain scenes! BTW, i’m re-watching the early season these days and looking back it’s very clear that Ted and Robin don’t work (aside from the obvious – revelation at the end of the pilot and the fact they want different things for theri futures). They love each other, and adore different traits about each other, but they’re not compatible. Not to sound overly simplistic, but for example Ted has this big nerdy part of him that Robin doesn’t really appreciate, not to mention the romantic side she’d say is “cheesy” – and Robin has these more independent, “masculine” traits and hobbies that Ted doesn’t really appreciate. She is also quite vain, similar to Barney in a lot of ways, and has a lot of quirks that only Barney “gets” or thinks are attractive – there are hints of that throughout all the seasons so you know these two are meant to be. I don’t know why i opened this up right now, but anyway – i feel almost like T&R have a very strong foundation to the relationship but are not compatible, whereas B&R are very compatible but have a shakier foundation, which is feeding Robin’s doubts about their future. I like the way you describe the relationships in terms of foundation. Sometimes a good foundation seems and feels like it should be enough, but it just isn’t. And sometimes a relationship with a shaky foundation somehow works better than one on solid ground. I think the show has done a great job of demonstrating Robin and Barney’s compatability all the way back to season one, and slowly building it up more as episodes passed. I guess that’s a foundation of sorts, right? Compilation of rainy episodes, coming right up: 01×22 – Come On 03×12 – No Tomorrow 04×22 – Right Place, Right Time 05×12 – Girls vs. Suits 07×09 – Disaster Averted 08×01 – Farhampton 08×23 – Something Old Feel free to add stuff, I may have forgotten sth! =) I wonder if snow scenes are similarly important? Then we could add in Three Days of Snow and…actually I don’t recall if there are other snow episodes. I know there must be but none are coming to mind. Also I believe it rained in “Swarley” but that may have just been a scene where Chloe the coffee shop girl was holding an umbrella. Tamiris says: I don’t think there was ever a strong link to snow in the show. it would be worth to take a look, though… But, see… practicly all the episodes we have strong clues about the mother include rain…in “Come On” and “Right Place, Right Time”, the clues are not clear, but I think the connection is clear – On he first one, Ted finally gets Robin, showing the link Robin and Ted still have on the day he meets the Mother; and on the second one, he gets the job that leads him to Cindy…. It might be worth to check snow episodes, I’ll tell you if I find anything! ;) You’re spot on with the rain scenes connecting to the mother. I don’t think my snow theory has legs :) Very interesting, especially since it was from so long ago! I wish more people would believe them about Ted and Robin though :) Corina, I was watching the Last scenes of Episode 24 and is Marshall waiting for Ted and Lily to pick him up at the airport or is he at a train station? Marshall could be the first one to meet the mother during the wedding weekend if they are both at the train station together. Not sure if New York airport is a train station hop away from Farhamton? Just a thought. Those who are hung up on Ted and Robin need to understand the relationship. Up until Ted starts Dating the Mother Robin is still Ted’s Closest female best friend. This bond has been outside the couple intimacy that they once shared. If I had an old girlfriend that was still involved in my life 1) My wife and I must be very secure in our relationship. I think Ted will be. 2) Robin must be a very close friend of the Mother as well. I think she will be because the Mother is very likable. 3)Something must change in Ted’s life to help him completely let go of the romantic notions he has towards Robin. I think that has happened for the most part. We are missing one thing. 4) Someone Ted can focus all his romantic interest into… Now we as the audience have seen her. In Band or DJ Ted will see her. We know the ending. That story is over. Ted will Love no one else the same way he will Love the Mother. I hope we get to that this season. I got the impression that Marshall is at the Minneapolis airport with his brother, but you are right, Marshall could be the first one to meet her. I think that Brenda is right, and Marshall is at the airport. But him traveling does indicate that he is likely to meet her first. I know nothing about New York geography, so I don’t know if it is logical that Marshall would use the train to get from the airport to Farhampton. BUT since Farhampton isn’t actually a real place, it could easily be made to work out. And I agree with everything you said about Robin. :) I also agree about hoping we get to see the relationship develop next season – it’s what I’ve been waiting for! I know. Everytime people mention Ted and Robin I feel like Regina George and want to say ” Ted and Robin isn’t going to happen. Stop trying to make Ted and Robin happen.” Ted and Robin are so not fetch! PS please link us to the video if you are able to? Coolboy892 says: Not sure if anyone else mentioned this, sorry if it has. Just wanted to see what others felt about this observation. This has to do with the “Ted or The Mother is dead” theory. Let me just start of by saying that I would hate for one of them to be dead, and there are also many good reasons for neither of them to be. That being said, on to my observation. So. This was the song played in Season 8 Episode 1, when The Mother is shown under her yellow umbrella (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMFWFhTFohk). As the name implies, it is a pretty deep song about a funeral. Something else that I found worth noting was how the “Farhampton” sign was shown, then a thunderstorm suddenly started and we fast forward to moments before Ted meets The Mother. The song choice, combined with the storm effect, really struck (see what I did there) me. Now this could mean nothing of course, but it is worth noting. Now. This was the song played in the Season 8 Finale, when we finally meet The Mother (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoLTPcD1S4Q). In the music video, the Father is reading his last will to his children. Two songs about death during 2 important points where we meet The Mother? Again, this could just be coincidence, but woah. Of course, there are many reasons that point to Ted and The Mother being alive in the future, which I hope is true, but I just wanted to put this out there and see what others felt. tl;dr: 2 songs were played when we met the mother, both were about death. The guys over at http://ted-mosby.com/ were talking about this recently as well. I’m not sure if they came to a consensus, though, because some were saying the songs weren’t really all that much about death, but the videos were. I think it’s really interesting symbolism regardless. It imparts a sense of finality and intrigue to the mother discovery, and that’s what the show is all about, right? promo season 9! It’s almost time… ani0227 says: the tracy theory probably isnt possible. barney hit on a blond dancer named tracey at the end of season 4 i believe in “the leap”. i doubt they would reuse the name. Barney told the girl he was the producer of the rockettes or something. I believe Barney also had a secretary named Tracy in season 1 or 2. So I agree that they’ve overused the name already and it isn’t likely to be The Mother’s name. Also when I look at her I do not see a Tracy. I see her as maybe: Erin, Laney, Caitlin, Becca, Mary, or Sara. I have no real logical basis for these though :) allisonsarah says: If it’s purple, someone’s gonna die. http://www.amazon.com/Its-Purple-Someones-Gonna-Die/dp/0240806883/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1378960579&sr=8-1&keywords=if+it%27s+purple+someone%27s+gonna+die No bueno! Pingback: It’s All Happening…HIMYM Season 9 Premier TONIGHT – Meet The Mother! \| CorinaWrites Pingback: HIMYM Season 9: Top 5 Predictions \| CorinaWrites I have something about the Carly theory and the C+C that is (supposedly) in Cindy’s room. (I say supposedly because I haven’t seen it, but I’m not very observant :) )Think to S6E1. The girl that Cindy is with and eventually marries is named Casey. That would be C+C. I don’t know if this holds any weight, but it’s a possibility. I am very observant and I’ve never spotted it, so I have my doubts as to whether it actually exists. That being said, though, it makes much more sense for it to be Casey. Good looking out! daneparker says: Epic article! I think her name will be Daisy by the way due to season 9 episode 20’s title ;) I thought that too, but then I thought it was too easy. So now I’m not sure. Someone on Reddit said that a daisy looks kinda like a yellow umbrella, so perhaps that will come into play? make money taking surveys says: Hello there! I could have sworn I’ve visited this site before but after looking at a few of the articles I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m certainly happy I stumbled upon it and I’ll be bookmarking it and checking back regularly! Pingback: Season 9, Episode 9: Platonish \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Episode 10: Mom and Dad \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Epiosde 11: Bedtime Stories \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Episode 12: Rehearsal Dinner \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Episode 13: Bass Player Wanted \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Remaining Plot Threads \| Ted-Mosby.com saulo lima lemos says: I believe she’s captain’s daugther. I can’t believe she’s milk girl because she can’t be in college in 2013 and also it’s likely impossilbe she and ted are the same age Pingback: Season 9, Episode 14: Slapsgiving 3 Slappointment in Slapmara \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: How I Met Your Mother Timeline: The Life of Ted \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Episode 15: Unpause \| Ted-Mosby.com Corina, go ahead and take Bump Girl off the list. Per Video just watched she is not The Mother. http://www.ign.com/videos/2014/01/24/how-i-met-your-mother-love-of-your-life nick letterese says: I think Daisy is the name of the umbrella. The mother has a strong connection to it, which is why she was so panicked when she lost it. And it’s yellow. I just don’t see them revealing the secret in an episode title ahead of time. Also I think it was just established that the name isn’t revealed until the last episode? Which occurs well after the Daisy episode. I really don’t know though! I have seen it suggested that Daisy is Robin’s mother and she shows up for the wedding. That would be an interesting development. you are probably right…i may be reading too much into it, this show is starting to make me crazy..i usually like to figure out the end before it happens… however on a side note, i have found out that the actress Mariangela Pagan is credited as “Mother” in the Rally episode. I know at this point it could mean anything from Ted’s wife in the future, just a mother that happens to be there or maybe even robins mother. thoughts? I rewatched the entire episode looking for this actress/character and couldn’t find anything. Did I miss something? Did anyone see her? I can only assume it’s someone from the Weekend at Barney’s wedding pictures. There were some randoms in there that I couldn’t quite identify. I will find some good size screen caps and do some analysis if possible! Pingback: What Are Your HIMYM Ending Predictions? \| Ted-Mosby.com UGHHH! This show is killing me. I figured out that she is the mother in the flash forward to 2016 and barney and robin wake up in Buenos Aires in 2016. Thank you for figuring that out – I don’t know why that didn’t occur to me! I wanted to post this as soon as possible and I hope I get a response from you soon before the show ends.. I can go ahead and confirm that the mother is indeed dead by 2030,, Here is why i believe/know this is true.. In the episode how your mother meet me,,we see things from the mothers perspective,,as the mother is the telling the story of all the close calls she had with Ted,,we see her tell those stories to who later would become her room-ate Cindy instead of her telling her kids like Ted does,,This happens twice first with her room-ate and then with Lois her last bf before Ted..HIMYM begins with Ted telling his kids,,”kids I’m going to tell you a story,,the story of how i met your mother” I would like to believe the mother would have started her story the same way ted does but she doesn’t,,why didn’t she? We could have easily seen a flash-forward in the how your mother met me episode but we didn’t,,crazy huh!! now in the last episode “Rally” we saw a flash-forward with the mother,,ted and the kids,,but the kids were very small meaning that probably the mother was only with them for a few years before she passed.. A.Too far off,not buying it B.Wow!! Spot On C.Stop! you are making me cry D.Interesting its a thinker E.Now i don’t know the meaning of life,,is red really red? I don’t think that your theory CONFIRMS that the mother is dead, but it does offer some good reasons why we could guess that. It seems like they are really playing up this angle, so avoiding having her narrate the episode – and avoiding scenes from 2030 where she is clearly alive – draw out the mystery. I can’t really emotionally process the concept of someone being dead so for this week I’m assuming it’s just a ruse. If she is dead I will absolutely own up to being wrong :) Girl says: She can’t be 28 in 2013 and born in 1994. Math doesn’t add up. You are correct about the math but I don’t know what this is in reference to. This post is so long and has so many comments it gets confusing! If there is a typo will you clarify so I can fix it please? Thank you! Thank you for all your work on this website. I’m on overdrive trying to make sense of what is known so far and predict what might happen. On Amazon Prime video there is this offering. It was filmed right after the wrap of the first season. Early on either C or C talks briefly about the importance of rain. I wonder if you compared the color theory and looked at the times it rained, if that would be even more telling? Think of all the major HIMYM relationship moments that happened in the rain. http://www.amazon.com/How-Met-Your-Mother-Creators/dp/B004EPS9UK I haven’t been able to find a solid connection between the color scheme and the rain, but it’s something I will absolutely look further into. That may just be my next project! Pingback: Season 9, Episode 21: Gary Blauman \| Ted-Mosby.com Pingback: Season 9, Episode 20: Daisy \| Ted-Mosby.com Remember the episode where Ted was suppose to fly to Chicago with Robin but didn’t because they were late and missed the flight.. Robin and Ted try too figure out why they missed the flight, and it turns out it was teds fault, because he found a penny on the train,,,well what if it was the mother that dropped the penny and that caused ted to stay and eventually meet wouldn’t that be AWESOME!!! The writers confirmed that they named her Penny after the episode “Lucky Penny”, and we have learned that both Ted and The Mother are into coins…so this is a viable theory for sure! We will find out shortly :) juicer recipes using beets says: I drop a comment when I like a post on a website oor if I have something to contribute to the conversation. Usually it’s triggered by the sincerness communicated in the post I browsed. And on this post HIMYM: The Mother Revealed, Theories Disproved & Clues To Still Possible Connections! \| CorinaWrites. I was actually moved enough to leave a thought ;) I do have 2 questions for you if you do not mind. 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__label__cc	0.52975	0.47025	Analysers (Continued from page 19) (Continued from page 19) High quality every step of the way As you would expect from any world-class manufacturing team; continuous improvement is relentless and ongoing. Under Kumar’s stewardship, ECOTECH is also taking the time to review, revise and implement enhanced systems and processes in manufacturing. Ensuring the highest level of quality is maintained from start to finish on every ECOTECH manufactured product is always top of mind. The actions that Kumar and the manufacturing team at ECOTECH have taken to not only meet but surpass the AS/NZS 4801:2001 and ISO 9001:2015 audit standards help demonstrate the professional pride taken in the quality of ECOTECH products, systems and processes to serve its customers. “ Ensuring the highest level of quality is maintained from start to finish on every ECOTECH manufactured product is always top of mind. ” ECOTECH has a strong commitment to developing and complying with safe work procedures, and considers the environmental expectations of its customers. Providing extensive training and awareness on health and safety hazards and impacts reduces risk in the communities ECOTECH operates in. To learn more about Health, Safety & Quality at ECOTECH please visit: www.ecotech.com/hse-management-systems TOGETHER 2019 Issue 7 Diwali Delight with Non Stop Air Quality Monitoring in Delhi by ACOEM ECOTECH India & ECOTECH Monitoring Solutions According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB): “As Delhi continued to grapple with rising air pollution, air quality dropped, and the Delhi pollution level slipped into the ‘very poor’ category on Diwali night.” NDTV.com reported that “a thick haze engulfed the city as people continued to burst firecrackers long after the deadline set by the supreme court.” Inspired by ACOEM Group’s new year “Stop Wishing, Start Doing” campaign, ACOEM ECOTECH India & ECOTECH Monitoring Solutions (EMS) took a lead role. In November 2018, while the population of India was engrossed in Diwali celebrations, EMS station operators and service engineers throughout India were available 24 / 7 to ensure uninterrupted operation of ECOTECH Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations (CAAQMS). Main picture: Some of the ACOEM ECOTECH India and ECOTECH Monitoring Solutions team. Diwali, also known as the festival of lights, is India’s biggest holiday. Celebrated in October or November, people in India and Nepal celebrate Diwali by setting off firecrackers, decorating their homes and enjoying sweet foods. Source: www. nationalgeographic.com/travel/ lists/seasonal/pictures-diwalicelebration/ (Continues on page 22) ecotech.com 21 Page 1 and 2: TOGETHER ECOTECH’S MAGAZINE ABOUT Page 3 and 4: Start-to-finish operation & mainten Page 5 and 6: OPEN SOPRA STERIA of Lyon & ACOEM - Page 7 and 8: Lights are on only when you’re ho Page 9 and 10: It has also worked with the Ministr Page 11 and 12: First NATA Accredited 01dB Calibrat Page 13 and 14: services can be conducted at one ti Page 15 and 16: One supplier for all your environme Page 17 and 18: V 2B Technologies Model 205 Ozone M Page 19: A clear vision supported by experie Page 23 and 24: ACOEM ECOTECH India and EMS made su Page 25 and 26: setup, comprehensive system health Page 27 and 28: Cause & origin of unidentifiable no	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418744
__label__wiki	0.597703	0.597703	Witnesses: Someone Threw Molotov Cocktail & Started Dallas Apartment FireDallas Fire Rescue officials are looking into the possibility a molotov cocktail was used to start a fire at an apartment complex in the southwest part of the city. Athens Continues Recovery & Festival Preps After Fertilizer Fire By Andrea Lucia May 30, 2014 at 6:30 pm Filed Under:Athens, Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion, Athens Texas, East Texas AG Service, evacuations, Fertilizer, fertilizer fire, fire, investigation (credit: CBSDFW.COM) ATHENS (CBSDFW.COM) – Home evacuations in Athens finally ended 24 hours after a fire at a fertilizer storage facility. Police are still guarding the downtown street block, where the Ag Services building erupted in flames Thursday afternoon. The city evacuated an estimated 300 homes, as well as the county square, where the annual Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion was scheduled to begin Friday. The festival, now in its 77th year, draws thousands of visitors to the city. Little Red Hayes, a professional fiddler from Jasper, has been attending since 1948, the year he met his wife at the festival. “Just brings back a lot of memories,” he said. He nearly missed this year, after suffering a heart attack while playing fiddle at church Sunday. “Didn’t have any breath, any heartbeat, any pulse, nothing,” he said. Hayes survived, checked out of the hospital Thursday, and drove to Athens, still hoping to play. The city, though, had postponed the festival over safety concerns. Fire Chief John McQueary explained that just a few hours before the fire the storage facility received 70 tons of ammonium nitrate. Seventy tons is twice the amount of ammonium nitrate that exploded at the West Fertilizer Company. Investigators are still trying to determine the cause and origin of the fire, and are treating the area as a potential crime scene, for now. Ag Services owner, Ken McGee, told investigators he left the building shortly after 5 p.m. Thursday. “Thirty minutes later we have a fire that’s shooting through the roof and has engulfed at least half or better of the structure. We consider any fire like that suspicious,” said McQueary. Nahum Rincon was at his family’s business across the street, when he saw the smoke coming from the plant. The 14-year-old said he remembered being warned, and ran when he saw smoke coming from the building. “I was scared,” he said. “I always hear people saying it’s kind of dangerous to have around the middle… well close to this part of the neighborhood.” Despite the blaze, evacuations and investigation – the show must go on. The Athens Old Fiddlers Reunion is back on for Saturday. [display-posts category=”news,sports” wrapper=”ul” posts_per_page=”5″] Top Trending: Cuban: 99 Percent Of Reaction Has Been Positive Fight Illness With Fist-Bumps Over Handshakes ‘White-Eye’ Photos May Indicate Rare Cancer In Kids Dallas Center Offers ‘Thigh Gap’ Therapy Houston Authorities Searching For Serial Defecator PHOTOS: Your Pet Pictures Andrea Lucia More from Andrea Lucia	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418759
__label__cc	0.523694	0.476306	Two Men Arrested In Connection To Multiple K2 Overdoses In Dallas By Austin York January 27, 2016 at 4:19 pm Filed Under:Cannabinoids, k2 Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook \| Twitter DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Two men were arrested in connection the recent rash of synthetic cannabinoid, also known as K2, overdoses concentrated in the downtown Dallas area. Martin Zamora, 22, and Dominick Harrell, 26, were arrested for the 1st Degree Felony of Delivery of a Controlled Substance. DPD Deputy Chief Narcotics/Vice Division, Vernon Hale said the two were nabbed following an undercover operation. The first positive lab results were returned Tuesday for narcotics that were seized during the Dallas Police Narcotics operations. “We were able to identify some of the primary dealers, who appear to be targeting youth and the transient population in the downtown area,” said Hale. They both have a $100,000 bond. Dallas police said they believe the arrests are the first Felony K2-Delivery cases in Dallas County. Dallas Fire Rescue responded to more than 200 drug overdose calls for synthetic drugs such as K2 and Spice in the downtown Dallas area since December of 2015. The data was collected starting on December 1 and officials said the numbers continue to grow in 2016. “The dangers are enhanced because dosages of the actual chemical substances vary greatly in every single package that you see,” said Hale. “In high dosages and mixtures, K2 has caused sickness, organ damage brain damage and even death in some cases.” Synthetic cannabinoids are routinely known as “K2,” “Spice,” “fake pot,” “herbal incense,” “potpourri,” “air freshener,” “aroma therapy products”, etc. Our experience has shown us that high dosages and mixtures of synthetic cannabinoids have caused sickness, organ damage, brain damage and even death. The dangers of synthetic cannabinoids are enhanced because dosages of the actual chemical substance vary greatly in any given package. Unknown ingredients and cocktails of drugs are reportedly often mixed, and there is no regulation or consistency in the manufacturing process.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418760
__label__wiki	0.85732	0.85732	Longtime Dallas Cowboys LB Dave Edwards Dies At 76 Filed Under:Dallas Cowboys, Dave Edwards, Football, Lake Whitney, NFL, Texas (credit: Getty Images) Follow The Fan: Facebook \| Twitter LAKE WHITNEY (AP) – Former Dallas Cowboys linebacker Dave Edwards has died. He was 76. Edwards’ brother, Tim Edwards, tells The Associated Press that Dave Edwards died in his sleep Monday night at his home near Lake Whitney. Tim Edwards says his brother was recently diagnosed with a heart condition and was set to undergo surgery this week. Edwards played for 12 seasons in Dallas from 1963 to 1975 and was a key cog in the Cowboys defense. He won one Super Bowl with the team and played in two others. Before coming to Dallas, the Alabama native was an all-SEC linebacker at Auburn. (© Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418761
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__label__cc	0.734795	0.265205	Dublin Global Gateway O'Connell House 58 Merrion Square dublin@nd.edu Directions to O’Connell House from Dublin International Airport O’Connell House is within easy reach of the airport by public transport, notably Aircoach and the Airlink Number 757 Bus. Walk through the arrivals terminal and follow the signs for the exit to car parks and Aircoach/Airlink. Airlink 757 stops at Westland Row (convenient for Trinity College) and Merrion Square (convenient for O’Connell House which is at 58 Merrion Square South). On Aircoach, the Kildare Street stop on Route 700 and the Schoolhouse Hotel stop on Routes 702 and 703 are both less than a ten-minute walk to O’Connell House. Tickets can be purchased from the driver. See www.aircoach.ie for more information. Dublin Global Gateway O'Connell House, 58 Merrion Square, Dublin 2 Ireland Phone +353 1 611 0611 dublin@nd.edu	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418763
__label__wiki	0.880706	0.880706	About Page Test Our Story 3 Shop Test Dynamic Tape was developed by Australian Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Ryan Kendrick BPhty, MPhtySt. and Swedish Physiotherapist, Ylva Kendrick BSc(Physio). Ryan was awarded both of his degrees at the University of Queensland under the expert guidance of respected leaders in the field such as Professors Gwendolyn Jull, Carolyn Richardson, Paul Hodges, Michelle Sterling and Bill Vicenzino. Ryan’s clinical experience was divided between professional athletes and private musculoskeletal physiotherapy practice. He has worked as Physiotherapist to tennis player Greg Rusedski, former world number four and US Open finalist as part of the ‘Dream Team’ assembled by Pat Cash to resurrect Rusedski’s career after a series of injuries saw him drop from four in the world to 73, with the tennis press writing his career off as a result. With a strong emphasis on rebuilding his game to reduce load on his body while improving performance along with a rehabilitation program to improve his body’s ability to withstand such load (fastest serve in the world at the time), Greg returned to his winning ways, climbing up the rankings and winning several more ATP tournaments during the remainder of his career which lasted another seven years. Ryan also spent several years at Essex County Cricket Club and has worked with European Tour Golfers and many Olympic and Commonwealth Games athletes, most recently with the Bronze medal winning Vanuatu Beach Volleyball women. Ryan has also been a clinical tutor in Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy on the Griffith University programme. Tissues don’t fail because of pain, they fail because of load. Aware that many of the conditions presenting in clinical practice were a result of overuse or more correctly overload, Ryanrecognised that current taping products were ineffective at absorbing load or contributing energy to reduce the workload of the musculotendinous unit. They were also ineffective at modifying the biomechanics whilst still permitting the full range of motion necessary to perform the complex skills required in many athletic pursuits. At the same time, Ylva who graduated from Umeå University whose work centred on complex paediatric and neurological physiotherapy recognised the benefits of taping in this way to improve mobility and function in this population. After several years of development to address the limitations of existing taping products, Dynamic Tape was launched commercially in 2010. It is an adjunctive clinical tool in the management of muscle strains and ligament sprains, overuse and biomechanical injuries like achilles and patellar tendinopathy, plantar fasciitis, rotator cuff pathology, tennis elbow, shin splints etc. but also equally applicable in Paediatrics, Neurology, Hand Therapy and even in Respiratory care.* Due to the clinical effectiveness, in the first twelve months alone distribution expanded from Australia to include New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, UK, Germany, Czech Republic, Ireland, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Belgium, Netherlands, South Africa and continues to grow rapidly now reaching almost fifty countries with a network of highly qualified instructors from Physiotherapy, Athletic Training, Chiropractic, Hand Therapy, Registered Massage Therapy, Medicine and Veterinary disciplines. *visit the About Dynamic Tape page to learn how Dynamic Tape may influence various conditions. 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__label__cc	0.738172	0.261828	You are here: Home / Commentary / Alarming that Huntsville placed in the bottom 12 per cent of communities in Canada \| Commentary By Doppler Submitted On January 10, 2020 Commentary By Paul Whillans “Oh, would some power the gift give us, to see ourselves as others see us.” ~Robert Burns, 1786 The longer one lives in a community the more difficult it becomes to be objective about that community. We live our lives with the same friends and family, often with the same routine—year in and year out. It all becomes so familiar. I think that it is often useful to try and imagine how others see us. To that end, this past summer Environics Analytics and Maclean’s magazine published an analysis of the Best Communities in Canada 2019. They looked at the 415 most populous communities (a community was a Stats Canada “census subdivision”) in the ten provinces of Canada. They then ranked communities based on the following ten categories (weighting towards overall score in brackets): 1. Wealth and Economy (20 per cent); 2. Affordability (20 per cent); 3. Demographics (six per cent); 4. Taxes (seven per cent); 5. Commute (10 per cent); 6. Crime (seven per cent) 7. Weather (10 per cent); 8. Health (11 per cent): 9. Amenities (2.5 per cent) 10. Culture and Community (five per cent). As the authors note, the whole idea of what is a “best community” will vary from person to person. I, for example, would not have weighted “Weather” so highly… but that is me. So, we can all quibble (or even argue vociferously) about this study. But what makes this so compelling is: • It is absolutely unique to have a “national” comparison of such a small community as Huntsville. In and of itself that makes the result noteworthy; and • Maclean’s magazine has readership of 2.4 million. So, 2.4 million people may have this opinion of Huntsville. Huntsville was ranked the 367th Best Community in Canada. This places Huntsville in the bottom 12 per cent of communities in Canada. I have committed to myself not to editorialize on this article. But to say that I found this result shocking would be an understatement. Whether one disagrees in whole or in part with the methodology of the study, it bears consideration. To be publicly named one of the worst communities in all of Canada should start a conversation throughout the community and especially at the level of the local government. As I move to look at the reasons for such a poor showing I will provide scores for Huntsville, and for comparison, the scores of our sister communities in Muskoka (Bracebridge and Gravenhurst) and for the six communities in Ontario which are most similar in population (Owen Sound, Wasaga Beach, Essex, Cobourg, Thorold and Port Colborne). For example, the overall scores were: Best Community in Canada Ranking The take-away from this table is twofold. The Muskoka region has itself some structural problems. And secondly, the size of the community is not a barrier to “success”. There are clearly best practices out there that create “best communities” Factor 1: Wealth and Economy The Wealth and Economy Factor is heavily weighted, comprising 20 per cent of the total score. It is comprised of local unemployment rates, household income and average household wealth. On the Wealth and Economy Factor, Huntsville ranked 331, or in the bottom 21 per cent in all of Canada. Factor 2: Affordability Again, the Affordability Factor is heavily weighted to comprise another 20 per cent of the overall ranking. It is comprised of rent affordability, home affordability, average value of a house and discretionary spending. On the Affordability Factor, Huntsville ranked 287, or in the bottom 31 per cent in all of Canada. Factor 3: Demographics The name of the third factor is somewhat misleading. Factor 3 is entirely about five-year population growth. The greater the growth the more points on this factor. On Demographics/Population Growth, Huntsville ranked 224, placing it just about halfway through list of Canadian communities. Factor 4: Taxes In a category that most adults are interested in, Factor 4 tracks a range of taxes. Included in this category are provincial sales tax, provincial income tax (remember this was a national study) and local property tax. Huntsville’s score against the rest of Canadian communities ranked it 133, to place it in the top third of Canadian communities. Significantly of note, taxes and health care were the best placements of the 10 factors. Factor 5: Commute Probably due to the nature of our small town, Factor 5 seems to be over-weighted in this analysis (garnering a full 10 per cent of the weighting). Communities received points in this category for the percentage of people who walk, bicycle or take public transit to work. On the Commute Factor, Huntsville ranked 337 across Canadian communities placing it in the bottom 20 per cent. Factor 6: Crime I would imagine that everyone would agree that Factor 6, Crime, goes a long way to define the quality of a community. This factor is based on the five-year average of the crime severity index for the police service covering each community. The lower, the better. On Crime, Huntsville ranked in the top 35 per cent of Canadian communities with a ranking at 146 out of the 415. Factor 7: Weather While I suppose some seek out communities with the “best weather”, as it is not a factor that anyone can do anything about, I think that this is over-weighted. Compounding my skepticism, Huntsville ranked 330 in the weather category, to place it in the bottom eight per cent in all of Canada. (For those interested, without the weather factor, Huntsville’s overall ranking rises from 367 to 347; the latter still in the bottom 20 per cent across Canada.) Factor 8: Health In light of current discussions around future local health care provision, Factor 8 provides for an interesting view of how health care is provided in Canada. This is a largely objective measure including doctors (family and specialists) per 100,000 population, proximity to a hospital and wait times. Huntsville ranked a decent 110 in all of Canada placing it in the top 25 per cent of Canadian communities. Factor 9: Amenities Factor 9 is kind of a catchall. Points are awarded for locations near a college or university, having a movie theatre in town and the number of restaurants per capita. (Mercifully, Amenities is not a very heavily weighted factor in the overall “Best Community” score.) On Amenities, Huntsville ranked 251 to place it just lower than the midpoint of the listed communities. Factor 10: Culture and Community The last factor used to create the overall “Best Community” score is really about arts, culture and community involvement. This again is a factor that only contributes 5 per cent towards the overall score. I am sure that there are many who would favour a higher weighting, but probably just as many who would disagree. Huntsville placed in the top third of Canadian communities with an absolute ranking of 127 on Culture and Community. While the Environics Analytics/Maclean’s “Best Community” study is certainly not flattering to Huntsville (nor indeed all of Muskoka); and while the study may not be as rigorous as one may want, the results provided bear serious consideration. Firstly, it’s rare for a small city to be able to objectively compare itself to its peers across Canada. Secondly, it is what 2.4 million Canadians have read about Huntsville. Council and all community leaders need to consider what it means to be ranked in the bottom 12 per cent of all Canadian communities. There are, after all, local solutions to the problems that this study suggests. We see other communities which are very similar (e.g. Wasaga Beach) using “better practices” to create “better communities”. My read of the data suggests that after the boom years of 20 years ago, growth is stalling in Muskoka (probably capped by the issue of affordability). Perhaps Huntsville needs to be more focussed and strategic in addressing these issues. (It is insufficient to simply write a Strategic Plan.) Whatever the cause of these results and whatever the ultimate solutions, nothing happens without acknowledging and discussing the findings. Paul Whillans, BSc, MASc, MStat, is a former government statistician and executive. wendy j brown says Most of the points on this list of the places I’ve lived or been around I disagree with. Wasaga beach you can’t tell me has a small amount of crime to justify the number they recieved, and it’s not exactly a cultural landmark either. Bracebridge shouldn’t come in higher on a lot of the items than huntsville either, the demographics I’m not sure I believe, and affordability same thing the rents are obscene in both towns and as for the culture and community I find that very insulting . I think this needs some work or perhaps some facts that show how they got these answers. Because I don’t believe it. Paul Whillans says Wendy…..What I have found appealing about this study is that all the scores are based on objective and published statistics…..so for example, all the crime statistics come from Stats Canada’s Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics and are collected by every police force in Canada in exactly the same manner. And all statistics and methodology are available in the Maclean’s article. I certainly agree that this is not a “perfect” study but it does mean something, given how poorly Muskoka (in general) places. Craig Nakamoto says I used to respect Macleans decades ago, but it seems that much of what they publish now is what I would call ‘clickbait’. These assessments started with universities. Of course everyone wants to know what the “best” universities are, but is that even a fair statement? Despite the fact that my own alma mater was at the top of the list most years, I was disturbed by the simplistic approach to the statistics and influence these articles have on the general population. I am also disturbed by how popular Macleans is. Obviously the formula is working, but at what cost? Surely they could spend their time on more useful reporting. I welcome articles or studies that look at the pros and cons of Canadian institutions or places, but there is no need to create overall rankings – which spark controversy (and build readership). There is a lot more to any town or city than a dozen rough statistics. How about a survey that looks at how happy people are with their town? I wonder what that would look like. I reported this not because I have either a strong opinion about Macleans; Environics Analytics or the absolute merits of ranking everything. For example, I do understand that the real world difference between being ranked 25th and say even 40th may not be noticeable. But I have looked at the measurements used and I can tell you, that it would be wrong to write this off with some “soft” excuse when the town is ranked in the bottom 12% across Canada. This is obvious a real thing and should spawn real questions. Susan Godfrey says Interesting to note our higher standing regarding access to health care; confirms the argument for having two acute care hospitals. As far as the affordability issue, we, as Muskokan’s, have realized for a very long time that the housing and it’s affordability have not been followed based on the Strategic Plan..sorry to say. There was a remarkable consultant’s report (Starr Group) in 2002 to the District. (In my past, I have seen a lot of truly crappy consultants who take the money and parrot back what the hiring agency wants to hear). In 2002, they predicted the slowing of growth in Muskoka and the impending affordability crisis ( in my mind these were tough forecasts to make). The Starr Group made a series of recommendations to the District and to the towns to mitigate the impending affordability crisis. As near as I can tell not one recommendation was adopted. Or, certainly they aren’t implemented today. Jim Logagianes says Unlike Hugh, I am not surprised by the results of this survey. The disparity between regions has always been a problem in Ontario ,especially in the North where populations are declining. Based on this study there are several communities in Ontario that have advantages and access to better services than we have in Muskoka according to the ratings. It’s very apparent that cost plays a factor in this analysis. What a great opportunity to see how we compare to other communities in the province. It would be nice to see comparisons in property tax rates across the province.. Which municipalities in Ontario run the most efficiently? The Province has been downloading additional costs and responsibilities onto the District of Muskoka since it’s creation. They include social assistance, policing, and affordable housing just to name a few. Is this the real reason why we now have District Government in Muskoka? This model does not provide services to the region in a balanced and cost effective manner as we have all witnessed. This article reinforces the need for political reform in Muskoka. Our current structure with District and Municipal oversight has restricted Muskoka area municipalities from maintaining infrastructure needs, sewage treatment, roads, water and sewer and public transit. If the cost of maintaining two levels of Government in Muskoka is sustainable, why are we having such a hard time funding all these infrastructure projects that are community depends on. These problems exist throughout Muskoka as the demand for services is at and all time high. Our antiquated sewage treatment plant in Huntsville is a good example of the Districts inability to address Huntsvilles infrastructure needs as it’s population increases. The cost of running the District of Muskoka and all of its municipalities has limited our ability to address the shortcomings in infrastructure throughout the District. We have antiquated health facilities that are years from breaking ground. We lack the services needed for the elderly moving to the area .We are not prepared for the multitude of issues facing everyone throughout the District. With more people moving here the impact on current services will be significant, and they are already stretched to the limit. We have to travel to large urban centres for specialized services. But the elephant in the closet is our unaffordable housing problem in Muskoka. As the cost of housing and taxes escalate in this area encouraging the younger generation to move here or remain here becomes very difficult. Unless you expect them to live at home for their whole adult life. And if the District attempts to address affordable housing through more subsidies are taxes will increase significantly in the Muskoka Region but will are services improve? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result may not be the best option moving forward. Bill Beatty says Jimmy , Hugh didn’t pen this!!!!……… The suggestion that Wasaga Beach is a better Community than Huntsville is Ludicrous ! How does Port Sydney , A Distinct Society , measure up Port Sydney was not measured as only the 415 Census subcensus communities in Canada were measured In fact that is why I have highlighted Wasaga Beach as a comparable. It is in almost every way similar Huntsville but performed remarkably well Indeed, Timmons, Tillsonburg, Cochrane all performed significantly better than Muskoka. No, you are absolutely wrong, resources, size etc played no role in this survey result. Waldi Frankiewicz says Such statistics produced by newspapers or magazines are commissioned by specific individuals or groups.In all of Canada’s provinces we have a lobby of people building houses, apartments, commercial and industrial buildings.The second powerful lobby is the groups associated with the sale of houses, apartments, commercial buildings, etc.The third place is occupied by lobbies dealing with renting houses, apartments, commercial buildings etc.The commissioned statistics do not have to reflect reality. Their aim is to suggest us where it is best to invest our money or move permanently to take full advantage of the benefits of cities or towns. The places that we are suggested are the places where these groups achieve the highest income.When Brampton and then Milton were built many years ago, these places gained the inspiration to be attractive. Every day, the newspapers were paying a lot of attention to them praising their architecture.Easy access to Toronto, etc.Today, we are offered places to live on route 400 from Toronto to Orillia. In a dozen or so years they will be offering us places to live along route 11 from Orillia to Huntsville.We can’t be fooled. We have chosen or our parents have chosen Huntsville as the right place to live, so let us live in this town and be happy that fate has given us perhaps the only chance to live in one of the most beautiful places on earth. Of course, the results of this incredibly skewed survey are no surprise: Assigning 40% to wealth, economy and affordability torpedoes central/northern communities right off the bat. Why is there no category for environment? Any time I approach Thorold, I start to gag on the foul air. And how was weather evaluated? I assume that maximum scores were given to communities with one season, rather than four. I appreciate the fact that we’re a designated arts destination, and that our healthcare is outstanding. In fact, if I valued this survey at all, I would update it by arbitrarily assigning 10% to each category. Other than knowing that our ranking would improve; I think that would give a strong signal regarding its subjectivity. Irena Van Hoof says Essex 65th? I lived there in the 70’s and couldn’t wait to leave there. The weather 12th? If you like hot and humid summers and wet winters. I doubt you could live there without an air conditioner. Must have been some amazing changes in the last few decades. Eva Berend says Culture and community get 5% -really? Huntsville’s library rated in the top 6 in Canada. They have Algonquin theatre, colleges, and all the buildings look magnificent with painting of the Group of Seven. The place hosts the Ironman and so many other venues. People are flocking there. It’s true the taxes are wonky, and maybe the infrastructure and green energy programs could be updated, but it’s a remarkable, friendly and beautiful place to live and shop, and if you are lucky, to work. This is a skewed study. brian tapley says I read an interesting comment in a book about the issues of climate change the other day. They say part of the problem is a lack of community perspective. They try to explain this by pointing out that not many people still live in the community where their parents are buried. In short we move too much. We search for an “immediate” gain and solution and in so doing we overlook or bypass the possibilities of improving our home area. Simply because that area, in many cases, is not our home, it is just a place to temporarily live and work and we fully plan to move to something that better fits our desires as soon as we can. I don’t know if this kind of analysis has any bearing on a berg like Huntsville. I thought we had a lot of local, long term family history here so maybe this idea I read of is all whooy! What I do know is for God’s sake don’t point out to the local governments that we are pretty good for taxes or they will screw this up in short order for sure! David Harrison says I just read a report, based on moving statistics produced by a national truck rental company, Huntsville moved up to 24th spot for all of Canada. Dave Wilkin says Thanks for publishing this Paul, it is important for Muskoka residents to know about it. It should prompt more discussion, and hopefully better inform/influence Municipal/District government decision making. The more I think about their scoring system, both weighting and criteria, the more skewed it seems, as many of the comments here point out. Here are my thoughts. First, I have lived in 8 different city’s/towns, including in different USA locations. I can say this, Huntsville is at or near the top of my list. What their system scores and how it weights things does not necessarily correlated well to what makes a community most livable and enjoyable. For me, that requires a safe, clean, healthy & active, friendly, supportive community (obviously some of this is much harder to measure). On these measures, Huntsville does quite well. Wealth, economics and growth, at 26% of the score, seems over-weighted. That likely explains why S. Ontario has 9 of the top 10 in Maclean’s list. I have lived in some of the wealthiest and highest growth urban areas, including Dallas Texas and many GTA locations. Overall quality of life, in many respects, were lower than in Huntsville. Obviously, phase of life is important, as families need employment, and most/best job opportunities reside in the large urban centers. That said, there are obvious things we can focus on to improve. Topping that list would be more affordable housing and more job opportunities for all seeking employment (which means more economic growth). On the flip side, ensuring those things that we scored better on need to be maintained: taxes and health care services. As Paul points out, we are in the top 25% on health care services, top 1/3rd on taxes. This should not be compromised. As pointed out, it needs to be understood in context of how it impacts our future hospital plans, and why the debate around what the local community can afford (tax-wise) for future hospital capital spending is so critical. 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__label__wiki	0.698057	0.698057	Tag Archives: Henry Percy Path to St. Peter ad Vincula Part VII – E Posted on February 9, 2015 by jodmcp Although as Queen, Anne expected strict moral behavior from her women and was well known for performing charitable works — even making garments for the poor herself, she could never overcome the reputation of a calculating flirt. Anne played the game. She became the “finished coquette, playing fast and loose, hot and cold, as Henry appeared more or less urgent and enamored.” She also encouraged the addresses of Wyatt and “inflamed Henry’s passions to the height of jealous fury” (Herbert, Henry 340). Anne was indeed playing with fire as most of her contemporaries would not have appreciated nor accepted the idea of a young, unmarried girl flirting with married men. She was tarnishing her reputation to such a degree that in 1536 it was easy for most people to accept her guilty of the licentious behavior she was accused of committing. Many never questioned it because she had spent her formative years in France and everyone knew what had happened there. When she was “sent to France; where also she behav’d her self so licentiously, that she was vulgarly call’d the Hackney of England, till being adopted to that Kings Familiarity, she was termed his mule” (Herbert, Edward 286-287). Upon her return from France, Lord Percy expressed an interest in Anne “but Misstris Bolen, whether she were ignorant, as yet, how much the King loved her, or howsoever had rather be that Lords Wife, than a Kings Misstris, took very ill of the Cardinal this his unreasonable Interruption of her Marriage” (Herbert, Edward 286). Therefore, Anne was all set to marry Henry Percy but for the intervention of Cardinal Wolsey whom she never did forget nor forgive. Why would she not have preferred to be the wife of Lord Percy or any other gentlemen rather than the King’s mistress? This blogger must concede that from the time period in which she lived, Anne relinquishing her honor to Henry before their marriage would have been viewed as wanton. Even her Protestant supporters would have been shocked by her behavior. We can surmise that Anne did not spend six years balancing the King’s passion for her with her chastity to casually surrender one of her most valuable assets. She has been defended that “up to this time, Anne’s conduct was irreproachable, and it is unmanly, as well as unjust, to attribute baseness, where no baseness is shown” (Herbert, Henry 338). Both she and Henry had to have been pretty certain that his divorce from Katherine was imminent before they committed to a physical relationship. This action though would taint her image and encourage gossip. Henry Percy, 6th Earl of Northumberland Carlo Capello, the Venetian Ambassador to England, wrote to his superiors a description of Anne Boleyn in late October of 1532, close to the time Henry and Anne’s relationship changed. “Madam Anne is not one of the handsomest women in the world; she is of middling stature, swarthy complexion, long neck, wide mouth, bosom not much raised, and in fact has nothing but the English King’s great appetite, and her eyes, which are black and beautiful” (Brown IV 824). Lancelot de Carle, later the Bishop of Riez, said Anne’s eyes were her most attractive feature “always most attractive which she knew well now to use with effect. Sometimes leaving them at rest and at others, sending a message to carry the secret witness of the heart. And, truth to tell, such was their power that many surrendered to their obedience” (Riehl 24). Modern language would refer to her as having star-power or charisma which was unsettling to people and affected her reputation. Even one of her greatest distracters acknowledged that she was “amusing in her ways” (Sander 25). Nothing less would have kept a man like Henry enthralled and enamored with only her eyes to credit for it. Anne certainly knew how to make the most of herself. “She was the model and the mirror of those who were at court, for she was always well dressed, and every day made some change in the fashion of her garments” (Sander 25). Anne played “well on the lute, and was a good dancer” (Sander 25). Yet, were these talents enough? Harpsfield questioned how Henry could put aside the virtuous Katharine “for such an incestuous woman, being in all other qualities beside so far inferior to her, as she was in very chastity itself” (Harpsfield 255). Once again, we are back to the issue of Anne’s reputation. When the charges against Anne were brought forward, many courtiers who had responded with ‘obedience’ to the pull of her personality needed to justify their actions. Thus, witchcraft, dishonesty and duplicity were brought forward as rationales. Recently confirmed portrait of Anne Boleyn, Royal Collection Archives http://www.arthistorynews.com/articles/894_Anne_Boleyn_regains_her_head People felt the need even to justify their religious views. Those who did not support the Reformation said “it now appeared how bad that cause was which was supported by such a patron. But it was answered, that her faults could not reflect on those who, being ignorant of them,” had supported her. (Burnet 115). People who were less evangelical raised their “hopes of a reaction built on the fall of those ‘apostles of the new sect,’ Anne Boleyn and her relatives…” but those hopes, “were promptly and roughly destroyed” (Pollard 349). Understanding the religious differences between Anne’s more evangelical leanings and others of the time (be it moderate Protestants and Roman Catholics) one should realize that she was “her Religion, there is no probability that it should (at first) be other than what was commonly profest” (Herbert, Edward 287). Besides, her views were popular with many in power at the time as she promoted those clergy who shared her ideas. It is apparent from “original Letters of hers, that she was a special Favourer of the Clergy of that time, and a preferrer of the worthiest sort of them of Ecclesiastical Livings, during her chief times of Favour with the King” (Herbert, Edward 287). Those of the old faith were much more vocal against Anne Boleyn, “damned as the cause of all the trouble” (Haigh 141). Anne was blamed for the deaths of Thomas More and Bishop Fisher. Nevertheless she did not leave off her evil conversation, which at length brought her to shame” (Gairdner X 1036). Sir Thomas More John Fisher Her religious views were not of the extreme variety at the time (although more so than Henry’s). While she would have created enemies from those who staunchly followed the ‘old faith,’ she did not initially upset people on religious grounds. Her abrasive personality, her willfulness, and her flirtatiousness were things that created negative responses from people. We see Anne’s elevation was opposed for her religious views and mostly for her lack of virtue as seen in the eyes of the people of the 16th century. An interesting emphasis placed on the international element comes from Henry William Herbert. He asserts that Cardinal Wolsey opposed Anne not because of her religious views nor because of her personally; he opposed her elevation because she was not of foreign royal blood. Her acquisition of the throne would “alienate and affront foreign Princes, breed intestine strifes, and give undue preponderance in the state, to private families” (Herbert, Henry 340). This interpretation proves interesting. Anne’s preference for France and Cromwell’s (remember Cromwell was Wolsey’s protégé) for the Imperial faction has been previously discussed as an element in Anne’s downfall in the blog entry Path to St. Peter ad Vincula: Part IV. Here is another case of the interplay between national, even personal policy and foreign policy. The King was a being of State. What he did or did not do effected diplomacy—both foreign and domestic. To marry a subject created discord amongst the English themselves and frustration with foreign nations as the perceived thwart to their ambitions. In Henry VIII’s immediate predecessors we have examples of what Wolsey feared—strife within the English aristocracy and disgruntled foreign courts. Edward IV’s wife, Elizabeth Woodville, yes; Richard III’s wife, Anne Neville, yes; and Henry VII’s wife, Elizabeth of York, yes—although the marriage was contracted as a way to end the factional warfare. 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According to the Spaniard, Henry was declared the lover of Mary Boleyn and her mother, Elizabeth; Anne was declared the King’s daughter; Elizabeth was declared Norris’s child; and, Protestantism was declared responsible for the loose morals which led to these scandals. In fact, Chapuys reported to Bishop Grenville on May 19, 1536, that the religious leaders Anne promoted “persuaded the Concubine that she had no need to confess, she grew more audacious in vice; and, moreover, they persuaded her that according to the said sect it was lawful to seek aid elsewhere, even from her own relations, when her husband was not capable of satisfying her” (Gairdner X 909). This was quite a condemnation to brandish about the international diplomatic community while encouraging the English peoples in the belief that “isolation and danger of England was all laid to her account” (Froude 386). Eustace Chapuys, Ambassador from Spain In this accusatory atmosphere, Henry turned his attentions completely toward Jane Seymour. “She was not witty either, or brilliant; but she was modest, quiet, with a strong understanding and rectitude of principle” (Froude 441-442). These qualities appear to have been what attracted her to the King. “Jane seems to have had no enemies, except Alexander Aless [a Scottish Protestant divine who was on the fringe of the events of 1536] who denounced her to Luther as an enemy to the Gospel, probably because she extinguished the shining light of Anne Boleyn” (Pollard 347). There was “no sign that she herself sought so questionable an elevation. A powerful party in the State wished her to accept a position which could have few attractions, and she seems to have acquiesced without difficulty” (Froude 444). For a more detailed account of Henry’s relationship with Jane at this juncture, see the blog entry Path to St. Peter ad Vincular Part VI-E. Not surprisingly, Eustace Chapuys played both angles. Although he did write to Charles V that Henry’s pursuit of Jane while Anne was still alive and imprisoned “sounds ill in the ears of the people” (Gairdner X 908). He addressed Henry with great sympathy assuring the King that he had been blessed, as many “great and good men, even emperors and kings, have suffered from the arts of wicked women.” The Ambassador felt it was “greatly to Henry’s credit that he detected and punished conspiracy before it came to light otherwise” (Gairdner X 1071). The conspiracy was the adultery committed by Anne. Surprisingly, Henry dissolved their marriage two days before her death, yet, executed her for adultery. Why divorce her “when the sword divorced them absolutely” (Gairdner XI 41)? There never was an official reason for the divorce. No mention was made of the cause for the dissolution of the marriage except that it was the “consequence of certain just and lawful impediments which, it was said, were unknown at the time of the union but had lately been confessed to the Archbishop by the lady herself” (Wriothesley 41). Therefore, Anne’s reputation was further sullied. The implication was that the Court did not know of the impediments to her marriage to Henry but she most certainly did and had gone through with it anyway. Archbishop Cranmer urged Anne to face the marriage tribunal “that it might be for the salvation of their souls” (Wriothesley 40). As mentioned in the blog entry,Path to St. Peter ad Vincula-Part VI-F, if Anne and Henry were never legally married then it is impossible that she could be tried and executed for adultery. Yet, her reputation was such that stories such as these were given credence. With such an attitude toward Anne, observers had their theories for the divorce. As previously shown, Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton, believed it “was a privie contract approved that she had made to the Earle of Northumberlande afore the Kings tyme, and she was discharged, and never lawfull Queene of England” (Wriothesley 41). Chapuys wrote to Charles V that he had “been informed that the said archbishop of Canterbury had pronounced the marriage of the King and of his mistress to have been unlawful and nul in consequence of the King himself having had connexion with Anne’s sister, and that both he and she being aware and well acquainted with such an impediment, the good faith of the parents could not possibly legitimize the daughter” (Gairdner X 54). “The statute declaring the Concubine’s daughter princess and lawful heir has been repealed, and she has been declared bastard” (Gairdner XI 41). As an aside here, Henry never disowned Elizabeth, he believed her to be his daughter, and he simply wanted her declared illegitimate to ensure that any issue (meaning sons) from further marriages would be the legal heirs. Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury No official record emerged with an actual description for the impediment. Did the Council members appeal to Parliament to trust their conclusions and pass the statute to end the marriage (which was done in June after Anne’s execution)? Was Henry’s goal to illegitimate Elizabeth and ensure any children of successive unions the right to the throne? Either a pre-contract or consanguinity would have proved effective for that purpose. So even Anne’s divorce was cloaked in intrigue and the information presented with it was designed to throw further guilt and suspicion upon her. “On the day of the execution, Henry the Eight put on white for mourning, as though he would have said, ‘I am innocent of this deed:’ and the next day was married to Jane Seymour” (Ellis 66). Although his wearing white was corroborated in other sources, it appears as if Henry held off marrying Jane Seymour until the end of May although they were pledged on May 20, 1536. Imperial sources claimed that after hearing of Anne’s execution, Henry “entered his barge and went to the said Semel [Jane Seymour], whom he had lodged a mile from him, in a house by the river” (Gairdner X 926). Before Anne’s death many at Court knew there was “no doubt that he will take the said Semel to wife; and some think the agreements and promises already made” (Gairdner X 908). Archbishop Thomas Cranmer (who signed official documents from Lambeth as from Lamehithe by T. Cantuarien was listed as the source in this document as T. Cantuarien) delivered the official dispensation document on May 19, 1536, allowing “Henry VIII and Jane Seymour, to marry, although in the third and third degrees of affinity, without publication of banns” (Gairdner X 915). According to tradition, Henry VIII stood at this spot in the park of his Hunting Lodge at Richmond when Anne Boleyn was executed. Ambassador Chapuys wrote on May 20th to Cardinal Granvelle that he had been informed “that Mrs. Semel came secretly by river this morning to the King’s lodging, and that the promise and betrothal (desponsacion) was made at 9 o’clock” (Gairdner X 926). Chapuys knew that something was afoot as Henry had called for “Parliament to commence on the 8th proximo….” Chapuys held hope that “the Concubine’s little bastard will be excluded from the succession, and that the King will get himself requested by Parliament to marry” (Gairdner X 926). Jane Seymour was Henry’s obvious choice despite his implying to foreign diplomats, especially Chapuys, that he would select a bride from the continent. Chapuys did not fall for Henry’s pretense knowing that “to cover the affection he has for the said Semel he has lodged her seven miles hence in the house of the grand esquire, and says publicly that he has no desire in the world to get married again unless he is constrained by his subjects to do so” (Gairdner X 926). The charade fooled no one. “The great concerns of nations are of more consequence to contemporary statesmen than the tragedies or comedies of royal households. The great question of the hour was the alternative alliance with the Empire or with France” (Froude 403). “To the Catholic she [Anne] was a diablesse, a tigress, the author of all the mischief which was befalling them and the realm. By the prudent and the moderate she was almost equally disliked; the nation generally, and even Reformers like Cromwell and Cranmer, were Imperialist: Anne Boleyn was passionately French” (Froude 385). By marrying Jane Seymour, Henry put an end to the marriage machinations of the Empire and France. On 30 May 1536, the “weke before Whitsontyde the kyng maryed lady Jane doughter to the right worshipfull sir John Seymour knight, whiche at Whitsontyde was openlye shewed as Queue. The viii. day of June the kyng held his high court of Parliament in the whiche Parliament the kynges two first manages, that is to say with the lady Katheryne, and with the lady Anne Bulleyn were both adjudged unlawful” (Hall 819). Posted in Essay \| Tagged Alexander Aless, Ambassador from Spain, Anne Boleyn, Archbishop Cranmer, Bhisop Grenvelle, Bishop Grenville, Charles V, Charles V Holy Roman Emperor, Earl of Northumberland, Earl of Southampton, Elizabeth Boleyn, Elizabeth I, Elizabeth Regina, Elizabethan, Elizabethan England, English History, Eustace Chapuys, Henry Percy, Henry VIII, Jane Seymour, John Seymour, Katherine of Aragon, Mary Boleyn, Parliament, Protestantism, Queen Elizabeth, T. Cantuarien, Thomas Wriothesley, Tudor, Tudor Dynasty, Tudor History \| Leave a reply Path to St. Peter ad Vincula-Part VI-G Posted on October 19, 2014 by jodmcp George Constantyne was a member of the entourage of Sir Henry Norris. As an eyewitness to Anne’s execution, he “was unfavourable to her innocence.” The opinion was not grounded in any information he received from Norris “nor upon any personal observations which he had enjoyed the opportunity of making while holding the situation [in Norris’ household].” His opinion had been “derived merely from the information or belief of those persons with whom he had conversed at the time of the execution” (“Transcript of an Original Manuscript” 54). Yet, it would have been difficult for anyone not to believe the heinousness of the accusations as it was “published in parliament that it might from thence spread abroad over all” (Cavendish II 209). The Nidd Hall Portrait depicting a more careworn Queen Anne Bolyen. Surprisingly, one person who leaned toward believing in Anne’s innocence was none other than her greatest adversary, Spanish envoy, Eustace Chapuys. The diplomat, while not revealing his source, claimed a lady from Court “sent to tell me in great secrecy that the Concubine, before and after receiving the sacrament, affirmed to her, on the damnation of her soul, that she had never been unfaithful to the King” (Gairdner X 908). Taking an oath on the sacrament was a very powerful ‘truth serum’ in the Tudor time-period. Recall that the Earl of Northumberland swore in the same manner that there was never a pre-contract between Anne and him. All contemporary chronicles believed his oath as they could not fathom that he could have lied on the sacrament in front of two bishops. Regardless of her innocence or guilt, Anne was scheduled for execution on May 18, 1536, but a delay in the travel of the expert executioner from France moved her death to the following day. Constable Kingston, always faithful in his reports to Master Secretary Cromwell, let him know that John Skip Anne’s “Almoner is continewaly with hyr, and has bene syns ii of the clock after midnight” (Gairdner X 910). Anne was preparing for death in the only way she knew. Anne would have stayed at the Queen’s Lodgings (g) before her execution. Events happened so quickly from the time of Anne’s arrest to her final hours it is difficult to imagine her true mindset. How could she have absorbed all the implications and possible repercussions? Was she simply tired of the fight? For many years she had had to watch for enemies, furrow out sycophants, and expend energy maintaining control. Sir William Kingston, Constable of the Tower, expressed confusion by her approach to death. He reported in a letter to Secretary Cromwell that Anne requested his presence to hear her speak of her innocence and told him of her disappointment in the delay in her death. “Mr. Kyngston, I hear say I shall not dy affore none, and I am very sory therfore, for I thowth to be dede by this time, and past my payne. I told hyr it shuld be no payne, it was so sottell” (Gairdner X 910). And then Anne “said, ‘I heard say the executioner was very good, and I have a little neck,’ and she put her hands about it, laughing heartily. I have seen many men and also women executed, and that they have been in great sorrow, and to my knowledge this lady has much joy and pleasure in death” (Wroithesley 42). Kingston, being a practical, military man, perceived Anne’s pain as physical, whereas she perhaps was referring to emotional pain. The burial marker for Queen Anne Boleyn in St. Peter ad Vincula. It would not be surprising if Anne would welcome release from the terror and sorrow she had experienced over her final few weeks. She had witnessed her brother’s death; she lived with the knowledge that innocent men had died on her behalf (from frivolous behavior that had been construed to condemn them all); she had lost the affection and protection of her husband through divorce; she had relinquished the status and role of Queen; she had been abandoned by many from her entourage –including her father; and, she feared for the safety of her daughter. Anne’s Arrival at Tower Green A Portuguese gentleman (who had gone into the Tower and stayed with English friends to circumnavigate the ban on foreigners) wrote to a friend in Lisbon “On the next Friday, which was the 19th of the same month, the Queen was beheaded according to the manner and custom of Paris, that is to say, with a sword, which thing had not been seen in this land of England” (Bell 105). The King had sent to “St. Omer for a headsman who could cut off the head with a sword instead of an axe, and nine days after they sent he arrived” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 70). A modern marker at the execution site–although this is most likely not the exact site of Anne Boleyn’s execution. Note the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula in the background. The day before “the Lieutenant of the Tower writ to the Lord Cromwell, that it was not fit to publish the time of her execution” (Smeeton 46). In order to preserve the solemnity of the occasion this was granted. It was also reported that Anne requested “that she might be executed within the Tower, and that no foreigner should see her (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 70). Consequently, a scaffold “having four or five steps, was then and there set up” (Bell 105). Anne was escorted from her lodgings by Kingston, she reportedly “looked frequently behind her, and when she got upon the scaffold was very much exhausted and amazed” (Gairdner X 911). Was she looking literally for an expected last minute reprieve? Did she think her merciful king would pardon her and allow her to retire to a convent? Despite her physical manifestation of these possibilities, she stated when pressed to confess, “I know I shall have no pardon, but they shall know no more from me” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 70). Anne was prepared for death. “When she arrived at the scaffold she was dressed in a night-robe of damask, with a red damask skirt, and a netted coif over her hair” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 70). The Queen, “assisted by the Captain of the Tower, came forth, together with the four ladies who accompanied her…” (Bell 105). Within the Tower Green “were present several of the Nobility, the Lord Mayor of London, some of the Aldermen, and several others, rather as witnesses, than spectators of her fatal end” (Smeeton 46). Those ‘several others’ mentioned were identified as men representing “certayne of the best craftes of London” (Wriothesley 41). The grave markers as placed under the altar in the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula. Among the gentlemen on the scaffold was “the headsman, who was dressed like the rest, and not as executioner; and she looked around her on all sides to see the great number of people present, for although she was executed inside, there was a great crowd” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 70). Then Anne “besought the Captain of the Tower that he would in no wise hasten the minute of her death, until she should have spoken that which she had in mind to say; which he consented to” (Urban 56). Anne’s Speech on the Scaffold This blogger must ask for the indulgence of the reader at this juncture. Because Anne’s speech on the scaffold is her last, formal one, it is obviously important. Several variations exist from contemporaries and from later translations—many have been reproduced below. The consistency is surprising with differences mostly in the interpretations based on the perspective of the recorder (such as the Catholic Imperial view). The implications of the intent of her speech will be explored further although there will be no comment on the records as interpretation will be left to the reader. Our Portuguese source recorded her words as: “Good friends, I am not come here to excuse or to justify myself, forasmuch as I know full well that aught that I could say in my defence doth not appertain unto you, and that I could draw no hope of life from the same. But I come here only to die, and thus to yield myself humbly to the will of the King my Lord. And if in my life I did ever offend the King’s grace, surely with my death, I do now atone” (Bell 105). Her words arrived at the Imperial Court as: “And as the lady looked all round, she began to say these words, ‘Do not think, good people, that I am sorry to die, or that I have done anything to deserve this death. My fault has been my great pride, and the great crime I committed in getting the king to leave my mistress Queen Katherine for my sake, and I pray God to pardon me for it. I say to you all that everything they have accused me of is false, and the principal reason I am to die is Jane Seymour, as I was the cause of the ill that befell my mistress.’ The gentlemen would not let her say any more” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 71). Lancelot de Carles, the French envoy conveyed the image of an unrepentant Anne unwilling to go into details of why she was facing death yet eager to promote the reputation of Henry as she “recommended your good king in whom I have seen such great humanity and the acme of all goodness; fear of God, love of his subjects” (Bernard). The account offered later by George Constantyne was similar to de Carles. Anne declared “I do not intende to reason my cause, but I committe me to Christ wholly, in whome ys my whole trust, desirynge you all to praye for the Kynges maiestie that he maye longe regne over you, for he ys a veraye noble prince and full gently hath handled me” (Mackintosh 385). The English Courier, Charles Wriothesley showed Anne as pliant, “Maissters, I here humbley submit me to the lawe as the lawe hath judged me, and as for myne offences, I here accuse no man, God knoweth them; I remit them to God, beseeching him to have mercye on my sowle, and I beseech Jesu save my soverienge and maister the Kinge, the moste godlye, noble, and gentle Prince that is, and longe to reigne over yow” (Wroithesley 41-42). The chronicler Edward Hall presented Anne as coming to die, “for aecqrdyng to the lawe and by the lawe I am judged to dye, and therefore I wyll speake nothyng against it.” She would “accuse no man, nor to speake any thyng of that, wherof I am accused and condemned to dye” she would pray that God would save the king and “send him long to reygne over you, for a gentler nor a more mercyfull prince was there never: and to me he was ever a good, a gentle, & soveraygne lorde. And yf anye persone wyll medle of my cause, I require them to judge the best.” Anne ended by saying “And thus I take my leve of the worlde and of you all, and I heartely desyre you all to praye for me. O Lorde have mercy, on me, to God I comende my soule” (Hall 268). Sources quoted later by Burnet and Wyatt claimed her words were as follows: “My honourable Lords, and the rest here assembled, I beseech you all, to hear witness with me, that I humbly submit myself to undergo the penalty to which the law hath sentenced me: as touching my offences, I am sparing to speak, they are best known to God: and I neither blame nor accuse any man, but leave them wholly to him: beseeching God who knows the secrets of all hearts, to have mercy on my soul. Now, I bessech the Lord Jesus to bless and save my Sovereign master the King, the noblest and mercifulest Prince that lives: whom I wish long to reign over you. He made me Marchioness of Pembroke, vouchsafed to lodge me in his own bosom, higher on earth he could not raise me, and hath done well to lift me up those blessed innocents above” (Smeeton 46). Anne’s Execution With her address spoken to the crowd, which Antony Pykeryng reported to Lady Lisle in Calais was “a thousand people”, Anne readied herself for execution (Gairdner X 918). Although there are several different descriptions of her clothing, all accounts agree that Anne removed her mantle (or cape) of ermine and her English style hood. She was given a small linen, white cap to cover her hair and after kneeling “fastened her clothes about her feet, and one of the said ladies bandaged her eyes” (Gairdner X 911). Perhaps she and her ladies practiced these acts because tucking her skirts around her feet must have been done to ensure her modesty if she fell awkwardly—something they discovered during rehearsals? This blogger would like to remind readers that during execution with a sword there is no use of a block. Therefore, when chroniclers mention that Anne knelt, she was kneeling as if in prayer; she would not be resting her neck on a block. Granted execution by a sword was traditionally deemed as more merciful than the axe but the strength to remain kneeling upright awaiting the strike of the sword would require a tremendous amount of courage and self-control. The Execution of Anne Boleyn So Anne knelt “but the poor lady only kept looking about her. The headsman, being still in front of her, said in French, ‘Madam, do not fear, I will wait till you tell me.’ The sword was hidden under a heap of straw” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 71). Most sources agree on what happened. While kneeling Anne “said: ‘To Christ I commende my soule, Jesu receive my soule’ divers tymes” (Hall 268-269). While she prayed, the executioner called out for the sword to be brought to him and when Anne turned her blindfolded face in the direction of the steps, thinking the assistant would carry the sword up, he came up behind her. And “suddenlye the hangman smote off her heade at a stroke with a sworde” (Wroithesley 41-42). She died as she lived, boldly. Anne’s Final Path to St. Peter ad Vincula With foreigners banned from the execution and Eustace Chapuys, the ready source of information, absent from the thick of things due to illness, his reports were not as reliable as typical. He reported that Anne’s “head will be put upon the bridge, at least for some time” (Gairdner X 908). This was not the case. Immediately after her execution, the ladies attending Anne “fearing to let their mistress be touched by unworthy hands, forced themselves to do so” (Gardiner X 1036). They quickly wrapped her body in a white cloth and placed it along with her severed head “into a common chest of elm tree, that was made to put arrows in” (Bell 107). The usually efficient Kingston had not provided a coffin for the body and the case was the only option on hand. After Anne’s body was placed in the make-shift casket “the body was taken by the ladies, and the whole carried” (Gairdner X 911) the short distance to the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula, “the church within the Tower and buried” (Hume, Martin “How Anne Was Beheaded” 71). Exterior of the Chapel of St. Peter ad Vincula. 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__label__wiki	0.776768	0.776768	Join ECEP at SIGCSE – CS For All Several ECEP Alliance members will be presenting at the 2018 SIGCSE (Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education) annual global symposium, Feb. 21-24 in Baltimore, Md. The ECEP Alliance, and the work of the alliance states, will be represented through a number of sessions, panels, workshops, papers, posters, and special sessions during the conference, which has a theme of CS For All. Below is a roundup of sessions that feature participation from ECEP PIs, co-PIs, staff, evaluators, and ECEP state leaders. Session: RPPforCS for Community Meeting Wednesday, Feb. 21, 1-5 p.m. Alan Peterfreund, SageFox Consulting Group Rebecca Zarch, SageFox Consulting Group Leigh Ann Delyser, CSForAll Consortium Panel: Why Diversity is Important to the Health of the Technology Industry, and What We Can Do to Ensure its Success Thursday, Feb. 22, 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. Carol Fletcher, University of Texas at Austin Helen Hu, Westminster College Thamina Christensen, Oracle Corporation Maya Garcia, DC Office of State Superintendent of Education Melissa Risteff, Couragion Session: The value of Community in Professional Development Thursday, Feb. 22, 1:45 - 3 p.m. Tiffany Barnes, North Carolina State University James Cohoon, UVA Tapestry Joanna Goode, ECS Joe Politz, Bootstrap UCSD Juan Vargas, Trustee Infosys Foundation USA Sub-session: A Multi-Institutional Perspective on H/FOSS Projects in the Computing Curriculum Thursday, Feb. 22, 3:45 - 4:10 p.m. Quinn Burke, College of Charleston James Bowring, College of Charleston Grant Braught, Dickinson College Barbara Cutler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute David Goldschmidt, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Steven Huss-Lederman, Beloit College Mukkai Krishnamoorthy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute John Maccormick, Dickinson College Bonnie Mackellar, St. John’s University Allen Tucker, Bowdoin College Wesley Turner, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Paper: Incorporating Computational Thinking in the Classrooms of Puerto Rico: How a MOOC served as an outreach and recruitment tool for Computer Science Education Joseph Carroll Miranda, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Patricia Ordóñez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus María López Delgado, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Grace Rodríguez Gómez, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Eliud Gerena López, University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus Paper: Helping Underrepresented Students Succeed in AP CSA and Beyond Barbara Ericson, Georgia Institute of Technology Tom Mcklin, The Findings Group Birds of a Feather: CSTA: Connecting Colleges and K-12 CS Teachers Deborah Seehorn, Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA) Chinma Uche, Greater Hartford Academy of Mathematics and Science Fred Martin, University of Massachusetts Lowell David Reed, Creighton University Birds of a Feather: Examining the Role of Informal Education in K-12 Computing Pathways and CS Education Reform Efforts Sarah Dunton, Expanding Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance Manager Stephanie Rodriguez, Afterschool Alliance Birds of a Feather: K-12 CS Teacher Certification: What Should New CS Teachers Know and Be Able to Do? David Benedetto, NH Department of Education Carol Fletcher, The University of Texas at Austin John Owen, The University of Texas at Austin Pat Yongpradit, code.org Paper: Understanding the Software Development Industry’s Perspective on Coding Boot Camps versus Traditional 4-year Colleges Friday, Feb. 23, 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. Cinamon Bailey, College of Charleston Emily Green, ETR Associates Louise Ann Lyon, ETR Associates Panel: The Impact of AP Computer Science Principles – Are You Ready to Change Your Undergraduate Courses? Chinma Uche, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering Dale Reed, University of Illinois at Chicago Paul Tymann, RIT Carol Yarbrough, Alabama School of Fine Arts Panel: The role of Researcher-Practitioner Partnerships in CS4All: Lessons from the Field Friday, Feb. 23, 1:45 - 3 p.m. Dennis Brylow, Marquette University Lucia Dettori, DePaul University Don Yanek, Chicago Public Schools Sub-session: Priming the Pump: Reflections on Training K5 Teachers In Computer Science Friday, Feb. 23, 3:45 - 4:10 p.m. Jeff Gray, University of Alabama Kiki Prottsman, Code.org Michele Roberts, Indiana University Bloomington Special Session: Connecting Evaluation and Computing Education Research: Why is it so Important? Adrienne Decker, Rochester Institute of Technology Monica M McGill, Knox College Jason Ravitz, Google Eric Snow, SRI International Special Session: Exploring and Discovering Concepts via POGIL Clifton Kussmaul, Muhlenberg College Lisa Olivieri, Chestnut Hill College Session: Revising the ABET Information Technology Program Accreditation Criteria Mihaela Sabin, University of New Hampshire Scott Murray, HCA Healthcare Rajendra K.Raj, Rochester Institute of Technology Workshop: Guiding Students to Discover CS Concepts & Develop Process Skills Using POGI Friday, Feb. 23, 7-10 p.m. Chris Mayfield, James Madison University Special Session: Repositories You Shouldn't Be Living Without Saturday, Feb. 24, 8:45 - 10 a.m. Miles Berry, University of Roehampton Kathy Haynie, Haynie Research and Evaluation Beth Quinn, NCWIT Panel: Computing Maryland Education Expansion: From Grassroots to the MCCE Marie desJardins, University of Maryland Dianne O'Grady-Cunniff, Charles County Public Schools Jan Plane, University of Maryland Scott Nichols, Maryland State Department of Education Poster: Growing the High School CS Teacher Workforce: Predictors of Success in Achieving CS Certification Saturday, Feb. 24, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Lisa Garbrecht, University of Texas at Austin Wesley Monroe, University of Texas at Austin Jayce Warner, University of Texas at Austin Poster: The Role of Gestures in Learning Computer Science Mark Guzdial, Georgia Institute of Technology Sarah Li, Georgia Institute of Technology Vedant Pradeep, Georgia Institute of Technology Amber Solomon, Georgia Institute of Technology Sub-session: Using Music to Engage Students in an Introductory Undergraduate Programming Course for Non-Majors Saturday, Feb. 24, 10:45 - 11:10 a.m. Jason Freeman, Georgia Institute of Technology Tacksoo Im, Georgia Gwinnett College Brian Magerko, Georgia Institute of Technology Sebastien Siva, Georgia Gwinnett College Panel: CS4NC Summit 2017: Lessons Learned in Developing a Coordinated Statewide CS For All Initiative Saturday, Feb. 24, 10:45 a.m. - 12 p.m. Dave Frye, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Mary Lou Maher, UNC Charlotte Deborah Seehorn, Computer Science Teachers Association Sam Morris, The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation Special Session: IT2017 Report: Implementing A Competency-Based Information Technology Program Hala Alrumaih, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Saudi Arabia John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University Cara Tang, Portland Community College Ming Zhang, Peking University, China Sub-session: Authenticity and Personal Creativity: How EarSketch Affects Student Persistence Doug Edwards, Georgia Institute of Technology Taneisha Lee, The Findings Group Dana Wanzer, The Findings Group Workshop: Understanding the Essence of Successful Computing Education Projects through Analyzing NSF Proposals Saturday, Feb. 24, 3-6 p.m. Eileen T. Kraemer, Clemson University Stephanie E. August, National Science Foundation S. Megan Che, Clemson University Mark Pauley, National Science Foundation Murali Sitaraman, Clemson University The annual four-day conference addresses challenges common among educators and features demos, lightning talks, papers, panels, posters, special sessions, and workshops. Informal opportunities for networking and ‘birds of a feather’ sessions allow for further discussions of computer science education. The event provides a forum for sharing new ideas for syllabi, laboratories, and other elements of teaching and pedagogy, at all levels of instruction. The SIGCSE 2018 agenda can be found on their website https://sigcse2018.sigcse.org/agenda.html. The Expanding Computing Education Pathways Alliance (ECEP) aims to broaden participation in computing education by working with leaders at the state level. The alliance includes 17 states and U.S. territories in a community that shares its practice and progress on making state-level systemic change that will result in more and more diverse students in the pathway to computing and computing-intensive degrees. ECEP also offers resources such as mini-grants, workshops, models for organizations, reports, and evaluation to its members. The ECEP Alliance includes 16 states – Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Nevada, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia – and Puerto Rico. More information can be found at https://ecepalliance.org.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418784
__label__wiki	0.651932	0.651932	Australia Burns On: How it Happened and What to Do As brushfires in Australia rage into massive, destructive flames, the world watches people get displaced from homes and trees and animals burn. Here’s why there’s a crisis to begin with and what you can do, even thousands of miles away. By Amanda Smiley The relationship between pollution and health is well-established. We know that exposure to higher levels results in worse health outcomes by almost any measure. New research, however, is showing that we may not know all the ways pollution is making us sick. By Jenna Tsui Health Researchers Receive $1.2 Million to Improve Air Quality Measurements Earlier this week, researchers received $1.2 million to develop a model to better measure the effects of particulate air pollution on human health, according to the Milken Institute School of Public Health. The Best and Worst Cities to Drive in, According to the 2019 Driving Cities Index One recent study compared 100 global cities on their air pollution, infrastructure, congestion, associated driving costs, and incidents of road rage. Some of the findings might surprise you. EPA Loosens Regulations on Toxic Ash from Coal Plants The Trump Administration is expected to roll back regulations on toxins released from coal plants. The change will specifically address the leaching of heavy metals like arsenic, lead, and mercury into water supplies. General Iron Called to Install More Pollution Controls The EPA is requiring Chicago shredding and recycling company to comply with the Clean Air Act. The company needs to reduce air emissions by 98 percent. Dyno Nobel Settles EPA Case Over Oregon Facility's Releases The $939,852 being paid by the company as part of the settlement will purchase emergency response equipment for authorities in Columbia County, Ore. Dyno Nobel also will file revised estimates of its total ammonia releases and will update its Risk Management Plan. NC DEQ Sets Hearings on Log Fumigation Rule The division has proposed regulating methyl bromide by establishing an Acceptable Ambient Level because the lack of specific federal or state regulatory measures for the use of methyl bromide, a hazardous air pollutant, creates a potential public health risk. Four Steps to Quickly Evaluate Produced Water Reuse Option Viability After it has been determined what waste water reuse options are physically possible and affordable, the viability determination isn't over until the regulatory, environmental, and social impacts have been determined. By Laura Slansky California Moving to Prohibit Use of Chlorpyrifos "California's action to cancel the registration of chlorpyrifos is needed to prevent the significant harm this pesticide causes children, farmworkers, and vulnerable communities," said CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld. "This action also represents a historic opportunity for California to develop a new framework for alternative pest management practices." AAR Presents 2019 Environmental Excellence Award Gary Van Tassel II of CSX Transportation and his team made the traditional intermodal facility more efficient by implementing new technology and modernizing site layouts, which allow CSX to operate with a smaller footprint, fewer diesel utility trucks, a transition to electrified cranes, and significantly reduced truck dwell times. New California Program Supports Clean Mobility Projects The $17 million program focuses on the needs of smaller groups and communities to provide clean mobility solutions that include car- bike- or scooter-sharing projects and subsidies for transit or car-hailing companies. Understanding LEED, WELL, and the Differences The WELL program was started by many of the same people involved in the original LEED program established by the U.S. Green Building Council back in 1998. The WELL program was created far more recently, in October 2014, which is likely one reason few of us are familiar with it. By Mike Watt CARB Hosting Event for Truckers on Clean Air Rules State air quality experts will provide truck drivers and fleet owners with the latest information to help them comply with the clean air requirements and upcoming rule deadlines. NYC Mayor Cutting City's Vehicle Fleet The city will eliminate least 1,000 vehicles from its fleet by June 2021 and will reduce the number of take-home vehicles by at least 500 vehicles, curtail the reliance on SUVs in the city fleet, and promote increased vehicle efficiency by using advanced data collection. Houston-Area Petrochemical Terminal Fire Extinguished The fire at Intercontinental Terminals Company's Deer Park terminal was fully extinguished by 3 a.m. March 10, the company reported. Sacramento's Electric Car Share Program Expanded to All Residents "Gig is thrilled to bring the largest all-electric car sharing service in the United States to Sacramento, a city that's becoming recognized as a worldwide leader in zero-emission energy," said Jason Haight, president of GIG Car Share. SEC Charges Volkswagen, Former CEO with Defrauding Investors The complaint alleges that Volkswagen made false and misleading statements to investors and underwriters about vehicle quality, environmental compliance, and VW's financial standing and that, by concealing the emissions scheme, Volkswagen obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in benefit by issuing the securities at more attractive rates for the company. Ohio Landfill Misses First Deadline for Odor Control The first key deadline required Sunny Farms Landfill LLC to ensure parts of the landfill, not currently accepting waste, were covered with 3 feet of soil by Feb. 28, but an inspection on March 1 by Ohio EPA inspectors found many areas where the facility failed to provide adequate soil cover. TVA to Retire Two Coal-Fired Power Plants TVA's board of directors on Feb. 14 approved the retirement of Paradise Unit 3 in Drakesboro, Ky., and the Bull Run facility in Clinton, Tenn., older coal generating units that TVA describes as "not designed to efficiently respond to today's continually fluctuating power needs of customers."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418800
__label__cc	0.748363	0.251637	Top 10 Features for Designing Websites for Screen Readers Sofia Gallo Accessibility Consultant \| Washington D.C. While I am not familiar with the technical aspects of web design, I use screen readers to navigate the web for both work and personal use. I am comfortable with advanced screen reader features and can get around many accessibility challenges. However, even with these skills, I have noticed that some websites are much easier to navigate than others, and they all share common features. Some of these are essential – the website would be completely inaccessible for a screen reader user without them. Others, however, are nice to have because they give screen reader users an equal experience with visual users, even though the website can still be used effectively without them. For developers that want to ensure that their website is both visually appealing and easy to navigate – not just accessible – for screen reader users, here are the ten features (in rough order of importance) that make for a seamless navigation experience. Properly label buttons and links. On some websites, links are pictures or buttons that are read as something like “unlabeled 1 button” by a screen reader. This often happens with websites that rely heavily on Flash Player and have a lot of animated, visual designs. While the visual appeal is understandable, these websites are impossible to navigate for screen reader users if buttons are not labeled properly. Stick to buttons and links if possible (and avoid elements that require hovering with the mouse). Buttons and links mostly work consistently with screen readers. However, elements that require hovering with the mouse to see more options almost never work with screen readers, even though there is technically an on mouse over element command. Mint.com (a popular budgeting site owned by the same company that created TurboTax) relies on hovering to edit budgets, which means I can’t use the service. Avoid auto play content with sound. This is common in news websites that play ads or a video of their coverage automatically. I understand the need for ads, but when a video starts to play loudly as soon as the page loads, it drowns out the screen reader, which makes it almost impossible to find the pause button or navigate through the rest of the website. When this happens, I often end up leaving the website and going somewhere else to find what I was looking for. Consistency. If the main menu has buttons, stick to buttons. If it has links, stick to links. While a link and a button may not necessarily look different visually, it matters for screen readers. Since I cannot quickly skim through a website with my eyes, I often rely on a screen reader command that pulls up a list of all links or buttons on a website. If all the menu items are not the same element, however, I cannot get a clear picture of all the website options, which invalidates my only substitute for visually skimming through the site. For example, twitter.com has a home link, a moments button, a notifications link, and a messages button on its main menu! The website is still accessible, but navigation could be easier if it used buttons or links consistently. Avoid overusing Frames with a lot of content. This is most common in news websites that have frames with ads every couple of lines, but it could show up in other situations. For some reason, these frames cause the screen reader to lose focus, which makes it difficult and slow to read the content because I have to manually find my position on the page every time there is a frame. Clear alerts. It is frustrating when a website refreshes every few seconds with no warning. Popup windows should be on top, and the screen reader should automatically focus on them. This comes up in job search or shopping websites that have a “filters” popup to narrow results. Sometimes these popup windows show up visually, but the screen reader is on a completely different part of the page, or the filters are not read at all. For example, USA Jobs (a government website!) has a “more filters” popup on its advanced search page that the screen reader sometimes does not read at all. Even when the screen reader does recognize the popup, it doesn’t automatically focus on the popup when I click on it. Use alt text or images. I covered labeling links and buttons properly above, but having alt text on decorative pictures is also important. One of the misconceptions people often have about legally blind users is that since we aren’t looking at the screen, we do not care about pictures. The problem is that I know what many images look like, even if I can’t see the smaller pictures on the website. For example, I know what an American flag looks like because I have seen huge flags on walls or in public places. It gives me a better sense of the website when a picture of the American flag has alt text telling me that it is the flag, instead of just having a picture that has no description, leaving me out of the website experience. When linking to external content, open a new tab. It is frustrating when a website links to external content on the same window because if I close that window, I have accidentally exited out of the website completely. The website should make it easier for me to stay on, not harder! Headings, headings, headings! This may be personal preference, but it is hard to navigate a site efficiently when the main content and major sections of a site are not under headings. The Wall Street Journal and The Atlantic, for example, both use headings well. It may not matter visually if the text is already in bold or is set apart in some other way. However, I have a screen reader command that recognizes headings, which makes it easier to quickly navigate to the main content of the site. Headings are the equivalent of putting text in bold to let visual users know that this content is important. Many of the features outlined above are behind the scenes classifications. A button or a link may not look different visually, but they matter for screen reader navigation. Unfortunately, while many of the features outlined above are fairly common around the internet, very few websites use all of them. Google is the only website I use regularly that has every feature outlined above, at least when it comes to its own content (it cannot control whether other sites have alt text on image search results). Many more websites are still accessible, but most do not go beyond that to make navigation easier. Developers should keep these features in mind. They will not harm the visual experience, but they will make life easier for millions of screen reader users around the world. Accessibility NYC Meetup Recap: Inclusive Web-based Virtual Reality Q&A with Cameron Cundiff, Software Engineering Leader Arnaud says: Hi Sofia and thanks for this very valuable user-centric feedback. I just have to disagree with you on one issue though: #9 “When linking to external content, open a new tab”. I prefer to leave users in control of their browsing experience and habits by not imposing a new window/tab opening when clicking on a link. They can chose to do so by doing a Ctrl/Shift + click or right click or mouse wheel etc. but at least they have a choice not to. And when opening the new page in the same tab, they can still use the “Back” button. Furthermore, users can only ever read/hear a page at once so I don’t really believe in the whole “not losing them” argument. At last, if you _have_ to make your users open a new tab/window, they should at least be aware of it beforehand, especially if they can not see the actual tab/window opening. It is a WCAG2.0 criterion to make sure it is vocalised for screen reader users; see the “Giving users advanced warning when opening a new window” technique: https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG20-TECHS/G201.html Otherwise, it’s a very nicely written article and we need more of those non-tech screen reader user feedback. Hope you get to write more in the future so we can all try to make the Web more inclusive. Marlady Ortiz Ávila says: Hi Sofia, Thank you for your article, I agree with each statement and Aranud’s comment is very precisely; I’d recommend you to complete the item #9 with the sentence: when your website links external content in a new windows/tab, it’s necessary to warn previously to user’s action through text. Thank you again for telling us about your experience with a screen reader, it helps to web developer an UX Designer to achieve and implement websites more accessible for everyone. Greetings from Colombia Sofia Gallo says: Hi Arnaud Thank you for your feedback. I will admit that the “open a new tab” part of this is fairly subjective (so are some of my other points). When I open external content from a site (this doesn’t apply if I’m clicking on a link that just goes to a different place of the original website), I automatically assume that it will open in a new tab because I’m going to a completely different website. My automatic reaction is to close that tab and expect the original site to still be there underneath, and it’s frustrating when it’s not (personal reflex at this point, I guess). The back button is not a great solution if you’ve clicked on multiple links on the new website because you end up having to click back multiple times. For me, it’s nice to have the original site underneath, but again, I can see how that may not be true for everyone. – Sofia live roulette tipico says: There are involving important issues, one should take care. Innumerable web pages are being produced and being hosted everyday. This area is since Affiliate Campaign. Truly – I cannot find any drawbacks to commenting. amateur says: The FI report, which is available on the DRC website, makes for vital reading as it includes a list of the most common problems faced by web users. It also includes the results of a survey of website commissioners and developers. 97% of large organisations claim to be aware that web accessibility is an important issue and 68% claim to take accessibility into account when designing websites. Yet, 81% of the websites tested by City University lacked evidence of any attempt to make their content accessible.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418802
__label__wiki	0.659905	0.659905	Need a ‘Core’ Speaker at Your Next Event? Looking for a speaker for your next business meeting or running/triathlon group event? Endurance Sports Florida editor Pete Williams is the co-author of Mark Verstegen‘s best-selling Core Performance fitness books, which have revolutionized the way people train. All five of their books are geared toward helping athletes perform better, move more efficiently and powerfully, and decrease the potential for injury. The original book, Core Performance, popularized the core training phenomenon Core Performance Endurance when it was published in 2004. The third book, Core Performance Endurance, was targeted specifically for the endurance athlete, though all five books are beneficial to anyone looking to improve their times. The most recent book, Core Performance Women, addressed issues specific to women and their training. Williams has given talks on Core Performance in settings ranging from business events to running group meetings. If he can jump start your next gathering, email him at peteweems@aol.com. Warrior Dash a Smash Warrior Dash participants at Lake Wales The Florida debut of the Warrior Dash attracted 12,500 participants to the Triple Canopy Ranch in Lake Wales, according to Wesley Alden of The Orlando Sentinel, who filed a lengthy report on the event. Obstacle-laden, adventure mud runs have exploded in popularity as we chronicled earlier this week, but still these numbers are staggering. The Triple Canopy Ranch is best known for music festivals, ATV races, and off-road truck events, but we’re guessing the success of the Warrior Dash will attract other endurance sports promoters to the 425-acre property. Thanks to Bob Woerner for the photo. Filed under Races, Running Hundreds Take Florida Trail Challenge LITHIA, Fla. – Florida might lack the sort of hills and technical difficulties that trail runners from the West have come to enjoy. But venues such as Alafia River State Park, site of this morning’s Florida Challenge Half Marathon/5K Trail Run, offers some pretty steep terrain. Endurance Sports Florida was on hand and while we didn’t tackle the half marathon as we did two years ago, we had a blast on the 5K course, which also is the last 5K of the half marathon. Jim Hartnett and the folks at TampaRaces have set the standard for trail running in Florida. They’re hosting three events on the new Florida XTerra Trail Run series. We filed this video report on this morning’s race: New Promo Video for ‘Streak the Cove 5K’ We’re proud to be organizing the clothing-optional Streak the Cove 5K at the Cypress Cove Resort on Sunday, May 22. You might not think a clothing-optional 5K is for you, but we had terrific response to our inaugural Bare Dare 5K at the Caliente Resort & Spa near Tampa in October. Nearly 200 runners competed and almost 40 percent were female, which is higher than the 35 percent female rate at a typical 5K. We shot this promo video at Cypress Cove yesterday. You’ll hear from Sabrina Vizzari, who while serving as an activities director for the Lake Como Resort as a college student launched the Dare to Go Bare 5K race, which is still held the first Sunday in May. Whit Lasseter, who like Sabrina serves as a co-host of our Fitness Buff Show, talks about her first nude running experience; she was the first female finisher of the Bare Dare as well as our first Endurance Sports Florida Enduring Athlete of the Month. For more information on these races, visit NudeRaces.com. Tagged as nude races, Streak the Cove 5K, Whitney Lasseter Standup Paddle – Best Ab Exercise Anywhere? Chase Kosterlitz When people try stand-up paddle boarding for the first time, they inevitably marvel at what a phenomenal core workout it is. If you have any doubt, consider the story of Chase Kosterlitz, profiled in today’s St. Petersburg Times. Kosterlitz played college basketball for Loyola University in New Orleans before transferring to Eckerd College in St. Pete. Judging by basketball photos of him from that period on his Facebook page, he was in pretty good shape. These days, he looks like a model. In fact, he was voted “best abs” during on online poll during the Wilhelmina Hot Body Model Search last fall. (The Times story includes a picture of Chase and his eight-pack.) Not surprisingly, Chase now makes a living at SUP, giving lessons and tours out of his Water Monkey Shop in St. Pete and organizing the Fall Paddle Festival, where I made my SUP race debut in October. Filed under SUP Florida: Marathon Mecca? Races like the Women's Half Marathon in St. Pete have bolstered Florida's status as a marathon destination With the ING Miami Marathon and Half Marathon scheduled to welcome a record 21,000 runners this weekend, is it now fair to ask if Florida is the best marathon state in the country? Sure, the Sunshine State has no single race to rival Boston, New York, Chicago or Washington (Marine Corps). But it has two solid second-tier events in Miami and Disney, which attracted more than 44,000 runners for its marathon and half-marathon three weeks ago. No state has capitalized on the half-marathon (13.1 mile) craze more so than Florida, which averages at least one half marathon every weekend between Halloween and mid-March. Florida, of course, is one of few states with a climate conducive to such as schedule. Still, it’s impressive how the state has become a mecca for marathoners – certainly half marathoners. At a time when the tourism-dependent state still is reeling from the economy, the latest running boom has been a godsend. Florida’s unemployment rate is higher than the national average and even that number is probably low given the number of struggling self-employed people who do not factor into those numbers. If, as many industry observers believe, many of these folks have turned to running as a low-cost outlet for exercise, entertainment, and to work out frustrations, it’s perhaps no surprise that the sport has grown faster in Florida than in many states. Plenty of blanket coverage about the Miami Marathon in South Florida. The Miami Herald offers a lengthy preview and Herald sports columnist Linda Robertson tells the inspiring story of Dawn Walton, a Largo teacher who is running the race after a three-year transformation in which she went from 404 to 165 pounds. The South Florida Sun-Sentinel details the comeback of Fort Lauderdale resident and onetime Olympic hopeful Stacie Alboucrek. A Positive Addiction ESF’s ENDURING ATHLETE OF THE MONTH — JANUARY Photo by http://www.phototon.us Whitney Lasseter is a picture of health: an avid runner, fitness model, and healthy lifestyle coach. It’s hard to believe just five years ago her life was spiraling out of control. She was a party girl, addicted to drugs, a veteran of rehabilitation centers, gaining weight and a smoker before a near-death experience provided a wake-up call. Running proved to be her salvation. These days, the Palm Harbor resident and single mother of two enters most every race she can find in Central Florida, usually finishing at or near the top of her age group. Lasseter, 31, traveled overseas for the first time in October to compete in the Amsterdam Half Marathon and hopes to continue to pursue her love of travel and running while showing others how to turn their lives around through healthy living and running. Lasseter, whose Web site is whitfit.org is our inaugural selection for the Endurance Sports Florida Enduring Athlete of the Month. Q: Why are you so open about your troubled past? A: I like to show people that you can overcome things. I know a lot people in the Tampa Bay area and they think I’m just happy-go-lucky athlete with no issues whatsoever. I think it’s important for me to share my story to help others. Q: Where did things go wrong? A: I was young and pretty and liked to party and I’ve always been sort of an all-or-nothing kind of person, which now is obvious with my training. Back then I didn’t know how to channel it; I made bad decisions that got me into more trouble. I’ve matured and found a way to use my addictive personality in a positive way. Q: How did running help? A: I discovered running while I was still smoking cigarettes and my dad, who has been a runner, said I’d either quit running or quit cigarettes. I quit the cigarettes and at first I’d run a quarter a mile, then a half mile and it just grew until I did a 7-mile loop. Myrna Haag, an elite triathlete mentor of mine, said I needed to compete and I did a 23:20 in my first 5K. Since then I’ve dropped three minutes in two years. My ultimate goal is to beat dad’s 10K time of 38:38 when he was 38. Q: So you’ve replaced one addiction with a positive one? A: Exactly. I used to seek that high from outside sources: drugs, alcohol and partying and now I get it from life. And I want other people to realize that’s possible. People are searching for this joy and I’ve learned that it’s all within you. Q: So your running career is just getting started. A: It really is. I was talking to a guy I run with, a 54-year-old who starting running when he was 44. Now he’s doing three-hour marathons and all of his PRs have come after the age of 50. It doesn’t matter when you start. We have unlimited potential and it’s all in your head. That’s why I’ve gotten into healthy lifestyle coaching because I know what it’s like to be in a bad place and to be overweight. Anything is possible and people can reach that full potential if they have someone to point them in the right direction. If I can do it anyone can. Q: You recently completed the Amsterdam Half Marathon (in a PR time of 1:34:51). What made you choose that event? A: I had been thinking, “Where in the world would I like to go?” I met a new friend, a non-runner, and suggested the race in Amsterdam. I trained him and he did a 5K, 10k, and half marathon. We just went for the weekend and it was such a great experience. I was the first U.S. woman to finish and I was the 43rd woman overall. I have not done a marathon at this point but the sky is the limit. The Ironman definitely sparks an interest as well. Q: You were the first female finisher at the clothing-optional Caliente Bare Dare 5K in October. What was that like? A: It was my first nude running experience and I kind of eased my way into it in the hour leading up to the race. I’m not a nudist, so it was kind of nerve racking to disrobe in front of all my running friends but it was fine after I got over the initial discomfort of it. Q: What makes you an enduring athlete? A: Whenever I see people in pain pushing themselves, that inspires me to do better. If they can do that 18-minute 5K, then why can’t I? We all have the same potential. Filed under Enduring Athlete of the Month, Running Tagged as Caliente Bare Dare 5K, Fitness Buff Show, whitfit.org, Whitney Lasseter	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418806
__label__wiki	0.745755	0.745755	Mattis: No Decision Yet on US Withdrawal From Iran Deal VOA – Defense Secretary Jim Mattis says there has been no decision made on any U.S. withdrawal from the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement but Washington is working with its European allies to see if there are ways to improve the pact. Lawyer Who Exposed Cover Up of Client’s Death in Custody Could Be Imprisoned For Years in Iran CHRI – Human rights attorney Mohammad Najafi is facing charges from three different courts and years of imprisonment in Iran for publicly arguing that local police concealed the true cause of death of a young man in their custody. Iran’s TV censors draw ridicule, protests Al-Monitor – Censorship is nothing new for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), but particularly awkward editing has recently brought the state broadcaster international ridicule. The censoring of sports events and movies is common on Iranian television. Iranian viewers have grown accustomed to shots of the audience being cut from live coverage of sports competitions. But IRIB made world … Ex-IRGC chief: Iran to leave nuclear weapons treaty if US ditches deal Al-Monitor – A former commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that if the United States walks away from the nuclear deal, Iran could respond by exiting the international treaty to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Talking to reporters on April 26, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Expediency Council, deemed as “very serious” the warnings issued by … Iran’s World Cup hopes rest on AZ Alkmaar’s Alireza Jahanbakhsh ESPN – It is not often that free-scoring forwards have to step out of the shadow of miserly defenders to take the spotlight, but that is what Alireza Jahanbakhsh will be doing this June. Gov’t Agencies ‘Can’t Cope’ With Huge Number Of Child Laborers, Says Official Radiofarda – Approximately nine thousand child laborers in Iran, many of whom homeless and vulnerable to violence and sexual abuse, have been identified and given shelter, according to top officials in the Islamic Republic. Iran’s Judiciary Confirms Death And Flogging Sentence For Mohammad Salas Iran-HRM – The Head of Tehran’s Judiciary said that the death sentence for Mohammad Salas, a member of Gonabadi Dervish community and the bus driver in the Pasdaran Street incident which led to the deaths of three agents, was confirmed by the Supreme Court, according to the state-run ISNA news agency. “The case was sent to the Supreme Court and … Baha’i Father And Daughter Sentenced To Heavy Prison Terms Iran-HRM – According to reports, Baha’i father Nematollah Bangaleh and his daughter Nazanin, who were detained in September 2016 and then released on bail, were each sentenced to five years of prison on Tuesday April 24 by the 1st Branch of the Shiraz Revolutionary Court. Authorities Cancel Telegram’s License To Host Servers In Iran RFL/RE – Iranian authorities have ordered the social-messaging app Telegram to move its servers outside the country. The Supreme Cyberspace Council, Iran’s Internet watchdog, said in a statement on April 26 that it had canceled the license that allowed Telegram servers to be hosted in Iran. The decision means that all incoming messages have to be channeled through Iran’s government-controlled … U.S. Reportedly Investigating Alleged Iran Sanctions Violations By China’s Huawei RFL/RE – The U.S. Justice Department has opened an investigation into suspected violations of Iran sanctions by China’s Huawei Technologies, U.S. media reported on April 25. Page 4 of 33« First...«23456 » 102030...Last »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418808
__label__cc	0.624709	0.375291	Arts Hound Visual Arts by Alex V. CipollePosted on 03/05/2015 Creative disruption: As PIELC (the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference) wraps Eugene in a big green hug March 5-8, one of the conference panelists, writer Mary DeMocker, is “condemning” her neighborhood with an interactive public art installation. DeMocker has run a 300-foot faux liquified natural gas pipeline through the yards along the 21st avenue block between Agate and Emerald, which will be up through Sunday, March 8. “I started out just thinking it would be on my front lawn,” DeMocker says, but then neighbors warmed to the idea. “I talked to them one by one.” The installation draws attention to the local and global environmental hazards of the LNG pipeline, as well as highlighting the PIELC panel “Creative Disruption: How Ordinary People are Breaking All the Rules — and Saving Planet Earth” with DeMocker as well as Bill McKibben, Kathleen Dean Moore and Mary C. Wood 4 pm Thursday, March 5, in the EMU Ballroom on the UO campus. Eugene restaurant The Cannery (345 E. 11th Ave) unveils a new mural by local artist Erik Roggeveen 5:30 pm Friday, March 6. The 112-square-foot mural will hang in a “heavy-duty mounting system” that protects the original piece while allowing other art to rotate in and out. The March First Friday ArtWalk is a collaboration between Lane Arts Council and the Eugene Opera, which presents Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street March 13 and 15 at the Hult, as well as members of the Downtown Eugene Merchants group who “will have tonsorial, meat pie and related offerings to help turn Willamette St. into Sweeney Todd’s Fleet Street for the evening.” The ArtWalk kicks off at The New Zone Gallery for the non-juried Zone 4 All show at 5:30 pm. Mall madness: The monthly LGBTQ mixer Made in the USA goes big this month, expanding from its usual digs at The Barn Light to the Broadway Commerce Center atrium 6 to 9:30 pm Friday, March 6. The state theme is Minnesota, so event organizer John O’Malley will recreate a “Mall of America” in the atrium with vendors including Heritage Dry Goods, Oak Street Vintage, Funagain Games, Will Leather Goods and House of Records. Tags: ArtsHound	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418812
__label__wiki	0.531413	0.531413	Top 5 Shameful 2014 SEC Non-Conference Football Schedules By Andy Coffaro - April 11, 2014 Vanderbilt opens the 2014 season vs. Temple. (Don McPeak-USA TODAY Sports) ‘Tis the season for watching spring football games, studying up on the incoming class of freshmen and transfers, and memorizing your favorite team’s 2014 schedule. If you’re a fan of a school like Arkansas, you might be a bit nervous about facing the toughest strength of schedule in all of college football right after a 3-8 season. As if the SEC weren’t tough enough, the Razorbacks have out-of-conference matchups versus two bowl teams from 2013: Texas Tech and Northern Illinois. Conversely, non-conference anxiety shouldn’t be a problem for other SEC teams. From Florida to Alabama to Mississippi State, these five schools should feel downright guilty for their 2014 non-conference schedules. And yes, I fully realize that the SEC is the best conference in the country and that no other schools have to maneuver as difficult a conference gauntlet as the Southeastern Conference. That still doesn’t excuse teams from scheduling the UT Martin Skyhawks. 1. Vanderbilt 08/28 – Temple Owls 09/13 – UMass Minutemen 10/11 – Charleston Southern Buccaneers 11/01 – Old Dominion Monarchs The Commodores are coming off yet another impressive nine-win season that saw them playing in an unprecedented third straight bowl contest. With a non-conference slate consisting of Temple, UMass, Charleston Southern, and Old Dominion, it’s hard to imagine Vandy not making a fourth straight bowl trip despite playing in the SEC. It’s also hard to imagine a softer non-conference schedule in all of college football: Temple won just two games in 2013; UMass had half as many wins and put up a nation’s worst 11.7 points per game; FCS foe Charleston Southern arrives in Nashville before a bye week; and Vandy gets a late-season breather against an Old Dominion team making the transition from FCS to Conference USA. To top it all off, every out-of-conference matchup takes place in Vanderbilt Stadium. 2. Mississippi State 08/30 – Southern Mississippi 09/06 – UAB 09/13 – at South Alabama 11/08 – UT Martin The Mississippi State Bulldogs give the Commodores everything they can handle in challenging for the crown of most shameful SEC 2014 non-conference schedule. The squad opens with a home contest to a Southern Mississippi team that was riding a nation’s worst 23-game losing streak before it finally pulled out a victory in last season’s finale. UAB managed to double the Golden Eagle’s win total with a whopping two W’s. Ironically, the Bulldogs’ most difficult non-conference game won’t take place versus a Conference USA opponent, but rather the Sun Belt. A road contest on September 13th finds Mississippi State on the road in Mobile, Alabama versus a Jaguars team that went 6-6 in 2013, including three straight wins to end the season. To complete their non-conference schedule, the Bulldogs scheduled a November scrimmage against UT Martin. 08/30 – Idaho 09/06 – Eastern Michigan 11/22 – Eastern Kentucky 11/29 – at Florida St. Let’s get the November 29th tilt at the defending national champions out of the way first. Yes, this is a brutal non-conference game. One could argue that along with playing at schools like Alabama, it doesn’t get any tougher than this. But that doesn’t excuse Florida from opening the season against two of the most historically inept programs in all of college football: the Idaho Vandals and the Eastern Michigan Eagles. Other than the quick blip-on-the-radar 2009 season that saw Idaho win the Humanitarian Bowl, the team has been so awful that the school found itself, along with New Mexico State, without a home in 2013 after the WAC dissolved. Now an official member of the Sun Belt, the Vandals open the season in Gainesville where the awaiting Gators have “challenged” themselves with an opening game versus a 2013 defense that was 126th in college football giving up 46.8 points per game. 124th in defense at 45.2 points per game? Eastern Michigan. 08/30 – West Virginia (at Atlanta, GA) 09/06 – Florida Atlantic 11/22 – Western Carolina To give Alabama a bit of credit, West Virginia was coming off of 10 wins in 2011 (including a 70-33 Orange Bowl route of Clemson) and seven wins in 2012 when this Chick-fil-A Kickoff Game in Atlanta was scheduled. The Crimson Tide get no such credit for scheduling home games versus FAU and Southern Mississippi while also making sure to add its historical late-November nap versus an overmatched FCS squad. In 2013, Bama hosted Colorado State, Georgia State, and Chattanooga. In 2012, Western Kentucky, FAU, and Western Carolina came to Bryant-Denny Stadium. For fans in Tuscaloosa and around the country, it would be a refreshing change to see the Crimson Tide schedule a home game versus a major BCS non-conference opponent. 09/06 – Lamar 09/13 – Rice 09/20 – at SMU 11/01 – UL Monroe Quick. Without using Google. Where is Lamar located and what’s the team’s nickname? Did you also know that the school voted to pull the plug on football in the late 80s and that the squad just returned to the gridiron in 2010? This is the Texas A&M Aggies season opener. The post-Johnny Football era stays in the state of Texas during all of September after a tough opening conference game versus South Carolina. After a home opener against the Cardinals [Author’s Note: I used Google to discover Lamar’s nickname too], the Aggies remain in-state with games against Rice and SMU. Although the Owls aren’t anywhere near the class of Texas A&M in terms of sheer talent, at least they went to a bowl game last year, which is a lot more than the other teams can claim on this list with the sole exception of Florida’s trip to Tallahassee. Andy Coffaro is a contributor to FBSchedules.com. Follow him on Twitter @andycoffaro and LinkedIn. Trey Corley says: Alabama will be given a pass because for some reason they can do no wrong. So they wil be forgiven for the games against suck weak teams out of conference. What would be great though is to see one of these teams slip up & best the Tide. Wishful thinking I guess. Hehe. GEAUX LSU TIGERS!!!!! Andrew Noles says: Keep in mind too, that SEC teams (I am sure others do it too) often host teams like this to boost revenue for those schools. LSU does it too. Did you know that for the Colorado State game against Bama, CSU got $1.5 million, and will receive the same amount from a second game to be played in 2015 or 2017. So yeah, it gives our powerhouses a breather game, but it also generously benefits less fortunate schools that don’t have the same funding options that our big Uni’s do. GOBRONCOS says: Claim is that from “TOP TO BOTTOM”. the SEC has been the best conference in CFB for several consecutive seasons. Lets not forget in recent seasons there have been teams that have swept through the SEC conf. with as few as one loss followed up with a bowl loss to a team from another conference. Examples: Auburn 2013 (12-1 SEC, lost the NCG to Florida State,… Florida 2012 (11-1 SEC) lost Sugar Bowl to Louisville… And 2008 Alabama (12-1 SEC) lost Sugar Bowl to a non AQ MWC Utah team. These OOC opponents did have strong seasons and I do agree the SEC has been a dominating conf. , but if they have constantly dominated over “ALL” the other conferences year in and year out like they have been said to have had, no team would ever sweep the entire rest of the SEC and and then lose a bowl game to an opponent from any other conference . Or at very least not to a non AQ opponent. That tells me that no matter how good the rest of the SEC teams were that season they could have just as easily had losses to the top teams from other conferences. The SEC needs to re confirm that they are still currently the best by scheduling stronger OOC opponents and winning when they do. Clayton Kendrick Jr. says: Pathetic reply Trey. mrvandy says: Vandy should be given a pass! They are not a national powerhouse like some other teams. As for 3 through 5, you don’t expect it from top tier programs such as those! No pass for Vandy. says: You realize that Vandy just bailed on the second half of a 4 game series with Northwestern, right? They were afraid to go to Evanston, IL to face the Northwestern Wildcats. For those of you keeping score at home, NU was a pathetic 1-7 in B1G play. And Vandy bailed out of a contract w/ them 11 months before the game. tankdogg06 says: Vandy also backed out of a game with Ohio State last year. OSU had to replace them with a crap Florida school at the last minute. Not very SEC-like. HeyYouInTheBushes says: Not taking up for Vandy backing out of the Ohio State game, but at least get the facts straight. OSU was already scheduled to play Florida A&M. What happened was OSU replaced Vandy with San Diego State. However to accommodate the Aztecs, OSU had to move the FAMU game to the date of the cancelled Vandy game. I am aware of the revenue that the SEC provides for lesser teams at the bottom of these week conferences. I am also aware that the teams at the top of these very same conferences have the same revenue problems and would be just as willing and exited to have these paydays. At the same time I am not blind that some would point out that this is done totally out of generosity by the SEC, and at the same time they would either choose to ignore or totally avoid the fact that while the SEC is being so generous to these week teams, all favors are being returned four fold. Four no risk, sure wins games are like spraying WD-4 on the SEC tracks to an NCG. Add that to another BCS BOWL appearance. We all know what kind of generous pay days accompany these….. Nice try,…You’ll have to throw another heroic deed out there before I “personally” buy in. B-Rad says: The South needs their college football. They don’t have much else This is probably the most ignorant comment I have ever read. big James says: The southern states have most of our economies growing and improving while the northern states are predominantly decaying..but all we have is football? A quick vote here..uf ug and usc instate rivals or auburn playing kansas st..as a betting man which of those games would be deemed easiest from a sec perspective? To James- I would say right now that UG has the easier one with GT. This is probably the most ignorant comment you ever read…. To me that translates to: … You have never been a reciever on the target end of an SEC fans comments before. BRONCONATION1960 says: It’s the honest truth when someone says …” you can sure tell an SEC fan “,….” but you sure can’t tell them very much”. Dave Greene says: Cool story bro,, next contestant please. We also have damn Yankees Pssstt oregon gets a high school team scedule every year Brewhabwe says: Oregon has three non conference games each year and they usually schedule one pansy, one regional (Fresno State, Boise State, Utah pre Pac12) and one power conference foe. In recent years, they’ve scheduled Tennessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Michigan State so while they do schedule the likes of Idaho, Montana, and Eastern Washington once per season, they are worlds ahead of the SEC’s directional school scheduling! These are shameful schedules but the SEC has actually improved from a decade ago. It used to be that Tennessee was the only SEC team that routinely scheduled outside power conference opponents. The others would schedule a decent non-con game every 3-4 years but these schedules notwithstanding, it is getting better! I do not know about the rest of the SEC but I can vouch for Auburn. I have been a fan since 1984 and every year they have at least one good OOC game. Kudos to Tennessee for doing the same, but they are not the only one. Are you referring to the same “pre pac 12” Utah team , and Boise State teams that I think you are? The Pre pac-12 Utah team that I am thinking of finished the “03” season ranked !#21, the “09” season ranked #18, the “03” season at #4 after a (35-7) Fiesta Bowl Win over Pitt. And who could forget “08” and the Utah team that went (14-0) and finished ranked #2 after a (31-17) Sugar Bowl win over a (12-2) Alabama team who had completely dominated the SEC with their only loss being to (13-1) Florida in the final week of season….. Or the Boise State team that finished ranked in 9 of the last 12 seasons in the final polls at (not in this order) Note: (*) = the seasons that Oregon played Boise State 18, 16, 15,12, (11), 9, 8, 5, and (4). also with two Fiesta bowl wins. I have got to admit that Auburn has done a better job of scheduling more good OOC games than SOME of the other SEC teams, but what happened to that from 2004-2007? I noticed that Florida has played Florida State every year during the BCS era and for as many years as you would want to check even before the BCS era. i do believe that in 08 bama was on probation and without scholarships and should have never made it to a bowl game but played their asses off and won. I was very surprised at that season . the loss was from a good team that finally put bama in their place… roll tide roll “WOW”… If the 2008 Alabama team had to play their asses off and were still able to go 12-2, (6-1 in SEC play) with an average SEC conference game score of 39-21 (+18 ppg) while on probation and without scholarship for the entire season and they were still able to make it all the way to the Sugar Bowl, ….that does say something about the SEC conference. Especially because they also were able to go (4-1) in OOC play against (7-6) Clemson, (2-10) Tulane, (2-10) Western Kentucky, (6-6) Arkansas State, and their only OOC loss was to a good (13-0) Utah team by an average score of 29-11 (+18 ppg.) ….Wait a minute,….Their average SEC win and their average OOC wins were by the exact same (+18 ppg)? Hmmmm……Well , I guess it really does say something about the SEC conference ! Hey GOBRONCOS how many National Championship trophies does Boise State have??? West says: The same number as Alabama… zero (0). Only Ohio State has a National Championship Trophy. Alabama has numerous BCS Championships and AP/Coaches polls media-based championships. The NCAA did not give out “trophies” until 2014 as that was the first true playoff-based Champion in Division I. If you want to get technical, Boise State does have a National Championship Trophy. They won the Div I-AA National Championship in 1980. Since Div I-AA has a playoff, the NCAA has recognized the winner as a National Champion and awarded them with a National Champion Trophy. True, Oregon always seems to have a “Weak Sisters of teh Poor” scheduled each year, but they DO also have a tough opponent, such as Michigan State this year. They also played Tennessee, LSU, Boise St and have Nebraska, Texas A&M and Ohio State on their future schedules. I’d be all in favor of the Ducks no longer playing any FCS team. With 128 FBS teams to choose from, there are lots of options to pick a weaker opponent. Can not wait to see that MSU at Oregon game. Win or lose both teams need a plus toward the 4 team playoff. Maybe then we could get more great OOC games like this every year. SMU didn’t make a bowl last year–they were 5-7. Andy Coffaro says: Good catch Evan. It was Rutgers who won their last game to go 6-6 and sneak into a bowl. For some reason in my head I thought it was SMU. Mississippi State will save a lot of money on travel this season With 3 cupcake games @ home and a 2 hour bus ride to play South Alabama right next door, there will be no hotle bills and maybe only a quick stop for gas and a drive thru @ McDonalds on the way home. Seriously, until non BCS teams wins are not counted towards bowl eligibility this travesty will continue. Kevin Kelley says: Thanks for the comment. Mobile is actually about 3.5 hours from Starkville, but I get your point. Joel Wells says: S. Miss wasn’t always this bad, and wasn’t when the game was scheduled. UAB has been a regular opponent in the past and has played State tough in the past. I commend Miss State for leaving their SEC home and playing a team like South Alabama.If the SEC teams can win with the same dominating ways against the mid -majors at their house , then maybe so Dave. Having an underdog gives the game so much more interest and meaning. Ask Tennessee if South Alabama is a cupcake! Uf plays preseason #1 & #2 this year and still gets mocked for a weak schedule ooc..I guess kind of like our sec conference was mocked in basketball..and we had 2 of the final 4..what is this obsession with people outside the sec wanting to play 4 top 10 teams with our ooc schedule ..except for perhaps uk we don’t have perennial doormats..and our ooc games help fund our entire athletic programs..that’s why we win titles in gymnastics..softball..tennis and track and field..by getting the money from 7_8 packed stadium home games This piece is strictly about non-conference, so doesn’t matter that they play Bama. gus says: Florida does play #1 and #2 but the could play at least in state teams like Miami UCF USF FIU or FAU the the school of blind like there playing Gus..we played um..last year..and I don’t personally have any interest in filling their stadium with our fans ever again..usf and ucf..took butt kickings from us in the past..and then dropped us..by buying out the remaining games..we have played and whipped fiu and fau..now they want large sums of money to play again..so uf has a budget for ooc games..just like you do at your house. And we try to stick to it I understand this article was about ooc games..but that’s taking the entirety of the schedule out of context..as a proud uf alumnus..and 20 year gator booster..I am 100 pct OK with a few weak ooc games each year..with lsu jawja usc and fsu on our permanent schedule..what other non sec team can beat these 4 toughies ..??..huh..I’m open for discussing.. M. Sage says: The last time Florida played a nonconference road game outside the state of Florida (excluding bowl games) was 1991 at Syracuse in which they got slaughtered 38-21. Every BIG program should have 1 Home & 1 Away game every year against parallel competition nonconference wise. Automatic Bowl rematches with the winner gaining home field should easily remedy this situation. The SEC needs to stop being so cowardly and schedule some home & aways and I’m not talking about Neutral Sites either. The reason why they don’t is that the play the system perfectly, all have an FCS school on their slate & meekly play all the rest of their games at HOME against loser schools. Quit being a bunch of pussies and schedule like A MAN would. Jinzo says: Please note that Auburn is not on this list…nor will they for the next two years. Hats off to the Tigers for stepping up their OOC schedule….. M. N. E. says: bigjames, I beg your pardon. The SEC has had, and still has, these perennial doormats…Vanderbilt, Mississippi, Mississippi State, Tennessee, Kentucky. Oh, it such a tough conference. I for one am sick of hearing how tough it is. It is not any tougher than most other conferences. However, the BCS was loaded with SEC Homers so they always get a pass…Let’s see the SEC teams go North to play Bowl games instead of practically getting “home” games during bowl season. Lt’s see an OOC schedule that AT LEAST has a power team from another Power conference. Until the SEC starts playing tougher schedules OOC, they, to me, are continuing to get a pass.IMO. Mne does playing the national championship Seminoles..every year..not count?..oh wait are you one of those who believe this game doesn’t count because we don’t leave the state to play it This is in reply to M.N.E,,You called Tennessee perennial doormats which is not true. TN is 4th nationally for all time bowl appearances and 6th for all time bowl wins nationally. That puts them ahead of teams like USC, Texas and Florida State. Though perennial would mean year end and year out for a very extended period but lets look at the past decade. TN was a bowl game 2000-2005 and 2007-2010. They last won a NC in 1998 beating Florida State 23-16 finishing 13-0 for the year. I do agree for the most part about the others on your list but calling TN a “perennial doormat is certainly false.” Another Red Herring article, no doubt provided by some ACC or B10 apologist. Please tell me a similar article will be forthcoming for all conferences? And if so, why was the SEC spotlighted first? Randomly picked out of a hat? Most of the other scheduling by conference write ups are done in some order, alphabetical etc… SEC ……schedule easy cupcakes. Who is your team Jinzo. You have a lot to say about the SEC. I am a Florida fan. Please tell me your team so that I can analyze the totality of their schedule year over year. Let’s see auburn gets a pass but uf.ug and usc..don’t..and we play bloody instate rivals every year..that’s pure idiocy..m sage..I’m sure glad you had to dig back 23 years for that insignificant fact…this not playing outside state lines is a load of malarkey..so if we got fsu to hold their game with us the next time at the first rest area over the Georgia line..we’d finally get you northern and western numbskulls to cut uf some slack?….I don’t defend bama..auburn..lsu ut..or any other sec that doesn’t have instate annual rivals.take a look at our schedule..we play one neutral site game and 1 supremely tough..ooc game Florida is a disgrace when it comes to scheduling….at least Bama will actually travel out of state. You want a reason why Urban left? Staying home like cowards is one of them…you don’t find it bothersome the gators have left Florida in 23 years to play anyone? Just embarrassing. Brad Nettles says: Florida will be playing Michigan in Texas in 2017 just to let ya know. What I’m tired of hearing is the complaints about the SEC’s OOC schedules. LSU a few years ago had a series with Oregon and ran them off the field. Alabama plated VT last year, Tennessee played Oregon the last couple years. UF plays FSU every year. Then y’all want to make excuses about facts that prove all of your theories wrong by saying, well they haven’t played an OOC game outside of the state in X amount of years. But the thing is, you idiots will continue to have an excuse no matter what. Ya know why? B/c people are just mad at the fact that the SEC wins championships. Plain and simple. I’m glad that we have a playoff now cuz now there ain’t gonna be no excuses when the SEC wins more titles. Florida has on it’s 2014 schedule the #1, #2, #6, #10 and #12 teams. Any team that can go through that deserves to only have one tough OOC game. ( The NUMBER ONE currently ranked team FSU ) Look at OSU’s sched, look at FSU’s sched., look at Oklahoma’s schedule or even a Stanford’s schedule and say you’d trade with U.F.? Hell we got LSU, FSU, S.Carolina and Georgia EVERY year. LSU is like on OOC team as you only play 2 from the West and our permanent team is LSU. Try to go to Death Valley every 2 years. FSU would NOT have played for the MNC last year if they had an SEC schedule. Not quite says: Another dumbass article backhandedly attacking Florida by this stupid website run by a gator hater (written no less by a subordinate with no awareness of SEC football) Let it go Kevin, you’re too old to act this immaturely bitter. We get it. You’ve got a home and home with Clemson. Congratulations. We’re all so proud of you. Maybe if your program didn’t waste it’s time constantly picking on Tech year in and year out you wouldn’t have to boost up your non conference schedule and then use your website to strut. No articles on this site are written to spite any particular team. Our contributors write as they see fit. There is no bias towards Georgia or against Florida. Come back next year and you will see UGA in one of these articles most likely. Brock says: Great response, Kevin. I love seeing trolls like “Not quite” get put in their place. Not quite..you must know Kevin..but good call..brock..must be a yes boy..who has no intelligent or interesting input..so this boy..takes a cowardly shot at you..without ever saying who his teamis..man up punk Please discuss the non-conference schedules of the teams listed, or who you think should have made the list, etc. This is not a message board, so please don’t turn it into one with the continued shots at each other, the author, me, or whoever. As always, thanks for visiting FBSchedules.com. bradleysmith1212 says: Big Ten Edition: Minnesota – Eastern Illinois, Middle Tennessee, at TCU, San Jose St. Rutgers – at Washington St. (in Seattle), Howard, at Navy, Tulane Purdue – Western Michigan, Central Michigan, Notre Dame (at Indianapolis), Southern Illinois Illinois – Youngstown St., Western Kentucky, at Washington, Texas St. Penn St. – UCF (Dublin, Ireland), Akron, UMass, Temple Michigan St. – Jacksonville ST. at Oregon, E. Michigan, Wyoming At least the worst Big Ten OOC schedules have road games against other BCS teams You are joking,right? Minnesota is playing three strong teams that they lose too…and they are going on the road as well…where is Florida traveling too? Interesting. Even when you look at Minnesota with an assumed weak schedule it’s more challenging than most SEC teams’ schedule and this is just for this Fall of 2014. If you go back the past three years and ahead three years for Minnesota you see n.c. games that were played on the road each year, including at USC and others, and home against teams such as; Syracuse, UNLV, perennial FCS power North Dakota State, and San Jose State. And future years still have games h/a against TCU, h/a Oregon State and as well as road n/c opponents. The SEC should be ashamed with their lack of challenging schedules and there really is no debate about this as far as I’m concerned. Take the blinders off and see what the schedules truly for what they are, producing wins to fool their fan base and poll voters into thinking they’re good or better than others. The SEC schedules for the most part are a joke (by the way, I do give LSU credit for trying to do it right and give themselves and their conference some legitimacy). Jinzo – The road game at TCU is tough, and is something you wouldn’t see in the SEC. But Eastern Illinois, Middle Tennessee, and San Jose St.? That’s a pretty weak out of conference schedule. ACC Edition: Duke – Elon, at Troy, Kansas, Tulane Wake Forest – at ULM, Gardner-Webb, at Utah St., Army NC State – Georgia Southern, Old Dominion, at USF, Presbyterian Pitt – Delaware, at FIU, Iowa, Akron Boston College – at UMass, USC, Maine, Colorado St. Also considered: Georgia Tech – Wofford, Tulane, Georgia Southern, at Georgia Louisville – Murray St., at FIU, at Notre Dame, Kentucky We will have some for other conferences in the coming days. Big 12 Edition (top 3): Kansas – SE Missouri St., at Duke, Central Michigan Baylor – SMU, NW State, at Buffalo TCU – Samford, Minnesota, at SMU Texas Tech – Central Arkansas, at UTEP, Arkansas Oklahoma – Louisiana Tech, at Tulsa, Tennessee Kansas St. – Stephen F. Austin, Auburn, UTEP Oklahoma St. – Florida St. (at Arlington, TX), Missouri St., UTSA Iowa St. – North Dakota St., at Iowa, Toledo PAC 12 edition: Arizona – UNLV, at UTSA, Nevada Oregon St. – Portland St., at Hawaii, San Diego St. Colorado – Colorado St. (in Denver), at UMass, Hawaii Washington – at Hawaii, Eastern Washington, Illinois, Georgia St. Washington St. – Rutgers (in Seattle), at Nevada, Portland St. ASU – Weber St., at New Mexico, Notre Dame Oregon – South Dakota, Michigan St., Wyoming Stanford – UC Davis, Army, at Notre Dame “Thanks bradleysmith1212 said…” I don’t think there should be any argument to how poorly and weakly the SEC schedule their games, both out of conference and in conference. When was the last time any of the “big boys” in the SEC had back-to-back “tough” games. You will always notice that Bama and the others will have a “little sisters of the poor” or a bye week prior to any “major” game. The SEC fan is completely blind to the fact of their team’s poor & weak scheduling because the poll voters are as well and reward the SEC for their efforts (or lack there of). They have fourteen teams in their schedule, but yet only schedule to play seven of their 13 conference opponents and then add four chumps to fill the 12 game schedule out. It’s a junk and there shouldn’t be any reward given to this disgrace. jst5 says: I applaud the SEC for allowing their teams to schedule who they want when they want. They have not caved to the 9 game conf schedules that are becoming common place. But I guess the byproduct is having some teams schedule crappy OOC opponents. Alabama seems to be very calculated when scheduling. They have a bye before they play LSU. They play an FCS team before they play Auburn. They play 3 ooc games at home and 1 on a neutral field. They will most likely be a top 10 team fighting for a playoff spot or a BCS bowl yet again. Janzen says: They haven’t “caved” to the nine game conference schedule because they don’t want their good teams playing an extra tough crossover game, they would rather schedule a weak fbs school. The SEC needs to do a justice to nonconf scheduling and not schedule FCS opponents either just as the B1G is doing after this season! Big Ten teams are continuing to schedule FCS programs. There is no rule, it was only a suggestion. christopher moore says: FLORIDA will play MICHIGAN in Arlington in september of 2017 to start season so this will be UF’S first out state game since 1991 but the only reason they have not played out of the state of florida is because UF did not want to lose a home game to off set it leaving them with only 6 games if that happen but in 2017 the SEC will either have an 8 game schedule or 9 game schedule by then. uga went to tempe ariz 2008 Stillwater okla 2009 boulder colo 2010 played boise st 2011 Columbia mizzou 2012 Clemson sc 2013 sounds like we have done our part in the travel dept The SEC West is the most difficult side of any conference in the U.S. and to stand a chance of participating in bowl games and competing for recruits, teams like MSU and UM must find winnable non-conference games…their conference schedules are brutal. One thing you don’t mention is how expensive and competitive it is to beat off the Athletic Directors of AL & LSU from out bidding smaller budget schools to take cupcakes along the way. MSU has had several non conference schools back out because AL or LSU comes calling with more money. It’s always about money! You are right on the money Steve….As someone who has been a 20 year booster at UF, we realize that in order to be able to meet our entire athletic department budget that we must have 7 home football games each year..Those 7 home football games support our entire excellent athletic program. Men’s basketball is about break even but all other sports are in the red. Our AD Foley is highly regarded as one of the tops in the country and he believs in an entire athletic program excellence. The only program that we have that is down is our women’s basketball program. Soccer, Lacrosse, Gymnastics, Softball, Baseball, Women’s and men’s tennis,Mens and womens golf, cross country, swimming and diving, all rely on those 7 football games to support them in their endeavors to win national championships…oh we just won a NC in Gymnastics this week..so for all y’all that think these OOC games are all about macho…take a step back and look at the economics of College Sports We Play FSU home and away every year…we play UGa at a Neutral site every year…we have rotating 3 SEC Conf games at home and FSU at home to make 4 home games, then the next year we have 4 conference games at home..and a road OOC game with FSU..so for all of us out here who understand budgets and financing…we must therefore make the 3 OOC home games every year….oh and that’s not even getting into the economy of Gainesville, FL…many businesses in Gville make 25 % or more of their yearly income on those 7 home game weekends… Now Remember Vandy had a nice little ACC SEC end of season game with Wake Forest that the SEC stepped in and made Vandy move their UT game to the end of the season,,that’s why they have Charleston Southern…kinda like UF, UG and USC had with our local rivals…not sure if Wake and Vandy will rekindle that seemed like a perfect end of season game for them demibrown (@iDBrown) says: When teams play 3-5 top 25 teams in conference every year, who gives a crap about their OOC. When you have teams like Ohio State advancing to elite bowl games having played no ranked teams, there’s really no point in trying to criticize the SEC. #HatersWillAlwaysHate Heck my friend uf has 4 top 10 teams on our schedule…who can top that except maybe Arkansas?…yea ok so we have Idaho and eastern Michigan..ooc Let me correct myself we have 6 of the top 18 It’s just a look at which teams have the worst non-conference schedule. End of story. sandybarber111 says: all well said big James said….goooooooo gators The SEC has played week opponents for several seasons. This has left little if any current comparison of their over all strength vs. other conferences. Yet they are still being given special treatment as the strongest conf. This is reflected as high team rankings in the polls for some of their teams that are not always deserving of that ranking. So naturally they play more ranked teams than teams from other conferences. Even though Florida finished unranked and bowl ineligible in 2013 at (4-8) with an OOC record of (1-3) that included a loss to a non FBS team, beat only one team that was above .500, and lost their last seven games they are projected by ESPN to start 2014 ranked @ #25. Their first three games in 2014 are against …Idaho, East Michigan, and a Kentucky team that finished at (2-10) in 2013. Barring any surprises, this will insure that they will be ranked and that Alabama will get credit for beating a ranked team when they play Florida in week #4. Here are Alabama’s opening games from the past several years (except Penn State, which was game 2) – In 2008, Alabama opened against 9th-ranked Clemson in Atlanta – in 2009, Alabama opened against 7th-ranked Virginia Tech in Atlanta – Alabama played a home-and-home with Penn State in 2010 & 2011 (this was prior to the scandal which knocked PSU back a few steps; they were a top 25 team in both games) – In 2012, Alabama opened the season in Dallas against Michigan, who was ranked 8th and coming off a Sugar Bowl win – In 2013, Alabama again opened the season against Virginia Tech – In 2014, Alabama opens in Atlanta against West Virginia, who finished 10-3 with an Orange Bowl win in 2011 when the game was scheduled – In 2015, Alabama will open against Wisconsin in Dallas I just don’t understand the criticism. Sure, Alabama hasn’t opened against a team like Ohio State or Stanford in recent years, but when was the last time you saw one of them open against a top-ten team? With the exception of last year, when Virginia Tech was coming off of an unusually bad season, Alabama has had at least one top-25 OOC opponent since 2008, and they played Florida State in Tallahassee in 2007. I wasn’t aiming to single out Alabama or to criticize any specific SEC team. I was speaking about the conference as a whole. I am not an SEC fan, nor am I an SEC hater. But you mention a few things that we seem to have different opinions on. In 2007 ..Clemson finished ranked at 21 after a loss to Auburn in the Chic- Filet, and started 2008 unranked in the AP poll…..2009 vs. a #7 V. Tech that finished ranked # 10 was good…..2010 Penn State started ranked # 19 and finished unranked, then started and finished 2011 unranked…. 2012 Michigan started at # 8 and finished at #24 with an 8-5 record, and had finished 2011 at # 12 …..V. Tech finished 2012 unranked then in 2013 they started and finished unranked….West Virginia finished the 2013 season unranked at 4-8 and will be unranked for the 2014 opener. Bama boyz says: Listen!!! The SEC or any other conference is what it is. The rankings are just people opinions that week. Some are higher and some are lower than they should be. That’s for every team. No body knows how good a team is until they play that game. Everybody said alabama was going to beat Ohio state, but they didn’t. U can’t say any conference is better or worse. Unless u have 230 games a year and everyone plays everyone. But if that happens then people will say that my QB was injured so that’s why we lossed. The point is, we are all human and everyone has there own opinion and that’s the way it’s going to stay cause there is no way too prove anything. To compare the conf. as a whole, you might want to check into the first four weeks of Missouri”s, Florida’s, Arkansas’, Miss.St.’s, LSU’s, Auburn’s, and Miis.’s schedules. These ought to leave the SEC in pretty good shape in the polls again when they hit their conference schedules. Playing each other as ranked teams after these soft schedules will no doubt minimize any impact to the teams that lose and magnify the strength of the winning team in the polls. Just a general comment from a life long Oregon fan. Alabama and other SEC teams play these weak OOC games every year BUT yet they still manage to top the polls. That is because the SEC is the hardest conference in football. You are delusional if you can not see that. Yes they were down last year but they still managed to put a team in the NGC. It sucks that the schools that we root for are not as good as the top in the SEC but they will fall soon. Until then, suck it up and stop being little btches. Rick Wageman says: I respect your right to your own opinion. But we do disagree on how strong the SEC really is. I agree they may be the best. If not they are for sure close to the best. Playing mostly week OOC opponents makes the conference look stronger as a whole. This leads to some teams being over rated and is the reason they finish with so many teams topping the polls…. Several years of playing week OOC opponents combined with the non intentional and intentional over rankings of teams (as is the case of Florida in 2014) distort things and leaves little to no real timer comparison to top teams from the other conferences. The SEC needs to play a better quality of OOC opponents to re confirm that they are still currently the best. And I also believe that credit for opponents rank at the end of season should replace the current credit for opponent rank on game day. This would prevent things like Alabama and LSU getting credit for beating over ranked teams like Florida early in 2014 before they drop from the polls, then not give Florida State the same credit for playing the exact same Florida team in week 14. florida state would never have all the 10 win seasons they had if they were in the sec.. bobby bowden even said it himself when asked why he wouldnt join the conference.. you caint go 10 and 2 and win a national title… the acc? the wac? the pac 10.. what competition do those conferences bring to the table Nick's chick says: Haters gonna hate. ROLL TIDE ROLL!!!! If you are responding to my post….. I strongly believe that the SEC has a couple teams that would prove them self as NCG candidates and would be winners against any schedule and a few that would also prove viable, along with several teams that would fail to remain at the current levels and ranks that media hype and weak schedules have produced for them over the past several seasons. This does not mean that the SEC does not have some of the best teams or even that they are not the best conference in CFB…. However, it does leave some legitimate question marks about how the SEC conference as a whole (from top to bottom)… would currently compare to the other conferences if faced with tougher schedules. Buzz says: Southern Mississippi was coming off a 12-1 season when MSU scheduled them to open the 2014 season. It is not MSU’s fault the suck now. It is part of the parody of college athletics. 2 years ago it was considered a good move, now it’s a weak schedule Jake-Commodore says: Went to Vandy, and totally thrilled about their scheduling. How many decades has the team every other teams Homecoming invite? Under Franklin we started building a great program, but prior to Franklin the last bowl game was in 1982 season, so to lump us in as SEC power team is premature at best: new coach and playbook, no quarterback, lack of returning linemen, and I’m happy as a clam to take on UMass, because we might get beat by Temple. Besides, OSU has always been chastised for playing Toledo, Dayton and that powerhouse Ohio University to pad their schedule. Alabama has beaten the snot out of every team it’s played in the championship game . Bring your team and best them then whine about your schedules please. Texas, LSU, n dame . Next? 2013, Auburn and Bama were by far the SEC’s two best teams… Auburn beat 8 SEC teams by an average 12 ppg., and lost the NCG to Fla.ST. -3 …..Bama beat 7 SEC teams by an average of 28 ppg. and lost the Sugar Bowl to Okla. -14 … Are the top teams getting a leg up by beating teams that are over ranked just because they are in the SEC ? Alex Goelz says: I say the whole conference should be shameful of their non conference I mean they call them selves the “Best conference” in college football when they schedule mostly FCS opponents… explain that to me. A few teams have some “hope” because of rivalry games against tough teams but other than that the SEC is pathetic Can’t wait until the bracket system comes out. We will see how many sec teams make the cut vs other conferences. The sec is by far the toughest conference in cfb hands down. Something about trying to push around some 250 pound + cornbread fed beast in all the sec game does get rather tiring. So the out of conference weak games may be on purpose. But if all we had was 160lb wennies like other conferences we would schedule some tougher games. RLP '63 says: I don’t see these little programs badtalking the Aggies. Aggies playing them means BIG money for their program when the Aggie team and band come to their town Paul Merrill says: I agree. Temple and UMass should be ashamed of scheduling a team like Vandy who has no shot to…. wait you thought Vandy was scheduling an easy game there? 7 of the last 8 says: i guess i might as well throw my hat in the ring. the article was written about the SEC’s out of conference schedule being easy. obviously, you want SEC teams to play non-SEC teams that are ranked top 25 in the nation. if you’re anything like me, you want it to be a top 15 team, since thats where things get spicy, as most teams in the top 15 are considered runners for the big game. at the moment, 6 of the top 15 teams are SEC teams. sorry, we’re having a rough run at the moment. a few of our normal power houses have fallen off their game in football, but im sure we’ll be back to having 8-10 of the top 15 soon enough. regardless, that leaves 9 teams in the top 15 open as non-SEC opponents. each SEC team has 2-3 open slots for out of conference. the other slots are filled with in conference games, or rivalries. that means out of the 6 teams, we need 12-18 games. if you are one of the non-SEC fans, please let your coaches know we’re fine with handing you your loses before the championship game, and would love to schedule mid season games with them. im sure the coaches are easily approachable, as we’re quite nice down here. good luck, and hope to see you soon. eurekadog says: Yeah, I’m really late in replying to this column… MSU scheduled USM back in 2009 ( http://espn.go.com/blog/ncfnation/post/_/id/8128/southern-miss-and-mississippi-state-renew-rivalry ) At that point, USM most recent season records were So, at the time, USM wasn’t awful. Then they improved… 2011 12-2 (Won the ConfUSA CG) Then they crashed due to Ellis Johnson’s lack of recruiting, etc., etc… It just goes to show you that, at the time of agreeing to play a team, you never know how good that team is going to be when the series actually begins. In 2008, who dreamed that Michigan would be so bad in 2014? Weak Non-conference schedules exists throughout College Football. the SEC gets the spot light because they have been very successful in winning BSC championships in recent years (minus last year). Hard to argue that the SEC was the best conference this year… 2-5 in bowls, including 3 of the top teams losing. Alabama lost, but was competitive. Ole Miss and Miss St looked as if they did not belong in a bowl game. Day says: I assume you mean the west went 2-5 in bowls, the east was 5-0, which makes the SEC 7-5 in bowl games this year. Yes, weak non conference schedules do exist throughout CFB and yes the SEC does get the spot light. But there are some other reasons than only because they have been very successful in winning BCS championships in recent years. ..TRUE Road Games, or TGR’s are regular season games that are played against an opponent on that teams home field and do not include Bowl games or neutral site games. 1…..The SEC is notorious for scheduling three games against mostly OOC bottom dwellers from the weakest non power conferences and at least one non DIV-I team each year. 2…. Not all, but most of the SEC teams almost never play even one TRG vs. an OOC opponent in any given year. Top SEC teams seldom, if ever, play the the top teams from the other SEC division. Some of them regularly play two of the weaker cross conference teams 3….The SEC west in particular is claimed to be the stronger than any other Conference including the SEC East… Against popular belief, the SEC west usually has at least two teams that would have trouble even playing in a non power conference, at least two others that only compare to average teams from the other power conferences. That only leaves two or three teams from the SEC west each year that compare to or are better than the top teams from the other power conferences. From 2005 – 2014 (the last ten seasons)… The top teams from the SEC West Division Alabama, LSU, and Auburn combined have played only nine TRG’s Vs. a total of 120 OOC opponents. Alabama =2 TRG’s out of 40 games. Auburn.. =3 TRG’s out of 40 games. LSU ……= 4 TRG’s out of 40 games. _____…..___………___ total………. 9 TRG’s out of 120 games. 4 sure ooc wins + 2 wins over weak cross conference opponents = 6 wins. (BOWL TIME) 6 OOC wins and cross conference plus wins over the bottom 3 SEC west divisional teams equals a 9-2 season, in the SEC that normally equals a top ten rank, and usually a top 5 rank, and often a #2 rank and an NCG appearance. Add a win over at least one of the other two top SEC west teams and it equals a 10-1 season, in the SEC that equals at least a #2 rank and very often a #1 rank and an NCG appearance. On a good season when any one of the top teams beats both of the other two top teams from the SEC west they finish at 11-0, In the SEC that has ….always…. “ALWAYS” …guaranteed a #1 rank and an NCG appearance against the #2 team. Before you say that they have proven they were the best by beating the #2 team for the National Title, you need to remember that in 2014 Alabama was #1 and Oregon was #2 and they both lost to #4 Ohio State in the play off. What are the odds that the first year of the play offs is the first and only time that a team that was ranked at #3, #4, #5 or even lower was under ranked and would have won the NCG ? Dinosam2010 says: The Gators should get a pass here because they are playing the defending national champions. Hey Rip! Florida’s not playing Ohio State. How long have you been sleeping? It’s been almost four years since Alabama has won a national title. In fact the only other team that Alabama beat this year before the Florida game that is still currently ranked was LSU. Besides that, if Florida were to be given a pass what do you think they should rewarded with, a playoff birh? Billy Dehart says: Okay I here people here yes they need too schedule harder games that is true but then I hear all this talk about people putting Gators down funny thing is we have beaten Ohio St and Oklahoma in the bed championship we lost our quarter back because of drugs but if it wasn’t for that we would have won but that’s OK new season new day Gators Nation What a bunch of whiners. You cant win championships like the SEC so you try to justify your mediocrity by some ooc diatribe. Win your conference, get an invite to bcs games and win a championship. Oh wait. That means actually beating a bama or florida or lsu etc etc. The top 1/2 of the sec is a super conference compared to all the pretenders. Live with it. SEC owns majority of Natl Champs for a reason. Theyre better than you. Bama has half of them plus florida and lsu multiples and auburn thrown in for good measure. Tee it up if tou can get there. Otherwise STFU and play in your subpar leagues. Your patsies are already on your schedules as conference foes. What a bunch of whiny lil bitches. But if thats who you are and you cant win on the big stage to change it, Look for ways to justify your nonchampionship existance with your keyboard. Lord knows you can’t do it on the field.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418820
__label__wiki	0.664148	0.664148	Rock Lititz plans big expansion; here’s what you need to know Posted 4:52 PM, August 27, 2019, by Grace Griffaton, Updated at 04:53PM, August 27, 2019 WARWICK TOWNSHIP, LANCASTER COUNTY, Pa. -- A business campus which serves the live event industry is looking to grow. Bands and artists, like Taylor Swift and Usher, have used rehearsal space at the Rock Lititz campus in Warwick Township, Lancaster County. Now, developers want to build even more space for people in the live event industry. Fields on the property are set to become the site of the construction project; the expansion will reportedly cost upwards of $30 million, according to Lancaster Online. “Based on the success of the collaboration we’ve seen between companies, as well as the time we’ve been using the rehearsal facility, we have decided to expand the campus," said Andrea Shirk, the general manager. “We started with one building and the demand kept growing, so now, we are going to have several buildings opening." Currently, Rock Lititz plans to add four additional buildings total - two 'Pod' spaces or office buildings, a second, slightly smaller rehearsal studio, and a community theatre. According to a press release, the Pod buildings will "lease space to businesses from throughout the country that see the advantage to working in proximity to its rehearsing clients and other businesses that serve the same industry. This 'industry cluster' model promotes interactions and personal relationships between people in different companies that build trust and facilitate the flow of unique industry and growth opportunities." The studio will offer clients rehearsal space with similar amenities as Studio 1, including dressing rooms, production office and catering facilities, plus sound containment technology to ensure compliance to existing sound ordinances. The theatre is an independent project headed by Michael Tait, founder and former CEO of TAIT Towers. In the release, Tait said it will create an environment that supports new playwrights, actors, choreographers, dancer, composers, musicians, writers, and poets. “I think it’s an awesome opportunity to really grow the arts locally and reach out to the local community that wants to put on productions but don’t have the space, so we’re really grateful to do that," added Shirk. "We are working very diligently on finalizing and securing the final leases. We do envision having an additional 200-250 on the campus, whether that is retention of existing jobs, moving people here from outside this community, or additional jobs, really depends on the mix of companies." According to the release, the theatre is expected to seat approximately 265 people. Shirk says they will build all four buildings at once, adding construction could start later this fall and will take between 12 and 18 months. Topics: Katy Perry, Lancaster County, live performers, rock lititz, Warwick Township Man sentenced up to 6 months in prison for DUI in Warwick Township parking lot ‘Warwick Strong Day’: Warwick students pay it forward a year after tragedy Lititz Fire & Ice Festival will be held Feb. 14-17; here’s everything you need to know 24 hour Lancaster give event helping hundreds of organizations including a local golden retriever rescue Early morning 2-alarm fire, Manheim Township Man dubbed ‘Mr. Millersville’ in need of a heart transplant and hoping to raise $50,000 Two taken to hospital after multi-vehicle crash in Lancaster County Injuries suffered after crash involving two tractor trailers in Lancaster County Here are the 2019 Trick-or-Treat nights and Halloween Parades set for Central Pennsylvania Police investigate circumstances surrounding a horse death in Lancaster County 45 people displaced after apartment fire in Lancaster Township Columbia woman to serve up to decade in prison for being under the influence while causing crash that injured woman, daughter Warwick High School remembers two students who died in car crash last year	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418828
__label__wiki	0.689461	0.689461	Royal couples reveal their 2018 Christmas cards Posted 9:06 AM, December 14, 2018, by CNN Wire William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, have chosen an autumnal photo of their family sitting on a tree trunk for this year’s Christmas card, which was made public on Friday. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are pleased to share a new photograph of their family. The photograph, taken by Matt Porteous, shows The Duke and Duchess with their three children at Anmer Hall, and features on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card this year. pic.twitter.com/6XqCMlhLi8 — Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) December 14, 2018 The Duchess can be seen smiling broadly as she holds baby Louis, while three-year-old Charlotte and five-year-old George hold on to their father. At the same time, Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, released their own Christmas card that shows the pair embracing on their wedding night in May. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are delighted to share a new photograph from their Wedding Reception at Frogmore House on 19th May. The photograph, which features on Their Royal Highnesses’ Christmas card, was taken by photographer Chris Allerton. pic.twitter.com/PQPUuRwnIj Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is expecting her first child The never before seen shot, which shows the newlyweds with their arms around each other as they watch a fireworks display, was taken in the grounds of Frogmore House, Windsor. Harry and Meghan will soon take up permanent residence in nearby Frogmore Cottage as they prepare for the arrival of their first child, who will be seventh in line to the British throne, in the spring of 2019. William and Harry’s father Prince Charles opted for a romantic shot alongside his wife, Camilla. LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: (NOT FOR USE AFTER JANUARY 31st 2019) The photo, taken by Hugo Burnand in the grounds of Clarence House, which is inside the 2018 Christmas card of the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall. (Photo by Hugo Burnand – WPA Pool /Getty Images) The cards are part of Christmas tradition for the royal family, which usually spends the holiday period at Sandringham, the Queen’s country estate in rural Norfolk, around 100 miles north of London. The family arrives on Christmas Eve for afternoon tea and a black-tie dinner, along with the opening of presents. After breakfast on Christmas morning, they attend a church service followed by a country walk and games. Meghan ‘cried’ about her father missing wedding, Thomas Markle says Royal wedding flowers donated to London hospice Topics: england, royal family, United Kingdom The royal family will hold a summit Monday to discuss Prince Harry and Meghan Harry and Meghan will no longer use ‘His and Her Royal Highness,’ Buckingham Palace says How Harry and Meghan might become ‘financially independent’ Harry and Meghan to step back from ‘senior’ roles in royal family, work to become ‘financially independent’ The Queen and Prince George bake festive treats Meghan did not dial into royal crisis talks with Queen, source says Prince Harry acknowledges tensions with his brother William for the first time ‘Kill them with kindness’: Kevin Spacey posts cryptic Christmas Eve video again Prince Harry sues tabloid newspapers for alleged cell phone hacking ‘Jeopardy!’ fans excited to see healthy looking Alex Trebek at NBA game LeBron James sends I PROMISE School students on Polar Express train ride Plane carrying Prince William and Kate forced to abort landing twice amid storms	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418829
__label__cc	0.519805	0.480195	Estate Planning » Can You Borrow Against a Charitable Remainder Trust? By: Fraser Sherman 1. Can a Trust Get a Tax Deduction for Making a Charitable Contribution? 2. The Disadvantages of a Revocable Life Insurance Trust 3. Can an Irrevocable Trust Be Sued? Placing your income-producing assets in a charitable remainder trust can be a world of win. While you're alive, you get the income from the stocks, rental properties or other assets. When you pass on, the charity gets the property. Borrowing against such a trust -- a home equity loan to improve trust real estate, for instance -- is legal, but it's usually a bad idea. CRT Basics A charitable remainder trust is irrevocable. You can't take the trust assets back out, and unlike a revocable trust you probably won't serve as trustee. The charity you plan to give the assets to can serve as the trustee. You can also ask a friend or business associate of yours to take the gig. The trustee has an obligation to invest and manage the CRT assets wisely, which can include buying new assets or improving old ones. Unrelated Income Borrowing money to invest is common for individuals but dangerous for CRTs. When a CRT sells assets, there's no capital gains tax. If, say, you place stock in a CRT, it can sell the stock at a profit without paying tax, then pay you income from the sale. If the trustee borrows money against a CRT asset, income from that asset may become taxable. Even if the loan is for the benefit of the trust, the tax bite can take a huge chunk out of the CRT's value. Avoid the Trap If borrowing leaves the trust vulnerable to the IRS, it reduces both the income the CRT pays you and the value of what you leave to charity. A more effective solution than borrowing, if it's within your budget, is to include some liquid assets -- cash or easy-to-sell securities -- in the CRT. That way, your trustee has money when needed. If the trust documents let you make extra contributions after you set up the CRT, you can add money when necessary. Think Before Acting Establishing a CRT is a big commitment. Once you commit real estate, stocks or other investments to the trust, they're out of your control forever. State law may allow you some flexibility, such as changing which charity gets the assets, but most of the terms are set in stone. Before you put any assets in the trust, go over all the details. Any time you take an irrevocable step, you want to be absolutely sure of what you're doing. Sjoberg Tebelius: Understanding Charitable Remainder Trusts Vaughn Henry & Associates: Avoid Trustees Who Don’t Understand the Rules or Risks Nolo: The Charitable Remainder Trust: Do Good and Get Tax Breaks Northwestern University: Borrowing by Trustee Poses Risks for Charitable Remainder Trusts Comerica Charitable Gift Planning Institute: Issues of Importance in Investing and Administering Charitable Remainder Trusts A graduate of Oberlin College, Fraser Sherman began writing in 1981. Since then he's researched and written newspaper and magazine stories on city government, court cases, business, real estate and finance, the uses of new technologies and film history. Sherman has worked for more than a decade as a newspaper reporter, and his magazine articles have been published in "Newsweek," "Air & Space," "Backpacker" and "Boys' Life." Sherman is also the author of three film reference books, with a fourth currently under way. Trust Funds Explained How to Get an EIN for a Revocable Trust Changing a Family Trust Deed Can a Beneficiary Challenge a Revocable Trust? How to Cancel an Irrevocable Trust Life Insurance Policy Can the Owner of an IRA Put It in a Self-Settled Special Needs Trust? Revocation of Irrevocable Trust & Distribution of Funds Tax Benefits of Irrevocable Trust How Do I Set Up a Trust Fund With a Life Insurance Policy?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418836
__label__wiki	0.609675	0.609675	138 posts in In the News Jun 16, 2014 / In the News Washington Ocean Summit Told Of NZ ‘sSustainable Fishing – Scoop.co.nz (press release) Washington Ocean Summit Told Of NZ 'sSustainable FishingScoop.co.nz (press release)Professor Ray Hilborn, Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, has specifically identified “Alaska and New Zealand [who] have never really been subject to any significant overfishing pressure” in …and more » via “school of aquatic and fishery sciences” – Google News Washington Ocean Summit Told Of NZ 'sSustainable FishingScoop.co.nz (press release)Professor Ray Hilborn, Professor in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington, has specifically identified “Alaska and New Zealand [who] have never really been subject to any significant overfishing pressure” in … Apr 23, 2014 / In the News Fisheries act, up for reauthorization, subject of UW symposium – UW Today UW Today Fisheries act, up for reauthorization, subject of UW symposiumUW TodayNow in its 14th year, the Bevan series is conducted by the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences in partnership with the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs. Initially passed in 1976, the act is considered the primary law governing marine … Without Better Science, BC’s Herring Crisis Could Resurface – TheTyee.ca Without Better Science, BC's Herring Crisis Could ResurfaceTheTyee.caIt's practically impossible to take the herring's role in the ecosystem into account when assessments are made, said Dr. André Punt at the school of aquatic and fishery sciences at the University of Washington. "Pretty much nobody in the world does that.". Feb 19, 2014 / In the News Science says don’t mine at Bristol Bay – The Hill (blog) Science says don't mine at Bristol BayThe Hill (blog)Schindler is the chair of Conservation in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. As a principal investigator of the UW-Alaska Salmon Program, he spends several months of the year in the field in the Bristol Bay region. Dec 4, 2013 / In the News Lake Superior is heating up faster than any other lake on Earth – Michigan Radio Michigan Radio Lake Superior is heating up faster than any other lake on EarthMichigan RadioTim Cline is a PhD student at the University of Washington's School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. He has studied the effect of temperature on fish in Lake Superior, and he joined us today to discuss the issue. Listen to the full interview above. Tags:. Nov 18, 2013 / In the News Ketchikan artists produce game exhibit – News & Observer Ketchikan artists produce game exhibitNews & ObserverTroll took the game to Sitka on Tuesday on the Alaska Marine Highway System. The exhibit was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and created in partnership with the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Ketchikan artists Ray Troll, Terry Pyles produce game exhibit – The Republic Ketchikan artists Ray Troll, Terry Pyles produce game exhibitThe RepublicTroll took the game to Sitka on Tuesday on the Alaska Marine Highway System. The exhibit was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and created in partnership with the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. Ketchikan artists produce game exhibit – MiamiHerald.com Ketchikan artists produce game exhibitMiamiHerald.comTroll took the game to Sitka on Tuesday on the Alaska Marine Highway System. The exhibit was funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation and created in partnership with the University of Washington School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418845
__label__wiki	0.657856	0.657856	Explorex Announces Closing of Private Placement Vancouver, B.C. — December 19, 2018 — Explorex Resources Inc. (the “Company” or “Explorex”) (Canadian Stock Exchange: EX:CSE) is pleased to announce that it has closed the second and final tranche of its previously announced private placement financing (the “Financing”). The Company has issued a total 1,140,500 Non-Flow Through (the “NFT units”) for a total of $285,125 (of which $151,250 was for the settlement of debt) The NFT units were offered at a price of $0.25. The Company has further completed its Flow Through Unit (the “FT Units”) offering consisting of 335,000 Units for an aggregate total of $107,200. The FT Units were offered at a price of $0.32. Each Unit consisted of one common share in the Company and one half of a share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable to purchase one additional common share at $0.50 for two years from the date of issuance. In total the company issued 737,500 share purchase warrants. In connection with the closing of the second tranche of the Financing, the Company has no finders fees payable. The funds received for the FT Units will be applied to the drill program at Kagoot Brook and towards exploration for its other Canadian projects. The funds received from the NFT component of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes. About Explorex Resources Inc. Explorex is an exploration company focusing on Cobalt and metals critical to rechargeable battery technology with the support of a strong strategic partner and end user. Explorex has a developing portfolio of multi-stage projects including an LOI to acquire the Hautalampi Co-Cu-Ni deposit in Finland, is earning a 75% interest in the Kagoot Brook project in New Brunswick and has 100% interest in the early stage Handlebar Co-Cu-Ni Project northeast of Kamloops BC. On behalf of the Board, Gary Schellenberg, CEO For further information, please contact Gary Schellenberg – CEO or Mike Sieb – President; phone 604.681.0221 or Ron Birch at bircress@shaw.ca; phone 1-800-910-7711 Neither the Canadian Securities Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the Canadian Securities Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this press release. Except for historical information contained herein, this news release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially. Except as required pursuant to applicable securities laws, the Company will not update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof. More detailed information about potential factors that could affect financial results is included in the documents filed from time to time with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities by the Company. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Explorex Appoints Richards as Chief Financial Officer Vancouver, B.C. January 18, 2018, Explorex Resources Inc. (the “Company” or… Explorex Announces Closing of the First Tranche of Private Placement Vancouver, B.C. — November 27, 2018 — Explorex Resources Inc. (the… Explorex Commences Drill Program at Kagoot Brook Co-Mn Base Metals Project, New Brunswick Vancouver, B.C. Dec. 17, 2018, Explorex Resources Inc. (the “Company” or…	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418850
__label__wiki	0.743344	0.743344	1990 Grands Prix, German Grand Prix 1990 British Grand Prix 9 of 1990 1990 Hungarian Grand Prix The Hockenheimring was included on the 1990 World Championship tour. Race number LII Großer Preis von Deutschland Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, West Germany Permanent racing facilty Alessandro Nannini No race-code specified The 1990 German Grand Prix, otherwise known as the LII Großer Preis von Deutschland, was the ninth round of the 1990 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, West Germany, on the 29 July 1990.[1] The race, which was the last German Grand Prix to be held before the re-unification of Germany on 3 October 1990, would see Ayrton Senna claim victory to restore his lead in the Championship.[1] The race was heralded by news that 1990's best rookie, Jean Alesi, had signed contracts with both Ferrari and Williams-Renault for 1991, while still holding a multi-year deal with Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth.[1] Elsewhere, there was also a reshuffling of those who were required to pre-qualify for the race, with Lola-Lamborghini promoted to the full field at the expense of former race winners Ligier-Ford Cosworth.[1] Ultimately both Ligiers would safely make it into the full qualifying show, and would hence witness Senna and Gerhard Berger secure a front row lockout for McLaren-Honda.[1] The two Ferraris of Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell shared the second row, while the Williams-Renaults completed the third.[1] Berger would seriously challenge Senna off the line at the start of the race, with the Brazilian only just managing to keep ahead as they swept into the Nordkurve.[1] Prost was left to lead the anti-McLaren charge ahead of teammate Mansell while, at the back of the field there would be a nasty accident after Stefano Modena suffered a clutch failure.[1] Michele Alboreto was fortunate to miss the Italian's Brabham-Judd, starting right behind, and hence jinked around it, as did David Brabham in the sister car.[1] Unfortunately for Brabham his manoeuvre carried him right into the side of Emanuele Pirro, while Dallara-Ford Cosworth shot straight into the pitwall, while one of the Italian's wheels flew into the path of Philippe Alliot.[1] The race was hence neutralised under yellow flags, preventing the order from drastically changing until the carnage was cleared from the start/finish straight.[1] As such, there was no real change to the order until the eleventh lap, when Nelson Piquet tried a lunge at Riccardo Patrese, only to misjudge his braking point and slide down an escape road.[1] Out front, meanwhile, Mansell would drop out of the McLaren/Ferrari battle for the lead, sliding wide at Ostkurve and smashing his suspension.[1] He duly limped back to the pits to retire, just as Senna, Berger and Prost swept into the pits for fresh tyres.[1] Alessandro Nannini would inherit the lead during the stops, and would continue to do so as Benetton had opted for a non-stop strategy.[1] The Italian's pace therefore began to decline in the closing stages, allowing Senna to catch and pass the Benetton with twelve laps to go.[1] With that the race was over, with Senna cruising home a few seconds clear of Nannini's Benetton.[1] Berger, meanwhile, would run out of time to catch the Italian, having spent a large part of the race stuck behind Piquet until the Brazilian suffered an engine failure, with Prost, Patrese and Thierry Boutsen claiming the remaining points.[1] It had taken until the halfway point of the season but there was finally a new name atop the Championship table, with Alain Prost moving to the top of the Championship. Ayrton Senna, former leader, slipped to second and two points behind his arch-rival, with those two set to duel for the title over the rest of the season. Gerhard Berger was next, sixteen off the lead, while Nelson Piquet and Thierry Boutsen completed the mid-season top five. McLaren-Honda would head into the second half of the season still in command of the Constructors Championship, although their advantage had been chipped away again on home soil. Indeed, Ferrari would enter the second half of the season just ten off the leaders, while also holding double the number of points of third placed Williams-Renault. Benetton-Ford Cosworth were next ahead of Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth, with ten constructors on the board with half the season gone. The full entry list for the 1990 German Grand Prix is outlined below: Scuderia Ferrari SpA Ferrari 641 Ferrari 036 3.5 V12 G Satoru Nakajima Tyrrell Racing Organisation Tyrrell 019 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 P Canon Williams Team Williams FW13B Renault RS2 3.5 V10 G David Brabham Motor Racing Developments Ltd. Brabham BT59 Judd EV 3.5 V8 P Stefano Modena Footwork Arrows Racing Arrows A11B Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G Alex Caffi Camel Team Lotus Lotus 102 Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 G Martin Donnelly Olivier Grouillard Osella Squadra Corse Osella FA1ME Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 P Leyton House Racing Leyton House CG901 Judd EV 3.5 V8 G Gabriele Tarquini Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives AGS JH25 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G Yannick Dalmas Benetton Formula Benetton B190 Ford Cosworth HB 3.5 V8 G BMS Scuderia Italia Dallara 190 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 P Pierluigi Martini SCM Minardi Team Minardi M190 Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 P Paolo Barilla Nicola Larini Equipe Ligier Gitanes Ligier JS33B Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G Honda Marlboro McLaren McLaren MP4/5B Honda RA109E 3.5 V10 G Éric Bernard ESPO Larrousse F1 Lola LC90 Lamborghini 3512 3.5 V12 G Bertrand Gachot Subaru Coloni Racing Coloni FC189C Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G Roberto Moreno EuroBrun Racing EuroBrun ER189B Judd CV 3.5 V8 P Claudio Langes Gregor Foitek Monteverdi Onyx Formula One Monteverdi ORE-1B Ford Cosworth DFR 3.5 V8 G Bruno Giacomelli Life Racing Engines Life L190 Life F35 3.5 W12 G Pre-Qualifying Edit Pre-Qualifying Results Edit The full pre-qualifying results for the 1990 German Grand Prix are outlined below: Ligier-Ford Cosworth 1:45.513 — Ligier-Ford Cosworth 1:46.186 +0.673s Osella-Ford Cosworth 1:46.828 +1.315s AGS-Ford Cosworth 1:47.125 +1.612s EuroBrun-Judd 1:48.983 +3.470s Coloni-Ford Cosworth 1:50.460 +4.947s Life 2:10.786 +25.273s The full qualifying results for the 1990 German Grand Prix are outlined below: McLaren-Honda 1:40.198 1:46.843 — McLaren-Honda 1:40.434 1:46.628 +0.236s Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth 1:43.255 1:44.652 +3.057s Leyton House-Judd 1:45.025 1:44.349 +3.396s Lola-Lamborghini 1:45.382 1:44.363 +4.165s Leyton House-Judd — 1:45.193 +4.995s Lotus-Lamborghini 1:45.364 1:45.244 +5.046s Brabham-Judd 1:45.547 1:47.269 +5.349s Arrows-Ford Cosworth 1:46.201 1:45.604 +5.406s Ligier-Ford Cosworth 1:47.068 1:46.187 +5.989s Dallara-Ford Cosworth 1:46.904 1:46.506 +6.308s Monteverdi-Ford Cosworth 1:48.856 1:46.867 +6.669s Osella-Ford Cosworth 1:47.429 1:47.726 +7.231s AGS-Ford Cosworth 1:47.789 1:47.874 +7.834s AGS-Ford Cosworth 1:48.127 EuroBrun-Judd 1:48.983 Coloni-Ford Cosworth 1:50.460 Life 2:10.786 Ayrton Senna 2 ______________ Nigel Mansell Riccardo Patrese 6 ______________ Thierry Boutsen Nelson Piquet 8 ______________ Jean Alesi Alessandro Nannini 10 ______________ Ivan Capelli ______________ Éric Bernard Satoru Nakajima 14 ______________ Maurício Gugelmin Pierluigi Martini 16 ______________ Derek Warwick Stefano Modena 18 ______________ Alex Caffi Michele Alboreto 20 ______________ Martin Donnelly David Brabham 22 ______________ Nicola Larini Emanuele Pirro 24 JJ Lehto 26 ______________ Gregor Foitek The full results for the 1990 German Grand Prix are outlined below: McLaren-Honda 45 1:20:47.164 1 Benetton-Ford Cosworth 45 +6.520s 9 McLaren-Honda 45 +8.553s 2 Ferrari 45 +45.270s 3 Williams-Renault 45 +48.028s 5 Williams-Renault 45 +1:21.491 6 Leyton House-Judd 44 +1 Lap 10 Lotus-Lamborghini 44 +1 Lap 16 Arrows-Ford Cosworth 44 +1 Lap 18 Ligier-Ford Cosworth 43 +2 Laps 22 Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth 40 Transmission 8 NC† Monteverdi-Ford Cosworth 39 +6 Laps 25 Lola-Lamborghini 35 Fuel pump 12 Lola-Lamborghini 33 Clutch 11 Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth 24 Engine 13 Benetton-Ford Cosworth 23 Engine 7 Minardi-Ford Cosworth 20 Engine 15 Monteverdi-Ford Cosworth 19 Spin 26 Ferrari 15 Wing 4 Leyton House-Judd 12 Engine 14 Brabham-Judd 12 Engine 21 Arrows-Ford Cosworth 10 Engine 19 Lotus-Lamborghini 1 Clutch 20 Brabham-Judd 0 Clutch 17 Dallara-Ford Cosworth 0 Collision 23 DSQ‡ Ligier-Ford Cosworth 0 Disqualified 24 Osella-Ford Cosworth Minardi-Ford Cosworth AGS-Ford Cosworth Dallara-Ford Cosworth EuroBrun-Judd Coloni-Ford Cosworth * Alesi was still classified despite retiring as he had completed 90% of the race distance.[7] † Lehto was unable to be classified as he failed to complete 90% of the race distance.[7] ‡ Alliot was disqualified from the results of the race after receiving outside assistance.[7] 39th and final Grand Prix to be staged in West Germany.[1] First and only entry for Monteverdi as a constructor.[8] 200th entry for a car using #29 as its race number.[8] 25th entry for Olivier Grouillard.[8] Paolo Barilla and Martin Donnelly entered their tenth race.[8] 24th victory for Ayrton Senna.[9] This was also Senna's 50th podium finish.[9] McLaren scored their 84th victory as a constructor.[9] Honda powered a car to a 56th triumph.[9] Maiden fastest lap recorded by Thierry Boutsen.[9] This was also the 25th fastest lap set using a Renault engine.[9] Ayrton Senna moved back ahead of Alain Prost after securing his fourth victory of the campaign, establishing a narrow four point lead over his arch-rival. The Frenchman himself had, however, maintained his position as the Brazilian's biggest threat, with Gerhard Berger losing more ground in third. Behind him sat Thierry Boutsen and Nelson Piquet, with sixteen drivers on the scoreboard. In the Constructors Championship it had been a strong afternoon for McLaren-Honda, the Anglo-Japanese squad having re-established a healthy twenty point lead. Ferrari were still their most likely challengers, but were a whole round behind in terms of points. Behind, Benetton-Ford Cosworth swapped places with Williams-Renault, claiming third in their latest round of leap-frog, while Lotus-Lamborghini remained at the foot of the table. Ayrton Senna 48 ▲1 Alain Prost 44 ▼1 Gerhard Berger 29 — Thierry Boutsen 18 ▲1 Nelson Piquet 18 ▼1 Jean Alesi 13 — Alessandro Nannini 13 ▲2 Nigel Mansell 13 ▼1 Riccardo Patrese 12 ▼1 Ivan Capelli 6 — Éric Bernard 4 — Stefano Modena 2 — Alex Caffi 2 — Derek Warwick 1 — Aguri Suzuki 1 — Satoru Nakajima 1 — McLaren-Honda 77 — Ferrari 57 — Williams-Renault 30 ▼1 Tyrrell-Ford Cosworth 14 — Leyton House-Judd 6 — Lola-Lamborghini 5 — Arrows-Ford Cosworth 2 — Brabham-Judd 2 — Lotus-Lamborghini 1 — ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 'German GP, 1990', grandprix.com, (Inside F1 Inc., 2015), http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/rr493.html, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ 'Germany 1990: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/allemagne/engages.aspx, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ '1990 German GP: Pre-Qualifying'. chicanef1.com, (Chicane F1, 2014), http://www.chicanef1.com/race.pl?year=1990&gp=German%20GP&r=1&type=preq, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ 'German Grand Prix - QUALIFYING 1', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Ltd., 2019), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/1990/races/72/germany/qualifying-1.html, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ 'Germany 1990: Qualifications', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/allemagne/qualification.aspx, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 ' 1987: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), , (Accessed 01/04/2019) ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 '1990 German GP', chicanef1.com, (Chicane F1, 2015), http://www.chicanef1.com/racetit.pl?year=1990&gp=German%20GP&r=1, (Accessed 29/06/2019) ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 '9. Germany 1990', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/1990/allemagne.aspx, (Accessed 29/06/2019) German Grand Prix Nürburgring (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960–1969, 1970–1976, 1985, 2007–2013), AVUS (1959), Hockenheimring (1970, 1977–1984, 1986–2006, 2007–2014, 2016, 2018–2019) 1950 • 1951 • 1952 • 1953 • 1954 • 1955 • 1956 • 1957 • 1958 • 1959 • 1960 • 1961 • 1962 • 1963 • 1964 • 1965 • 1966 • 1967 • 1968 • 1969 • 1970 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1974 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1979 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • * Nürburgring and Hockenheimring alternated between each other during these years. Ferrari • Tyrrell • Williams • Brabham • Arrows • Lotus • Osella • Leyton House • AGS • Benetton • Dallara • Minardi • Ligier • McLaren • Lola • Coloni • EuroBrun • Onyx • Life Ferrari • Ford • Honda • Judd • Lamborghini • Renault • Subaru 1 Prost • 2 Mansell • 3 Nakajima • 4 Alesi • 5 Boutsen • 6 Patrese • 7 Foitek • 7 D. Brabham • 8 Modena • 9 Alboreto • 10 Schneider • 10 Caffi • 11 Warwick • 12 Donnelly • 12 Herbert • 14 Grouillard • 15 Gugelmin • 16 Capelli • 17 Tarquini • 18 Dalmas • 19 Nannini • 19 Moreno • 20 Piquet • 21 Morbidelli • 21 Pirro • 22 De Cesaris • 23 Martini • 24 Barilla • 24 Morbidelli • 25 Larini • 26 Alliot • 27 Senna • 28 Berger • 29 Bernard • 30 Suzuki • 31 Gachot • 33 Moreno • 34 Langes • 35 Johansson • 35 Foitek • 36 Lehto • 39 G. 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__label__cc	0.699536	0.300464	Fabius Maximus website Reigniting the spirit of a nation grown cold. Our politics Predictions: hits Fails & Smackdowns Celebrate Los Angeles’ survival, despite the predictions By Larry Kummer, Editor / 27 Comments / 1 November 2017 1 November 2017 Summary: Despite predictions of certain environmental doom for 2017, Los Angeles has survived. While we celebrate, let’s learn from these and 50 years of other confident predictions designed to frighten us into obedience. Let’s learn from them. Available from Amazon. On 15 January 1971 Americans watched a TV show by a hot new director, the 24-year old Steven Spielberg. It was “L.A. 2017”, an episode of The Name of the Game. In it the hero has a vision of Los Angeles 46 years in the future, after pollution had destroyed the Earth’s ecology and forced the remnants of humanity to live underground. Los Angeles has one cow; its milk is a delicacy for the rich. For more about the plot see this. The script was by Philip Wylie, a science fiction writer with a specialty in stories about nuclear war and ecological doom. Those were as popular then as stories about climate apocalypses are today. He novelized it as Los Angeles: A.D. 2017 . See a review here. This was part of Hollywood’s campaign to terrify the public into action about pollution. It was aired before the second anniversary of Earth Day, near the peak of the hysteria. But while the Left warned about the coming doom, experts had been working for decades to clean up America. The key laws and regulations had already been enacted when “LA 2017” was broadcast. The Federal Water Pollution Control Act of 1948 began the long process of cleaning America’s waters, with major amendments enacted in 1961, 1966, 1970, 1972 (a complete revision), 1977, and 1987. The Clean Air Acts of 1955, 1963, 1967, and 1970 broke the back of that problem; subsequent amendments in 1977 and 1990 continued that progress. The Environmental Protection Agency opened shop on 2 December 1970, and has accomplished great things in its brief history. The improvement in America’s environment since 1960 is amazing. We can take pride in this public policy accomplishment. It is a rebuttal to those who deny America’s history and claim that our government seldom (or never) does anything good for us. This should give us confidence that even the most confident predictions of doom by political activists should be regarded skeptically — including those that fill the newspapers. Another prediction of doom for 2017! This year was the setting for “The Fire Next Time “, a 1993 made-for-TV applauded as a realistic warning about climate change. It told the tale of family trekking from Louisiana to New York. They sought a home not yet destroyed by the effects of global warming — droughts, floods, and hurricanes. It included a TV interview with Stephen Schneider (Professor of Environmental Biology at Stanford) playing himself, explaining how we caused this destruction. Now 2017 has arrived and the people of Louisiana are still safe! Other predictions of doom from 1971 In 1971 we read about the horrific future of 2000 AD in a serious journal, the New Scientist: “In Praise of Prophets” by Bernard Dixon. “If current trends continue by the year 2000 the United Kingdom will simply be a small group of impoverished islands, inhabited by some 70 million hungry people, of little or no concern to the other 5-7 billion inhabitants of a sick world. …If I were a gambler, I would take even money that England will not exist in the year 2000.” — Paul R. Ehrlich speaking in London at the Institute of Biology in autumn 1969. Ehrlich also predicted worldwide plague, thermonuclear war, death of the seas, “rocketing” death rates, and ecological catastrophe. Dixon reported that “the audience loved it and gasped for more”. Oddly, people still praise Paul Ehrlich as a prophet. A new round begins: climate doomster films During the last 20 years the Left has focused its warnings about the environment almost exclusively on the dangers of global warming (rebranded as climate change). We were told about the imminent end of snow, the parade of superstorms predicted to follow Katrina, and other grim tidings that have not arrived. Again Hollywood contributes its visions of doom. Climate change is the new supervillain. Hope that this time it will work lives at the New York Times, which asks “Can Hollywood Movies About Climate Change Make a Difference?” Have minds been changed by Day After Tomorrow (2004), The Last Winter (2006), Snowpiercer (2013) , Interstellar (2014) , Blade Runner 2049, and now Geostorm? Anyone not yet convinced can see Downsizing in December. Effects of these fear barrages Those spinning these stories mean well, often telling “noble lies” to encourage the public to adopt the “correct” opinions — for our own good. We have had five decades of fear barrages. In the 1970s and 1980s they predicted massive famines. Resource exhaustion was always coming soon (including three decades of warnings about peak oil). Plus warnings of lethal plagues, from swine flu in 1976 to Ebola in 2014. For more about this See the Left’s past warnings, and also We love scary stories. The reason why reveals a secret about America. So far most of these have been failures. The climate change campaign of fear has been the biggest of them all, and perhaps the least successful. It has neither convinced the public that climate change is a high-priority problem nor forced substantial changes in public policy (even his supporters admit that Obama’s mild measures will have minimal effect on the climate, if they survive court challenges and the Trump years). These fear barrages had some effects. They blinded many Americans to the dramatic improvements in our environment. They helped break our optimism about the future. And, perhaps worst of all, they helped created widespread cynicism — often outright disbelief — about warnings. We have a “Boy Who Cried Wolf” blowback, so that now warnings are regarded skeptically or ignored nor matter how good the evidence. That might prove costly in the future, or even disastrous. Of course, the Right also relies on fear barrages to influence the American public (e.g., decades of commies everywhere!, plus hysteria about crime as crime rates fall). As does the government. Why don’t our elites rely more heavily on the truth in their campaigns? Perhaps they believe that fear is the most effective way to communicate with us. Let’s prove to them that we are better than that. If you liked this post, like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. For more information see all posts about Information and Disinformation, about fear as a political tool, and especially these… Today’s conservative doomster warning (ludicrous but fun) — Paul Craig Roberts sees the End. Requiem for fear. Let’s learn from failed predictions to have confidence in ourselves & our future. Threats come & go, leaving us in perpetual fear & forgetful of the past. Dreams of apocalypses show the brotherhood of America’s Left & Right. Collapsitarians and their doomster porn. Journalists suffer from the crisis crisis, warping America’s vision. So many of our hit films show dystopias. This shows how we’ve changed. 27 thoughts on “Celebrate Los Angeles’ survival, despite the predictions” johnslater307 1 November 2017 at 4:59 am On my Barcelona trip where the sky was brown most days I was unhappily reminded of the bad old days when I could travel to any major American city and land in a fog of pollution. Now virtually anywhere I go in the US, including (though still to a somewhat lesser extent Los Angeles), the sky is mostly a glorious blue. Hopefully the link below works, but this story entitled Chinese Manufacturing Claims First Fully Automated Production Line for a Type of Solar Cell tells a lot. http://roboticsandautomationnews.com/2017/10/26/chinese-manufacturer-claims-first-fully-automated-production-line-for-a-type-of-solar-cell/14709/?utm_source=Robotics+and+Automation+News&utm_campaign=d37abf243e-R%26A+Newsletter+9+October+2017&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_da1848e85b-d37abf243e-300575097&mc_cid=d37abf243e&mc_eid=35f717ed74 — We are moving very rapidly to a solar and wind based economy globally regardless of the rear guard efforts of the fossil fuels industries. — That economy will be powered by robots and automation, meaning that issues related to employment and inequality are not going away. — The US “lost” the solar cell industry because China was willing to subsidize production to an extent that manufacture of these products became uneconomical, even there. As robotic manufacture becomes more economical, some of these activities will move back onshore to the US unless they are so polluting that we as a society would prefer to to continue to export those problems elsewhere. Larry Kummer, Editor “We are moving very rapidly to a solar and wind based economy globally ” Growing, yes. Very rapidly, no. The data we have a solar/wind based economy — if ever — is too far away to reliably predict. With subsidies, in 2016 wind was 5.6% of total US electric generation and solar was 0.9% (per EiA). All non-carbon renewables (excluding hydro) were aprox 3.5% of total US energy generation in 2016 (the rest is petroleum for vehicles, natural gas for heat, etc) – per EIA. Non-carbon renewables comprise an even smaller fraction of the global totals. These numbers are growing, but only at modest speeds. The EIA projects in 2026 non-carbon renewables will be 6.2% of total US energy generation. Speculating, they predict that that will grow to 9.2% in 2015 — for a 2016-2050 growth rate of 3.5% per year. per EIA. Larry, I’m not doubting your data, but believe it is built on an incorrect premise. Solar in particular is a digital technology and the industry is in the midst of a cost curve akin to Moore’s law, but with limitations due to the physical scale of the devices required. Current projection extrapolate a world where subsidies have been required for initial technology adoption. In many regions costs of solar without subsidy are now competitive with fossil fuels and will become increasingly so over the next few years. Once that economic threshold becomes obvious the rate of growth in adoption will increase significantly. It’s taken about twenty years for broadband internet availability to move from nominal to almost ubiquitous. That’s effectively a total transformation of the communications system in the developed world. I’d call that quite rapid. Transformation of the global energy grid is a larger task so maybe it takes a bit longer. However the adoption curve of new technologies has continued to speed up, not slow down so I would not discount a twenty year transition window. “I’m not doubting your data, but believe it is built on an incorrect premise.” You must be kidding. it’s not my data. It’s the Department of Energy’s data about past energy use. If you believe that you know more then they do about US energy use, well good luck with that. “solar in particular is a digital technology ” I assume you are now talking about their forecast. I’m sure you are a smart guy. But these forecasts are made by teams of experts in multiple disciplines, working with the major companies in that biz. I can’t imagine why you think that you know more than they do. Multiple “experts’ have been projecting a stock market crash since 2010. Most expert analyses are based on extrapolation of existing trends or historical analogs. We live in an age of disruption which leads to asymmetric results, which are impossible to predict with regression analysis. I would be surprised if these same experts correctly predicted a 2/3s drop in petroleum prices as a result of the explosion of fracking technology. “Multiple “experts’ have been projecting a stock market crash since 2010.” Name one. The guys who fill the financial press with their predictions are not experts in any meaningful sense. They are more like entertainers. Journalists select the people they select as “experts” by their ability to give exciting sound bites — not proven expertise by their credentials or track record (often their “experts” have a track record much worse than random change would give). They seldom like actual experts, who speak in terms of probability and uncertainty about the complex and poorly understood phenomena that drive our world. I do marketing for high tech firms, so confront this problem every day. Follow-up to “Multiple “experts’ have been projecting a stock market crash since 2010.” Also, that statement shows a misunderstanding how probability works. There is some probability of a stock market crash every day (aka “flash crash”), and a much higher (but still low) probability of one every year. It might come from an unexpected event (e.g., August 1914, Fall 2008) or breakdown of market mechanisms (e.g., 1987). So risk managers always “project a stock market crash”. Each and every day. Forecasting is done not because we know the future, but because we don’t. My understanding of probabilities is based on a bell curve. Within the range of predictable outcomes, the asymptote predicts a ten sigma outcome of the asteroid hitting earth and destroying humanity. A discontinuous outcome occurs when the entire curve is moved in an unpredictable way. We have seen a number of such events in recent years related to digital transformation (e.g. the destruction of the newspaper and record industries in very short periods of time). Predictions from government bureaucracies are notoriously bad at taking into account discontinuities. Exactly. Now apply that to restating your statement “Multiple “experts’ have been projecting a stock market crash since 2010″ in a fashion that applies to expert forecasts. “Predictions from government bureaucracies are notoriously bad at taking into account discontinuities.” (1) What is the basis for your implication that non-govt forecasts are worse than those from the private sector? (2) Discontinuities are by definition difficult or impossible to predict, and so are usually ignored. (3) In every field I know, the standard govt forecasts are as good as the consensus of experts in that field. For example, compare Fed forecasts vs. the Blue Chip forecasts or averages from the quarterly Survey of Professional Forecasters. I suspect you are correct that my critique with regard to discontinuities generally applies equally to the private sector and the government. Michael Lewis has done a good a job explaining why so few people are able to predict discontinuities, often even after they have become evident. In that regard I particularly recommend The Big Short and The Undoing Project. “I suspect you are correct” Even a blind squirrel… “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” — Ancient wisdom, attributed to many people. Steve Carrow We are lousy at evaluating big, slow moving risks. And of course, timing is the hardest thing to pin down. No question that in the name of profit, media capitalizes on our fascination with disaster, thus resulting in the “cry wolf” syndrome. Big, slow moving disasters do happen though, we just don’t want to spend the up front effort to minimize the damage when they do arrive. Let’s consider where California was before the rains finally came last year. If not for the “atmospheric river” event, there would have been some serious hardships on the west coast this year. Is the briefly ameliorated drought a symptom of global warming? A rare but inevitable statistical event ? Part of a multi decadal cyclical phenomenon? Doesn’t matter, we saw it coming for years. Our political system does nor respond very well to these types of things. Andrew Burnette Planning ahead for drought and other predictable problems is important and useful. Pretending they are caused by something we can control is not helpful because it will direct our efforts in the wrong direction. Century long drought is a historical fact for the CA area and they were not caused by humans. (http://www.mercurynews.com/2014/01/25/california-drought-past-dry-periods-have-lasted-more-than-200-years-scientists-say/) We can expect similar droughts to come and it is within our capability to prepare for them — but not to prevent them. “Pretending they are caused by something we can control is not helpful ” I doubt if any climate scientists agree with your confident broad statement. First, our GHG emissions can be substantially “controlled” over long time horizons (with material changes beginning 2 decades out if we start today. Second, the IPCC’s AR5 report said the following about the effect of continued greenhouse gas emissions on the intensity and severity of droughts. Early 21st century: low confidence {section 11.3}. Late 21st century: likely with medium confidence on a regional to global scale {section 12.4}. 1 November 2017 at 10:27 am LK, I think what Andrew was getting at, is that California’s climate history includes two 200-year long droughts in the last 1200 (?) years and the wettest 200 years most recently. It is within normal climate variability to have a 200 year-long drought in the long term, regardless of human influences. There needs to be a plan to deal with drought and sort out the politically difficult topic of water rights regardless of efforts to reduce GHG emissions. We need to plan for the past. Kira, “California’s climate history includes two 200-year long droughts ” Yes. I’ve written over a dozen posts about that. See them here. “There needs to be a plan to deal with drought” Very true. Almost every post about climate change (this post is about predictions) includes this quote: “We don’t even plan for the past.” — Steven Mosher (member of Berkeley Earth; bio here), a comment posted at Climate Etc. “I think what Andrew was getting at” We don’t know what he was getting at. We do know that an important — imo the most important — aspect of his statement was materially incorrect. “There needs to be a plan to deal with drought and sort out the politically difficult topic of water rights regardless of efforts to reduce GHG emissions. We need to plan for the past.” Here’s a comic illustration of why we don’t do that, from the National Drought Mitigation Center: http://drought.unl.edu/Planning/HydroillogicalCycle.aspx The sad thing is that it’s from 1990 Thanks for the reminder of that great illustration! I’ve used it in several of my posts about drought. I think the limit case for scare stories was always nuclear winter. We needed to ban the bomb because if there was ever a nuclear war, then the world would freeze. I recall a lot of argument about the theory in political magazines at the time, with people on the Right arguing that it was just liberals trying to scare people into disarmament with this bogus scare story. The problem here is that even if the theory of nuclear winter is false, the effects of nuclear war would be so bad that n sensible person would ever want to fight one. So it really shouldn’t be necessary to use the nuclear winter theory to convince people that avoidance if nuclear war is a good idea. (How best to avoid nuclear war, and who was “right” in the 80s era debates over nuclear strategy is beyond the scope of this discussion) So in the end maybe the use of scare tactics about any given issue tells you more about the people using the scare tactics than about the issue itself. They think we’re too stupid to reason with, and so they have to scare us, and they assume we’ll always fall for it. When there’s something real to be concerned about, the overuse of fear can be counterproductive. There’s only a finite amount of oil and fossil fuels, but the doomster talk about peak oil probably ended up costing a lot of credibility as technology stretched available supplies. (Fracking, for example, and improvements in efficiency) Don’t call wolf unless there’s an actual wolf, because wolves are real. By the way, thanks for the preview trailer. I enjoyed a slice of that good old seventies cheese. the man, How could I have forgotten Nuclear Winter! Thank you for the reminder. I mentioned that in one of my early posts about climate change. See the link to Brian Martin’s great paper about nuclear winter – the prototype for the climate change campaign. Oddly, climate activists adopted the model with few or no revisions — despite the fact that it failed (just like all most of their campaigns). But they don’t learn. Larry, thanks for this reminder! Same thing in Europe: we have more forests, cleaner waters, cleaner air, cleaner energy, recycling, more efficient transportation… I studied Environmental Engineering in the 1990s and we were taught to follow the examples from the US. Now we try to inspire Chinese students to follow our own example. I’m relatively optimistic that they’ll also tackle the huge environemntal problems they’re facing. Brown air in Barcelona: it’s difficult to do anything about Saharan dust storms, which are a plague in the Iberian peninsula. Brown skies, red rain, dust all over. Some things we have to live with. Pingback: Read about the climatic doom world of 2030 and see hidden truths \| Watts Up With That? 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__label__cc	0.523978	0.476022	← New Xbox Live dashboard to arrive on December 6th New “Prometheus” stills online. → Stunning news! Keith Vaz hates games! Oh Keith, when will you learn? It’s a development so stunning that nobody could have seen it coming – Labour MP Keith Vaz is quite worried about the impact of violent video games (so, he’s okay with “Myst” and “Ilomilo” then?). This time around, he’s concerned about the impact of “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” and in particular the levels set in London, as they echo the events of 7 July 2005 (my word, it’s almost as though Infinity Ward are drawing from real life or something). In a story picked up by Eurogamer, Vaz cites evidence of “an increasing link” between the content of violent video games and a subsequent effect on games players and wants the British Board of Film Classification to more carefully consider their certification decisions before allowing games like “MW3” into the wild. A couple of points, if I may. If anybody was going to be negatively impacted by the impact of a prolonged exposure to depictions of violence in media, one could reasonably expect that the BBFC are amongst the first people who are going to have problems. Why is it that censors and politicians remain utterly unaffected by their exposure to the likes of “MW3” (rated 18) and “The Human Centipede” (rated 18 after a lot of cuts) and can be trusted to walk the streets, whereas the likes of you and me are going to become gibbering, perverse serial criminals if we so much as look at the options screen on a first person shooter? How, pray tell, does that distinction come to pass? It stands to reason that there isn’t a direct causal link between what people do in video games, enjoy watching in films or find compelling in novels because the crime statistics don’t for one minute back up Vaz’s current assertions or any of the previous quote-friendly politicians or interest groups who have sought to further restrict our access to aspects of popular culture that they don’t agree with. If everybody in the UK directly exposed to “MW3” were driven to commit acts of violence due to exposure to the game, our under-staffed and over-stretched polices forces up and down the land might reasonably expect to keep a couple of million people under surveillance after the annual release of a “Call of Duty” title. In a stunning development, the Police force don’t appear to be tagging and tracing anybody with a PS3 and a yearning to play Team Deathmatch online. Curiouser and curiouser. A politician like Vaz is, let’s face facts, somebody who loves to align themselves to issues like this – his public profile exists largely because he complains about the negative effects of pop culture on the young and he and his ilk desperately needs the oxygen of publicity to be invited on TV news shows and to be interviewed by newspapers. It might be argued that his press releases are the IRL equivalent of forum trolling and every bit as insubstantial in their ultimate impact. Keith Vaz, meet your ideal fictional constituent. Shame she's fictional and dead... The big ugly secret that most gamers are somehow privy to and which the media, concerned parents and outraged parents are somehow not aware of is that kids have to get the likes of “Modern Warfare 3” or “Saints Row The Third” from somewhere, if they are indeed playing them. Most kids, last time that I checked, don’t have regular paying work which allows them to drop £44.99 on a console title each week. Most kids don’t have credit or debit cards either, so that precludes them ordering from Amazon or Play.com. Assuming that little Dane and Jade are refraining from using Teh L33t Torrentz to get their gaming fix on, that logically tells us that parents may be the evil Nazi scum pushing computer game filth to their offspring. News flash – some parents play games, too, Keith. They may make a decision that their kids are mature enough to handle the content in a video game. They may be crappy parents, but the buck stops with them. If they care as much as they claim to do about their kids, they can lock out consoles and place age bars on content that they feel is unsuitable for their offspring. The tools are there – the kind of people who complain loudly in public about violence in video games are the kind of lazy, responsibility-shirking dullards who have no business having children in the first place. An age rating is there for a reason – it’s about time that parents actually started parenting and using the tools, warning systems and content advisories that have been put in place because of their incessant bitching and whining. Filed under Gaming, Geekery Tagged as Call of Duty, Keith Vaz, Modern Warfare 3, Stupid Human Tricks	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418860
__label__wiki	0.851313	0.851313	FutureFiveNew Zealand Consumer technology news from the future Hands-on review: Have fun with the new party game called 'Frantics' Damian Seeto Sony's new range of PlayLink video games have been great allowing for casual gamers to get on in the fun. Sony has now released a new title in the series called 'Frantics' and it's a very enjoyable party game. Party games are not new in the video game industry since we've seen them in the past with the likes of Mario Party and Crash Bash just to name a few. The cool thing about Frantics is that you don't need to play the game using a controller as all you need is a smartphone and tablet. It's worth saying you will need one or more smartphones and/or tablets to play this game because a normal DUALSHOCK 4 controller does not work on Frantics. To play the game, all you need to do is install and download the game's app on Google Play or the App Store. The size of the app should not be an issue for many people since it only requires about 80mb or so of space. You can either play this party game by yourself with A.I. opponents, or with up to three other real life players. Sadly, there's no online multiplayer so you can only experience multiplayer with people inside your own home. That said, I still had a blast playing this game with my brothers because its presentation and gameplay made us all burst with laughter. The first thing that made me chuckle is the appearance of the game's host named as the 'Fox'. To me, I feel the developer tried its best to create an uglier clone of Crash Bandicoot because there are some similarities to their facial features. It's not just the Fox that has a funny appearance because the main playable characters are animals made of clay. They all have big these sleepy looking eyes and the animals include a Baboon, a Dog, a Platypus and more. In terms of gameplay, there are a total of 14 mini-games added in Frantics and all of them make use of the touch screen and gyroscope features on your smartphone/tablet. These include battle style matches, races, a parachute battle and even a form of four player soccer. Each game is unique mainly because the level design and gameplay is different. There are races where you control a go-kart, jetpacks a tricycle just to name a few. One game mode different from all the rest is ParaChuChu where you have to open a parachute before you splat on the floor! My favourite game mode however is the one called ''Friendless Runner'. In this mini game, you have to dodge the obstacles that stand in front of you. If you fail to do so, you can see the clay character models crash face first on a wall and it looks very hilarious. If you "die" midway through one of the mini games, you can use your phone/tablet to sabotage the surviving players. The most common weapon available is a freeze ray allowing you to halt the movements of a specific player you may dislike the most. Aside from choosing your own mini games to play, the main game mode that Frantics offers is a game show style round called 'Fox's Party'. This is where you compete to win in a competition and all of the mini games are randomized. The only major flaw in this game is the fact that it does not offer much in terms of content and replay value. In New Zealand, the game costs $34.95 NZD which is kind of expensive for a game like this. Me and my brothers pretty much played through all of the game's content in just a few hours until we got bored of it. I think the game should be a little cheaper considering it only offers around one weekend's worth of enjoyment. Despite the high price tag, I did have a lot of enjoyable moments playing Frantics. It's easy to play for anyone of any age and skill level. Just make sure you all have enough space on your device(s) to install the app first. 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__label__wiki	0.579249	0.579249	Some new gameplay footage: [YOUTUBE]u03SKxsuxuE[/YOUTUBE] Reactions: JohnnyRacer Man, this is gonna be awesome! i so can't wait for this game. Never have i wanted a Splinter Cell game so much before. GOD DAMN YOU UBISOFT!!! They're gonna put the same bullshit DRM crap in the PC version that they put in Assassin's Creed 2 where you have to be constantly connected to the internet TO PLAY THE SINGLE PLAYER GAME! HOW RIDICULOUS IS THAT??? Are they telling me that if I want to play the game in a few years time, that they'll keep the same servers running for that long? If they shut down the servers after some time, then I won't be able to play the game at all! Not only that, but they're charging $10 more than most new PC games, probably to cover the cost of this "protection", which does nothing but annoy the shit out PC gamers, and encourage piracy even more. Sure, it'll make it a little harder to pirate the game, but the RELOADED version of AC2 is already out and cracked, so the pirated version is actually better than the retail version. I was waiting for this game for so long and was confident that I was going to buy it on release day, but now, I don't know. Wow. Glad I'm not getting the PC version. I'm sure they will try and find a way and do it for the console too. I just hope they'll only do this for a couple of years or so, then, when they eventually shut down the servers, they'll release a patch or something which will allow people to play the game normally without an internet connection requirement. Strelok16 Northern Californialand '69 Mustang project, '92 Buick Retiree-gal Just when it looked like the trend was moving away from rediculous DRM, UBI goes and does this This is one of the many reasons why i prefer getting my games on a console and not the PC. The whole DRM thing is just driving the masses to piracy. Ubisoft are about as much to blame as EA and Activision are, they've both been making great strides in annoying the gamerbase. Demo will be out for the 360 on the 18th! JohnnyRacer said: I bet you Ubisoft is gonna shaft PC gamers again by not releasing a demo. Edit: This article gives me a bit more faith. Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox 360 and PC) Demo release confirmed by Ubisoft By: Alan Ng \| March 15, 2010 We have some great news for Xbox 360 and PC owners looking to pick up Splinter Cell: Conviction now, as Ubisoft has just confirmed that a demo is on the way soon, allowing you to try before you buy. As reported from Eurogamer, Ubisoft?s Creative Director Maxime B?lane confirmed the news in a recent Q&A interview. They didn?t go into any more specifics on an exact date or details of the demo though, as Maxime added: ?Yes, there will be one. I can?t tell you what map or when it?s going to be released yet. My lips are sealed,? Does that mean its a multiplayer demo as well? That would be even better, for sure. Let us know your thoughts on the news. This boosted my faith even more! (Xbox and PC) Splinter Cell: Conviction Demo Coming Thursday by Jordan Kahn on March 16, 2010 Gamesppy confirmed today that the latest, upcoming installment in the Tom Clancy?s Splinter Cell franchise, Splinter Cell Conviction, would have a demo available through Xbox LIVE. Gamespy said Producer of the game, Alex Parizeau, confirmed that Xbox users will receive the demo on Thursday, March 18th and PC gamers will also gave access to the demo shortly after. Splinter Cell: Conviction is set for release exclusively on Xbox 360 and PC on April 13. Producer Alex Parizeau about the demo, ?The biggest thing you?ll see when playing the demo is the change of pace,? Parizeau said. ?The stealth-action dynamic is fast paced and very different from the past.? I don't mind waiting a bit longer, but at least they're releasing a PC demo! this more than makes up for losing my job today. oddly enough when i was told i was being let go, my first thought was "well at least i'll be able to play the demo to Convcition earlier than i expected." otispunkmeyer Loughborough UK '03 Skoda Superb (farewell :(), '06 Honda Civic ES You lost your job? Bummer! Where did u work? I'm guessing this is a due to the recession thing eh, you can have my job if u like. I fucking hate every minute of it!! otispunkmeyer said: at a warehouse for WH Smiths, basically got called into the office today told "there's not enough work, we're going to have to let you go" and that was it. got shown the door and it was job over. Not overly concerned though since it wasn't a job i was planning on keeping. if i had found something better i would have been gone in a shot. back on topic though, just played the demo to Conviction and absolutely loved it. I liked how they kept the cover/left trigger the same as from the Rainbow Six games. The demo doesn't reveal too much about the games plot but does enough to make me want the game even more. This is one definate must-buy for me now and its certainly cheered me up today! Sorry Jebb! Man, I won't get out of the lab until 6 tonight. Can't wait to play it! from Penny Arcade If there is a bigger Splinter Cell fan than myself, I haven't yet met them; but in their zeal to promote the newest iteration, Ubisoft has caused Sam Fisher to tweet. And I don't mean they've made him chirp, which would be preferable. They've given him a Twitter account where he tweets in a supremely earnest way about how tormented his shit is. This is something you've got to be very careful with. It's possible to make something like this work, but (ironically for a marketing maneuver) its connections to the "product" need to be largely oblique - it must manifest a more subtle objective. You can't have your game's protagonist posting screenshots, and he absolutely one hundred percent can't formulate a link to the game's promotional website(!!!). It goes without saying that live status updates and furtive stalking may be deeply incompatible. The demo for Splinter Cell: Conviction is a fascinating thought exercise, and one I would suggest you undertake. They've done the Ubisoft Thing, and you'll know what I mean, where in the course of trying to make something more streamlined they've managed to invent some new kind of complexity. I've been trying to see what people think of it, on account of it being so weird, but there's one or two posts tops before the thread ceases to be about Splinter Cell and instead becomes a discussion about Ubisoft's DRM scheme. If it sounds like we're about to embark on another discussion of Digital Rights Management, we're not - though as a topic, it almost always warrants it. I mainly think it's sad that instead of engaging with some of the interesting ideas in their newest games (particularly the completely naked boardgame underpinnings of Ruse and Settlers) every discussion quickly struggles to include all the necessary genuflections. Ubisoft brought it on themselves, certainly. I just think DRM is less interesting, as a rule, than videogames. played the demo last night (after eventually stumping up the ?40 for a years worth of live gold) and i cant wait to play this game! silent kills from the dark FTMFW! I really enjoyed the demo. I only have one issue and it's a gun thing. Automatic weapons don't continue to make the clicky sound when they go dry! Beyond that, I really enjoyed it. What ever you do, don't go on Ubi's forums about the game. Holy shit, what a bunch of fucking babies. see, now after reading that i have to go to those forums and just post in there "stop whining and go outside, you'll be introduced to a concept called a 'woman' and maybe learn a thing or two'." the only issue i had was a targeting thing. i found that the targeting icon took a bit of a while to get used to. but other than that i found it to be near faultless. on top of that i am absolutely loving the sticky camera. that one little device would have sold me on the game if it hadn't been for everything else also completely selling it to me. The game is reminding me a lot of Batman: Arkham Asylum. with the demo i find myself going back to checkpoints and going for the best line of 'stealth kills' and if i get seen or detected. its back to the checkpoint for me. This comes from Batman: AA where i had the same mentality and using the theory of "Batman can't be seen" whereas in this case its "sam fisher can't be seen until he snaps your neck from behind" April can't come round quick enough.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418879
__label__wiki	0.642887	0.642887	General Aviation Discussion The B1 down in the IO Thread starter aero99 just a member, not senior • All four crew members of a U.S. B-1 bomber were in "good health" Wednesday after sailors from the destroyer USS Russell rescued them 30 miles north of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean near where their plane crashed earlier in the day, U.S. defense officials said. Pentagon officials said there was no indication of hostile fire in connection with the crash. I know this isn't new news, but find it amazing that all four crew walked (or swam) away. Bet they didn't practice that one in the sim. Must have been one hell-of-a ride. "the early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.." It's not that big a surprise. All four crewmembers have ejection seats with water survival equipment designed to keep them alive until rescue. TnkrPlt My fellow squadron members flew orbit over the crash site until rescue. Sounds like a great job was done by all parties concerned. Having spent many days in that part of the world, I wouldn't worry too much about spending time in the water except for the sharks! Tnkr	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418880
__label__cc	0.550131	0.449869	Ofcom says yes on more TV ads More TV viewers could be driven to the internet under new Ofcom proposals that would allow longer and more frequent commercial breaks. The communications watchdog has released a consultation in response to last year's EU Audiovisual Directive, which aims to harmonise television regulation across the bloc. At present rules … This topic is closed for new posts. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT John Burton But who watches them? With sky plus and similar systems becoming common does anyone even watch the adverts any more? Mostly I just fast forward over them. If I'm watching live I pause until they are finished then fast forward over them. Does anyone even watch them any more? Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Chris Simmons Will Phorm be proposing... ...they be allowed to monitor our viewing habits and then target ads to our TV's? (I know, not possible yet outside of Sky and Cable, but it had to be said). Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Anonymous Coward PVR anyone? With PVRs so readily available I don't understand why anyone would watch adverts during any programmes, other than live sporting events. Let 'em do what they want to do - the days of commercial TV advertising are numbered anyway (whether they push up the number of adverts per hour, or not). Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Mike Crawshaw This is FANTASTIC!!!! Suddenly I'll have WAY more opportunity to go for a piss, grab coffee, hells, even make a sandwich during the commercials, rather than the current "racing around like a dervish" scenario! Sorry, I'm supposed to stay in one place, mindlessly absorbing the ridiculous claims of marketing types desperately trying to attract my attention by using fine-lookin' girls in bikinis to promote toothpaste? Hmmmm.... no. Well done Ofcom! My bladder thanks you for your decision!! (do I really need to add sarcasm tags?) My poor thumb I record nearly all of the TV I watch, so I can skip through the adverts with impunity - this change will just cause extra thumb usage... Or I could download torrents which already have the adverts stripped out. I can't see the advertisers wanting to pay for more airtime when this will cause the overall viewing figures to decline. Way to go Ofcom. ..Skull and crossbones for the death of broadcast TV. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Toby Rose They already bend the ruling I complained about the amount of advertising on Lost when it was on C4. The regulations go on about hour slots. This means that if a programme doesn't start on the hour and runs into another hour slot, (quite feasible for even a 40 min show), then the programme can utilise both hours advertising allowance. No rules are made for the channel's own adverts - this is at the discretion of the channel itself to broadcast as few or as many - the case here with C4. There's a fine line between what people can put up with and what the broadcasters can get away with although judging by the popular shows, for the majority of the viewing public, this isn't much. Carte Blanche for advertising then!! Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Rob Or do other people read "Cillit Bang!" as "Clit Bang!"? Paris because... well, you know why. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Gordon Ross Can only increase sales of PVRs I think the ad executives at ITV/C4/C5 need new stop-watches. I've got a Freeview PVR, and I allow 45 minutes to watch a 60 minute program on these channels. Also, C5 often have three ad breaks in a 1 hour program. Also, if you watch things like E4/More4/Sky, they've already adopted the American advertising model of putting adverts straight after the opening credits. I think I hardly ever watch a program truly live now. I always time shift to skip the adverts, sponsorship rubbish, credits, etc This proposed increase in the amount of adverts will only sales & useage of PVRs Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Barry Noooooooooooooooooooo!!! Whilst on holiday in Canada (not quite N.America, but, close enough) I died a little inside at every ad-break. And, they were frequent, & sudden. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Paul "On the other hand, Ofcom must also take account of the contribution made by advertising revenue to paying for the choice of television services that viewers enjoy." They think more adverts will help? Have they seen US or French TV? Its Crap. What we see of US TV in the UK is the pick of the best shows. It is like basing all your views of UK TV on what is shown in prime time on BBC 1 and ITV 1 (although admitedly you would just get Soaps, which would make our TV look crap) Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT tim morrison Oh great This sort of thing drives me farcking nuts, if it ain't the sound level going through the roof when the ads come on, it's this shit idea of showing the credits and then a whole bunch of ads. No wonder people illegally download this stuff with all the ads ripped out.... not me obviously ossifer........ Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Guy Even less program time So for a program starting at 7.00pm you will probably get to see the first image (allowing for adverts at about 7.03) you would get an ad break of 3 minutes at 7.10. another one at 7.20, then the program actually finishes at 7.27 to allow for more adverts. total time of program 21Mins total adverts 9 mins...almost a third of the time spent watching adverts........I'd rather sign up for spam Cillit Bang? At least they've got rid of the annoying Barry Scott character but now they've decided to go for over dubbing and advert made for Europe so the lip sync is crap. So I suspect as we get more adverts we're going to get more and more crappy over dubbed rubbish pushed down our throats. Can we start a campaign for real adverts? It wouldn't be bad if the adverts were any good but in recent years they've pretty much all turned into crap even when they're not over dubbed. Too much coke being snorted I suspect. been there. done that. digital viewers will already be experiencing this. the other night while watching some adverts on my digibox, i was extremely irritated to find them constantly interrupted by the odd couple of minutes of programming. [mind you. television has yet to implement the big fucking annoying ad, rolling across the screen in front of the programme you're trying to watch. right reg?] So, how long... before they start developing a Phorm-type system to monitor your television viewing and deliver "targeted ad's" Don't they realise that advertising is loosing it's effect, for example those stupid 118 118 ad's, whilst memorable, make me deliberately NOT use their service? Brand awareness isn't a good thing in all cases! Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Jason Edmunds Bring it on... I've got 2 words for all you advertisers: Sky Plus. And can someone please explain how Sky can sell ad time to advertisers (for mucho dinero), then sell equipment to it's customers that allows them to skip all those pesky ads? Anyone else see a conflict there? The internet allows this silliness because a proprietary web based player can be prevented from fast forwarding over the ads. I am currently trying to find out if I can get a TV signal. Sadly I can't find out because I will need to pay an unrefundable licence fee to find out if there is a service I can by so bollocks to telly (instead of on) Thursday 20th March 2008 12:20 GMT Rich Well, that'll convince me to watch ITV.... not! Apart from maybe the news, I never watch ITV live as it is - The only sane way to watch it at all is to record it first so that I can skip the adverts. And channel 5 is even worse in this respect. Of course, I know I'm not alone in this. Life is way to short to waste it waiting for the adverts to end so I can get back to what I was watching. Actually, life is way to short to watch telly at all! Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Nick Flogging a dead horse I really can't believe this. There logic seems to that in order to provide a wider 'choice' of channels they are going to make them all equally unwatchable. The main reason I cough download movies and tv shows is because trying to watch say Dexter on normal tv with four 8minute add breaks in it totally ruins the experience. With the release of the iPlayer and similar other offerings in the pipeline any increase in advertising on terrestrial tv is just going to kill is off fast. Push media is dead! Long live pull media! Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Mike Richards Because American advertising is so popular If this goes through, buy shares in PVR manufacturers. TiVo took off in the States when customers were told they could skip the adverts. BTW. These regulations for seven minutes per hour - are they actually enforced? Watching Channel 4 at prime time it seems about double that when you include all the programme trailers, what's coming next, now on Film Four, oooh aren't we great we made Four Weddings and a Funeral half a lifetime ago, if you missed this then catch the repeat of the news on Channel 4 + pi, don't miss tonight's celebrity death shagfest live on E4... And don't get me started on the cable channels. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Jonathan PVR! Thank God for the PVR and the fast forward options... or the inline editing options if I'm bored Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Nomen Publicus No more ads! Adverts are driving me away from commercial broadcast TV. There are so many ad breaks in some programs I always record the program so I can FF over the ads. scrap the license fee how about a few of these on bbc channels, and tell the bbc to shove their "license" up their arse i wish to god there was some way of turning off incoming bbc broadcasts, because this bullshit license we keep paying for, isn't a "tv license" as they like to call it, its a bbc license, for shitty soaps and edited news, nothing more, at least then i could watch the other channels with stuff worth watching on them without worrying about a bunch of twats in a van going past trying to watch crappy bbc channels that i wouldn't nor couldn't watch. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT John M ITV has been in the doldrums for years, because it's programmes with a few exceptions are crap. It needs to show better programmes to encourage more viewers, not advertise more to fewer. The interruption of programmes by adverts are a source of annoyance as it is, to increase this, would be most unwelcome, and would have a negative effect on the number of viewers. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Liam lucky i have my v+ box - havent watched adverts in ages! it will end up like trash US tv where its more adverts per hour than actual footage why not just charge more per advert and keep the same frequency Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT A J Stiles Brilliant ..... way to kill it off And what do the viewers get in return? I think the ruling about extra advertisement time should have been made conditional on the broadcasters adopting a common standard to be used for indicating to domestic video recording equipment whether editorial content or advertising was being broadcast, to be licenced royalty-free to electronics manufacturers; and with instant loss of broadcasting licence in the event of misuse by broadcasters. It's only fair: if they want to broadcast more adverts, it should be easier for us to avoid them. I've got Sky Plus, so I'll only be minimally affected anyway, but this is going too far. Oh goody... Nice to know they are safeguarding the content quality of our idiot boxes and not just pandering to the broadcasters. Then again, since UK TV has generally turned into a collection of reality shows, I hardly watch it any more. Almost anything worth watching these days seems to be American, Prison Break, Dexter, CSI (if you can ignore their howling technical mistakes!), so available several season ahead via cough p2p cough. I'm sure UK TV will come back with something involving Celebs (A-Z class) and a viewers vote, although the only one I can think of that I might watch would be Celebrity firing squad, you vote for who gets the slug! Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Sam I wonder if that's why F1 is moving back to the BBC? Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT HeyZuZe HeyZuZe 7 min per hour currently... on which planet is Ofcom living on certainly not mine Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT Chris 7 minutes per hour?!? We get 15 per hour here. Lucky bastards. Thursday 20th March 2008 12:25 GMT a walker freeview digital recorder Freeview digital channels habit of starting a program for a few minutes, then giving ads for more than 5 minutes before returning to the programme is already annoying but useful. Making a cup of tea and toasting a hot cross bun is already possible. Must buy a Freeview digital recorder to filter out the adverts. Ofcom may say "yes" to more adverts but we do not have to watch them. Ads - You have been erased! "by selling more time in front of fewer viewers" And thus driving even more viewers away causing a further drop in revenues. I assume that eventually they will think that 'advertising only' is the way to go. North American viewer here and we wait for series to come out on DVD just to avoid too many and too frequent ads. We watch one or part of one season and from then on wait for the DVDs to come out. If they start putting advertising on the DVDs we will stop buying them. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:46 GMT Adam Reiniger Simply put Ofcom can go and shove their idea up the brown highway. This is precisely why I currently do, and will continue to download tv from the net. The continuing ad breaks really annoy me - Formula 1, for example, now has more Sony ads then actual racing time. (Thankfully BBC have won the rights to F1 from 2009). Seriously Ofcom. Kiss my shiny metal buttocks PH, cause she is nearly as stupid as Ofcom. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:46 GMT Mark Sky Plus and TiVO Tivo users used to be able to skip ads automatically. But Tivo were "persuaded" to change this. If Tivo had been properly (as per intent rather than per wording) GPL, the owners (people who bought a Tivo) would be able to get their own fix to this regression, turning back on the auto-skip feature if they so desired. That's why there's the famous "anti-Tivo clause" in GPL3. Sky View Plus will go the same way when Sky want it to. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:46 GMT Tony Already here Actually, I've noticed that there are several stations (More4, Virgin1 amongst others) where they already use the American practice of running ads immediately after the opening credits. It is reeeeeaaaalllyyy annnnnoyyyying. Mind you, I spent a weekend watching Italian TV. There was actually an ad break during the closing credits; it returned in time for the last 5 seconds of names of people that ran and fetched the coffee for the non-entities that are listed after the people that actually did any work. Then it went to another ad break Can we have an icon for gouging out of eyes? The problem with this is... As I see it, things are balanced as is. The customer pays a certain monthly fee, the advertiser pays a fee, the service provider buys the right to broadcast programs from studios. Now, things could get out of whack. Suddenly the service provider has the opportunity to make more money by placing more ads. Where does this money go? Into reducing the cost of TV? Oh no, it goes to the shareholders. Well, I for one DO NOT WANT. I hate adverts as is. I see the point of them, I see that without them TV would be far more expensive. That doesnt mean the ratio of content to adverts should change from 9:1 to 1:9 without me seeing any benefit. I really dont see what Ofcom is trying to achieve by allowing more adverts. How does it help the consumer? All other businesses involved in TV are doing okay - if they werent, either consumers would have to pay more, or the companies would go out of business. Its nice to know that Ofcom is on our side, isnt it? Mine's the one with YouTube and other examples of Internet media distribution on it. my internet was down last night so I had to watch TV Holy drek it's shite - I mean complete and utter shite. I just read a bit of a book and went to bed. I can't believe people still watch TV. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:46 GMT eddiewrenn Torrents all the way I have been a torrent advocate all the eway, for three or four years now, and feel repulsed at the idea of adverts with my telly anymore. I was getting excited by iplayer and 4OD etc. but this is another nail in TV's grave. I can't remember when I last used my NTL subscription - I should really cancel it. give us legal torrents, no restrictions, no adverts, and charge us, say 20p for half-hour's entertainment - you'll get my money. Until then, bittorrents for me. @Mike Crawshaw lol, thats so damn spot on man! I wish they would f*k of(com) Firstly, Cillit bang getting rid of barry scott in favour of badly dubbed women was a mistake. He was clearly a highlight!! Secondly, Ofcom are a bunch of idiots. By allowing broadcasters to have more adverts they will be causing people like me to goto places I can get shows without adverts! So thats the BBC and the internet. With more advert breaks the budget of advertisers will be streched further and in general the quality of the adverts will have to decline. I would much prefer a small ad break with 1 high quality advert which would actually persuade me to buy a product. Long advert and frequent breaks just make make me switch off to them! How Much Of A Back Hander Did Ofcom Get For This Rubbish As if Sky follows the rules, how many breaks do they do in 1hr of tv, more than Ofcom allow and I hate having the credits popping up 10 minutes into a program, The Unit being a prime example of American TV stupidity. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Graham Davis Any creative advertisers out there? So who will be the first advertiser to produce an advert that's slowed down by a factor of 32 or otherwise designed to get there message across in the few seconds as it flashes by on fast forward. The best way to deal with these intrusive ads and the other brain washing, mind numbing pap is to switch the Soul Stealer off, Cancel your Sky/cable subscriptions and license fee, Don't let the Devils Device suck you dry. There is a wide world out there, lots to do and see. Try it for a week or a month and feel the freedom, you won't be disappointed. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Cameron Colley Do adverts work? The consensus here seem to be that, for whatever reason, adverts don't work. If it is the case that they don't work, then why do companies pay for them? I've heard the "tax break" argument, but that doesn't hold water as they still cost more money than they save. I maintain that there are morons out there on whom adverts work, and lots of them, so it is the morons we should blame and not the advertisers. Companies, in particular corporations, exist to make profit as a capitalist society we should accept this. The fault here lies with those too moronic, or too lazy, to make choices based upon actual value rather than bullshit. Don't get me wrong, I hate adverts as much as the next man (which is why I don't see any on this page) but I don't blame ITV or Coke for them -- I blame the brain-washed morons. No, its not just you. :-) :-) Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Warren Anonymous has a go at the BBC?!?!?!? You've got to be kidding, they're the sane ones in this mess. If I could pay double TV licence to get the adverts off the other channels I could. Without the BBC as a bottom line for us to remember what life used to be like, everything in the entire world would have adverts almost constantly. Also they can offer some less popular programs because of the funding difference, rather than lowest common denominator rubbish that quite frankly is worse than the adverts that fund it. Perhaps... and this is just an idea... ALL channels should be on subscribe / adverts choice. (Not both like Sky do it!!!) Yes as practical approach in the meanwhile I have a PVR but they're so darn good I'd have one anyway. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Philip Cheeseman Good old mythtv - auto strips adverts for me. I almost cried when it broke for a few days and I had to endure adverts again. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Chris Cheale actually.... That's actually a really good idea - it might price the low-budget, badly dubbed, piss awful (if I ever meet "Barry Scott" I'm going to force him to drink that shit) ads out of the market and leave us with those ads that, really, we don't really mind watching. Sony Bravia (plasticine bunnines) for instance, or just about anything by Guiness, Carling or WKD (hmm booze seems to get the best ads) - the Hamlet cigar ads would be illegal now of course =( Sometimes the ads are better than the programs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pXVTjYTYcJo @Idiots Damn you beat me to it. This reminds me of an old Dilbert cartoon basically along the lines of: "To reduce our losses in light of diminishing sales we're downsizing the sales team" Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Sean Ellis Mythtv + ad detection The advert detection scriptps in MythTV are bloody marvellous. Now I can watch the Space:1999 reruns on ITV4 without Barry Scott interrupting Barry Morse. The more ads there are, the more people will find it worthwhile to invest in ad-skipping technology. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Rubber chicken About bloody time!! The adverts on TV are the best thing. I record programs and skip the content just to see the adverts. Paris, just because we've got enough thumbs on the board. Thursday 20th March 2008 13:58 GMT Matt I just did the Ofcom survey. It's heavily biased towards getting the result they want. Thursday 20th March 2008 14:09 GMT Tom One thing I hate... You watch an older show and they cut chunks out of it to make room for the extra ads allowed since it was originally shown. The cuts appear to be random so you get quite a few WTF moments when a key bit gets cut out. If you even get to see any of the good older shows, it seems a lot of the non-prime time slots when they used to show old programs or kids cartoons are now filled with half-hour ads (infomercial my @ss) for crap knife sets, and spray on hair. Watching adverts Like others, I fast forward through ads, in my case using a Tivo (remember them?). However - there's this one series of ads running right now, with funny kittens, that I'll actually interrupt my fast forwarding to watch. Because I enjoy them. It isn't rocket science. The way to get people to watch your ads is to show fewer and better, not more and even crappier. But I guess the coke addled retards in the ad agencies can't work that out. Thursday 20th March 2008 14:09 GMT K this just makes me laugh We have 200+ channels which is mostly compromised of crap, this is just going to put the final nails into the coffin. Thursday 20th March 2008 14:09 GMT Nick Drew Yebbut... Many of E4's programmes (for example) are US-made, and so are timed to American advertising - 22 minutes for a half hour slot, 42(?) for an hour slot. So... on those channels that carry mostly US programming, there won't actually be a difference in the amount of programming seen. Still think it's feckin awful, mind. Thursday 20th March 2008 14:12 GMT Alex do not want feel free to cut and paste the following into every box on the OFCOM response, that's all I did, maybe the tedious repetition of the same 'info' will help drive the point home?: no more ads, why on earth would you want to lower the amount of "intended viewing" and replace it with additional marketing? also why on earth is the current tirade of televisual salesmanship so considerably louder than the programming? People are moving away from television as a form of entertainment for these reasons, this unwanted amendment is only going to hasten the departure. This post has been deleted by a moderator @Mark "Sky Plus and TiVO" Quite right! Good reason to buy a freeview PVR as Sky have full control over the firmware and can, in theory, force all the Sky+ suckers to watch the ads as well as pay their monthly fees. I recommend the Humax 9200 for what it's worth. Woohoo! <no title> Wrong direction. There is already too much intrusive ad time on the TV: been building up year on year. Now-a-days we seem to have programme breaks between the ads. Ad breaks ought to be no closer together than 40 minutes regardless, and limited to 5 minutes max. Once upon a time I felt sorry for the yanks who had to endure ridiculous amounts of advertising on their TVs, Now I think we must have caught them up. @Sean Ellis "The advert detection scriptps in MythTV are bloody marvellous. Now I can watch the Space:1999 reruns on ITV4 without Barry Scott interrupting Barry Morse. The more ads there are, the more people will find it worthwhile to invest in ad-skipping technology." Interetsing. Now I wonder, when it becomes so cost ineffective to advertise will they: A. Give up on advertising and fire the over paid, pussys in the Advertising/Marketing Dept. or B. Buy out some Government officials to push for ad skipping to be made illegal? No prizes for guessing the correct answer. Thursday 20th March 2008 14:55 GMT Campbell "But, that said, we've paid a subscription for V+ or Sky+, which makes you wonder why we should get the adverts at all? [After all, the costs for delivering 160 channels aren't much more than for delivering just the freeview ones, so the extra money must be for the content on those extra channels...effectively we "pay" twice if we're watching their adverts too." Good point, isn't that was why ITV, 4 and 5 were free because of the ads. BBC don't do ads but charge a fee, fair enough methinks. Sky, on the other had,do both, they also wholesale and retail their channels so there is NO competiton and are in a monpoly position with no regulator. Way past time to appoint said regulator, maybe we could call them OfSky, or maybe FuckOfSky? Thursday 20th March 2008 15:01 GMT Andrew Jones American TV So, we are going down the american route... IIRC from my last trip "over the pond" On Next announcement 10 mins of programme Ads (5 mins) 7 minutes of programme End Credits On Next Repeat Ad Nauseum(sic) Joke alert cause thats what OFCOM is, if this goes through Thursday 20th March 2008 15:26 GMT Jimster71 Clit Bang Yeah, I read it as that too. Thursday 20th March 2008 15:26 GMT Wayland Sothcott Can they make it a legal requirement that I have to watch the ads? Perhaps they can DRM the programs so you can't skip the ads? Perhaps that's one of the promises of IPTV? Paris because she probably likes the ads as much as the programs. Thursday 20th March 2008 15:26 GMT Simon Greenwood Haven't OFCOM noticed That 90% of current advertising on all commercial supported channels is for extortionate loans and stairlifts? TV advertising is all but dead except in peak programming time, which where ITV1 is concerned is 7.30 - 8.00 six nights a week. Perhaps that's what this ruling is aimed at, another break in Coronation Street. Everything is crap on commercial television anyway. I love it when people complain about the licence fee, the sound of their wailing and gnashing of teeth as they watch their money being drained away from Big Brother and Pop Idol and towards Have I Got News For You gives me a semi. The only thing I've ever watched on commercial television is films and US shows, and I tend cough* to rent cough them now anyway, partly to avoid the adverts. Can't remember... .. the last time I watched any adds, but then I have a PVR. The likes of ITV don't really deserve to be still in business anyway. Shoddy programming at best. to all the people who complain about the adverts Would you prefer to pay even more in subscription fee's? If channel owners cant make revenue from advertising one (or both) of two things will happen 1 - they will make their money by increasing subscritpion fee's 2 - They will take the channels off air as there is no point in doing it if they cant make any money out of it. The business model of modern TV revolves around advertising, without it we would have to pay a serioulsy big TV license fee. The business model does need a shake up, but the advtertisers are not going to go away. When people finally give up on the linear TV model and move to hyper distribution (p2p - bit torrent) then the advertisers will sponsor programs and have little bugs / logo's on screen instead. And i'm not putting a bloody paris hilton icon on this and that reminds me, will people please stop making jokes about bloody paris hilton - you are not funny, the moment has passed (i hate ad's as much as the next man, i just dont see a viable alternative) Thursday 20th March 2008 17:04 GMT Red Bren @AC - scrap the license fee Perhaps you would prefer the SKY business model, where you pay a subscription, and pay extra for movies or special sporting events and STILL have to put up with the ads? The licence fee isn't perfect but it's a hell of a lot better than what Murdoch would put in its place! OFCOM targets the wrong priority, AGAIN! It's not just the ever increasing amount of advertising that annoys me, it's the way that advertising actually takes priority over programming! If a technical problem interupts the broadcasting of a show, commercial channels don't cut back on the ads and rebroadcast what's been missed. They just keep going, regardless of what vital plot development might be missed. Maybe this is a side effect of having too much technology in broadcasting, along with all channels showing ads simultaneously or showing censored music videos post-watershed? Perhaps OFCOM should enforce a minimum amount of entertainment per hour, instead of a routinely ignored maximum amount of ads? Blipverts are the answer! And it would solve the current obesity problem too. Or am I just 20 minutes into the future? Thursday 20th March 2008 19:24 GMT Richard Cartledge HDMI ff denial Once HDMI is considered to be sufficiently established, the broadcasters and distributors of content will deny you to skip or mute the adverts, intros etc... Everything is already set and poised to be deployed. Any HDMI licensed device must comply, otherwise, it's key will be revoked and it won't play new stuff. Thursday 20th March 2008 19:24 GMT Futaihikage I'm jealous I don't think I've sat down to watch a movie on regular television and went more than FIFTEEN MINUTES without a commercial interruption... then again.. i live on the east coast of the US where they are already programming DVR's with the ability to NOT skip commercials... so sad.. Now i see why people use bittorrent for downloading tv shows and movies... you go to the theater... you see commercials before the movie.. watch it at home.. commercials.. before, during and after... This is becoming quite bothersome. Thursday 20th March 2008 19:33 GMT b166er Flogging a dead donkey You can watch most of ITV's stuff sans ads from their website. I've always chuckled at the fact that you subscribe to a magazine, and then when you read it, it's full of ads, or you subscribe to Sky and then when you watch it, it's full of ads! As was said above, if only I could pay more for a tv license and have an ad free version, I would. But then, when did large businesses ever give a toss about their customers? They just want you to be good little couch potato consumers. Just wait until you get click this advert/press the red button now ads, and credit card slots in the front of your idiot box HAHAHA, won't even have to leave the settee. I'm off to patent the 'moronic couch dwelling income organism' life support system. Happy Easter, remember, Easter's cheaper at Asda. /cynicism Thursday 20th March 2008 19:33 GMT Lars Janssen Yuck! Thanks for brining this news soon before I upgrade my TV. Now I'll be seeking a device with NO TV TUNER so I have the option to throw my Sky box and TV licence out the window if this goes ahead. LoveFilm TV series rentals on DVD and BBC iPlayer will do just fine thanks. Thursday 20th March 2008 19:33 GMT Ian Ferguson The BBC is the answer Wow, I can't remember the last time I watched an advert. I don't exclusively watch BBC programmes, but anything that isn't (and therefore isn't available on iPlayer) I acquire from torrents. Sans adverts. Is it just me or is the BBC 'unique' funding model getting more and more relevant nowadays? Thursday 20th March 2008 19:33 GMT Sim Tell Ofcom you can tell ofcom your views on this matter http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/03/20/ofcom_tv_ads/comments/ Even after 3 years living in the USA, I still can't quite get used to the complete and utter annoyingness of the advertising on TV here (or indeed, the TV in general). I hope I never do, because that will be a sign that my soul has finally died. It's just weird, having the end credits of one programme go immediately into the opening credits of the next, only to be interrupted right away by an ad break. I think they even squeeze 3 breaks into the 11pm news (a half-hour show consisting of 2 minutes of local news, 10 minutes of weather, about 10 minutes of ads, and the rest devoted to what else but high school sports. Mehhhh.) 15+ minutes per hour of pharmaceutical industry adverts: "Ask your doctor about Blahtoxifen, side effects may include hallucination, loss of hair and in rare cases, death. Seek medical help immediately if you can't get it down after 4 hours."; ads for hooky weight-loss supplements: "Fatoffa works only as part of a calorie controlled diet with exercise, not approved by the FDA"; sometimes the same ad run twice, back to back; those fucking annoying cleaning product ads with the shouty guy; then the network runs a trailer for one of their upcoming shows and I think "yay, ads over, time to sit down again" only to have MORE FUCKING ADVERTS to follow. They've figured out that people will go back to their seat or stop fast forwarding when the trailer finishes, so they've stuck more ads in after it. Not to mention the adverts where the volume level SUDDENLY INCREASES WITHOUT WARNING! GAAAAH!!! <--- this is how you will feel after OFCOM makes these changes. All. The. Time. "television has yet to implement the big fucking annoying ad, rolling across the screen in front of the programme you're trying to watch." Heh, if only. Right after the aforementioned annoying ad break, you'll be about 15 seconds into the programme again when the ENTIRE CORNER OF THE DAMN SCREEN is suddenly occupied by a fully animated, highly distracting trailer ad for some other show. This doesn't happen often, yet, but it does already happen here. Ironically, we could avoid most of this by having a PVR and skipping the ads, but we don't actually watch enough TV to justify buying one. Thursday 20th March 2008 21:31 GMT Philip toothless UK regulator bends over and takes one for the team... remember, the customer is always right! However, the customer of the TV stations is NOT you the viewer. The advertiser is the customer, and we viewers* are just bait to get the advertisers to give the TV stations money. * when I say we, I actually don't include myself, as I don't pay the TV tax and I don't watch broadcast TV. the odd accident with azureus and a torrent file occurs and I do watch the resultant AVI file :-) Friday 21st March 2008 04:19 GMT Anonymous Coward @ Campbell It may disturb you to learn, that as public service providers, ITV1, and Channel 4 get a slice of the licence fee. So it's not all BBC money. The independents have recently been asking for a bigger slice of the pie too. Personally, I don't mind Film 4 - they don't have many advert breaks (maybe 2 per film) and they don't brand the screen with a logo. Lovely for stripping the ads out of and making into divxs for my media server. In fact that's the only time I see the ads, when I'm stripping them out. And as I'm doing the recording, they can't get me for illegal distribution either - currently running at around 500 GB of divx compressed tv series and films. Friday 21st March 2008 04:19 GMT David Gawd `elp us, brothers and sisters. Still, like many others who have commented, I too hardly ever watch anything on a commercial channel as it`s transmitted. Record merrily away and then skip the ads on playback. What could be simpler? Now........the next thing is to devise a way of getting rid of on-screen logos, which I think are one of the worst "inventions" known to man. I KNOW exactly what I am watching, otherwise I wouldn`t be watching it! I see Channel 5 have reverted to one, once again, after having disposed of it for some time. Who did it? Stand up and be shot! Friday 21st March 2008 04:26 GMT Timbo OFCOM miss the point again... ...and play into the hands of those who want to get rich at the expense of the masses. I'm so sick of adverts, I hardly watch many commercial channels at all - and when a programme is on, esp. if it clashes with the BBC, I watch the BBC and use my PVR to record the commercial channel....then on playback, like others I just skip the adverts. And of course, as digital swithover carries on, more Freeview and Freesat boxes will be available at ever cheaper prices with higher and higher specs, so that in say 6 years time, everyone will be watching via digital TV and the set top boxes will all have live pause and PVR functions....so NO-ONE need watch any commercials... I s'pose by then all the commercial channels will only be available on subscription card basis....coz they won't earn much from advertisers if no one can be bothered to watch them.... Ah...I just figured it....maybe they put some simple "prize" questions in the break along with the adverts so you can win BIG cash prizes....y'know the sort....name the capital of England..is it: a) New York b) Glasgow c) London That'll force people to watch adverts...!! PH coz she'd be worth watching..... Please, No! I used to love UKGold (or whatever they're calling themselves today), but the ad breaks got longer and longer and longer and I just gave up. I remember Ofcom ordering them to reduce the length of their ad breaks. Now all channels will be able to extend them and include more! I'm now living in the US, and I'm heartily sick of the amount of advertising here. Most of the programmes in between are crap as well, though! One thing that is a plus here is that they don't run ad breaks at the same time on all channels like in the UK - you can switch to another channel and watch something else while the ads are on the first channel! Another problem is that DVRs are virtually non-existent here, Philips are one of the only ones out there, unless you want to pay a subscription fee for TIvo. And even then, Tivo tried to prevent viewers fast-forwarding trhoug ads even onrecorded shows! The point of this ramble: if you think it's bad in the UK, think about us here in the States, and then go and get yourself a Freeview or Sky+ box! You'll never look back! Friday 21st March 2008 13:51 GMT Gwyn Kemp-Philp Brilliant TV I have been involuntarily interned in South Africa for three months and I can truly say that South African TV is Brilliant. It is so dire that I could not bear to watch it at all. Consequently, I have now completely got TV out of my system and I am 'cured' for return to UK next week. My computer (and internet) is so much better. 32" 16:9 TV for sale to highest bidder. Reserve £0.50p S/H TV licence for sale - Cheap. Friday 21st March 2008 14:41 GMT Richard OFCOM are clearly pushing for something Look at Figure 9 and Figure 10 on page 66 of the consultation document: http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consult/condocs/rada/rada.pdf Then read Section 7.15: "The data in Figure 9 above suggests that just over half of viewers would be content with this (i.e. they are content with existing levels of advertising or would be prepared to see more), and that less than half of viewers would be dissatisfied with the level of TV advertising. OFCOM are clearly pushing for something instead of looking at the evidence. The graph shows the following (Fig 9, All Adults): 2% (A) Don't know 7% (B) Not really bothered by it 40% (C) There is already more than I am happy with 39% (D) Present levels don't bother me but I would not want any more 9% (E) A little more would not bother me 3% (F) It could go up quite a bit before it bothered me Yet they say that more than half "are content with existing levels of advertising or would be prepared to see more" Those proportions would be 39%, 9% and 3% - a total of 51% However, any increase would clearly annoy 79% of All Adults. Friday 21st March 2008 14:41 GMT Zap Toothless OFCOM should be scrapped and rebuilt Fking OFCOM who the hell do they work for, who pays their salaries - US. This is another example of a watchdog made toothless by this bloody government. Once again the corporation is more important than the customer or should I say consumer because that is what we are. I was in the United States recently and TV is unwatchable. Half the programme is sacrificed into a "coming up" and "previously" section. In the US you can actually forget what you were watching and they put a break 20 seconds before the end of a programme forcing you to sit through 10 minutes more ads before you see the climax and then the credits. I have Sky Plus and already it is so bad I hardly watch any live TV and just forward the ads, but it is a pain. Have a look at the OFCOM site http://www.ofcom.org.uk/about/csg/ and you will see it is full of committees of overpaid people who do not do what the public want. Look at recent appointments http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/news/2008/03/nr_20080320b Surely there is a conflict with employing people from the TV industry, shouldn't they be employing members of the public who are the end users. What kind of perspective will these people bring, the one of their buddies in the TV industry of course. OFCOM is another government service that is NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE. Saturday 22nd March 2008 05:59 GMT Sam Therapy Screw OFCOM and the broadcasters I lost the TV habit years ago (too busy having a life) so it doesn't really bother me what they do. On the rare occasions I watch owt from the telly it's pre recorded so I whizz through the ads. Tuesday 25th March 2008 10:44 GMT Anonymous Coward A little off subject admittedly, but some here have commented on the licence fee. It is an absolute abortion resulting in costs to collect, and still further costs employing folk to hunt down evaders. It also results in the licence fee "Stasi" assuming guilt, and threatening decent honest folk who have no TV, and who are sick to death of having to tell them again and again and again there is no TV so they no longer bother. If public service TV is desirable, and I think most think it is, then the obvious solution is to agree an algorithm that considers all relevant factors and produces a figure to be funded from general taxation. It's a 'drop in the ocean' as far as the our tax kitty is concerned, so even folk who don't watch TV won't notice the cost. It removes the unnecessary collection costs and best of all, removes the spying/threatening of citizens by the State (at least as far as this issue is concerned). Tuesday 25th March 2008 14:50 GMT G4Z Who thought it was a good idea to allow ITV to interrupt films with the news again..? I was watching some US comedy film (can't remember what) and I was quite surprised at how funny it was, so I stuck with it and watched it all the way up to 10pm where upon the news kicked in. Looking at the EPG it looks as though this film finishes at 11:45 and it can't be that near the end I think. So remain seated for the news, occasionally flicking through the channels for something to watch (I don't watch news on the TV these day's, even the BBC seems more 'sensational' than ever and I can't bear to watch it).10:15 ad break, more flicking. 10:30 comes, and theres a human interest story about a baby seal that has been rescued, cue more flicking. 10:35 comes, weather.... 10:40 I have no idea because I decided stuff it, I might watch this film on DVD someday but il be damned if I am gonna sit through any more of this for a film I am only barely interested in. Its slightly off topic I know, but really I hope some of these broadcasters read this thread and realise that they won't be selling much ad space with no viewers and its getting to the point that I would rather watch nothing! I may have invested in a great big HDTV, but there are plenty of other things to do with it other than watch TV. Even if I do want to watch a particular show, I have my shuttle connected for those wonderful high res AVI's.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418884
__label__wiki	0.605023	0.605023	Newsroom SiteMap Epson Employees Win Bronze Medal and Medallion of Excellence at WorldSkills Competition - TOKYO, Japan, October 24, 2017 - Seiko Epson Corporation (TSE: 6724, "Epson") is delighted to announce that two of its employees won prizes at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 (the 44th WorldSkills Competition) held at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre in the United Arab Emirates from October 14-19 as below. Plastic Die Engineering (https://worldskillsabudhabi2017.com/en/skills/plastic-die-engineering/) Bronze Medal: Hayato Miyasaka Seiko Epson Monozukuri-juku (manufacturing school) (https://worldskillsabudhabi2017.com/en/skills/web-design-development/) Medallion of Excellence: Azusa Sano Information Service & Support Department, Seiko Epson The WorldSkills Competition, held once every two years, is designed to promote the development, advancement, and recognition of vocational skills in member countries and regions through international competition. It also serves to promote international exchange and friendship among young people engaged in skilled vocations. Epson's Hayato Miyasaka and Azusa Sano represented Japan at the competition after winning the gold medal at the 54th National Skills Competition held in Yamagata, Japan, in October 2016. This year marked the 8th time that Epson has sent a representative to the competition, and the first time since WorldSkills Calgary 2009 (the 40th WorldSkills Competition). As a manufacturing company, Epson has participated in the National Skills Competition since 1971. Participation in competitions is part of Epson's strategy for preserving essential skills by ensuring that they are handed down from generation to generation. Our young people in the skilled vocations strive to learn and master skills through rigorous training and practice in order to participate in competitions. Epson aims to be an indispensable company by preserving critical vocational skills and providing products and services that delight our customers. WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 https://worldskillsabudhabi2017.com/en/ October 14-19, 2017 (actual competition dates: Oct. 15-18) Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Participating countries: Skill competitions: Number of competitors: * The data above is accurate as of August 24, 2017. Competitor Profile Hayato Miyasaka Monozukuri-juku (manufacturing school) Year employed: Past competitions: 52nd National Skills Competition 53rd National Skills Competition, Medallion of Excellence 54th National Skills Competition, Gold Azusa Sano Information Service & Support Department 51st National Skills Competition, Gold 52nd National Skills Competition, Silver Epson is a global technology leader dedicated to connecting people, things and information with its original efficient, compact and precision technologies. With a lineup that ranges from inkjet printers and digital printing systems to 3LCD projectors, smart glasses, sensing systems and industrial robots, the company is focused on driving innovations and exceeding customer expectations in inkjet, visual communications, wearables and robotics. Led by the Japan-based Seiko Epson Corporation, the Epson Group comprises more than 72,000 employees in 88 companies around the world, and is proud of its contributions to the communities in which it operates and its ongoing efforts to reduce environmental impacts. http://global.epson.com/ Epson products and drivers News Release Distribution Service Epson Corporate YouTube Channel	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418892
__label__cc	0.592518	0.407482	Here lies the remains of that person who tried to make this a soap opera. The Troll who had to Scroll but was forced to Roll. Lol. We have a welcome committee ready in hell for that person. Has anyone seen Fareed? Last night I spread my mommy's legs and Modi fu cked her good. My goodness. So ravishing. Lol Obama f ukked Modi real good. Without vaseline. I su ck Modi Indian di ck. Then you must be Fareed Zakaria. No. I am Joe... Joe Mama. My hero is @Blue Saffron who within months brought this to an end. Mission Accomplished. All done. Good bye. I love to shove Blue Saffron's hand up my asss. Hi folks. Blue Saffron is great. A great di ck su cker. Lol I must go now. I love to master.bate between posting my lists. Bob's view of the world is almost always a joke. WUH? Blue Saffron didn't do one single thing to this news blog other than re-word official versions of news stories trying to make himself appear to be wise. Not one single original thought has come out of you "news bloggers" here, save a few. You are all dumbed down idiots who blindly wave whatever national flag you happened to be born under. Goldilocks was walking along one sunny afternoon when she found a beautiful house in the woods. The door was open, so she walked right in. There she found a table set with three bowls of steaming porridge. "Hello?" she called out, but no one was home. She tried the first bowl, but it was too hot. She tried the second bowl, but it was too cold. Then she tried the third bowl, and it was just right. "Wow," she said, once she had finished the meal. "Now I'm feeling very sleepy." So she wandered around looking for a bed. She couldn't find one anywhere on the bottom floor. Finally, she found a staircase at one end of the house. She climbed up the steps and went into the first room. There was a great big bed in the middle of the room, so Goldilocks jumped right in. "Yikes!" she exclaimed. "This one's too hard!" She wandered to the next room. There she found another bed, and hopped right in it. But it was too soft. By this time, Goldilocks was very tired. She went into the third room, and yelled out in surprise. There were three pink pigs cowering in the corner of the room. "Wait a second," she said. "You guys are in the wrong fairy tale." "No, we're not," answered one of the pigs. "Don't you know this is a two-story house?" Garoooooooooooan..... Once upon a time there were three bears. A Mommy bear, a Daddy bear and a Baby bear. One day they went for a walk. When they got back, Daddy bear asked, "Who's been eating my porridge?" Baby bear asked tearfully, "And who's been eating my porridge?" Mommy bear explains, "Oh Stop this nonsense, I haven't made porridge this morning yet." This is wonderful. How is the weather in Bombay, banasy. You Hindu raypist from India. Lol I wouldn't know; I am not Indian, and I live in the US. Once upon a time there was this old lady living in a giant shoe. She had so many abortions her uterus fell out. And a dog ate it. And died. It is called Uterine Prolaspe. Caused by births. So it would be caused by the opposite of abortions. http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/uterine-prolapse/basics/causes/con-20027708 Nice "joke", though. A fine young Australian couple were eagerly awaiting the birth of their first child. When the baby was born it was the wrong color. And so "A dingo ate my baby." That saying came from a 1980 case in Australia, and Lindy Chamberlain never said that; neither did Meryl Streep in the 1988 film adaptation of that case, A Cry In The Dark". The coroner ruled that baby Azaria's death was, in fact, the result of a dingo attack. They're known for being viscious, dingos are. It is a very popular meme, though. Thanks for the reminder that truth is stranger than fiction. HTML closing tag fail. Okey Dokey Hokey Gee. So totally unexpected. XXXXVIIPathL Goose and Gander When an old straight man is caught naked with a young female it is called "statutory raip". When an old gay priest gets caught naked with a young male it is called "statutory raip" except by a couple of old church ladies. DT w/ JH Instead of having "answers" on a math test, they should just call them "impressions," and if you got a different "impression," so what, can't we all be brothers? Politically Correct Little Red Riding Hood There once was a young person named Little Red Riding Hood who lived on the edge of a large forest full of endangered owls and rare plants that would probably provide a cure for cancer if only someone took the time to study them. Red Riding Hood lived with a nurture giver whom she sometimes referred to as "mother", although she didn't mean to imply by this term that she would have thought less of the person if a close biological link did not in fact exist. Nor did she intend to denigrate the equal value of nontraditional households, although she was sorry if this was the impression conveyed. One day her mother asked her to take a basket of organically grown fruit and mineral water to her grandmother's house. "But mother, won't this be stealing work from the unionized people who have struggled for years to earn the right to carry all packages between various people in the woods?" Red Riding Hood's mother as sured her that she had called the union boss and gotten a special compas sionate mission exemption form. "But mother, aren't you oppressing me by ordering me to do this?" Red Riding Hood's mother pointed out that it was impossible for women to oppress each other, since all women were equally oppressed until all women were free. "But mother, then shouldn't you have my brother carry the basket, since he's an oppressor, and should learn what it's like to be oppressed?" And Red Riding Hood's mother explained that her brother was attending a special rally for animal rights, and besides, this wasn't stereotypical women's work, but an empowering deed that would help engender a feeling of community. "But won't I be oppressing Grandma, by implying that she's sick and hence unable to independently further her own selfhood?" But Red Riding Hood's mother explained that her grandmother wasn't actually sick or incapacitated or mentally handicapped in any way, although that was not to imply that any of these conditions were inferior to what some people called "health". Thus Red Riding Hood felt that she could get behind the idea of delivering the basket to her grandmother, and so she set off. Many people believed that the forest was a foreboding and dangerous place, but Red Riding Hood knew that this was an irrational fear based on cultural paradigms instilled by a patriarchal society that regarded the natural world as an exploitable resource, and hence believed that natural predators were in fact intolerable compet itors. Other people avoided the woods for fear of thieves and deviants, but Red Riding Hood felt that in a truly classless society all marginalized peoples would be able to "come out" of the woods and be accepted as valid lifestyle role models. On her way to Grandma's house, Red Riding Hood passed a woodchopper, and wandered off the path, in order to examine some flowers. She was startled to find herself standing before a Wolf, who asked her what was in her basket. Red Riding Hood's teacher had warned her never to talk to strangers, but she was confident in taking control of her own budding se xuality, and chose to dialogue with the Wolf. She replied, "I am taking my Grandmother some healthful snacks in a gesture of solidarity." The Wolf said, "You know, my dear, it isn't safe for a little girl to walk through these woods alone." Red Riding Hood said, "I find your se xist remark offensive in the extreme, but I will ignore it because of your traditional status as an outcast from society, the stress of which has caused you to develop an alternative and yet entirely valid worldview. Now, if you'll excuse me, I would prefer to be on my way." Red Riding Hood returned to the main path, and proceeded towards her Grandmother's house. But because his status outside society had freed him from slavish adherence to linear, Western-style thought, the Wolf knew of a quicker route to Grandma's house. He burst into the house and ate Grandma, a course of action affirmative of his nature as a predator. Then, unhampered by rigid, traditionalist gender role notions, he put on Grandma's nightclothes, crawled under the bedclothes, and awaited developments. Red Riding Hood entered the cottage and said, "Grandma, I have brought you some cruelty free snacks to salute you in your role of wise and nurturing matriarch." The Wolf said softly "Come closer, child, so that I might see you." Red Riding Hood said, "Goodness! Grandma, what big eyes you have!" "You forget that I am optically challenged." "And Grandma, what an enormous, what a fine nose you have." "Naturally, I could have had it fixed to help my acting career, but I didn't give in to such societal pressures, my child." "And Grandma, what very big, sharp teeth you have!" The Wolf could not take any more of these specist slurs, and, in a reaction appropriate for his ac customed milieu, he leaped out of bed, grabbed Little Red Riding Hood, and opened his jaws so wide that she could see her poor Grandmother cowering in his belly. "Aren't you forgetting something?" Red Riding Hood bravely shouted. "You must request my permission before proceeding to a new level of intimacy!" The Wolf was so startled by this statement that he loosened his grasp on her. At the same time, the woodchopper burst into the cottage, brandishing an ax. "Hands off!" cried the woodchopper. "And what do you think you're doing?" cried Little Red Riding Hood. "If I let you help me now, I would be expressing a lack of confidence in my own abilities, which would lead to poor self esteem and lower achievement scores on college entrance exams." "Last chance, sister! Get your hands off that endangered species! This is an FBI sting!" screamed the woodchopper, and when Little Red Riding Hood nonetheless made a sudden motion, he sliced off her head. "Thank goodness you got here in time," said the Wolf. "The brat and her grandmother lured me in here. I thought I was a goner." "No, I think I'm the real victim, here," said the woodchopper. "I've been dealing with my anger ever since I saw her picking those protected flowers earlier. And now I'm going to have such a trauma. Do you have any aspirin?" "Sure," said the Wolf. "I feel your pain," said the Wolf, and he patted the woodchopper on his firm, well padded back, gave a little belch, and said "Do you have any Maalox?" Sometimes I think you have to march right in and demand your rights, even if you don't know what your rights are, or who the person is you're talking to. Then on the way out, slam the door. Once upon a time, there were 3 little pigs. The straw pig, the stick pig, and the brick pig. One day this nasty old wolf came up to the straw pig's house and said, "I'm gonna huff and puff, and blow your house down." So he did! The straw pig went running over to the stick pig's house and said, "Let me in, please, the wolf just blew down my house!" The stick pig let the straw pig in. Then the wolf showed up and said, "I'm gonna huff and puff, and blow your house down!" And he did! So, the straw pig and the stick pig went running over to the brick pig's house and said, "Let us in! The wolf just blew down our houses and we're scared!" So the brick pig let them in. The wolf caught up with them and said, "I'm gonna huff and puff, and blow your house down." While he was huffing and puffing, the straw pig and the stick pig were so scared. But the brick pig picked up the phone and called a friend. A few minutes passed and all of a sudden this big, black stretch limousine drove up. Out came two massive pigs in pinstriped suits and fedoras. These huge pigs came over to the wolf and grabbed him by the neck and proceeded to beat the crap out of him. Then they got back into their limo and drove off. The straw pig and the stick pig were amazed. They asked the brick pig, "Who the heck were those guys?" And the brick pig said, "Oh, those are our cousins, the Guinea Pigs." Fear the Pig Mafioso. If there were a nation of pigs (obese overweight people) the USA would be it. Particularly Mississippi, the most overly obese state on planet earth for 6 years in a row. Snow White received a camera as a gift. She happily took pictures of the Dwarfs and their surroundings. When she finished her first batch she took the film to be developed. After a week or so she went to get the finished photos. The clerk said the photos were not back from the processor. Needless to say, she was disappointed and started to cry. The clerk, trying to console her, said, "Don't worry. Someday your prints will come". Good morning Philip. How is the weather in Bombay. Lol. You Hindu raypist from India. You wouldn't be from Mississippi by any chance would you, Godoling or whatever your dad named you? HINDOOS FROM INDIA ARE ALL RAYPISTS Out far away in the himalayas there was a small village that was constantly terrified by this terrible monster named the medecrin. The medicrin would come down to the village once a week and eat one of the villagers. Now, as you would guess, the population of the village decreased greatly after a few months of this, so, the chief of the village called forth the greatest hunter he could get and told him to hunt down and kill the medicrin. So, after much talk, the hunter finally agreed to kill the medicrine. But the hunter, being smart, decided he would have to trap the monster to kill it, figuring he would get eaten if he faced it head on. So he looked in his himalayan monster field book and found out that medicrins like sugar, so he ordered all the villagers to dig a deep hole and fill it with all the sugar in the village. Later that week, the medicrine came down to the village. When it went after it`s usual meal, it saw the pit of sugar, looked at it a moment, and then went after another villager. After the medicrin left, the chief called up the great hunter, and scolded the hunter for failing, but the hunter convinced the chief to give him another chance, and the chief agreed. The next day, the hunter looked back to his himalayan monster field book and found that medicrins like loons even more than sugar. So the great hunter went out, caught a loon, and placed it in the pit with the sugar. Now, it turns out that loons like sugar even more than medicrins, so the loon ate up all the sugar. So, a few days later the medicrine returned on time for it`s villager feast. But, as it was heading for the village, the medicrin saw the pit with the loon. The medicrin imediatly became hungry for loon, so it climbed down into the pit and at the loon. But, as soon as it finished the loon off, it fell over, deader than a doornail. The moral of the story? A loon full of sugar helps the medecrin go down. There are white couples living in the USA who were surprised when the baby came out brown or creamy colored. And did not like it. It is perfectly legal in the USA to abort your unborn baby if you suspect it is the wrong color. It is perfectly legal to abort one's fetus for any reason. Once upon a time there were two canaries in a cage. Naturally, one was male and the other female. After many months, the male decided to meet the female. So he scooted over to her side of the cage and said, "Since we're in this together, why don't I move over to your side of the cage!" The female canary replied, "No, thanks!!" So he went back to his side but found he could stay there no longer. Once again, he moved to her side of the cage. This time he asked, "I am sorry I was to forward the first time. Why don't we get to know each other first." To which she replied again, "No, thanks!" Resigning himself to return to his side of the cage, he languished about for a bit then made one final effort. He went halfway across the cage and stated, "Well, could we at least talk?" This time she replied, "Oh, I am so sorry I have been so mean. You see I just learned I have a canarial disease called, "Chirpies" and I hear it is untweetable." That was punny, Rawr. I see bobcat is here. Tell me bobcat, how is the weather in Bombay? Lol HOW DO ??? Sir Edgbert, knight of the realm, was hurrying home on a cold, dark, wet night when, suddenly, his horse suffered a major coronary and died on the spot. All Sir Edgbert could do was collect up what belongings he could and tramp onwards. After staggering for a spell, he decides that he must get alternative transport. Accordingly, he heads for the nearest building which, as luck would have it, is a small farm. He strides up to the door, bangs on it and shouts 'A horse! A horse!. I must have a horse!". The door opens to reveal a young girl. She looks at Sir Edgbert and says, "Your pardon, good night but my father and brothers are returning from the village on the other side of the forest and will not be back before noon tomorrow. They are riding all our horses". Sir Edgbert is saddened by this and says "But I must return home immediately. Have you any idea where I may accuire alternative transportation?". The young girl says "I know of no other horses hereabouts, but sometimes my brothers ride our Great Dane dog when the need arises. Would use of that help?" Sir Edgbert is desperate and says "If I must, I must. Show me the animal". The young girl leads the way around to the back of the farmhouse to a stable. She dissapears inside and returns leading and enormous dogs which is quite of a size for riding. Unfortunately, the dog has seen better days. It's coat is threadbare, it's legs are spindly and it seems to be breathing labouriously. Sir Edgbert looks at the young girl and says, "Surely, you wouldn't send a knight out on a dog like this?" I am not a believer in seances, but I went to one just to see what they are like. The psychic was doing his thing and grinning from ear to ear. I as sumed his merriment was due to the fact that he was fooling a gullible public and gave him a poke in the nose. You can probably guess the rest. I was arrested for striking a happy medium. Two men were in the process of inventing a new brand of gum. They were arguing over the fact that their new gum was too hard and brittle and didn't have the right consistency. One of the inventors kept arguing that they simply had to add more liquid to their primary secret ingredient, code named "Yewin". The other man argued adamantly. "No, No, No! It's not wetter Yewin that counts... it's how you ply the gum!" Getting involved with spiritism is listed as a work of the flesh in God's word. Right along with becoming a drug addict, thief, or fornicator. TRIPLE WOW !!! In a kingdom far far away, and a long long time ago, a party was being given. To this party the king had invited everyone in the kingdom to his castle. And everyone was having a grand time. The wine was flowing, the tables were overflowing with food, and the dancing was beautiful. Suddenly, out of thin air a gnarled old man appeared out of thin air. His hands clutched in tight fists by his body, smoke streaming from his shoulders, he walked up to the king and said, "How dare you have a party and not invite your own court wizard! For this insult I curse this castle with the dreaded Curse of the Fingers. Anyone who attempts to leave here will be rendered limb from limb by huge disembodied fingers!" The wizard waved his bony arms about and shouted in a guttural foreign language. "There!", he said and vanished. All at once, the people of the kingdom looked to their king. What would he do? How could he save them. The king pursed his lips and looked about him. Finally, he turned to his knights and asked for a volunteer to ride to the next kingdom and plead with their wizard to remove the curse. Of course all of the knights wished to go. The king selected the knight with the greatest seniority and sent him on his way. The knight gathered up all his weapons, put on his best suit of armour and headed out. As soon as his foot stepped off of the drawbridge, gigantic yellow fingers appeared from nowhere and ripped him limb from limb. One after another, each knight attempted to ride out of the castle, each one in turn was ripped to shreds. Finally, no knights were left. The king looked about him. "Is there anyone else who would brave this curse and rescue us from this horrible curse?", he said. "I will, sir!", said a small boy who had been serving one of the knights before he died. The small boy packed up his belongings and provisions for the journey. Since he was a poor serving boy, and had no horse, he knew he would have to walk. But he was determined to succeed. As soon as he crossed the drawbridge, the yellow fingers appeared and tried to rip him apart. They couldn't! Each time the tried to grab him, the boy wriggled free and continued on his journey! Several days later, the boy was back at the castle with the neighbouring kingdom's wizard. The king was overjoyed to have the curse lifted and he called the boy to him. "How did you escape from those monstrous fingers? All my knights couldn't get past them and they were killed. How could you do it?" The boy looked up at the king and replied, "Your majesty, it occurred to me as the last knight was being killed that the only way to escape this curse was to LET YOUR PAIGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW FINGERS." Leave a Reply to Coco Canoodle	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418893
__label__cc	0.547323	0.452677	MAKE LOVE WITH GOD Filed under: Sexuality \| Tags: god, HOLINESS, SEX USING YOUR SEXUAL ENERGY IMMORALLY GIVES POWER DIRECTLY TO THE OTHER SIDE FOR WAR DEATH AND ALL BAD THINGS ! INCREASE THE POWER’S OF GOOD, OF GOD IN THE WORLD INSTEAD ! DON’T BE A SPIRITUAL DESTROYER BE A LOVER OF GOD ! The prohibition to have relations with a “Nidah” (women during her period) or before she goes to the “mikveh” (ritual bath) after her period, can save a couple from so much hardship. By a women’s period negative energy goes out through her and by this she purifies the whole world and herself, but a residue of this negative energy called “Tumah” is left until it is removed by emersing in a “Mikvah” It is known in contemporary medical research that such relations can bring various deceases including cancer to the couple, look it up your self. https://www.google.co.il/search?q=sex+menstral+blood+desease+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b&gfe_rd=cr&ei=XjNyV_PEG6_S8AfA0YGgBA The children conceived through such relations can also have various child diseases. The Kaballah teaches that the spiritual makeup of these children suffers greatly. Sexual morality is so important in spirituality as the force that motivates the sexual act is the same force, will which should also be channeled towards spiritual ascention, to the side of holiness as it is most strong force. It is this force that should animate us towards running towards making our “tikun” (correction). It will be by this strong revealed aspect of Divine will that the Divine Presence shall be reedemed from exile ! It is these sparks, this force, will that we need to raise out of exile in the klippot where it has fallen. Then the Soul will be able to so spiritual service as is proper with a intense love when it has been raised from lower desires, those which are distant from Holiness. Such as sexual desires only for one’s pleasure alone. Then just as one make’s love with their beloved and they are one so shall it be with The God and the Shechinah being together in a revealed complete unification with the complete redemption ! More on the Holy Hut & its “Mystical tools” Filed under: arba minim, Sexuality, succah, Succot, Yesod In the spiritual world of the sefirot, where man is considered the microcosm of Creation, it is the Yesod (gateway of energy) that parallels the organ of the Brit milah (circumcision). The High Holy Days come to help us rectify this very fundamental aspect of our lives, and connect us to flow of other divine powers that can come through out new “Yesod” Jews eat and sleep in a Succah (Tabernacle) for the 7-day holiday of Succot On succah we work energy with the four species, the lulav (Date palm branch) commands center stage, not only in towering above the etrog (citron), and willow branches, but the blessing that we recite in performing the mitzvah is over the “waving of the lulav.” The lulav is taken from the long, straight, upper branches of the date palm. In the holy Zohar, we find that the date palm, or tamar, represents the Tzaddik (the righteous individual) He conducts his life in utmost sexual purity, as in the case of Yosef, who was called Tzaddik, because he overcame the temptations of Potifar’s wife. As we have said above “ The Yesod (gateway of energy) that parallels the organ of the Brit milah (circumcision).” Its written : “The tzaddik (righteous man) flourishes like the date palm; he grows like a cedar in Lebanon” (Psalms, 92:13). “Regarding, ‘flourishes like a date palm,’ just as a date palm does not grow (and bear fruit) unless the male be planted by the female, so the tzaddik cannot flourish save when husband and wife are united, when the male aspect of tzaddik, is united with the female aspect of tzaddik, as with Avraham and Sarah” (Zohar, Bereshit 82a). The Tzaddik is associated with the sefirah of Yesod (he has developed a great flow of spiritual energy), as its says, “Tzaddik yesod olam,” meaning “the Tzaddik is the foundation of the world” (Mishle, 10:25). Thus Yosef, who guarded his sexual purity, became the earthly channel of the Yesod to bring the blessing of G-d’s bounty into the world. From this we see that the lulav, in its spiritual connection to the sefirah of Yesod, is a powerful tool in rectify sexual transgression and drawing down Divine goodness to mankind. Concerning the 4 species: 1) The Lulav branch towers above 2) the 3 myrtle branches 3) the 2 willow branches & 4) the Etrog citrus fruit The 4 Species – Lulav branch towering above the others Just as the Tzaddik excells over others in spiritual energy and shelters his generation, so too the lulav branch of the date palm rises above and looks over the three accompanying species. In waving the upright, male symbol of the luluv, the embodiment of the Yesod, we activate the female aspect of the Yesod above, drawing down Divine blessing. We “excite” the Shechinah above with the Lulov. Accordingly, the holiday of Succot is also known as the Festival of the Harvest, or the Ingathering, when we harvest our material and spiritual blessings at the start of the year from the mercy of God and the work we did in Elul , Rosh Hashanah, the days of Teshuva and Yon kippor.. The Hebrew word for “the Harvest,” האסיף, has the same numerical value as Yosef, יוסף, once again hinting at the connection between sexual purity and the bounty of the Festival of the Harvest. In its inner, spiritual essence, the lulav is like a healing laser beam whose light soars upward with our wavings to the furthest reaches of Heaven, healing the damaged Yesod and releasing its life-sustaining blessings. It opens up the Yesod-gateway of energy for more and greater quality flow. We wave the lulav toward the four directions of the compass, and up and down, a total of six directions, which parallels the Yesod, the sixth of the lower sefirot. There are many Kabbalistic meanings of the lulav and its wavings that come to remind us that our connection to G-d is directly influenced by our level of sexual purity, symbolized by the lulav, in its mystical association to the Yesod and the organ of the Brit. All is Dependant on the Yesod-gateway of energy. Rabbi Yekutiel Zalman Zev points out that the lulav can to be seen to represent the letter vav. Pictorially, the letter vav is long and straight, like the lulav and the organ corresponding to the Yesod. The letter vav has the numerical value of six, paralleling the sixth sefirah of Yesod. By waving the lulav three times forward and three times back, for a total of six wavings, we actualize the flow of the Yesod. It is the perfect tool to fix clean and refine the Yesod-gateway of energy. Aiming our secret spiritual weapon toward the six directions multiplies this flow of bounty into our lives. Also, it is the letter vav in the middle of God’s Name (Yhv”h) that connects the first two letters, Yud and Hai, representing the upper spiritual worlds, with the final letter Hai, representing our world. Once again, this hints that the vav-lulav-Yesod represents the channel that brings Divine blessing from the upper worlds to our world (“The Secret of Hashmal,” pg. 429; see also, Tikunei Zohar, 134a). We only need to open up this Yesod-gateway of energy, and draw flow. The Maharil (“Laws of Lulav”) notes that the first and last letters of the Torah, bet and lamed, and the first and last letters of the Tanach (prophets and Writings), vav and lamed, make up the letters of lulav. This once again hints that the lulav-yesod is the central axis that joins one end of our holy writings with the other, encompassing the entire Torah. We see from this the whole Bible hints at the Lulov reminding us of its importance. The Ariza”l points out that the word, lulav (לולב) has the same gematria (numerical value) of 68 as the word “chaim” meaning life (חיים). This is because of the life force that flows from the male principle of the lulav-Yesod, to the feminine principle of Malchut, represented by the etrog, which symbolizes the fruit of the womb (Shar HaKavanot, Succot, 5; and see also, Zohar, Pinchus, 266b). When we raise the lulav and etrog together, we unite the male and female principles of Creation in a spiritual unification, called Yichud. This unification of Masculine and feminine give birth to new spiritual forces for our souls and the worlds. We create the arousal of new providence. This union of the lulav and etrog helps to rectify the spiritual blemishes caused by sexual transgressions whereby the holy, life force of the seminal seed was not channeled from the Yesod of the husband to the Malchut of the wife in the proper Torah fashion. Such transgressions include masturbation, pre-marital sex, forbidden familial relations, adultery and other sexual wrongdoing. The Kabbalist elder, Rabbi Eliahu Leon Levi, stresses the importance of grasping the lulav at the bottom of its stem, and not in the middle, so that the hands do not act as a barrier separating the upper spine of the lulav (the Yesod) from the etrog (the Malchut). Rather, the lulav and etrog should be held together at the bottom of the four species, so that the flow of Divine illumination from the Yesod to the Malchut, stimulated by the waving, is not interrupted. The three hadassim (myrtle leaves) channel the energy of the sefirot of Chesed, Givorah, and Tiferet. When combined with the two aravot (willows), symbolizing Netzach and Hod, all of the seven lower sefirot are united in a perfect unity. All these Divine powers are channeled through the Lulov. Concerning the Succah itself. The Succah has the energy of the Clouds of glory which protected the Jewish People in the desert when they left Egypt. The Zohar teaches that these Clouds which extended like pillars towering over the encampments of the Jews, embodied the all-encompassing flow of Divine energy contained in the Yesod (Tikkunim 148b). Again by the Yesod all the Energy flows through. The Ariza”l states, (Shar HaKavanot, Succah 1), and it is recorded in the Mishna Berurah, that it is preferable to recite the blessing over the lulav, and to wave it, inside the succah. This brings about a powerful union between the all-encompassing aspect of the surrounding lights of the Yesod, the succah, with its inner aspect, the lulav. The lulov is a symbol of the spine which lies inside the body. Thus the succah becomes an electric power plant of high-voltage spiritual energy from both within and without, generating the supreme joy and renewal of the holiday. Rabbi Avraham Yitzhak Hakohen Kook, the first chief Rabbi of Israel, writes that: “The succah inspires such supernal joy that it cannot be a permanent dwelling, only temporary. Light waves of joy continuously flow, one wave ascends and immediately, without pause, a second wave, brighter and more joyous than the first, descends and spreads.” Rabbi Nachman of Breslov teaches that this supreme, climaxing joy of the holidays, attained in the mitzvah of succah, can only truly be experienced by the person who has rectified his sexual sins (Likutei Halachot, Laws of Succah, 1). “After Yom Kippur, when we merited the seal of the holy Brit through the rectification of the Brit and our prayers, immediately after this, we begin to build the succah, because the succah depends on Tikun HaBrit because the succah represents the Clouds of Glory, and those who damaged the Brit through sexual transgression were cast out by the Cloud.” Even though the Jews were protected by the invincible Clouds of Glory on their departure from Egypt, the evil nation of Amalek succeeded in its unprompted attack, as the Torah records: “Remember what Amalek did to you on the way of your leaving Egypt, how he met you (karcha) by the way and killed the hindermost of you who were feeble in your rear” (Devarim, 25:17-18). Rashi explains the word “karcha” in its root meaning of “keri,” an impure emission of semen. Rashi relates that Amalek seduced the weaker Jews into sexual transgression, and when the holy Cloud vomited them out, Amalek pounced on them and killed them. Only those Jews who guarded their sexual purity were protected by the Cloud. So too, Rabbi Nachman explains, only a Jew who guards the Brit in sexual purity can experience the transcendental joy of the succah. May it be the will of the Almighty that with our lulavs upraised in our hands, we all be triumphant in our war against the spirit of Amalek, which lurks in the impure cultures of the world, seeking to blemish our holiness. Have a happy holy Holiday !	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418895
__label__cc	0.623352	0.376648	Google Reader Lite Google Reader's homepage has been updated and it features a small feed reader with three categories: "news", "sports" and "popular". The iframe points to this page and I think Google Reader should offer a customizable version, so you can embed it in your site. Google already offers a cool AJAX Feed API that can be used to display the most recent posts from one or more feeds, but Google Reader's interface is more user-friendly and it lets you read the posts without leaving the page. Labels: Google Reader Mihai Parparita June 29, 2009 at 10:20 AM We're still figuring out where we can best use the "Lite" mode, but you can already display specific feeds within it, for example: http://www.google.com/reader/lite/feed/http://feeds.feedburner.com/GoogleOperatingSystem Mihai Parparita Google Reader Engineer DCL June 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM I'd like this better (on the homepage of Google Reader) if it didn't constantly trigger browser security warnings. You know what I would like to see? An authentic Wordpress plugin (or Ajaxy thingy for cross blogs compatibility), which will let us put little "Shared from my Google Reader" box on personal blog. Seems trivial, yet I had to develop custom one for my own blog... Mihai Parparita June 29, 2009 at 1:21 PM adir1, that should already be possible with the "clips" feature that Reader has: http://www.google.com/support/reader/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=73061 Ionut also did a post on how to customize them more: http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/03/customize-google-readers-clips.html We Don't do that. Caleb Eggensperger June 29, 2009 at 9:39 PM @Mihai: I'm getting a javascript error trying to load my Shared Items feed. http://www.google.com/reader/lite/feed/http://www.google.com/reader/public/atom/user/09776139491686191852/state/com.google/broadcast I tried playing with the URL a little (looks like http://www.google.com/reader/lite/user/09776139491686191852/state/com.google/broadcast gives the same page -- but the same error) Mihai Parparita June 30, 2009 at 9:32 AM @Caleb Lite hasn't been fully tested with shared items yet. That link should start working with the next release. Acai Berry July 1, 2009 at 11:41 AM The iframe shows this page and I think it should offer a customizable version so that you can embed it in your websites. Dan July 5, 2009 at 2:38 PM Where is the "popular" feed sourced from? I'd like to add it to my actual Google Reader subscriptions (it's deliciously zeitgeisty). Alex Chitu July 5, 2009 at 2:40 PM @Dan: http://www.google.com/reader/view/user/15650323335570657892/label/cool Teeth Whitening Bleach July 6, 2009 at 3:38 AM Hypnotherapy in London March 9, 2010 at 4:22 AM I am new to this but if I understand it correctly, I can embed Google reader in my website for updated content from feeds to be shown? mobile marketing October 6, 2010 at 9:47 PM I use onlywire when is want to share my content because it automates the process, and it saves me a lot of time and effort. Juicer October 21, 2010 at 5:23 PM I always like Google Reader, keeps me up to date with all my favorite sites in one place. And with this new feature, it's getting even better. Crest whitestrips October 23, 2010 at 1:36 PM Google reader's OK, but it seems to mess up my spreadsheets, particularly if i've got a lot of info on them. In any case, Michael still lives deep in our hearts. Google Toolbar's Improved Web Page Translation YouTube as a Medium for Community Gmail Increases Maximum Attachment Size to 25 MB Solving Linear Programming Problems Using Google S... Google Voice, Available in the US Google Account Recovery via SMS Google City Tours Tips for Making Websites Run Faster New Options for Translating Web Pages A Retro Plastic Box Chrome Tests an Updated New Tab Page Authors Are More Visible in Google News Gay Google Google Translate for Persian Blogger Starts to Show Ads A New Interface for Google Books YouTube Adds the Wonder Wheel A Browser Is a Search Engine Set Gmail as Default Email Client in Firefox Artist Themes for Google Chrome Browsers Cache YouTube Videos Google to Launch a Microblogging Search Engine Integrate Google Latitude with Your Google Profile... Yet Another Mobile iGoogle Find Creative Commons Images in Google Image Searc... Disable Google SearchWiki Visit DisneyLand Paris Using Google Street View Advanced Search Options in Picasa Web Albums Manage Databases in Google Fusion Tables Google Translator Toolkit Google Video Adds Search Options Google Chrome for Mac and Linux, Dev Preview Enhanced Zooming in Google Street View Google Squared Adds Structure to Unstructured Data... Test Your Site in Different Browsers Using Adobe B... YouTube for Large Screens Google's "We're Sorry" Error Page Google Notebook's Extension URL Upload .docx Files to Google Docs	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418898
__label__cc	0.629164	0.370836	Are You Getting Paid for Chronic Care Management? Follow These Tips By Lisa Eramo \| November 1, 2017 Do you frequently review labs for patients with uncontrolled diabetes and educate them about self-management? Do you provide medication management support for family members whose loved one has Alzheimer’s disease? Do you provide ongoing support and education for patients with frequent acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease? If you answered ‘yes’ to any of these questions, you’re probably performing chronic care management (CCM)—a service for which the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began paying in 2015. But are you billing for it? 2017 Reimbursement for Chronic Care Management Services When documented and coded appropriately, here’s what physicians can expect when reporting chronic care management (CCM). These are the 2017 national average Medicare payment amounts based on the physician fee schedule: CPT code 99490 (CCM services, 20 minutes) = $42.71 CPT code 99487 (Complex CCM services, 60 minutes) = $93.67 CPT code 99489 (Each additional 30 minutes) = $47.01 HCPCS code G0506 (Comprehensive assessment of and care planning for patients requiring CCM services) = $63.88 Know When to Report Chronic Care Management Though there is a laundry list of operational and documentation-related requirements that physicians must fulfill before billing CCM, Kim Huey, MJ, CHC, CPC, CCS-P, PCS, CPCO, owner of KGG Coding and Reimbursement Consulting, LLC, in Birmingham, AL, says the biggest challenge is simply trying to determine what patients qualify. Not every patient with a chronic condition needs CCM, she adds. Per CPT guidelines, patients who receive CCM services must have two or more chronic continuous or episodic health conditions (e.g., heart failure, cancer, chronic kidney disease, or stroke) that a physician anticipates will last at least 12 months or until the patient’s death. These conditions must place the patient at significant risk of death, acute exacerbation/decompensation, or functional decline. The guidelines don’t provide a list of chronic conditions that would qualify, although Huey says CMS’ Chronic Condition Data Warehouse (CCW) is a helpful resource. The CCW includes 27 chronic conditions that CMS tracks in terms of volume and cost, and physicians can use it as a starting point when thinking about CCM. “Some physicians would argue that, ‘By virtue of them having one of these conditions, they’re at risk of decline.’ But I really think it’s more of a judgment call that needs to be made,” she adds. “It’s not every patient. Some patients are managed well and have no issues.” There are also a lot of conditions that are not in the CCW that could potentially qualify for CCM because they put patients at significant risk. Huey cites the examples of Parkinson’s disease, autism and Crohn’s disease. 3 Tips for Billing CCM The challenge of knowing when to bill for CCM shouldn’t discourage physicians from doing so when it’s appropriate. These tips can help physicians determine what patients may qualify for CCM: 1. Capitalize on each patient’s annual wellness visit. “This is the time when you’re gathering all of that information about the patient,” says Huey. Use this annual visit to assess social, emotional, mental and physical health-related challenges that may have emerged over the course of the last year. One of the goals of CCM is to address these types of challenges, and the annual wellness visit is a perfect time to identify them, she adds. 2. Document risk in the narrative of the note. Many physicians simply check off a box next to a diagnosis in the electronic medical record without elaborating on what’s happening with the patient—and why he or she needs CCM services. What are the challenges that each patient faces? Why are they at risk of functional decline, acute exacerbation, decompensation, or death? 3. Examine each clinical scenario carefully. “You need to look at each individual patient’s circumstances and realize that it’s not just about [reporting] a diagnosis code,” says Huey. “It’s also everything related to the patient’s own self-management of the disease.” Don’t assume that every patient with diabetes, for example, needs CCM. Many can manage the disease on their own, she adds. Think ‘Compliance’ All the time Although most denials for CCM are technical in nature (e.g., billing for CCM and transitional care management during the same service period or billing for CCM when another provider has already done so), it’s likely that payers performing retrospective audits will begin to examine physician documentation more closely to see whether CCM services are justified. Adhering to all clinical and technical requirements will help physicians bill for CCM appropriately—and retain the revenue they receive, she adds. Submitted by Lisa Eramo on Wed, 11/01/2017 - 06:00 Lisa A. Eramo Freelance Healthcare Writer Lisa A. Eramo, BA, MA is a freelance writer specializing in health information management, medical coding, and regulatory topics. She began her healthcare career as a... How Should You Code Pre-Op Exams and Who Can Perform Them? On the surface, coding preoperative visits is relatively... 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__label__cc	0.555311	0.444689	(Redirected from Loot scaling) The term loot (or drop) refers to the items, weapons, crafting materials, gold "dropped" by mobs when they are slain. 1 Loot quality / quantity / type 2 Loot sharing 3 Loot scaling Loot quality / quantity / type[edit \| edit source] The quantity of loot is random, but is also related to the uniqueness and difficulty of the slain mob. The average quality of dropped weapons and items follows the same pattern: It starts with about 20% of the max damage/energy/AL for a level 1 foe, and increases linearly to 100% for a level 24 foe, give or take a few random percent. Different monsters drop different types of loot, for example Tengu drop feathers, most Stone Summit drop Stone Summit Badges and most Ettins drop Ettin's Pauldrons. Axes, hammers, swords, shields and bows are dropped by monsters of all professions in all campaigns, and daggers are dropped by monsters of all professions in the Factions campaign. Profession-specific wands, staves and focus items are generally only dropped by monsters of the same profession. Variable attribute wands and staves dropped by any monster can be linked to the attributes of any caster profession. Variable attribute focus items dropped by Monks, Necromancer, Mesmer, Elementalist and Ritualist monsters are linked to one of the attributes of the monster's profession. It is not currently known if Warriors, Rangers or Assassins can drop variable attribute focus items. Because of this, Ritualists wands, staves and focus items are quite rare in Guild Wars Nightfall. They can only be obtained from collectors, weaponsmiths, chests, Ritualist bosses and Shiro'ken Ritualists, which are the only non-boss Ritualists in the campaign. The pattern for gold is a little different: It starts at 3 for a level 1 foe and it increases at geometric rate to reach an average of about 42 for a level 12 foe and 140 for a level 24 foe. However, sometimes foes will drop the double ("uncommon") or even the quadruple ("rare") amount of gold. The chance of dropping a rare item is greater at higher difficulty levels as well. See Style and formatting/Bestiary for a list of common drops. Loot sharing[edit \| edit source] To eliminate bickering or "stealing" another party member's "kill," the game engine assigns loot to each player at random. When an item is dropped, the game automatically assigns it to a specific member of the party, and for a period of time, only that player can pick it up. The next item dropped is again assigned to a random party member. If the assignee doesn't pick up an assigned item within 10 minutes after it dropped, the assignment goes away, and anyone can pick it up. However it is still possible to have an item "stolen" by another player. If a good item is dropped for a player that happens to be dead, all the party has to do is not resurrect the fallen member and wait for the item to become available to all. This rigid system makes no distinction between player classes, even if certain items would be better suited for another member of the party. For instance, an Elementalist would be just as likely assigned a dropped Longbow as a Ranger. If a foe receives most of its damage from other sources than the party - NPCs (not including henchmen), other foes, Edge of Extinction, etc - the party will not gain loot from that foe. To be eligible for a drop, you must have been in radar range of the monster when it dies. Dropped gold is automatically divided equally (rounded up) among all members of the party, regardless of distance apart, when someone picks it up. Note that NPC henchmen and Heroes get "loot turns" as well. Although dropped items assigned to henchmen or heroes do not actually appear, they are taking in their share of loot along with the "real" players. Loot scaling[edit \| edit source] With loot scaling, players receive a number of normal drops (common and uncommon rarity items, collectable drops, gold, common crafting materials) proportionate to the size of their party as compared to a full party. For example, a solo farmer will on average get the same number of blue weapons as a player in an eight person party. The only items exempt from this rule are: Skill Tomes Insight and Passage Scrolls Rare crafting materials All rare (gold) items All unique (green) items Thus, the size of a farming party, with respect to loot, only affects the distribution of the exempt items. The following is an excerpt from Gaile News 20 April 2007 "Without loot scaling, solo farmers received every loot drop, whereas people who played in a party received only a fraction of loot drops. Thus, solo farmers received up to eight times as much loot for killing the same group of monsters. With loot scaling in place, solo farmers still get more loot than people who play in parties, but the gap is less severe than it was before. It is impossible to quantify precisely how much less because it depends on the type of loot farmed and involves some randomness, but here are some rough guidelines: People who play in normal size parties, including parties of heroes and henchman, will see no difference at all from loot scaling. At the same time, they will notice that normal mode is now much easier to farm, and that the introduction of Hard Mode provides a place they can play where the loot is better than ever before. Thus, people who play the game primarily in parties will simply make more money than they previously did. People who periodically enjoy farming solo (with no heroes or henchmen) but are casual about it are also likely to see an improvement. They'll find that solo farming is much easier than it was before, because monsters don't have the anti-farming AI that they used to have, and because the game no longer prevents players from repeatedly farming the same monsters over and over. Many types of builds that didn't work in the past, or that haven't been effective since the earliest days of Guild Wars, can now be used for solo farming. Thus, casual farmers will find the game much easier to farm than it was before, and that they can earn more money than before even with loot scaling in place. People who were advanced solo farmers and who were earning vastly more money through solo farming than through playing the game normally will see the full effect of loot scaling. They will earn less gold and common loot from solo farming than they did in the past. The loot scaling for gold and common loot is not linear with the number of players in the party, and it includes an element of randomness, so while the difference is not easy to quantify, it is by no means a factor of eight. Advanced solo farmers may now earn about twice as much gold and common loot from farming solo as they would if they farmed in a party. While gold and common loot are thus reduced for these players by loot scaling, certain other types of loot are completely unaffected. For example, Skill Tomes are completely unaffected by loot scaling, so they still drop eight times as frequently for solo farmers than they do for people who play in parties. Thus, advanced solo farmers will find that certain types of farming are still extremely productive for them, but they may have to change what and where they farm if they want to earn as much money as they did before." Loot can be picked up as long as it is within range horizontally, there is no vertical range limit for loot pickup. This means that someone standing under a bridge can pick up loot on that bridge, and a character on a bridge can pick up loot on the ground beneath that bridge. Retrieved from "https://guildwiki.gamepedia.com/index.php?title=Loot&oldid=1597988#Loot_scaling"	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418904
__label__wiki	0.956572	0.956572	No strategic plan, no national interest objective: PM Abbott commits Australia to US war in Iraq Christine Milne 3 Oct 2014 Australian Greens Leader Christine Milne says Tony Abbott has sent Australians to another war in Iraq with a claim that following the United States is in our national interest. "The Greens stand with those Australians who are asking why is it in Australia's national interest to join in a another war in the Middle East without a clear strategic objective or risk assessment?" Senator Milne said. "How will this war make us safer? Won't it make us a bigger terrorism target and a more attractive recruiting ground for jihadists? "Why would we not be better served by a strategy to combat extremism with inclusion at home, whilst supporting global efforts to cut off financial and personnel support to ISIL? "From day one, Tony Abbott committed to sending Australians to war in Iraq. For weeks the question has not been if, but when," said Senator Milne. "The increased terror threat level, the new terror laws, the atmosphere of fear, the marginalisation of Muslim people and women in particular have all been consistent with a decision to go to war. "At no point has the Prime Minister bothered to consult the community or their elected representatives, despite two attempts by the Greens to launch a formal debate in the Parliament. "If Australian troops asked Tony Abbott why they were being deployed, what would the Prime Minister's answer be? "Is following the United States into the Middle East going to make Australia safer? I don't think he can answer that question. "Parliaments in both the UK and Turkey have endorsed military actions in recent days, but Tony Abbott seems to think that his executive government can do as it likes just, as the Howard government did. "I commend the swift and vocal community backlash that is pressuring Presiding Officers at Parliament House to reverse the segregation of people wearing face coverings in the building. "The Australian community has declared: We are better than this," said Senator Milne. "The Prime Minister needs to pull his MPs into line and the Presiding Officers need to remember they preside over the people's parliament, not Tony Abbott's war cabinet."	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418913
__label__cc	0.708713	0.291287	Zimmerman defense stumbled into money trap ChrisNY~Laurie said, Why haven’t we seen any reciprocal discovery? I’d like to see what the defense has turned over to the State. Do we not get to see reciprocal discovery? The Defense has expert witness’ that they would like to call via video conferencing at the next hearing, and filed a motion for approval. Does the Judge approve or deny this motion before the next hearing date or wait and tell them during the hearing when she gets to that motion? I haven’t even seen a motion in reply from the State yet, so maybe they have no objections to this. I don’t see how they don’t considering the defense did not name these experts, unless they did through emails or something. Let’s not place the cart before the horse. Judge Nelson first has to decide whether to grant the defense motion for a Frye hearing. She will decide that motion at the hearing on May 28th. I do not believe she will grant the motion because O’Mara has not made a proper showing. He needs affidavits from experts asserting that the technology/methodology used by the prosecution’s experts is not generally accepted in the relevant scientific community (i.e., audiologists). He hasn’t done that. If she were to grant the motion, however, I do not believe she would conduct it via video conferencing. Cross examining someone on a video screen is not the same as cross examining them in person when the witness is not on his own turf with support at the ready off camera. I do not believe Bernie de la Rionda would agree to O’Mara’s request. I certainly would object if I were the prosecutor. I do not believe Judge Nelson would grant O’Mara’s request over de la Rionda’s objection. O’Mara appears to be caught up in a money trap caused by frivolous expenditures of internet contributions and now he cannot afford experts. Too bad, so sad. The answer, as I have been suggesting for several months, is to attempt to get the defendant declared indigent so that the court will pay for the experts, but O’Mara and his client do not want to go there. I suspect the reason is they do not want the internet fund shut down and turned over to the Court for reimbursement. Greed and stupidity are quite the double whammy. They have only themselves to blame. This entry was posted on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 at 8:36 am and is filed under Audiologist, Bernie de la Rionda, fogen, Forensic Science, Frye/Daubert nHearing, George Zimmerman, Indigent Defendant, Judge Deborah Nelson, Mark O'Mara, Money Trap, Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Reciprocal Discovery, Stupid Mistakes. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 295 Responses to Zimmerman defense stumbled into money trap @Xena, Re: “Beg on, Papa Zim. Junior shouldn’t have told your son’s White Supremacist supporters that your children are Afro-Peruvian.” Actually, Zena, if Jr. & George really are Papa Zim’s bio children, they are genetically 25% Cuban + 50% Peruvian mélange. (If not, they are 100% Peruvian “and friends.” if they are Gladys’s sister’s kids that they adopted.) A whole lotta “ritmo caliente” going on … Ya’ think the T-baggers are gonna be hot to pour more US greenbacks into some Castro cousin’s defense (a guy who, incidentally, said he’s a registered Democrat)? Are thousands of people going to protest Zimmerman trial? No, sir. LOL!! click on this “Friend defends George Zimmerman” and see HLN’s message on black screen that reads— “This Video Has Been Expired” 😉 Finally someone has shut the Taffee up!! Yeah but daddy Zimm is whining now… http://www.clickorlando.com/news/george-zimmermans-father-posts-letter-about-trial-asks-for-funds/-/1637132/20222056/-/28b8ih/-/index.html Um yeah, big bad state won’t pay even though your son had his wife lie about resources when they weren’t indigent and now that they are, are NOT filing indigency. I’m crying big crocodile tears. Note to RZ sr. : If you’re unhappy with the State of FL…..MOVE !! Better yet RZ Sr, have a talk with your remaining son about his (failed) white supremacy! Obviously everyone on Trayvon’s side has paid their rent, is working and paying their bills without begging for donations for defense purposes, then spending the money on pop tarts and burgers. Not everyone is getting all slimey and dirty thinking they’re better than other people, based solely on the color of their skin. You want skin color Zidiots? How do any of you compare with Michael Jackson or P. Diddy? Eddie Murphy? Did these guys start out with silver spoons or did Whoopi Goldberg start from scratch? You wanna compare yourselves with Oprah? She gave everyone in her studio a car and still had enough for a hundred families to live on and she opened a school for girls in a forgotten land. What have you supremacist done lately except snatch that gun from your boys cold dead hands? Phooey! You guys need to get a life, this supremacy thing isn’t working. ;lol: Well said. There is a black couple who live next door and she is head of the coronary care dept at a major hospital and he is a big wheel in a personal locating company. I could go on. What a misguided crybaby. Lord love a duck as my mom would say. The defense can do anything they want but God forbid the State actually follow legal procedure. @racerrodig. Papa Zim wrote the following; “The state of Florida has unlimited resources in their totally unwarranted and malicious prosecution of George,” Robert Zimmerman writes. “I continue to be amazed by what the state of Florida considers their ‘evidence’.” Yeah, like GZ didn’t commit and unwarranted and malicious killing of an unarmed 17 year old. Papa Zim must be amazed by the state’s evidence because it proves GZ is a liar and convicts him. Apparently, since Papa Zim is no audio expert, he has no respect for the State’s experts, and O’Mara can’t find one to agree with GZ and his daddy. Beg on, Papa Zim. Junior shouldn’t have told your son’s White Supremacist supporters that your children are Afro-Peruvian. I’m thinking maybe Papa Z heard Fogen scream like that when he was abusing, er, disiplining him as a young kid. Maybe that belt across the back 30 – 40 times and all that screaming did make papi an expert. Ya just never know with this gang. @racerrodig. I’m thinking maybe Papa Z heard Fogen scream like that … You bring up something very important. Papa Zim should be required to explain when as a teenager, GZ was being beaten to the point he was crying out help, Papa Zim heard those cries, and what Papa Zim did to help GZ. I also read that Gladass was a bit of a torture queen. With Papa being in MI I can easily see him being sadistic, or at the least very hard on them. I also read that Gladass was a bit of a torture queen. Abuse is a vicious circle. It teaches children that whatever form of abuse was used to control them, then they can use on others to control them too. A person who is controlled by physical hurt uses physical hurt on others to control them. A person controlled by emotional hurt, such as rejection and being made fun of, uses that on others in attempt to inflict emotional hurt. (Remember what GZ did to his Asian co-worker at CarMax?) Mama Zims’ need to make her children perfect through use of physical pain speaks volumes about how she was raised. Now we have Papa Zim saying he heard GZ scream as a teenager. Under what circumstance? That is what Papa Zim keeps secret. I’m thinking that all those skeletons in the closet have developed vocal chords……’cuz they’re screaming out now. @Xena – Re: “You bring up something very important. Papa Zim should be required to explain when as a teenager, GZ was being beaten to the point he was crying out help, Papa Zim heard those cries, and what Papa Zim did to help GZ.” That’s been Little Georgie’s complaint all along: “Mom would beat me, and Dad never came to my rescue.” (Ask Osterman for his quote.) Nothing like conflicting statements is there. Maybe mmp & I can build them a catapult so it’s easier for them to throw each other under the bus. Yes the people of Florida, represented by Corey in this prosecution should be totally okay with some unbalanced NW Peruvian stalking and killing a kid without having a reasonable debate regarding the matter According to Papa Zimernut we should just take killer’s words whenever someone murders and any prosecution subsequent is malicious yes, I am so sure the people of Florida will agree with Papa Zimmernut Xena, I’m hoping 100 court-watchers show up for trial, all shades and skin-tone colors, and conduct themselves in a completely dignified and decorous fashion, while all wearing T-shirts that say: “NOT AFRO-PERUVIAN” LOL. A single shot, arm extended? Prof wrote in ‘…. The Money Trap” Way back in August 2012, this was the situation of the money and some of the ‘expenses’ covered, and speculation about indingency. Judge Nelson isn’t likely to grant a delay based on the ‘so sad’ situation as since lasts summer, no one declared indigency for this client…. “so sad” and “too bad” what the good judge will be thinking too? But they can’t risk a money audit, otherwise why not go the state pay route? Oh yeah…. something Prof said about no defense…. and no experts apparent … yet, and only then, a phone call for an aleged expert’s testimony is in the budget. This is not short edited video, it’s a compilation of the audio interviews. If you want to re-listen to a lengthy audio, need the time to listen, don’t need to watch, Thanks ay2z, I’ve added it to my evidence pile where it can easily be found by searching for “mash up”. Or just save this link [right click and select “copy link location”, that will put the link, not the text, on your clip board, you need to paste it into a document like word pad, before your next copy overwrites it. Or google for a clip board manager which will allow you to take and manage more than one clip at a time. ] I think they were standing when he got shot as well. But for different reasons. Fogen makes no mention of TM’s leg, thigh, chest area. If TM is mounted, any of his above listed body parts would be on top of the gun. He would have to go under the leg, etc and pull the gun out. Yet he never mentions that as an obstacle. The two times he describe the shooting, once in a chair, the second time standing up. And both times he extended his arms meaning TM could not be on top pounding away and be using his body weight to maintain leverage.. A straight angle shot into the heart. He would have to also lift that gun up from waist to the heart. Why didn’t Fogen tell NEN he was carrying a CCW? I thought about that as well, I would not tell them. Yes, the name of the game with gz was “concealment”, he kept everything he was doing secret because, haven been given the rules of NW, not to carry and not to patrol, gz figured he had found ways to get around that. So, he’d never go on patrol, because he knew that was against the rules. He’d never carry a weapon on patrol, because he’d never go on patrols. Instead, what he would do is walk his dog. There was no rule that said he could not carry a weapon while walking his dog and, of course, he was always free to look about while he was doing so. So, gz believed he had gotten pretty good at compromising and getting around the rules. So, it’s hardly a wonder that on 2/26/12 gz has a story that provides an answer, designed specifically to excuse him for violating every rule he was aware of. Right down to forgetting his gun at the appropriate time and place in the story. And who can forget him forgetting the name of the 3rd street in the neighborhood? The street that runs from the north/front gate to the east/back/rear gate where “they always get away” from? If they always get away via the rear gate, you’d think he’d remember what street the rear gate is on? Nope, instead he can remember the name of the man and the company and their address, who is in charge of the cctv’s, even has their number in his phone contacts. He’s got quite a head for details when it suits him, for a man suffering from ADHD [A Damned Helpful Disorder]. @Lonnie – ” Nope, instead he can remember the name of the man and the company and their address, who is in charge of the CCTV’s, even has their number in his phone contacts. ” Nicely skewered, Lonnie! How did the CCTV cameras come to be off ?? Fogen knew they were and can we assume this conversation may have happened. “….um……my name is Cheorge, and um……I need the camera’s off, here’s $20.00” Fogen stated in one of the interviews without being asked that he knew the cameras were off and as we know had the guys name & number in his phone. Huh?????????? It would seem to me that gz was keeping an eye on the cctv’s for some reason. I don’t think it was because they figured into his plans, but rather he wanted to know when they were out of service, so he’d know where he could get away with his patrolling shenanigans. ADHD = “A Damned Helpful Disorder” — Hilarious! Hey, where’s the motion for PTSD — the “Pre-Trial Salvation Disorder”? I think he waived the PTSD already. The defense is left grasping for straws. The MJ distraction the expert fee distraction, the “every distraction they can think of” distraction. MOM and West remind of patients on weekend passes. “The Motion Commotion” Hahaha… Motion Commotion Motion, their whole case is nothing but commotion all whiz and no bang. Now that the Judge has a handle on what MOM is trying to do, she’ll have no trouble clearing out his wacko motions. As far as MOM’s motion to have the judge cram down the experts fees, it won’t work because there’s no justification for the court to take the experts property or get involved in these private negotiations. Darlene January says: I have three questions for everyone. In the investigation drawing SPD of how the body was lying and all the stuff that fell from Trayvon and Fogen. His head was facing sidewalk/N.E. while his feet was facing building/S.W. The bullet cartridge was found on the right side of his body. Fogen in his interview with SPD was showing how he held the gun in his right hand but SPD described his holster is a left handed holster. One would think he is left handed. You would think the bullet cartridge would fall to the left side of TM’s Body if he is left handed. One would also think that when Fogen reached for his gun since the holster is left handed he would have a hard time getting it out of the holster. Suspicious yeah? Again, How in the world did that happen? Something doesn’t sound right here. In Witness 11 audio interview, you could hear the gunshot then a second noise right after where she thought it could be a 2nd gunshot. Is it possible that Trayvon was standing up when Fogen grabbed and shot him, then Trayvon falling to the ground (2nd noise), after he fell to the ground Fogen got on top of him? Also, Why didn’t Fogen tell NEN he was carrying a CCW? courtesy of the awesome LLMPAPA Awesome little collection of vids there Tzar, I’m going to link to this post from my evidence pile. Done, it’s on the master revisable timeline under the gunshot time 7:16 This is a great collection for bringing people up to speed, who are late to tune in. I suspect we’ll be getting a lot of such people once the trial begins. It’s been long established that Fogen is left-handed and he shoots with his right hand and that his holster can be turned either way. No mystery there. The mystery is that he claims to have been mounted by Trayvon and claims to have been able to hold Trayvon’s arm and simultaneously unholster his weapon. And he shows how he shot Travyon with his arm EXTENDED, not at all the way he’d hold his arm had he been on the ground with Trayvon atop him. Sorry, no links, but you could peruse old blog entries from last year to establish this. PS – Thanks, Tzar – good answers in these videos. Well I’ve got plenty of links on my evidence pile TwoSides. And yes, you have it exactly right. Osterman, the LEO who claims to have been instrumental in training gz, says that gz carries for “cross draw”. Meaning left hand to right side. gz states at one point that he grabs the gun and rotates it. Acknowledging that it was facing opposite and had to be turned before use. So that’s not a point in contest. What is in contest is that, he could have drawn his weapon so easily, if he was not fully in charge of his senses, as he would not be if he was really faced with a lethal attack that had already done the damage he claims. So, his gun would not have been in an easy position to get to under such terrifying circumstances. Add to that complicated scene, that his gun would be under his body, under his pants, under his shirt, under his jacket, with a hundred and fifty-eight pounds on top, effectively pinning his jacket to the ground. It would be like trying draw a gun from inside a straight jacket. Worse yet, in the given position, back to the ground, there is no access to the required angle for the shot, identified in the autopsy report. “Straight in with no angle”. You can’t do that from back to the ground, with victim being held at arms length. There will always be an angle in that position, because the limbs just cannot bend enough to prevent it. If the jurors get to see two actors, demonstrating the available positions, and attempting to assume the necessary positions, in an attempt to match the requirements of the autopsy report and gz’s claims, they will quickly become convinced that gz’s claims simply are not possible. The only explanation that need be given during the demonstration is, which positions, taken from which parts of the record, are being attempted. That’s all, let the jury take it from there and decide on their own if the actors are really unable to reach the required positions or if they are merely pretending they can’t. Tom Owen uses biometrics (computer match) vs more traditional subjective methods, experience, knowledge, listening skills, used by OS’s second expert. If the state does not present biometrics, for example, and uses expert opinion based on the expert’s own listening skills and subjective methods of analysis, how does this opinion fit into a Frye hearing? (ie: Dr. Reichs?) If not, the defense can’t be using the ‘phoney’ word in context of Reich’s or his opinions. And the defense would have no need for an expert to counter any biometrics technology? You need to do this, you’d think you would get the expert there in person for, or to, Frye. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=GY6Gya8ghrQ&NR=1&feature=episodic That was a bad OS link, found a better one on the OS youtube page, sorry about that. Looking back ot over a year ago, at the OS voice ID experts and the OS articles, videos. This video says enhanced, either it is Trayvon or it is fogen. Frederick, I wonder about this motion, concerning the expert witnesses connected to the Fry hearing which suggests the intention to also add them to the witness list GZW LLL + GZW MMM Maybe I didn’t pay enough attention, which strictly suggests better shut up. 😉 But no matter what timing, it seems they want to add two extra witnesses to their list. For whatever reason, I cannot find the document on the 18th circuit court’s case files, but it may well have been entered on the Seminole County’s case docket. If not again as someone suggested once they used two lines for one document. I am an admitted nitwit of course but could this suggest, they try to get at least their own experts in concerning scream identification, just in case the Fry hearing is denied. LeaNder- I was thinking the same thing as you about those two witnesses with letters for their identification, but why list them as letters and not their names if they ate expert witnesses. Hmm 21 days ……. OFF TOPIC; I live in TX in a city close to the border of LA. I live here because my husband has a good job in LA. I really dislike it and I will never get used to the change in culture. I grew up in CA. I got a speeding ticket, yes it’s wrong to speed. In TX usually the judge will allow you to take a class if this is your first time speeding. I asked the state of LA how it goes and they said you can just talk to the DA and ask him BEFORE court. I thought that was strange but I did it. He leaves a message on my phone in a southern drawl threatening me with jail. He said there is no reason to come through the state speeding. He said he would downgrade the ticket to faulty equipment. I have never seen the inside of a jail and I was very shaken up by his message. I did some googling and it seems you may be sent to jail for failure to pay the ticket or appear in court to answer to it. I guess a ticket when you sign it is a summons to appear. Any comments? Yes, signing a ticket is an acknowledgement that you have received the ticket and will appear in court on the date and time indicated on the ticket. If you do not appear, the judge will issue a bench warrant for your arrest in the amount of the maximum fine. Thanks for the reply. I’ll just pay it now, by credit if I have to. It sucks because school is almost out and I am signing my kids up for day camps. I didn’t like his message threatening me with jail but I was wrong for speeding. My husband said it’s a scare tactic and probably racism. I have no interest in jail, I’ll take care of it now. Sounds like he offered to reduce the charge to having defective equipment and that might be an advantage for you insurance-wise because it’s not a moving violation. The fine is probably less also. This is pretty typical traffic court procedure all over the country. Did he offer to reduce the fine? A threat like that is unnerving to anyone, add in the possibility of racism for using that unnecessary threat for a traffic ticket, can understand why you are upset about that especially. I got one of those ticket summons too, not racist by any stretch, but someone figured they had me for doing something because I was clearly traveling through a state a long way from home and wouldn’t be hanging around for some future court date. The cop didn’t have to investigate anything before getting a ticket paid by a foreign driver. They didn’t expect me to get advice before leaving the states from the border town police office some states away, use that advice to document the circumstances with my home police, then file that documented letter as a response with the county clerk where the ticket was issued. Result, the cop who wrote the ticket was asked to speak to the person who reported the infraction, and found out they lied, they admitted the infraction never occurred. Got my money back from the county and cleared record to boot. I don’t think the fine was reduced. When I called the clerk last week it was $184. On his message he said he was changing something on the ticket to say it was ineffective radar or something. The charge is still $184. I wasn’t accusing him of misconduct, I was shaken up by his message telling me if I was ticketed for speeding in LA again and there was room in jail he would make sure I was placed there. I am not a criminal, I am a mom/homemaker. I have no connection to criminality so yes I was shaken up by that. I do acknowledge my moving violation and told the officer who stopped me. He was very polite and thanked me for being polite. I told him I have no option, I am in the wrong. Now some people I know tell me, “Oh yeah I thought you knew to NEVER get caught speeding in LA, especially if you’re black.” I am not making this up. I am not from around here so I tend to take them at their word. I suppose the state is also hard up for money so there aren’t a lot of offers for defensive driving and such. Yes I am paying it today I just didn’t like his tone and message content. Jail is only a factor if I don’t appear/pay and ignore the ticket. I never intended to ignore it. I think I’m over it now. Stuff happens, if I had been following the speed limit signs (as they change when you leave TX) I would have not been stopped. The intimidation is disgusting. Too many states use traffic fines as income and an excuse to intimidate people. Watch out going through AZ – they are probably the masters of the entire US at doing this. Sad but true, I’ve driven around the country quite a bit. Driving back from Atlantic City, carrying a few broke gamblers I knew back, I was stopped twice on the NJ turnpike while going 55 mph and given tickets for speeding, which I had to pay since it just didn’t make any sense to fight them from so far away (New Brunswick and Monmouth Co). If you’re black and your driving with out of state plates you’re a target, police know you’re easy pickings because you’re probably not going to fight it, if you could. Hey, I wouldn’t even bother trying to fight a ticket in Ocean County NJ, well known for it’s anti black bias. So don’t feel so bad. The sad truth about LE today and yesterday is, you have to choose your battles carefully, and not waste resources where there’s no win. Malamiyya says: It sounds like the phone message you got was intended to convince out-of-state drivers to slow down while also letting them feel they’ve been cut a break. Southern bad cop/good cop-in-one. Just pay the ticket and watch your speed in Louisiana and you’ll be fine. AND be sure to pay it. Many of these southern states have reciprocal agreements to revoke or suspend your license if you don’t. (I know by experience!) And along with the Moonshadow artist, Peace Train– something good has begun, ay2z, Thank you. The Moonshadow artist is always beautiful to hear. Great performance! I have always loved this song. Now I’ve been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is. Why must we go on hating, why can’t we live in bliss? Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train. Oh, peace train take this country; come take me home again. Oh, peace train sounding louder. Glide on the peace train. Come on now peace train. Yes, peace train holy roller. Everyone jump upon the peace train. Come on now, peace train @ yahtc – You asked, “Hey, I just realized that, in one of his media interviews, Robert jr ACKNOWLEDGED the “k” sound when he said that his brother had said “fu@king COLD.” “Do you remember which media interview it was that R jr said that?” What I do recall was the idiotic ‘report’ CNN put out with their own studio audio engineer deciding “coon” was “cold.” Hey, would anybody in his or her right mind consider a rainy February night in Florida “COLD” when, in fact, the temperature was 69 degrees Fahrenheit? Why don’t these idiots check the weather reports at the time of the killing? 69 degrees is NOT a cold night-time temperature, and with moisture in the air would be downright muggy. Just another case of “don’t bother me with the facts.” I’m so glad he returned to his beautiful music – it’s not in conflict with his spirituality. Say, why haven’t we seen the cell phone tower map and pings for Trayvon’s phone? The defense made a big point of saying they found that ‘report’ during the April 30 hearing, but don’t remember how, if at all, they fit that into the discovery sanctions issue. Emperors clothes…. like their defense…. lots of hype and parading and dancing around but nothing there…. Ewww, sorry but the vision of them dancing around naked makes me wanna puke. sorry Rachel!! You are right! I blocked my imagi-vision to that image… I believe all phone evidence was sealed back in a June 2012 hearing and that’s why we haven’t heard anything about either one. A hypothetical question which i have the asked the Zimmerpukes numerous times and they have refused to answer,they instead resort to name calling and picking on Trayvon and his family. Does anyone truly believe TRAYVON BENJAMIN MARTIN A KID WHO WEIGHED 158LBS SOAKING WET was a serious threat to Zimmerpunk and was physically capable of doing the things zimmerpunk claims to a 208lb former bouncer by him self without a weapon or help? BTW from a mounted position it would have been impossible to repeatedly slam his head into the sidewalk trayvon would not have had enough leverage. Especially sense Zimmerpunk was not disabled in anyway and was fully capable of defending himself with out a weapon. Oh the notion that Fogen lay there without even moving his hands until he grabbed his “the” gun out of his tush pocket and killed Trayvon Martin is insane. Shimmy? Why not bring your two hands together and bonk your attacker in the face? Why not jab at his chest with your hands and throw him off your so his “mounted” position tumbled? Why not bring your knees up and kick him in the back, and then swipe him off you easily with your right arm while you rolled over to the left? ridiculous! The picture of a helpless AfroPeruvian on his back yelling “Help me Help me” and shimmying is just laughable. Fogen shot Trayvon Martin in a psychologically impaired rage, not in self-defense. He did it with ill will and a deee-praved mind. Absolutely. He may not have actually intended to shoot him initially, but from the start he made it clear this one wasn’t going to get away. And he didn’t. @malisha Because he had a gun in his hands? I’d like to know how he sat up and moved all over the lawn without using his hands and arms as leverage (since they were holding TMs hands)? Whats he a caterpillar? from the time he says trayvon was mounted on top to the shooting , i would pay money to see that re-enactment. To begin with “staring” means at one object…..FogenPhoole says “…staring around…” which is astoundingly stupid. “…looking around…” Fogen….Trayvon would be “looking around” which needless to say is filed under “Normal Behavior” His Freudian slip about his wife is a bit of a problem for him, that’s for sure. Why is it he didn’t say to the effect “…..see, my wife was at HER dad’s having dinner…” which is her claim. And what about those mentored kids…..after all, it was Sunday. Duhhhhhh, my name is Fogen and uhhhhhhhh I have so many versions I just can’t ummmmmm keep them all straight. Every one looks around as they walk it’s called being aware of your surroundings. I have never seen anyone walk while just looking straight ahead that’s just not normal behavior. Exactly. If I saw someone that did not look around while walking, then I’d be worried. Someone looking about while walking….seems pretty normal to any of us in the real world. I never understood why he mentioned her at all. If she has been gone all evening for dinner, why mention her? He has a way of opening his mouth and letting shi! fly out of it. I need to rethink my wardrobe, walking in the rain, looking around and any other idiotic comment he made. Apparently there is a following of his kind and I would prefer not to be chased by some strange man with a gun. For walking in the rain and looking about. It is my belief that Z grabbed Trayvon and he dropped his cell phone. I believe the chase was on,Trayvon ran from Z. Z probably ran into a tree and hurt his nose. Trayvon probably kept jerking away or trying to get away, I am sad to say I do not think Trayvon hit him one time. I think at some point they both fell (Z got booboo on his head) and T got on top and tried to hold his arms down because of “THE GUN” and we all know what happened then. @kllypyn. Every one looks around as they walk it’s called being aware of your surroundings. Yes, and if you’re alone and it’s dark outside and you’re being followed by someone in a vehicle, you look around to see if there is any escape or someone else where you might get their attention. Especially if you are on the phone with headphones. @Rachael. I couldn’t find your comment where you said you wanted someone to put together a video of GZ’s smirks and the portion of the interview where he said “That doesn’t even sound like me.” But, here ’tis. Thank you!!!!! I love it! Great video, Xena! Even gz knew that the very desperate cry for help was not him. That is quite an admission of guilt. He was caught off guard at that interview because he had absolutely NO idea that Trayvon’s cry for help was recorded in W11’s 911 call. Here gz reveals the truth because he had no time to prepare a false tale. Earlier in that same interview, when his NEN call was played to him and he was questioned by Serino about the “fu@king xxxx”, gz was more prepared to say that he had said “punks”. Well, “unks” does not rhyme with “oons” which is the vowel sound clearly discernible. Hey, I just realized that, in one of his media interviews, Robertjr ACKNOWLEDGED the “k” sound when he said that his brother had said “fu@king COLD.” @yahtc. It was early on before GZ was arrested. Don’t remember the interview because I wasn’t watching closely until after GZ’s arrest. Xena, thanks for the video, good suggestion, Rachel. fogen was caught off guard on that one, “No” to Serino’s question, “hear that voice in the background?” He heard the voice in the recording, but it caught him off guard and he did not want to admit hearing his victim he heard scream like that over and over. ‘No.’ was his simple way out of answering in the moment, giving himself time to think, then admits hearing it but he still doesn’t have the nerve to say ‘yes’, I hear myself. Later he fixes that as he makes Trayvon’s ‘high pitched tremulous shrieks, his own. Got to admit, he plays the cool character through this, not admitting anything, not even breaking down with a little lip tremble as he lied and heard his victim’s pleading screams without so much as a lip tremble, not for killing a child, not fo killing a teen ager, not for killing another human being who he knew he heard before, plead for his life. Cold blood, he has. Veddy cool, Xena. You and LLMPapa and Trent are the best! You and LLMPapa and Trent are the best! I’m honored, but can’t hold a candle to LLMPapa. I love Trent’s talent. If I did videos talking to the camera, it would be very boring. That was really good incorporating the tattoo in there and everything. And of course the song is perfect. @Rachael. You inspired it. Thank you. It was interesting seeing the transformation GZ has gone through in a year. On the night he killed Trayvon, he looked like a mean, mad, gang banger. He had a small smile on his mug shot when arrested. Then he appeared in court in shackles, looking scared. When he appeared at the first bond hearing, he was smirking, clean shaven. That same demeanor was demonstrated when he appeared on Hannity’s. Then things went downhill for him. It’s not just the weight. His eyes are filled with fear and his face is tight with anger. Good to see he’s getting ready to go into the human waste disposal dump, where he belongs. @Lonnie Starr. I hope that Papa and Mama Zim and Junior put some money together and buy GZ a new suit for trial. I’m tired of seeing him in the same sport’s jacket and, it’s getting too small for him too. Xena~ And maybe a solid colored shirt, too. Those clashing stripes have GOT to go! LOL! When GZ stood in court to answer Judge Nelson’s questions, either his shirt was too small and couldn’t be buttoned at the bottom, or he had lost a button. The stripes were intended to make him look slimmer. 🙂 Pretty hard to make a guy with 3 chins and 2 sets of cheeks look slim(er). And compared to what…….a Brontosaurus ?? Racer- 1. No such thing as a brontosaurus. It was made up in order to be “1st” with the apatosaurus. 2. A stegosaurus would be better; much fatter with a walnut sized brain in his head and another smaller one in its tail. Isn’t paleontology fun? 😉 You’re killing me !! How come I’m wrong on this so often. But you do agree he has 2 sets of cheeks however. Racer- even with two sets of cheeks his cumulative brain mass is minuscule. If I used the expressions we used on morons like Fogen from when we were in school, the Professor would ban me…or get Xena to make me stand in the corner. This guy has the brain power of a gnat. Racer!!!! What have gnats ever done to you that you must insult their intelligence? 😆 Well, when it starts to get hot, like today, they swarm at the end of the driveway apron by the thousands. I have 2 solutions. 1 I get out my bug fogger and open fire with it and they stay right there and suck up every last cloud of killer. 10 minutes later I sweep them up. 2 I get out the best bug killer known to man Carburetor Cleaner and spray away…..then sweep ’em up 10 minutes later. It’s just hard finding that many small coffins. I never saw bugs so stupid en mas that just buzzed there and took it. So I liken gnats to Fogens brainless ilk. Perhaps something white with polka dots and size 28 shoes to match? 😆 I doubt the family is very concerned about gz, it seems to me they were more interested in his “welfare” after the 300k came in. Suddenly the estranged family came rallying to his side. I’m pretty sure his mom and dad had enough of him, they had probably stopped giving him rent and grocery money. I’d guess that for some time at least, he was taking meals over at Shellie’s parents home, until they too had enough of him. So there he was on a Sunday night with no food, no money, behind in rent and car payments, credit maxxed out, and young blacks happily traipsing through the neighborhood without a care. If that isn’t enough to make a white supremacist angry, I don’t know what will. Remember, he knew that the “inferior” blacks were paying their rent, feeding and clothing themselves and keeping up their car payments. The “superior” white guy, was a failure at all and going to go to bed hungry that night, if he didn’t do something. So, if anything, you should just sit back and enjoy watching the “superior” white guy [who is actually an afro-peruvian] grow out of his cloths and because his friends, family and supporter lack any real concern for him, they leave him to appear in court in ill fitting clothes. It tells us a story about their humanity. To be honest, I hope when the trial starts he needs a piece of rope for a belt because his belt ran out of room for new holes, his shirt needs those elastic button extenders and his shirt keeps popping out of his pants…….a true image of who he really is. I hope his pants become floods and he goofs and wears one blue and one brown sock……..The jury will be thinking “Who dressed this guy, Happy the Clown” I hope his pants become floods and he goofs and wears one blue and one brown sock…….. My jaw dropped when reading this. This is why — I and another person were discussing in email how we believe Trayvon was a practical joker, and it would not surprise us if GZ, O’Mara and/or West all came to court in mismatched socks, via Trayvon’s spirit playing jokes on them. I’ll add I can see Trayvon and St. Peter looking at them, laughing in full throat and St. Pete says “Good one !!!! I have to St. Paul about this one……Yoooooooo Paulie !! ” Not to mention St. Mary having such a great sense of humor, what with having to endure that Immaculate Conception thing…..just sayin’ (Lord, don’t strike me down) With fogen’s exacerbated IBS problems, he’ll need to find some sumo-sized Depends to keep from flooding those size-48 pants. Sad, indeed. Isn’t that what Jr. always worried about? Having to take care of his Ban Bro in diapers? Hahaha… Don’t expect MOM to bail him out either, MOM is probably already thoroughly disgusted that he’s going deeper and deeper into the hole again. Worse yet, there’s still that security lawsuit outstanding and there may be an NBC “slap-back” or at least court costs and expenses when gz loses that one. gz in rags and tatters will turn any supremacist juror off. They’d much rather think of a failure as an Afro-Peruvian. 😆 @Lonnie Starr Suddenly the estranged family came rallying to his side. That shows the Zimmermans’ tendency to abuse power. Their rallying to GZ’s side was not to support GZ but rather, to continue their belief that they have the ability to impress those in authority to do what they want. Yep, iirc, during those first 46 days I don’t remember a single family member stepping forward. It was all a Bill Lee and Wolfinger show, with Osterman and “Rent-a-Friend” with Tank Taaffe pulling up the rear. Then the money came pouring in before the first bond hearing, where gz lied to conceal his new found wealth. When word of the money got out, suddenly his estranged family became concerned and rallied to his side. It was their “help” that destroyed gz’s suitability with the gun crowd and the race crowd was being torn by the confusion over gz’s race. In short, gz and his family “eFFed” everything up. 😆 Xena~ and his head is full of mood deadening drugs. That was awesome Xena! @Tzar. HEY!!!! Thank you. Rachael inspired it. Nice video Xena. @towerflower. Thank you. 🙂 I’m honored, but can’t hold a candle to LLMPapa. Not a candle for sure. You’ve got a flame thrower going, my friend. I’m very, very impressed with your subject selection, background music, and story presentations. Your work is the real deal. @cielo. For some reason, email notifications stopped. I’m threading through to catch-up. @LLMPapa. I’m so honored!!! Thank you. You’re my video hero. (tears) I had forgotten about gz’s “to see who else…” comment: Am I hearing things or did he say “I left the store with my wife”. Sounds like he is admitting there was an accessory in the car with him. I didn’t hear that, and I got the impression that he was about to repeat something he said previously to someone but caught himself, about his wife ‘is’. We know he said his wife was afraid of the rising crime in the neighborhood, and we have heard her in the background of calls to police, she was afraid he would go out after some who ‘cut between houses’ when she reported that fact to him in the background. (I think the couple might have been in the car for at least one of these calls because from their home, they could not see the back entrance) 2 more things 1. “do you think I am crazy here?” 2. One of Trayvon’s “help me” utterances is short it is the only intelligible screams that is short, all the other ones are drawn out, even the “get offfffffff” is uttered in hopes of alarming those within earshot of his plight as well as letting his assailant know that he wants to be released. This is important to me. long screams are uttered in hopes of being heard, their elongation defines “screaming”. The short “help me” is not suited for that. In listening to it, I sense that a)Trayvon can see the person he is begging to help him (th desperation in his tone is palpable) b)He is completely restricted from escaping c)He has long been held at gunpoint by this time. Perhaps this is another piece of role reversal by the killer and it was Trayvon who asked john for help when he was out in the backyard. PS: I still believe the killer had help restraining him, even if momentarily. “Perhaps this is another piece of role reversal by the killer and it was Trayvon who asked john for help when he was out in the backyard” Wow… I never thought about that one and I over think everything… That makes a hell of alot of sense.. That would explain the mystery of why Trayvon never even bothered to use his own hands, not even for defense. Obviously, if someone grabs you by the clothing, the reflexive reaction is to grab hold of that hand and try to remove it. In the rain with skin constantly flaking off, some dna would have been found under Trayvon’s nails, but it isn’t there. Meaning that Trayvon never even used his hands. The only thing that renders one’s hands as useless for defense is, if they are under attack by more than one attacker. In which case it’s wiser to save the energy in hope an opportunity to escape will appear. Since it’s otherwise useless to resist one’s captor, if there’s an assistant nearby ready to take control again or undermine any defensive effort. yes, so many circumstantial evidence and inferences point to Zimmerman having help, even if momentarily. So then… John would tell a MMA fairytale to get out of being complicit in the murder of his neighbor’s guest? And then revise it when he skated too close to perjury? Trayvon had been screaming for help for a while (I don’t know how long, but enough time for W11 to react, get the phone, dial 911, and await the dispatcher’s answer), and W11 reported to FDLE of hearing a few guys yelling. He may not have been at gunpoint, just had his arm twisted hard up behind him. On the other hand, he may have been. And John may have seen it. And his “stop, I’m calling 911” might have meant, hang on, no need to shoot, I’ll get the cops here for you, just hang on to him a bit ….. If he did see the gun, I do hope he’s not had a full night’s sleep since. If he did see the gun, I do hope he’s not had a full night’s sleep since. Me and you both We keep forgetting that DD’s testimony says that gz met Trayvon with an angry voice. That anger in gz’s voice shows that gz was the aggressor AGAIN, meaning gz’s aggression, was a continuing thing. It never abated, even when they were face to face and in physical contact, gz was still exhibiting anger, not fear, not surprise, and definitely not injury. gz’s attempt to move the confrontational meeting to the north, at the tee, also places the time too early for it to have happened there, because both parties would still have been on their phones at that time. Oh, before I forget, any good videos or posts I should have links to please don’t hesitate to pass them along. Either by commenting here or on my evidence pile. Now that it’s getting closer to trial, I’m looking for things that help bring newcomers up to speed on the case. Thanks. I just picked up on something else… Get this. He says: “I passed him and he kept looking around…” Is this what you do while you’re driving? Keep your head turned and focused on someone walking behind you? In the rain yet? I mean, notice the detail of what Trayvon is doing that gz has supposedly captured. You’d have to be stopped and staring Trayvon in the eyes to pick up such detail. gz tells stories without realizing that to obtain the information he’s giving out, he had to be able to do and see certain things from certain positions. Here, gz has passed Trayvon, and yet he’s going to tell us exactly what Trayvon was looking for or at. Not to mention those details like the photo button he saw on Trayvon. GZ was able to get such accurate details like this as he 1)was turning that corner near FT’s place, 2)stared him down as he drove down a narrow road with cars parked in the roadway looking in your rearview mirror while managing to not hit a parked car, and 3)while it was dark and raining! He could describe the button and the gray hoodie but NOT anything from the waist down. Everyone knows that cat-burglar thugs wear beige khakis and white shoes! Yes Lynn, exactly, gz is such a mess. He observes and remembers many trivial details over a very long period of time, But, when it comes to answering why his supposed memory is working out of order. Why is he seeing things he should not be seeing, remembering things he should not be remembering, and yet forgetting things he should remember and failing to see things right in front of his face, he claims ADHD [A Damned Helpful Disorder] to get him out of the fix. Fogen should be counting his lucky stars he didn’t get nailed with M1 … it seems the exceedingly unpopular Republican Florida Gov. Rick Scott is attempting to rehab his image by speeding up the death warrant process. http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/05/19/3405423/gov-rick-scott-speeds-up-warrants.html Florida is about as corrupt as they come. Only an evil mind like Rick Scott would execute three people to improve public relations and his approval rating. Jeb Bush ran Florida for a bit, that is all I have to say… Given how Fogen and O’Mara like basking in limelight to gin up their begsite fundraising, scheduling for Florida’s executions (May 29, June 12, and June 24) is an unfortunate distraction, I can hear Fogen squealing “But what about meeeee!?!” His bro, W, seemed mighty proud of the executions in Texas. @twosides, Yes, W was mighty proud of his execution record. Remember how he mocked a woman scheduled to die? He waved his fingers in the air and cried, “Oooooh, pleeeease don’t kill me! Pleeeease don’t kill me!” Then he boasted that he “Slep’ like a baby” when she was executed. Ahh. Those Bushes. Proud fellas. Now some Bush shrubs are running for office here and there. Time to stock up on Round-Up. Even if O’Mara declares Fogen to be indigent, the Court should not grant his request. Over $200,000 donated to Fogen. Barely any of it to my knowledge went toward his legal defense. The Court should not be forced to pay for his defense because he is an idiot that spent all of his chips. Fogen was not indigent at the bond hearing and thus should not be declared indigent now. He does not deserve assistance for his defense just because he already tried to manipulate the Court into believing he was indigent. He thought he could have the Court pay for everything while he stores a slush fund for the day he plans to flee before his conviction. The public already has to fund this ridiculous circus of a murder trial. @Dennis, It’s true that the cth and their kind donated lavishly to fogen in those early months (esp. prior to the Hannity interview). Some calculations I’ve read put the total amount at slightly above $400,000–essentially a windfall of about half a million. What we don’t have is an accounting of how it was spent. We can guess from what we were told (security teams, cars, paying off credit cards, paying off sister’s car, squandered on self & spouse, etc.). Nearly half a million is a ton of money. Does all this still add up to half a million? Your comment makes me wonder whether fogen and the Good Wife may have stashed away a significant chunk of the loot in hopes of a get-away. There were major shenanigans with the passport and movement of monies. Wonder if fogen has it hidden away. Any thoughts on this? $100,000 came out for the bail bondsman, and that’s his fee they’ll never be getting back. Now if they’d not told lies, maybe they’d have been allowed to keep the lower bail….. so greed cost them that 100 big ones. There could be enough stashed away to get out of the country,but nothing left to live on. They don’t know how to work. So, where could they run? The Zimmerpukes continue to harp on the fact that Trayvon once played football. He was very good at it actually who knows what might have been had he kept playing. But back to my point. They even go so far to say he played high school football and was used to tackling bigger guys. He stopped playing football when he was 12 or 13 years old. Tracy said he just didn’t want to play any more. But he still helped out on the field and the concession stand. Now last time i checked !2 and 13 year old’s do not tackle 200lb guys they tackle other 12 0r 13 year old’s. The average 12 year old weighs 70 or 80 lbs.Trayvon played no sports at all in high school. Woke up thinking about Trayvon Martin today. A just turned 17 year old teen-identified by Florida law as a MINOR CHILD. He was a teen who made typical teenage mistakes but never got a chance to grow up (and out of them) because GZ thought he looked suspicious because he was “skipping” in the rain. And he thought he looked suspicious because he had on a hoodie. Trayvon could have been an engineer because his mom said he could take anything apart and put it back together again. He probably sometimes carried a screwdriver with him because he was a teenage Mr. fix-it. The man who killed him, on the other hand, carried a 9mm everywhere he went. Trayvon could have been an airplane pilot because he expressed an early interest in flying, and in fact was in a program for aspiring pilots. The man who killed him, on the other hand, wanted to be a police officer but would never be one because of his criminal past. He wanted to be a judge but could not pass even the most introductory criminal justice classes. Trayvon was loved by his parents and friends and many of us who have fought for justice in his name each and every day since February 26, 2012. In this fight the call for justice is tempered with words of love for a teen we never met.. The killer of Trayvon has supporters also, and they speak only words of hatred, racism, bigotry, and untruthfulness-the likes of which haven’t been seen in America since the 1950’s. Trayvon’s supporters do not hide who they are. His killer’s supporters hide behind a computer screen. The killer was a 28 year old failure when he murdered a just turned 17 year old teen. He could not pay his rent, he was failing his college courses, he was on all kinds of mood altering drugs, his friends probably thought of him as a joke, and his family did not speak to him. He was going nowhere fast. He will continue to be stuck in the hell he has created for himself because there is no God in the world who will bless anyone who deliberately kills a child and lies about what he did and why he did it. Trayvon Martin’s life was just beginning. He was most likely realizing that his childish antics would not be tolerated by his parents, as they were united in their tough love stance about his problems in school. He had probably decided no more games-he was going to do better and be better so his dream of flying airplanes would be realized. He would not have been the first Black teen who desired to fly airplanes. The Tuskegee Airmen come to mind. And a young man named Kevin Dukes – who also had that dream and for a few years lived his dream. And tragically died doing what he loved to do-fly among the clouds. http://www.komonews.com/news/archive/4160106.html I hope he and Trayvon are friends now. And that they spend a lot of times flying among the clouds. RIP to them both. I personally like going on the facebook profiles of people that leave hateful comments. I can leave a post of their racist comments on their Wall so that all of their friends and family know how much of a piece of crap they are. I don’t do FaceBook, but that’s a good one !! In fact, tell ’em racerrodig says the same thing…. Well said….to think that such a failure caused so much heartache… Texad That was the most beautiful post i’ve ever read here. I hope Trayvon’s parents read it. Thank you for posting this, I can’t remember seeing a KOMO report on this. I have personal diaries of a WW2 pilot and he talked about how much he loved flying. He would have loved to have a young man like Trayvon in his youthful cadets. This is part one of the Tuskeegee airmen and their struggles against racism at home. Three words at the end of this clip about the racism in the army air corps — “spiteful and mean, and RABID in their segregation theories”. (those three words fit the Trayvon haters who have decided the innocence of a killer based on their racism, nothing more) @texad. That brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing it. Justice for Trayvon! I’ve been out all day with the grandkids so I’m just now reading this. This is beautiful. Thank you. Michael Stewart says: Back when the coffer was overflowing, lead counsel had an open and shut SYG defense. So why not tap the defense fund for $40,000 right out of the gate? Makes sense to me. And the cost of employing expert witnesses would be a superfluous expenditure when the case will never go to trial anyway. What I want to know is how much money has been wasted incrementally up-sizing the defendant’s body armor? There appears to be a direct correlation between the dwindling defense fund and his rapidly expanding girth. As always, you’re the best Prof! I’m not sure that MOM is to receive full blame for the money problem. He took the job pro bono. The money that came in to the web site was fogen’s to use as he saw fit. fogen believed that cell phones, cable, outlandish security etc.etc. were all more important that his defense. MOM could have talked until he was blue in the face but if fogen wanted to spend the money on other stuff, there wasn’t much MOM could do about it. He somehow needed to get fogen to have some understanding of just how expensive his defense would be. He obviously failed. I’m surprised he managed to get as much as he did. MOM really needed someone who could have looked at the forensics and helped to determine what experts were needed and to find them. Even Knox might have been a help in determining which experts were needed and who they might be, but I’m not sure Knox would have seen beyond himself as the needed expert/s. Actually, for 10 bucks he could have had Knox’s “expertise”. He should have read it, all of it, including, especially including, all the notes. I think the best MOM can do is try for a hung jury with a racist who manages to get through and spin it as a win, which it would be. I agree. The money was in Fogen and Shellie’s control. From a legal standpoint, it was Fogen’s money. Isn’t it illegal to start a fundraiser and not spend the money on what you told the donors it was for? I’ve been hearing sick cases involving people faking cancer to receive money for who knows what. To my knowledge they are in legal trouble now. iirc, fogen said the money was for his defense and living expenses. His priority was paying off debt, living expenses and security. He thought he didn’t need it for defense b/c it was obvious that it was self-defense (in his mind) or he expected his notoriety to keep the money coming in or he was going to skip and there would be no need for a defense. Not sure option he was working with. Maybe each one in turn. Just a few weeks ago in NJ a lady was convicted of just that. She said she was dying of cancer, had no insurance, had friends hold fundraisers and got caught. I forget how many years she got, but she has a pretty hefty fine. The defense team is laughable, as time goes on they keep surrendering ground and they keep coloring these surrenders as ‘strategic”. Soon, backed up to the cliff, they’ll take a “strategic” plunge over the edge and we’re supposed to believe that they jumped from a position of strength. 😆 They have the same strategy as Hitler did during his last days….it’s all in the mind. But then again, we really don’t mind……after all, they are all self inflicted problems. What would that entail? Aguilty plea to MURDER ONE on day one? Yeah, that’s the ticket, I can hear the press conference now: O’Mara: Our detractors said that we could not get the prosecutor to deal, because of the quantity of evidence against us, well we proved the naysayers wrong again. The defense is pleased to announce that the defendant will never be convicted of the spurious murder 2 charge, because we’ve successfully negotiated it off the table. It was a challenging case, I’ll agree, but we’ve finally forced the prosecutor to accept a plea bargain where gz will triumphantly plead guilty to murder one! We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our many supporters without whom this victory would not have been possible. yikes =\|:-O} @ Lonnie Well SAID Lonnie Starr. That says it precisely. It will be one of those cartoon leaps, too, where the toon keeps his feet running and running and then doesn’t fall until he LOOKS DOWN and realizes he’s in mid-air! 🙄 They have as good a game plan as punting on 1st down. Does the term “4th and forever” mean anything to those Silly Zidiots. Yeppers, the “Charlie Coyote System” hahaha… I can see the new law management system toppling over and crushing O’Mara, egads! My birthday is June 10. I’ve been grinning about that since the date was first announced. You be Gemini. Mercury rules Gemini. Colin and I be Cancer. Moon rules Cancer. My Rising Sign is Scorpio. Pluto rules my nativity. The ruler of the Ascendant (Rising Sign) rules the natal chart (nativity). All I know for sure is that my life seems to have been a “Mercury in retrograde” train wreck sometimes. That’s why I used to read more than one horoscope per day until I found a good one lol. All righty then…..My grandson was born April 2nd, and his name is Moonshadow. I don’t know much about astrology, but I can tell you Moonshadow thinks he’s the big chief in charge, and he makes the rules. I guess it’s time to let him know, when he see’s my hand rising, that’s a sign. LOL He is an Aries, a cardinal fire sign that is the most action-oriented sign in the Zodiac. They find out who they are by discovering their limitations through trial and error. It’s a struggle for them to learn to think before they leap. That’s a cool name, Remember this song ?? @Soulcatcher. My grandson was born April 2nd, … Aries are the baby of the Zodiac. As long as they get their needs and wants, they are easy folks to get along with. It’s when they don’t get what they want …. LOL!!! Diana Krall and John Clayton, jazz version of Fly Me to the Moon That’s also my nephews birthday. I bet your nephew is awesome (wink/grin)! I like to think so I like to think so. He’ll be happy to know i didn’t forget his birthday like i did last year. Bill Taylor says: my father’s birthday was also june 10, 1921……….. I’m sorry he is gone. I hope you still celebrate his birthday. Its my Birthday June 24 so pencil that in as trial start day. But forget my Birthday I do an nothing makes me happier if other peolpe espesialy my better half forgets it. As often happens but she does remeber but only a couple of days later. She will useally twig because Im smileing to much an say . Shit it was your birthday last friay wasnt it? Her way is to start letting you know months in advance that her birthdays gettin near? Hey Colin, That’s my birthday too! All Right !! So you’ll both turn 20 ? what 8. 9 ?? Yup we are on the cusp of Cancer I was born 24 June 1959 at 6 am. Coinkidink I hope I inherit some o your legal skillsIm going to need them me thinks. Nothing criminal but my civic rights are being violated up the yazoo. Not only mine that I can half excpect but the Lady I care for an loves rights as well… An thats uinaceptable .. My son was supposed to be born June 25, but he was very stubborn and refused. Didn’t end up born until July 9, and a c-section at that. @Rachael My birthday is June 25th. OOoh, I like your new avatar. My brother-in-law’s birthday is June 24th also. I disagree the Defense have stummbled into a money pit. They have dived into one eyes wide open an fully compis menntis. When you have a client whom is a wlaking money pit. You sit him down an say NO. Bad foggage . You cannot allow him to dictate how why an when it will be spent. Trunkmom was fsr more hated the foggage she stayed at her moms An her only defence from bullets on her daily day long trips to Baez office was an umbrella. So knowing there client an his Spouce apeared to have a constant history as dippshits with there finances. They allowed foggage unfettered accdess to the money . Knowing he had missued it already to clear his debts hire fancy cars an upgrage his confiscated cal tech to a cop killer more lethal weapon. Most of qtr million dollars poof gone on? Security not necesery. Liveing expensies cant stay with his beloved sis? Mom an Pop? His big Bro Seems not only he but his entire family have to hide? Cindy an George never hid .In fact the opposite stuck there face to any camra or mike with in range. Would go out an hose protesters an threaten them with a hammer. Certainly didnt hide or waste money on security unless it was pro bono. Or say they got there house remodelled as payment for an interveiw incudeing a state of the art cctv monitering system an about 15 cameras covering every room inside. An angle outside. Gratis never spent a penny. But could honestly say they received no MONEY for interveiw. So in essance i m o the only reason to hide is because of fear an shame broughton by guilty knowlage. Guilty knowlage there sons a bad seed an they knew his guilt as soon as they heard. Similar to the anthill mob in Orlando they did everything to try an convice the world there child was not guilty of murder. But both knew different the ants were brazzen in your face give me money. The zimmstreetgang are not brazen apart from lavander junio zeemetea whom craves the lime light like any good Drag Queen would. The rest though want your money as because they thought. Geez if there giveing money to that dolt imbicelic nassty son of ours . They will give it to anyone ….quick set up a begging cash site. Its the only way we might ever get a return on our retard addopted entitled ball an chain son. Must have been mad when he found out the rent money an stay away money wasnt even being paid to the land lord by foggagge. So they pretend to hide an cash in probably bought a camper van an seeing the sights cross country. Well they best make hay whilst the sun shines becuase what little support they have will vanish like a morning fog After the jury returns a GUILTY VERDICT………………….. Colin — I personally would spell dipshits, as per the Fogens, with just one “p,” but other than that, RIGHT ON. P.S. Have to laugh at the specter of Gladass and Boobles seeing the USA in their Chevrolet (does anyone remember Dinah Shore?) pulling a pop-up trailer behind. I believe Robbie the Racist has a flat tire on his house….and a burned out tail light. Colin…you make a good point about how the most hated woman in America was not in hiding and staying at her parents house. Fogen could stay with family and have a security system installed. This elaborate security, secret location BS is for his entertainment only. Why is Junior not afraid to go out and about? He goes to the beach, NY and anywhere that will have him. Nothing has happened to him. It’s all part of the money scam that they have going on. And Fogen can put on some shades a hat and go jog or workout, so they should stop blaming his weight gain on being cooped up. IMO it’s from his own laziness and med changes…when you stop taking Adderall you gain weight and many psychotropic drugs will make you gain weight. there is no way anybody would try to harm fogen, the entire security thing is a FARCE of the highest order…..NOT ONE valid threat to fogen or his family has been reported to police! trina cosbie says: TRUNKMOM!!!!………BWHAHAHAHA!!!……good one! The trail starts June 10,will the jury already been pick by then. How long will it take to pick a jury. No, the jury selection process will start June 10th with the prospective jurors reporting for jury duty and filling out the questionnaires. Could take a couple of weeks to pick the jury. Thats what Ive always thought trial proper wont start till late June even early July. Will the selection process be televised too? If the jury is sequestered as the defense team requested, how will that work? Will the ruling on jury sequestering be made on 5.28.13? LOL My questions are out of order, but it is early in the morning! I believe Judge Nelson has already decided to sequester the jury. I believe that announcement was made after the chambers conference following the last hearing. Sequestering is like being in jail, but with better amenities. The jury has to stay in a hotel and eat all of their meals together without access to news about the trial. All contacts with the outside world are monitored. Jurors absolutely hate being sequestered. I do not know if jury selection will be televised. I hope so. masonblue~ still, it’s cooking up to be a short trial. Defense has NO exhibits or experts of their own. I’m thinking that the sequestration won’t influence the jury negatively. MOM has to stay away from character witnesses, he has to stay away from witnesses who have recanted their testimony. He has to stay away from witnesses who are confused because, they do nothing to create any doubt, if he relies on them and their confusion is exposed, he loses big time. The Prosecution will put on a strong case very quickly. MOM’s job will be to try to tear it down. But there’s so much he must avoid, so many booby traps the case is a defense nightmare / minefield. He is without a star witness, he’s without any key piece of testimony or evidence. He can’t even put the defendant on the stand and he’s the only one who can tell his self serving concoction of lies. All gz can hope for is a chance to flee to somehow materialize between now and June 10th. MOM has nothing with which to show that a delay will cause a miscarriage of justice. His best bet is to help gz prepare his go bag. Professor, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. I guess I was getting confused because of that darn Evidentiary Hearing motion. What about the reciprocal discovery though, why don’t we get to see that? I don’t believe he has disclosed any reciprocal discovery to the prosecution. I don’t believe he has any to disclose. I think he intends to make a case out of cross examining the State’s witnesses, which is what the defense usually does. In other words, this is not surprising. The most interesting revelation so far is that the defense does not appear to have any experts on board. That is significant! It just blows my mind that they don’t any expert witnesses. Do they actually plan on proving all forensic evidence wrong without an expert of their own? From what I have seen of them so far, that isn’t going to happen. They must think that all forensic evidence in this case doesn’t matter. They must think that only witness 8 and the 911 (screams) are the only things that hurt their defense. They must be banking on getting witness 8 testimony thrown out by proving Crump coached her, the jury somehow believing it was Fogen screaming on 911 call, the colored pic of Fogen’s face and that certain LE didn’t think that there was enough evidence to arrest in the beginning, before more evidence came in. I don’t remember, but I assume BDLR listed the NP that treated Fogens nose on his witness list… Can’t wait to watch him question her. silly wabbits. 😉 But why doesn’t he have experts? Because he is so arrogant he thinks it is a clear-cut case and doesn’t need them? Because he can’t afford them? Because he can’t find one who agrees? Yeah, it is significant for more than one reason, that’s for sure. Does anyone remember the questioning of West by BDLR about ABC and the tape of the Crump interview. What was BDLR getting at? It was something about West’s or O’Mara’s private conversation with ABC’s counsel. ABC ended up posting the interview instead of turning it over as evidence. Was BDLR suggesting that it was improper for West/O’Mara to work that way? Was what West/O’mara did improper or illegal? I would think any money they spent on anything but the case is at least an ethics violation. O’Mara and West claimed that: (a) BDLR failed to inform them much earlier about the so-called DeeDee “lie”, (b) they spent time trying to find out the truth and as such are (c) entitled to compensation for the time thus spent. Now, remember the saying ‘pot calling kettle black’? I know you do. Let’s begin from there. BDRL used the ABC tape as an example to show how petti, frivolous and unreasonable O’Mara/West’s demands for compensation are and he did that this way: O’Mara and West sought, among others, the ABC tape and filed a Motion to that effect. Thereafter, O’Mara and West engaged ABC lawyers and the issue was resolved between them – i.e. O’Mara and West got the tape (and maybe more than the tape). Under the Rules of Discovery, O’Mara and West were obliged to inform the Court and the State about that development and provide the State with that tape – within 15 days after receipt. They did not. That constitutes per BDLR a discovery violation. BDLR (following O’Mara/West’s logic) suggested that the State invested time, money and energy to find that tape. That expense would not have been made if O’Mara and West had not violated their obligations under the Rules of Discovery. BDLR got West to concede as much. If O’Mara/West’s logic were to be followed, then the State would also be entitled to the same compensation O’Mara and West were demanding (BDLR, demonstrated). Thanks for taking the time to explain the situation to me, SearchingMind. I now understand it! The winning lottery ticket was sold in Tampa, Florida. Maybe MO’M bought it and all his (money) problems are over. I doubt that he would donate one cent of his winnings to the gz fund 🙂 LOL – probably not, but HIS money problems would be over. Like SM was saying above, he was using money that was supposed to be for GZ’s defense to finance his own office renovations. That is bad, really bad. It is really a shame that he had such money problems that he thought taking this case would propel him into riches. It is one thing to take a case pro bono because you can afford it and it is something you believe in, but this is what happens when you are doing it ONLY for the notoriety. He shouldn’t have gotten himself on the bad side of that security firm by not paying them because when this case is over, it will be MO’M who will need to go into hiding. I agree that it would be better to have the witness in the courtroom, but I think with technology these days video conferencing is acceptable for both sides and it does save money for each side in traveling expenses for these witnesses. IIRC, during the Anthony trial, the State’s expert witness from the FBI testified via video conferencing on hair banding (death band) during the Frye hearing. The defense also used video conferencing for their expert witness in the Frye hearing on cadaver dogs. Had Shellie been in the courtroom to testify at the first bond hearing, she would have been crossed eye to eye with Bernie. She was in the comfort of the place she was at 24 hrs a day (according to jr’s tweets, she was with him 24/7), with people in the other room who could watch the hearing from their phones out of sight and sound of the notary who worked for ‘them’. Judge Nelson, had she been on the bench, would have paid attention to the witness in person. When you do take testimony by tele anything, you lose a certain amount of control over who can view the testimony. So, unless you have some authorized personnel in control at the site from which the broadcast comes, you have to consider the type of testimony being taken. Usually something routine, that might even by done by paper questionnaire or other data gathering means, is amenable to remote testimony. I sincerely doubt you’d want to allow remote testimony on sensitive matters where inflections, gestures, facial expressions and the like might be as important as is what’s being said. I guess we’re all familiar with how much room there is for misunderstanding on text blogs? Emoticons can only do so much. When is next hearing scheduled?…… May 28th at 9 am EDT. I think there is more to that, Professor. I do not believe money is the reason O’Mara is acting weird: When O’Mara asks the Court to allow GZ to testify and NOT to be cross-examined (e.g. during second bong hearing), you know O’Mara is hiding something; you know O’Mara is not being truthful; When O’Mara tells the Court that GZ would rather provide an affidavit regarding the waiver of Immunity Hearing instead of answering 4 or 5 questions from the Judge with a yes or no, you know O’Mara is hiding something; you know O’Mara is not being truthful; When O’Mara tells the Court, I need my anonymous “experts” to testify telephonically from unknown places, you know O’Mara is hiding something; you know O’Mara is not being truthful. And O’Mara is indeed not a truthful fellow. Suchhas abundantly become apparent to especially the prosecutors in course of this procedure. In the Motion to Order the Defense To Comply With Its Discovery Obligations, the State strongly suggests that O’Mara and West may have engaged in, among other violations, destroying evidence (e.g. “losing” a drawing made by a witness during deposition!), etc. With that Motion, the State would want to know, among others,: a. Who are O’Mara’s experts, if any, (O’Mara provided the State with redacted lists of witness and per BDLR has renegaded on providing their names and addresses!)? b. If O’Mara has consulted any experts, where and when did that take place and where are the summaries of their reports? c. Who are O’Mara’s private investigators, what have they investigated so far and where are the summaries of their reports, etc. I believe that O’Mara has indeed consulted some experts and heard from them what he would rather not know. If the opposite were true (i.e. O’Mara’s experts supports GZ’s case), O’Mara would have been trumpeting that in front of all TV network in this country ad nauseam, proclaiming how innocent GZ is and why more donations are needed. More donations would have flowed in from the thugs at the CTH. RZ Sr. will also provide funds for experts (because they will milk MSNBC to death after an acquittal). But that’s not the case. Hence O’Mara acts weird, hides and/or destroys evidence and plays hanky-panky with the Rules of Procedure. I agree with you entirely. A criminal defense lawyer is not required to disclose the identities of expert witnesses whom he has consulted, unless he subsequently endorses them. Their identities and opinions are protected from disclosure by the attorney work-product rule. For example, O’Mara could have consulted any number of audiologists and if all of them concluded to a reasonable scientific certainty that Trayvon uttered the terrified death shriek based on testing performed with generally accepted technology/methodology, he would not be obligated to disclose that information and should refuse to disclose it. Because of the duty to disclose exculpatory information to the defense, the same cannot be said about the prosecution. The only exception to this rule occurs when the defense claims insanity or diminished capacity. In that situation, the defense is required to disclose damaging information to the prosecution since the evidence in question is the defendant’s brain which he or she alone can control. But don’t you agree he acts like he has something to hide? Like SM said, look how he came unglued at the thought of GZ being cross examined – or even at that last hearing, when the judge wanted him to be sworn in so she could make it clear he understood what was going on. He is just not acting like someone who has nothing to hide. He has an abysmally dense client who will not shut-up and that is but one of many inconvenient facts that he feels obliged to conceal. Thanks Professor. The second paragraph of your reply also exposes the imbalance/unfairness of Pre-trial Discovery Rules (and with it its possible unconstitutionality). Apparently, the prosecution is only entitled to exculpatory evidence while the defense is entitle to both exculpatory- and incriminatory material. The defense may also depose any person who came in contact with prosecutors but not listed by them as witnesses, while the defense may hide such witnesses and make them unreachable to prosecutors. While the 5th Amendment protects the defendant from self-incrimination, one might argue that fair play and fair balance demand that the defendant be obligated to the State in the same manner the State is obligated to him. That surely would mean a frontal assault on the 5th Amendment. But the opposite puts the State at a significant procedural disadvantage. Thus we have a dilemma, which might be resolved by abrogating the current Pre-trial Discovery Rules and adopting Federal rules of procedure. The Brady rule is the reason for the difference and it applies in both state and federal courts. That is, the prosecution cannot invoke the work product privilege to hide exculpatory evidence from the defense. I think that even if Trayvon beat Fogen within an inch of his life and Fogen did shoot Trayvon in self defense (and I don’t think that happened) that OM would have problems with Fogen making himself look bad because Fogen is just that type of person who can’t open his mouth without looking like an idiot. Right, Professor. But the Brady Rules embody obligations exclusively for the State, while the State Discovery Rules obliges the criminal defendant to Reciprocal Discovery and without excluding incriminatory material. Therein might lie serious tension with the 5th Amendment. I will try to find case law defining the scope of a criminal defendant’s obligations under The Florida Rules of Criminal Procedure. Defense doesn’t have to turn over incriminating material. By not endorsing the witness who possesses it, the defense avoids having to disclose the information that also is protected from disclosure as attorney work product. Therefore, if the prosecution knows that an expert witness has been contacted by the defense, it cannot obtain information about the contact from the witness, unless the defense endorses the witness, and that won’t happen unless the information is exculpatory. Therefore, there is no 5th Amendment issue. His stupid client is also arrogant he still thanks he will get away with it just like all the other times he got away with stuff. His meek appearance in court is just an act. Unless he’s drugged up is a no no because he wont be able to participate in his own defense (or lack there of) he will go off like he did when he killed Trayvon and his true colors will show through. The message that I got from that one was that ultimately GZ was calling the shots even against O’Mara’s better judgment. I am absolutely certain that it wasn’t O’Mara’s idea. Yes, but it is more than that. O’Mara is terrified of what GZ might say about anything. He was very upset when, like I said, the judge wanted him sworn in only so she could make sure she understood what she was saying to him. O’Mara was so very worried she would ask him something other than if he understood what was going on – and that he might answer her. Not that I blame him for being afraid. Every time he opens his mouth, controversy falls out. I almost feel sorry for MO’M. He knew he was getting into a high profile controversial case to begin with, but I don’t think he had any idea – well, he did know about GZ’s first attorneys, I’m sure, but still, I just don’t think he quite understood what he was getting into. Yes, he thought he’d found an easy meal ticket, but instead he got GZ who, as Professor said is an “abysmally dense client who will not shut-up” as well as his brother, who is equally as abysmal, dense and won’t shut up. Yeah, he got more than he bargained for, but as slimy as he is, I don’t fell all THAT sorry for him. Rachael~ I’m not sure what MOM was worried about. gz was so heavily sedated that he couldn’t tell the gender of the person he was talking to! His first 5 answers were all “No, sir” and “Yes, sir” until West reminded him to answer to Your Honor! I agree. But I also think that there was more to that. Remember, GZ said in one of those jail calls that he told O’Mara about the money. I am sure BDLR would have zoomed in on that during cross examination – if GZ had testified. That would have created big problems for O’Mara and between O’Mara and GZ. O’Mara might also have worried that GZ would commit perjury himself and/or deliver more evidence of perjury against Shellie. That would be a good reason to keep GZ off the stand. I used to think of O’Mara as a decent, fine attorney. Gradually it became apparent that he is just sleazy and slippery (and arguably dishonest). BDLR’s Epic Response and the wave of Motions in Limine show that he has seen through O’Mara and is not going to take chances with him anymore. BDLR’s Epic Response and the wave of Motions in Limine show that he has seen through O’Mara and is not going to take chances with him anymore What happened to the redactions to BdlR’s response that O’Mara wanted? @ A’dam The court told O’Mara during the last hearing to indicate to the court and the State what exactly he wants to see redacted – within five days after the hearing. Nothing is known about what happened thereafter, yet. I would not be surprised if O’Mara completely forgot – given that the days and weeks after that hearing have been very hectic. Just a theory but perhaps the reason Omara is scared is because Fogen will say something about Omara during cross examination, hence his fears Amsterdam, if I am correct and any type of activities should show in the Eight Juridical Circuit’s database, nothing happened. Or nothing has changed or has been blackened out in the document. Still the original file. Maybe O’Mara lost interest after he did not succeed in getting a completely newly rewritten document. Maybe BDLR suggested to take a close look at the defense’s documents under that aspect? I somehow guessed when Nelson ruled that BDLR immediately reflected on what he would accept and what under no conditions and MOM gave up after a while. Maybe the file is not changed yet, which feels somehow unlikely. They are slow but not that slow. And as I remember there was a special time frame for this issue. Wasn’t there? SM, didn’t see you already dealt with the issue. 😉 yup, so far the defense have tried to take down Trayvon, his parents, NBC, Crump, DeeDee, BDLR, the media etc.. And I guess now their next target is every expert in America because they can’t get them to say what they want… All just a bunch of “pump faking” to delay trial as long a possible, so tugboat can figure out a way to escape with the rest of the money he’s hiding, IMHO… He’s not fooling nobody though… SMDH.. I think that the defense has caught whatever bug gz has…..they seem feverish. Why do you need experts to testify when your defense is demonize the child victim and his separated parents who are after money only. Who was after money for his deeds and ‘earned’ a quarter million plus dollars in blood supporters, who are haters and demonizers. The expert they would have consulted and alluded to their interest publicly in the ‘evidence’ was a ‘report’ that really wasn’t a report (said West) but cell phone pings that they interpreted as Trayvon doing something other on his trip to the store. out of idle curiosity — has anyone else been notified that someone (other then themselves) has attempted to re-set your password? i got 2 notifications during the night. just wanted to let folks know and remind people to keep passwords as strong as possible. i see that wordpress now offers a randomly generated ‘strong’ password service and it looks good to me. Suggestion for a strong passwood: z-L-z-i-z-A-z-R-z My eyes read that as z is a liar. LOL I see what you meant, Rachael. iz=is That’s a weak password because EVERYBODY KNOWS IT. We were attacked by about a half dozen hate spewing humanoids several days ago. Their comments were held up and I blacklisted each one after reviewing them and moved them into the spam cue. Shortly thereafter, I noticed that almost all of our legitimate comments were being diverted into the spam cue, including my own comments. I realized the odd assortment of letters and names they were using must have triggered the event, so I made an adjustment or two and all appears to be well. At approximately the same time and thereafter, people here began reporting notifications of efforts to reset passwords. These people really do hate us, which is a compliment for the excellent job we are doing to expose their racist lies. professor says i figured the two were related. i just wanted to be public about this, obviously they made no headway on their attempts to change passwords, in fact the attempts were amateurish in the extreme. mostly i wanted folks to be aware and remind them of good password protocol. it is a sign that we are doing good work, but dayam, i wish it did not have to be difficult. keep up the good work, all! @Professor. Chances are that those being hit with the email notifications have uncommon “handles”, because the filthy person doing this is setting up free email accounts with the handles. (Mr. or Ms Filth just tried getting through on Blackbutterfly7.) If people with uncommon handles want to take the time and sign-up for email with gmail and yahoo, (or any other free email provider), they should just to prevent from having an email account of their handle being used by the Zidiot in effort to infiltrate other blogs and forums. I also like the fact that mere words and a blog got under their skin so much and got them so mad while we all cool breeze over here And avoid reusing passwords. I know that everybody does it, but it creates unnecessary risks. diary73 says: Yes. Twice. @diary73 And all others who have received email notifications to change password; It appears that the person doing this has a history of doing it to others, mostly in forums. By signing-in with your handle but not knowing your password, after a couple of failures, an email is automatically sent to you. Something you can do The email you receive might have 2 IP addresses. You can find the IP address by right-clicking the email then clicking properties. It might be a word press IP address and/or the IP address of the person trying to frustrate by impersonating you. I don’t want to share it here but there are a few good sources for tracking IP addresses. If you get that info, we can figure out how to organize to track it later. Thus far, I’ve tracked the person to Woodstock, IL. I could be wrong about their physical location, but their ISP is located in Chicago, has already received two complaints, and is on a blacklist. Also, I suspect they are using “Hidemyass” which is a proxy that changes IP addresses, but only one or two numbers. If the Professor is interested, I have the IP addresses for “Hidemyass” if you want to block. So whether it is “Adam” or “Jessup” or “jlw6891” or some other handle that is doing this; in honor of your using “Hidemyass”; Yes, please email me the addresses and I will blacklist the person. @Professor. You have mail. Thanks, so do you. I received an email from WordPress that I wanted to reset my password on 3ChicsPolitico @ 2am this morning. It wasn’t me. @SG2. Go into “properties of that email, copy and paste it to an email and send it to me, please. Thank you. 🙂 Do not open any suspicious messages. Hackers can obtain your IP by putting a picture from their own server in the message and once you view that picture it logs your IP. Once they have your IP they can portscan to see which ports are open, then they can proceed to exploiting those open ports. I doubt the Fogen supporters are big bad computer hackers but you never know. Stay safe my friends. Xena, Piercy and some others have been posting a lot at a discussion group on FB and bragging how he uses proxies. I believe someone else also mentioned doing so on another forum. They’ve all probably been busy. It is impossible now-a-days to stay hidden behind a computer on the internet. Using the proxy method and IP changing services or programs only makes it more difficult for blog and forum administrators to block/ban by ever changing IP addresses. However, there are now services that document all IP addresses assigned to proxy servers, and also those assigned to the IP changing services. Piercy is a stalker obsessive loser He’s also crazy I bet he creates 3000 internet profiles to talk to himself to make him appear wealthy when he is nothing but a lowlife LOL Does he truly think his proxies save him? All it does is add an extra step in finding him To use a proxy, one must log into that proxy from their IP address and then that proxy address is associated with the website visited therefore he can be found The only thing is no one cares about a loser like him because what is the point of going after someone who obsessively stalks people and hides behind the internet like a troll and creeper? The guy is already pathetic enough and his life is a total failure. Not only that, he’s a weirdo and a jerk off, so social wise, he’d never have any real friends anyways Piercy owns himself repeatedly everyday His only interaction with the world is through his 3000 internet profiles where he does not get any attention anyways, so he tries trolling and saying really mean things to get attention It’s really pathetic LOL Had 2 the other night as did mmp and at least one other. Zidiots trying to hack into our accounts. Racer, MMP, and I have all been getting those notices. 2 back to back notices from WordPress. It’s either desperation or a weird glitch. Damn, I guess nobody hates me enough! 😀 2 e-mail notifications last night “Greedy and stupidity are quite the double whammy” — Frederick Leatherman Am having deep difficulty determining which might be which, but am leaning toward O’Mara being Greedy and Fogen being Stupidity. Then, again … it’s O’Mara who’s not being compensated, and Fogen who’s clearly eating well. It seems as if gz has ALWAYS decided how the fund money was to be spent and has never been open to listening to O’Mara. parrot says: I am bowled over every time I think about almost half a million dollars going up in smoke. Those of you who are up on technology, is $40,000 necessary and a realistic figure for electronic upgrades for an office? O”Mara allegedly had to rent a house to have headquarters for this huge case… so they’d need 3 or 4 computers, a printer, some networking gear, tables, desks and chairs for interns, and some kitchen gear. It was his only chance to get anything out of GZ, anyway, so I don’t begrudge him that. It’s not a lot of money for over a year with GZ. Do you think it was in GZ’s best interest? No. Just do the math. I believe they added about 6 people, most of them volunteers. Let’s give them all a good laptop, upgrade the internet bandwidth, add a good printer/scanner. Last time I looked they had a $3000 expenditure for experts. They are now hiding that in another categorie which also has software licences, creation and maintenance for their website. They spend $35000 in that categorie. @ aussie and parot “O’Mara allegedly had to rent a house to have headquarters for this huge case… so they’d need 3 or 4 computers, a printer, some networking gear, tables, desks and chairs for interns, and some kitchen gear. (…).” And that’s symptomatic of some of what is wrong with O’Mara the Defense Counsel. O’Mara also “expanded” and “renovated” his Office with defense fund. That money was meant for the criminal defense of GZ, not O’Mara’s personal comfort and enrichment. If O’Mara thought that his Office was too small to handle GZ’s case and he has no guarantee that there would be enough money to simultaneously (a) expand and renovate his office and (b) provide adequate and effective defense for a criminal defendant facing life imprisonment, he (O’Mara) has no business taking the case in the first place. (And I do not see anything remotely complicated and/or unusual and/or out of the ordinary in this case that made “expansion”, “renovation” and two defense counsels necessary). IMO, its highly unethical and unprofessional to (a) not file for a finding of indigency for clearly a destitute client, (b) accept to do that client’s case pro-bono, (c) use defense funds donated to that same client to expand and renovate ones own law firm WHILE at the same time (d) UNABLE to pay for expert witnesses – knowing fully well that such witnesses will make/break the case. It just bothers on criminality. It does appear that Mr. O’Mara may be collecting fees marked off as tax free deductible costs of doing business. “I believe that O’Mara has indeed consulted some experts and heard from them what he would rather not know. If the opposite were true (i.e. O’Mara’s experts supports GZ’s case), O’Mara would have been trumpeting that in front of all TV network in this country ad nauseam …” I agree, Searching. There is no way he would not have waved the report to the media, in court–not unlike that colored photograph of GZ. In taking this online to GZ’s supporters and soliciting their help O’Mara irretrievably diminished himself for everyone to see. ???Question??? Can the court ask for documentation/receipts for the money Omara spent on office upgrades etc..? Only if he applies for an order of indigency and I doubt that he wants the Court examining his accounting practices and how the money was spent. SearchingMind – articulate posts. I think you’re right, however, I suspect that Fogen had a hand in all that as well – or at least gave OM permission to go ahead. Like his overly ambitious security, he had delusions of grandeur with his defense. I’m sure in the pre-computer era, lawyers were able to provide a bang-up defense on a lot less money, even considering the difference in cost of living. I’m not sure whether to laugh or cry. C’mon, you’re all making out like that $40,000 renovation money was stealing. Not so. He’s entitled to be paid for his work. If he’d been PAID a proper rate, would anyone be arguing about what he decided to spend it on? At the time, the fund was standing at over $200,000 and there was some reason to imagine there would be more and more coming in. It was not LAST WEEK O’mara spent 40,000 while not having 3000 for a expert. At the time he was being generous only taking 40,000. At the ridiculous 400 an hour he was trying to charge for the delayed deposition of DeeDee, that is only 100 hours’ work. At a more sensible 100 an hour it is 400 hours’ work, or just 10 40-hour weeks. The wasted money is the 50,000 for security, the 11,000 a month for living expenses….. Again, how does that expenditure further GZ’s interests? Two sides, since you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, I will give you a hint: 😆 40K worth of electronics for a law office today? My guess is he has enough case management software and speech recognition to handle hundreds of cases. I sincerely doubt he’s going to have enough business to tax his system. 😆 He needed the computers and space to monitor all the nonsense on those racist websites that dictates his next move! He is a terrible lawyer with ethics unbecoming. To allow a pool of idiots on the internet to tell you how to defend your client is absurd and foolish. This is to Trained below. It posted in the wrong spot. I just hope all these late motions don’t delay the trial. I notice that OM hasn’t posted any financial reports on Fogen’s defense fund since April 11 . . . about time for another. http://www.gzdefensefund.com/donate/index.php/updates-2/20-zimmerman-legal-defense-fund-trust-april-2013-update I do not believe Judge Nelson will continue the trial date. Darn, I’m always too late to be first! 1st! Now RUN TELL THAT! LOL@FactsFirst MEOW! Declare it from the tree tops! @FactsFirst Leave a Reply to Lonnie Starr Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418918
__label__cc	0.607267	0.392733	Jury’s failure to reject Dunn’s self-defense claim produces absurd result Democracy Now report about the verdict and Amy Goodman’s interview of Michael Skolnik The jury’s failure to reject Michael Dunn’s self-defense claim produced an absurd result. It convicted him of shooting at and missing three black teenagers but did not convict him of any crime for killing Jordan Davis. That result, though presumably not intended to punish Dunn for failing to kill the three black teenagers, nevertheless looks bad. With the exception of Dunn’s self-serving testimony, there was no evidence of self-defense. Therefore, the viability of his claim of self-defense depended entirely on his credibility. He lied when he testified under oath that he contacted law enforcement officials after the shooting before they contacted him. He told the jury that, while driving home to his residence in Brevard County the morning after the shooting, he called his neighbor, a federal agent employed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and told him that he wanted to discuss an urgent personal matter with him upon arrival. The prosecution produced his cellular telephone bill that established that the phone call was initiated by the neighbor. Rhonda Rourer, his fiancee who accompanied him on the drive, testified that he placed the call from the neighbor on speakerphone. The neighbor invited the two of them over to his place for a social event. Dunn declined claiming Rourer was not feeling well enough to attend. Dunn did not mention getting together later or at any other time to discuss an urgent personal matter. Dunn’s false statement to the jury while under oath was important because, despite claiming that he fired into a vehicle occupied by black gangsters and thugs after being threatened with death, he never called 911 to request assistance or to report what happened. Instead, he drove out of the parking lot past a parked police vehicle on the other side of the street with its emergency lights on and drove to his hotel where he walked his dog and ordered a pizza. The police would not have been able to identify Dunn as the shooter, but for the actions of a homeless young man living out of his car, who was in the right place at the right time, memorized Dunn’s license plate number and gave it to the store manager who called it into 911. He did not call police that night and he did not call them next day. Can anyone of sound mind seriously believe that his actions are consistent with a claim of self-defense in a case in which Jordan Davis and his three friends were unarmed and no weapon of any kind was in their vehicle? Why wasn’t it obvious to every member of that jury and every person who followed this trial that Michael Dunn lied because he was hoping the police would not be able to identify him as the shooter. Why wasn’t it obvious to every member of that jury and every person who followed this trial that Michael Dunn lied under oath to the jury hoping they would believe he initiated contact with the police? Why wasn’t it obvious to every member of that jury and every person who followed this trial that Michael Dunn did not shoot Jordan Davis in self-defense? Especially since Dunn never once told Rhonda Rourer that he saw a shotgun or the barrel of a shotgun or any other weapon before he fired 10 bullets into the red Durango. The prosecution lost this case in jury selection. I have repeatedly stressed the importance of jury selection to my clients and colleagues while practicing law, to my law-school students in trial advocacy, and to my readers on this blog. To prepare for jury selection in the next trial, prosecutors must identify the jurors who believed Michael Dunn fired in self-defense. They must review the jury selection process to determine what they did wrong or failed to do that resulted in those jurors being seated on the jury. They will lose again, if they fail to do that and justice again will be denied to Jordan Davis and his family. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ We face having our power turned off this week unless we get some more donations. Please donate, if you have not already done so. This entry was posted on Monday, February 17th, 2014 at 11:51 am and is filed under Jury Selection, Michael Dunn, Trial, Verdict, Verdict watch. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. 178 Responses to Jury’s failure to reject Dunn’s self-defense claim produces absurd result RobUK says: I think that it is a mistake for these black parents to keep holding press conferences to say that they forgive their children’s murderers, that they are praying for them, that they feel sorry for them and talking about their children’s murderers suffering. It gives white America the message that they don’t place a high value on their children’s lives, which just reinforces white America’s pre-existing lack of regard for black lives. This forgiveness talk will just encourage these white racist cowards to try to murder even more black children and the justice system and white dominated juries to acquit even more of them. I also think it was a mistake for Sabrina Fulton to say that she thought that sick maniac murdering her son was just an accident, that all they wanted was for fogen to be arrested and stand trial and that they would accept the decision whatever it is, because the response from the white supremacist justus system was “fine the n****** want a trial, we’ll give them a “trial”, but we’ll fix it so our boy can get off Scott free”. The less you ask for the less you will be given. Black people have got to get a more militant and uncompromising mindset and demand the justice that they are entitled to. It’s the only thing that can counteract these white child killers and their “stand your ground” license to kill. People do take you at your own valuation. Look at how white America reacts when one of theirs is attacked. I don’t hear white America talking that forgiveness talk when they talk about Usama Bin Laden or OJ Simpson. No, because they place the utmost value on white American lives, consider them to be the most precious lives in the world and intensely and unapologetically hate anyone who sheds white blood and pursues them to the ends of the Earth. They are still angry that Orenthal got away with it the first time, even though they got him in the end on some BS revenge entrapment charge (they wont make that effort to get fogen). In fact, whenever the subject of someone getting away with murder comes up, the first name out of most white people’s mouths is OJ Simpson. It’s very telling that OJ Simpson is the ultimate symbol in most white people’s minds for someone who has gotten away with murder, even though white people have been getting away with murdering black people for centuries. I think the parents of these kids murdered by racists believe on some level that if they present themselves as super forgiving and saintly, it will humanise them in white America’s eyes and make white America feel empathy and compassion for them and their children: “ahhh they are so forgiving, they are such good Christians, maybe these were some of the good black people, maybe their kids weren’t thugs and didn’t deserve to be killed”, but they are wrong, very wrong. They obviously don’t understand who and what they are dealing with. RobUK I so agree with you. breelee says: Well written post Rob, and I agree. I see why they feel they have to do it, but I like you, wish they wouldn’t. They shouldn’t have to. dee truth says: Let the church say Amen. Charlie Christopher says: They forgive because as a believer, that is what you’re supposed to do, that is what thought, that is what they believe. Forgiveness, doesn’t mean it’s ok, its means a higher power will handle this. It also mean, that they don’t get angry, it means that you’re not consume with anger. If they must believe in pie in the sky fantasies, it would be better if they prayed for, felt sorry for and forgave the unrepentant racists who blow their kids away without remorse privately and refrained from broadcasting it to white America, because as I said the message it sends them is detrimental. Fred or CS, If your power has not been cut off by now, please email me with a phone # of your power co and account # and I will call and pay right now. Human beings at this stage of evolution will always divide themselves up. You could make us all perfectly symmetrical with exactly the same everything, barely discernible from each other and we’d still pull this same crap. Conversely, we are getting better, slowly & with great struggle. Ham radio my Grandfather born in 1900 was left handed and severely punished in school to the point of injury to his left hand. What the hell is wrong with us.I believe if the human race doesn’t wise up we will become extinct. Animals do not kill there own kind and we consider ourselves the smarter ones. We travel all over the world to kill each other. (Hope this works….) The power of a great cartoonist: Standing Their Ground by Jim Morin of The Miami Herald. pic.twitter.com/oXcL2fSQhu— Roger Simon (@politicoroger) February 16, 2014 The next case to watch is the shooting in the Movie theater in Tampa FL. SYG will be involved again. The shooter is a retired cop. The murdered person was WHITE and the father of a young daughter. The cop asked the dad to stop texting. The cop left to get the manager. When the cop returned, the dad ended up throwing popcorn at the retired cop. The cop shot the dad in the chest killing him. Reeves is being held without bond. http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/bail-hearing-continues-movie-theater-shooting-22404543 The new case in Arkansas involving the shooting death of a teenager by a man over some ongoing pranks is tragic and interesting. Both shooter and victim are black. small donation made. hope it helps. Thanks, BK. I don’t as a rule like Nancy Grace but tonight she has on a friend of Jordan Davis.A lovely girl and she talked about how nice he was. I think her parents were sitting in the front row behind the prosecution during the verdict.They showed beautiful pictures of him and friends black and white.Maybe there is hope with the younger generation. Was her name Alia? Alia was his girlfriend and she worked at Urban Outfitters. He stopped in to visit her at work just before the boys stopped at the Gate and Dunn killed him. Mr. Leatherman the friend of Jordan’s on Nancy Grace was white.Can’t think of her name. They showed pictures of Jordan and a bunch of kids floating in rubber dingies enjoying themselves. http://www.scribd.com/doc/207618039/Michael-Dunn-s-account-of-Black-Friday-2012 Don’t know if this has been posted yet. My thoughts on the first half that I’ve read is, he’s protesting a little too much about have to turn back, face forward, etc. We all know he was not level with the front window, but with the back. How could he have seen the other menacing looking rear passenger unless he was further back. smh Reading more now and he flat out talks about the front passenger door moving in front of him as the suv backed up. Once again his pants are aflame. Horrible liar. Doesn’t that prove he was level with the back window? Our power will be cutoff tomorrow morning because we cannot pay our bill. Apparently, we will also have to pay a reconnection fee. We hope to have power restored by the end of the week, but we are going to need some more help to do that. In the meantime, we’ll do the best we can to continue posting articles and maintaining the site. Many thanks to those who have assisted us with donations. Donated, hope it helps. Keep up the good work!!! To everyone! I’m sorry professor. I wish I could give more. I unfortunately co-signed for a $5K law school loan for my nephew several years ago. I just checked creditkarma.com and the amount has gone to $6400. I’m paying it off through a charitable organization this week so I can stop the bleeding. Considering all that has transpired between the three of us over the years, I would have thought and hoped you would have dug a little deeper beneath the mere letters I put to paper and recognized the most serious statement and stand I was making and taking against prejudice and bigotry not only of African Americans but all human beings wherever they yearn for their place in the sun and freedom from want and privation. But alas, it appears that I asked of you and your readers too much. The ultimate irony is that I opened your web-site to find out where I could once again send funds to help you during this difficult time. But when I saw the deletion of my texts, I had to face the sad reality that it was time for all of us to move on, and am sincerely saddened that we can no longer be friends. Again and always may the blessings of a long and happy life for both Rachel and you be your constant companions as you navigate through this bitter-sweet experience called life. Knock off the drama, Stan. I didn’t ban you. I deleted the comment as the administrator of the blog. Did you check on the paypal rec’t? Or should I say Peter Pan? Yes, ma’am. Followed by Jonathan Martin and 2 others Matt McGovern ‏@MattMcGovern 1m Good luck w/ moral character check: George Zimmerman plans to become lawyer to ‘stop miscarriages of justice’ http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/george-zimmerman-announces-plans-to-become-a-lawyer-to-stop-miscarriages-of-justice-9134629.html … It is unbelievable that you deleted any of my comments. While I wish both of you the very best that life has to offer, I am repelled by your inability as well as that of your readers to recognize obvious sarcasm and hyperbole when you read it. Therefore, in response to your unconscionable action you leave me with no other choice but to bid you both au revoir. How very sad. Your two comments were out of bounds and offensive. I was just bowing out and saw your message, Stan. Sarcasm in a brief piece of writing is often hard to recognize without : / or sarc tags, or some other identification, and this also depends upon the reader too. Some people have more literarl minds than others when reading. Your largest post is still here and a good one. Hope you’ll stick around. I am just now seeing this, and I am very sorry to see you make a decision to leave, over a couple of comments. I have had comments deleted myself, both here and at another site I post at. I write satire and post snarky things but others have not always seen it that way. Friends don’t turn on their friends. I have been deleted. At this site. Sure have! More than once. It’s no big deal, and it certainly is not directed at you, at all. Just a comment and nothing more. Well, perhaps he can pull that off by the time he’s about hmmm, 70? If he graduates community college by then and somehow manages to grow a conscience, sure, LOL. you have to have a conscience to be a lawyer? wonder where some of the lawyers i have had the displeasure of knowing put theirs. Well, I know. But they do have to go through a (kind of rigorous, depending on where you are) character and fitness-type evaluation. My son went through that, and I was amazed, how thorough it is. That is what the tweeter meant when he said, “Good luck with the moral character test.” GZ is not even good at pretending. Fogen seems the type to publicly have lofty aspirations but when push comes to shove is mostly all talk and no action. If he hadn’t gotten out of his shruck he’d likely still be in the same job, plodding along. tblue says: Unless the law school graduate convinces the representatives of the bar that he/she is of “good” character, he/she is not even permitted to take the bar exam, much less admitted to the bar in order to practice law in that state. My good friend, who graduated third in his class in law school, had to jump through hoops to be able to take the exam and be admitted to the bar in one state, and then he had to jump through even MORE hoops to be allowed to take the bar exam in another–all because of a misdemeanor pot conviction as an undergraduate college student several years earlier (he waited several years between college and law school). Ironically, Zimmerman’s long list of potentially legal issues concerning violence and menacing with a weapon probably wouldn’t cause him as much trouble as my friend’s misdemeanor pot conviction, since despite several arrests, he was never charged in most of those cases, and he was acquitted in the one case where he was charged. OOPS! I meant “potentially serious legal issues” in the preceding comment! I like the commenter at the Independent who said that perhaps once Fogen studies law, he may discover he’s a murderer. 😀 Yes, saw that! I just realized I got two authors, with the first name Naomi, mixed up. I feel like an idiot, but here it is. Naomi Wolf wrote The End of America, and that book is the basis for the montage I posted upthread, called ‘Freedom to Fascism in 10 Steps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Wolf Naomi Klein is a different author: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Klein She wrote an excellent book called, ‘The Shock Doctrine.’ Very sorry, my mistake. adjusting dunce cap Put the dunce cap away. It was an honest mistake that you recognized, acknowledged, and fixed. Not everyone can do that. They’re the ones who need the dunce cap. Thank you bettykath. Angela Corey is the problem she lack any morals. The prosecution picked the wrong jury in both cases, and they don’t use the evidence to their advantage, and forget rebuttal theirs was subpar in Dunn’s and nonexistent in GZ trial. I am dont know much about the law, but what I do know is when Dunn said that it was Rhonda whom said thug music, because he don’t speak like that, I would have pulled that jail house letter out and impeached him azz. The letter that says that the more he is in that jail with blacks thugs the more prejudice he becomes, that letter would have convicted him not only for 1st degree but for a hate crime. Angela Corey don’t have the balls to do her jod, because if she she would have prosecuted this case as a hate crime. While I am not sure if Florida has a hate crime statute, the feds do. Since Dunn was not a federal prosecution, I am not sure if Angela Corey could have prosecuted for this. That all said, there is plenty she left out, and it’s inexcusable, IMO. I kept looking at FoDung’s face and asking myself, “Whom does he remind me of?” and finally it came to me: Aileen Wuornos. I’m somewhat confused,wasn’t it that the jury had to believe it was premeditated. Maybe there was only one asshole holdout who was maybe saying they would hold out on the other charges if they insisted on the first. I’m not making any sense I know. Can I ask what is a pre sentence investigation report. For murder 1, premeditated. But for Murder 2, no premeditation necessary. The only hitch with Murder-2 would be a reasonable belief that FoDung’s life was in danger or he was in danger of great bodily injury. Yeah sure. he was in danger of losing face because a carfull of African American teens wasn’t submissive enough to him. Thank you Malisha sorry I didn’t understand the charges obviously. I did not believe one word that asshole said on the stand. And the worst of it was he was so confident he would get away with murdering a black kid because he is white. My white Mother must be rolling over in her grave. Pre-sentence investigation report is usually done by the Probation Department which interviews the convict and various other people. Sometimes the defendant will hire his own expert to testify to the judge that he shouldn’t get the max, and sometimes the prosecution also gets an expert into the mix to say “YES HE SHOULD” and so forth. It’s soft science. The judge does what he wants to do. Patdeadder, for all 12 jurors had to agree that it wasn’t self defense before they could go on to decide whether it was 1st degree, 2nd degree, or manslaughter. They never got past the self defense nonsense cuz somebody wouldn’t let it go. That’s why the jury kept sending questions to the judge about self defense. They were never able to move to deciding the degree of murder because they couldn’t — all 12 — agree that it was murder. Oops! That should read: “First all 12 jurors…” On the bright side, they couldn’t all agree it was self-defense either. Thank goodness! And thank goodness the ones wanting a murder conviction didn’t cave like the juror(s) in the Zimmerman case. It’s an investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing to determine if there’s extenuating circumstances to lighten the sentence or show a history of criminal behavior to increase the sentence. Family and friends may also be interviewed, as well as school and employment records. Thank you all.I understand.just hope they interview his abused wives. A presentence investigation report is based on an interview between the defendant and a presentence investigator. A presentence investigation report (PSIR) is a legal term referring to the investigation into the history of person convicted of a crime before sentencing to determine if there are extenuating circumstances which should ameliorate the sentence or a history of criminal behavior to increase the harshness of the sentence. The PSIR has been said to fulfill a number of purposes, including serving as a charging document and exhibit proving criminal conduct, and is said to be akin to a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation.[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentence_investigation_report Off-topic, Hello everyone. We are incredibly thankful to our readers, and to each and every one of you for site donations. Unfortunately, we are not going to meet our power bill, due to 1) increased rate 2) cost of meds for Fred’s recent sinus infection. That is the bad news. The good news is, we are going to try our best, to keep the site going uninterrupted, but we will need to do this from a WiFi site. We are not missing it by much, maybe 50 dollars or so, but…I just spoke to the power company. We are not on a shut-off list for today, but anticipate shut down tomorrow. In the meantime, I am calling heating assistance agencies. If you can help out, we would appreciate it very much, if not, we understand, because that is where we are at. It has been a very difficult winter for everyone. We are determined to keep the site going, however, and we are thankful to all of you! Listening to this rap that sent Dunn over the edge, sound pretty good, I’d roll down the window and ask them who’s this. Like how the bass kicks in. I was thinking about something that happened to a colleague a few years ago. She was quite ill and needed surgery. She insisted her teen son attend school rather than wait at the hospital with his father, thinking it would keep him busy and prevent him from worrying. He was distracted in class and one of his white teachers, not knowing of the surgery, reproached him for not paying attention and responding to her when she asked him a question. He didn’t threaten her but he did tell her to STFU and leave him alone and who cares about the blankety blank class anyway. She had him arrested!!!! When his mother was well enough she made an appointment with the teacher and asked her why she involved the police when her son was an honor student with no history of any trouble in school or out. The teacher said, that’s just it; he never acted up before and I was terrified. All the positive interactions between the teacher, the boy, and his family were forgotten in an instant. She didn’t take him aside and ask what had gotten into him, she didn’t even send him to the principal’s office, she assumed a threat that didn’t exist. My son was treated that way in middle school – as were other kids. Generally this was racial, but sometimes white kids with IEPs got it as well – new school to prison pipeline and often no real criminal act. The principals and VPs were the real thugs. Actually, my daughter too was harassed in middle school – straight A student – had her phone taken away, scrolled through, told school cop she was dangerous because she had a friend from LA who sent her a text of her name doodled in chalk on sidewalk – gang related, ya know. : / OMG, so dangerous! Jameelah Jones ‏@sunnydaejones 1m BEST ON YET “@AnreDWashington: #DangerousBlackKids pic.twitter.com/H1jos79vHe” Hide photo Reply Retweet Favorite More Embedded image permalink #DangerousBlackKids http://t.co/mrxW66hviG— A. D. Washington (@AnreDWashington) February 17, 2014 Yeah, what gangstas! Can you believe it?! Man alive do they look dangerous! Your comment should be out of moderation! Pre-comment hat-tip to the poster who previously noted the #DangerousBlackKids article. For review: Viral Twitter Stream Exposes Deadly, Racist Fears The messages were posted as a way to counter the deep-seated racial fears of some whites — that blacks are inherently dangerous. http://www.alternet.org/viral-twitter-stream-exposes-deadly-racist-fears?akid=11516.268204.8r9XZJ&rd=1&src=newsletter959713&t=4 It’s interesting: What does “self-defense” mean to a person like FoDung (or Fogen) whose “self” depends, for its life, upon the ability to bully others and to control those he believes are (or wishes were) his inferiors? For such a person, life is an unending effort to SHOW that he is not contemptible. To SHOW that he has to WIN over someone who, he declares, IS. He has to constantly make others bow to his will. He has to show who’s boss. He has to be the master. He cannot live and let live; letting live implies that the other person is just as worthy of breathing as HE is and he cannot tolerate that thought because deep down inside he knows he’s no damn good. A person like this becomes a “control freak” or a “dominance addict.” He not only has to win all fights, he has to manufacture fights TO win. If he feels less than MASSA for a few hours, he has to make up for it by an exaggerated show of dominance within a very short time. He cannot let himself, for instance, just break down and cry in a hotel room because his kids don’t like him or his ex-wives are obviously doing very well without his “guidance” and “correction.” He cannot just admit that he messed up and his family is better off without him. He cannot just admit that he’s not the king of the world, king of the convenience store parking lot, king of the vehicle, king of the race, king of the “real Americans,” king of king of king of king of. He cannot stand the smell of his own sh-t. He has to defend himself from understanding that. He has to defend himself from realizing how really-nothing-at-all he is. And since he cannot have any serious good effects on the world to prove his worth, he will just have serious bad effects on the world and pretend they were good. (Remember, Fogen had to kill Trayvon Martin because he was defending himself against the obvious conclusion that he was a not-ready-for-cop-time creep, an unintelligent meddler, a neighborhood nuisance, and a wus.) The ambiguous message of the verdict in the FoDung case was “we will still pretend to believe you were afraid of a kid who did nothing to you and we will still pretend you were not just a disgusting piece of filth deciding to take out your frustrations on an innocent child” but “we will lock you up for shooting a bunch of bullets into a car so that some kids you did NOT pretend to be scared of might have gotten hurt.” That is: We will believe your lies because we also must rely upon lies to keep us together; but we can’t give you a “pass” on kids you did not see fit to claim fear of because that way, people can kill just anyone, and we can’t go down that road. “Manufacturing fights to win” says a lot about both Fogen and Fodung. Yes, and in order to manufacture fights to win, you have to make sure you choose opponents who cannot or may not be able to fight back. So if you have a gun, you choose unarmed children. It’s not deep. Passive, enabling women. Right. Women who say, “simper simper simper, take the target off George’s back, here, take my little kid and do what you will with her, because I looooooove you, simper simper wimper.” Malisha, Wonderful words of wisdom you have written! I must ask however is this disease (for lack of a better description) limited to any particular race or ethnic group? Is it contagious? is it hereditary? But most importantly, is it curable? All my opinions, Crazy: 1. Disease limited to any particular race or ethnic group? Answer: No, but the white Americans who display this kind of behavior tend to be the ones who act OUT the most. You could have a 47-year-old African Amercan man who had been raised by a cold, self-centered, narcissistic mother and an ineffectual unintelligent father and you could find that he was very much into the constant pursuit of “dominance” and that he put others down and pushed them around and he was a bully. But would he have acquired enough of a belief that he would be able to get away with murder, fleeing the scene and perjury? I don’t think so. I think he would be very much constrained by the fact that people generally did NOT believe his excuses for any bad behavior or any bullying that he engaged in. That is, he would have been stopped a lot sooner than FoDung. So we’re seeing a combination of personal psychological factors AND the culture that operates to forgive them, encourage them, and enhance them until they reach murderous proportions. For the white male patriarch. 2. Is it contagious? ANSWER: I believe it is hereditary. Parents who tear their children’s ego to shreds on a regular basis, who are abusive and domineering, and who model hatred, contempt and disdain for the rights of others, often produce these terrorized and sociopathic children. 3. Curable? Wow. Since it is a condition rather than a disease, I believe it would only be “remediable,” not “curable,” but the remedy is unavailable if the culture does not strictly and unequivocally FORBID the behaviors associated with it, and PUNISH them without fail or delay. That is, the failure of our court system has probably made the “condition” into an incurable epidemic already. Once you embolden a Fogen, you have called forth a host of Fogenites. Publicly reward a Fogen and you have uncontrollable chaos. The good news is that it seems that critical mass may be about to be reached, if only we can rely upon SOME decent media reporting to help us out here. I think much more attention must be paid to the three murderers in California who beat Kelly Thomas to death: People who cannot tolerate what they did are accosting them on the streets and getting them kicked out of restaurants and are making them very uncomfortable. Which is a step in the right direction. We have to understand that our court system will not do what needs to be done to save us from the atrocities being perpetrated on a daily basis by these armed and dangerous dominance addicts. We need to ostrasize them, visibly abhor them, disrespect them in every available legal way, and let them know: WE REJECT YOU AND YOUR KIND. Malisha, I truly appreciate you taking your time to address my questions. I find your word refreshingly open and honest, a rare thing in todays social environment… I agree some what on your answer in the first paragraph, but with the differences in our backgrounds that is probably not unusual, for you have been exposed to a much broader spectrum of society than I have. Your answer in the second paragraph is unfortunately ever so true and while we all abhor the environment that fosters such hate and bias, I’m not sure that it will ever totally go away… The third paragraph again I agree with it on most points, but as you are well aware, I refuse to give up on my fellow man and make the absolute statement that the legal system can not be changed to a blind and unbiased system, but concede that it will take much work before it reaches that stage.. a2nite says: Crane and Fred, pics of Sybrina and Lucie in moderation due to Twitter links. Okay, thank you for the notice. He is typing a comment, and I have told him, much appreciated! Are they out now? What thread are they in, I would love to see! Oh duh, I see now! Thank you, so lovely! I have another in moderation. Sorry to be such a pest! :] De nada. He is back now, and will check that, many thanks for the heads up! Vinnie Politan on HLN is showing Fogens interview and slamming him! It is refreshing to watch someone on TV calling this moron out oh his Bullshit! Sybrina and Lucie https://twitter.com/JEstevezWFTV/status/435151235222872064C Absolutely beautiful, thank you so much for posting this! I keep seeing “HLN” here. What does it stand for? (Thanks.) Mary Stoltz says: Trending on Twitter #DangerousBlackKids http://www.hlntv.com/article/2014/02/17/dangerous-black-kids-hashtag-twitter-dunn-jordan-davis The trolls are busy. No, no, Two Sides. I am not a troll. You have to go to Twitter and see all the beautiful pictures that parents are posting of their kids with satirical comments reflecting the ridiculous fears of racists. It is a must see. I can’t get my password to work on WordPress. I am Momma. I’m not speaking of you, Mary. I’m speaking of the people who consider Jordan and Trayvon and any average black kid to be dangerous. Momma says: Thanks, I misunderstood. Thanks for pointing out that there are wonderful pictures. I should post some of my beautiful kids who have been trampled on by racists who think they aren’t racists. Thank goodness mine have been made stronger and are still alive. Trying to see if this one will show up. If not, can someone that knows how to post pictures do it. It is just too cute. I think we can CHANGE AMERICA with the Hash Tag #DangerousBlackKids!! #UniteBlue #LibCrib #p2 http://t.co/3ZmhX24rgv— Ron Ron-DMC Hall (@RonHall46) February 17, 2014 /large Gorgeous baby, Momma Bear! #DangerousBlackKids @masoninblue Here's my incorrigible guitar god, evil scholar sidekick, and badazz big sis! pic.twitter.com/ofiaMHzPwC — Kate Robinson (@katerwriter) February 17, 2014 OMG, for real! Oh! Soooo beautiful! Thank you so much! And Momma, Oh My God!! And I love the one you posted! I sometimes scroll past things- doggone wordpress nests- but that is so, so cute! :]. I just can’t stay away from the blog – it’s so much darn fun!! Well, it really is and, the thing is, we are furthering the discussion I think, that started with very tragic, painful events. And yet, I think all of really try not to be a glum ‘lot,’ – to keep the head held up and keep going. That reminds me. We are planning where to go next, which cases to cover. We do plan to cover Marissa Alexander’s re-trial, the trial of Theodore Wafer (for the murder of Renisha McBride in Detroit)…we have a couple of other things in mind. If you or other readers have suggestions, please put them in a comment! I know there isn’t much to go on right now but I’d really like to see some justice for Kendrick Johnson. No word yet from the feds on their investigation. Me too. Currently the state has closed the bizarre case, but the feds are supposedly still investigating it. We will keep an eye out, for developments. Future trial to watch for: Perhaps the trial of the 48-year-old “responsible gun owner” who shot into a car full of his teenaged son’s friends because on “Mischief Night” they had egged his or his son’s car in retaliation for a prank the man’s son had played on them last Halloween. (The news articles vary on whose car it was.) His shots killed a 15-year-old girl in the car full of teen pranksters. This story lacks the racial angle, since both the shooter and the victim are black, but it does speak to the insane gun culture that produces such travesties as SYG laws and that arms creeps like Fogen and Dunn. If Fogen and Dunn had not had the fake courage that came from having a gun, they would not have interfered with their victims in the first place, and both kids would still be with their families. If the guy who shot at those kids for pranking on Mischief Night had not had a gun, his uncontrolled temper would have led to yelling and maybe a call to the cops, and that little girl would still be alive. In the Fogen and Dunn cases, racism determined the murderers’ choice of victim, but in all of these cases it was the easy access to guns and the legal environment created by ALEC/NRA SYG laws that led the shooters to arm themselves and to decide that they had a right to shoot unarmed kids for ridiculous reasons. Okay yes, came across that today, and I cringed because quite frankly, when I was that age…Well. We climbed onto the roof of our friend Jack Huntington’s house and tee-peed the trees. Jack’s father was not amused, but he didn’t reach for a gun, thank God. He simply took the ladder away and left us stranded, on the roof! LOL. (That was back when the world sort of made sense.) The case of the 48 year old and 15 year old is in my hometown, Little Rock, Arkansas. Many people knew both the 48 year old and the kids in the car. The shooting took place around 1 am in the morning. I’m interested in this case too. What makes someone decide to shoot at a car in a fit of temper knowing that the situation isn’t self-defense and that they could kill someone? I feel what this trial needs is a Black Prosecutor who will not be afraid to bring out the conversation of RACE!!!! Only a Black person will truly understand the feelings of the boys and the true feelings of Mr.Dunn!! I am a 65 year old middle class White woman who has been married to a Black man for 40 years and I have seen it all from both sides. With 3 children All with College Degrees & Beautifull Familys They have seen and felt it too! So until we get a person of color to prosecute these kind of trials we will loose most of them. Mr Dunn was wrong here and he is Guilty and I can only wonder what went on in that jury room. I am sure it was a person of my race that wanted to let him go on that charge, Sure of it!!! I am so happy that there were people of color that understood what really happend and tried to stop it. We have to start to Love one another and Help one another, no one is perfect and we need to give Everyone a chance and Help those we see who need it. People are afraid of the unknown All people are, and untill we educate people this will never stop!! Please everyone pray for Jordon and pray for Mr. Dunn also because he has a hard road ahead of him for the Hate that he feels inside. Now he will learn what it feels to be a person of color with No Rights at all. He will eat, sleep and live the rest of his life with the people he most hated! God help us all!!! Looking at Dunn’s face I have a definite feeling that he lost, long ago, the capacity for positive change. His face tells his story and his various syllables that he forces out of his mouth have nothing to do with it. They’re like formulas he’s told to repeat to keep away haints. He’s stuck on the belief that he was allowed to kill Jordan Davis (or any other person HE judged to be without resources to dominate him or force him to stop abusing them) because he has judged him BENEATH him. He is the kind of person who has ruined our country Since the 1600’s and even before, HE is the kind of person who has destroyed our chances of ever emerging from the domination rituals that became nationalism, capitalism and racism as we know them now. Oh — and warmongering. The biggest ism of all. “nationalism, capitalism and racism as we know them now.” Sad, sad, state of affairs. oh, he’s looks like the kind of guy I’d be willing to strike up a conversation with In a parking lot? I can see that one: B: Hey, what’s up? D: Not much B You like women? D: Sure B Me, I like them with pretty eyes. But you, I figure to be an ass man D: Why you say that? B: Because your an ass, man. A twist on a Rodney Dangerfield joke. Louie, with a Black prosecutor, Dunn will be exonerated. Stealth jurors will hate looking at him every day. They will swear he got his job through affirmative action. Yes that’s true also, then we have to do better at picking the jury. Malisha said maybe Lie Detectors could solve the problem on what people think and view others. Maybe that would work. I’m sorry to have given the impression that I thought lie detectors (commonly called that, really polygraph tests) would work. I do not believe that at all, and don’t think there could ever be a law requiring or even offering polygraph exams to prospective jurors. My minimal non-professional research shows only that lie detectors can trip up very conscientious people while sociopaths breeze through them with ease and aplomb. Funny story: During the days when Elizabeth Morgan was in the news for trying to protect her daughter from incest, a radio show called me (as a mothers’ advocate) to do a show opposite the accused father (Dr. Eric Foretich) in that case. I accepted. On the day of the program, Foretich pulled out and the radio interviewer said he wanted to go forward WITHOUT the other debater, just with me, and it was a call-in show, and I said yes. I think one of Foretich’s lawyers had gotten him a friendly polygraph or something but somehow, that issue came up on the radio show. I said that I wouldn’t put much stock in them because they were easy to fool. During the call-ins, we got THREE CALLS from men who wanted to know how to fool a polygraph! I said, each time, “I’m not going to broadcast that; you’ll have to ask your own attorney.” A black prosecutor will not necessarily solve the problem. The elected prosecuting attorney for Durham County in North Carolina is black and he decided not to prosecute anyone for the death of 17-year-old Jesus Huerta who died from a single gunshot wound that entered through his mouth and exited through the top of his head while sitting in the back seat of a patrol vehicle with his hands cuffed behind his back. His death is classified as a suicide. WHAT is going on here in Florida?????????????? I’m sorry Florida , North Carolina, Everywhere!!! Not surprising in a police case. Prosecutors are afraid to alienate their police forces. Huerta was just a “thug” to police and prosecutors alike. : / The cops who were eventually tried for the shooting death of Amadou Diallo were tried by a Black prosecutor. 40+ shots by undercover cops at an unarmed Black man. They walked. But people could lie to get unto a jury…. True…especially since they won’t be able to find anyone who doesn’t know about the case. That would be the first lie. Anyone who says they don’t care about the case one way or another tells another lie. Should potential jurors take a lie detector test. Oh YES that would be the best thing to do!! Lie detector tests will not work for that purpose. There are tests that show racial bias that people do not admit; they are quite sophisticated psychological tests that have been tested and confirmed on large numbers of test subjects. But Florida is not going to use them. They can’t handle the truth. Yes. And I think that the voir dire experts are (supposed to be anyway) really good at picking up on subtle lies. Of course B37 wasn’t even subtle. She just lied, about the riots that never happened. But yeah. People lie all the time. And one of the things I trip on is, lies seem to be the new norm, so we are supposed to get excited when somebody accidentally tells the truth. Crane-Station, perhaps the state needs to do like MOM did for Zimmerman, hire a jury expert (one that knows what they are doing) it worked very well for MOM… Here’s where it gets creepy. I think they had one… Crane-Station, IMO short of having a computer program decide the guilt or innocence of people charged with a crime, there will “never” be a way to eliminate the possibility of a jury finding guilt or innocence in an unbiased fashion… Today, instead of holding out hope that a conviction can and will be had in this case, we sit here in a doom and gloom atmosphere instead of trying to realize the glass is not half empty, it is instead half full… We did not lose the case, we did not even lose the battle, we suffered a set back, this case can and will be won… If that is truly what people want… Did we here Jordan’s or Trayvon’s parents say, that all was lost, like many on here are saying? Have they thrown up their hands and conceded defeat? I find myself confused as to why many here have done so? Is all truly lost at this time? You surrender to the forces of evil, but this old man refuses to do so…. Thank you, they are truly an inspiration. You get up, dust off the knees, and keep moving. I am so glad no one has conceded defeat. In some circles that might be called the ‘easier softer way,’ but in the bigger picture? Quitting is not an option, right? Thank you so much for this comment and perspective. That’s true but Juror B37 referred to the protests as ‘riots’ yet the State didn’t use one of its challenges to have her eliminated as a juror. Thought he was homeless, suffering terribly, PTSD, created by Barack Obama: George Zimmerman ‏@TherealGeorgeZ Feb 3 @AstroTwerp thanks bud, everything is going well so, I’m happy as well! Hope you enjoy the rest of your Monday. One problem I see is that Cory is a Republican prosecutor elected to put thugs behind bars. So she and her team, for the most part, look for jurors who think all black males are thugs. IOW, they have no experience in looking for jurors who can be objective with regard to lies told about black males. YES YES YES!! Barbershoptalker says: I’ve said this time and time again……trust me I live here I see it. Do not let her fool you, she is a tough trail prosecutor…. just not against white men. So MDH you are hitting the nail on the head. George Zimmerman ‏@TherealGeorgeZ 26m @piersmorgan God bless you, you will be in my prayers. Piers Morgan ‏@piersmorgan 13m But since you’re citing God, @TherealGeorgeZ – try this: ‘Thou Shalt Not Kill’ – Exodus, 20:13. #RIPTrayvonMartin Piers Morgan ‏@piersmorgan 1m Sue me. I’d love that. > RT @TherealGeorgeZ @piersmorgan I’ll see you in court 🙂 you can’t shred and delete emails fast enough amigo! Xoxo Go Piers! I was against CNN airing their interview this AM – but in hindsight, glad they did it. It was pretty hard-hitting and continues a national conversation we need to keep having. And it shows Fogen not really taking full responsibility for his actions – he’s a victim, but was told “we don’t need you to do that.” He made a split-second decision that he will have to deal with the rest of his life! http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/17/george-zimmerman-to-cnn-i-was-the-victim/ Full video of interview at link above. ^^^ Two sides it would turn my stomach to watch that Zimmerman interview but I’d like to read what was said.thank you. Cuomo didn’t go easy on Fogen. It was the interview you would have liked to have happened with Hannity before the trial but didn’t. He gets the asshole of the day award from me. Here’s the symbol for it: an asshole (_x_) Nice work, Crane! Well, MAYBE there’s another little crack – in spite of blaming the President, the Attorney General, and others for his problems, he did make one small concession: "I think my life would be tremendously easier if I had stayed home" – #Zimmerman http://t.co/AC1H3S9aTu http://t.co/wNKT2XSsls — New Day (@NewDay) February 17, 2014 Oh really…. Ding ding ding! No sh*t Sherlock. Obviously he hasn’t had time to reflect…….well since he’s unemployed and the future doesn’t look any better, he’s had time to reflect and says “I think my life would be tremendously easier if I had stayed home” and not gone out looking for a black victim since Shellie bugged out the night before and um…I guess I didn’t have time to reflect on…well since ya mentioned it, since it’s her gun, this is um…….all her fault. So he lied to Hannity and maybe he does regret going out that night instead of just watching the NBA All Star game. No sh-t! Zimmerman thinks his life would be easier if he had stayed home.yea well asshole Trayvon would still have his life and probably going to college. Someone posted this in the comments on his interview. “Zimmerman claimed that he wants to be an attorney, so he can “stop the miscarriage of justice that happened to me from happening to somebody else. I don’t think it should ever happen to anyone ever again, not one person.” “I would be absolutely okay with this. Zimmerman should be the state-appointed attorney for every shooter in a “stand your ground” case; certainly would cut down on the kind of miscarriage we saw in his case.” That’s a picture I can deal with…Advertise it in fact and watch the shooting rate plummet. Even the racist trolls know Fogen is firmly entrenched double digit IQ territory. He can have Taaffe as a research assistant and TV spokesman. Osterman…..security and transportation…… Robbie the Racist……social media director….. So, as I understand this a “miscarriage of justice” is being charged with crime, specifically shooting an unarmed minor? What a dipshit. 2sides: He made a split-second decision that he will have to deal with the rest of his life! I disagree that what he did that night was a split second decision. First he menaced Trayvon by following him in his truck then he stared Trayvon down while Trayvon was sheltering under the mail kiosk. Then he shot out of his truck like a cannonball in pursuit of the ‘suspect’. Every action that George took that night was premeditated because he had time to disengage yet the NEN call was just in case something went wrong. You’re right. It was a overall a longer decision. But that last decision after being told “we don’t need you to do that” was a quick and fatal one. But George had no intention of following the dispatcher’s instructions. He only called NEN that night so he could have an alibi if something went wrong. roderick2012, It was not a split second decision, he knew some kid would die that night, Trayvon just happened to be the first one available… Zimmerman left his squatter home looking for a target, and when Trayvon came by, Zimmerman seized the opportunity like any other predator and killed his prey… The taking of another persons life was the only way that Zimmerman could regain his “sorta” manhood after his conscript (Shellie) left his squatter home… Until a juror speaks we don’t know what happened. Did they split on an acquittal or did they split on convicting between 1st and 2nd degree murder? But the important thing is he will be retried on that charge. If anyone sees this before we do please post the link. Thank you! (juror interview) Had to be a disagreement about self-defense. They were explicitly instructed not to consider murder 2 unless they could not agree unanimously on murder 1. Same thing with respect to manslaughter and murder 2. They are lesser included instructions. Therefore, if self-defense were rejected, the shooting necessarily had to be manslaughter, murder 2 or murder 1. An inability to agree on M1 takes it off the table. An inability to agree on M2 takes it off the table and all must then agree on manslaughter. That’s what they were instructed to do. Splitting between M1 and M2 was not an option under these or any other set of lesser included instructions anywhere in the country. I don’t understand this. If I am on a jury and I think that it is murder one and others say no, it wasn’t premeditated, why does that take murder one off the table? Can’t I refuse to go along with murder two and keep arguing for my position? And suppose some agree with me? And they don’t want to budge for murder 2 either? Do the instructions say it HAS to be murder 2 since everyone agrees it is at least that? Do the instructions say it HAS to be murder 2 since everyone agrees it is at least that? Yes, and if they can’t unanimously agree on M2, then it has to be MS. Assuming, of course, that the jury has rejected self-defense, which is a defense to M1, M2 and MS. Put another way, M2 is a lesser included offense of M1 and MS is a lesser included offense of M2. A person who commits M1 also has necessarily committed M2 and MS, but they merge into M1 for sentencing purposes. Likewise, a person who commits M2, has also necessarily committed MS because MS is a lesser included offense of M2. Offenses merge downward, but not upward because each step up requires additional evidence about the defendant’s mental state. This is why it’s nonsensical to say the jury split between M1 and M2. If that were the case, the jury necessarily would have reached a verdict of guilty of M2. J4TMinATL says: Wish you could put this explanation as a post. Read this and another post below to partner and was able to understand why there was no disagreement between M1 and lessers on main count. So true Crane-Station Absurd is absolutely right. Michael Dunn Trial: White Fear Matters More Than Black Lives http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/02/16/michael-dunn-trial-white-fear-matters-more-than-black-lives.html A Florida jury failed to convict yet another man for killing an unarmed black teenager. By their logic, Michael Dunn should have kept shooting and never asked questions. [comment deleted as inappropriate] Reality Stan?? You don’t have to welcome me to Reality, Reality for me was losing many jobs once I showed pictures of or spoke about my family! Reality for me was when my husband and I were chased by White Thugs in New Orleans! Reality to me was trying to rent an apartment and being turned down over and over!! Reality to me was when the KKK was getting ready to march down our street!! Reality to me Stan was holding one of my children crying after they were called a Niger!!! You can’t teach me or welcome me to any kind of Reality Mr. Stan!!! Louie I’m so sorry for the ignoramuses in the white race. Right now I’m trying to organize people to go to a hospital to find out why it is named after a former slave owner. I never said I didn’t detest the manner in which this country has and continues to discriminate against African Americans. I never said I wasn’t personally doing everything in my power to guarantee that all people in this country regardless of their geographical variety, ethnic origins or religion or lack thereof enjoy all freedoms guaranteed to all Americans by the Constitution. I never said that my heart was not broken to seen the needless deaths of so many young African American people. I never said that it wasn’t a crime against humanity to see how many African American people live in abject poverty in a sea of crime and drugs in too many of our once great cities. No, I never said these things. What I did say is that these are the realities of life for too many African Americans. And considering the seemingly innate prejudice of white American against anyone who is not a WASP, it’s not about to change soon. It is heart breaking! So Sad to see the way you feel! Things will Never get better thinking the way you do Stan. Well, not if we don’t do anything about it. We are trying to change all that, and I am hoping the ‘new media age’ can play a part! Leave a Reply to Crane-Station Cancel reply	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418919
__label__cc	0.587642	0.412358	It's the second Tuesday of the month, which means it's @librecores/@FossiFoundation El Correo Libre time - and what a wealth of shiny new free and open source silicon news there is this month! https://medium.com/librecores/el-correo-libre-issue-23-4c87d7cc7720 No, you just spent ten minutes of a very busy day installing and tweaking an audio visualiser for the terminal. MinnowBoard Max Linux User & Developer, Issue 150 March 12, 2015 Gareth Leave a comment This month’s Linux User & Developer includes both my regular four-page news spread and a review of the MinnowBoard Max single-board computer from Intel. The MinnowBoard Max is the latest in Intel’s increasingly scattershot efforts to make an impact in the hobbyist-grade single-board computer market. Like its predecessor, the MinnowBoard Max is open hardware and produced in partnership with CircuitCo – the company behind the BeagleBoard and BeagleBone Black – and features the x86 instruction set architecture. Where it differs is in how easy it is to use and how much power it can offer. I reviewed the original MinnowBoard design back in Issue 131, and found it lacking on a couple of levels: the single-core Atom chip was woefully underpowered compared to rival boards like the Gizmo, and its 32-bit UEFI firmware made it near-impossible to boot any operating system bar the bundled and extremely cut-down Yocto Linux installation. The MinnowBoard Max clearly demonstrates that Intel is listening to feedback, though. The 32-bit single-core Atom is now a 64-bit dual-core model, and comes complete with a 64-bit UEFI implementation. The result: significantly improved compatibility and performance. A single-core version, slightly cheaper and drawing less power, is also available but not something I have yet tested. As to whether the MinnowBoard Max is a worthy investment in a market near-monopolised by chips based on the ARM instruction set architecture, you’ll have to read the full review to find out. The review, my four-page spread of all the latest happenings in the world of open-everything, and a whole bunch of stuff written by other people is available now from your local newsagent, supermarket, or digitally via Zinio and similar distribution services. 64-bitARMAtomBeagleBoardBeagleBone BlackCircuitCoHardwareImagine PublishingInstruction Set ArchitectureIntelLinuxLinux User & DeveloperMagazineMinnowBoardMinnowBoard MaxNewsOpen HardwareOpen SourceReviewSBCSingle-Board ComputerUEFIx86Yocto Linux November 13, 2014 Gareth Leave a comment This month’s Hobby Tech column for Custom PC magazine reviews a next-generation version of the Fuze Powered by Raspberry Pi kit, previews the upcoming MinnowBoard Max from Intel, and publishes an interview with Sam ‘MrSidC64’ Dyer, author of Commodore 64: A Visual Commpendium – the spelling a deliberate pun on ‘Commodore,’ if you were wondering. First, the Fuze T2 review. I’d already looked at the original Fuze, courtesy its inventor Jon Silvera, back in Issue 124, and little has changed from the aerial view: it’s still a robust steel case inspired by the BBC Micros of the 80s, designed to house a keyboard, Raspberry Pi and a break-out board for the general-purpose input-output (GPIO) pins, sold either on its own or as a bundle with child-friendly electronics tutorials and a handful of simple components for experimentation. Looking in more detail, however, shows that plenty has changed: following feedback, Jon has redesigned to case to include the ability to mount the Pi sideways to prevent little fingers pulling out the SD card, added Lego-compatible holes to the side, and best of all included a four-port USB hub with integrated power supply that provides proper 5V/500mA ports while simultaneously powering the Pi itself. A much-improved GPIO break-out board is another welcome addition, featuring compatibility with existing add-on boards as well as integrated analogue-to-digital and hardware pulse-width modulation (PWM) pins – something the Pi alone sorely lacks. The MinnowBoard Max, meanwhile, is easily recognisable as a new design entirely. Designed to replace Intel’s old MinnowBoard, reviewed back in Issue 122, the Max features a proper 64-bit dual-core Atom processor with 64-bit UEFI implementation – meaning that the limited compatibility of its predecessor is a thing of the past. The design is more compact, the entire platform more accessible to beginners, and as usual it’s entirely open in both software and hardware – even the UEFI BIOS is based on Intel’s open-source code. For those who find ARM development boards too much of a stretch after years of x86 programming, it’s certainly worth investigating and I was impressed with the pre-release prototype I was provided. Sadly, the release of the final production model has hit a few last-minute delays – although I’m expecting stock of both the dual-core and single-core variants to appear in the channel before the end of the year. Lastly, my interview with Sam Dyer. A graphic designer by trade, Sam launched a Kickstarter campaign to crowd-fund a new coffee table book all about the software available for the Commodore 64, his first real computer. As a massive Commodore fan myself, I was a backer and when the book arrived earlier this year I knew I would have to write about it. Sam was kind enough to give me some of his time to answer questions about his early days of computing, the technology behind capturing the images that make up the book, and its at-the-time impending successor Commodore Amiga: A Visual Commpendium – which yesterday closed funding with a massive £130,000 raised from fellow Commodore fans. Yes, including me. All this, plus a variety of words written by people who aren’t me, can be yours now with a trip to the newsagent or supermarket, or from the comfort of your home or office via Zinio or similar digital distribution services. AtomBinaryDistributionCommodoreCommodore 64Commodore 64: A Visual CommpendiumCommodore AmigaCommodore Amiga: A Visual CommpendiumCrowd-FundingCustom PCDennis PublishingEducationElectronicsFuzeFuze Powered by Raspberry Pi T2Fuze T2HardwareHobby TechIntelJon SilveraKickstarterMagazineMinnowBoardMinnowBoard MaxMrSidC64Open HardwareOpen SourcePreviewRaspberry PiReviewSam DyerUEFIVintage Computing	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418920
__label__wiki	0.91046	0.91046	‘Joker’ Star Joaquin Phoenix Berates Journalist For Asking Old Question ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ Used ‘Return Of The Jedi’ Footage For Luke & Leia Flashback Disney Streaming Services Believed To Be Worth Over $100B Rami Malek Promises A Complex James Bond Villain For 'No Time To Die' 'The New Mutants': New Trailer For Long-Awaited X-Men Film Debuts Online ‘Aquaman’ Reportedly Features A Mid-Credits Scene by Michael Mistroff on November 13, 2018 DC’s upcoming Aquaman film directed by James Wan reportedly features a mid-credits scene, seemingly teasing the future of the DC Films franchise. New ‘Titans’ Promo Teases First Look At Batman Early screenings for the film are already underway. According to Rereleasenews.com, the film will feature a mid-credits scene after the film is over. Whether or not Aquaman will include a post-credits scene remains a mystery. In addition, the site also reports that according to their source, the film’s runtime does fall around 140 minutes, lining up with the reported runtime of 143 minutes. Chris Pine Knew Steve Trevor Would Return For ‘Wonder Woman’ Sequel While Filming Original Directed by James Wan, Aquaman stars Jason Momoa as Arthur Curry, Amber Heard as Mera, Willem Dafoe as Vulko, Patrick Wilson as Orm / Ocean Master, Dolph Lundgren as Nereus, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II as Black Manta, Nicole Kidman as Atlanna, Ludi Lin as Captain Murk, and Temuera Morrison as Tom Curry. From Warner Bros. Pictures and director James Wan comes an action-packed adventure that spans the vast, visually breathtaking underwater world of the seven seas, “Aquaman,” starring Jason Momoa in the title role. The film reveals the origin story of half-human, half-Atlantean Arthur Curry and takes him on the journey of his lifetime—one that will not only force him to face who he really is, but to discover if he is worthy of who he was born to be… a king. Aquaman will be released in US theaters on December 21, 2018. Source: Rerelease News ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ Concept Art Reveals Alternate Designs For Thanos’ Black Order New Avengers: Infinity War concept art reveals alternate designs for Thanos' Black Order. After making brief appearances in Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy, Thanos emerged from the shadows in search of the Infinity Stones with the assistance of his minions, collectively known as the Black Order. Now, new Avengers: Infinity War concept art offers fans a look at alternate and early designs for Thanos' Children named Cull Obsidian, Ebony Mawand, Proxima Midnight, and Corvus Glaive. You can check out the first photo below and click "Next" to view the rest of the gallery! Thanos will return in the untitled sequel to Infinity War. A culmination of 22 interconnected films the fourth installment of the Avengers saga will draw audiences to witness the turning point of this epic journey. Our beloved heroes will truly understand how fragile this reality is and the sacrifices that must be made to uphold it. Directed by Joe and Anthony Russo, Avengers 4 is expected to star Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Tom Holland, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Anthony Mackie, Sebastian Stan, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Dave Bautista, Zoe Saldana, Paul Rudd, Jeremy Renner, Brie Larson, Josh Brolin and Chris Pratt. Avengers 4 is scheduled to be released in theaters on May 3, 2019. Source: ComicBookMovie.com Michael Mistroff News Editor, Film/TV Reporter at Heroic Hollywood. ‘Justice League’ Star Henry Cavill Gets Kingdom Come Superman Look In Cool Fan Art Is This Our First Look At Robert Pattinson On ‘The Batman’ Set? First Photos From The Set Of Robert Pattinson’s ‘The Batman’ Emerge Online	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418932
__label__cc	0.556195	0.443805	Status of “Grazier” and “Farmer” in Victorian England I'm looking at census returns for the village of Eversholt, Bedfordshire, in the Victorian period. Farming was the biggest employer. This is post-enclosure, 1851 to 1901. Enclosure happened in 1806. Under "Occupation", farmers (as opposed to farm labourers) are always listed as Farmer... of 132 acres employing 3 men 2 boys. They were clearly understood to have quite a status, and sometimes the households included a servant. Another occupation listed is Grazier. A grazier raises animals, as opposed to crops. Graziers could be well off: one of the quotations from the OED for Grazier is 1839 Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxxv. 338 Broad-brimmed white hat, such as a wealthy grazier might wear. Yet the census return never gives an acreage for a grazier, nor suggests they are employers, and I have yet to find a servant in a grazier's household. I'm trying to understand what the relative social status of a "grazier" was. Could someone listed as a "Farmer" raise both animals and crops? Does "Farmer" in the census always imply direct control and management of the land, as opposed to someone who sublets a field for his sheep? Was "Grazier" just a way of saying "Farm Labourer who tends animals"? Would someone running an entire farm which raised only livestock be listed as a "Farmer", not "Grazier"? Was this just a rule of completing the census return? 19th-century census emrys57 emrys57emrys57 By all definitions I can find, a "grazier" owns their own livestock. So the word refers to what we here in Oklahoma would call a "rancher" or sometimes formally "stockman". I'm not an expert myself, but my grandfather was a farmer and a rancher, so I did grow up sort of ranch-adjacent. I understand that livestock such as cattle can make good use of hilly rocky country that is unsuitable for farming. They can also be grazed on agricultural land that is being allowed to lie fallow (iow: rotate in grasses for a season, as is good practice if you are engaging in sensible crop rotation), and their copious manure production helps the process as well. So if it was standard practice on the census to label the acerage of agricultural land in use, and it isn't being done for the ranchers, I'd assume one of two things is likely going on here: The "enclosures" only covered good crop land, and the graziers are using unenclosed open-range areas unsuitable for crops. The graziers in question are making some kind of arrangement with other farmers to graze their herds on land that currently is lying fallow (has grass rotated in). It is quite likely that farmer/ranchers like my grandfather were listed as "farmers" (since they probably can only pick one profession on the forms), but of course that doesn't address the mystery of those landless "grazier" entries. - ...and a Cowboy, and an Indian. T.E.D.♦T.E.D. Landless graziers are probably what we think of as the archetypical "shepherd". The plot of most western movies centers on whether land will be allocated to "cattle", "farm" or "railroad". – Mark C. Wallace♦ Jan 19 '17 at 15:44 @MarkC.Wallace - I'd think a "shepherd" is more like a "cowboy" or "ranchhand": Someone who works the livestock directly, but not necessarily (or even likely) the owner. That appears to be the distinction with "grazier" here. (For example, my grandfather, in his younger days, was apparently a cowboy, and then ranch foreman. Then he bought his own land...) – T.E.D.♦ Jan 19 '17 at 16:04 @MarkC.Wallace - As for westerns, rather a lot of them (but certainly not most) have plots related to the American equivalent of enclosures. A lot of cattlemen liked the old open-range, which influxes of farmers tended to destroy. So there's the typical plot of the big rich rancher using the manpower of all his hired ranchhands to try to drive off newly-arrived poor farmers. – T.E.D.♦ Jan 19 '17 at 16:13 Then, and to lesser extent now, cattle/sheep/whatnot were/are grazed on common land in the UK - at the time in question, enclosures were grabbing the common land, but landless graziers were probably still significant – user13123 Jan 20 '17 at 15:24 A farmer in England would have been someone with the exclusive right to graze or cultivate an area of land. They would either own the farm themselves or be the tenant of the landowner. Nobles and the church owning much of the land in England. On the other hand there was also common land where all members of the community had the right to graze livestock. You will still find commons in English villages today, though now they are generally used for recreation. A grazier would have been someone who kept livestock and grazed it on the common land rather than renting or owning land. Stuart HallStuart Hall Sorry I've not come back here, I've been typing in census transcripts! You certainly raise an interesting possibility. When I've finished the censuses, I'll have some more statistical data and that may lend weight to your proposal. I'll come back here then. Thanks! – emrys57 Jan 25 '17 at 10:26 Indeed, a grazier was someone who owned the livestock, but no land. The animals would graze on the commons. This is actually where the phrase "tragedy of the commons" comes from, via economic theory. – Carmi Jan 25 '17 at 16:18 Well I have a very successful grazier on my family tree He made a lot of money buying a Manor House for £4,500 in 1855. He was widowed, no children, had a house keeper. He developed his cattle on the rich grazing of Leicestershire. Sold his animals to the London meat market. From his letters To other members of the family he mentions his ‘Durham’ bull and how successful he has been! AllegraAllegra I'm inclined to argue this is in fact the kind of question that can be at least partially answered by individual accounts like this. Something more comprehensive would be better, of course. – T.E.D.♦ Jul 6 '19 at 16:07 Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged 19th-century census or ask your own question. What is the equivalent in France of the “Victorian era”? What was the social and cultural role of a “country squire” in Victorian/Edwardian England? Bail bonds in UK Victorian period Was there a particular area of Victorian London in which bookshops were concentrated? What was life like for an adult Victorian chimney sweep? What was the rate of premarital conceptions in England from 1850 to 1890? What was Richard Owen's status within the Royal Society in 1858? 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__label__wiki	0.929592	0.929592	Tina Simpson Considered Killing Herself and Husband Joe Simpson By Mr. Nova On Apr 9, 2013 Tina Simpson was left so distraught after learning her husband, Joe, had cheated on her that she was very close to taking her own life. As you may recall, Joe had a brief affair with 21-year old model Bryce Chandler Hill over the summer of 2012 which led to the revelation of his homosexuality which left the entire family shocked. Shocked because Tina and Joe had been married for 35 years — so to find out that your husband was sleeping with another man didn’t sit too well with Tina. According to RadarOnline, Tina had written a letter where she thoroughly explained how upset she was after hearing about the twisted, unforgivable things that Joe had done. Before jetting out to New York to confront him about it, a note was found which supposedly detailed her plans on how and when she would kill herself and Joe. She was fuming over the fact that the press would ridicule her marriage and her daughter, Jessica Simpson’s reputation and that’s exactly what she feared the most. But before she could even get her hands on Joe, he phoned her up so that they could meet up and get to the bottom of this shocking revelation. Her plans to kill herself and Joe were put on hold for the time being. “Tina was so distraught when she found out about Joe’s secret gay affair, she immediately wrote a suicide note,” a source tells RadarOnline. “It was fairly detailed and she said she wanted to shoot herself for what Joe had done to their 35-year marriage. Worse still, Tina wanted to shoot Joe as well. She was just so angry with him. But, instead of killing herself, Tina headed straight to a New York hotel to confront Joe about Bryce Chandler Hill.” The saddest part about it all is that Joe had no plans on even getting back together with his wife. In fact, in his twisted mind, he had already planned on divorcing Tina, so the cheating scandal didn’t really change anything – he wanted out and made it perfectly clear as he returned to their Los Angeles home where he found the suicide note which he immediately took to court in hopes that the judge would give him a good stake of the amount the two had made during their 35 years of marriage. “However, when Joe returned to the Encino home in Los Angeles they shared, he found the note, made a copy and gave it to his divorce lawyer as a bargaining tool for the settlement. An offer of a 50 percent split of everything under the Simpson name has been offered to Joe,” a source close to the family told Radar. Image credit: AR/Flynetpictures.com Mr. Nova	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418942
__label__cc	0.601019	0.398981	The Local Wishlist #InCinemas #ComfortFood Film Culture A Cult of One Actors & Creators Atlantic International Film Festival A Cult of One: The Russia House September 8, 2012 flawintheiris Welcome back to this irregular feature on Flaw In The Iris, where I revisit an unheralded or underloved movie in my vault. I’m hoping to explain why the film works and why it deserves a fanbase. I’m also willing to accept I may be the only person to really appreciate the film in question… feel free to tell me if so. The Russia House (1990) Directed by Fred Schepisi Written by Tom Stoppard, from the John le Carré novel The Russia House is a great movie to watch when you’re feeling heartbroken, and I’ll tell you why. It has great and beautifully-shot locations—rainy London, sunny Lisbon, autumnal Moscow and St. Petersburg and even British Columbia, standing in for (probably) Switzerland. It fills your mind with visions of exotic and faraway places. It’s an adaptation of a John le Carré novel so you know its espionage elements will be twisty and clever, put together by the inestimable Tom Stoppard, who, for my money, is one of the great screenwriters, especially in how he adapts from the page. It will engage your brain. And it has, at its centre, a very unlikely romance, between a middle-aged man self-described as “an unmade bed with a plastic bag attached” and a beautiful Russian woman. It gives hope to all us awkward types if such a thing can happen. That those two parts are played by Sean Connery, whose James Bond history will follow him forever, and the icy-cool Michelle Pfeiffer, gives the entire affair the air of classic Hollywood that makes it feel just a little more glamorous than real life could ever quite manage. Top that off with a nostalgic orchestral score from Jerry Goldsmith, including great dollops of Branford Marsalis’ gorgeous sax. The effect is a bit hypnotic, which is just what an aching heart needs. The story goes like this: “Boozy” Barley Blair (Connery) is a British small press publisher sent a package from a Russian woman named Katya (Pfeiffer). But he doesn’t know a Katya. “Never slept with one, never even married one,” he tells the British Secret Service—including James Fox as Ned and director Ken Russell[!] as Walter—and the CIA—including JT Walsh and John Mahoney, with Roy Scheider’s Russell in charge. The package contains documents that indicate the Soviet nuclear defensive package is badly out of date. Don’t forget, this is the tail end of the cold war. Even after the wall fell, things were pretty chilly. Now, if only they could make sure the documents are real. (And if they are, who’s going to “sell that story on the hill?” So much money in American contracts are tied up in the idea that the Russians have big guns and could use them at any time.) Half-heartedly, they press Barley into service, sending him to Moscow to interview Katya and find out if the docs are legit. Turns out they are, penned by Soviet nuclear scientist Dante (Klaus Maria Brandauer), Katya’s ex who Barley met once at an artist’s retreat outside Moscow. But the Sovs have figured out his game and Barley and Katya’s lives are suddenly in a lot of danger. The script not once, but twice backtracks into the story, filling in the gaps from different character perspectives without being too precious or too clumsy about it. Given the complex needs of the plot and the suspense, it’s a testament to Schepisi’s control and Stoppard’s gifts with words that it all holds together so well, aided by shooting in those gorgeous locations. I don’t know if Connery and Pfeiffer have immediate chemistry, but they are so engaged in their roles, even if I don’t entirely believe them as lovers I do believe them as people. Pfeiffer’s accent is solid and Connery convinces a canny, high-functioning alcoholic with a few teeth still in his head. The dialogue comes back to me all the time, especially “Honour is due, Ned!” It’s funny, hearing the spies talk about honour, when they have so little of it. If you want to dig into this material, I think that’s what it’s really about. In order to do the right thing, in order to be decent, we all may have to be traitors to our nations. The war machine feeds only itself. And that’s the final reason I watch it when I’m a sad. Because The Russia House shows how individual effort can change the dynamic between nations, bringing a measure of peace. It’s enormously optimistic in the face of unfeeling bureaucracy and cynicism. That’s something we all should be able to relate to. Branford MarsalisFred SchepisiJames FoxJerry GoldsmithJohn le CarréJohn MahoneyJT WalshKen RussellKlaus Maria BrandauerMichelle PfeifferRoy ScheiderSean ConneryTom Stoppard flawintheiris Carsten Knox is a massive, cheese-eating nerd. In the day he works as a journalist in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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__label__cc	0.674151	0.325849	Pakistan’s Screwed Up Priorities Posted on August 29, 2019 by Haroon Riaz You would think that Pakistan has learned its lesson after all these years. You would hope that finally, the custodians of this state have decided to put the prosperity of the people ahead of their egos and pretentious nationalism. But it seems we may never live to see that day. Just when Pakistan is preaching to the world about peace, “Nazism,” and “averting nuclear war,” its military has chosen to send a message to India and the world. Probably anticipating war on the Kashmir front, they tested a nuclear ballistic missile with the sinister name of “Ghaznavi,” named after the Afghan Turkic warrior emperor Mahmud of Ghazni, who invaded several Hindu temples in India. Pakistan successfully carried out night training launch of surface to surface ballistic missile Ghaznavi, capable of delivering multiple types of warheads upto 290 KMs. CJCSC & Services Chiefs congrat team. President & PM conveyed appreciation to team & congrats to the nation. pic.twitter.com/hmoUKRPWev — DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 29, 2019 Ironically, the government plans to send a very different the next day with observing its first-ever Kashmir Hour. Something that they want to model after the Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel as a part of the rhetoric strategy of the government. (3/3) Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan address to Nation on issue of Kashmir with English Subtitle (26.08.19) #KashmirAtDecisionPoint@ImranKhanPTI pic.twitter.com/AiVjBjwTD9 — PTI (@PTIofficial) August 27, 2019 The recent posts comparing Modi with Hitler and RSS with Nazi Party are evident of that notion. Atrocities in #Kashmir are uncovering startling similarities between the racist ideologies of Hitler & Modi. Ethnic cleansing of Muslims in IOK by Modi’s govt is reminiscent of Hitlers ideology to attain “Pure Germany”! Is the world ready for yet another annihilation? pic.twitter.com/UphBwLzWVr Many people supportive of this form of protest believe that it will project a positive image of the nation around the world. However, the appropriation of the Holocaust and Nazi rhetoric is far more problematic than PTI can imagine. But let’s ignore that factor for a second and let’s appreciate the non-violent line of protest Pakistan is taking. Still, acts such as intimidating India with nuclear ballistic missile tests with this symbolism is not only disturbing but duplicitous. It does not add any confidence whatsoever in a nation which holds the reputation of not staying true to its word whether it comes to eradicating terrorism or supporting or financing terrorism from its soil. Then again, the international community is not naive enough not to understand the state of democracy in Pakistan. They are aware of the dual narrative from the Pakistan military and the civilian government. But the Pakistani citizens satisfied by this line of rhetoric by the Prime Minister should really be disappointed by the recent missile test. Because there goes your image of being a peace dove in the region. Filed under: Commentary, Videos \| Tagged: DG ISPR, duplicity, fascism, Foreign Policy, freedom, Ghaznavi, Hatf-III, Hitler, Holocaust, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Imran Khan, India, Israel, Kashmir, Kashmir Hour, Lt. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, Mahmud of Ghazni, Narendra Modi, nationalism, Nazi Party, Nazism, nuclear ballistic missile, nuclear war, Pakistan, patriotism, Peace, politics, Prime Minister, right wing, RSS, war \| Leave a comment » What Is It Going to Take to See Assad for the Butcher He Is? I often ask myself this question and hardly get any reasonable answers. Sometimes I wonder how people are still defending Syrian dictator Bashar Al-Assad and any conspiracy theory that finds him innocent. But then again, in a world in which Nazism is alive and well, and in which you ironically and stupidly have “brown Islamist Nazis,” pretty much any political opinion is not a shocker. But you do feel disappointed and low when you see a lack of inclination to face facts among otherwise liberal and reasonable folks. Sadly, sometimes the guilt of our liberals living in a fundamentalist society, regardless of Shia or Sunni background, and their contempt of Saudi Arabia can make them rather root for Iran or turn a blind eye to its sinister influence in the world. But it goes well beyond reasonable politics to keep on apologizing for and insisting on supporting a despot whose record speaks volumes of his atrocities. I know that some of my liberal friends see the expansion of the influence of Iran as a solution for the Saudis, of course not giving a second’s thought to what it might hold in the future for Israel. But I see that as much of a problem as the unchecked Saudi influence. Or perhaps the growing Chinese and Russian influence. This is why the decline of the American influence on international affairs has been devastating. We have seen two very contrasting versions of American liberalism with both President George W. Bush and President Obama. An invasion of Iraq and then complete withdrawal. If one action made matters worse, the other certainly did not help. And that is a pretty objective observation unless you are a Democrat. Bashar Al-Assad is the latest of the many brutal butchers and psychopaths who has taken up the mantle of torturing and murdering their own people. Not a democratic leader by any means and someone who is extremely cynical in his perception of reality, if you ever hear him speak. After carrying out several chemical weapons attacks on his people before, his regime is thought to have struck again with his latest sarin gas attack. With accounts of eye witnesses and activists, as well as evidence from the US military, clearly disputing the narrative of Assad’s military denying involvement like always. Now being skeptical is fair but Assad sympathizers such as Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) thinks she would take Assad as a war criminal if proved to be responsible for this attack, clearly unaware of his history of earlier actions. It is really convenient how Democrats accept and condemn their Russian propaganda. The strongman argument is often given to justify his regime. That Assad keeps the extremists at bay and is a secular but distant dictator. However, with the irreversible damage caused by the Syrian Civil War, this argument has lapsed for Assad and is not true anymore. He is not the great stabilizer anymore. You could instead argue that Putin is instead. And since with President Obama’s half-hearted intervention, Syria has almost been completely destroyed. So, what are we keeping Assad in for now, knowing that he carries out chemical attacks on his own people? But to acknowledge this argument, during the early years of the Syrian civil war, I used to believe Assad should stay too. Of course, it has been explained to me that American intervention has only made matters worse in the Middle East. But with Islamists and humanitarian crises around in the region, the argument of nonintervention is absolutely nonsensical. That is why the long-term military occupation of Syria remains to be the only viable solution. And of course, it is very unreasonable to expect of Americans to give that sacrifice for the world. The key is to make other nations pay their due share, including Pakistan of course, whether as a part of the Saudi or the American coalition. But preferably the latter. Policy and tactics for the future aside, I think at least it is time for the deniers of Assad’s atrocities to simply face facts. How many chemical attacks has the Assad regime carried out on its people? And how many more would it take to finally say that enough is enough? I commend President Trump for at least recognizing the great moral problem at hand and acting at least in some capacity with his limited missile attack to make his intentions clear to the Assad regime. But unfortunately, this action is nearly not close to what is needed. While I support it, if I were to disagree with it, it would be for that reason. The faux liberal outrage you are seeing at the attack is more from isolationists defending their favorite dictator than bleeding heart anti-war activists. The world must not stop short of anything less than comprehensive military action to depose Assad and end his illegitimate reign. And if it does indeed risk starting the third world war, it only speaks volumes of the evil of Russia and Iran as states for protecting a despot like Assad in this day and age. Sadly, many among our ranks stand for their insistence to be on the wrong side of history despite their commitment to democracy and liberty. I wonder how many more chemical attacks would it take. Sadly, given the apathy of the majority in the world toward the atrocities of both the Islamic State and the Assad regime, it helps us understand what happened during the reign of the Third Reich. While I am aware that the world was horrified to learn the troubling reality of the concentration camps after the Second World War, I doubt it would have changed anything. I doubt if they would have done anything substantial to prevent the atrocity had they learned about it earlier. At least, the world we live in today would not have bothered to take any action. We are clearly not bothered about what the Syrian people are going through. Even if that is untrue, we clearly do not seem bothered about what Assad is up to. And it is so bad that we would manufacture things out of our behinds to apologize for his despotic rule. Filed under: Commentary, Videos \| Tagged: Bashar Al-Assad, butcher, chemical weapons attack, civil war, conservative, conspiracy theory, death, democracy, dictator, Donald Trump, gas attack, genocide, Holocaust, human rights, humanitarian crisis, Iran, Islamists, liberal, liberty, life, morality, politics, President Obama, President Trump, psychopath, regime, Russia, Sarin gas, Second World War, Syria, Syrian Civil War, United States, war \| Leave a comment » Elie Wiesel Leaves a World With Antisemitism Alive and Well Posted on July 3, 2016 by Haroon Riaz Source: cufi.org.uk When Elie Wiesel would have been liberated from the Nazi concentration camps, the last of his third one, he would have started life with a renewed hope. It probably would have restored his faith in humanity and in hope, though it never restored his faith completely in God. At least not in the way it was before. There is surely a lot to read about the Shoah or the Holocaust, but nothing equals the viewpoint of a sensitive soul that has lived through the living hell of Auschwitz and Buchenwald. Not everyone believes his words, which is why he ensured that other than Yad Vashem, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., remains an undeniable evidence backing them. Still nowhere near reflecting the human suffering. What is the material evidence of that? Source: Jewish Virtual Library The pain and suffering endured by Elie Wiesel, resulted in the creation of the play “The Trial of God“, which was a brilliant, iconoclastic idea for a people with a theistic tradition, and to someone who saw God as an important part of his life. But can you blame him to dare to rebel? In his own words, he could never forget the flames of the body, which consumed his faith forever. The moments which murdered his God and turned his dreams to dust. In his own words, he was there when God was put on trial in Auschwitz. While it is easier for some people with full, partial, distant or spiritual relation to the Jewish culture to relate with the pain of the Holocaust, it is important to accentuate its importance in a global, more humanist manner. It is important not to simply reduce it to references about the deliverance of the Jewish people, such as referring to it as the “birth pangs of the Messiah.” I am not sure if Elie Wiesel himself would be thrilled by the thought. Elie Wiesel would rather focus on the sheer absurdity of creation and the unacceptability of the nightmare that the Jewish people and many more such as the Romani and the homosexuals went through during the reign of the Third Reich. It was simply something that was not supposed to be. In any case, it is important to explicitly establish the Holocaust as a burden on the conscience of humanity, instead of tying it as an accident exclusive to the Jewish identity. It is important because gentiles, who are particularly anti-Israel politically, find it easier to dismiss this human atrocity as something that happened to the Jews. And the antisemites and anti-Zionists who are kind enough not to dismiss the Holocaust widely believe that it was something that the “Jews deserved” and something that they “deserve to go through again.” While there are scholars like Norman Finkelstein who believe that the Holocaust has been exploited to further the Zionist cause, the fact remains that in our world, the Holocaust is trivialized more than anything else. Something perhaps more horrific than Holocaust denial. This is not to condemn Holocaust jokes because that attains nothing, but everyday approach people take to the atrocity in political discourse. Probably because so many genocides have been committed since then, without getting nearly as much attention. Perhaps this was why Elie Wiesel feared indifference more than hate. Hate, in his words, you could fight. Imagining the horrors of the Holocaust, how thrillingly secure it feels to be able to witness such a living hell and having the comfort that you are completely safe from it. How reassuring is this feeling that such a threat could possibly not threaten your life. Let’s just stop. You can’t even imagine. But the relics, the documentation and the haunting photographs from the not so distant past do leave you shaken. But I wonder how many times Elie Wiesel and thousands of other Holocaust survivors and their children would have woken up in the middle of the night, not being able to shake away the horrors of the death camps, the ovens, the gas chambers. Checking if they are still not on those horrible bunk beds by the corpses, still not required to shower together every morning. Because believe it or not, any day it could happen again. I could not help marvel at the irony that Elie Wiesel is leaving the world with antisemitism alive and well, but not without considerably retreating him. It is shocking how vulnerable Jewish people still are, despite “controlling the world” in some people’s view. I feel disgusted when I have to lecture someone on the basic morality of it. But I guess that is what his good fight was all about. A fight that all of us must fight. It’s the least we can do. Elie Wiesel is not just important as a literary figure, but because he left the empathy in the world for the Holocaust, its victims and its survivors. This day is important in history, because the most enduring living symbol of human resistance to inhumanity, to the Holocaust, is alive no more. Filed under: Commentary \| Tagged: Antisemitism, belief, concentration camp, creation, death, Elie Wiesel, eulogy, Germany, God, hell, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, hope, Hungary, Jewish history, Jews, Judaism, life, Nazi Germany, Nazism, Peace, religion, Shoah, The Trial of God, Third Reich, war, Zionism \| Leave a comment » Don’t Impose Freedom on Us Posted on January 20, 2015 by Haroon Riaz Source: The Nation We condemn Charlie Hebdo shooting, because no matter how we want to see the incident, it is hard to condone the killing of human beings, but… We don’t really support this insane idea of freedom of speech, wherever it came from. An idea that is against the very nature of human beings. Nature just does not work that way. That’s not the order that God has created. You know, it is appalling to see people in Muslim countries pretending to be liberals and secularists to please their Western masters to suppose that free speech is a universal human right. Even though our terrible governments have signed that meaningless document called the Universal Declaration of Human Rights presented in that phony organization called the United Nations. Totally worthless. Freedom of speech is not a universal right. Getting offended is a universal human right. It is our fundamental right to be offended and we will defend it, even if we have to kill for it. Or at least some of us among the angry, aggrieved people of the world could. And let us warn you that it could happen again. Yes, indeed, two billion people in the world would have no option but to kill one cartoonist after another if they keep on offending our feelings. Even if the instruments of their offense are nothing more than random lines on a paper. But you are not allowed to draw those lines. You are not allowed to cross that line. We can tolerate your words, but not sketches and caricatures. Actually, not even your words. No, free speech is no human right. Even though let us concede that we are momentarily using this very right to express this important idea. But we are only indulging in this great wrong to educate you about morality and ethics and to eradicate this ignorance from the world to make it a better place. Dear Western hypocrites, learn once and for all that we have a phobia of caricatures, so stop exploiting our weakness. Also, we have a strong phobia of being criticized. So stop doing that too. And last, but not the least, just shove this idea of free speech up your asses. We want to have nothing to do with it. There should be no free speech and yes, there should be restrictions. Humans don’t function properly without restrictions. Free speech cannot work with religion anyway. But still we want just enough freedom of speech to deny the Holocaust, which by the way never happened and six million Jews were actually abducted by their secret alien antichrist Meshiach to blame it on Adolf Hitler, the real messiah. Even though he would have thrown Arabs and Muslims in concentration camps too, if he could. But who cares, at least he killed many of them and left a few to tell us why he was doing so, may God be pleased with him. Or would you allow us to use the N word for blacks, K word for Jews and F word for gays, would you? Enough of your hypocritical Islamophobic bigotry. We strongly urge you to stop drawing cartoons again, or we will become offended again. And when we get offended, you know what happens. Stop imposing freedom on us. We just want enough to destroy a little that we are left with. Filed under: Articles, Commentary \| Tagged: caricatures, cartoons, Charlie Hebdo, free speech, freedom, freedom of expression, freedom of speech, fundamental rights, getting offended, Holocaust, impose, Islam, Islamophobia, JeSuisCharlie, Muslims, politics, Prophet Muhammad, religion, West \| Leave a comment » Not Glorifying Guns Anymore Source: The Guardian It has been a couple of weeks, but I have been meaning to write this about Harvey Weinstein’s interview with my most favorite radio personality on Earth, Howard Stern. Now Howard has this way which makes it comfortable for people to talk to him. I mean if you are looking for a person who you would have Hillary Clinton talk to about her first orgasm, he is what you are looking for. I am not going to put down the transcript, you can listen to the interview embedded below, but here is what he said. He said that he should not be saying this (rightly so), but he was going to do a film after which the NRA would wish they were not alive. Now curiously, Howard asked him, is it a documentary, which to me, makes the entire point of this post, that I am going to make rather more vulgarly and explicitly. In another absolutely stupid, and even worse statement later, he claimed that he would not be producing films glorifying guns anymore. Even worse he agreed with his right wing critics. (Oh, there goes the Warsaw ghetto uprising project out of the window, not!) What does a film producer look like when he turns into a political activist? A lot of conservative pro-gun commentators have criticized him for this statement, which I respect, with Sen. Ted Cruz even calling him a hypocrite (a bit too harsh in my opinion), but my problem with it is for a different reason. It does not matter to me if Harvey is pro or anti gun. I don’t give a fuck about that. My problem is that he is making a film to send out this anti gun message. I am just curious how he would do that. And I am a little disappointed because I am a huge fan of the wonderful films he has produced over the years. I wouldn’t write this if I were not. I have tremendous respect for Weinstein and I know my opinion probably does not even matter here, but here is what I think about it. I just don’t like hearing those words from a man who knows so much about making films. But perhaps he just went with it in the whim of the moment though his later statement suggested otherwise, but as much as I respect him, my respect for him as an artist has gone way down. Though I hate to even admit it to myself. Let’s just say I disagree. He said he should not be saying this, but now I am rather glad he did. Things like these should ruin a filmmaker’s reputation, but people don’t pay attention. Now here is this fine line. Telling a story does not necessarily exclude it from being propaganda. And full of reinforcement of political views. You know, 12 Angry Men, To Kill a Mocking Bird, Dead Man Walking, All Quiet on the Western Front, Lincoln, Delta Force, the list goes on and on. And I admit, that film has historically always been at the heart of political propaganda, but I deeply despise and detest that. I simply cannot respect that as someone who writes stories myself, no mater how much I persuade myself. Making anti Nazi films is a political view too. But you can just tell the story. You cannot expect people to adopt your political views by hearing them. I mean I know a lot of people who would still hate Jews and love the Nazis after watching a Holocaust film. Why? Because they are assholes. But all you can do is tell a story. Some of you may not be able to separate art from propaganda, but you can. Art cannot be neutral, nothing is neutral. But art is open. You are telling a story, you are not telling people what to do. Martin Scorsese tells the story of Jordan Belfort in The Wolf of Wall Street. He is not Michael Moore and it is not his business to tell people that capitalism is evil. He only tells them how this guy ended up. The End. You fade the fuck out. Here is the problem. Why is it that Weinstein thinks that people would really have any change of heart after watching this film? Because really, it is their own fucking business. Has he conducted a survey of how many people disapproved of slavery after watching Django Unchained, or how many people have changed their minds about how much organized religion can mess a person’s life after watching Philomena, or maybe that George VI was not such an idiot after all after watching The King’s Speech? OK, a lot of people must have stopped hating people with AIDS after watching Philadelphia or Dallas Buyers Club, or would have started sympathizing with Hitler after watching Der Untergang? But what does that even prove? Then maybe people pissed at Django Unchained were right. though I don’t even recall what their outrage was about, it was so stupid. Really, is this his concept of what film is meant to do and what filmmaking and telling stories is about? That sounds to me like Republicans saying that people become violent due to video games when explaining mass shootings. Who knows. Maybe both of them are right. Maybe I am wrong on this. Maybe we should go back to the time when the films were censored and cut out and not rated. Maybe there really are things that people are supposed to see and those that they are not supposed to see. Maybe moral conservatism and moral policing have all the answers to the problems of the world. Maybe there should be a department of enforcing righteousness and forbidding evil as the Islamic Sharia prescribes. Yes, I would twist this statement to this point, because this is precisely what it is about, whether you admit it or not. That is up to you. I just think Harvey Weinstein should have been the last person saying that. Someone like Cher or Mia Farrow or Meryl Streep or Jon Stewart would make more sense. I mean, sure you can make a film telling the story of the Aurora shooting incident in Colorado. That would make a great and moving film actually, but doing it specifically to destroy the NRA or achieve some other political goal or lobbying leverage would not help your cause as an artist. Why not make a fucking documentary about it? Or perhaps that kind of lobbying content is just a repulsive idea for a storyteller, no strings attached. People know shootings are terrible. They know what happened. They know it is a bad thing. They saw it on the news. They are not stupid. The pro-gun folks will still remain pro-gun. The anti-gun folks will remain anti-gun. Those who think killing people is a good idea would most likely still think it is a good idea. Mass shootings will still take place. But taking guns away to prevent them is not a bad argument. It may sound like making too much fuss about nothing to some, but hey, if I rubbed shoulders with him, I would break his balls real time for that. I read somewhere that Louis B. Mayer was upset with Billy Wilder for making Sunset Blvd, one of the best films ever made in history or at least Hollywood’s best, because it showed Hollywood in a bad light (what an idiot), but someone should be genuinely upset at Harvey for this statement. Sadly, only pro gun conservatives were. And probably the anti gun liberals would have trashed them for that. But everyone missed what the statement was about, because many of them probably believe that too anyway. Therefore, the condemnations of films like The Wolf of Wall Street, Django Unchained, La Voie lactée, The Last Temptation of Christ and Passion of the Christ and many many more elsewhere. To me, it is beyond being liberal or conservative. It’s just stupid. Also, Harvey, I am all for Jews with guns (hey, why, Germany was a peaceful country), I actually prefer them with guns, as in Israel, as it could have avoided, or at least delayed the Holocaust. And will prevent them getting attacked from all sides today. Remember Yom Kippur War? (OK, maybe my pacifism has had a little reality check) But what I am not for is a Jewish girl avenging her family by setting a theater on fire full of a crowd of innocent German families, despite being Nazis, and having soldiers shoot the hell out of them? Alright, there were criminal Nazi generals in there too and I don’t mind interfering in her brand of justice, but what the heck. But what is that for a message you are sending out to the audience, since you think your films have such a massive political impact. It’s a spectacular, funny climax scene, I know, gotta love Tarantino, but from your understanding, it sends out a bad message to the kids supposed to hate guns. Doesn’t it? Did what I just said about this scene sound stupid to you? It does? Well, I don’t blame you. Maybe Ted Cruz was right about him after all. Well, Harvey Weinstein is not half as close to his honesty or understanding about propaganda as Goebbels, but maybe he is getting there. But my brother just said to me. Don’t take him seriously. He was on Howard Stern. I just cannot. Filed under: Commentary, Videos \| Tagged: art, conservative, Django Unchained, education, film, Goebbels, guns, Harvey Weinstein, Hollywood, Holocaust, Howard Stern, Inglorious Basterds, Jews, liberal, morality, Nazi, NRA, politics, propaganda, radio, statement, story, storytelling, Ted Cruz \| Leave a comment » What Made Hitchens So Cool Christopher Hitchens (1949-2011) Source: The Times In one word what made Christopher Hitchens so cool was his courage. It’s a word easily taken for granted, often involving violent connotations. But in Hitchens’ case, the courage was far more relevant and greater than any soldier with a gun could ever muster. I speak as one who did not admire Hitchens for his politics and warmongering, becoming an advocate of the American war machine in the latter years. But as a great admirer of him for his eloquence, oratory and his clarity of thought and action on freedom of speech, secularism and raising arguments that no one would dare go near to. The kind of single-minded commitment which looked even like fanaticism to some, and at times, probably rightly so, I don’t know. In his journalistic career, I consider his work on Mother Teresa to be probably the most important one. Well everybody knows how peace loving Henry Kissinger is, but questioning the moral integrity of Mother Teresa was really something unheard of. If I ever would have met Hitchens, I would most certainly have sincerely congratulated him on that effort. But not only that. Christopher Hitchens was one of the most outspoken British journalists to have supported author Salman Rushdie during the Satanic Verses fatwa affair in 1988. As a matter of fact, he was one of the leading names to offer him support when everyone was reluctant. While that may not sound unpleasant to the Western ears, his support for controversial British historian David Irving which attracted much criticism. While Holocaust Denial, a ridiculous history view which nevertheless deserves independent inquiry from scientific minds, is associated with Antisemitism, Hitchens, who supported David Irving’s right to his opinion is said to have some part of Jewish ancestry himself. Now these are the opinions which would earn you a lot of enemies, let alone followers and admirers, but at the same time it was what he thought was right in consistency with the principles of freedom of speech. Why shut certain people up and if there claims are so ridiculous, why not scrutinize them and let them be humiliated. And boy, was Hitchens great at the art of humiliating, aka the hitchslap. As a matter of fact, we do need people who must stand up for freedom of speech no matter how politically incorrect or offending it may sound. The kind of freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution is the one that is the natural right of every human being. It’s pretty much physics as you cannot prevent someone from thinking and speaking in a certain way. Probably that is why humans feel empowered by trying to repress the rights of others like them. Now that is power. That is control. That is government. Challenging existing accepted moral standards and dogma was what made Christopher Hitchens so cool. And we all know his views on religion. He called himself an antitheist. It’s all outrageous to many, but well, that is what is different and most unique about him. The idea behind “God is not Great” is certainly not his originally, as he himself and other New Age Atheist scholars would acknowledge that it has been around for centuries, but his battle with the conventions certainly was. This is what made him stand out, for better or for worse. For not apologizing to those who called him an apologist. The most important lesson from Christopher Hitchens is to question everything. And that nothing is sacred enough, if at all, to be immune to it. So what is that one thing that you would have said to Christopher Hitchens on his birthday had he been alive? Not sure about all of you, but I would have suggested him to smoke cigars instead of cigarettes. Perhaps he would have lived longer had that been the case. Here’s Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech Christopher Hitchens on Freedom of Speech, again Filed under: Commentary, Videos \| Tagged: Antisemitism, blasphemy, Christopher Hitchens, David Irving, education, First Amendment, freedom of speech, hate speech, Henry Kissinger, hitchslap, Holocaust, Holocaust Denial, human rights, Jewish, Mother Teresa, politics, questioning, religion, Salman Rushdie, smoking \| 2 Comments »	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418947
__label__cc	0.622589	0.377411	While You Were Gone by iloveronald by iloveronald The next two days went by like a blur. When Ginny had said everything was taken care of, she had obviously been lying. Hermione found herself spending most of her time in florists going over table arrangements with Luna whist Ginny tackled the more "serious" task of helping Harry and Ron and Neville with their wardrobe. Hermione still couldn't shake the feeling that Helena's sudden pregnancy seemed not only strange, but highly convenient. Helena knew that Hermione and Ron had a son, and the fact that she hadn't yet told Ron about it sent a shock to her core. Unfortunately, with the wedding coming up fast and all that was left to be done Hermione didn't have time to confront Helena. In fact, she hadn't even seen her since that horrible night at the cafe. "This one looks ok," Luna said as she pointed at a bizarre display of foliage. Hermione shook her head, "Luna, I don't think that one's for decoration," she said plainly, "I think we should just stick with this one," she said as she pointed at a beautiful display of lily’s and other assorted flowers, "it's seems only fitting since they share the same name as Harry's mum," Luna nodded, "ok. That one's nice too I suppose," she sighed as she continued to stare fondly at the bizarre foliage display. Hermione laughed as she walked over to the counter to confirm the order. After Hermione and Luna finished their errands, Hermione bid Luna farewell and made her way over to Ron’s place to meet with Ginny. As she had never been there before she had to stop occasionally to ask her wand to point her in the right direction. Of course, It would have been easier to apparate but she wasn't in the mood to get splinched. Finally after a few wrong turns she arrived on Merlin Ave and searched for a building with a number showing so she could figure out weather to go up or down the street. After what seemed like forever she found herself standing outside what looked like a hotel building. She double checked the number on the piece of parchment Ginny had given her earlier that morning, it matched the number on the door so she was definitely in the right place. She shrugged her shoulders and made her way inside. She followed the red carpet to the front desk and rang the bell. She looked around as she waited and noticed that this particular hotel was first class. It looked like something out of Lifestyles of the Wizarding Famous. She was admiring the ornate detail on the pillars when a puff of smoke appeared from behind the desk causing her scream with fright. Once the smoke had cleared it revealed a smartly dressed young man who gave a little bow. "Terribly sorry to frighten you madam.” he said politely, “how may I help you?” Hermione took a moment to compose herself before answering, "Um, I'm here to see Ronald Weasley please," The young man eyed her a little before he picked up the receiver to what looked like some kind of phone device. "Name please?" he asked in monotone, "Hermione Granger," The young man almost dropped the receiver but recovered it quickly and tapped the device with his wand. He continued to sneak curious glances at Hermione as he waited for an answer. After a long and uncomfortable silence the Concierge cleared his throat and spoke into the receiver. "Sorry to disturb you but I have a Ms Granger here at the front desk requesting visitation," he nodded his head as he listened to what must have been Ron's voice on the other end, "Very well then, goodbye." He put the receiver down and handed something to Hermione, "Mr Weasley occupies the Penthouse suit," He pointed toward the elevator on his right, "This device will allow you up." Hermione thanked him and made her way to the elevator. It seems Ron was doing pretty well for himself; she smiled as she got in, entered the device into the slot and pushed the button. She thought about how uncomfortable Ron use to be about not having much money when they were at Hogwarts. She remembered the lobby downstairs and laughed to herself. Obviously money was no longer an issue for Ron. When the elevator reached the floor its doors slid open Hermione peeked out into what looked like the beginnings of a living room. “Hello?” she called out curiously, not entirely sure she was in the right place. "Ron’s not here.” Hermione jumped in surprise as she noticed Helena leaning casually on a nearby wall “he just left with Harry and Ginny as you were coming up,” she said with that smug look on her face, “What…why?” Hermione stuttered. “Because I told them you called to say you were running late and would meet them at Harry’s later,” Helena said simply as she smiled sweetly. Hermione’s eyes widened, “You did what?” she said heatedly, “are you mad? Why did you do that?” Helena shook her head, “Oh no Hermione, I’m not mad. I’m finally thinking logically,” she poked her temple repeatedly with her index finger, “You see, I thought if you left again without saying goodbye then that would be the end,” she closer toward Hermione, eyeballing her madly, “but I know now that even when you are absent you are still around this place,” she moved back and waved her arms franticly, “just look around, there are pictures of you everywhere,” Then suddenly without warning Helena bolted past Hermione toward the bookshelf. She picked up a framed picture, “look!” she ran back and brandished it in Hermione’s face, “That’s you isn’t it?” she demanded. Hermione raised her eyebrow; clearly this woman had a few screws loose upstairs. She looked at the picture and was instantly transported back to her days at Hogwarts. The little girl waving at her in-between her two male friends was a distant memory. It was from first year, she remembered, before they left Hogwarts for summer break. “Yeah, it’s me.” Hermione said plainly, “so what? That was a long time ago Helena,” “Don’t try to fool me Hermione,” Helena said slamming the picture on the table, “I know what you’re playing at and it’s not going to work.” “Hah!” Hermione laughed sarcastically, “look who’s talking. If anyone is playing games here Helena, it’s you. How could you lie to Ron about being pregnant when-” “who say’s it’s a lie?” Helena interrupted suddenly, “what makes you think I’m not?” she asked snidely. Hermione stared at her blankly. It was all she could do to wish silently that Helena was nothing but a big fat liar. She couldn’t bare to believe that someone as evil and manipulative could nurse a child, let alone Ron’s. “so…is it…is it true then?” Hermione asked, her voice merely a whisper. “Oho, of course its true Hermione, why in the world would I make something like that up?” Helena answered as she patted Hermione’s shoulder in pity, “I know you want to desperately believe there’s still a chance between you and Ron, but let’s be real here, you blew it when you skipped out of here with your pathetic excuses,” she shook her head sadly, “It’s my turn now so you’re just going to have to deal with that and move on,” she flashed her sweet smile causing Hermione’s inside’s to rage with anger. She had no idea how Ron could stand being in the same room as someone as unstable as Helena let alone take her on as a wife. “Look Helena,” Hermione said angrily as she picked up the photo frame and placed it safely back on the bookshelf, “No matter what happens, Ron and I still have a son together. So if you can’t deal with that like a normal human being, well then I guess it will be you that will have to move on.” With that, Hermione turned and charged past Helena toward the elevator and pushed the call button. “No!” Helena screamed causing Hermione to jump in fright, “Ron will never go back to you. I have already wasted time and energy into making him the man he is today and I will not let you and your frizzy hair ruin that, do you hear me!” Hermione stepped into the elevator and turned to face Helena, “Ron was fine the way he was before you came along. The fact that you’re trying to change him only confirms to me that you two obviously don’t belong together-” the doors of the elevator moved to close and Hermione put her hand to stop it, “-if you think for one second that I’m going to just stand by and let you get away with this Helena you are sadly mistaken. One way or another Ron will learn the truth about you and I just hope I am there when he finds out.” Hermione let go of the elevator door and watched Helena’s shocked expression as they slid closed. Hermione exhaled deeply as she leaned against the back of the elevator. She paused for a moment until slowly a broad smile came across her face. She felt happy for the first time since meeting Helena and as far as she was concerned nothing could change that. The lift arrived on the lobby floor and Hermione literally skipped out of the hotel with the big grin still plastered on her face. “Gin? Harry?” Hermione let herself into Harry and Ginny’s home using the spare key they had given her earlier that day. She was still feeling happy from her encounter with Helena she practically hummed as she made her way to the kitchen to grab a snack. She opened the fridge and leaned in, now moving her body in a slow dance motion to the tune she was humming as she contemplated what she could possibly snack on. She didn’t notice Ron when he walked into the kitchen. He smiled as he watched her bop away to the random tune she was humming. He loved the way she moved when she danced. He remembered how he would always catch her doing little dance moves when she was walking about the Burrow when they were dating many years ago. She was beautiful then and still beautiful now. Ron felt his face turn red at that thought and quickly cleared his throat causing Hermione to drop the jar of pickles she was retrieving from the fridge. “Ron!” she gasped in shock, “you scared me! What are you doing here?” she asked as she pulled out her wand and knelt down to clean up the mess she had made. “Careful,” Ron said as he moved closer and bent down beside her, “there are some sharp pieces of glass there, you don’t want to cut yourself,” he said calmly as he gently grabbed Hermione’s hand to move it away from the glass. For a moment they knelt there, Hermione’s little hand in Ron’s manly ones. They began to stand upright slowly, still hand in hand the broken glass forgotten in-between them. “I’m sorry I scared you,” Ron whispered softly, “I didn’t mean too,” “It’s ok,” Hermione said as she blushed, “I’m kinda glad you did.” Ron cleared his throat again. He couldn’t understand why being so close to Hermione was making him so nervous. He could feel his cheeks starting to turn pink. “Hermione, I…I came here to talk to you. There are things I need to know, to ask you.” He looked her deep in her eyes, “I have some burning questions that need some answers.” Hermione nodded slowly, she had been expecting this. Granted she thought Ron would be angrier or upset but this kind, gentle Ron she welcomed thankfully. Ron grabbed Hermione’s other hand in his and squeezed them gently, “I’m not mad at you Hermione,” he said strongly, “it’s really important to me for you understand that.” “I understand your not mad anymore Ron,” Hermione answered softly, “I just don’t understand why?” she shook her head sadly, “I know I hurt you when I left Ron. Not a day goes by that I regret the decision I made that day, but I can’t go back. If I could take it all back I would but-” Ron held his finger over Hermione’s lip, “shhhhh,” he whispered, causing Hermione’s heart to melt a little, “let’s not get into that right now,” he moved his hand to brush her cheek gently, “Just tell me one thing, did you ever think of me when you were away?” “Everyday” she whispered without batting an eyelid, “Everyday,” “Then why?” Ron asked, his voice still gentle, “why did you leave me?” he paused, “was there someone else?” Hermione looked away, she wasn’t sure if now was the right time to tell Ron about Julian. But he was in such a good mood, maybe he would understand her reasoning for leaving, even if it was selfish at the time. “Hermione?” Ron tilted his head, his hands became stiff, “is that why you left? Because of someone else?” “Ron, please, I-” “Did you stop loving me?” Ron interrupted, his eyes becoming more intense, “is that why you left?” Hermione shook her head as she let go of Ron’s hands and bent down to clean up the forgotten mess. “Ron there’s more to it then that, I-” “Just yes or no Hermione,” Ron grabbed Hermione’s hand again and lifted her upward to face him, “that’s all I want to know.” Hermione blinked nervously, “I…I’m not sure I can-” RING, RING Hermione and Ron both jumped at the sound of a piercing ring that was echoing throughout the kitchen, Ron put his hands over his ears, “WHAT IS THAT?” he yelled as Hermione rifled through her purse for the offending device, “It’s a mobile phone Ron,” Hermione said as pulled it out of her bag, “my parents gave it to me for emergen-” she paused as her face turned pale, “I have to take this call, excuse me” she dashed past Ron and into the hallway where she flipped open the phone, “Hello? Mum, what is it? What’s wrong” Hermione demanded “Hermione, you need to come quickly. Julian has had an accident,” Mrs Granger sounded distraught, “we think it might be something of a magical nature and we're not sure what to do" Hermione began to panic, "Oh my goodness, what happened?" she rushed back into the kitchen past Ron again and grabbed her purse off the bench. "We're not really sure.” Mrs Granger answered, “One minute he was fine and the next he was lying spread-eagled on the floor." Hermione stopped in her tracks, "On the floor? What do you mean on the floor?" she rushed into the living room and searched franticly for some floo powder. “Mum, Is he still breathing? “Yes Hermione, he’s breathing, but just faintly. You need to come now.” "Wait, just don't do anything, I'll be there soon." She snapped the phone shut and continued to search for the floo powder, "Come on, where is the damn floo powder" she mumbled to herself, her mind running a hundred miles an hour as she silently prayed her son was ok. Ron had followed her to the living room and was now standing by the couch, "Hermione? Is everything ok?" She continued searching, "No Ron everything is not ok, I need to leave right now! Do you know where Harry keeps the floo powder?” Ron reached up to grab the pot of powder that was sitting on one of the shelve and handed it to her, "Hermione, you need to calm down," Hermione's eyes widened, if only he knew, "Calm down? I will not calm down. I have to go, Julian needs me." She knew that as soon as she said his name it was a mistake. Ron became stiff, "Julian? who the hell is Julian?" Hermione didn’t have time for this right now, her son was in trouble and that was all she could think about. She grabbed a handful of floo powder and walked into the fireplace, “I’m sorry Ron, I don’t have time to explain, I have to go,” "So is that why you left before Hermione? Because of this Julian person?" Hermione looked him sadly in the eyes, "Yes Ron, Julian was the reason I left. Now let me go, he needs me." The words stung sharply in Ron’s heart, he stumbled away from the fireplace as he watched Hermione disappeared behind the green flames. A/N: Firstly 1000 apologies for the long delay in getting this chapter up! I’ve been so busy in a new role at work that I haven’t had time to do anything!! Once again, please (x1000) post a review; it is what keeps me going! Criticism welcome also as it is all about the readers, so if you’re not happy about something…let me know! Again a big huge thanks to Mandi for being the beta on this chapter again! You are still a star!!!	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418948
__label__cc	0.7178	0.2822	Interdisciplinary team implements FluFIT program at Moffitt March 8, 2019 \| COPH Home Page Feed, Featured News, Monday Letter, PRC, Programs, Take Note! March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month The USF College of Public Health’s (COPH) Florida Prevention Research Center (FPRC) in collaboration with Moffitt Cancer Center finished the second year of their FluFIT program to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates specifically using the fecal immunochemical test (FIT). CRC is the second leading cause of cancer death in the US. Most of these deaths could be prevented with routine screening. FIT is the least invasive, least expensive form of screening involving a take-home kit with instructions on collecting a stool sample. During analysis, if blood is found there may be colon polyps or early stage CRC and a follow-up colonoscopy is scheduled. In the FluFIT program, it has been shown that distributing the take-home FIT kits during the annual flu vaccine process increases CRC screening rates, thus the name FluFIT. “When you opt for the FIT instead of the more invasive colonoscopy, you will have to do the FIT annually. Typically the flu vaccine is also done annually, so the FluFIT program is a way of pairing them up so that you can get them done at the same time,” said Dr. Dinorah Martinez Tyson, alumna and assistant professor of community and family health at the COPH. The FluFIT kit (stock photo). In 2016, the FPRC’s Community Advisory Board selected working with employers as one of the ways to reach individuals over the age of 50 who are at a higher risk for developing colorectal cancer. As a collaborator with Moffitt in the past years, the FPRC team reached out to Debra Cheek, Moffitt wellness coordinator, to talk about the FluFIT program. Moffitt team members are required to get the flu vaccine annually so they do not expose patients with compromised immune systems to the virus. “The first time we met with Debra, we discussed ideas about promoting CRC screening and with the support of Linda Muñoz, director of benefits & wellness, they were ready to offer this new program,” said Tali Schneider, alumna and deputy director at the FPRC. An interdisciplinary team then formed a committee to design and develop the process, promotions and educational tools. Along with FPRC and Moffitt Wellness Program, the committee included the expertise of the following departments at Moffitt: health outcomes and behavior program, enterprise Imaging, GI tumor MMG, human resources, microbiology, occupational health, public relations, strategic marketing and the team member medical clinic. Drs. Clement Gwede and Cathy Meade, health outcomes faculty members, were also very supportive of this initiative and played a critical role in the development of eligibility forms, educational materials, in-services, and recruitment of volunteer interns who assisted with the distribution process. Some members of the FluFIT team from left to right: Dr. Cathy Meade, Debra Cheek, Marie Massaro, LouAnn Campbell and Tali Schneider. (Photo courtesy of Schnieder) “We worked almost a year on a monthly basis, but as we got closer to the start date, we met every other week,” Martinez Tyson said, “It was a true interdisciplinary effort that connected all the dots and put all the pieces into one puzzle.” “While the FluFIT program has mainly been implemented in health care systems, such as community clinics, as far as we know, this is one of the first times the FluFIT has been implemented in the worksite setting,” Schneider said. The FIT kits along with the flu vaccine were distributed through the months of September and October in both 2017 and 2018. FIT kits were only distributed to individuals who met eligibility, meaning they were at average risk to develop CRC, had not had a colonoscopy within the past 10 years and had not had a FIT screening within the last year. A more detailed questionnaire, including family history, was also provided during the flu vaccine process to further determine eligibility. “The FluFIT program has been very successful – the process was very easy to understand and offered our team members an option to complete a cancer screening in the comfort of their own home. Participants were also able to earn the wellness reward incentive, a medical premium discount for completing this cancer screening,” Cheek said. “For the last two years approximately 250 kits per year were distributed and there were 11 abnormal results overall. One of our team members who had been diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer was our ‘poster child for poop’. She is very popular and well respected, so her testimonial encouraged others to get the screening done. Many of our executive team members also participated and helped to promote the program.” FPRC team members at a wellness fair hosted at Moffitt Cancer Center promoting colorectal cancer screening. From left: Manuel Mayor, Aldenise Ewing, Laura Okoli, and Dr. Claudia Parvanta. (Photo courtesy of FPRC) Those who tested positive were then able to schedule colonoscopies and arrange for further testing. Both Schneider and Cheek said that during a follow-up evaluation satisfaction survey, most team members were very pleased and stated that “If it weren’t for the FluFIT program, they wouldn’t have gotten screened for colorectal cancer.” Through their efforts, the interdisciplinary team won a Spirit of Moffitt Team Award and based on the results, the program is being institutionalized and will be offered annually. “The FluFIT program has set the stage for other cancer screenings and outcome-based programs that benefit our team members at Moffitt. Thanks to the committee members who made this possible and to the participants who took advantage of this new program!” Cheek said. Story by Caitlin Keough, USF College of Public Health Tags: colonoscopy, colorectal cancer, colorectal cancer screening, community engagement, Debra Cheek, Dinorah Martinez-Tyson, flu vaccine, FluFIT, FPRC, interdisciplinary, Linda Munoz, Moffitt Cancer Center, Moffitt Wellness Program, Spirit of Moffitt Team Award, Tali Schneider	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418954
__label__cc	0.606587	0.393413	Retail out of the box STOrai Magazine 30 Nov 2019, 09:00 — 6 min read Background: The future of retail has arrived—retail as a service (RaaS). With its many benefits the new model is a clear win for all the stakeholders—the consumers, the brands and the retailers. For all the talk of ‘the death of physical retail’, it has become clear that brick-and-mortar retail isn't dead as majority of sales still happen there. Today, consumers are offered the same brands over and over in all retail destinations making the shopping journey often very predictable and mundane. In parallel, we are in the era when many of the coolest brands offering innovative products are starting online and being discovered on social media. How do they deliver a physical store experience to enable consumers to touch their products without having to invest in long lease real estate, operations and stocks needed to support an entire physical store? Thanks to ‘necessity—the mother of invention’, a new model in retailing has evolved successfully to make this possible. RaaS (Retail as a Service) model, enables any brand to go offline quickly with minimum investment by renting a ready-to-retail space available on short lease periods at prime retail locations. Ready to retail Welcome to the new concept in retailing—the RaaS (Retail as a Service) model, much like the SaaS (Software as a Service) model. This enables any brand to be able to go offline quickly with minimum investment by renting a ready-to-retail space available on short lease periods at prime retail locations. A typical ready-to-retail space offers highly flexible fixtures, signage, lighting, Wi-Fi, point-of-sale hardware, a dedicated staff, tech-enabled phygital product info and experience devices supported with data capture, and insightful analytics dashboards. Also read: Flourish or vanish Big box rebooted Fourpost, the brainchild of Mark Ghermezian, opened its first ready to- retail store called Studio Store at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, offering space to about 30 brands ranging from 50 - 100 sq. ft. in short term six-month and one-year lease terms priced at around $3,000. Curated brands like Baubles and Bobbies, Mend Jewellery, Still Kickin’, Julia Knight and Namakan Fur were able to successfully set up their retail presence in this premium mall, by being present in the Studio Store, which normally would be way out of their budget. The store offers an innovative department store experience offering a highly dynamic brand portfolio in a compulsive touch and tech-enabled environment. Probably, this is the future rebooted concept of the declining department store format. Also read: It's about the story Curated fashion studio Restore, the creation of Selene Cruz, opened its first outlet in San Francisco’s Tony Union Square to offer trendy and difficult to find, online brands in an immersive, experiential and instagrammable retailspace. Brands pay as little as $350 per month as well as a 20% commission. The store also features community workspace for start-up fashion entrepreneurs to work and interact with customers. The Re:store outlet based on the Retail as a Service concept in Tony Union Square, San Francisco Today, the store offers an exciting updated portfolio of fashion, beauty, home and wellness brands. Customers get to shop for well-known brands like Sézane, & Other Stories, Sleepy Jones and Mansur Gavriel, alongside new ones, like The Line by K, Boyish and Feals. Un-boxed phygitally Anec. (pronounced as Anec dot), creation of Inspired Kinematics in Bengaluru, is a compact readyto- retail concept that helps online and start-up lifestyle brands to connect with their consumers in an experiential retail format delivered through touch and tech. The first store, a first of its kind in India, was set up three months back in a footprint of 90 sq. ft. at the popular Forum Neighborhood Mall. It features trending styles of crafted fashion footwear offered by the brand VAPH. Bengaluru based Anec. (pronounced as Anec dot) is India's first ready-to-retail store The store has a combination of RFID, imaging and digital technology to help present curated offerings in a phygital environment that enables frictionless trial, informed decision making, payment and purchase analytics. This ready-to-retail store has delivered a strong traction of over 1500 walk-ins since it opened. The RaaS model is quickly gaining ground as it is has shown promising results in delivering value to all its stakeholders—the consumer, the retailer and the brands. Consumers get to engage experientially with new brands offering different and differentiated products during every visit to the store. For retailers, the burden of expensive long lease real estate, operations and stocks cost can be eased to short lease, intelligent compact spaces that deliver viable businesses. Brands get to build awareness and stronger relationships with their core customers, while testing, measuring, iterating and improving their retail strategies affordably. It’s clearly a win-win-win for all. Also read: Employee Experience and Customer Experience: Two sides of the same coin Article by Surender Gnanaolivu published in STOrai Magazine. Surender Gnanaolivu has an experience of over two decades in Retail Strategy, Store Design, Planning & Development, Visual Merchandising, Roll-out Management, Retail Audits, and Training working with some of India's best retail brands. He is currently a Sr Retail Experience Consultant. Retailers Association Of India / Mumbai, India STOrai Magazine / Publication Retailers Association Of India / Mumbai, India View STOrai 's profile Other articles written by STOrai Magazine Inside the BigBasket XXL Growth Taking stock of retail predictions for 2019 Want to read more on Retail?	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418955
__label__wiki	0.818859	0.818859	Rough the Skunk Metal Virus Incomplete Articles, Villains, Video Game Characters, Badniks Sonic the Hedgehog #1 Egg Hammer Military troop and worker Color: Orange, Gray, Yellow, White, and Light Blue Eyes: Light Blue Political Alignment and Abilities The Egg Pawn is a line of Badnik created by Dr. Eggman to serve as his primary robot forces in his efforts to conquer the world. The War and its Aftermath Egg Pawns and Death Egg Robot sentinels stalking the town. After mercenary duo Rough the Skunk and Tumble the Skunk liberated a town from Badniks and subsequently conquered it for themselves near the end of the war between the Eggman Empire and the Resistance, Egg Pawns and Death Egg Robot sentinels began stalking said town. (StH: #3) After Sonic the Hedgehog managed to defeat Dr.Eggman in their previous encounter, the doctor disappeared. However, his robot forces remained and continued to attack without a leader. Among these robots were the Egg Pawns. Eventually, the Egg Pawns came under the control of Neo Metal Sonic, who made them and their fellow Badniks more cohesive. (StH: #1, #7) Under Neo Metal Sonic's Command A group of Egg Pawns threaten a town citizen. In one town, the Egg Pawns arrived as part of a group of robots to cause destruction. One of the civilians who was wielding a Wispon attempted to fend off some Egg Pawns to save a group of civilians, but one of the Egg Pawns easily knocked him down. Sonic the Hedgehog appeared just in time to save the brave young man and easily defeated the small group of Egg Pawns. After Sonic and Tails started overcoming the horde of robots, the robots attempted to escape the town, so while Sonic took care of the remaining Egg Hammer, Tails closed one of the town's gates just in time to prevent the robots from leaving, which caused them to crash into the gate and get destroyed. (StH: #1) Egg Pawns being deployed from inside a Blowfish Transporter. Soon after, another town was attacked by a Death Crab. Although it was stopped by the combined efforts of Sonic and Amy Rose, unbeknownst to them, it was only a decoy, as a Badnik army consisting of Egg Pawns and Egg Walkers invaded from the west. Although Sonic easily dispatched of a number of them, their sheer numbers quickly overwhelmed him as they made their way to the town square. Thanks to Amy Rose's directions, the Badniks that arrived there were quickly gunned down. Regardless, more Egg Pawns and Egg Walkers tried advancing into the town, but their numbers got so thinned out by Sonic and Amy, who came across and defeated a Blowfish Transporter dropping Egg Pawns, that the town's militia was able to handle them. (StH: #2) Not long after, Knuckles the Echidna destroyed at least one Death Egg Robot sentinel that was stalking earlier said town. The Egg Pawns that were previously with it as well as the other Death Egg Robot sentinel were nowhere to be seen. (StH: #3) The Egg Pawns inside the Buzz Bomber battleship. Eventually, Sonic entered the hometown of Tangle the Lemur, which was under attack from Badniks. In the sky above the town was a battleship variant of Buzz Bomber that was dropping badniks into the town, including Egg Pawns. When he entered, he came across some civilians wielding Burst Wispons against some Egg Pawns. After disposing of some of the Badniks, he came across Tangle the Lemur for the first time, who was taking out Egg Pawns as well. The two joined forces to dispose of more Egg Pawns, but then a giant variant of Moto Bug with a turret on its head and an Egg Pawn at the helm of its turret appeared and began shooting and destroying other Egg Pawns in an attempt to hit both Sonic and Tangle. Then another giant variant of Moto Bug without guns appeared, causing both Sonic and Tangle to be surrounded by the two giant badniks as well as more Egg Pawns. Just then, Blaze the Cat made an appearance and disposed of some of the Egg Pawns. After some introductions, the three teamed up to defeat all of the surrounding badniks including the battleship variant of Buzz Bomber that was dropping badniks into the town as well as its load of badniks. (StH: #4) Egg Pawns surround Sonic. A number of Egg Pawns were present when Sonic had boarded an Egg Fleet battleship with the help of Tails and the Tornado. When he encountered Neo Metal Sonic, a group of Egg Pawns were present with the Badnik ringleader. The two began fighting, and Neo Metal Sonic threw pieces of an Egg Pawn that he had accidentally destroyed at Sonic, which the hedgehog successfully dodged. Neo then commanded all of his Egg Pawns to attack Sonic, and they did so with Egg Spears and shields in hand, but Sonic disposed of them all. (StH: #7) The Egg Pawns is a humanoid robot based on Dr. Eggman. The typical Egg Pawn is primarily orange in color, with a round body and a dome-shaped head that come together in an egg-like shape. It also has blank light blue eyes, a sharp yellow nose, a wide glowing panel for a mouth, and black lower torso section. It also has thin black arms with thick orange forearm armor and black four-fingered hands. Their shoulders mostly consist of orange disks with flat white tops. Lastly, they have thin black legs with segmented, boot-like orange feet and yellow soles. An Egg Pawn fearlessly whacks a Cube Hammer from its wielder's hands. Basically, the Egg Pawn is a mindless and silent drone programmed to follow its leader's every command. As such, when left without a leader to follow, it becomes directionless and only able to cause harm by accident. Under a guiding force however, it is a cold and merciless machine who carries out their commands without question. Most Egg Pawns have no special abilities to speak of. Some, however, come equipped with arm cannons that can fire small laser blasts. The Egg Pawns' standard arsenal include lances named Egg Spears. They also occasionally carry shields. See also: Egg Hammer The Egg Hammer is a giant purple and red Super Badnik variant of the standard Egg Pawn. Being much more heavily armored and stronger than the typical Egg Pawn, this destructive juggernaut gets its name from the massive hammer that it wields in battle and can swing around with ease. See also: Flapper The Flapper is an aerial variant of the Egg Pawn. It looks similar to the Egg Pawn except that its arms and legs have been replaced with parts suitable for flight. Tangle the Lemur The Egg Pawn was based on the robot of the same name in the Sonic the Hedgehog video game series. Although it made its comic debut in Sonic the Hedgehog issue #1, it was unnamed in the comic until Sonic the Hedgehog issue #2. 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__label__cc	0.711679	0.288321	Little Hux Tales Find your next book here… The Essential Autistic Book List Queer & Here: The YA QUILTBAG List Reading Round Up Queer, A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele \| 1 Minute Reviews Here’s the thing: I’m queer in a number of ways. I’ve known I was attracted to multiple genders for a long time, but good old childhood shaming and being called “Lizzie the Lesbo” was enough for me to squash that side of me until I reached adulthood and eventually felt safe enough to think about it. I’ve known I was not a girl and not a boy either for my whole life, existing in the in-between and struggling with intermittent social and physical dysphoria. It was only in my late twenties that I started to find the words for this, having finally met other genderqueer, trans and nonbinary people. Part of my own coming out was through learning about queer politics, and in turn theory. But I’m going to be really honest with you here — I did not understand a lot of it. When I say understand, I don’t mean politically align with. I mean the language was so often complex, so very different from the English I speak or have heard throughout my life, that I would be thrown off entirely. There’s been discussions around this on Twitter, quite rightly pointing out that academic language can be alienating for people, particularly working class people who haven’t studied humanities. The amount of times I’ve had to google words like “hegemony” and “praxis” in order to understand a sentence are innumerable. The same thing has happened to me with feminist theory. I have tried quite a few times to read works by Nancy Fraser, or sections of Judith Butler’s writing, or even try and access philosophy through a beginner’s course, and I never managed to get very far. Until today. A few weeks ago, myself and Alice were walking through Soho, talking about the DIVA book conference she’d recently been to and how revelatory it was that an event devoted to queer female literature was not protested any more. We got onto the topic of Section 8, the problems of a discourse centring around “always knowing” about your own queer identity, and a few other connected topics. She mentioned Queer, A Graphic History to me, and I decided there in the rain in Soho that we would march to the bookshop and I’d buy it. I’m really pleased to say that having read Queer, A Graphic History I actually think I have a handle on theory! Barker takes the reader through the evolution of queer theory and the main contributors, right up to the present day and the futures directions of study that are developing. Thanks to Scheele’s wonderful illustrations, concepts are broken down simply, faces given to mysterious names and summarised quotes attributed to those faces. As I suspected, I knew a lot of these fundamentals of queer theory — intersectionality, gender perfomativity, the black feminists who correctly challenged much of the original white thinkers — but I didn’t have the faces, the names, the language behind the concepts. Never again will I shrink when I hear someone attribute a concept to Lacan or Foucault, because I now have a loose understanding of their positions and a Scheele portrait to put their name to. Barker has also provided a resources section at the back with accessible further reading on sexuality and gender, and queer theory, which is incredibly useful as so often I pick up a book and fall into the inaccessible language pit. Queer, A Graphic History is an informative, affirming, hopeful and essential read for anyone who wants to know more about queer theory, politics and activism. However, irrespective of your own identity, Queer is also a great introduction to examining binaries and biases in our daily lives and media. This is a thoughtful and powerful book to spend an afternoon reading and a lifetime acting upon. Interested? Get it here: Hive (UK) / Book Depository (Int) What to read next: Trans Like Me by C N Lester Queer, There and Everywhere by Sarah Prager Fun Home by Alison Bechdel Dr MEG-JOHN BARKER is a writer, therapist, and activist-academic specialising in sex, gender and relationships. Meg-John is a senior lecturer in psychology at the Open University and a UKCP accredited psychotherapist, and has over a decade of experience researching and publishing on these topics including the popular book Rewriting the Rules. @megjohnbarker JULIA SCHEELE is an illustrator, graphic facilitator and comic book artist. She runs One Beat Zines, a feminist zine collective and distributor. @juliascheele littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, graphic novels, LGBTQ, Non Fiction Leave a comment December 21, 2017 3 Minutes A Skinful of Shadows by Frances Hardinge \| 1 Minute Reviews I have been saving Frances Hardinge’s latest work for a couple of months, for a time when I could devote myself to this one book and immerse myself in her writing. While young adult novels as a genre are generally known for their fast pace, I feel Hardinge’s novels are more comparable with the pace of Pullman’s His Dark Materials. They are thoughtful, demanding of your attention, and absolutely wonderful. Hardinge is known for writing haunting young adult novels, often with a fascinating historical setting and many of you will likely have read Hardinge’s previous novel, The Lie Tree, which won the Costa Book award in 2016. I’m really pleased to say that A Skinful of Shadows is definitely in my top ten books of 2017. Set during the English Civil War with conflict raging between Royalists and Puritans, the novel follows a courageous young woman named Makepeace, who has spent the nights of her life in graveyards, training to keep out the ghosts under the firm instructions of her mother. Fixed with a fierce determination, her mother instills in Makepeace a need to practice setting her mind. But after the tragic death of her mother at a protest, vulnerable Makepeace finds her mind home to a recently murdered and very frightened Bear. Without her mother’s fierce protection, Makepeace’s prestigious family the Fellmottes come to take her to the family estate of Grizehayes. As she takes her place in the kitchens and befriends her half brother James, Makepeace learns the family secret that her mother tried to protect her from, the legacy of the Fellmottes. Determined to save themselves from their fates, James and Makepeace plan their escape. The Fellmottes reminded me quite a lot of the terrifying family in Gilded Cage by Vic James, and I think fans of either book would find a lot to like in the other. The story is rich, powerful, interwoven with the settings of the time as one haunted girl finds herself in the middle of a battlefield for England. A Skinful of Shadows is an spine-chilling tale of one girl and her bear, the underdogs against an all-powerful aristocratic family. I completely fell in love with this wonderful story, and urge everyone to go out and add it to their shelves. You will not be disappointed. In line with the paperback publication of A Skinful of Shadows in May next year, Hardinge’s publishers are also reissuing her previous novels in matching covers – yes I did do a big squeal, I love to matchy-matchy. On the 8th of February, you’ll be able to buy the new editions of Face Like Glass, Gullstruck Island, Twilight Robbert and Fly by Night; Cuckoo Song and The Lie Tree follow on the 22nd March. Sadly, they don’t seem to be re-releasing Verdigris Deep, but hoping that will change! Your shelves are going to look beautiful and filled with spookiness. I’m not going to pick up The Lie Tree as I’ve owned all three editions, including the stunning Chris Riddell illustrated hardback, and I am pretty sure I have another copy lurking around my house somewhere. I’ve been meaning to pick up her previous books this year, and now I have even more of an excuse! Get it here: Hive (UK) / Book Depository (Int) Gilded Cage by Vic James The Call by Peadar O’Guillin As I Descended by Robin Talley Thank you kindly to Pan Mac News for sending this copy out to me. littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, YA 2 Comments December 21, 2017 2 Minutes Witch for a Week by Kaye Umansky \| 1 Minute Reviews Some of my favourite stories come from the chapter books range, often known as 5-7 years in most bookstores. They’re so often silly and full of heart. I noticed as a bookseller the prominence of witchy books in this section – I had both The Worst Witch books by Jill Murphy and Pongwiffy by Kaye Umansky as a child, and while working Sibeal Pounder’s Witch Wars series was gaining traction. The latest in this trend is the first in a new series from Pongwiffy author Kaye Umansky. Witch for a Week is the story of Elsie Pickles who, after a chance encounter in her father’s shop, agrees to become a house-sitter for the magical home of local witch Magenta Sharp. Together with Nuisance the local stray and Corbett the curmudgeonly raven, Elsie must contend with a series of strange visitors and a mysterious package filled with love potion ingredients. Luckily, it appears that Elsie has a gift for magic, along with her knowledge of the Top Ten Rules of Customer Service. The illustrations by Ashley King are whimsical and brimming with character. I particularly love the depictions of the Howler Twins — I initially received an unillustrated proof copy and only after I finished the book did I come across the illustrations, which are spot on! Witch for a Week is a charming and very fun story about rising to challenges, capability and kindness. As the first book in a new series, children will be able to follow Elsie’s adventures exploring magic – with a new book due out in May 2018. And if your budding witch needs something to occupy them in the meantime, Umansky’s wonderful series Pongwiffy is being re-published, with the first book containing two stories out now. Sam Wu is NOT Afraid of Ghosts by Katie Webber and Kevin Tsang Witch Wars by Sibeal Pounder Sophie’s Adventures by Dick King Smith Thank you to Simon and Schuster for sending a copy over to me. littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, Children's Leave a comment December 21, 2017 1 Minute My Favourite Anthologies & Publishers to Watch\| Reading Round Up I love a well-curated anthology. There is nothing better than diving into a book that feels like a lucky dip of voices, many of whom you’ve never read before. I also love the flexibility you get with an anthology; only got 10 minutes, no problem! You can read a few poems, maybe even a whole short story or an essay in that time. They are the perfect commuter companion and excellent options for busy times like Christmas, when you want to grab some quiet time before you’re called away again. I leapt at the chance to create a series of anthologies at our micropublisher 3 of Cups Press. Our first, On Anxiety, launches in January and you can preorder it still through our website shop. There are more coming in later 2018 too – keep a particular eye out for February book fans! But until then, here are some of my favourites to keep you going! Also, a quick note, in writing this, I realised this quickly became a love letter for all the independent presses that I know and love, who you should throw some of your book money at in the coming year. These guys do fantastic work and I want them to stick around! Okay, let’s go. A Change is Gonna Come is the wonderful young adult anthology that features only BAME authors, created by the team at Stripes publishing. The book features twelve authors, contributing ten short fiction pieces and two poems. Change represents the future of publishing – voices that have been historically untapped, stories yet to be told. It is an absolutely divine book of exceptionally high quality, and not one of the stories felt like a duffer. I’ve actually read the anthology twice – once back in August when I was in the middle of Kickstarter hell, and just this last month so that I could refresh my mind. In particular, Aisha Bushby’s piece made me sob on my dog and Tanya Byrne’s Hackney Moon is just the most wonderful queer love story that I have ever read. I want more from all these authors immediately. Stripes and Little Tiger Press also produced the wonderful collection I’ll Be Home For Christmas last year, and in my opinion are a publisher to watch. Sliding over to non fiction, my first recommendation is The Good Immigrant is an award winning collection of essays from BAME people living in Britain, collated and edited by the wonderful Nikesh Shukla. This is an extremely timely collection about what it means to be an immigrant or a person of colour in the UK today. The collection includes 21 voices in essays covering their wide ranging experiences and perspectives. It is so difficult to say anything about The Good Immigrant that hasn’t already been said by many, many people. Believe the hype; this book is fantastic and essential reading for anyone living in the UK. From Nikesh Shukla and his wonderful agent Julia Kingsford, we now have The Good Journal, a quarterly literary magazine featuring BAME authors and artists, and The Good Literary Agency, launching in 2018. Did you know The Good Immigrant was published through Unbound, an independent publishing crowdfunding platform. They produce the most magical books and you must go check them out. I particularly recommend you check out Cut From the Same Cloth and A Country to Call Home, which are both still in the funding process. Check them out! It would be remiss of me to discuss anthologies without looking at Nasty Women, another stunning and award winning anthology released this year. What does it mean to be a woman in the 21st century? What does it mean to stand up against misogyny, racism and classism alongside sexism? Independent Scottish Publishers 404 Ink seek to answer this question in this excellent collection of essays and interviews from a number of brilliant women. Originally released as a Kickstarter that was 369% funded, the Nasty Women collection is now widely available, as is their first edition of the 404 Ink Literary Magazine, Error. The collection covers a wide range of topics – the feminist leanings of foraging, accountability in the punk scene, classism within the arts, the difficulty of living multiple racial identities, the struggle of loving Courtney Love. I feel that this collection would stand up well in a feminist starter pack of sorts, as we continue to gather around the rallying moniker of Nasty Women. Buy a copy for the young and old women in your life; there is something for everyone here, and while you’re at it, check out the other books and magazines produced by 404 Ink. For both Nasty Women and The Good Immigrant, every single essay made me pause for thought and I enjoyed reading a single article then setting the book aside, allowing them to settle in my mind. While this meant it took me longer to read these books, it allowed me the extra time to connect to the voices and their experiences. I’d like to add a quick recommendation for How Much the Heart Can Hold as well, a fiction anthology developed by Sceptre around the seven types of love, which they added a further story to by Phoebe Roy (also featured in Change) when the paperback was published. I enjoyed this immensely earlier this year, and have been in the process of seeking out works from the authors featured in the book. A great one to dip in and out of too. In the meantime, I have a lot on my shelves that I’ve been dipping in and out of recently and so haven’t had time to review properly, but I wanted to mention them now: Know Your Place edited by Nathan Connolly and published by Dead Ink Books. this book is essays about being working class, in the style of The Good Immigrant. The Things I Would Tell You edited by Sabrina Mafouz and published by Saqi Books: an anthology of essays from British Mulsim Women. 2084: A Science Fiction Anthology edited by George Sandison and published by Unsung Press is an anthology of science fiction short stories all about what the year 2084 could look like. That’s all for now, I think. Tell me, what are your favourite anthologies? Which projects are you most looking forward to next? littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, Fiction, LGBTQ, Non Fiction, Poetry, Reading Round Up, YA 2 Comments December 11, 2017 April 12, 2019 4 Minutes There’s Someone Inside Your House by Stephanie Perkins \| 1 Minute Reviews My past experience with Stephanie Perkins has been solid, having fully enjoyed her third romance YA Isla and the Happily Ever After for its sweet romance and great autism representation, so I was really intrigued when My Kinda Books announced her new horror novel There’s Someone Inside Your House. When I say it’s a horror novel, what I mean is this is a novel version of cheesy old slasher movies. You know what I mean – the couple kissing in the car hear something weird outside, someone in a cornfield thinks they are being followed. As someone who hit their teenage years when Scream and I Know What You Did Last Summer, I found this positively nostalgic. Makani Young arrives in Nebraska from Hawaii, leaving behind a mysterious past along with her original surname, somewhat baffled by the lack of sea. She made some new friends – Alex and Darby (trans boy rep, whoo!) – and after a summer kissing fling with aloof, strangely beautiful Ollie, she feels like she is starting to settle in. That is until someone starts murdering all the teenagers. Who is the one killing all her peers in increasingly gruesome ways? Who will be next? Is her new boyfriend the one to blame? What I admire most ardently about Perkins’ writing is her ability to make you care intently for characters within one page, people who she is ultimately about to bump off in a few more. Several of them crop up at various points in the novel, and it is only when you get to their point of view chapter that you suddenly care deeply for them. Then someone murders them really, really brutally. This cycle pops up quite a few times, meaning you know when you get to a non-Makani pov chapter that they are about to die – I really enjoyed this in the end as I started worrying about who was cropping up. Alongside this is Makani’s blossoming romance with strange kid Ollie, which occupies a larger part of the narrative than you’d expect necessarily in a horror but which makes sense for Perkins, given romance is her bread and butter. It is great, and a little steamy. There’s Someone Inside Your House is a very fun, gruesome little novel, best read in a couple of sittings to enjoy the tension hiking up as everyone scrambles to catch the killer before they kill more kids. Tremendously fun stuff. Interested? Get it here. The Coldest Girl in Cold Town by Holly Black Thank you to My Kinda Books for sharing this copy with me at YALC. littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, Thrillers, YA 1 Comment December 11, 2017 2 Minutes What We Left Behind by Robin Talley & being non-binary/genderqueer Regular readers of this blog will know that I’m a bit of a Robin Talley stan, having fallen deeply in love with Lies We Tell Ourselves and worked through her four novels since then. What We Left Behind is Talley’s second novel and, if you’d go by the GoodReads reviews, somehow the most controversial, due to featuring a nonbinary character who questions their pronouns and place on the gender spectrum throughout the book. As a nonbinary person, I was curious about some of the reviews and decided to pick up a copy myself. After meeting at a high school dance, Toni and Gretchen have been virtually inseparable through high school, as hopelessly in love as the day they met. But when plans for college go awry, the couple find themselves pulled apart to different towns, whereupon both Toni and Gretchen begin to grow into themselves. Gretchen rediscovers her love for New York and gains a sassy blunt best friend to explore it with. Toni discovers their university’s LGTBQ society and, upon finally meeting other genderqueer and trans people, starts to question what they know about themselves. As they learn more about themselves, Gretchen and Toni grow further and further apart. Will they manage to stay together? In the same way as Talley’s other straight-contemporary YA Our Own Private Universe, there is definitely an educational bent to this narrative, making it a useful book for younger queer readers in particular. What We Left Behind shows the progression of Toni and Gretchen in discovering and understanding not just what it means to be queer yourself, but to be part of a wider LGBTQ+ community, to be a part of that history. Talley does some interesting playing around with typical confusions of baby queers – I particularly liked Toni’s feeling of being so overwhelmed by pronouns that they choose to just remove them completely from their language. This is also a heavily character based novel, with barely a straight in sight (and when they are present, sometimes the descriptions are not the most complimentary). I think for queer kids growing up without a chosen family, this aspect of the novel could be the light at the end of the tunnel – as they say, it gets better. But let’s talk about the controversy, and some light spoilers ahead my friends. As Toni realises they are more masculine than they thought, they switch their name spelling to Tony and begin using he/his full time, as he tries to work out whether he is a masc non binary person or a trans man. Some people have felt this is not the right way to represent genderqueer people, and I’m here to say I don’t necessarily agree with that viewpoint. While yes, I 100% agree that some people falsely see non binary/genderqueer identities as a stepping stone along to trans binary, sometimes it does happen. Or even, people remain non binary but change their names, pronouns and begin physical transitioning to accompany this. Ash Hardell’s Youtube channel explores this quite a lot through a number of videos, often including other guest stars who are nonbinary or genderqueer. Let’s talk personal here – I’m nonbinary, assigned female at birth, and I’ve considered top surgery and hormones, and the only reason I’m definitely not doing the latter is because I think the loss of my singing voice as is would crush me more than the dysphoria which I hope my new gc2b binder is going to sort out. I’ve considered top surgery, quite strongly, for the last year. However, my dysphoria is tied up with some other body image things right now so I’m going to give myself time. But, none of this makes me a trans man either. You can be whatever kind of non-binary you want to be, and if that leads you down the road to a binary identity, well that’s okay too. I’ve been thinking about posting this review since I read the book a few months ago, realising that in talking about the book and the controversy itself it makes sense to demonstrate where I’m coming from. I’m not saying that the feelings that other genderqueer people got reading this book are invalid either, but I wanted to share a positive review of this book from a non binary person’s perspective. If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo George by Alex Gino Radio Silence by Alice Oseman littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, LGBTQ, YA 2 Comments December 11, 2017 3 Minutes The History of Bees by Maja Lunde \| 1 Minute Reviews This is undoubtedly a strange way to begin a review, but I should tell you that I really like bees. Ten years ago (yikes) I was studying Zoology at the University of Liverpool and had the joy of learning about bees across several modules – their waggle dances of communication, their societal structure and, sadly, the way their populations have been crashing due to Colony Collapse Disorder. This time of my life coincides with one of the three timelines in The History of Bees, a wonderful novel told from three narrators spread across 250 years – William in England in 1851, Tao in future China in 2098 and finally George in the USA in 2007. After recovering from a bout of depression, naturalist William is determined to invent a new form of beehive, in order to catapult him and his children into fame, particularly his beloved heir Edmund. George is a beekeeper, battling against modernisation in the farming industry whilst also trying to keep his business afloat, though his wife just wants to move to Florida and his son doesn’t seem to want to farm at all. Far in the future after the collapse of the global bee population, Tao is a human pollinator, gently transferring pollen to fruit trees – an incredibly challenging manual job in a world falling apart due to the loss of essential biological processes. When her son suddenly becomes ill and then is taken by mysterious authorities, Tao sets out on a harrowing journey to find her child. The History of Bees is a haunting story about families, the weight of being a parent and a child, the expectation of futures that could be built or destroyed in an instant. The parents themselves are so focused on their children becoming one way or another, not quite seeing the potential in them that manifests differently or – in William’s case – overlooking all his other children. All three strands of narration kept me hooked, particularly the disturbing but quite imaginable future imagined in Tao’s storyline. This is a book that fans of Station 11, The Bees (well of course) and Never Let Me Go would find a lot to like – reader friendly speculative fiction, rooted in our own world, while the late 1800s timeline reminded me a lot of parts of The Essex Serpent. Of course, the storylines all tie in together at the end, which is immensely satisfying. If like em you like complex family dramas and dystopian future storylines, you will be pleased to discover their combination here. The History of Bees is a fantastic, clever novel that touches upon our possible future of environmental collapse, seeking to warn us about possible ecological futures but also the dangers of parenting with an endgame in mind. I really do not think this should be missed. The History of Bees is currently available in hardback, with the paperback publishing in April 2018. You can get it here. Flight Behaviour by Barbara Kingsolver Oryx and Crake by Margaret Attwood Thank you kindly to Simon and Schuster for sending this copy over to me. littlehux 1 Minute Reviews, Fiction 1 Comment December 11, 2017 December 11, 2017 2 Minutes Follow Little Hux Tales on WordPress.com	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418965
__label__cc	0.658012	0.341988	This InfoPage in unregistered, if this is your news page register Euthanasia-Free New Zealand for InfoPages here. Euthanasia-Free New Zealand - Latest News [Page 1] New poll illustrates confusion about euthanasia bill Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 8:52 am \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand A new nationwide Curia Market Research poll shows the vast majority of New Zealanders are confused about what the End of Life Choice Bill aims to legalise. More >> Parliament rejects accountability safeguards for euthanasia Thursday, 12 September 2019, 9:16 am \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand “It’s disappointing that Parliament failed to address the accountability issues in the End of LifeChoice Bill ,” says Renée Joubert, Executive Officer of Euthanasia-Free NZ . More >> End of Life Choice Bill is “unworkable” and arbitrary Tuesday, 9 April 2019, 4:43 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand After considering 39,159 written submissions and hearing from 1,350 oral submitters, Parliament’s Justice Committee has reported that David Seymour’s euthanasia and assisted suicide bill is “not workable in its present state”. Nevertheless, they ... More >> Quebec Court Challenge to Affect End of Life Choice Bill Tuesday, 8 January 2019, 3:23 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand A few hours ago two disabled Quebecers appeared in a Montreal court to challenge the provincial and federal ‘assisted dying’ laws. More >> End of Life Choice Bill Inappropriate for Suicide Rate Friday, 24 August 2018, 5:07 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand “The End of Life Choice Bill is inappropriate considering New Zealand’s rising suicide rate”, says Renée Joubert, Executive Officer of Euthanasia-Free NZ. More >> Austen Case Shows Law is Working Friday, 23 February 2018, 8:52 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand Susan Austen has been found not guilty of aiding in the suicide of fellow EXIT member Annemarie Treadwell. More >> NZ man died by suicide with the help of EXIT International Monday, 7 November 2016, 4:06 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand The daughter of a depressed New Zealand man, who died by suicide with the help of the pro-euthanasia and pro-suicide organisation, EXIT International, spoke to Kathryn Ryan on Radio New Zealand’s Nine to Noon this morning . The organisation was in ... More >> Three-quarters of Submitters Oppose Legal Assisted Suicide Friday, 12 August 2016, 12:07 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand Euthanasia-Free NZ welcomes an analysis finding that 78% of submitters are opposed to legalising assisted suicide and voluntary euthanasia. More >> Why is David Seymour hesitant to defend his bill? Friday, 30 October 2015, 5:22 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand David Seymour, MP for ACT, withdrew from an interview when he heard that Euthanasia-Free NZ would also be represented. More >> UK decision sends a clear message to New Zealand Monday, 14 September 2015, 1:36 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand Euthanasia-Free NZ congratulates the UK House of Commons on rejecting the Marris Assisted Dying bill by an overwhelming 212 majority after an extensive yet respectful debate. More >> Health Select Committee Inquiry on Suicide Thursday, 27 August 2015, 8:54 am \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand Euthanasia-Free NZ welcomes the Health Select Committee’s investigation into the ending of one’s life in New Zealand. With around 480 suicides per year as well as more than 2600 hospitalisations for intentional self-harm injuries which would ... More >> Euthanasia rates have not increased Saturday, 25 July 2015, 10:18 am \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand According to an anonymous survey published today, 16 New Zealand GPs have explicitly hastened a patient’s death by prescribing, supplying or administering drugs. That represents 4.5 % of 359 respondents. More >> Supreme Court Decision Relied on Biased Reports Wednesday, 11 February 2015, 5:28 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand Euthanasia-Free NZ deplores the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision to lift the ban on assisted suicide and euthanasia. More >> Euthanasia bill withdrawn Friday, 27 September 2013, 5:27 pm \| Euthanasia-Free New Zealand MP Maryan Street’s reluctant withdrawal of the End of Life Choices Bill from the Parliamentary ballot system until after the next election will provide the much needed time to educate the N.Z. community and Members of Parliament about the hazards of ... More >>	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418968
__label__wiki	0.578518	0.578518	DePuy ASR Hip Stryker Hip DePuy Hip Farxiga, Jardiance & Invokana For more information or confidential assistance Home » News » Talc » Causation Hearings Could Affect J&J Talcum Powder Lawsuits Causation Hearings Could Affect J&J Talcum Powder Lawsuits By: Jacky Gale Talc Thousands of plaintiffs have filed lawsuits against Johnson & Johnson, the manufacturer of Shower-to-Shower and Baby Powder products, claiming that the defendants’ talcum powder products caused ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Recently, the U.S. District Judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation (MDL) heard arguments from the manufacturer during a causation hearing. The outcome of the causation hearing could have serious implications for the thousands of cases pending in the MDL. Talc powder causation hearings The first day of the causation hearing was on Monday, July 22, 2019. They are part of the pretrial proceedings in which the defendants are challenging the expert witnesses that the plaintiffs’ counsel plans to call to the witness stand. The defendants’ argument is that all of the plaintiffs’ expert witnesses ought to be disqualified, in which case they would not be allowed to testify. This is significant because it would mean that the plaintiffs’ counsel would struggle to prove a causal link between ovarian cancer and mesothelioma, and the defendants’ talcum powder products. U.S. District Judge Freda L. Wolfson of the District of New Jersey, who is presiding over the MDL, is continuing to evaluate whether the plaintiffs’ expert witness testimony meets the requirements of the federal Daubert standard and is fit to be presented to juries. If Johnson & Johnson’s counsel succeeds in its challenge to the scientific reliability of the expert witness testimony, then it could prove devastating for the plaintiffs’ prospects of recovering compensation for their injuries, and pain and suffering. But if Judge Wolfson does determine that the expert witness testimony is scientifically sound and reliable, then Johnson & Johnson faces the potential for substantial jury verdicts or settlements. Past litigation efforts against Johnson & Johnson There are currently more than 12,500 federal lawsuits pending in the talcum powder MDL. None of those cases have been scheduled for trial dates yet. However, other talc powder cases have already been heard in state courts around the country. In 2018, a jury in Missouri returned a jaw-dropping $4.7 billion verdict against J&J in favor of 22 women who were diagnosed with ovarian cancer after using the company’s talc powder products. Earlier this year, a California jury awarded about $10 million to a plaintiff who is dying of cancer. And in May, a New York jury ordered the beleaguered company to pay out $325 million to another plaintiff. Next steps in the MDL In multidistrict litigation, all plaintiffs retain their right to an individual trial by jury, unlike in a class-action lawsuit. If the outcome of the causation hearing is favorable for the plaintiffs, it is expected that Judge Wolfson will schedule bellwether trials. These are initial trial dates that allow all involved parties to gauge jury reactions to various evidence and testimony. The outcome of a bellwether trial is not binding on any other lawsuit in the MDL. However, if the juries return substantial awards for the plaintiffs, it could convince the defendants to offer generous settlement arrangements in order to resolve the remaining cases. Bloomberg, J&J Gets New Trial After $417 Million Talc Verdict, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-10/j-j-to-get-new-trial-after-417-million-verdict-in-talc-case Insurance Journal, J&J Asks Federal Court to Assume Baby Powder Lawsuits from State Courts, https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2019/04/23/524344.htm Free Lawsuit Review Have You Been Injured by Talcum Powder? You may be eligible for financial compensation Call 800.306.3180 24 hours on the left By submitting. I consent to the terms in Injury Lawyer News' Privacy Policy & Disclaimer. Have You Been Injured by Taxotere? 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__label__wiki	0.659899	0.659899	Instaview Home Social How to Unfollow Users who Unfollow You on Instagram How to Unfollow Users who Unfollow You on Instagram Instagram is an addictive and great App to discover the artistic vision of your friends, family, celebrities, and others. Some also consider this social network a way to get as many fans as possible. As such, it can be frustrating to see the number of admirers decrease for no apparent reason, especially if you do not know exactly who among them has stopped following you. At random, we may notice Instagram accounts that turn out not to follow us, even if we were sure that this account was following us or hoping it was. Instagram does not have the ability to tell you who disappeared from your list of admirers or, even, when it happened. It’s unpleasant, irritating, and it makes you want Instagram to put a special sign on accounts that are unsubscribing from you right away or give you the option to get rid of them once and for all. However, don’t worry! Today we will present several alternative websites or apps available to help you to find those who have stopped following you. For websites, we can note: Unfollowgram, Unfollowers.com, Insta.friendorfollow.com, and Justunfollow.com. For Apps, look for a fan management program on the branded app store on your phone. Towards a Healthier Use of Instagram? The Unfollowers application, directly connected to your Instagram account in few clicks, is a game changer! Indeed, many users like accounts and then unfollow them. Thousands, if not millions, of subscribers are therefore with impunity, without playing the game. From now on, you can also remove these followers, either case-by-case, or a wave of them, according to your choice. Users of Apple iOS devices should direct their choice to the highly rated and free application, “Followers on Instagram Free.” Owners of Android devices can download “Follower Tracker for Instagram,” which is one of the most accessible selections among many available on the Play Store repository. You can also use Combin, which is compatible with Mac, PC, and Linux. These apps can instantly detect those who are unsubscribing from you and stop following them selectively and all in one click. 1) Launch your chosen app and sign in with your Instagram account. 2) Open the Users tab and get access to all the accounts you follow. 3) Click “Do not follow me” and get a list of users who do not follow you. 4) Click “Select All” and press the Unsubscribe button to proceed with a massive un-subscription of Instagram accounts that no longer follow you. 5) That’s it! Some tips for you to keep in mind: Knowing which fans have stopped following you can be distracting, but do not be fooled by them. It’s more interesting to find new fans than to worry about those who have changed direction. Previous articleHow to Collaborate with an Influencer on Instagram, Facebook, and Youtube Next article6 Top Tips to Make Money On Instagram Tips For Getting More Followers and Likes On Instagram Recovering a Permanently Deleted Instagram Account… Is It Possible? How to Become Popular on Instagram How to Manage Multiple Instagram Accounts with Account Switching How to Secure Your Instagram Account Copyrights Disclaimer © Instaview.me \| 2018 - 2019 6 Top Tips to Make Money On Instagram	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418975
__label__wiki	0.503086	0.503086	FacebookRssTwitterYouTubePinterest CENTRAL OAHU DOWNTOWN HONOLULU EAST OAHU LEEWARD COAST WINDWARD COAST HAWAII LIVING HAWAII EATS LIFE AT CB PACIFIC EXTRAORDINARY HOMES Pearl CityAdam2018-10-17T08:22:33+00:00 Welcome to Pearl City (Aiea/Salt Lake) Located approximately 10 miles west of Downtown Honolulu, Pearl City is one of Oahu’s most populated neighborhoods and is home to the Honolulu International Airport and Aloha Stadium. Almost every year this community welcomes the Pro Bowl to Aloha Stadium, which serves as the signature event to kick off the week leading up to the Super Bowl. Hawaii’s most famous visitor attraction, Pearl Harbor, the site where World War II began for the United States on December 7, 1941, is located just across the road from Aloha Stadium. No visit to Oahu is complete without making a stop to the Pearl Harbor Historic Sites which is made up of the USS Arizona Memorial, Battleship Missouri Memorial, USS Bowfin Submarine Museum & Park, and the Pacific Aviation Museum. Office Locations in the Community For additional community information, or to view properties for sale, visit ColdwellBankerHomes.com. Click here for your local Coldwell Banker office. Staying in Pearl City, residents and visitors enjoy many parks including the Pearl Harbor National Wildlife Refuge, Pacheco Playground, and Pearl City Kai Playground. Homes in Pearl City typically have 6 rooms. Living in the Pearl City (Aiea/Salt Lake) Area A few miles down the road is Pearlridge Center, the state’s largest enclosed shopping center. Pearlridge Center is comprised of Pearlridge Uptown and Pearlridge Dowtown, which is made up of more than 170 stores, restaurants and services including a miniature golf course and 16 theaters. Between the two separate shopping centers is Sumida Farm, the largest supplier of watercress in the state of Hawaii. Pearlridge Center also boasts the island’s only monorail on which shoppers can enjoy a scenic ride with views of Pearl Harbor Historic Sites. Salt Lake is home to Oahu’s only ice skating rink and the Salt Lake District Park has one of the few 50-meters long Olympic sized swimming pool on the island. Given its central location on Oahu, the neighborhood of Pearl City is also close to several military bases, including Pearl Harbor, Fort Shafter and Hickam Air Force. Pearl City Related Stories What’s Cookin’ in Pearl City? By Guest Contributor\|2018-10-17T08:23:49+00:00June 9, 2016\| Commute Friendly and Affordable: Sellers in Pearl City Continue to Receive Multiple Offers Extraordinary Hawaii Home: Custom Design on Royal Summit By Adam\|2018-10-17T08:25:22+00:00February 26, 2014\| ColdwellBanker.com \| ColdwellBankerHomes.com \| About Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties \| Terms of Use & Privacy Policy \| Accessibility Statement RBO-16781 ©2019 Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties. All Rights Reserved. Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties fully supports the principles of the Fair Housing Act and the Equal Opportunity Act. Operated by a subsidiary of NRT LLC. Coldwell Banker® and the Coldwell Banker Logo are registered service marks owned by Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. Real estate agents affiliated with Coldwell Banker Pacific Properties are independent contractor sales associates and are not employees of Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage or NRT LLC.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418977
__label__wiki	0.756395	0.756395	Doctor tells Papua New Guineans to be careful with food, drinks Papua New Guineans should be careful with the kind of food and drink they consume, says the doctor in-charge at the Kidney Foundation, Dr Steven Bogosia. He said it was expensive to undergo haemodialysis treatment once the kidney failed, “therefore, be careful with the kind of food and drink you consume”. “Patients die at the Port Moresby General Hospital from kidney disease without a shot at getting treatment because they cannot afford it,” Bogosia said. He said the Kidney Foundation dialysis centre was the only affordable one in the country. “Diabetes is still the leading cause of kidney failure in the country,” Bogosia said. “It is a lifestyle disease that is preventable. He said saying “no to fizzy or soft drinks are a way forward in prevention”. Once the kidneys fails, a patient will need four hours of dialysis treatment three times a week. One session of dialysis costs K150 at the foundation’s dialysis centre. An injection necessary to help with the production of hemoglobin costs K100. Nutrients supplements are necessary, in addition to a strict diet. Including the cost of transport to the centre at Kennedy Estate and back, it costs K750 per week to get a dialysis. Joy Umbu, from Wapendamanda in Enga, said she was diagnosed with diabetes in 2001. “Kidney disease is a silent killer,” she said. “Be careful of your diet and visit the doctor every six months or once a year. Know the state of your body’s health by having regular medical checks.” Umbu thanked the foundation for what it was doing. The Kidney Foundation will celebrate World Kidney Day on Thursday at Vision City Mega Mall by creating more awareness. The National	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418979
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__label__wiki	0.793054	0.793054	HomeTo limit erosion, some researchers hope to develop perennial crops To limit erosion, some researchers hope to develop perennial crops May 4, 2011 May 5, 2011 jmalewitz FarmingDes Moines Register, iowa erosion, Iowa State argonomy, owa State University agronomist Matt Liebman, perennial crops erosion, perennial crops iowa, senior research scientist at the Land Institute, Stan Cox, USDA Credit: USDA But research could take decades, as funding remains low As winds and heavy rains are sweeping away Iowa’s soil at record rates, some researchers are looking to develop crops that will keep more soil on the ground. Small amounts of federal money – too little, according to agronomists – have gone towards research of perennial versions of corn, rice, wheat and other crops that don’t need to be planted every year. This would make for less plowing and therefore, less erosion on Iowa cropland, among other environmental perks. The Des Moines Register reports: With deep roots, perennial crops would prevent top soil from washing away, lessening the need for nitrogen fertilizer and reducing the amount of farm chemicals that pollute rivers and streams. “Before agriculture, 95 percent of the Earth’s ice-free land surface was covered by mixtures of perennial plants,” said Stan Cox, senior research scientist at the Land Institute, which has focused on crops such as wheat because of the center’s location in Kansas. “On land like that, you see virtually no erosion.” Perennial crops could help save Iowa’s topsoil without replacing the corn and soybean varieties that now dominate the state’s agriculture, Iowa State University agronomist Matt Liebman said. Researchers say that perennials may be viable in the coming decades: “Getting to the yields of today’s corn in central Iowa with a perennial corn will not happen quickly, but I do think it is possible,” said Ed Buckler, an Agriculture Department scientist at Cornell University in New York. “With prior technology, it would have taken 100-plus years. Now, I think we can do it in 20 years with a concerted effort.” But, with little interest from big agribusiness, that “concerted effort” remains nonexistent. Funding for research remains low: The USDA has asked Congress for $1 million in fiscal 2012 for perennial grain or sunflower research at its own labs, a slight increase over this year’s funding. In 2009-10, the department provided about $1.5 million in grants for perennial grains research at the Land Institute and a few universities, including Iowa State. A serious effort to breed perennial corn crops would require spending $1 million to $2 million for five years to identify the genes necessary for perennialism, Buckler said. After that, $10 million to $20 million a year and dozens of scientists would be needed to breed a perennial corn that could eventually be commercialized, he said. ← Environlinks – EPA, Energy and Climate Change UI students help Iowa communities reach sustainability goals →	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418990
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__label__wiki	0.744909	0.744909	Bulk GSM SMS Samsung’s knife-wielding robotic chef is all flash January 7, 2020 News Arnold Mayambala Last year, we asked whether Samsung was getting serious about robotics. A year later, we’re not any closer to answering the question. This year’s presser played out roughly the same as last on the robotics front — all flash and little productizing to show for it. Meet Ballie, Samsung’s rolling personal assistant that does…stuff Samsung’s approach to robotics thus far appears to the model of many other big electronics companies. It’s flirtation with a technology that brings some sense of showmanship to the stage and booth. There’s no better example than Bot Chef. I got a preview of the tech in Samsung’s booth this week, pitched as “an extra set of hands in the kitchen.” You can’t fault the technology for not being ready for prime time, at this point, of course. That’s not really the point yet. The question, however, is how serious Samsung is about bring bringing a pair of robot arms to kitchens across the globe to sauté tofu and liberally apply Sriracha. I would love to say “very,” and that the different demos were things the company was actively pursuing delivering on these products. The futuristic theme of last night’s keynote, however, implied that the company is offering up hypotheticals for what a future could look like — not what it will. Even Ballie, which seems a more realistic addition to the company’s smart home strategy is also still very much conceptual. As with last year’s robot demos, I wasn’t able to get an answer from the company about how much of the robots’ functions were autonomous and how much were choreographed. It’s a cool demo regardless. But is it a serious one? At the end of the day, I hope Samsung is getting serious about the category. The company has tremendous resources and a lot of smart people. If it really takes the leap, it could be a key player in making robotics more mainstream among consumers. For now, however, I’m unconvinced. Arnold Mayambala Arnold has held responsible positions in a number of companies specialising in IT services as a systems administrator, Website Developer, tester and programmer. His practical experience includes systems administration, support, software development, testing, specifications, security policy and people management. In Los Angeles, the Women’s March embraces technology to organize and inspire China Roundup: Tencent’s new US gaming studio and WeChat’s new paywall First crewed SpaceX Dragon spacecraft launch could happen in Q2 this year We make registering, hosting, and managing domains for yourself or others easy and affordable. Join Our Newsletter & Communication We'll send you news and offers. info@indexhosting.net Cpanel Login Website Development Jobs Copyright © Index Hosting. 2019 - All Rights Reserved.	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1418996
__label__cc	0.509003	0.490997	Trump invited to impeachment hearing US to designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorists Islamists sentenced to death for 2016 cafe attack Russian cows get VR headsets to reduce anxiety Quake toll rises as Albania shocks continue Kidney transplant given to wrong patient in US Woman survives runaway truck crush in South Africa We will sit in Black Friday shopper queue for you INF27 News INF27 News 4 ppl like U Home /The Black Art of Escape The Black Art of Escape Photo: Bruce Gilden/Magnum Photos There is a moment in Alvin Ailey’s dance masterpiece, Revelations — “Sinner Man” is the song — when, suddenly, from the far-right wing, a boy comes running. You run to the sea Sea won’t you hide me He runs. He leaps — hurls himself through the air, really — one spin, two, three. Perfect, soaring spins — electric, arms outstretched then clasped, legs flung then gathered, damn. Hold the flying dancer in your mind. Photo: Paul Kolnik I first saw Revelations, which Ailey created as a tribute to the African-American experience, on December 4, 2015. No snow fell that evening in Manhattan, nor much that month. It was the warmest December on record, which might have been more troubling if the year had been less strange. For example: The head of the Spokane, Washington, NAACP chapter was outed by her parents as a white woman. Bill Cosby, who’d spent much of the previous decade shaming blacks for their behavior, was arraigned in Pennsylvania on charges of sexual assault. In Charleston, a white supremacist was welcomed into the basement of Mother Emanuel AME Church, the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church in the South, where 12 members had gathered for bible study. He carried with him a Glock and 88 bullets, purchased from Walmart, and after sitting with them for a time, he opened fire, massacring nine. The shooter hoped to start a race war. One already raged, it seemed: Race riots sparked that spring in Baltimore, continued from the prior summer in Ferguson, Missouri. The grandest American riots of the 21st century. Many how-comes and therefores were written, but the tracks seemed plain to me. I’d spent the summers of 2015 and 2014 and 2013 driving through America with some friends from graduate school, with hopes to do good in places where good needed to be done. Akin to Peace Corps volunteers, or Robin Hood, you could say. Everywhere we went — to New Orleans, to Detroit, Kansas City, Colorado — the same question echoed: Who’s being left behind? And each time, from some honest citizen, came the same reply: us. Us meaning, for the rest of our time together, black people. So, I watched those masked children shattering windows, stomping the hoods of police cars, setting fire to the pharmacy and the gas station, and I marveled not that they had done it, but that it had taken so long to come. Every now and then the kids say Fuck it. I offer my round of applause. Not that I joined them. Just as damn near every young black person took to the streets, I began to disappear. I’d traveled not only some 20,000 miles across the country by then, but also many psychic miles to my 28th year, and had reached a dead end. A therapist later suggested I was depressed, but I did not, at that time, believe in therapists, or depression — or, increasingly, anything — so, having no better ideas, I turned off the engine, so to speak, and walked away. Early in 2015, I downloaded a manual, Vanishing Point: How to Disappear in America Without a Trace. By fall I’d ended our cross-country missions (not by fiat; I just stopped raising the money that made continuing possible). By the following summer, I’d left New York and holed up solitary in Texas. A sister-friend scolded, over tea: You’re hiding when the world needs you. I lost a lot of friends. I was not without support, however. A voice spoke clear at the top of Jay Electronica’s “better in tune with the infinite”: If one would open up such truth, as the truth of God to the people, I do think that He’s within His right to stay out of the sight of the people until He has won everything to Himself. The voice of Elijah Muhammad, a man I want to categorically denounce but cannot, or will not, because he found himself, from birth, doomed to solve the same timeless riddle those protesters were trying to solve in Baltimore and Ferguson: How can we live in a land that’s made to kill us? The same riddle we’ve been trying to solve since the first bad year for black people in America, the year I write you to commemorate, 1619. George Washington Williams, in his 1882 History of the Negro Race in America, exclaimed: Through all time to come no event will be more sincerely deplored than the introduction of slavery into the colony of Virginia during the last days of the month of August in the year 1619! It is true that free and enslaved Africans joined Spanish explorers in the Americas as early as the 1520s. There was, for instance, Esteban the Moor, who served as guide and translator for a party that ran into trouble near present-day Tampa Bay, ran into more trouble just off the Gulf of Mexico, trekked across the Texas desert and on throughout the Southwest and into Mexico on their genocidal adventure. But 1619 was a different kind of landing. The 20-odd Negroes who arrived by force at Point Comfort that August may not have been enslaved in the way my grandmother’s grandfather was — enslaved because he was black, enslaved because his mother had been enslaved — but they clearly were not free, and they damn sure weren’t setting out on an expedition. Whatever the brass tacks of Anthony and Isabella — who were in that 1619 party and later gave birth to William, the first black child born in the American colonies — we know that many hundred thousands were stolen out of Africa and trafficked to this land. We know that they, and their children, were enslaved, upwards of 4 million, for generations. We know that they were worked like mules and tortured and sold, up to and after emancipation. But did you know that some could fly? A long time ago, the story went, befo’ yestidy was bo’n, an’ befo’ bygones was uster-bes, the Africans knew how to fly. Trapped in slave ships, taken across water wetter than tears, many forgot their flying powers. But there were those who remembered. One day, in the field, having had more than enough, one who remembered would speak in a strange tongue — Kum Baba Yali or Kum … Yali, kum buba tambe — or they’d gather in a circle and run and run, roun day go fastuhnfastuh, and black men and black women and black children would rise up off the ground. They’d stand solid in the air. They’d fly back to Africa for good, or off somewhere for a little while. Some would simply disappear, jis go right out uh sight. The mad white overseer, who could not understand their chant, would chase the flying slaves. Goodie bye, goodie bye, they waved. We — if you are who I hope you are — still find ourselves, 400 years later, in a bind, or a country. Our country. We have learned and taught so many tactics to survive in it. To assimilate, best we can. To fight for our rights, even to the death. Yet here we are, shit in fan, wondering (at least, I wonder) what may be our next best move. I have come back to offer a way — one that saved me, just as it once saved our flying forebears: the black art of escape. As soon as I got out of Dodge, I received an urgent message from a man I briefly met at one of the last dinner parties I’d attended in New York: You must write something on Dallas, and the whole bloody mess, soon. We all need your voice, the calm and pacifying and inspirational voice we got to hear at Lynn’s table. Be well and many thanks, The whole bloody mess was a week-long stretch of July 2016 that went as follows: On a Tuesday night, two cops in Baton Rouge pinned a black man to the ground outside a convenience store and shot him six times, to death. The following day, a cop in Minneapolis shot a black man in the side — also to death — as the man reached for his driver’s license. The day after that, a black man in downtown Dallas and killed five cops with an AK-47 while they guarded a protest, organized to lament the events in Baton Rouge and Minneapolis. The sniper then barricaded himself in a parking garage, informed interrogators that he’d planted bombs throughout downtown, and was — shortly after the bomb search began — blown up himself, by a police robot. I did not remember saying anything calm or pacifying or inspirational to anyone at that New York dinner. Although my knack for projecting those qualities was, when I think about it, one of the reasons I had such an urge to disappear. No matter how awful I felt, I seemed able to make other people feel pretty good. But this ability, which had made me a gifted child orator and, from my teens on, an appealing lover, had, by the time in question, made me a liar. How could anyone, in good faith, try to convince anyone else that all was well? So, my only course of action was to keep my comforting mouth shut. Not that I was needed. The president eulogized those Dallas officers on July 12: I’m here to insist that we are not as divided as we seem. And I know that because I know America. I know how far we’ve come against impossible odds. I know we’ll make it because of what I’ve experienced in my own life, and what I’ve seen of this country and its people — their goodness and decency — as president of the United States. And I know it because of what we’ve seen here in Dallas — how all of you, out of great suffering, have shown us the meaning of perseverance and character, and hope. It was the song he’d been singing since we first met this kind and brilliant man, in 2004. That there is not a black America and a white America … there’s a United States of America song. Well, we’d learned there was a black America and a white America, and by 2016 neither seemed moved by the same old number. White America was on its way to electing a white nationalist who, before his own presidential campaign, had launched a smear campaign to prove that Mr. Obama was a Kenyan-born Muslim. I can’t speak for all of black America but, as far as I could tell, the young black American who may have voted, for the first time, in November 2008, believing change has come to America, felt now that change, if it had come, had not included them — at least, not for the better. Being respectable has little, if anything, to do with being respected. The basic bargain had long been this: Conform to the standard of this society. Learn the language, worship the gods, go to the schools, join the army, start a family, hold a job, pay a mortgage, be clean and civilized, etc., etc., and at some point, we — we here being white people or the law, if there’s a difference — will consider you a full and equal citizen. A full and equal human being. You might even be president. The dangerously beautiful thing about being young and black in the year 2015 and 2016, and right up till today, was that we had accumulated enough evidence to understand that we could hold up our end of the bargain yet still be subject to the violent whims of white citizens and the terrorism of the police. We would still be considered, if not called, niggers. Of course, the kids had plenty of evidence in Los Angeles in ’92, and in Memphis on April 4, 1968, and in Tulsa in 1921, and all over the country in the Red Summer of 1919, and on and on back to the first days of Reconstruction. It is a world-historic event, however, that while a black man slept in the White House, black children were murdered, by the state, on playgrounds, in their own backyards, in supermarket aisles. Worse, still, that he, the most powerful man on earth, could not or did not stop it — and offered, instead, calm and pacifying words. It is easy, cowardly even, to criticize the president, any president, in writing, when you would likely yes him to death in person. As I did Mr. Obama’s predecessor, a few months before I saw Revelations, when I wound up seated next to him one evening, and asked a question relevant to our point here: Mr. President, how did eight years in the White House change you? Mr. Bush offered three answers, the second and third of which I hope to share some other time. The first, now: I became a better comforter, 43 replied. So 44, I suppose, was simply doing his job. Doesn’t make him any less guilty, but it does take off some of the sting, you know? The guilt is not the president’s alone. I once heard a senior black administrator at Yale welcome a chapel full of black freshmen with advice that had been passed down to him: You may be a token … but be the best token you can be. And I heard, so many Sundays, that Proverbs question, Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is greater than rubies? — which never seemed to stop the patriarchal violence done to every virtuous woman I knew. And I hear now, in my head, that cautionary mantra of respectability: We don’t air our dirty laundry. This mantra, mind you, is part of a larger strategy: Show a united front, root for everybody black. Nobody wins when the family feuds, the rapper raps. But as you and I know, nobody wins when the family pretends there’s nothing to feud over. Or, no: We let the wrong and the guilty win. Can we not be among the wrong and guilty? We do not learn, until we’re forced to learn, that being respectable has little if anything to do with being respected — that either all of us must be niggers, or none of us can be niggers, for any of us to be free. Now, I have laid this line of thinking on a few folks I respect, and boy did it piss them off. Respectability is what got you here! One seethed, assuming, perhaps, that I was some Jack & Jill dropout recently gone radical. I am not. Between the ages of 4 (the earliest age I remember) and 10, except for one year between 5 and 6, my mother, my father, my sister, and I constituted, by any standard I believe in, a damn good family. For the final two years of that era, we lived in a run-down neighborhood, in a run-down house, for free, since my father’s father was the landlord and never charged a dime, as far as I know, and never fixed anything. Someone had, before we arrived, added a second story to the back of the original squat white-brick house. Upstairs were two empty bedrooms and a shower, filled with cobwebs. Filled also — as was the second floor entire, and the stairwell leading to it — with the smell of raw sewage. You can get used to anything, of course, so around age 9 or 10, I began to do my homework on the higher floor, at a TV dinner stand. I see, in this particular memory, a spiral notebook, or maybe one of those marble-covered ones, I’m not sure. I know that I’d written out my work. I know my mother had come to inspect, during a break from the hours she spent in the downstairs bathroom, putting on her face. Ugh! Boy. Baby. Now. You know you are supposed to leave more space than THAT between your words. Gone and tear that out so we can start over. She unfolded a metal chair next to the TV dinner stand. I began to write the same words I’d already written, though much more slowly, since my mother had placed her red-nailed pinky on the page, and crept it across as I wrote, marking exactly how much space was meant to be between each word. See? Now use yours for the rest. She rose and walked back down the stairs. Some months later, after my father chased her with a dinner fork, my mother, my sister, and I left that house, with the encouragement of two Dallas policemen. We returned, not long after, to collect our last few things. I cannot remember my mother or my sister or myself saying a word, that night, to my father, or to the wild-haired dingy woman we’d never seen before, who was scratching her way through our house. Nor did we say a word about the blackened crack pipe that rested in the corner near our stove. That’s one thing I love about my family: our absolute commitment to decorum. My father may have learned this as a child himself: Play it cool when his father hit his mother, play it cool when the white boys egged his house and called his sisters niggers. And my mother, spending all those hours in the bathroom mirror, coming out to measure exact space between my words — fragile, indestructible, bringing order, as much as possible, to her besieged world. Make the face perfect. Write the words clear. Keep the peace, or quiet. My sister and I kept this up when, a year later, our father was sent to jail and our mother was sent to a psychiatric hospital. We did the same when Mama eventually escaped, not to be seen again for the rest of my childhood. I kept right on putting space between my words, kept standing still to recite those words in a pleasing manner for all involved, kept quiet whenever necessary — and seeing as though these skills helped me get to Yale and Harvard, and even to write to you now, I suppose you could say that respectability did get me here, but you could also say that this misses the basic fucking point. No? On a sunny afternoon, during an abnormally wet Los Angeles winter, I met an accomplished young poet for lunch in a downtown café. As we flipped the menu three or four times, he shared that he had watched every speech of mine he could find, and read many interviews, too. I figured he was flirting, so responded as always when hoping to sidestep an advance — Oh wow — and stared at the menu, flipping it a few more times. Yeah, he leaned over the table, I was trying to decide if you was the Feds. Like, the FBI? Hell yeah man … thought you might be trying to infiltrate the movement. I loved a boy, some years before this lunch, who had been torn between loving me and dying for the movement. He figured he could do both. I was unconvinced. When his 30th birthday came around, summer of ’16, we spoke by telephone in the night as I lay in bed, and agreed that he would stay where he was (I don’t remember where; he was always on the move), to rest, instead of flying down south to join a protest. Gone home, I said, before I said, good night. You right. Night. He texted from down south the next morning. By midnight, he’d been arrested. His comrade called from outside the jail to update me re: the situation. They’re gonna kill him! She cried. His closest kin held phones elsewhere, listening. I suppose I was Coretta Scott for the evening. Yet all I wanted was to get back to sleep. He had broken our agreement and, as I told him once he was freed, he’d been granted the silver star of protest: jail. Second only to the highest prize, death. You simply cannot do a certain kind of work these days (perhaps it has always been this way) without the aroma of martyrdom hanging on you. I pass no judgment. I’d simply like people to stop dying altogether. Or, at least, leave me out of it. I wanted, at the time of my disappearance, to be left out of everything. This worked to some degree. I spent so much time alone that I asked, on the rare occasions I found myself in conversation with others: Are things really as bad as they seem? Seem, that is, on the news, which I no longer watched, or the internet. The first time I asked this question, December 2016, was in a booth at an Austin taco joint. A journalist I knew from Brooklyn flew down with his wife and two friends. It’s much worse. The journalist shook his head. Much worse. I mean, nobody can believe it. His wife co-signed: I can only compare it to the way it felt in New York after 9/11. Wouldn’t you say that? (She looked around, as if for witnesses.) Everybody’s been crying. Everybody’s walking the streets in … in a kind of daze … she trailed off. Wow. I whispered. I have yet to discover any stronger response than Wow. I can say the Wow, but, to tell the truth, I have not felt a Wow. To be a Negro in this country, Baldwin wrote, and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time. I love Jimmy, but No, thank you. I left my visitors and drove to the old house I rented on a quiet two-lane street, next to an old couple that had been married (and in the same residence) for 61 years. To my right lived a young woman whose boyfriend soon moved in, as did his adopted black son. Not long after, in moved also two spotted piglets. I noticed a new yard sign: IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL SCIENCE IS REAL KINDNESS IS EVERYTHING I never saw who lived in the house to the right of this couple. I did see their yard signs, at least six sprinkled in the front and side grass. All read: Sam and Jean, the historic couple on my left, were fantastic neighbors. They would cross my yard to say hello to the piglets, or feed them when the couple left town. When I left town, Sam would roll my garbage bin to the curb. Jean would collect my mail from the porch. Sam and Jean kept eyes on everything, on behalf of everyone. For example: I’d bought a car upon moving to Texas and, when I replaced my dealer license plates with the permanents, Sam stopped me the next evening, in the driveway between our homes. Hey, Casey! Somethin’ hap’n to yer other car? Nope … that’s the same one, Sam. Why y’ask? Ohh, I’s just wondrin’. Sam grazed a few grass blades with one foot. I saw the plates were diff’rent … just wondrin’. Sam and Jean saw it all. Yet, somehow, they missed whoever broke into my house, in broad daylight, late February 2017, and walked out with a watch and a ring and cash and a large television, leaving the front and back doors wide open. They could not believe, for the life of them, that it happened, since they had not seen a thing. I could not believe them. What looks like fun is preparation for life. –Charles Burnett, director, Killer of Sheep Photo: Charles Burnett/©2007 Milestone Film & Video I moved downtown, into a former paper factory. No burglars, nor anyone I knew, could reach me on the tenth floor without my assistance. I could hear, from inside of my front door, whether anyone was in the hallway, so never risked having to speak to my neighbors. I could take the elevator, steps from my apartment, directly to my car, and to a small grocery store on the ground level. I did not even have to meet the mail persons — someone left packages at my doorstep, or in a locker in the lobby. Then came March 2, 2018. That morning, in North Austin, Anthony Stephan House, 39, opened a package that had been left outside his front door. It exploded, killing him. Mr. House was a husband, father of an 8-year-old daughter, and longtime member of his stepfather Freddie Dixon’s church, Wesley United Methodist, founded in 1865 by freed black Texans. Investigators’ first theory was that Mr. House had been the victim of mistaken identity. Their second theory: We can’t rule out that Mr. House didn’t construct this himself, and then accidentally detonate it. Ten days later, in East Austin, Draylen Mason, a 17-year-old double-bassist set to start college at University of Texas at Austin in the fall, opened a package that his mother had brought into the kitchen from the front porch. The package exploded, injuring his mother and killing Draylen. Mother and son also attended Wesley United. The Mason and House families had known each other for a long time. Pastor Freddie Dixon shared his own theory with reporters: Number one, I think it’s a hate crime. Number two, somebody’s got some kind of vendetta here. The investigators did not agree. There were connections between the House family and the Masons, but nothing that would make any of them a target. I’d bet your rent that these investigators were relieved when, hours after the bomb that killed Draylen Mason, another exploded, critically injuring Esperanza Herrera — and when, six days later, a fourth bomb, triggered by a trip wire strung between two yard signs, injured two young white men. By the time the fifth and sixth bombs were discovered at two separate FedEx facility 60 miles outside Austin (addressed to homes in Austin’s city limits), investigators could confidently claim that, although two of the dead had been black and connected, and there was evidence that the third bomb had wound up at the wrong address, the people of Austin had a serial bomber with no clear motive on their hands — an equal-opportunity psychopath, maybe, but not an anti-black terrorist. Thanks to FedEx surveillance footage, Home Depot’s purchase records, and vehicle registrations that led investigators to a specific red pickup truck, a suspect was soon located at a hotel in Round Rock, Texas. Late on the night of March 20, when the suspect drove out of the hotel parking lot and onto the Interstate 35 service road, a SWAT crew followed him and, before he could enter the freeway, pinned the red pickup between two SWAT vehicles. As one officer rammed the passenger side window, a bomb exploded. The suspect had blown himself up. The deaths that occurred here were random and meaningless, the district attorney announced. This can never be called a happy ending. But it’s a damn good one for the people of the State of Texas. It took another year to complete the investigation, though I’m not sure what rates as complete. Police discovered, on the suspect’s cell phone, a 25-minute recorded confession, which they refuse to release. Authorities do not believe it’s in the public’s best interest to share the tape, since it did not change their view re: motive, and would only make the suspect famous, or, worse, inspire others. I do not believe them. As I write you, we have just learned, ten years after the fact, new truths about the death of Oscar Grant, in Oakland, at the hands of two BART officers, Anthony Pirone and Johannes Mehserle. Responding to reports of a fight at the Fruitvale Station early in the morning of New Year’s Day 2009, Pirone saw Oscar Grant walking between train cars and ordered him to wait with others who had been corralled for questioning. He later claimed that, soon after this, Oscar Grant attacked his partner and then turned on Pirone himself, at which point Pirone had to fight for my life. This testimony, an investigation proved, was a lie. Turns out Pirone was the instigator: He grabbed Oscar Grant, who had not attacked Pirone’s partner, pushed him against a wall, and punched him in the head. Pirone sat Mr. Grant on the platform, then kneed him in the face. Pirone forced Mr. Grant to lie face down, keeping him still with one knee while Mehserle struggled to put on handcuffs. Claiming that the unarmed Mr. Grant was resisting arrest and possibly reaching for weapon, Mehserle drew his gun, stood up, and fired one shot into Mr. Grant’s back. Oscar Grant died later that day. He was 22 years old. Pirone, who called Oscar Grant nigger throughout the incident, was fired but served no jail time. Mehserle was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, and served 365 days in the Los Angeles Central Jail. I remember going to the theater with a white classmate, in Cambridge, to see Fruitvale Station. The movie ended with the end of Mr. Grant’s life. As the credits rolled, my classmate began to weep. We sat there in the credit-darkness for a long time, silent except for the sounds of people (mostly white) crying. Eventually we processed out of the theater, still not saying a word. In the parking lot, she turned to me, Tabasco-colored streaks across her eyeballs. I just can’t believe they did that, Case. I cannot fucking believe it. I felt a sudden urge to knock her to the pavement. Well. Believe it. Any freedom manual without flight instructions is not worth reading. So much of our time, these 400 years, or at least since Mr. Douglass put forth his story in 1845, has been spent trying to get white Americans to believe it. Believe that the cops do what we know they do. Believe a bomber’s only motive may be to blow us up. To be white in this country is to have the luxury of believing the official story, or the lie, re: Sandra Bland, re: Emmett Till, re: the goddamn Civil War. It has proved impossible to purge our assailants of their tendency to assail. I asked a sister-friend, who’d marched in Ferguson and elsewhere since, what the state of the movement was. Is there even a movement? she asked in answer. So, you could say that I have infiltrated the movement, and you could also say there is no movement to infiltrate. My sister-friend’s response reflected, in part, the difficult task of holding accountable leaders of a “leaderless” movement. (Or holding anyone accountable these days, it seems, including our treasonous president.) Some have earned a great deal of money. Some have died naturally, whatever that means for a 27-year-old like Ms. Erica Garner; others have been killed. A solid number have done the humble, grueling work of daily organizing. They have put forth, not only in the Capitol but in town halls coast-to-coast, serious demands such as, to the police: Stop killing us. By and large, those demands have been ignored. So, her question reflects, fundamentally, the heartbreaking sense of futility that seeps into any young person who strives to make America a nobler country. We continue to be, as Frank Wilderson writes, haunted by a sense that violence and captivity are the grammar and ghosts of our every gesture. The movement’s greatest impact, and a great impact it is, has been to give voice to this grammar and to these ghosts. Never in American history have more artists, filmmakers, writers, scholars, etc., etc., made a living by showing all the ways black life resembles social death. We have been granted, in place of revolution, a pep rally. In the spirit of the times, a black man wrote to his son, in despair: We’re captured, brother. I ask you, though: Are we captured? Or, is that all we are? In 1803, a group of captured Igbo rebelled at Dunbar Creek, Georgia. A man told the Georgia Writer’s Project in 1940: Dey all staht singin and dey march right down in duh ribbah tuh mahch back tuh Africa, but dey ain able tuh get deah. Dey gits drown. The Igbo chanted, as they walked into the water: The Sea brought me and the Sea will bring me home. No doubt many captured Africans flung themselves overboard or found other ways to end their earthbound lives. I don’t blame them. Nor do I blame you, should you ever decide to follow their lead, or should you ever follow the fighters into the streets, or elsewhere. No one, in these 400 years, has discovered the sure path to freedom. All I’m trying to say is this: Any freedom manual without flight instructions is not worth reading. I first saw Revelations thanks to a sister-friend who remains one of the most beautiful humans I’ve known, and whose father, soon after being elected president of a large African country, was assassinated. It was she who scolded, over tea (she’s British), You’re hiding when the world needs you. My condition worsened. Her diagnosis, not entirely incorrect: I possessed a crippled sense of self-esteem. You have got to unlearn that slave mentality, darling. What a curious thing to unlearn. My third great-grandmother was born in an unknown place, on an unknown day, sometime in 1860, and first appears in the record of human history on the 1880 United States Census, in a town called Caldwell, Texas. Name: Amanda Oliver. Age: 20. Black. Servant in the house of A.W. McIver, 43, a Confederate veteran and judge. If Ms. Oliver, my grandfather’s great-grandmother, was 20 in 1880, then she spent at least the first five years of her life enslaved — perhaps in bondage to Judge A.W. McIver. Since the 1880 census lists her 2-year-old daughter, Margarette (my grandfather’s grandmother), and 5-year-old son, Rufus, as mulatto, I can’t help but think of how those babies came to be — and by whom! The first time I read that record, a soft bitter cry came loose, and I was mad, mad as hell at Judge McIver and all the other evil McIvers, mad that I had never known, mad that I now knew. Yes, I was ashamed. It is one thing to understand the abstract notion that your people were enslaved; another thing to have the proof that, not too long ago, your own kin was born into the social class of animals. In winter 2017, I flew to New York for the Whitney Museum’s exhibition, An Incomplete History of Protest. I was walking, that cold bright afternoon, across the Whitney’s pine floors, toward the westside glass windows that look out on the Hudson River, when I heard, behind me, a woman’s plaintive voice. My mother had 12 of us children … I stopped, turned around, saw the crackling black-and-white footage coming from a television mounted on the white wall. … and it troubled her in her heart, you know, the way we was treated. And she’d pray every night for the Lord to get her and her children off that place. The voice was Ruby Dee’s. “I’m free! I’m free! I’m free! I’m free!” Photo: Courtesy of the artist, galerie frank elbaz and Paula Cooper Gallery, New York Well one day she was plowing in the field … and all of a sudden, she let out a big yell, and started singin’ and shoutin’ and whoopin’ and hollerin’ … Master Jim a come a runnin’, and he says “What’s all this goin’ on in the field? You think I sent you out here just to whoop and yell? No siree I sent you out here to work and you better work or I’ll put this cowhide across your black back!” And … my mama … she — she just smile, all over her face … and she say — Ruby Dee chuckles — “Lord has showed me the way. I ain’t gone grieve no more. No matter how you all done treat me and my children. The Lord is showed me the way! And someday … she gasps … we ain’t gone never be slaves no mo’!” A tear forms in Ruby Dee’s right eye. She winces — And old Master Jim took that bull whip and started lashing Mama across her back — she whimpers, catches her breath — but she didn’t say nothing she just … got up — the tear trips over and streams down her right cheek — and went on back to the field a singin’ and a shoutin’: “I’m free! I’m free! I’m free! I’m free!” Ruby Dee is crying, her fingers pressed namaste under her nose, as the camera pans out to reveal a group of black men and women sitting next to and standing over her, around a riser (or prop picket fence), looking sorrowfully on. I do not believe that we are our ancestor’s wildest dreams. I do believe they are our greatest hope. Ruby Dee was performing the testimony of Ms. Fannie Moore, a formerly enslaved woman interviewed by the Federal Writers’ Project in the 1930s. The footage is part of a larger work titled An Ecstatic Experience, by the artist Ja’Tovia Gary. Ms. Gary reflected on another of her works: The film is centered around the idea of transgenerational trauma — trauma can be imprinted in the DNA of our ancestors and transmitted down the line. Are we trapped in these repeated intrinsic patterns or can we access transgenerational wisdom and free ourselves from them? Might we access, also, transgenerational ecstasy? Ecstasy, Abraham Heschel explained, is a state in which the soul is, as it were, freed from, or raised above, the body. Ecstasy may denote, he adds, 1) a raving condition, 2) alarm, 3) tranquility of spirit, 4) prophetic rapture. All, of course, defy human logic, as does human flight, perhaps the highest form of ecstasy. By human logic we should all be dead, so what have we got to lose? What, more urgently, have we to remember? I’ve come across more than a few of us who have no interest in remembering 1619, in marking our 400 years at all. Why, one asked, would we celebrate becoming slaves? We are not, I told her. We are marking the birth of a new race of people — our people, enslaved and all. We take a backward glance at them to enact a future vision for ourselves. To learn how to access that gift Ms. Fannie Moore’s mother embodies: to stand inside oneself in another dimension, on another plane that might help us endure, if not transcend, this plane we cannot fully escape. I do not believe that we are our ancestor’s wildest dreams. I do believe they are our greatest hope. Oh, to learn anew the slave mentality! Toward the end of The Color Purple (Alice Walker’s, not Steven Spielberg’s), Celie has become friends with Mr. ___, her tormentor, in part because the same woman has broken both their hearts, which is another story. Celie’s long lost sister has been a missionary in Africa. Through letters, she’s schooled Celie on the customs of the Olinka people, who refuse to tolerate difference, which gets all the white Olinka thrown out. Those black Olinka who can’t play by the rules are sold off as slaves. No surprise to Celie: Well, you know how niggers is. Can’t tell em nothing even today. Can’t be rule. Every nigger you see got a kingdom in his head. One central aim of these 400 years has been to convince us that the kingdom in our head will get us killed. I can’t tell you this ain’t so. I can say, surely, there are less noble things that might still lead to death. I want to take my chances: to fly, if only in the kingdom of my mind. I planned to drop acid for this very purpose. A doctor warned that, with my genetic predisposition for mental illness, I might go mad and never come back. I settled for a safer ecstasy: meditation. I sit each day, or try to. Three, 15, 45 minutes. I breathe, deeply. The yogi says: If the breath is deep, life is deep; if the breath is shallow, life is shallow. Thoughts knock on my mind’s door, force entry. The yogi says: Don’t be bothered about any coming and going of thoughts. Let come what comes. Let go what goes. See what remains. My back aches. I sit. My hips grow sore. I sit. My left foot, only my left, for some reason, falls asleep under my right knee. I wiggle it a little, and sit. The yogi says: When you are able to sit, the whole universe will come with folded hands, and serve you. I will say: While you wait for the whole universe to come, the whole world comes in its place, demanding a response, demanding action, demanding sorrow, tears, and blood. Don’t take the bait. Perform your civic duty, yes. Vote. Help those in need. Weep with those who weep, as the Pope once preached. But the most radical act we can commit is to be well — to bring about the day, and soon, when, to be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be at peace. Perfect peace. One night in New Orleans, a jazz pianist I know played a set in another musician’s band. The leader is something of a legend, and took that status to mean that the audience was there to see him, and that each player was subject to his authority. He wanted to put on a show, so started barking orders at the other musicians, most of all my pianist sister who, aside from being a prodigy, is rather mild-natured. Now, Trumpet man leader is really feeling himself — C’mon now! Naw not that way … give it to ‘em! — coming down hard on our pianist. If she was the type to be embarrassed, it would have been embarrassing. This continues for a few minutes, until, calmly, the pianist slips her fingers from the piano keys and rests them in her lap. She does not leave the stage. She does not shout or scowl. And she does not play another note. Well, you know how niggers is. Oh, to be a nigger with a kingdom on the inside! My journalist friend rang me in Los Angeles, from Brooklyn, soon after I released the book I had written while away. This is your moment, he stressed, assuming, reasonably, that I’d written the book to start a new career, rather than to end an old life. Some weeks passed, and my pace of action did not pick up enough, so he rang again. I’m serious … this is your moment … you’ve got to work it. We hung up and I went to sleep. In Roman Africa, nearly 2,000 years ago, Tertullian, the early Christian theologian, wrote: Sleep is combined with ecstasy. In fact, with what real feeling … do we experience joy, and sorrow and alarm in our dreams. It was in sleep that God, in Genesis, came to Abraham: As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram; and lo, a dread and great darkness fell upon him. Then the Lord said to Abram: Know of a surety that your descendants will be sojourners in a land that is not theirs, and will be slaves there, and they will be oppressed for four hundred years. In Atlanta, not long ago, a theologian in training, on the brink of disintegration (due in large part, she believes, to white supremacy and capitalism), began to nap. Naps really saved my life — and now she spreads the word to others, through the Nap Ministry: Our dream space has been stolen and we want it back. Naps are reparations. Oh, to miss the moment! (I will not stay woke.) One of the many places I lived, or slept, once my mother disappeared, was my father’s mother’s house, at which I arrived without invitation or much choice. I spent many hours alone in a large, low-ceilinged back room, surfing the internet and listening to the same albums on repeat — most of all, Ms. Lauryn Hill’s MTV Unplugged 2.0. She’d recorded the album live in Times Square in July 2001, months before the September 11 terrorist attacks, which delayed, by nearly a year, the album’s release. That delay did nothing to tame the confusion, the heartbreak, that spread when it became clear to those who loved her (or thought they did), that Ms. Lauryn Hill, perhaps the greatest artist of her time, had renounced her fame — or, rather, had renounced the life required to maintain her fame. I used to be a performer, she said on the opening track. I really don’t consider myself a performer anymore. One music critic called this the least enticing introduction in the history of the live album. He had nothing kinder to say about the rest: The lyrics are confused and elliptical, strung together to make a messy, inconsequential album. Or, about Ms. Lauryn Hill as a figure: One popular theory is that Hill is just barking mad. (She preempted this attack on the album’s outro: Now that people think I’m crazy and deranged, we have peace, total peace.) Another critic warned: She shouldn’t be surprised if the bulk of her fans wait for her to figure out where she’s going before they start following her again. The bulk, perhaps. It was Interlude 5 I turned to then and still turn to, today. A 12-minute, 12-second homily. She stands the gospel on its head: The real gospel is Repent, which means “let go of all that crap that’s killing you.” Or, as Toni Morrison has Guitar tell Milkman Dead: Wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down. Before the curtain rose on Revelations, that December evening in 2015, the intermission house lights shone for about ten minutes. I felt a whisper on my right. That girl look so familiar. Over there, my companion pointed down our row and across the aisle, to a woman standing, with them street clothes on. Look like a homeless person. It was Ms. Lauryn Hill. She wore many layers of oversized wool, at least one hood, or a cape, hard to tell, and many bangles, and dark makeup on her splendid dark face. It was a sort of Afro-grunge style familiar to those who followed the artist, or who lived in certain parts of Brooklyn, but foreign enough for my companion, in town from Texas, to make it hard to distinguish a star from a vagabond. Gone and get a picture with her, boy, my friend nudged, just before Revelations began. Gone! she nudged again, once the show ended, and, again, as we shuffled out of the theater behind Ms. Lauryn Hill, who eased past the taxis that lined 55th Street and rounded a corner, into the night. Naw, I’m not gone bother her. Within six months I’d pulled off my disappearing act. As we stand, you and I, at the shoreline of destruction, seeing, in the distance, the end of this American empire, there is but one way forward, old and true: Be not conformed to this society — nor kill yourself to make it love you — but be transformed in it, against it, by the renewal of your mind, body, and spirit. No matter the cost. Claim your inheritance. Miss the moment. Go mad, go missing, take a nap, take the day, drop a tab. You’re free! Kum baba yali. The kingdom is nigh. Send a postcard, won’t you? Wink at me on the subway, in our dreams. 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__label__cc	0.733525	0.266475	US government lies about Flight 253 ‘crotch bomber’ patsy: Summary of the evidence; Yemen attack implication – Evidence Mounts for US Complicity in Terrorism (Veterans Today) The US government who lied for wars in other resource-rich countries are lying about what happened on Delta Flight 253 with an alleged underwear/crotch bomber. Below is a summary of facts reported at this time, along with a 4-minute news interview from Webster Tarpley, followed by an extensive interview of Mr. Tarpley by Alex Jones. The longer explanations of the following bullet points are in the reporting from Veterans Today editor Gordon Duff, US Intelligence Examiner Fred Burks, Prison Planet, 9-11 was an Inside Job, American Everyman Scott Creighton, and Citizens for Legitimate Government Lori Price. Before the flight to the US: Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab traveled to Yemen to meet with “terrorists.” However, his mother also lives in Yemen, which could also explain the visit. The alleged terrorists in Yemen had been in Guantanamo Prison. They were released without trial by the Bush Administration even though they were reported as among the most dangerous detainees. The government of Yemen reports that Islamic terrorists there have been arrested who have proven ties to Israeli intelligence. Abdulmutallab’s father, though we are told is a retired “Nigerian banker,” ran their defense industry in close cooperation with Israeli Intelligence (Mossad). Abdulmutallab’s father warned US embassy officials of his son’s dangerous behavior; this is corroborated with other US intelligence of warning. Abdulmutallab’s visa to the US was never withdrawn, though he was on a “terrorist watchlist.” This would make his trip impossible unless protocol was ignored. Flying from Nigeria, Abdulmutallab entered the Netherlands without passing through customs; impossible to do without assistance from an intelligence agency. At the Amsterdam airport, Abdulmutallab was assisted by a man appearing to be Indian, who claimed Abdulmutallab was a Sudanese refugee with no passport (he would not have been allowed to enter the EU without a passport through customs). This man and whoever authorized boarding without a passport are huge stories we haven’t heard. Where is the airport videos of this? Airport security in Amsterdam is contracted to an Israeli company with the most sophisticated technologies who had developed the concept of security profiling. During the flight to the US: Witnesses reported a man standing ten rows behind Abdulmutallab stand and use his camcorder to film the incident before it began. This important testimony was not pursued to discover the identity and role of this seemingly complicit person. Witnesses report Abdulmutallab was oddly vacant and calm; typical of a programmed “Manchurian Candidate.” This might explain the behavior of the person filming: a “handler” who gave the code for Abdulmutallab to perform an act. Manchurian Candidates are now acknowledged historical fact. Research this if you are unfamiliar with the disclosed history. After the flight: Witness on flight 253, attorney Kurt Haskell, reports that there was another suspect handcuffed at the airport after landing that the FBI repeatedly lies and changes their story in explaining. Haskell says the detained passengers were told this man was identified by a bomb-sniffing dog as having explosives in his luggage. The Detroit News confirms the FBI has changed their story four times. A photo of Abdulmutallab with an alleged al Qaeda flag is from the same organization that previously photo-shopped false background images. 50 grams of PETN positioned on a seat and cushioned underneath a passenger are tested and would not cause significant damage to the plane. The US and UK government are using this incident to justify attack and possible invasion of Yemen. We’re reminded that yes, Yemen has oil and natural gas reserves worth stealing. Categories Global News, Politics Tags 9/11, Alex Jones, Barack Obama, Bush administration, CIA, Detroit, False flag, FBI, Global News, Guantánamo, Holland, Inside job, Mossad, Nigeria, Obama administration, Politics, Terrorism, Terrorists, U.K., U.S., Webster Tarpley, Yemen Leave a comment Post navigation Evidence Mounts for US Complicity in Terrorism (Veterans Today) Prof. Dr. David Michael Green: Now I’m Really Getting Pissed Off … With Obama	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1419002
__label__wiki	0.555228	0.555228	Provided by Joshua Project Photo Source: COMIBAM / Sepal Map Source: People Group Location: Omid. Other geography / data: GMI. Map Design: Joshua Project People Name: Sherpa Primary Language: Sherpa Primary Religion: Buddhism Christian Adherents: 0.00 % Evangelicals: 0.00 % Scripture: New Testament Online Audio NT: No People Cluster: South Asia Buddhist Affinity Bloc: South Asian Peoples The Sherpa in Tibet have been officially included as part of the Tibetan nationality. The Chinese are conducting an investigation to see if they should be classified as a distinct group. The name Sherpa means "eastern people." "They are distinguishable from Tibetans in part because their faces are smaller and they wear a colorful apron on their backside rather than the front." It is believed that all Sherpa once lived in Tibet before their descendants migrated west in the fifteenth century. "At that time, a Mongol King attempted to force them to convert to his sect of Buddhism. The people fled to the Khumbu region. A Chinese account states, "They believe themselves to be descendants of Tibetans from the Kangba region in Sichuan Province. Many, many years ago, their ancestors, returning from a pilgrimage to Buddhist temples in India and Nepal, settled down here." To many, the name Sherpa is irretrievably linked to the mystique of Mount Everest, the highest mountain on earth. The first men to climb Mount Everest were New Zealander Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay. Numerous Sherpa guides have since led foreign climbing teams up the world's highest peak. The Sherpa charge around US$2,000 per expedition, making them one of the wealthiest groups in Nepal. The Sherpa in China cremate their dead, as opposed to the Tibetans who practice wind burial. The Gyawa Festival takes place 49 days after the death of a loved one. The Sherpa eat as much food as they can during the festival, believing the food will nourish the loved one who has died. The Sherpa are Tibetan Buddhists, although "with far less piety than the Tibetans. To have ... a Buddhist statue and to recite or chant scriptures is all they do by way of religious practice." In 1985 a Sherpa boy in Nepal had a vision where he was visited by Jesus. The boy's conversion was followed by the gradual conversion of his extended family and several families in his village. The boy later went to Bible school and returned to pastor the local church in his village. There are reported to be a few dozen Christian Sherpas around the Mt. Everest region in Nepal. Despite this wonderful breakthrough, there are no known Sherpa Christians in China. They are politically and geographically isolated from contact with their counterparts in Nepal. Text Source: Operation China, Asia Harvest Copyrighted © 2020 Used with permission	cc/2020-05/en_middle_0097.json.gz/line1419008
__label__wiki	0.638751	0.638751	Accelerated Repair and Reduced Mutagenicity of DNA Damage Induced by Cigarette Smoke in Human Bronchial Cells Transfected with E.coli Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase Mara Foresta, Affiliations Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy, Mutagenesis Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy Alberto Izzotti, Sebastiano La Maestra, Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, University of Genova, Genova, Italy Rosanna Micale, Alessandro Poggi, Affiliation Molecular Oncology and Angiogenesis Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy Donatella Vecchio, Affiliation Mutagenesis Unit, IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino - IST Istituto Nazionale per la Ricerca sul Cancro, Genova, Italy Guido Frosina * E-mail: guido.frosina@hsanmartino.it Mara Foresta Alberto Izzotti ... Guido Frosina Cigarette smoke (CS) is associated to a number of pathologies including lung cancer. Its mutagenic and carcinogenic effects are partially linked to the presence of reactive oxygen species and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) inducing DNA damage. The bacterial DNA repair enzyme formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (FPG) repairs both oxidized bases and different types of bulky DNA adducts. We investigated in vitro whether FPG expression may enhance DNA repair of CS-damaged DNA and counteract the mutagenic effects of CS in human lung cells. NCI-H727 non small cell lung carcinoma cells were transfected with a plasmid vector expressing FPG fused to the Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (EGFP). Cells expressing the fusion protein EGFP-FPG displayed accelerated repair of adducts and DNA breaks induced by CS condensate. The mutant frequencies induced by low concentrations of CS condensate to the Na+K+-ATPase locus (ouar) were significantly reduced in cells expressing EGFP-FPG. Hence, expression of the bacterial DNA repair protein FPG stably protects human lung cells from the mutagenic effects of CS by improving cells’ capacity to repair damaged DNA. Citation: Foresta M, Izzotti A, La Maestra S, Micale R, Poggi A, Vecchio D, et al. (2014) Accelerated Repair and Reduced Mutagenicity of DNA Damage Induced by Cigarette Smoke in Human Bronchial Cells Transfected with E.coli Formamidopyrimidine DNA Glycosylase. PLoS ONE 9(1): e87984. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087984 Editor: Robert W. Sobol, University of Pittsburgh, United States of America Received: October 17, 2013; Accepted: January 1, 2014; Published: January 31, 2014 Copyright: © 2014 Foresta et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Funding: This work was partially supported by Compagnia San Paolo, Turin, Italy - Grant numbers 2009.1974 and 2010.1944. D.V. is the recipient of a “Young Investigator Programme” fellowship from Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Milan, Italy. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Cigarette smoke (CS) is a self-inflicted damaging agent associated with high risk of developing chronic-degenerative diseases including cancer, obstructive pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular diseases. An important role of DNA damage has been recognized in the pathogenesis of these diseases [1]. Condensate from cigarette smoke (CSC) is mutagenic and genotoxic in nearly all systems in which it has been tested. In vivo, CS produces mutagenic urine and is a human somatic-cell mutagen producing hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase mutations, sister chromatid exchanges, microsatellite instability and DNA damage in a variety of tissues. Smoking-associated genotoxic effects have been found in most of the twelve organ sites at which smoking causes cancer in humans [2] and lung tumors of smokers contain a high frequency and unique spectra of TP53 and KRAS mutations [3]. Major mutagenic components of CS are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH), aromatic amines and N-nitrosamines that produce adducts on DNA. Those adducts are repaired in human cells by a network of DNA repair pathways including the nucleotide excision repair (NER) and the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathways. Recent research approaches aimed to determine whether induction of the BER enzyme OGG1 in lung cells by 7,8-dihydroxyflavone may protect these cells from the DNA damaging effects of smoking [4]. The 30.2 kDa formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase (FPG) is a BER protein that directly removes the damaged base and subsequently cleaves the resulting AP site by its associated β,δ AP lyase activity [5], [6]. Although some bulky adducts (e.g. N7-benzyl-FapydG) may be bound by FPG in an unproductive mode (i.e. with the FPG protein stalled at the damaged site - [6]), some others can be accommodated in the versatile catalytic site of FPG with removal of the damaged base [7]–[9]. We and others have demonstrated that heterologous expression of FPG in human cells stably protects from accumulation of various types of mutagenic DNA damages [(gene prophylaxis) reviewed in [10]]. We report here that expression of FPG in human lung cells stably enhances DNA repair of damage induced by cigarette smoke condensate (CSC) and reduces its mutagenicity. NCI-H727 (re-named H727 throughout) cells derive from a non small cell lung carcinoma of a 65 years old Caucasian woman. This cell line was chosen for the experiments reported here for being a well-differentiated bronchial carcinoid cell line with elevated proliferation rate and transfection efficiency as compared to normal (untransformed) human lung fibroblasts. It was purchased from European Collection of Cell Cultures (ECACC) via Interlab Cell Line Collection (ICLC) at IRCCS AOU San Martino – IST, Genova, Italy and cultured in RPMI 1640+10% FBS +2 mM L-Glutamine. H727 cells express easily detectable levels of TP53 mRNA. The H1 clone was derived from H727 cells by transfection with the pEGFP-C1 vector (vector only) [11]. H1 cells express the EGFP protein and were used in this study as a control cell line. To obtain clones expressing the fusion protein EGFP–FPG, H727 cells were transfected with the pEGFP-C1-FPG vector [11]. HF12 and HF45 cells indicate 2 independent clones of H727 cells transfected with the pEGFP-C1-FPG vector and expressing the fusion protein EGFP–FPG. H1, HF12 and HF45 cells were grown in the same medium of H727 cells supplemented with 800 µg/ml geneticin (G418). EGFP-FPG Vector and Cell Transfection The construction of the pEGFP-FPG mammalian expression vector has been previously described [11]. Briefly, the E.coli FPG cDNA was cloned out from a pSF91.1 vector and inserted into the pEGFP-C1 mammalian expression vector (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ) using the cloning sites EcoRI–ApaI. The FPG gene cloned into the multiple cloning site is expressed as fusion to the C-terminus of the fluorescent protein EGFP (excitation maximum = 488 nm; emission maximum = 507 nm). The sequence of the cloned FPG gene with prolin (Pro) 2 acting as a nucleophile in the glycosylase/AP lyase reaction [12], [13], is shown in Figure 1. Vector-only plasmids were used as control. Figure 1. Sequence of FPG cloned in the pEGFP-C1 expression vector. Transfection of vectors was performed with Effectene Reagent (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany) according to manufacturer instructions with minor modifications. Briefly, 2×105 H727 cells were seeded in 60-mm dishes; after 24 h, a mix of 1 µg linearized vector DNA, 8 µl Enhancer, and 25 µl Effectene reagent was added to the culture medium (1∶25 vector DNA/Effectene ratio). Cells were allowed to uptake vectors for 24 h and then washed and plated in 100-mm dishes. 100 µg/ml of Geneticin (G418) was added immediately after cell adhesion. G418 concentration was gradually raised to 800 µg/ml during the following 72 h. G418-resistant clones were screened under an inverted IX51 fluorescence microscope equipped with an XC30 digital colour camera and cellSens Entry software (Olympus Biosystems, Planegg, Germany). Nineteeen fluorescent HF (H727 with FPG insert) clones were isolated and two of them (HF12 and HF45) were selected for further studies on the basis of their fluorescence and proliferation capacity. Confocal microscopy of the cells was carried out at 600X magnification by an IX81 microscope equipped with FV500 imaging system (Olympus Biosystems, Planegg, Germany). Image analysis was carried out by FluoView 2.1 software. EGFP-FPG Expression Cell fluorescence was analyzed under the inverted microscope and images were taken under both transmitted light and fluorescence. Immunodetection was carried out as described [14]. Briefly, 30 micrograms of extract protein prepared according to Biade and coworkers [15] were resolved onto each of two 12% SDS–PAGE minigel and electroblotted onto Hybond-C Extra nitrocellulose membrane (Amersham, Milano, Italy). Membranes were stained with Ponceau red to check the blotting efficiency, washed with distilled water, and blocked at room temperature in PBS containing 0.1% Tween +2% nonfat dry milk. One membrane was incubated with anti-FPG rabbit polyclonal antibody (1∶3500, overnight at 4°C, R&D Systems, Minneapolis, MN) and subsequently with peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (whole molecule; Sigma, St. Louis, MO) at a dilution of 1∶10000 for 1 h at room temperature. The second membrane was incubated with anti-EGFP rabbit polyclonal antibody (0.75 µg/ml; over night at 4°C, BD Biosciences, Franklin Lakes, NJ) and subsequently with peroxidase-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG (whole molecule; Sigma, St. Louis, MO) at a dilution of 1∶10000 for 1 h at room temperature. Immune complexes were visualized by the enhanced chemiluminescence (ECLplus) system (Amersham Biosciences, Milano, Italy). Clonogenicity Cells were gently treated with 0.05% trypsin/0.2% EDTA to obtain single-cell suspensions and adjusted to clonal density 4–18 cells/cm2 and seeded in triplicates. The cultures were incubated for 15 days at 37°C, 5% CO2 and the medium was refreshed every 3–4 days. Every day the cells were controlled microscopically to ensure the single-cell origin of the clones. At the end of the incubation period, the cells were washed with PBS (pH 7.2) and stained with Giemsa solution following routine histological technique. Clusters of cells were considered colonies when they were visible macroscopically and contained >50 cells. Cloning efficiency (CE) was determined from the formula CE (%) = (number of colonies/number of cells seeded)×100. Population Doubling Time The population doubling times (PDT) were determined according to Glaab and Tindall [16]. Briefly, 105 cells were seeded in 25 cm2 flasks and the total number of cells was counted at the indicated hours of culture. After determination of the CE, the population doublings (PD) were determined using the equation: PD = [ln (total number of cells) - ln (number of cells plated × CE)]/ln2. Preparation of CSC CSC was prepared as previously described [17]. Research cigarettes without filters (Kentucky Reference Cigarette 2R1; Tobacco Research Institute, University of Kentucky; Lexington, KY) were used. These cigarettes contain the four major tobacco types, including Flue-cured, Burley, Oriental and Maryland, in proportions to be representative of US cigarettes. The mainstream smoke of each 2R1 cigarette contains 38.8 mg of total particulate matter, 32.9 mg of tar (US Federal Trade Commission), 2.2 mg of nicotine, 3.7 mg of water, 22.2 mg of carbon monoxide, and 0.3 mg of nitrogen oxide. The mainstream smoke of two 2R1 cigarettes was aspirated by means of a pump (model TD-3LSA; Brailsford; Rye, NY) and collected onto a 25-mm filter (EMFab filter; Pall; East Hills, NY), which is composed of borosilicate glass microfibers reinforced with woven glass cloth and bonded with polytetrafluoroethylene. These filters are commonly used in critical aerosol sampling tests, such as diesel exhausts. The smoke was diluted in 50 ml of culture medium and then filtered through a 0.22-µm syringe filter (Millipore Corp; Bedford, MA) to remove bacteria and large particles. This solution was considered to be 100% CSC (0.04 cigarettes per milliliter). CSC-induced DNA Adducts Evaluation of DNA adducts was performed by 32P postlabelling, following butanol enrichment. 32P-post-labelling, monodirectional thin layer chromatography and electronic autoradiography were carried out as previously described [18]. Briefly, DNA (10 µg) was depolymerized to 3′-monophosphate nucleotides by incubation with micrococcal nuclease (0.04 U/µg DNA) and spleen phosphodiesterase (1 mU/µg DNA) at 37°C for 3.5 h. DNA was incubated with T4 phage polynucleotide kinase (8 U) in the presence of ATgamma-32P (64 µCi, specific activity-750 Ci/mmol) (ICN, Irvine, CA) for 40 min at 37°C. 32P -labelled bulky DNA adducts were purified from the reaction mixture by monodirectional thin layer chromatography in 8.5 M Urea and identified by electronic autoradiography (Instant Imager, Packard, Meriden, CT). Benzo[a]pyrene-diolepxide-N2-dG (BPDE) and DNA-free samples were used as positive and negative control, respectively. BPDE-DNA adduct standard was used to control the efficiency of 32P postlabelling procedure in identifying DNA adducts and was not aimed at evaluating FPG activity. CSC-induced DNA Breaks We used the SCGE assay under alkaline conditions as described [19]. Briefly, appropriate numbers of cells were treated in tissue culture flasks at 37°C with CSC for 72 hours. Cells were washed twice, resuspended in low melting point agarose and the mixture was placed over slides. After the solidification of the agarose, the slides were immersed in a lysing solution (2.5 M NaCl, 100 mM Na2-EDTA, 10 mM Tris-HCl pH10, fresh 10% DMSO, 1% Triton X-100) for 1 h to lyse the cells and to permit DNA unfolding. The slides were then removed from the lysing solution, washed with 10 mM Tris-HCl pH 10 and placed on a horizontal gel electrophoresis unit. The unit was filled with fresh electrophoretic buffer (1 mM Na2-EDTA and 300 mM NaOH) to a level 0.25 cm above the slides. The slides were allowed to set in this high-pH buffer for 20 min to allow unwinding of DNA before electrophoresis. Electrophoresis was conducted for the next 30 min at 25 V. Thereafter the slides were washed gently by placing them horizontally and flooding them slowly with 0.4 M Tris, pH 7.5. After 5 min, the slides were stained with ethidium bromide (20 µg/ml). Observations were made using a fluorescent microscope (Leica DMI 4000B, Leica, Wetzlar, Germany) equipped with a digital camera (Leica DFC 310FX), using an excitation filter offset at 515 nm and a barrier filter at 590 nm. Digital photomicrographs of single cells were taken at 400X magnification. The extent of DNA damage was evaluated as the distance of DNA migration from the body of the nuclear core, tail length (TL). TL was measured in at least 100 randomly selected cells in each treatment group at the indicated repair times by the Comet Assay Software Programme (http://casplab.com/). DNA breaks induced by ionizing radiation (IR) in complete medium were analyzed 20 minutes after treatment with 3 and 6 Gy delivered by a CIS Bio International IBL437C irradiator at a fluence of 0.13 Gy/sec. CSC-induced Toxicity 104 cells were seeded in 96-well plates. The following day, cells were incubated in complete medium with the indicated doses of CSC or an equivalent volume of solvent [dimethylsulphoxide (DMSO) 1.9% v/v] at 37°C for 72 hours with no medium change. Cells were then washed twice with PBS and survival was evaluated by the MTT viability test [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-diphenyltetrazolium bromide]-based as per manufacturer’s instructions (Sigma, St. Louis, MO, USA). CSC-induced Mutagenicity Cells (3×106) were seeded in 75 cm2 flasks. The following day, the cells were exposed to the indicated concentrations of CSC in complete medium for 72 h and then washed. Cells were cultured for an expression period of 9 days, after which they were plated in 100 mm petri dishes (2×106 cells/dish) and exposed to 1 µM ouabain. The colonies were fixed and counted after 30 days. Seeding of 500 cells/dish accompanied each selection for determination of viable cells. Cell Cycle Distribution after CSC Treatment 1.2–1.6×105 cells were plated in 35 mm petri dishes and exposed 18 hours later to the indicated concentrations of CSC in complete medium for 72 h. Cells were then harvested by PBS-EDTA treatment, washed with PBS, fixed in 70% ethanol/water, permeabilized with 0.0015% NP40, washed and stained with 50 µg/ml propidium iodide (PI) solution containing 100 units/ml RNase type A, 10 mM EDTA. Samples were run on CyAn ADP cytofluorimeter (Beckman-Coulter, Brea,CA, USA) and analyzed by the ModFit 3.2 computer program (Verity Software House, Topsham, Maine, USA). The two-tailed ‘Student’s’ t test was used. Statistical significance (p<0.05) was indicated with one star. Statistical analysis was performed using the GraphPad Prism 5.01 software for Windows. The studies described here have been performed in transformed, immortal adenocarcinoma cells in order to achieve permanent expression of EGFP-FPG and investigate its effects on CSC mutagenicity at a target locus [Na+/K+ ATPase (ouar)]. Although untransformed lung cells may represent in this respect a more interesting material being more similar to normal lung tissues, the studies reported here would not have been feasible with these mortal cells as they only allow a limited number of cell divisions (see e.g. http://www.lonza.com/products-services/bio-research/primary-and-stem-cells/human-cells-and-media/fibroblasts-and-media/nhlf-normal-human-lung-fibroblasts.aspx). It should be yet emphasized that the data generated in an adenocarcinoma cell line may not be indicative of what happens in normal, non-cancer cells. FPG Expression Figure 2 shows the expression of EGFP–FPG in HF12 and HF45 cells as determined by fluorescence microscopy (Figure 2A,B) and immunodetection (Fig. 2C,D). The original cell line H727 displayed no background fluorescence under the inverted microscope (Figure 2A) and no immunodetectable EGFP or EGFP-FPG protein (Figures 2C and 2D). The control cell line H1 transfected with the pEGFP-C1 vector and expressing the EGFP protein showed fluorescence under the inverted microscope (Figure 2A). A protein reacting with anti-EGFP antibody (M.W. 32.7 KDa – Figure 2C) but not with anti - FPG antibodies (Figure 2D) could be detected by immunodetection. The HF12 and HF45 cell lines, transfected with the pEGFP-C1-FPG vector and expressing the fusion protein EGFP–FPG showed fluorescence under the inverted microscope (Figure 2A). The fusion protein EGFP-FPG was expressed in both the cytoplasm and nuclei of HF12 and HF45 cells, as determined by confocal microscopy (Figure 2B). In these cells, a 62.9 KDa fusion protein reacting with both anti-EGFP (Figure 2C) and anti-FPG (Figure 2D) antibodies was immunodetected. In addition, 37 ng of recombinant EGFP (rEGFP - Figure 2C) or 29 ng FPG (rFPG - Figure 2D) were run in the fifth lane from left, for control purposes. The faster migration of rEGFP in comparison to the EGFP protein produced in H1 cells could be linked to post-translational modifications of the latter or a delaying effect of additional extract proteins in the loaded sample [11]. No substantial decline of EGFP–FPG expression was observed in HF12 and HF45 cells after >2 weeks of continuous culture (not shown). Figure 2. FPG expression in human bronchial carcinoid H727 cells and transfected derivatives. (A) Fluorescence analysis. Fluorescence of cells was observed under an inverted fluorescence microscope at 100X magnification and images were taken with a digital color camera. H727, untransfected cells; H1, cells transfected with the pEGFP-C1 vector; HF12, HF45, cells transfected with the pEGFP-C1-FPG vector. (B) HF12 cells analyzed by confocal microscopy at 600X magnification showing distribution of EGFP-FPG protein in both the cytoplasm and nucleus. (C) and (D) Immunodetection analyses. Experiments were performed as described under Materials and Methods. Molecular weight markers were in the far-right lane (M) and β-actin was immunodetected as a loading control. (C) Immunodetection of EGFP. Recombinant pure EGFP protein (rEGFP) was run as an internal standard. (D) Immunodetection of FPG. Recombinant pure FPG protein (rFPG) was run as an internal standard. Accelerated DNA Repair Figure 3A,B summarizes the results relative to the 32P postlabelling analysis. Autoradiographies reported in Fig. 3A, report the typical hallmark of CSC exposure, i.e. the diagonal radioactive zone. Figure 3A panel HF12 0, highlights in red the chromatographic area used in all samples for DNA adduct quantification (great rectangle) and the area used for background subtraction (small rectangle). The diagonal radioactive zone is composed of approximately 300 DNA adducts of different composition, which cannot be separated by thin layer chromatography. As far as concerns the dose response relationship, the quantification of DNA adduct reflects a good dose–response relationship (Fig. 3B) in untransfected cell lines (H727, H1) with higher amounts of DNA adducts in cells treated with 125 µg/ml than in cells treated with 62.5 µg/ml CSC. A similar situation occurs in HF12 FPG-transfected cells. In HF45 FPG-transfected cells no significant difference was observed between DNA adducts amount as detected at the two CSC treatment doses. This absence of a strict dose-response relationship is attributable to the efficacy of the protective mechanism exerted by FPG transfection in this clone. Indeed, comparing the two FPG-transfected clones, albeit not statistically significant there was a trend towards higher efficiency of DNA adduct repair in clone HF45 as compared to clone HF12 (Figures 3A,B). FPG transfection significantly (P<0.05) decreased DNA adducts induced by CSC, as compared to control cell lines with no FPG (19.9±1.36 adducts/108 normal nucleotides in pooled data from H727 and H1 cells, as compared to 11.7±2.1 adducts/108 normal nucleotides in pooled data from HF12 and HF45 cells). Figure 3. DNA repair in FPG-expressing human bronchial carcinoid H727 cells. (A) Repair of DNA adducts. Experiments were performed as described under Materials and Methods. BPDE, benzo(a)pyrene-diolepoxide-N2-deoxyguanosine adduct (positive control); Blk, DNA-free blank sample (negative control). (B) Quantification of DNA adducts. FPG transfection (pooled data of HF12 and HF45 cell lines) significantly (, P<0.05) decreased CSC-induced DNA adducts as compared to control cell lines with no FPG (pooled data of H727 and H1). (C) Repair of CSC-induced DNA breaks. SCGE was carried out under alkaline conditions as described under Materials and Methods. (D) Quantification of CSC-induced DNA breaks. FPG transfection (pooled data of HF12 and HF45 cell lines) significantly (, P<0.05) decreased breaks as compared to control cell lines with no FPG (pooled data of H727 and H1). (E) Induction of DNA breaks by IR. SCGE was carried out 20 minutes after treatment, as described under Materials and Methods. (F) Quantification of IR-induced DNA breaks. Figures 3C,D show the results relative to the SCGE assay after exposure of cells to CSC. We report the results as tail length (TL) being the most sensitive indicator of DNA damage in a preliminary data analysis. Likewise DNA adducts, FPG transfection significantly (P<0.05) decreased DNA breaks induced by CSC, as compared to control cell lines with no FPG (23.2±5.8 µm TL in pooled data from H727 and H1 cells, as compared to 3.7±2.0 µm TL in pooled data from HF12 and HF45 cells). Again, the HF45 line repaired DNA breaks better than HF12 (Figures 3C,D). Similar and higher levels of DNA breaks were induced after IR doses (3 and 6 Gy, respectively) that do not significantly affect the viability of H727, H1, HF12 and HF45 cells (Figures 3E,F and data not shown). Taken together, these results indicate that expression of EGFP-FPG significantly enhances the repair of DNA damage induced by CSC in human lung cells. Reduced CSC Mutagenicity Figure 4A shows the proliferation rate of H727 cells and derivative cell lines. Substantial differences in CE were observed among the cell lines, ranging from 5% in H1 to 72% in HF12. Less marked differences were observed in the population doubling times (PDT) which ranged from 19 (H1) to 34 (H727) hours. Figure 4. Phenotype of FPG-expressing human bronchial carcinoid H727 cells. (A) Proliferative activity. Data are the means ± SEM of three independent experiments. CE was calculated by seeding 100–500 cells and counting developed colonies three weeks later. The population doubling time (PDT) was calculated according to Glaab and Tindall [16]. (B) CSC toxicity was evaluated by the In Vitro Toxicology Assay Kit MTT-based. Data are the means ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. (C) CSC mutagenicity was determined at the Na+/K+ ATPase locus (ouar) as described under Materials and Methods. Data are the means ± SEM of at least three independent experiments. (D) Cell cycle distribution was determined by cytofluorimetry. No significant variation of cell cycle distribution was induced by CSC treatments at either 62.5 or 125 µg/ml doses. In comparison to parental H727 and EGFP-expressing H1 cells [showing doses reducing survival to 37% of control (D37) equal to 142 and 137 µg/ml, respectively], a significant increase of resistance to cytotoxicity of CSC was observed in HF12 cells (D37 = 241 µg/ml), but not in HF45 cells (D37 = 159 µg/ml) (Figure 4B). The protecting effect exerted by FPG from point mutagenicity induced by CSC was determined at the Na+/K+ ATPase locus (ouar – Figure 4C). In comparison to H727 cells (solid symbols), mutant frequencies induced by the lowest used CSC concentration (31.2 µg/ml) were ablated in HF45 (open circles) and reduced 4-fold in HF12 cells (squares). No significant difference was observed at the 62.5 µg/ml concentration, indicating that the FPG-linked antimutagenic capacity could be saturated by elevated amounts of CSC-induced DNA damage. No significant differences in cell cycle distribution were observed among the cell lines under control conditions (Figure 4D, top) or after treatment with 62.5 (Figure 4D, middle) and 125 (Figure 4D, bottom) µg/ml CSC, indicating that the reductions of mutant frequencies in HF12 and HF45 with respect to H727 were not linked to variations in cell cycle distribution after CSC treatment. We report that the DNA repair capacity of human lung cells may be increased by a transgenic approach utilizing E.coli FPG. This bacterial enzyme was chosen for possessing about 80-fold higher k(cat)/K(m) values for substrate lesions such as 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) as compared to its mammalian homologue 8-oxoG DNA glycosylase (OGG1) [20]. Bacteria often repair DNA better then humans, due to their ability to cope with marked and sudden variations of intercellular environment. The results described here using FPG might not yet be parallel with results obtained with the mammalian homologue OGG1 given protein-protein interactions that might differ between the E. coli and mammalian proteins. FPG uses its N-terminal proline (Pro2) as a nucleophile in the glycosylase/AP-lyase reaction [12] [13]. In the plasmid construct used in this and previous studies, proline 2 is saved (Figure 1) and its nucleophilic function is not significantly affected by the N-terminal fusion of the EGFP tag as demonstrated by the enhanced DNA repair of 8-oxodG, 5-OHdC and AP sites after expression of EGFP-FPG in different human cells measured by a number of DNA repair assays [11], [14], [21], [22]. Consistently, the mutation frequency induced by oxidizing agents at the Na+-K+ ATPase locus in human cells expressing EGFP-FPG is reduced by about one order of magnitude in comparison to cells transfected with vector only [11]. In agreement with previous observations [11], the frequency of clones in the H727 adenocarcinoma cell line displaying detectable expression of the fusion protein EGFP–FPG was relatively low. Only nineteen stably fluorescent clones were isolated after transfection of ∼200,000 H727 cells, and the HF12 and HF45 clones were selected for further characterization due to their higher expression of EGFP-FPG protein (as determined by fluorescence analysis and immunodetection) and proliferative capacity (as determined by PDT), the latter being higher in HF45 than in HF12 (Figures 2 and 4). Elevated expression of EGFP-FPG and proliferative capacity may thus seldom occur concomitantly, when protein expression is achieved by the pEGFP-C1 DNA plasmid vector, due to a number of reasons including transcriptional silencing of the gene, elimination of the gene from the host genome and negative selection of cells overexpressing the fusion protein [11], [14], [23]. Regardless of limits imposed by the type of vector employed, several studies have demonstrated yet that the expression of FPG is possible in multiple types of mammalian cells and tissues with protection from the cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of a wide range of DNA-damaging agents [11], [14], [21], [22], [24]–[27]. The fusion protein EGFP-FPG was expressed in both the cytoplasm and nuclei of HF12 and HF45 cells, in agreement with the known capacity of EGFP to translocate into the nucleus (Figure 2B [28]). In agreement with previous studies, the EGFP-FPG protein expression was stable for at least 15 days of continuous cell culture, indicating that expression of this fusion protein is relatively well tolerated by human cells [11], [14], [21]. In view of the broad substrate specificity and elevated kinetics parameters of FPG protein in comparison to human 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase (hOGG1) [20], it was anticipated that FPG-expressing cells could attain improved DNA repair capacity of CSC-induced lesions, although our results do not allow to identify them individually (Figure 3). There are over 70 carcinogens in CSC, belonging to different chemical classes such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and their heterocyclic analogues, aromatic amines and N-nitrosamines [2]. Most of those compounds produce DNA adducts of different size, toxic and mutagenic power. FPG possesses a versatile catalytic site allowing accommodation and removal of a number of different adducts [5]. The glycolysis of CS-induced adducts by FPG occurs with varying efficacy: some oxidized and small adducted purines (e.g. 8-oxodG and N7-Me-FapydG) are excised from the DNA backbone faster than some oxidized pyrimidines (e.g. DHU and 5OHdC) that in turn are excised faster than some bulky adducts such as the imidazole ring-opened derivative of N-(deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-2-aminofluorene (C8-AF-irodG) or the ring-opened N-7 guanine adduct produced by sulfur mustard, till the unproductive mode by which FPG recognizes and binds N7-Benzyl-FapydG [5], [6], [8], [9]. In this regard, the rate of imidazole ring-opening of purines occurs easily when adducts bind the N7 position of guanine, even at neutral pH, suggesting that a significant fraction of CSC-induced FPG substrates may be represented by ring-opened purines [29]. For instance, withdrawal of electrons from the purine ring by an alkyl group destabilizes the imidazole ring with formation of 2,6-diamino-4-hydroxy-5N-alkyl-formamidopyrimidine (Fapy-7AlkG) [30]. The 32P post-labeling assay with butanol enrichment used in our study allows the detection of adducts from different CS components including PAH, aromatic amines, heterocyclic amines, alkenylbenzene derivatives, benzene and its metabolites, styrene, simple alkylating agents and reactive oxygen species [31]. In particular, butanol enrichment preferentially extracts bulky lipophilic adducts not including Fapy lesions or 8-oxodG but including lipid peroxidative derivatives among which the ring-opened derivative of ethenoadenine has been demonstrated to be recognized by FPG [32], [33]. The oxidative nature of the diagonal radioactive zone occurring in cells exposed to CSC is established: antioxidants such as N-acetylcysteine are quite effective in preventing diagonal radioactive zone formation in CS-exposed organisms [34]. The data presented here show that FPG expression may significantly reduce the total amount of CS-induced adducts (Figure 3A,B) in a productive mode up to completion of the DNA sealing step, as demonstrated by the significant reduction of CS-induced DNA breaks in FPG expressing clones (Figures 3C,D). Similar or higher levels of DNA breaks can be induced by IR doses that do not significantly affect viability of H727 cells, where constitutive activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3 kinase-Akt pathway, a known mechanism of radiation resistance, has been demonstrated (Figures 3E,F) [35], [36]. Taken together, our data indicate that FPG expression may potentiate the cell’s capacity to counteract the persistence of mutagenic (but not of toxic) CS-induced DNA adducts. The identification of individual types of repaired lesions (probably an elevated number) is beyond the aim of the present work and will require future studies. Development of appropriate vectors for expression of FPG in bronchioalveolar stem cells of individuals at risk for CS.induced-lung cancer, may confer a possible translational significance to our results [37]. A position effect of vector integration might be called into question to explain the higher resistance of HF12 to CSC toxicity as compared to HF45, despite its lower DNA repair capacity (Figure 4B). Mechanisms involved in resistance to CSC toxicity other than DNA repair [e.g. linked to the elevated CE observed in HF12 (Figure 4A)] may have been enhanced by vector integration close to genes involved in such mechanisms. Further studies are certainly required to deepen our understanding of unidentified factors influencing resistance to CS which may further affect adducts formation and their release. Being common to both HF12 and HF45 clones and in line with previous observations on human bladder carcinoma cells [11], the increased DNA repair capacity for CS-induced damage is the most likely explanation for the lower mutant frequency induced by a low concentration (31.2 µg/ml) of CS at the Na+/K+ ATPase locus (ouar) in FPG-expressing clones as compared to parental H727. No mutant frequency could be measured in EGFP-expressing H1 cells, due to their very low capacity to form colonies (CE = 5% - Figure 4A) that in turn could be ascribed, at least in part, to the elevated expression of the foreign tag EGFP. Overexpression of some BER components (e.g. N-methylpurine-DNA glycosylase or DNA polymerase beta), has been shown to imbalance the pathway and lead to more unrepaired or mis-repaired DNA damage [38] [39]. This is not the case with FPG: the antimutagenic role of expression of bacterial FPG in mammalian cells has been repeatedly confirmed (reviewed in [10]). Merely to quote a few examples, FPG expression reduces gamma rays-induced mutations at the HPRT locus of mammalian cells and affords protection from the mutagenic effects of various chemotherapeutic regimens [24], [27], [40]. The reduced ouar mutant frequency observed in HF12 and HF45 cells is in agreement with those previous findings and extends the protective role of FPG to CS-induced mutations. No difference of ouar mutant frequency was observed between EGFP-FPG expressing clones and parental cells at the higher 62.5 µg/ml. 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